First Set
- Shakedown Street
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CC Rider
-
Friend of the Devil
-
El Paso
-
Loser
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Brown-Eyed Women
-
Cassidy
-
Candyman
Second Set
Once again, big was a theme of the night. Our music was big, the food was big and the big surprise was the 2nd showing of Dennis. I didn't know he was coming in and it was great to see the big Beluga.
All of Deadstein was there and except for Dennis, Spillboy was the only guest. I did not see him spill anything this week.
I got there right at seven, very little traffic for a Xmas season commute and we got going right about 7:30.
I have been practicing my Jerryesque finger picking recently and had several opportunities to check it out during the night. My amp was humming as usual so I finally bit the bullet and took it home for a Visit to Dave Hirsh. I should have it for the Chanukah show.
This is the second week of Scott's new Tama and he seems a bit inspired by them.
First Set Comments
- C.C. Rider was very big. It had the nice
mellow groove during the verses and exploded
during the leads.
- The Devil was like a brewing volcano waiting to
erupt.
It kept getting bigger and bigger
and bigger through Rich's, mine and Larry's
leads. It was explosive and just so cool to
be a part of.
- El Paso was claimed by Larry M. to be by far our
best ever. It was right on target.
The tempo was cool, calm and steady. It was
mellow without the frantic worry of losing the
waltz.
- Loser grew and grew through the lead but we did
lose it a bit toward the end of the lead.
No one was willing to force the action to put it
back on the tracks and it wavered a bit.
Better to waiver and enjoy the ride than to be
force upon the straight and narrow.
- Minglewood was to be the next song but Larry B.
claimed he was sick of it and that we played it
too much so we skipped it. We played a C.C.
Rider anyway so who needs the Minglewood in
addition to that?
- We have played a lot of great Cassidy's recently
and it felt very fresh in my mind and heart when
we started it. I think this was that factor
that sent us into playing it in such a freaky
manner. We were all soaking all we could
out of the Cassidy jam in a new and different
way. This Cassidy was way out but always in
control. As a band, it is one song we have
command of thus providing us with the freedom to
play it for all it is worth. And then some.
- I can't say enough about the Candyman. It
had some typical Deadstein timing mess-ups at the
beginning of some of the verses but the lead was
super hot and the singing of the
"ooohs" after the lead was beautiful.
Halftime Eating Comments
- Dine-O-Mat - Once again another great meal
delivered to us in total perfection.
- Philly cheese steaks we just perfect. After
Kevin's well done cheese burger he began to
engulf a cheese steak in such a manner that the
color come out would look as pretty as the colors
going in.
- Fries and Onion rings in grease soaked bags
were delectable.
- Mashed potatoes were had by some. Brotman
didn't finish them and yet wouldn't deliver the
remainder to his poor potato starved spouse.
- Dennis took a surplus steak sandwich home with
him. He didn't eat with us because he had a
Bistro Burger just before coming to Deadstein.
- Soda with ice, lime rickies, nachos and that was
about it.
- Spillboy did the pre-jam drink run and got
pretzels with it.
Second Set Comments
- Dennis played my guitar for several jams
while I played bass and Kevin groaned on
the chair.
- It wasn't the best but I was getting into
fingering the bass for the first time in
my like. It's a cool concept.
Pretty mellow stuff.
- Kevin finally took my guitar for a jam or
two, it wasn't the best. There was
an aborted Bertha.
- To close we swapped back to original
instruments to close with a song I cannot
remember.
- All in all, another great night of
Deadstein. You got to love it.