, attached to 2023-08-01

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround Ghost: Bliss jam > about 1 minute of cool stuff around the 12 minute mark > bliss jam.

Reba: That call and response from Trey to Page is absolutely fantastic in the mid 9’s. It has a very good peak on it’s way to great and then Trey gets lazy and does that thing that he does in like every Slave since 09 where he sort of doubles up on the strings? Double strums?? Fast 32nd notes I read somewhere? I don’t know the technical term. But it’s a crutch and has been for over ten years now. But here’s the deal: the body of work of this Reba is fantastic – exceptional full band jamming that is great for any era. Would certainly recommend for just that alone.

Funky Bitch: Rocked hard.

Timber (Jerry the Mule) – This is awesome through almost 7 minutes. Page and Mike make sure they keep this one as dark as possible but finally Page relents and gives in to the light and Trey definitely takes that and runs it quickly into major mode. Trey takes it to great heights from there with a long, prolonged and LOUD peak.

Broken Into Pieces: It’s ok. It’s a nice tweener in that it has some ballad elements and some hard rock elements too. Plus, the placement was fine in that they had just played some killer stuff, so this seemed to land just fine.

Wolfman's Brother: LOL Fishman with the bottom of the Well stuff in the late 7’s and early 8’s. This gets pretty out there around 12 and a half. Trey lays on the effects, Mike is thumping, and Page just comes over the top with these huge synth What’s the Use? Style effects. Pretty cool. From here it gets very upbeat and into some great peaks. Ending is a bit sloppy but after all that, does it really matter? Great version in any era. Highly recommended! Longest version since 2.26.22 and before that, 9.24.99. WOW!!!

I Am the Walrus: There seem to be elements of Tweezer Reprise in here along with all the Your Pet Cat stuff. Great stuff, what a way to end the set. LTP 10.30.21, 75 show gap.

SET 2:

Sample in a Jar: Trey’s solo is really bad; I imagine because he was consumed about how he was going to transition this into the big jam that it became? If bliss jams are your thing, you will love this jam. It is the same cookie cutter bliss jam they have been playing for many years now. The last 36 seconds get very cool, and I am thinking, well this is finally getting interesting and then … >

Kill Devil Falls: Very upbeat with some big time peaks. Trey rip chords this into Golden Age. Phish.net has this as a > but I think it really could be listed as a ->

Golden Age: Decent jam. End is a little clunky.

Shade: Oof. Ouch. >

Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley: Standard. >

Twist: Haven’t played one this short since 7.16.22 and then the next shortest 12.3.19. They seriously need to open this song up again. It hasn’t seen anything over 16 minutes since 12.28.17.

You Enjoy Myself: Nice! But again, they need to let YEM breathe again. Hasn’t been stretched out since 8.7.22.

ENCORE:

Wilson: Standard. >

Sanity: Standard.

David Bowie: Standard. >

Character Zero: Standard.

Summary: Set one is super charged. Ghost got the place moving and if you love bliss jams, you will love this Ghost. Very strong Reba and Wolfman’s is an easy all timer, that was awesome! They jam out Sample big time and again – if you love those bliss jams then you will dig this big time. For me, there just isn’t anything to revisit after this first listen of the second set. Many will certainly appreciate and laud the Sample and KDF and that’s great – more power to you. The encore is strong as encores – but again – in terms of material I would seek out after my first listen – there is none. I would rate this as a 3.9/5.

Replay Value: Reba, Wolfman’s.


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