2012-06-28 Noblesville, IN

 The one-show-a-week 2012 run continue with 6/28/12 Noblesville

Been running truck like a ragdoll all week. Up at 5 am. Get home at 7pm. In bed at 9pm. Rinse repeat....

Absolutely bonkers setlist tonight!!!!


Set 1 -

The Birdwatcher - Is this a "standard"? New acapella number! Always welcome!

The Curtain With - The "proper" opener, the crowd goes nuts when they begin! A very inspired rendition that is nailed on all fronts and is a blast to sit through. Awesome Curtain!

F Your Face -

The Old Home Place - Awesome to hear.

Pebbles and Marbles - Awesome.

Weigh - Awesome

Chalkdust Torture - Awesome

Wolfman's Brother - Awesome

Cool It Down - Awesome

Tweezer - Awesome

Tela - Awesome

>Stealing Time - Awesome


All in all, this set was...guess the word....awesome.  

So last night I did play through all of 6/28/12 in one go and enjoyed it all VERY much, but during the 2nd set my mind was getting preoccupied with other things and it turned into highly enjoyable background noise that I wasn't in the mood to review. I was just tired and all that jazz.

Properly listening to set 2 right now

6/28/12 Noblesville, IN

Set 2

Mike's Song - Wonderfully raging full-band interplay on this. You feel like if any one member stopped playing the whole thing would fall apart. Of course Trey is soloing hard but it goes with the flow rather than standing above the other three guys. Really strong!!!

>McGrupp - Awesome segue/song placement!!! That transition sounded like something right out of 1995!!! Another absolutely terrific version. Check out the interplay between Page, Mike and Trey all locked in together on the jam, playing as one. Very impressive. Killer McGrupp!!!! The jam peaks very angrily and aggressively.

Back On The Train - Somehow, some way, this angry burst of danger morphs seamlessly into BOTT. I had to go back and replay it a few times, haha. Extra guitar-hero energy in this one! Check out Trey ripping it up on the wah pedal!!! At 6:20 things suddenly get DARK. Not Fukuoka 2000 BOTT dark, but definitely into the Type II area for sure. Page is still delivering beautifully uplifting piano runs while Trey starts doing ambient whale/bird call sirens. Its extremely cool but also extremely unsettling!!! I mean, when I was drifting last night this definitely made me sit up and go "WHAT IS THIS?!". By 7:45 the keyboards come out, the rhythm has changed and we are in a full-blown outer space drift-jam, floating in the ether. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS AT 10 MINUTES IN!!!!???? No! NO! NO IT CANT BE! STOP IT GUYS! PLEASE! DONT DO THIS!!!!.....

>Hold Your Head Up/Sexual Healing Vacuum solo/Bike/HYUP - TUCK! TUCK! TUCK! TUCK! TUCK! TUCK! TUCK!
Ok, as far as Fishman segments go this was actually very fun and I'm sure a blast in person. Normally I just want to skip past them but it's surprisingly enjoyable in the context of this show.



>Weekapaug Groove - "Weekapaug featured Trey on drums and Fish on guitar (while teasing DEG) at the beginning saying "I think we're a better band this way, don't you?" followed by Trey and Fish on drums together, then Trey back on guitar." Awesome stuff!!!! Total party yo The percussion jam when they are switching roles back is great. Mike gets a bass solo and then Page goes nuts too. Insanely freaking great.

>Prince Caspian - Out of a hot and wacky WG into a perfectly calming Prince Caspian. At this point it feels like the end of the set, but we still have 50 or so minutes to go! Great little Prince C. Perfectly relaxing after the zaniness that preceeded it. Nothing special but a very nice transition piece into the beast we are about to get...

>Waves - The jamming is A+. If someone wants to know what a picture-perfect version of Waves sounds like, tell them to proceed directly here. It's just SO. FREAKING. GOOD!!! UGH!! All of the playing is just ON POINT and the energy is out wazoo!!!!!!! Weird to say a Waves is HOT but, this Waves is HOT!!!! Around 5 minutes in everyone is raging hard and Trey very slowly starts to introduce effects and feedback, seemingly seeing what way he wants to proceed. By 7 minutes the jam has evolved into Trey doing wah pedal bursts and leading the guys into a slightly ambient yet still spastically funky vibe. Page jumps on the keys, Gordo is laying it down thick and at 7:55 Trey clearly hints at Frankie Says!!! I wouldn't want a ripcord, but damn that could've been a terrific segue!! Instead he leads onwards, dynamiclly placing his notes with purpose Fish remains nutzo on the drums and Page is laying down pretty piano swirls behind all of this. It's like being in the eye of the hurricane. But then Gordo hits his synth bass effects and nukes us with a few bomberoonies. Nasty! But still pretty! Huh. It's dark yet light at the same time. There is definitely some X Factor creepign through tonight. At 10:20 things start to calm down significantly and Trey hints at Frankie again but instead we get a few minutes of ambience. No more drums, just cymbal washes and outer space synths. By 12 minutes we are firmly in the Halloween Spooky Scary Black Hole Abyss for about 30 seconds....

>Bug - Out of the destruction Trey slowly introduces Bug as the jam is dying down. Thank christ Fishman comes in on the beat and we have a proper segue, lmao. That segue out and into Bug was one of the most satisfying transitions ever....Very powerful version ending with a psychedelic meltdown transition into...

>David Bowie - HOLY CRAP!

>Show of Life - Is SOL. But I love it and you should too. Always a great closer.

Tweeprise - No explanation needed.



Holy schnike!!! All in all this show was DA BOMB, man!!!! The first set was great, loaded with rarities, but the 2nd set was maybe in the top 2 or 3 of the tour so far. Just pure awesomeness from start to finish. As a whole show this is definitely near the very top of the heap so far! DO NOT SKIP THIS GIG!!!!

Back On The Train and Waves are both MUST HEAR.