2021-09-24 Wilmington, NC - T.A.B.

 Continuing TAB 2021 this fine Monday (ugh, is any Monday fine?!).

9/24/21 Wilmington is next up and it gets special note for being the final "proper" show of the tour featuring the singers/horns and typical TAB setlist.

That being said, here we go:

Set 1:

A fine Drifting eases us into the show before a spectacular Cayman Review follows and truly begins proceedings. Everyone is giving their all and this is truly an A++ rendition. Must hear!

After another nice Mozambique, we get a blazing hot 14 minute Everythings Right. We've still yet topped the incredible Portland version, but this one is as good as it gets without going "X Factor" on us. Just a smoking, molten guitar workout of the highest order. Definitely must hear!

Heavy Things cools us back down quickly. This version is lovely!!! I cant get enough of the flute!!!! That sounds so rad!!! Awesome version!

Quantegy continues the energetic-yet-laid back vibing of the set. Dark and ethereal, the keys and flute really shine on this one. Sometimes Quantegy sounds too "bare bones" for me. This is not one of those versions - its a mystical, swirling, late night psychedelic chillfest supreme!! Must hear!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!! ALL HAIL QUANTEGY!

All hail proper set construction!!!! Man, Liquid Time rising out of Quantegy works PERFECTLY!!!! It almost feels like one big "prog" piece where Quantegy was the intro section and then it launched into LT. That late night vibe of Liquid Time just pairs so perfectly with Quantegy.... And LT is performed flawlessly with extra mustard tonight. As with Cayman, just an A+ version all around. Stellar!

Alive Again reignites that latin heat once more. An absolutely stonking rendition, Im calling this must hear. This version friggin SMOKES!!! I mean, its just scalding hot!! Musically its exactly what you expect, it just has that extra intangible "something" about it like Cayman and Quantegy did. Absolutely smashing rendition. Wow!!!!

Firing. On. All. Cylinders.

Aw hell yea, Olivia! Lets friggin go! Tear it up!!! Must hear, this one feels longer than other with some excellent horn soloing and nasty wah vamping from Trey. Nasty!

Unexpected launch out of Olivia and into a red hot Pigtail. Awesome as anything else in this set. Smashing!!!!

Money Love and Change closes the set. Another molten hot version that just annihilates. Sick.


All in all, THIS SET RULES!!!! Honestly, this felt like the most front-to-back ass kicking, consistently high quality set since maybe opening night in Portland! That X Factor vibe is flowing for sure.

I would say Cayman, Quantegy>Liquid Time, Everythings Right and Money are all must hear while everything else is barely a notch below. A TERRIFIC set!!!!! 

Set 2

Fiery start to the set with a rocking Night Speaks to a Woman. Must hear!! Absolutely volcanic Trey on this sucker!! He is just going OFF!!!

After an absolute smashing and kinda rare And Flew Away, we jump into a nearly 15 minute Gotta Jibboo. From the outset this Jibboo just has that thing. Its got this massive energy about it - this is no laid back chill fest!!!! This sucker is HOT HOT HOT. The jamming is top tier. Robo Trey for days, just laying hard into that robowah.....thick and goopy and sludgy in the best way. This Jibboo is NASTY! MUST HEAR!!!!!!! Lots of sick Trey, tons of lengthy horn solos...by modern standards, this Jibboo goes OUT THERE!!!!

A+++++++++++++++++

After a nice Evolve to cool us down, we get a MUST hear Alaska!! Chunky and nasty and just X Factor all over!!!!!

As with Alaska and Jibboo, the following 12 minute Simple Twist is absolutely must hear. Total nuclear bomb explosion!!!! Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!! Not much else to say - just a massive 12 minute explosion!!!!

The set concludes with a sick About to Run and a typically excellent Blaze On.

After the acoustic encore we get Bouncing and Wave to close the show. Nice choices!

All in all this was a SMASHING show!!! Absolutely terrific and maybe the best, top to bottom, since opening night in Portland!!! For set 2, Jibboo, Alaska, Simple and Night are all must hear. Just KILLER.

Hot damn what a show....

On to COVID TAB!