2024-07-28 East Troy, WI

 7/28/24 East Troy

Set 1

The show gets off to a fantastic start with a 16 minute, powerhouse ASIHTOS! This one is a little too "one color" to truly call it must hear, but it IS an excellent reading overall. Great stuff!! If it had just a little bit "more" going on Id rave about it.

Tube follows the same formula - full of energy but pretty unmemorable, yet still really good. Strange stuff, haha

555 is the first stumble. This one is basically a waste - Its played awesome and doesnt drag, yet it doesn't jam in the slightest and Trey doesn't even solo. Just weird.

Thankfully Divided Sky is excellent despite feedback issues for Trey throughout. Its no GOAT or facemelter, but it definitely gets the job done.

The following 14 minute Wolfman is the first "probably must hear" of the night. Very laid back jamming somehow winds up building to an inspired peak finale. There are better, but its definitely groovy and excellent!

12 minute Gin up next. Not must hear - its just another "type 1 rager" version, but at the same time it is definitely excellent. Good stuff!

The set ends with a good Bug into a ripping Possum. Good stuff.


All in all, this definitely was not a bad set at all like night 1, but it also felt undercooked in some ways. The goods are there, they just arent given to their full potential. Or something like that. Most of the set lingers in "that was really, realy good but also nothing special" territory.

Solid B+. Wolfman and ASIHTOS are the "best" pieces of the set, and even those both feel like they were taken out of the oven just a bit too early to really make a real impact.  

Set 2

A scorching hot Set Your Soul Free begins set 2. Definite rager. In the back half it actually deviates significantly, dropping quickly into a spooky kind of funky, semi ambient jam. This is pretty cool stuff, except that....Trey ripcords us into friggin Caspian!

UGH!!! WHAT IN THE NAME OF TOTAL B.S. WAS THAT?! WE FINALLY GET A JAM DOING SOMETHING INTERESTING AND YOU KILL IT DEAD FOR PRINCE CASPIAN?!?!

F YOU TREY! SINCERELY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

Its gonna be one of THOSE sets, I guess.....

Caspian is excellent but that was worse than drinking expired skim milk....Caspian is pretty sick though. It straight up goes type 2 with a move to a kind of "tense" vibe and Gordo kicking on his bass FX. The band latch on to this slow building upward motif and rock it hard from there. It eventually mutates into a slow grooving, chillout to end. And then it ends....Ok, Ill admit defeat on this one. Must hear Caspian. It's definitely unique in a great way! However, if a monster jam was ever going to come out of a Caspian, this was the one. Damn shame it ended when it did

And into a nearly 14 minute Chalkdust we imme launch....Off to a great start, this Chalkdust is a smokeshow!!! Lets friggin go!!! The Chalkdust jam is pretty cool. Its spends a long time in an uptempo-yet-chill kinda zone. Like some rocking 70s cop show music or something (not sure how to describe it, lol). Its full steam ahead. Looper is set and we are off into type 2 once more. After rocking this style for a while it slowly and perfectly goes into a super chill kinda "quasi ambient bliss" zone for several minutes to close.

Must hear! That was a terrific little jam! The song ripped, the jam was actually interesting and unique and it all felt perfect as one piece. Really fantastic!!!!

After that rager we get a nice slide on into Dirt to cool us down. This is a terrific version, notable for a Cactus bass solo!!!

A super short Oblivion (barely 6 minutes?! Shortest to date?!?!) gets us up and grooving again. Which is a shame as this sucker cooks. As with 555, there is NO jam whatsoever. The song IMMEDIATELY just ENDS and the launch into Light.

Thankfully, that transition into Light was tighter and worked better than it had any right to! A very uptempo version positively brimming with enthusiasm!! Light has a wonderfully flowing feel to it. Really great, almost tropical jamming on it before moving into a harder hitting funky rock jam with Trey busting out the "stutter" effect to great use like its 2011 again. It again mutates into a darker area only for Trey to friggin kill the song dead and yank them in 20 Years Later ..

Ugh, Trey, you are better than this ....did someone hurt you on this night or something?! That Light was going places!!!!!!!

20 Years is 20 Years. Doesnt really jam. Next!!!

After 2001 and a typically gnarly Melt to close, we get an encore of The Wedge (why?!) with a decent Carini show closer

Man, this was one of the most disappointing/frustrating shows ever! There is so much audible "potential" but Trey can't get out of his own damn way!!! For set 2, Chalkdust is absolutely must hear and the Light WAS heading there...the actual music played is real good tonight but this show is just a MESS!!