5 29 22 Orange Beach
Set 1
Ooh, what an opener tonight, a 13 minute jammed out Character Zero! The
freshness continues! C Zero is MUST HEAR!! Terrific version with tons of
full band jamming and interplay. Absolutely essential!! Actually, you
could say this even goes type 2 for a good while!!!
Same thing goes for the following Mike's Song - essential listening, it
features legitimate full band jamming and isnt just a type 1 rocker. A+
!!!
After a nice bouncing its time for a 12 minute KDF! Unfortunately KDF is
the first miss of the night featuring a jam that doesnt really go
anywhere and gets killed off the moment it starts to go type 2. Bummer!
The following Winterqueen thankfully makes up for it. Stellar version, maybe not must hear, but definitely excellent.
As usual, Funky B crushes tonight. Terrific organ soloing from Page!!!
Funky B absolutely rips, Trey just melting faces. Great stuff.
Great setlist call moving into NICU next. Good version, nothing special.
Carini gets some heat going but is similar to Funky B, worth a listen but nothing essential.
The set closes with a nicely jammed Weekapaug to pair with Mikes Song. Good stuff.
All in all, this was a GOOD set. The only lowpoint was that waste
of a KDF. Mikes and C Zero were the only "impressive" music of the set
(maybe Winterqueen and Paug) as most of the set was stuck at "very good
but nothing special" level. Weakest of the 3 first sets so far, imo.
Set 2
Awesome start with a Landlady bustout. Must hear, they play it flawlessly with great energy!
But thats just a primer for the mother effing kaiju sized MONSTER that is this 22 minute Tweezer!! All timer jam alert! Must hear at all costs!!! This
thing goes throuh 4 or 5 distinct sections from funky rock to blissy
rock to HEAVY EVIL FUNK ROCK finally culminating in one the craziest,
most insane deconstruction jams ever played. The Albany
2024 Fuego has nothing on this, ok? They spend a serious 3 or 4 minutes
slowly breaking it all down into a psychedelic soup of screaming drills
and synth and Fishman samples .....
Utter insanity on a 1.0 level of sorts. Just unbelievable. This has to be the jam of the year so far and goes toe to toe with any great jam of 2021 (or any year)!
An absolute monster!
Great drop into a short Plasma to save us from the abyss. Nice version with great bluesy playing from everyone. Grab this!!!
Same for the following 13 minute Wolfman. Another essential piece, total
X Factor all over this. Spectacular jamming, and its pretty fresh
getting a great version late in the show. This is fantastic!!! Total type 2 robot uber funk jamming. Incredible jamming! 
After a solid Miss You, we get Maze and Hood to close the set proper.
Both are good enough, but neither excel or make you take notice. Both
are supremely average.
Uninspired encore of ALBTD and Tweeprise.
All in all, this set was immaculate until somewhere around Miss
You. Then it just lost steam and kinda floated lazily to a conclusion.
The music played straight through Wolfman is all must hear. That is some
HIGH QUALITY FRIGGIN PHISH!!! Overall id say this show probably
deserves its 3.6 rating - nothing is bad but a lot of it is "enjoyable
but supremely average" if that makes any sense.
C Zero, Mikes and that 2nd set sequence are as excellent as anything,
but everything else is kinda "eh, that was pretty good I guess".
Easily the weakest of the 3 shows to my ears.
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