2011-06-12 Columbia, MD

6/12/11 Columbia, MD
Up to Crosseyed right now.

The energy is through the roof tonight and from the start I knew this show was gonna slay the first night. And so far it absolutely has!!!
Trey is have a slightly flubby night, but the band is jelling and he's covering his mistakes well (See Divided Sky).
Energy out the wazoo, a rarity filled setlist, and tons of fun.

Yea, this show is going on the keeper list for sure.

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Yea, this show slayed. If you're ok with mostly Type 1 excursions, this show is top of the heap. FER SURE.

Exceptional if you just want a great show to headbang to.  

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6/12 Columbia** (RAGING first set!Terrific straighforward 2nd set!!!)
Buried Alive
Lonesome Cowbill Bill
Ha Ha Ha
Divided Sky (Trey flubs a lot but covers GREAT)
Wolfman's Brother (Awesome jamming!)
>Reggae Woman (AMAZING SEGUE)
>Gumbo (SICK!!!!!!!!)
Bathtub Gin (Type I DESTRUCTION)
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Character Zero
Crosseyed and Painless
>Steam
>Light
The Wedge
Alaska
Harry Hood
Number Line (HOLY CRAP!)
SANITY
Makisupa Policeman
First Tube (HOLY HELL!)

2011-06-11 Columbia, MD

Played set one of 6/11/11, Columbia, MD while painting a fence this afternoon.

That was the most....NONDESCRIPT first set I think I've ever heard.

In no way was it a major letdown or a trainwreck or anything - it just....was there.

Kinda sucks cuz the setlist is great!!

It wasn't totally by-the-numbers though:

Access Me - absolutely wonderful to hear. Great version too! Lots of energy!
Wilson (TREY VAN HALEN!!!!!!) - was incredible!!!! Trey was going NUTS with lots of tapping and shredding
>Sand - absolutely terrific Type I jamming, and the segue into it was awesome and unexpected.
On Your Way Down - is this a cover? Very nice bluesy tune

I'd say those are easily the first set highlights.
Roses Are Free sounded like it was about to jump into a jam, but Trey "pre"-ripcorded us into Reba. If there's one song I don't mind that happenning for its Reba

But yea, set 1 was 90 minutes pretty much of "EH. THAT WAS NICE."  

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There hasn't been a poor show on the tour yet, but this was definitely the, um, most lacking?

Set one had a few highlights (Wilson, Sand) but was mostly not great.

Set 2 brought the heat but never went above and beyond.

Actually, set 2 was pretty awesome, but on the whole this show felt like a good 2009 show rather than a great 2011 one, if that makes sense.
 

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6/11 Columbia (Mostly skippable first set, some big set 2 highlights)
Access Me
Wilson (TREY VAN HALEN!!!!)
>Sand (Terrific Type 1, Awesome segue!)
On Your Way Down
Birds of a Feather
Tweezer
Waves (Awesome!)
Chalkdust Torture
Rock and Roll (Type II goodness!)
Piper
>Velvet Sea (Stupendous segue and set placement!)
Stealing Time (RED HOT!)
Suzy Greenberh (WHAT?!)
Show of Life

2018-08-12 Columbia, MD

 Up to Tweezer (first set!) and this set is laying waste to the first sets of the the last couple of shows!

There is definitely palpable "X Factor", the likes of which were last felt on the excellent Alpharetta run.

Llama - ripping
BBFCFM - destroying
Meat - super funky and awesome
Alaska - surprisingly jammed and red hot- talk about glacial melting!!!!

Tweezer - pretty darn ragetastic as well. Trey keeps from all out shredding, choosing instead to opt for lengthy sustained notes and feedback or more melodic passages. Absolutely wonderfully paced. The rest of the guys are ON IT behind him - hell I could listen to this without Trey and still be headbanging. Page is doing all kinds of interesting things in the background. Can't hear Gordo well enough to comment but the whole jam is FIRE



EDIT:

HOLY MOLY THAT GIN WAS BONKERS TOO!!!
And now we go into The Curtain With and its sounding damn fine for a 2018 version.

SICK

 Chalkdust Torture

OH MY GOD

 

No exaggeration - please, please, please seek this out and have your world destroyed. This is hotter than some 90s versions I've heard. Trey murders everyone.

First set of the summer. I'm calling it. Oh my greaking good gravy banana jeezus god.



I'm sorry, enough with the smileys, but you really gotta hear this to understand how I feel  

 

Up through Piper right now

This show is outstanding!!!!

Top 2 or 3 show of the entire tour - it's that good!