Takavl

Correction — the Webern-heavy first set that I was referring to was Saratoga ’06, NOT ’04. 🙄

And I still have yet to listen to that quote from the Aladdin ’04. I blame Fallout 3. 😳

Jackie, I am surprised that no one’s answered you yet.

I was gonna do it yesterday, but then got sidetracked by Fallout 3. You know, important stuff

This show (Aladdin ’04) is getting to be somewhat of a snippet touchstone, if you please…isn’t this the show that ALSO features the ‘snippety’ intro to “Circus”? The one that one of our members’ fathers asked BH to play at this past summer’s Lowell show? (I forget who that was, and am too lazy to search the archives for it at this point )

Speaking of snippets, I FINALLY caught the Webern quote at the end of “King Of The HIll” from Saratoga CA ’04…I know, I know, duh. Yes, even though BH himself references it, someone in the audience calls out “WEBERN!” and then BH does the “Webern Variations” as an intro to “Fortunately Numb.” (Heh.)

Anyhoo…I’ll listen (again, it’s a GREAT) to that Aladdin show to see if I can ascertain…I ain’t promising a thing tho’….. 😯

Hey Jim —

Thanks for the setlists and review…always fun to read another fan’s perspective, not to mention just which tunes BH played…for the obsessed, like myself and many others here

I’m gonna be lazy here, but were the 2 shows on the same night?

Trey

I’ve not heard that “Window,” but “The Valley Road” as played on HCTN is a semi-shuffle, played in 6/8 time. Doesn’t BH state as such in the box set liner notes : I think that he also says that that version (of VR) was a segue out of the Dead tune “Wharf Rat”….altho’ I could be mistaken ’bout that

Fave versions? Why you gotta ask such a hard question? I happ’d to enjoy the HELL out of the “Defenders>King O’ The Hill” he played at Lowell this summer, a monster that featured a Ravel piece at the beginning, some ‘out’ seguing between the tunes, and a squeaky mic stand/drum solo. Also, funnily enough, a semi-regular tempo/time sig. “Valley Road” with the chromatic keys/sax/git harmony, and Ornette’s “Questions and Answers” rearing its harmolodic head in the middle.

Memories….

Thanks CD, for the review…interesting that Sonny wasn’t there…

The 90min. bit sounds constricting, fo’ sho’….

And Bruce saying he had never done “Innocence>Fields” is correct in a technical sense…the MunckMix boot of Portland ’05 has a “Fields>Innocence.”

I would’ve loved to’ve seen this somewhat strange show in my hometown, but no matter how I tried, the earliest we’ll be able to get down (GET DOWN!) Tampa-way will be in a couple of weeks….

Anyone else have a review that they can add to CD’s?

Posting madness continues…sorry! 😆

Just got the payoff for the price o’ the set (which wasn’t extravagant at all, I’m just sayin’):
track 9, disc 1 (the jam out of “Let It Grow”) is roughly 10 mins. of Bruce and Jerry dueling/noodling with/at each other, and Bob chiming in every so often…fantastic.

“Road Trips MSG ’90” was just dropped off via UPS about an hour ago…so far, so very good.

The audio is great, one somewhat jarring edit from one night to another, but whaddaya gonna do?

Set list (aggregate) is cool, but I agree with Mike C — the ’91 MSG shows were a bit better. However, putting things in perspective, a fine set of discs nonetheless!

T

Mine is in #10…

Didn’t have too much of a problem getting it to BH — after the Brew finished clearing their gear off the stage, I noticed a middle-aged tall gentleman (who looked like he was waiting for something) standing on the steps directly in front of BH’s piano, so I stood next to him! That’s real “Hey, I’ll do that TOO” attitude!
Not two minutes later some dude with a pass came out and took our requests — I said “Hey, thanks a lot,” and he replied “No, thank YOU.” Heh.

I must say that BH’s policy of ‘no setlists/bring your requests’ really got my appreciative goat — not only does the policy have the potential to satisfy most fans, it also enables the band to pursue ‘new musical adventures’ every night they play…that’s very cool.

AJ —

No, I don’t think that you’re off at all in your categorization. That was the short answer, at least from me

Longer part: I’ve seen BH and the NM JUST once — Lowell 8/14 — but in perusing this board, reading other sources of info online, listening to the Munck releases, etc I figure that I can make somewhat of a hasty generalization regarding the differing types o’ fans — but you’ve done it for me.

What seemed to be the case at Lowell in my experience (the crowd, the crowd reaction, the different fans) —

1) I felt that the crowd, overall, reacted generally well to improv and the more “out” piano noodlings…however —

2) I DID notice SOME (a very select few) who became restless during reinterpreted parts of the ‘hits’ which led to —

3) these same listeners departing near the end of “Way” and missing the end of the show. They might’ve been Lowell townies out for the night (isn’t it the case that there are some of those, fellow more experienced Lowell people?) or fair-weather hits peeps who got their fix, albeit a little altered.

4) Lastly, yes, the ol skool Deadheads (like the very very nice ones in front of me) who persisted in screaming out “Black Muddy RIVAH!” or “Eyes Ah Dah WAHLD!” or some such…I must also say that these same semi-irritating but very gracious old-timers would also shout “YEAH!” when Bruce or one of the guys rocked a solo…so ya take the good with the bad, I s’pose. Ha.

That fact that Mass. is a ‘blue’ state, with p’raps a higher percentage of peeps willing to endulge the restless and creative artiste is a contributing factor…I dunno how the audiences are in other states, or even how the previous ’06 Lowell audience was…

Makes one a bit more appreciative of the numbers of people that the Dead could draw ( knowing full well that up to about 1/3 of each Dead show would be jamming, improv, and/or space with drum solos)….I s’pose they would still have their shouts of “Touch of Grey!”