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Date Posted: 11:23:17 08/28/05 Sun
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Shad-O-Vision
's message, "Another NLQP 2005 Review" on 23:45:14 08/27/05 Sat
Great review !!! Sounds like you had a kickass time, good for you man.. I'm already planning the trip for next year spouse or not!!! Hell! Money or not!! (that always seems to be the issue with us cha-ching $$ I hate money!) Peace and Love --Sage >Sorry for the lateness. After everyone else¡¦s this
>might be anticlimactic, but read on if you need
>ANOTHER GratefulFest review. Haven¡¦t had the time to
>complete it, until now. So, read on.
>
>If you were there, you know what I mean. If you were
>not, man did you miss out!!!! I'm sorry, but these
>were the ONES folks. Easily the best run I've ever
>seen. I've been describing these as incredibly
>emotional shows, evoking rapture and despair
>intermittingly. [This sounds stupid even as I type
>but it¡¦s true]: Other than the birth of my
>daughters, these were the most powerful moments I¡¦ve
>ever experienced, specifically the Saturday 8/20/05
>show.
>
>Shad¡¦s 100% Honest Warts-And-All Reviews, of stuff
>that I remember, ¡¥cause there¡¦s a LOT of it!
>
>Friday 8/19/05:
>
>Cornmeal. Go see this appetizing band. Don¡¦t know
>the name of the lady on fiddle, but wow. Then another
>good Gans set, especially Down To Eugene. High
>quality throughout the DSO first set, but let¡¦s face
>it, that¡¦s the norm when catching a Dark Star show.
>It¡¦s sad, but we all kind of expect that now, you
>know? Ok, that¡¦s not a sad thing at all. Well
>anyhow, Eyes is KILLER right from the start as they
>blast into the bulk of the song without any slow
>buildup, and then WHAM as they do the Dirt jams. I
>can¡¦t put my finger on it, and it pains me to write
>it, but something seemed a little ¡§off¡¨ during some
>of the ebbs and flows of some of those jams. Maybe I
>have to do a little more research and reevaluation.
>9.5 out of 10 stars at least nevertheless. The
>weirdest thing was the absence of China Doll after the
>Eyes, as it was a rare stand-alone version. Another
>clue to the date, Scarlet out of Playin, which returns
>back to Playin completing the sandwich. Duh. It was
>good. REAL good. Oh! Don¡¦t Ease, a ¡§throwaway¡¨
>tune I often feel as do many others (Don¡¦t Sleeze on
>J-cards ring a bell?) was REALLY hot too! Who knew?!!
>ļ
>
>2nd set included a weird tech-diff during El Paso, and
>a mysterious He¡¦s Gone > Truckin > Spanish Jam >
>Other One > GDTRFB where you never really knew what
>song was going to materialize next due to intentional
>or unintentional clues and teases. Other One included
>a good roll from Kevin. SSDD had both Lisa and Donna
>wailing (right?! it¡¦s been a few days now). Taper
>Geek Alert: The personal highlight for my bro and I
>was watching the numbers say ¡§2 minutes¡¨ of tape
>remaining, ¡§1 minute¡¨, and finally reading ¡§0
>minutes¡¨ during the SSDD for an eternity capped of by
>the two of us cheering hysterically when the finale
>finally crashed and the tape promptly stopped seconds
>thereafter. Made the switch and enjoyed a spry US
>Blues. (8/6/74 btw)
>
>Saturday 8/20/05:
>
>Crazy hurricane-like storm blows vendors canopies and
>small children around the park just a few hours before
>showtime. Clear skies for Shimmy Shack¡¦s set. Those
>guys can really play together! Stir Fried had the
>pleasure of playing quite well in the horizontal
>hose-down. Gotta love the Dirty Dozen. They not only
>play up to their name and beyond with some good
>raunch, the trumpet player dons a black and gold 36
>jersey while I in my Steeler Your Face T. Take that
>Herd/Bix/et al.!
>
>On paper nothing looks all that spectacular. 5/11/78.
> Short 2nd set in terms of songs. Typical ¡¦78 stuff.
> However, almost everything is played with an energy,
>not an easily perceivable FAST-type energy, but an
>emotional one. Just about every song has a certain,
>quality, or character, to it that really hit me. I
>don¡¦t know how it will reproduce on tape or if the
>disc will get much play in the car, but the experience
>of this live show was nothing I can properly explain.
>It¡¦s a ¡§writing about music is like dancing about
>architecture¡¨-type thing.
>
>Good Cold Rain opener, and fitting, for sure. What, a
>20 or so beat BIODTL? Somebody was off by one I
>think.. :) Slow FOTD not usually my thing, but
>tonight¡K. it was well received. L.L.Rain made me
>think, ¡§another slow one? bah!¡¨. But this was an
>INCREDIBLE L.L.Rain (get the tape). I wish I could
>remember which lovely lady was responsible for this.
>Rest of the set was average, but in DSO-land that¡¦s
>more than merely adequate. Mexicali > Mama DID stand
>out. And then the Lazy > Supplication.
>Supplication!!!!! Break.
>
>Just about all you could want from a Scarlet > Fire
>(more Scarlet than Fire this time), but that only
>warmed things up: Dancin, long and involved. Never
>met one of those I didn¡¦t thoroughly enjoy. Drums is
>good and funky when a slough of people come out for a
>family drums. Can¡¦t remember most now, but Looky and
>Pres were out there having a good time. Perfect
>¡¦78-style NFA, with that long buildup, and not so
>flashy and hard-hitting. Great team effort (lead by
>John¡¦s vocals) on Stella Blue, a song now never the
>same for me since Scott¡¦s memorial. My first Around
>in over 4 years didn¡¦t disappoint, especially the up
>tempo ending (actually Cold Rain, BIODTL, and Lazy >
>Supp were all absent from my shows the last 4 years
>until THIS show ¡V thanks guys!!!!). More Chuck Berry
>to come¡K. Goofy Werewolves. SMOKING J.B.Goode.
>
>Correct me if I¡¦m wrong, but this is when Evan used
>the perfect word to remember those who are gone:
>angels. That speech, in that setting. Powerful.
>
>Had a BLAST after the show. Thanks to George, Arthur,
>Ashley, Ryan, Re, and Gerry for pranksterish fun
>¡¥round the campfire, and to new neighbor and friend
>Shaggy, and to Dark Star Coffee Girl Jen for keeping
>me cool with milkshake after milkshake. Try the chai.
> Sorry to the people we may have kept up until
>(almost) dawn.
>
>Sunday 8/21/05:
>
>Sunday morning I woke up a bit after 11:00 and ran
>down to the stage to catch the Morning Gans jam.
>Great stuff with Cheryl Ann, but the highlight was
>John playing mandolin and singing on some tunes,
>especially Down To Eugene and Rueben & Cherise. The
>request for Valerie was denied but this guy wasn¡¦t
>complaining. The Tricksters were awesome. They
>closed their set with my first ever live New Potato.
>REAL long and involved. Keller¡¦s set would have
>benefited from nightfall and some nifty lighting.
>Last year I REALLY got off on the first half of his
>set, and enjoyed the rest. This year was all like
>last year¡¦s second half, very enjoyable but not
>thoroughly spectacular.
>
>Having a hard time remembering all the original raffle
>setlist songs. WRS > Let It Grow was about 18
>thrilling minutes, with Eaton on his acoustic. Donna
>came out and did an eloquent Cassidy. Oh, loved
>Barraco singing Mr. Charlie. Speaking of Charlie,
>Cosmic Charlie (isn¡¦t one of those spelled with an
>¡¥ley¡¦?) came out of the St. Stephen second set
>opener¡K oh that slide guitar¡K which was, again, a
>song I haven¡¦t heard in 4 years, when I did a LOT of
>shows. Drums/Space was rather out there, especially
>with the lights bouncing off of the stage, trees, and
>ourselves. SOTM. Perfect. For many I believe the
>moon wasn¡¦t quite visible during the song as it was
>rising up from behind some trees, but it was so BRIGHT
>that it didn¡¦t matter. The Alabama encore (for Tiff)
>rocked hard, and made me think how much more this one
>would be loved if the lyrics were more Minglewood,
>Touch, or Cassidy. Bama went into Sing Me Back Home,
>a personal favorite, but this one was with both
>ladies. Each one took a turn leading the ¡§COME
>ALIVE¡¨ buildup. This was in my noggin the whole time
>driving home.
>
>This weekend, this just about as perfect as can be
>weekend, was capped off for us by getting lost ¡V
>missed a turn, wrong turn, who knows, but it was
>something stupid I¡¦m sure ¡V but getting lost is FUN
>if you do it with walkie-talkies and two cars worth of
>people and you¡¦re in middle of NOWHERE and you smell
>like a selection of meats cooked over a campfire. The
>folks at the rest area, which was rather busy for the
>hour which we arrived, raised a few ¡¥brows to be
>sure.
>
>People, you¡¦re insane if next year you don¡¦t make
>it. Start requesting personal days, renting RVs, and
>finding babysitters pronto. It¡¦s the show of the
>year, every year. The NYE run, which hopefully I¡¦ll
>make after a 4 year absence, ain¡¦t got nothing on
>this.
>
>Not played but appropriate...
>¡§Ain¡¦t no place I¡¦d rather be
>Baby won¡¦t you carry me
>Back to NLQP¡¨
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