6-9-09 - Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC

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from eric tipton date Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:30 AM subject Asheville review From: Eric Tipton Thanks Dan! SET ONE Kill Devil Falls (9:25) Tight - Rager - The Moma Dance (7:26) Standard as they come, very little funk or jam really. Sample in a Jar (6:22) Trey a bit off key in spots, nothing too bad. Standard. Stash (13:05) Again, Trey a bit off key in spots, nothing terrible. Standard. Dog Faced Boy (3:49) Funny banter after Stash. Dude was yelling like crazy for Tela. Like every other Dog Faced Boy you have heard. Gumbo (5:21) More banter. Very short. Tube (6:16) Standard. Lengthwise (1:51) Big bustout. But if you have heard one you have heard them all. The Divided Sky (14:48) Easily the highlight of the set. Nicely played with some definite peaks. When The Cactus Are In Bloom (3:17) Good placement for a new bluegrass number. Bold as Love (6:01) Nice! Again, great placement and very well played. Last one since 10/6/00. SET TWO Backwards Down the Number Line (9:50) Awesome trills from Trey around 7:10. Really nice, little jam and back into the lyrics. Drifts briefly into spaciness then segues into... Ghost (15:18) Around the 11 minute mark this one takes off. Trey starts drilling it at 12:30 and out comes the hose for just under one minute til 13:20 when they start to settle the jam back down. 15:18 segues into FEFY. Page didn't seem to be completely on board or ready but totally no big deal. Fast Enough for You (8:10) Nice. Nothing awe inspiring, just pretty well played. Long gap in between this and Halley's. Dude is yelling like crazy for Tela again. Halley's Comet (6:13) Short. Well played and well planned segue into Maze > Maze (11:28) Trey blows the part before "The overhead view is of me in a Maze" Page takes a decent 3 minute solo. Trey comes in kind of off key through alot of his solo and not sounding very confident. Alaska (9:50) Amusing lyrically and Trey destroys it!!! Theme from the Bottom (8:26) No peak or crescendo at all where you would expect it. Big meh. Golgi Apparatus (4:41) Pretty much what you would expect. Possum (10:01) Standard. ENCORE Loving Cup (7:47) Nice way to end the show. Raged it good. * first When The Cactus Is In Bloom (Bill Monroe) * first Alaska My highlights would be Divided Sky, Ghost and Alaska and the humorous banter.
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