Night one of the TAB run in Oakland contained almost every song that I was hoping to see! I really thought the first set was rockin' pretty hard and there were some awesome jams. Cayman Review, Alive Again, and Push on Til The Day were all fantastic and exactly what I expected. The crowd at the Fox was getting down as well and you could tell Big Red was having a great time. I'd never really been into Magilla, but after seeing TAB shred it to pieces I can say that I am officially a fan now. Then we even got a treat and Jeff Cressman came out to play on Mozambique, another one of my TAB faves.

I wanted nothing more than a raging TAB Sand and I got it first song of the second set. I've always been into Valentine so that was a nice treat and then BOOM! Night Speaks was definitely HOT HOT HOT and followed up nicely with Architect, which featured the cool effect of having the spotlights reflecting off Trey's guitar, making him seem even more like a Jedi Master. Of all the new Traveler songs, I really like Architect the most, along with Scabbard and Land of Nod.

I really loved the song selection on night one. When I was leaving the show I was thinking to myself, "what songs haven't they played yet?!"