SET 1:

My Friend, My Friend: very cool opener, would be hyped to hear this open a show. Standard version though, perhaps not as ripped as it could be. With myfe ending.

Kill Devil Falls: party starter placement. Standard and short.

Camel Walk: nice! Band isn’t quite on the same page in the intro, with some false entries from Fish. Otherwise standard.

A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing: standard, short, not very exciting.

Poor Heart: opening guitar lick is almost correct! Band seems to have a lot of fun with this one, well placed.

Tube: one of the slowest versions I’ve ever heard - Tube should always be faster than this, IMO. Jam has a lot of potential with Trey’s delay and effects but Fish rips into the breakdown section early, leading to a short and mostly eh version.

Halley’s Comet: slower than usual, like Tube. Standard.

Maze: great guitar effects bridging Halley’s and this, Trey was having fun. Fish must’ve been sick of the slow tempos because this one starts off nice and fast, and Fish’s playing is aggressive. Absolutely RAGING Page solo with Trey and Fish playing off one another and calling audibles, crowd roars in approval. Unfortunately Trey’s solo is short, not more than 2 minutes long - what gives? Refuses to take the reins. This had potential to be a fantastic Maze but Trey just doesn’t take the baton from Page.

Lawn Boy: always love this as a funny cooldown, but after that Maze crumbled in the 4th quarter it’s questionable whether this fits well. Mike’s bass solo is very funny here though, whatever pedal he’s using is so garish lol. Actually a good version of this, whatever that means!

Breath and Burning: Trey: ‘that was so great that we’re gonna play a new song with a line about Page in it.’ Page and Trey then thank the crowd for sticking with them through the storm warnings before the show. Debut, so no jam at all. Enjoyable song that they should bring back for a couple appearances a year.

Saw It Again: welcome antidote to the sugar rush of Breath and Burning. Standard version. Set is definitely all over the place by this point.

Theme From the Bottom: pretty mellow/unconfident version. Check out more cool Trey delay stuff at the end that leads into… >

First Tube: credit to Trey, he absolutely rips this one. As far as 3.0 First Tubes go this one delivers the goods! Good set closer.

SET 2:

Punch You in the Eye: let’s get it on! Never not thrilled to hear this. Landlady section has a few flubs but nothing song-ruining.

Back on the Train: interesting spot - immediately you wonder are they going to take this one for a ride? Unfortunately this is not the case, and this is a very uninteresting short version.

Light: goes from the standard Light soloing to something darker at 5:20, with Trey laying on the effects thick. Murky funk passage at 6:50, nice - Trey and Page totally in unison. They eventually cave to the light around 9 mins in. Page fires out some incredibly inspired piano lines and there’s a standard major passage for a while that quickly is back into layered funk at 11min in (check out whatever Trey is doing here.) Hints of plinko and lots of atmosphere. Lovely. Bass bomb at 12min that gets a HUGE cheer. Total amorphous cowfunk at 13min in, after which it finally dissolves. Fun-ish jam, especially if you like jams that cover a lot of ground in a short period of time - probably not worth more than one or two relistens to me though. Nice transition >

Golden Age: well placed. Not crazy about this showing up in a setlist but doesn’t have to be a groaner if it’s not used as a ripcord, and this has been a funky set, so it fits. Composed section is played passionately here, nicely done. Page really leans on the church organ throughout this one and it works surprisingly well. Fun microjam that delves into an especially cool organ-led groove at 6min in. Then seemingly out of thin air, ->

Boogie On Reggae Woman: WOOO! AWESOME transition, Boogie On just appears out of nowhere and totally takes you by surprise. Trey is smiling. Funk never stops, baby! Page rages a great clav solo at the start of the jam which Trey more or less sits out of. From there it’s straight ahead funk goodness, continuing what Golden Age started. Would recommend this and the song that came before it, good stuff. Ends sort of abruptly into >

Wingsuit: kills the momentum a little bit. Standard, peaks pretty high I guess if you’re a Wingsuit fan. >

Shade: kills the momentum a LOT bit, Jesus. I like this song but following a Wingsuit that killed some awesome funk in its tracks? Very unwelcome.

Possum: this does admittedly rage. An apology?

ENCORE:

Rock & Roll: raged!

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OVERALL: meh show. First set is a throwaway except for the cool opener, a cool Mike solo in Lawn Boy, and First Tube. Second set starts cooking with gas in the Light > Golden Age > Boogie On segment but Wingsuit and Shade are a huge and immediate wet blanket. Closer and encore are good though, as if chosen as a peace offering - but there is no shortage of good type 1 Possums and Rock & Rolls out there. Would recommend the First Tube, Boogie On and Golden Age.

3.3 ish seems about right.