Happy Birthday to You: >

Free: Broadway Trey.

Steam: Standard. >

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters: Trey’s vocals are very distracting.

Evolve: Standard.

Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan: Standard. >

Meat: Standard.

Walk Away: Ripped up the front and down the back.

Theme From the Bottom: Standard.

Kill Devil Falls: Love, love, love the direction this jam starts off in. Check out the way Trey sounds at 4:25 – that tone is straight out of summer 97. Super crunchy and weird. Awesome! I really wish they would have explored this at greater length. A much more upbeat, major mode jam emerges in the early 6 minute range. Outstanding echoing effects at 9:00 and then things really shift gears 30 seconds later. A much funkier tone from Page, Mike, and Trey while Fish keeps the tempo very fast. Trey alternates between a bunch of effects and a funky tone but by the 12 minute mark he opts for an exclusively clean tone and runs with it. So, the same thing I heard in Light from Wilmington (sounds like Gloria in excelsis Deo tease that starts at 11:28 – the theme is repeated a number of times through 12:44) emerges again here in KDF starts around the late 14 minute range. This is quite a jubilant section here. Like I said, it starts in the late 14’s and goes through about 17:15 with huge trills and a monster peak. Thrilling, all time version of Kill Devil Falls. Incredible set closer!

SET 2: Suzy Greenberg: Standard. Good energy coming out of the gate. >

Tweezer: What a wild ride this one is, another stellar, looooong Tweezer. Lots of whale call from Trey in the late 9’s and well into the 10’s. By the 15 minute mark they have managed to ramp this jam into complete chaos, very cool stuff. Big wall of sound as Page is leaning hard on the synth – that is what is driving the bus into the chaos. Trey gets a great, repeating theme going at 15:25. At the 19:15 minute mark they start playing the original Tweezer intro line and by the late 19’s they are riffing off of that and moving on. This piece eventually moves into extremely effects that frankly, sound like a lot of fun just listening to them on tape so I bet live this had to be a hoot. Great Tweezer! Another all timer as far as I am concerned. This slips so nicely into… ->

Oblivion: Broadway Trey to the max. Geesh. Mentioned this about the Oblivion from Wilmington but heard it again here in the Syracuse version - In a couple of spots in the composed section there are small snippets that – to me – sound a lot like A Real Hero from Electric Youth & College. Lot’s of that Trey reverse reverb/backwards effect going on in the 9 minute range and beyond, super cool. Very psychedelic. He has been digging into that this tour, love it. By the late 12’s, they have managed to climb out of that deep, dark psychedelic hole and Trey is leading the band into a major mode jam. Trey charging hard towards a peak in the late 15’s but doesn’t quite take it there just yet. Lot’s of trilling at 17 and half, there’s that peak. Outstanding version and the best to date of the three played so far.

Miss You: They earned this ballad in this spot. Such a great tune.

Wolfman's Brother: Rare late set two placement. Only three times in the past two years has it been placed here, or even mid second set. Pretty standard version.

Possum: Standard.

ENCORE:

I Didn't Know: Very funny banter.

What's the Use? - Very nice! >

Tweezer Reprise: Standard face melter to close out a great show.

Summary: Three all timers (KDF, Tweezer, Oblivion) = great show. Fun first set too. I believe the current rating of 4.231/5 (386 ratings) is right on the money. I am all in at 4.2 out of 5.

Replay Value: Kill Devil Falls, Tweezer, Oblivion