We drove over from college in southwest Missouri. Winding down state highways through northern Arkansas in early fall is, actually, delightful. There were 4 of us in my friend’s Saturn. One, Tom, a buddy that I did a bunch of shows with, including holiday tour 97 and a bit of summer 99. His girlfriend (now a candidate for office! lol) and another friend of theirs, a college aged woman who’s name I’ve forgotten.
On the drive Tom at one point was explaining to the newb thatc “sometimes… [cigarette drag] you see… [cigarette drag] the band just finds a *groove* and… [cigarette drag] the whole room vibrates”
That was prophetic.
Show was amazing. Bought some Eyes of Ra pressies from a taper friend pre show. (Unrecognizable to me as he had shaved his beard after a run in the law the previous day in AL.) And yadda yadda yadda we had an incredible time. Hit up Beale St briefly after the show, still feeling no pain, and then headed back to sleep a few hours before Thursday classes.
The 2001/DWD pairing is why I first came to this show 20+ years later…
It’s now one of my favorite shows so I’m probably biased, but I love the build up in Set 1 with the nerdy key of D connection. Jibboo is a solid opening that gives way to that 37 minutes in the spotlight. The Catapult, Kung, IDK Club sandwich is clever and great.
We drove over from college in southwest Missouri. Winding down state highways through northern Arkansas in early fall is, actually, delightful. There were 4 of us in my friend’s Saturn. One, Tom, a buddy that I did a bunch of shows with, including holiday tour 97 and a bit of summer 99. His girlfriend (now a candidate for office! lol) and another friend of theirs, a college aged woman who’s name I’ve forgotten.
On the drive Tom at one point was explaining to the newb thatc “sometimes… [cigarette drag] you see… [cigarette drag] the band just finds a *groove* and… [cigarette drag] the whole room vibrates”
That was prophetic.
Show was amazing. Bought some Eyes of Ra pressies from a taper friend pre show. (Unrecognizable to me as he had shaved his beard after a run in the law the previous day in AL.) And yadda yadda yadda we had an incredible time. Hit up Beale St briefly after the show, still feeling no pain, and then headed back to sleep a few hours before Thursday classes.
The 2001/DWD pairing is why I first came to this show 20+ years later…
It’s now one of my favorite shows so I’m probably biased, but I love the build up in Set 1 with the nerdy key of D connection. Jibboo is a solid opening that gives way to that 37 minutes in the spotlight. The Catapult, Kung, IDK Club sandwich is clever and great.