Forum MVP Island Bro Posted April 18, 2013 Forum MVP Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Full Throttle dance joy Original Good times roll Shakedown Mama tried Mexicali Peggy-o Good Times (?) Lazy Lightning Supplication Cosmic Charlie Music Deal Sugar mag Scarlet Fire Let it grow Drums/ space (close encounters!) Mr fantasy Wheel World to give (beauty) Sunshine daydream Quinn Wow 2 notes before sleep: If you want to hear what Jeff was up to w/space & close encounters listen to 78 Eugene Mcarthur Court...he nailed that madness! Mr fantasy was handled sooo delicately as they slip into it...imagine Barracco holding a sweet precious baby and then in the next moment hugging and tightly squeezing an old friend...that's how he holds this tune---both of those at the same time DSO + Eugene= PHENOMENAL! Every damn time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted April 18, 2013 Forum MVP Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Going Down to Eugene Well the trip has started a success. After a brief deicing this morning, my flight arrived in Portland without a hitch. Thanks to the help of some great friends I had a place to lounge all day and then head down to Eugene for some raucous fun. Thanks jfolks and greyhead for making this trip possible. DSO made it clear that we we're in for an original recipe right out the gate. Lisa on the stage as the band starts dropping into Let the Good Times Roll. As with some of the more recent DSO electives, the elective tonight did not mean that they were going to be willy nilly and all over the park with song selection. The setlist was very much in an 80s style with an emphasis on songs that were heavy in the rotation during the 1980s. The show didn't have the pronounced psychedelia of a late 60s meltdown, but showed DSO to be a finely tuned psychedelic machine. I'm not sure a show can start with higher energy. The good times roll is a great way for the crowd to get their bodies swaying together and start to feel whatever rhythm they got in their feet. I would say that the heads in Eugene certainly had some rhythm and certainly danced the night away. A Wednesday in Eugene would turn out to be a dancer's delight with plenty of room to shake your bones. After a nice rolling easy going start, they drop into Shakedown. I know this isn't everyone's favorite song; hell I wouldn't even say its one of my favorites, but I certainly love to dance to it and so does apparently most of Eugene. I must admit I dropped out of the show at this point to have a drink at the bar with a friend. We recollect that Cowboy tunes particularly Mexicali are not his favorites and I share that I couldn't stand Cowboy tunes when this all started for me, but now appreciate how danceable they feel. I couldn't really tell you how tonight's version were, but I bet the crowd kept on dancing. Next up, Jeff leads the band through a very sweet and moving Peggy-O with an ebb and flow of energy prevalent throughout the song. This was very moving take on a very moving song by DSO tonight. Good Time Blues or Never Trust a Woman or whatever you want to call this cheesy little Brent piece about being due some good times because right now I feel like hell was a nice treat tonight. Anytime Baracco takes the lead on vocals is generally a treat, but I especially like some of these earlier 80s Brent tunes when DSO sends them are way. I would love to hear another Maybe you Know sometime soon. DSO's take on LL > supplication was strong, but I found it a little subdued in comparison to some of the more jarring versions I've heard them perform recently. Still strong, but, and maybe it was just me, but lacking in some force in my opinion. Cosmic Charlie was a nice reprieve from the 80s material being thrown are way and reminded us once again in a more conspicuous manner that tonight's show was certainly an elective. They ended the set with same type of high energy as they started it. Ripping through a very danceable music and throwing the deal in for our added delight. All in all, a fantastic first set but it pails in comparison to what was to come. Maybe the quality of playing didn't change, but something certainly clicked for me come 2nd set. As strong as I thought the first set was, set 2 blew it out the water. A Sugar Mags opener isn't something I would particularly get excited about, but a Sugar Scarlett thats a whole other animal. Naturally, out of Scarlett comes a magnificent, powerful, and energetic take on Fire. I can see that this song touches some members of the band and crew on a more personal level. I know nothing about this, but judging from last year, I may learn more about Fire on the Mountain this summer. God willing I won't. Anyways the song always seemed like a rallying cry about danger or even something just not right. After the recent tragic events, I think some would agree that there is a Fire in America and its going to take a whole lot more than a pail of water to cool it down. Any who, Fire into Let it Grow. I'm not sure I've heard the GD do this, but I certainly want to if it is out there. For me, personally I'm not sure two more high energy, but emotionally draining pieces of music could be coupled together. They both lead to some big dancing and moving about. Tonight was no different. After about 40 minutes of spiritual musical bliss, I must admit my focus dropped again. Drums is never my favorite, but if we're going to do drums, I prefer the tribal natural drum sound to the trance techno vibe created from the toys Koritz and Dino have at their disposal. I would refocus in time to catch the tail end of the close encounter space jam and the slow build up into a tour de force Dear Mr. Fantasy. We we're once again treated to Baracco's fine vocal interpretation, but we also got some fantastic instrumentation from the entire band. If this was going to be tonight's ballad, no one could have complained. Fortunately, after a great take on the Wheel, we we're rewarded with the real gem of the night, World to Give. I'm not going to say much about it, but I think this song moves many of us here. I am trying to learn what it means to truly give my world to someone and I'm not sure I am always a success. I hope she knows I love her. The band ends the show with the SSDD to the start of the set and then a nice feel good closer, Mighty Quinn. It's probably best that their wasn't much left to hear after the World to Give as the energy of the show had certainly climaxed and it was time for us to find out jackets and our friends, maybe fragments of our minds and begin the process of leaving fantasy land and reentering the harsh cruel world. The fire truck and police made it clear that the world was cruel and harsh even in Eugene. *****Please skip this aside********** I have to mention that before the show I saw something that made me very upset. A man fairly clean cut looking for the hippie world and very much sober at the time was hassled by two cops on a bike about his ice tea drink in a glass bottle. In this guys defense, it was without a doubt ice tea and what was in the bottle came in the bottle from the manufacture to the consumer. To be honest, in my opinion, no defense is needed anyway. I DO NOT want to live in a society where ANY member of said society is granted the right or even more so, the power to stop another member of that society and demand to know the contents of their drink. This couldn't seem any more contrary to the notion of freedom and I don't see how anyone could cloak such actions under the guise of protecting society. Let's just be glad I lacked the balls to say anything or I had the foresight to watch this happen without a word. I fear my words could have only ended poorly for me, but god damn do we need to assert our fundamental liberties and rights. If we don't, they will take all of them even the right to peacefully consume your ice tea beverage on a city street. Sorry I had to mention it. Fortunately, it was only a brief moment before the show and it in no way interfered with the blissful get down dance party that was about to come. *****Aside over ***** Peace, love, and light to all. Thank you so much DSO for a wonderful night. I am so excited to spend 3 more nights with you guys before returning back home to lovely Colorado. It appears much to my delight that, although not mentioned on the DSO website, that I will get to see Rob E and the Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue in Denver April 26. So much fun to be had and so little time to have it. Rest seems important now. Love is Real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tea Posted April 18, 2013 Forum MVP Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Great Review Rick > Thanks for sharing! It certainly sounds like a dance-a-thon for a majority of the show and soooo geeked that World To Give surfaced. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advisory Board Herdygerdy Posted April 18, 2013 Advisory Board Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 LTGTR, Peggy-O, Scarlet>Fire, Mr. Fantasy, and World to Give.... Fuck me I missed a good one! That show looks AWESOME! Any tapers? And Rick... let's not jinx ourselves with the Fire on the Mountain comment... Evergreen seems to be a powder keg of tinder come summertime, and I don't want gone, gone, gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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