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5/29/2025 @ Amp Ballantyne, Charlotte, NC


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1976-10-09
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Oakland, CA

 

Promised Land, Mississippi Half Step, Cassidy, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain, They Love Each Other, Minglewood Blues, Scarlet Begonias, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Sugaree

 

Saint Stephen-> Not Fade Away-> Saint Stephen-> Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Drums-> Samson & Delilah-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower-> One More Saturday Night,

 

E: U.S. Blues

F:Can’t recall, Take a Letter Maria

 

Wowzers!  Pretty rainy but not a drop on me 🤣  Beautiful stuff - set 1 had such a good bounce with the Sugaree madness to close.


Spellbinding Help > Slip breakup - sounded like they done it a thousand times before and not even a shred of mercy for the dancers with THAT 2nd set.  It was just one long amazing song.  Thanks DSO and Crew ❤️

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What an easy escapade to Charlotte! 
The Amp amphitheater opened in fall of 2023 in the planned mixed use area south  of Charlotte. After work we drove up through some pretty significant weather. It has been a very rainy May, dumping lots of rainfall at a time, but it didn’t stop the show! Very easy parking. I had dinner outside one of the restaurants and listened to the first set, cooling my heels after a long day of doctoring, avoiding getting drenched, not that it mattered much. But for a while, it was luxury to dine and take in the music. The rain stopped pretty much second set with a  light cooling mist every now and then. 😃 We got an upgrade to pit while checking in as a kind man gave us his extra. Astroturf might just be my favorite outdoor ground cover! Funny, I felt most comfortable on the springy fake grass! It gave heavenly cushion, no nasty beer spills to avoid, good footing! Scored all night in the endzone! We had great dancing all around. I’m sure the sound was better on the lawn. I couldn’t hear Barraco as much in the mix where I was. 

 

The spirit of a dead show hovered  around as St Stephen dropped. That old familiar feeling came knocking. Groovy NFA with very nice percussive moments in first half of NFA and Eaton and Mattson trading licks and pushing the music further in the interplay, clearly delighting Eaton. Truly, the HSF sandwich with all the extra stuffing delivered a meaty, sonically tasty meal. The slipknot fomented in second half, Skip booming deep bass riffs. Yes, may the four winds blow us safely home in this crazy world! Meanwhile, might as well celebrate like a Saturday night- grab the sunshine when you can- smell the roses- and forget the tribulation of the world. US Blues never sounded so right. 💃🏻🕺🏻🌹
Excited for Asheville and Charleston. 

 

First filler, Don’t Do It. 
 

yes, dontcha break my heart. 
 

 

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