Just Wow. This was my favorite night of the 2 in Boulder even though I'm a total '76 junkie.
Jack Straw is always a welcome opener and there were some serious bombs going off to close out the song - super tight! I'm not a musician so trying to explain what was going on during Loser escapes my understanding. When Jeff did his solo, it had this high, piercing arc that he drew out and bent at just the right times. I love it when he does that - whatever THAT is. Then some cowboy that almost felt like it had some cowbell - pretty cool.
Not a We Can Run fan - except when Barraco does it. There was a neat, confident gravel to his voice and delivery that made it work really well. Not sure why Jerry didn't do more Believe It or Not's. I saw it twice in 1990 and then never again - this one took me back though!
Then we begin our Dylan portion of the evening...……Thank you, thank you , thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Masterpiece was just that, and then a down -n- dirty, funk-soul Easy Wind. If you're lookin to get silly, listen to Skips bombs on Tom's Thumbs - good to get the cage rattled now and again. The Black Throated - Tangled was, was, was, was, astonishing? Yes, astonishing. 100%.
A Silky Stranger ushered the China Cat Suite through it's sweet thrill-ride - packed with vitamins and minerals to boot. I love Space Jazz or is it called Playin > Bird Song? I forget. All I do know is that it was 22 minutes of beautiful exploration. I little shorter space jazz drums space was enjoyed - my brother gripping me a little to stay in his shoes since we were separated for longer than we wanted.
The space was a mix between close encounters to begin and Imagine to finish which then slid into Hey Jude. Just remember, to let it into your heart, then you can start, to make it better. Somehow better it got with the Playin wrap-up crashing into a pin-drop Dew. That was a gargantuan effort. Holy Crap! An 80's pleasure with the Dylan Quinn.
So great to share this with my brother and some other special people who danced, and danced, and danced, and danced, and danced, and then danced some more. Huge smiles, waving hands, jumping, weaving, laughing, spinning - all exploding into a kaleidoscope of glitter.
More please.