Another Nutter at the Nutter? Hard to believe they would be able to equal, or one can easily argue, exceed Tuesday's epic show. 2 Magic nights in a row! But Trey made it very clear at the end of this one, that they LOVE playing the Nutter!! To quote, this venue is "unbelievably Sick!" Tuesday had some special gold dust sprinkled on it but wednesday was just flat out epic jamming whenever they went for it. In case you missed it, the theme for the night (a la Frank Zappa) was Eggs and the Eggman!
Set 1: Soul was probably the best opening song jam this year...certainly from the tour. I can only think of 1st night Seattle that can rival it. Funky Bitch was ripping. As another reviewer mentioned, Mike's Growl in the first vocal part was just epic!!! Whole place yelled in joy! I could hear it on the feed even. Roggae was very sweet. Kill Deveil rocked hard. Steam had a real slinky groove and good jam. Regular length but killer. My Friend was standard > Crazy which was nice to hear. Great groove and Mike killed it! Walls was better than any I heard this year.
Set 2: This set. Especially the 3rd quarter, which went over time, was superlative improv!!!!! Disease was a very good one around 15 minutes BUT the Ruby was off the charts!! 30 minutes long and everything you could ever ask for from the improv masters!!! Jam of the year? Probably. Phew! Lifeboy to settle it down > a VERY good Piper! All night. Every imrov that went long was really really strong! Some may not like Number Line....but tough luck you whiners! It has a nice feel to it and Trey loves playing it. People can dance and if you let one song you don't love ruin your night, you are following the wrong band! I personally like the song and it was great. Then the surprise Walrus to end it!!! They are the Eggmen!! Here is where the theme got started! Trey was saying Mike is the Walrus!!
Encore: I had no idea what the first song was at the time, nor did my buddy, BUT it was comedy Central!! Great little song that conveniently has lyrics about getting back to Chicago! But Trey now kept saying Mike is the Eggman!! And when I found out later the Song is called Egg in a Hole!! i couldn't stop laughing. THEN, before Mike could start singing Possum (great night of singing for Mike btw)....Trey goes "He is the Eggman!" What a night!! What a 2 show run!! Best 2 shows in a row since who knows when?!?!