@nothingburned said:

@spotted_striper said:

@preyingmantits said:

Nice review.... disagree about set of the year. Reba was butchered. Can't put something in "best set" territory with a botch job like that one.
Correct me if I am wrong .... didn't they do the "whistling" in Reba at Alpine 1, 2010 ?

I'll correct you...

I'm no musical genius, but a phan with a decent ear. This out-of-the-box Reba jam sounded like it contained a modulation into another key, probably what they're calling the DEG tease.

When reverting back a to typical sounding Reba jam, I don't think they were still playing in Eb Lydian. As we all know, that doesn't really matter. But when they started whistling in the key they stopped in, things 'fell apart' when they started up the "Bag it, Tag it" part in the same key they've been playing it for 20 some years. The boys thought it was funny. As a musician myself, I marvel over their ability to dance in and out of dicey musical situations like this. They ended up turning it into an spacey, aqueous improvisational landing pad. I haven't re-heard this since last night, but I wouldn't be surprised if I am correct. Correct me if I'm wrong...

It was no botch-job. Phish is the best band!

I was going to say the same thing. The band modulated to a different key during the jam, then started the whistling in the wrong key, and Trey couldn't transpose his guitar part on the fly to match the new key, and Trey and Page laughed it off. Still was a smoking jam, and we got a space segue into Bowie taboot! Nowhere near butchered!

this isn't actually completely correct. while, towards the end of the jam, they did modulate to the relative minor key of Dm briefly (as the key center of the Reba jam is actually F not Eb Lydian [which is a mode and not a key signature, although it does figure prominently in most Reba jams]), Mike and Page brought it back to F after a short period and Fish closed it. what I think happened is that Trey missed the first notes of the whistle, while remembering (or trying to) how the chords with the whistle were supposed to go. he was whistling out of key. he was thinking while playing, and he tripped over his own notes. playing complex compositions ain't like riding a bike. no practice = forgetsville. you can hear him quickly mash through a few options, and then he "gives it over to Page!"

botch job on the end? you betcha. absolutely awesome Reba with, really, nothing to complain about seeing as how the botch job ended in a slick, off-the-cuff jammy bridge to Bowie? without doubt.

sorry for the music nerd rant. carry on.