A very nice way of saying positive things about an underwhelming show. Tough spot to be in, following Mann II, and a couple nights at MPP. Succinct and to the point, and I, for one, appreciate the fairness and accuracy. Clearly the band enjoys playing certain songs, and that's cool; this is just the sort of first set I'd love to see the band continue to steer clear of.

Difficult to discern from the diction here ('also'), but in the event you weren't indicating that the Blossom Tweezer contained strong hints of SOAM, allow me to reiterate that it does. Not sure that this means anything, but I hope that it does, as....

....like Reba* (x2, now), I look forward to to the occasion when Set II becomes even more interesting at the the set list level.

To wit:

I'm firmly entrenched in the 10 - 12 min jams can be (are) totally loaded and musical camp. (Two of last '13s best CDT's weren't terribly long; but Alpharetta and MSG were certainly great.)

This said, in a tour of riches, it'd be great to see Wolfman's* get some extra room.

Not sure what to make of Llama. Certainly agree with two of the three: trying new things; having fun.... That's evinced here. Not sure much of a risk was taken. To be fair, Esther and Sloth, played to form, were risks - not to mention Mockingbird. Fun, but none of these were played particularly well.

I've loved Llama for decades. If it's a one off, cool enough. But don't 'destroy' the suite if the song poses problems (some have suggested at least it'll get played more; Llama won't get played more - slow Llama will).

The second jam.... Be surprising if it doesn't appear at one of the fests. In a tour of surprises, one which could really work well is a full Mike's with H20, or, more fiery, directly into a Paug.