4/4/94  Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT (Harry McQuillen)
	The Flynn was a nice small theater, with a particularly narrow
floor and a very small balcony.  Energy level for the crowd was very high,
and it seemed like 75% of the crowd were from UVM.  The first set, though
a killer list, was surprisingly mediocre.  Divided Sky started off with
them singing something to the effect of, "Back in My hometown", a-capella
(through mics) and threw me off for a second into thinking it was a new
song.  The Divided Sky itself was nice, though not one of the
transcendental ones I've come to expect.  Trey's playing seemed a little
off in particular.  Possibly he was too high or possibly just rusty.  Page
shined in particular, however, and led the band into some unusual space in
both Scent of a Mule (which came off great live), and It's ice.  Both
times I was sure the band was going to go into a brand new song, but both
times, I realized (quite happily) that they were improvised thematic jams.
At times like these it seemed like page was leading the band with superb
support from Mike and Fishman, while trey as just chording it out.
	For the second set, however, Trey seemed to be in great form.
Down With Disease-> If I Could, which didn't particularly strike me on the
album, absolutely shredded live.  Both tunes reached incredible climaxes
and left me wondering that if they could play the songs that way, why
wouldn't they have put them on the album that way.  The horns were a true
surprise for me at least, I couldn't figure out what the roadies were
doing behind Trey's stacks until they all came out.  Landlady-> Magilla
had excellent horn, Page, and Mike solos, but little Trey.  Trey
definitely was enjoying himself, though, pointing out which horn player
was to take a solo, and generally dancing around the stage.  At one point
he even took off his guitar and was just dancing around playing a cowbell.
Julius was actually the highlight of the show for me, the ending was
amazing, the album just hints at what they can do with this tune.  The
horns helped a little bit as well, though.  Split Open and Melt wasn't one
of the most intense versions ever, but it was very well played, with a
neat horn part which someone on the net quite accurately said sounded like
the part of Demand on Hoist with the Split Open and Melt jam where the
cars are passing. Fishman's new Jungle Book song was fun, (though I was a
bit disappointed he didn't sing "Touch Me", which hasn't made an
appearance since the last Giant Country Horns show.  He took a special
Louis the Monkey King solo which sounded amazingly monkeylike. Suzie had
the old "brothel wife" verse, but no "penile erector. And who can fault
Harry Hood as an encore, even though it was almost delayed a minute so
Trey could catch the score of the Duke/Arkansas game, which after Harry
Hood, he quite happily told us all was won by Arkansas.  All in all it was
a wonderful night, and left us wishing that the horns would join in on the
whole tour, which was unfortunately impractical.
 
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