, attached to 2016-08-28

Review by yodadoe

yodadoe TL;DR -- Excellent show, flawlessly executed, full of energy. But only one truly transcendental Type II jam in Light's "second jam"

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It's hard to talk about this show without referring to the show two nights before (at the same Lockn' festival). It took the band until midway through set 2 of the first night to shake off the cobwebs. Trey, in particular, was lackluster and had some major miscues on multiple songs. This show was like a completely different band altogether. Trey was on point the entire show and was full of energy. The entire show (yes, even The Line!) was great... and this is coming from a jaded 1.0 vet. It was the quintessential festival show -- which unfortunately means that there wasn't a whole lot of exploration. That's really the only bad thing you can say about this show.

I'm not going to go into a blow-by-blow, as it's not really necessary. Every song was played well. Every song was fun. Every potential rager, such as Possum, Axilla, Tweezer Reprise, and Chalkdust, raged. Every jam vehicle had a decent and satisfying jam, but none really ventured outside the confines of the song's structure, with just one notable exception.....

LIGHT -- Like every other potential jam vehicle of the night (Tweezer, Twist, etc), this one had a great, but predictable, jam after the composed section. But Light featured a full-on "second jam" that sprouted out of the wind-down from the regular Light jam. It was a beautiful and wholly unique improvisational composition.

So to sum up, great all-around show. Listen to the whole thing. Don't miss Light!


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