Attended. Raged the Coors Suite. The drive back to Littleton, was quite difficult in an 89 Tercel with Ohio plates loaded with Phish and Dead stickers.

SET 1: Buried Alive: Absolute rager out of the gate, crowd is bonkers. >

Character Zero: Completely off the wall placement. It had been played in set one in the 4 hole twice in 96. So this was definitely very unique. Personally, loved it then and love it now sitting here and listening to it. It would not see anywhere near this type of placement really ever again until 5.29.22 which it was the set one opener at that show. This one does get out there a little bit, more than perhaps your typical set 1 or set 2 closer. We are definitely off to a good start.

Guyute: Standard >

Bathtub Gin: Has a bit of that 4.2.98 Twist jam in it, just the tiniest bit. Pretty sick Gin actually. Too bad they didn’t keep it going, fizzles into space. >

Ya Mar: Lyrics are blown in the early going. Very unique jam. Trey w/ staccato stuff and Fish on the blocks.

Birds of a Feather: Standard.

Brian and Robert: The ending is slightly goofed.

Frankie Says: Wasn’t super pumped when this started up as two mellow songs deep in the set were not right for my headspace. BUT!!! This one gets ethereal right out of the lyrical section and goes right to outer space. Super chill and ambient. Subtle loops and effects hit with about one minute remaining and are perfect. Unfortunately some chompers on this aud in some of the quiet sections of the jam, typical Denver crowd ->

David Bowie: Taper notes indicate started as Maze then turned into Bowie, not sure about that – maybe for a second or two? Messing around with Stash in the early and mid 7’s then very prominent at 7:48. Decent Bowie, the crowd actually seems more pumped than what the jam actually yields but that’s Denver for you.

SET 2: Runaway Jim: My memory of this jam at the show is better than what I just heard on tape. Not that it is bad. This one has more of that rage than that soaring stuff that I prefer in a good 10 minute + Jim jam. >

The Moma Dance: Sloppy off the rip. Prefer this tune in the second set if it is not jammed, and this one is not, so… >

Piper: Face melting rager for most of it and 4 minutes of groove centric, chill jamming. Killer Piper! ->

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Smokes. Loved it then and loved it now. >

Chalk Dust Torture, Loving Cup: Bummer that they opted for type I ragers when they could have gone all in on a great show. Oh well.

ENCORE: The Squirming Coil: Standard.

Summary: Had an incredible show and the party was unbelievable in the Coors suite. Had never experienced anything at all like that as we had about ten of us from Bowling Green laying waste to that sucker. Felt like a baller when in fact I was 6 months out of college and flat broke. Fact of the matter is expectations were beyond reach coming out of the Vegas run and then the legend they threw down in Salt Lake coupled with the epic shows played at this venue just one year ago. Expectations were of course not lived up to, how could they be? This show is very solid and we had so much fun. Ya Mar was cool, Gin is super underrated, Frankie Says was great and Piper is an all-timer. I would rate this as a 3.9 out of 5. The 3.6 rating is way too low.