another great show! we could only hit nights 1 and 2 but i walked out completely satisfied and yet again mindblown by our favorite band. got there early and went in the woodstock museum which was awesome! then screwed around in the lot and scored some baklava at shakedown which was booming. muddy fun! i called Dinner as an opener and eventually got it, though not as an opener. anyway, we rented them lawn chairs and created a formation and settled in as the band came on and rocked Train. it was still pretty bright out and the sun set midway through the set, but it was nice to get some daytime tunes. Sample and Hey Stranger continued with great energy and dancing, and Trey crushing the solos. Stranger really got off the ground. this weekend i’ve been less shy about dancing, it’s been so much more fun to just let the music take over and move with the vibrations. watching the whole lawn get down in synchronicity was a trip. Dinner followed, with many pats on the back for my call, and they played it pretty tightly. i’m glad they still play this one every once in a while. Halley’s was fun with a nice nod to the comet/shower thing that night, still don’t know really what it’s called but it was fun to watch nonetheless. Sand rocked the house with some powerful Type 1 shredding, and they took Gumbo into a fuller full band jam, and ended together, rather than Page solo. super fun and groovy. Maze brought the phuckin house down with Page and Trey absolutely destroying the jam. the lights were awesome. Weigh was completely unexpected and well played. Cities was super fun and the jam really got a bit out there, for a mostly songy show, this was a pretty sweet jam. and then to close with a poweful Antelope that just kept peaking. went on a funnel cake run and got back just in time to hear Wilson, which i remember a few of us called earlier that day. at the end of Wilson, Mike turned on the DWD effect and they went into space, and i immediately called Disease as soon as I saw Mike punching the bass in the way he does to get the feedback. the Disease jam was out of this world, swiftly exploring various modal locations and keeping the energy high. eventually it quieted down with a seamless segue into Waves, which was brief but well played and always welcome. Twist was also pretty kickass with some bluesy goodness in the solo, but ended pretty quickly to yield to an unexpected KDF (which some of us had been discussing at setbreak, not expecting a performance). another wildly jammed out KDF for the books followed. i’m terrible at describing jams and i don’t really take notes, but just listen to it. Sea of Stars was the absolute perfect breather and such a beautiful moment with that sea of people dancing in a dream with all of us together. Number Line had an incredibly high energy Type 1 ending jam that i 100% thought would close the set, then they went into Ghost unexpectedly, even with it being so late in the night. everyone thought it was SANTOS until Trey sang, it’s funny how those two sound so similar. the jam was pretty fiery and i heard trey teasing Tweeprise well before the segue, but indeed they played a killer Tweeprise to close the set, which nobody expected. Wading in the encore slot was perfect and another contemplative beautiful moment with ALL MY FRIENDS (go backwards down the number line…). I was convinced they’d play Rocky Top after Jim since “it’s just not a closer!” but they slayed Jim and ended the show super well. what a night. always so glad to get down and connect with my fellow heads, and can’t wait to do it again. i’ll be couch touring night 3 and Monde Thur and Sun, although we’re seeing Gizz in lieu of Monde. have a great time everyone and rock on