From: cthulhu@netcom.com (Jeff Baker)
Subject: 12/11 Oakland show set list and review
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 10:11:21 GMT

Set I (7:10-8:10)
Cold Rain and Snow
Wang Dang Doodle
Althea
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Stagger Lee
Cassidy
Deal

Set II (9:00-10:30)
Aiko Aiko
Looks Like Rain
Eyes of the World->
Corinna->
Drumz->
The Wheel->
Stella Blue->
Sugar Magnolia

E: US Blues

Note: times are very approximate...

This show definitely picked up speed as it went along, and ended up being 
quite a good one.  Cold Rain was good, but not great - Jerry's voice sounded
good and he definitely has lost a fair amount of weight.  The San Jose Mercury
said today that he has lost 30 pounds and wants to lose 60 more.  Wow!
Wang Dang Doodle again was not especially notable - Vince did have a real nice
keyboard solo.  Althea was good, but for some reason I had a really hard time
hearing Jerry's vocals.  It was the only song where that happened.  I always
like Masterpiece, and this was again a good version.  Stagger Lee was well-
played as well, and I think it was about here that things started getting a
little hotter.  The Cassidy had a nice long spacy jam in the middle, and Deal
was definitely a hot version.  A short first set, but a sign of better things
to come...

After about a 45-minute break, Aiko, as always, got everybody up and dancing.
Looks Like Rain was a really nice version, with Bobby starting out with very
sweet vocals and then eventually doing his famous falsetto.  It was cool!
Eyes was also hot - Jerry was really playing the guitar well by this point.
They segued into Corinna, which I think gets better every time I hear it,
either live or on tape.  It seems like it's in the rotation to stay, which I
think is great.  After that the entire band stayed out on stage for quite a
while, and did a very cool jam; it definitely wasn't Corinna anymore by that
point, and it sounded a couple times like they might do another song, but it
didn't happen.  Nevertheless, the jam was interesting - at one point Phil and
the drummers were pretty much the only ones playing; the closest thing to a
Lesh Philling bass solo that I've seen in a long time.  Drums were cool, though
nothing really stands out in my mind as being especially memorable.  Space
eventually wound its way into The Wheel, which was a very hot version - one of
the best I think I've heard live.  Stella Blue was excellent as well, with
Jerry's voice still holding up and some very good ensemble playing on the jam.
Sugar Magnolia was very long and very sweet - Bobby ended up running back and
forth along the front edge of the stage, and motioned the crowd to cheer
louder before they started the Sunshine Daydream part.  I'll have to admit 
that I bailed on US Blues because I wanted to catch BART and get home before
I got too tired to drive.  So if there was a second encore (doubtful) I
missed it.  Anyway, a sweet show, and hopefully a promise of more to come this
weekend and next week.  If the muse moves me, I may be back with a review of
tomorrow night's show as well.

Cheers :-)

Jeff Baker
cthulhu@netcom.com



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