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If that was part of a litany of complaints, I'd say it would be worth mentioning for sure. But when everything else was so strong- and the botched whistling lead into a completely unexpected and interesting spacey outro jam from Reba (Never heard them jam after the whistling, has anyone else?)- kind of a mix of the pizzicato plinko stuff with storage jamming (And here I was hoping that we could call all ambient jams 'Steamprise' from now on)-
But how often does a song like Wilson, Mound or Destiny have a version that clearly stands above the majority solely based on it's musical merits? How often does Reba turn a flub into a spellbinding outro jam into David Bowie? And then the Bowie- like DTE's version- is one of those ones that covers more ground than it may seem on the surface. Loving how they're shifting some of these new Bowies into ecstatic territory before bringing the thunder back. Page crushed the big line in No Quarter. Light actually lived up to it's potential as the same kind of (shameless?) jam platform that Piper occasionally flirts with being with another jam- like the DWD, Ghost & Bowie- that while short, also somehow managed to concisely and fluidly rip through a few interesting thematic segments with ease.
Despite the occasional flubs, it was just one of those nights where they were pouring hot sauce all over everything. Great song selection and a great flow to everything- it wasn't the jammiest set of the year but there was a great deal of improv spread around the proceedings & the majority of it was excellent.