11-07-2005, 04:39 PM
The first day started slow.
Caught a little of Slightly Stoopid, who I've never liked. They had a nice groove going for one song, then descended into their standard stuff, which sucks.
Blackalicious rocked so hard that they literally tore the house down. They were in this tent and there were 3X as many people outside so they had to take down the walls as the show was going. It was crazy. But they had the beat and everyone was shaking. Very impressive. I've always liked them. Not a CD band - a live band. Like a lot of funk/hip hop, you got to see it live to even begin to get a sense of what they do.
Gov't Mule was ok. I like Warren Haynes as a guitar hero, his work with the Dead has been satisfactory, but they went into some Bob Marley song and failed to hold my interest. Gov't Mule is a bit too much screaming guitar riffs for me, despite Warren's technical excellence.
Phil Lesh and Friends had Joan Osborne sit in as a friend. They sounded great. But as with anything Dead oriented, that's when it hit the fan for our crew. Suddenly, I was running back and forth, all over this freakin' concert, catching trippers and taking them down. Good set tho.
Caught a little of Slightly Stoopid, who I've never liked. They had a nice groove going for one song, then descended into their standard stuff, which sucks.
Blackalicious rocked so hard that they literally tore the house down. They were in this tent and there were 3X as many people outside so they had to take down the walls as the show was going. It was crazy. But they had the beat and everyone was shaking. Very impressive. I've always liked them. Not a CD band - a live band. Like a lot of funk/hip hop, you got to see it live to even begin to get a sense of what they do.
Gov't Mule was ok. I like Warren Haynes as a guitar hero, his work with the Dead has been satisfactory, but they went into some Bob Marley song and failed to hold my interest. Gov't Mule is a bit too much screaming guitar riffs for me, despite Warren's technical excellence.
Phil Lesh and Friends had Joan Osborne sit in as a friend. They sounded great. But as with anything Dead oriented, that's when it hit the fan for our crew. Suddenly, I was running back and forth, all over this freakin' concert, catching trippers and taking them down. Good set tho.
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