From: Eric Launder 
Subject: Shoreline Review

Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday, September 30, 1995

Set I:
My Friend, instrumental (the new one), Chess Game introduction w/White Rabbit,
Reba, Uncle Penn, Horn, Antelope, Blue and Lonesome, Sample in a Jar

Set II:
Runaway Jim, Fog That Surrounds, If I Could, Scent of a Mule, Mikes
Song>Keyboard Army, Weekapaug>Suspicious Minds, Cavern

E: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times

REVIEW:

Now that was a show...compared to Cal Expo this show had so much more intesity
and was played almost flawlessly, one of my favorites!

My Friend- I love this song as an opener. Cool, sort of mellow get you in the
groove intro, and then the tear your face off intesity at the end. The sound
was pounding my body from the get go...people were psyched.

Instrumental- I guess theyve played this every show so far...very happenin,
groovin keys from Page, reminiscent of Pockey Way.

Trey explains the chess challenge. Im sure tons of people will be discussing
this one on the net so I wont go too much into it. Basically the band has
challenged the fans to a game of chess and at each show the band will make
their move and the fans will make their move at the start of the second set. A
gathering of fans at the Greenpeace booth at setbreak will decided our move at
each show. The board is a huge black and white board that sits in the back of
the stage behind Page. All the while Trey was explaining this, Mike was
thundering the bass line to White Rabbit with Trey ripping the melody with
some nice distortion...sounded very cool, very chesslike.

Reba- lightning fast, extremely tight, with a huge jam at the end. One of the
best versions Ive heard. At this point I knew (and probably everyone else as
well!) that this was going to be a show to remember.

Uncle Penn- fun and downhome as usual

Horn- Trey first teases Antelope than pounds into Horn. Very thick,
headbanging intro. Well played by all. Especially good with the hope theyd pop
back into...

Antelope- Just perfectly played (Im running out of descriptions already) very
intense, complex, and just plain rockin. They got way wacked out right before
Fish picked up the beat, then Trey picked up this firery, repetitive lick that
pushed them over the top, I thought Id explode! They nailed the climax part
and the run, run, run, run vocals sounded good and solid.

Blue and Lonesome- introduced as a tribute to Jerry as one of his favorite
songs. I think every one thought they were gonna play a dead tune, but this
was the perfect tribute. Very low key with Mike on banjo, Page on upright,
Fish on mandolin, Trey on guitar...great harmonies. What a better way to
salute a great musician than go back to his roots...can we put this whole dead
thing (all aspects) to rest now?

Sample- well played and solid with a great solo at the end.

Runaway Jim- the best Ive heard...just amazing. During Mikes little bass part,
before Trey plays that melody he always plays, Trey was doing this cool finger
taping thing with both hands on the fretboard with some funky sounds
accentuating the taping. The jam was long and spacey and built up amazingly to
the climax. Beautiful.

Fog that Surrounds- Fishs vocals sounded better than at Cal Expo, but I still
like Treys lyrics/vocals for Taste better. The chorus is great and the end
jam is so tweaked and intense, drives me crazy...very cool.

If I Could- pretty standard

Scent of a Mule- Mikes vocals shined. The middle Trey vs. Page battle heated
up with some more inspired dueling and use of new effects. Trey took a good
two minutes to display his finger taping stuff again, man this guy continues
to amaze me. Has he ever done anything like this at a show before? He was all
over the neck with both hands, just playing all these cool rhythms and just
getting the wildest sounds from his guitar. Page came back with a thunderous
solo and ended it with a deep deep blast with one of his smaller electric
keyboards. winner? you decide.

Mikes Song- again, Mike sounded great. Phenomenal jam with the strobes going.
Trey was just cranking during the jam as if he had his hands around its
neck...Very spacey end to the jam which went into the...

Keyboard Army(is their a better name?)- I dont know about this, sounds neat
and all, but the slow walking across the stage and the way the song stays in
the same key (same basic chord I think) makes it kind of a let down after such
a huge jam. They made up for it with...

Weekapaug- Mike started from scratch on this one with some funky sounding
effects on his bass. Fish picked up the beat and then Trey and Page joined in
for the grooviest Weekapaug Ive ever heard. People were gettin down! Some
great leads by Trey and some cool side ventures into dark territory during the
jam. They never made it back to the final vocals, but the jam peaked out
plenty for me...Trey runs to the drums and Fish runs off stage...

Suspicious Minds- have they played this before? Fish comes back with a white
satin cape complete with high collar, black lining with small lights inside.
Very funny, sounded good and got real fast at the end with Trey goin nuts on
drums and Fishman doing his best Elvis moves.

Cavern- good closer, rockin, Trey and Mike doing their steps, but pretty
standard.

Amazing Grace- with the two vocal mikes in front, sounded loose

Good Times- in your face rock...these guys play this song better than Zeppelin
wishes they could.

The bottom line...good scene outside, amazing show, thunderously loud, but
still clear sound (where we were), extremely well played, a great time had by
all!

comments welcome!
eric@livingston.com

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