JRAD show has been 
UM setlist looks great on paper to me.
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This looks like a heater. Red!
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-2x2 cut after Looks in Set I
-Higgins cut after Utopian Fir
-Intentions Clear & Smell the Mitten(again) as extras
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Initial reaction: best show I’ve seen since 2017/06/02. If that Fir 1 was a bit stronger that would have been a complete follow through on their part. Damn… DBK no doubt best I’ve seen in long time.
FTP for me on Red. 20 years - 174 shows. 
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Looking forward to checking it out
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Granted I don’t get to see them a ton now so not a lot of DBKs… I’m guessing 25 minutes.
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Not a Sammy Hagar fan. Interested to see how this sounds.
DBK, utopian, and prowler in a single set sounds excellent. Bummed to miss this show.
Edit: did not mean this as a specific response.
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Gross. Show looks solid overall though
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Agreed, but damn were talking like a 60 second flex slot here. 
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I take it all back. Great show
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Shit was wayyyy jammier than Charlotte. Both great shows. Teared up during Red cover by King Crimson. Love this band so much, see y’all in norfolk!
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Damn I wish I was going to be in Richmond Sunday night bet that one’s going to be solid based on the parameters.
Very good show. DBK was fire
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Show is up on Nugs already, damn!
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Oh, snap. We’ve got a nice ride ahead of us still…
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Hell yeah I was just thinking earlier tonight about how UMLives were still hard to beat because you could spin the show you just saw on the drive to the next city but these is pretty damn impressive turnaround.
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I miss hanging out in the UMLive line post-show. Had the same thought when I saw how quick this got put up
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Um, that was insane. Never miss a Joel birthday show. i’m looking forward to listening back because it’s going to be tempting to overfluff the improv at one of my personal favorite on-paper setlists they’ve ever done (Red was a serious what the fuck moment) but there was still plenty of solid stuff here.
1st set I wasn’t super wowed by Cable but the peak was a good way to start things off. FF was pretty seriously intense. It had one of those 4-5 minute lock-in-on-a-Jake guitar lead and peak the heck out of it jams, but then after that instead of aborting it settled into a laid back groove that was really satisfying and gradually transitioned to an unusually rocking intro to Walletsworth (Kris was actually the first one to transition, not Joel - it was unique). Looks went all over the place. Started off with the usual grimy dance jam but then Kris and Jake went off on a jazz tangent which was fun and then the slow build back into the song was elite. HBB was…good, not great. 2nd jam was a unique salsa jam, 1st jam I’m having trouble remembering except for the peak which was good. 16 minutes total though.
DBK! Man, they never play HBB and DBK in the same show anymore. This is a good place to mention the compositions were extremely tight tonight, which considering it was nothing but prog songs is good to see. The first jam sounded like a canned Jake uplifting riff but it built into a nice groove. 2nd jam was total untz - it was something you’d see more out of Attachments than DBK. They really took their time and explored with this one and actually opted out of the peak in favor of a cute transition back into the song. Possible jam of the night - look forward to listening back.
Bad Friday was a well-above-average version. Remember those fun 2015 versions that went halftime with the groove and built back in to a huge peak? This one did that…fiercely. Utopian was a “seriously they’re ending the set with this” moment and was…good, not great. First jam they attempted to establish a bounceback, and I thought the B section was a very pleasant “emotional” progression (A section was a standard funk groove) but it just ran out of gas and they aborted. That, however, gave us time, for a great if short building end set jam.
I don’t think this will end up show of the year or anything, but it was super encouraging and the setlist was sublime. Kris was very on point all night, especially in the Bad Friday peak, Looks jam, Red, and the DBK transitions.
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