3.5.2011 Mike Gordon Band @ McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR

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Mike kicked off his tour in Oregon the same night Trey ended his in California.

I. Horizon Line, Middle Of The Road, Traveled To Far, Willow, Sailing Shoes, Babylon Baby

II. Funky Bitch, Andelmans Yard, The Grid, Cruel World, Crumbling, Pretend > She Said, She Said, What things Seem, Dig Futher Down

E: Mound

Source: Neumann ak40 > Lc3 > Km 100 > V3 > Sd 702 @ 24/48

“Andelmans Yard“

“Pretend > She Said, She Said“

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3.6.2011 Van Duzer Theatre, Arcata, CA

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And this his his second night from Van Duzer Theatre at Humboldt State University.

I: Another Door, The Walls of Time, Emotional Railroad, Spiral, Got Away*, No One Receiving > Suskind Hotel > Time (The Revelator) > Suskind Hotel, Down To the Nightclub

II: Can’t Stand Still, Jones > Meat > Black Tambourine**, The Void, Nobody’s Home > River Niger, Morphing Again, Idea

E: Takin’ It to the Streets

*debut, **MGB debut

Source: Neumann ak40 > Lc3 > Km 100 > V3 > Sd 702 @ 24/48

“No One Receiving > Suskind Hotel > Time (The Revelator) > Suskind“

“The Void“

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READER REVIEWS:

3.5.2011 TAB @ The Fox, Oakland, CA: Butter

…The night seemed to begin at “Heavy Things”;  as simultaneously – the rest of TAB took the stage –  and people began to care about what was going on, onstage. Liquid Time is a showcase tune in this setting and the  horns help color the musical pallete. Trey currently has the young Natalie “Chainsaw” Cressman on trombone, TAB staple; Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, and Russell Remmington on saxophone and flute. While this is not “The Tower of Power” horns section, they help develop the sound of this band, playing mostly charted out lines…Read On Here!

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3.1.2011 TAB @ The Ogden, Denver, CO: Mike San Clements

…Trey came out around 8:30, did his classic nod and wave, picked up his guitar and quickly launched into Farmhouse. I’d read a lot of complaints about people being loud during the acoustic sets, but the crowd at the Ogden hushed immediately and stayed quiet and sang through all the right parts. It was actually quite impressive, particularly during Theme and Backwards Down the Number Line where they instinctively filled in for the missing band members.  Trey enjoyed it too, and it felt like a true collaboration between performer and audience…Read On Here!

(Please submit any side project review to mrminer@phishthoughts.com)