Roll Call - Louisville, KY 4/25-30/2025

[logan5ive]

For night 2:
-It looks like they cut a song after the 21min Dondante. The guitar tech brought out a guitar and then took it back a couple songs later.
-What was Tom playing after the first part of Run Thru...what it the theme from Severance?
-I wonder if the recording is going to be incomplete due to the PA going out.

[slappymoe]

For night 2:
-It looks like they cut a song after the 21min Dondante. The guitar tech brought out a guitar and then took it back a couple songs later.
-What was Tom playing after the first part of Run Thru...what it the theme from Severance?
-I wonder if the recording is going to be incomplete due to the PA going out.

as much as i love this band, as great as they are, i still have trouble with Jim's self-indulgent, pointless, meandering noodling. Dondante was 15 minutes of greatness and 6 minutes of "get on with it, Jim!" it's become a perfect bathroom break for me.
losing the PA for a few minutes sucked, but gave us one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments with that unplugged Bermuda Highway. glad i was close enough to hear it.

[slappymoe]

and i broke down and bought cheap seats for tuesday and wednesday.  my alarm goes off at 3:50 am for work, won't be sleeping much next week.

[MPP]

For night 2:
-It looks like they cut a song after the 21min Dondante. The guitar tech brought out a guitar and then took it back a couple songs later.
-What was Tom playing after the first part of Run Thru...what it the theme from Severance?
-I wonder if the recording is going to be incomplete due to the PA going out.

as much as i love this band, as great as they are, i still have trouble with Jim's self-indulgent, pointless, meandering noodling. Dondante was 15 minutes of greatness and 6 minutes of "get on with it, Jim!" it's become a perfect bathroom break for me.
losing the PA for a few minutes sucked, but gave us one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments with that unplugged Bermuda Highway. glad i was close enough to hear it.

Agree.  The 'noodling' (which is my classification for every Dead jam, lol) almost always finds an awesome riff they slide into, but yep it took awhile there last night.

ericm would have appreciated the 10 min PA drop and these guys not even flinching, playing straight through it and I assume ad libbing in the acoustic Bermuda Highway.  That was incredible, Jim straining to be heard, the crowd helping with the chorus.  PA kicking in just before it ended was perfection.

What other rock band tries to play through that?  Without MFing the sound crew or something too.

[DaydreamNation]

I think it may have been a venue issue I overheard that the whole Palace lost internet connection when the PA went out.

[ericm]

For night 2:
-It looks like they cut a song after the 21min Dondante. The guitar tech brought out a guitar and then took it back a couple songs later.
-What was Tom playing after the first part of Run Thru...what it the theme from Severance?
-I wonder if the recording is going to be incomplete due to the PA going out.

as much as i love this band, as great as they are, i still have trouble with Jim's self-indulgent, pointless, meandering noodling. Dondante was 15 minutes of greatness and 6 minutes of "get on with it, Jim!" it's become a perfect bathroom break for me.
losing the PA for a few minutes sucked, but gave us one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments with that unplugged Bermuda Highway. glad i was close enough to hear it.

Agree.  The 'noodling' (which is my classification for every Dead jam, lol) almost always finds an awesome riff they slide into, but yep it took awhile there last night.

ericm would have appreciated the 10 min PA drop and these guys not even flinching, playing straight through it and I assume ad libbing in the acoustic Bermuda Highway.  That was incredible, Jim straining to be heard, the crowd helping with the chorus.  PA kicking in just before it ended was perfection.

What other rock band tries to play through that?  Without MFing the sound crew or something too.

Haha, yes I would've totally dug that. Live rock and roll and pulling that off like the pros they are. I've seen singers/bands just lose it over things like that and not be able to handle it. Not our guys.

I said it elsewhere when I heard about this but it sounded like L'Ville got another "Under the Overpass" moment. Still one of the best and coolest live music things I've ever been present for in all my years of going to shows.

[louisvilledanahys]

Honestly, I am down for the noodling.

Can't believe they covered "I Could Never Take the Place" again.  The one at Iroquois seemed like a once in a lifetime thing.  One of my favorite Prince songs.

[rincon2]

Honestly, I am down for the noodling.

Can't believe they covered "I Could Never Take the Place" again.  The one at Iroquois seemed like a once in a lifetime thing.  One of my favorite Prince songs.

They played it on 9-11-12, first night of the Wiltern run, so I have seen it twice. That also was the infamous Benghazi day.

[DaydreamNation]

Honestly, I am down for the noodling.

Can't believe they covered "I Could Never Take the Place" again.  The one at Iroquois seemed like a once in a lifetime thing.  One of my favorite Prince songs.

Same to all. Feel very lucky to have been there last night and at Iroquois

[DaydreamNation]

Let's do it again tonight!!

[DaydreamNation]

HEAVY show tonight, what a blast

[louisvilledanahys]

War was great, really great.

Dancefloors may have been as good as Bonnaroo this past summer. Was guessing that they closed with this.   

Seems like they are having a blast.  All the covers have been fantastic.

[MPP]

Oh yeah. Best setlist of the weekend for me.  Short show length, did not care.
 
Cobra, War Begun, two Stones covers and a stellar Dancefloors show closer is killer.  Aluminum Park and Easy Morning Reb were off the charts, great versions.  Loved I Needed it Most, especially it getting the quiet crowd respect that beautiful Jim solo deserved.

Setlist was so good, TMP2 is almost forgotten!  Hell as the opener?? Damn

[DaydreamNation]

Debut of Still Thinkin was cool too. Carl played sax on the back half

[LaylowCritter]

Long time lurker, first time poster. Last night was possibly my favorite set in 42 shows, potentially rivaled by RR 2016 N1.

Heavy show with almost no filler (sorry Half a Lifetime).

It's been said but the band has been on another level these last few years!

[LaylowCritter]

Debut of Still Thinkin was cool too. Carl played sax on the back half

I swear Jim was playing the Feel You guitar refrain at the end with Carl on Sax...

[ranyart]

Back home after the first three nights.  We're still processing everything, but Saturday's power fun and everyone's response was crazy.  It reminded me of my first Jerry Garcia Band show, which was also the first time I saw Jerry (no Dead for me up to that point).  The power went out after 4 songs, so the band left the stage, but everyone remained in their seats.  Then some guy came out and said the power is out so it's time to go home, when everyone started yelling ACOUSTIC, so buzzkill guy figured out that we weren't leaving and left the stage.  But he came back out after a few minutes and literally said "Jerry did not bring his acoustic guitar", which was of course not received well by the crowd who started yelling BULLSHIT.  We decided it was time to leave, and I didn't see Jerry again until my first Grateful Dead show several years later.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jerry-garcia-band/1981/orpheum-theatre-boston-ma-23dd08f3.html

Moments like this with MMJ are priceless exactly because they try to handle randomness with grace and dignity, and there are not many bands who carry themselves like that.

[DaydreamNation]

Debut of Still Thinkin was cool too. Carl played sax on the back half

I swear Jim was playing the Feel You guitar refrain at the end with Carl on Sax...

believe that riff or nearly identical ones appear in both songs on record

[dcfire]

I was told the PA went out because a fire alarm tripped — and that the fire alarm was triggered by too much stage smoke. Carl seemed to have noticed right away that something happened but it took Jim a little longer because he could still hear sound through his in-ear buds. It took a few minutes to reset the power, during which Jim graced us with Bermuda. It was definitely a show for the ages!

[Pineapple]

Something during Lemme Know caused a surge- after the song, Jim came to the edge of the stage and told Erica it was all the 'hey's and to pass it on lol. I'm not an electrical engineer so idk, but that acoustic unplugged Bermuda Highway is a memory I will cherish forever.