It's official; Summer Tour is over. 14 dates spanned over a period of 3 months. While the tour saw stellar playing from the Boys throughout, many are disappointed by the lack of variation in set lists. Most surprising to me, is that right before they went out Jim did an interview where he told fans to expect a lot of changes. Looking at this tour compared to say, Fall of 2015, one can conclude that did not happen. Of course there were not any multi night stands during this tour. For anyone who saw any shows this summer (I was lucky enough to make it to 2) we can all agree that all is well on the MMJ Express . This tour saw some new extended jams added to songs, and all in all it feels like this band is STILL hitting their stride.
Here are the numbers for Summer Tour 2017:
Total Shows Played: 14
Total Songs Played: 58 (yes, only 58!)
10 most common songs:
Circuital (14 times)
Compound Fracture (14 times)
Off the Record (12 times)
One Big Holliday (12 times)
Touch Me Part 2 (12 times)
State of the Art (12 times)
Wordless Chorus ( 12 times)
I'm Amazed (12 times)
Spring (Among the Living)( 11 Times)
Victory Dance ( 11 times)
Breakdown per album:
Tennessee Fire:
The Bear
War Begun (3)
The Dark
Pictures of You
At Dawn:
The Way He Sings (4)
Lowdown
Bermuda Highway
Phone Went West (6)
X Mas Curtain (2)
It Still Moves:
Mahgeetah (11)
Dancefloors
Golden (6)
Masterplan
One Big Holliday (12)
I Will Sing You Songs (4)
Steam Engine (6)
(End of) Run Thru (6)
Just One Thing
Z:
Wordless Chorus (12)
It Beats 4 U
Gideon
What a Wonderful Man (2)
Off the Record (12)
Lay Low (9)
Anytime
Dondante (4)
Evil Urges:
Evil Urges (7)
Highly Suspicious
I'm Amazed (12)
Touch Me Part 1 (2)
Touch Me Part 2 (12)
Circuital:
Victory Dance (12)
Circuital (14)
Outta My System (4)
Wonderful ( 7)
Holding on to Black Metal
First Light (2)
Slow, Slow Tune
The Waterfall:
Believe (4)
Compound Fracture (14)
In Its Infancy (7)
Spring (Among the Living) (11)
Thin Line
Tropics (11)
Others:
O is the One that is Real
Carried Away
A New Life (8)
State of the Art (12)
Covers:
Yes We Can Can ( Allen Tousaint) (2)
Que Sera Sera ( RayEvans)
Purple Rain (Prince)
Gentle on My Mind (Glen Campbell)
Blowin' in the Wind ( Bob Dylan) (3)
Melissa (Allman Brothers)
All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
Beautiful Ones (Prince)
Give Peace A Chance ( John Lennon)
Great work, I love analyzing tour stats..
Quote from: Varitek on Aug 13, 2017, 11:40 AM
Great work, I love analyzing tour stats..
Thank you! Same here. I have always been a " numbers guy", I attribute to a lifetime of being a baseball fan. :cool:
Seems like less variety than usual, no?
Nice work cshum372 :thumbsup: It may seem a little lack of variety, but considering there were no multi night shows and the band seemed to bring it every show, I'd call it a successful mini summer tour. Next stop Broomfield :cheesy:
Quote from: rkwedge on Aug 13, 2017, 12:13 PM
Nice work cshum372 :thumbsup: It may seem a little lack of variety, but considering there were no multi night shows and the band seemed to bring it every show, I'd call it a successful mini summer tour. Next stop Broomfield :cheesy:
Agreed! :thumbsup:
I'd be pretty much fine if all the songs played double-digit times were played half as much and replaced by MMJ songs that have fallen by the wayside.
Definitely a nice little mini tour. I'd say the boys were on fire this go around. Jamming out much more for sure.
Interesting that Cincinnati got 6 songs only played once and 2 song only played twice on the tour. Definitely feel like that was the most unique set list of the tour. I think the songs count for Broomfield should be around 70-75. So hopefully we see a little more variety to what has already been played this years.
Don't sleep on Peach! If you're a fan of the "jam" side of Jacket there's lots of gold there..I am a little partial I suppose, but I would say it's a contender for best show of the tour.
Interesting to me that the show with the most variation was the first night of the tour, Cincinnati,The only The Bear and Dancefloors of the tour and one of three War Beguns looks good to me. But it looks like they tried out some variety initially and then decided to lock in a pretty stable repertoire after that, although they did a nice job of mixing up the sequence. Wilco has done that this year, too, cut way down on the variety in their setlists. Its not a trend that I like, but if they rip it up on the same songs each night, they are still ripping it up. I like to have variety AND ripping playing, but you can't have it all, right?
Yes Shug, sometimes with this band you can have it all. Variety AND ripping it up is what makes us see multiple shows and is why this band is so special.
Thanks for the stats 372.
Quote from: Mr. White on Aug 13, 2017, 03:42 PM
Quote from: midwesterner on Aug 13, 2017, 02:25 PM
Interesting that Cincinnati got 6 songs only played once and 2 song only played twice on the tour. Definitely feel like that was the most unique set list of the tour. I think the songs count for Broomfield should be around 70-75. So hopefully we see a little more variety to what has already been played this years.
I went to 2 shows (Cincinnati and Columbus - Ohio). So glad those shows were stand-out ones for this tour. I love any MMJ show I attend though.
As far as song count for a 3 Night Run goes, I've only been to one (Chicago 2015), and they played 67 songs (only 1 of those was a cover - not counting Jim and Carl songs as covers). Those New Years Eve shows should be outstanding! Wish I could go.
I was basing my guess of the song count for NYE off the fact that NYE shows have been typically a bit longer and that there won't be repeats each night.
Quote from: APR on Aug 13, 2017, 09:01 PM
Yes Shug, sometimes with this band you can have it all. Variety AND ripping it up is what makes us see multiple shows and is why this band is so special.
Ha ha ha, you are right APR and you saw right through my only semi-sincere attempt to try to look on the bright side, good for you!!! With Jacket, we will get it all, most likely when they do more multi-night runs, prob. in Colorado or better yet in smaller theaters next year!
these stats are a bit off - I suggest tracking set lists closely
Quote from: millerjustin on Aug 14, 2017, 11:16 AM
these stats are a bit off - I suggest tracking set lists closely
Care to elaborate on how they are off?
Quote from: millerjustin on Aug 14, 2017, 11:16 AM
these stats are a bit off - I suggest tracking set lists closely
There's an edit button- if you have verified that something is incorrect I can make a correction. I ran this through a spreadsheet, updating after each individual show. Is there a possibility I made a mistake? Of course.
Nice work cshum! The only differences I found were that I counted:
3 Blowin' in the Winds
7 Evil Urges
6 Goldens
Quote from: Crispy on Aug 14, 2017, 02:04 PM
Nice work cshum! The only differences I found were that I counted:
3 Blowin' in the Winds
7 Evil Urges
6 Goldens
Thanks Crispy, I have made these edits! :thumbsup:
Quote from: cshum372 on Aug 14, 2017, 03:07 PM
Quote from: Crispy on Aug 14, 2017, 02:04 PM
Nice work cshum! The only differences I found were that I counted:
3 Blowin' in the Winds
7 Evil Urges
6 Goldens
Thanks Crispy, I have made these edits! :thumbsup:
Right on! :beer:
Of the 2 I went to: On paper Cincinnati was the show to go to. I enjoyed Nashville a little bit more though. Mostly bc I love the Ascend Amphitheater.
I thought both shows were excellent despite the repeats and I would gladly do them both all over again! :cheesy:
For me Cincinnati really was the best show to see. I had been nervous going in that this tour would feature a lot of repeats, rely heavily on The Waterfall, and not many covers. But Cincinnati really was the opposite of those expectations.
Variety be damned! The guys changed the tried-and-true arrangements of setlist staples more this tour than any year in their history. Touch Me Pt 2 continues to soar to new heights. The new jammed-out rave-up "I'm Amazed" has made a pee-break contender one of my favorite songs in the set. Hell, even OBH got a jammed out ending this tour!! Damn straight that'll keep me comin' back!!
Are there any soundboard recordings going around from this tour? I'd love to hear a jammed out I'm Amazed. Its been a consistent fave of mine, a tight concise roots rocker with deceptively deep lyrics, it just reminds me of a song The Band might do. Curious to hear what it sounds like extended, intriguing!
Quote from: Shug on Aug 14, 2017, 09:45 PM
Are there any soundboard recordings going around from this tour? I'd love to hear a jammed out I'm Amazed. Its been a consistent fave of mine, a tight concise roots rocker with deceptively deep lyrics, it just reminds me of a song The Band might do. Curious to hear what it sounds like extended, intriguing!
Because I have it readily available ( was listening to this show earlier today) here's a FM Broadcast of Jacket in Queens from this tour.
https://archive.org/details/mmj2017-07-15.FM.flac16
The extended jam is relatively short, but you can hear that it has room to grow. They did this with several songs this tour, Touch Me Part 2 might be my favorite example.
Thanks dude!
The Peach Amazed is real tasty. Not a soundboard but the aud recording sounds pretty decent to these ears.
Quote from: cshum372 on Aug 14, 2017, 10:34 PM
Quote from: Shug on Aug 14, 2017, 09:45 PM
Are there any soundboard recordings going around from this tour? I'd love to hear a jammed out I'm Amazed. Its been a consistent fave of mine, a tight concise roots rocker with deceptively deep lyrics, it just reminds me of a song The Band might do. Curious to hear what it sounds like extended, intriguing!
Because I have it readily available ( was listening to this show earlier today) here's a FM Broadcast of Jacket in Queens from this tour.
https://archive.org/details/mmj2017-07-15.FM.flac16
The extended jam is relatively short, but you can hear that it has room to grow. They did this with several songs this tour, Touch Me Part 2 might be my favorite example.
listen to this version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTVhSEHa6Ow absolutely awesome Amazed jam