String Cheese Perfection

Well. they have done it. they have achieved perfection. maybe thats one of the reasons its almost over. they dont want to over do it. they dont want it to get old. they want it to stay mysterious.

the setting: I live about 15 minutes from Bonnaroo so i'm an expert on that shit. I went to Camp Zoe and it was literally a breath of fresh air to me. no dust, fumes, corporate bullshit, waiting in line for 6 hours and less people making getting fucked up their first priority and putting the music second. It was the other way around. everywhere you looked there were giant tree covered hills. there was a crescent shaped ridge right behind the stage so we were enclosed which ofcourse amplified the music. and there is also a stream that runs through the 300 acre farm so there was plenty of swimming going on. Shakedown was great. they had excellent food and art at great prices. and it was almost exclusively "freaks" which have got to be the greatest people on earth alot of them being "deadheads" as well. it was truly a "Shantytown" my friends.

the perfect show: I've seen Phish many times, Trans-Siberian orchestra, The Pink Floyd light show, as well as many other aesthetically pleasing performances but nothing even comes close to what I saw this past weekend. First of all the stage set-up Cheese has had for the last year or so is perfectly fung shui. and ofcourse they have had that giant screen. but they took it a bit further (and i heard they used it at hornings as well) they have three screens now (a giant circle with two triangles on either side) aranged to look like a giant eye. and around the circle and under the triangles were all these huge extremely bright tube lights and they would shine maybe 50 different colors. I'm not sure what theyre called but they were really fun to look at. and dont forget the fifty million spot lights they had. of course the music was impeccable. absolute perfection. not much spur of the moment, lets see where this takes us type stuff but extremely technical, difficult riffs, tiffs, and other musical lingo that i have no clue about. they definately practiced alot during the run up to the show I would think and I'm glad they did. anyways the combination of all the factors made this in my opinion the best show ever put on.

I'll have to do my reviews a little later and put my pictures and the video I got of Billy from the front row running and getting up on the speakers a little later. I'll have that for you by to tommorrow. I promise. now I'm going to crash.


GO TO RED ROCKS THIS WEEKEND!


you will never see anything like this again except maybe on DVD. oh did anyone else go to big summer?

 

i unfortunately missed big summer but I've got three of the four nights at red rocks...I have to miss the 3rd night due to a family wedding

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew2kOUzAZfY

Here is the video of Billy running during The Joker. man now that I think about it I wish I got a video of the very next song. It was un-fucking-believable! damnit

can you guess what it is?

 

here are two great shots of the eye i was talking about.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSiHmWWIjGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxCfNrPkkMQ&NR=1

 

ahh damn i wanna go.

 

Drumminmama, I predict Big Compromise or Windy Mountain. Buy me a cheese pizza if I'm right?

 

prettylittlehippy, just go! only a few short hours away.

 

well we got windy mountain last night.
Here's friday's setlist
String Cheese Incident
10 August 2007 (Fri)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

SET ONE
On The Road
Cedar>
Remington Ride>
Got What He Wanted
Howlin' At The Moon>
Windy Mountain>
MLT>
I Wish>
Black & White

SET TWO
Land's End>
What a Day That Was>
Bigger Isn't Better>
Mouna Bowa>
Pretty Polly>
Joyful Sound>Jam>
Tom Thumb's Blues>
Rollover

ENCORE
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough>
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Good show, although I thought Thursday was superior. We had a fire on the mountain tease thursday and a shakedown tease last night maybe something will come from that in the next two days. Wish I didn't have to skip tonight, but I know everyone will bring it on Sunday.

 

i got to see them both nights in berkeley CA at the greek theatre. Great show. I will surely miss SCI

 

last night's set list is pretty good. I heard the second set was nearly two hours and they jammed real hard. Wish i coulda gone....
I: Little Hands> Dudleys Kitchen, Sometimes a River, Close You Eyes> Bam> Close Your Eyes> Betray the Dark, Outside Inside> I Know You Rider

II: Desert Dawn> Rivertrance, Bend Down Low> Dirk> Drums> It Is What It Is, Hotel Window> This Must Be the Place (Naive Medoly)> Big Shoes> Desert Dawn

E: The Bridge> Mountain Girls


There's still a lot of big guns left in the tank as well as some crazy rumors about special guests...I've heard KW and rob thomas the most only a few more hours til we know for sure...Tonight is going to be it in so many ways.

 

I'm guessing Restless Wind or Round the Wheel

 

well after an awesome version of Round the wheel with the band hooping on thursday, I doubt they'll reprise it for an encore. But then again whenever I think I've made an accurate prediction about what they'll do, they do the opposite. I could see way back home as the last encore.

 

didn't realize that. Btw everyone should check out this month's Relix, SCI has the cover article and the article really explains alot about the bands break-up - and all othe the band members opinions on the break-up.

 

wow! Texas? really?

 

i'm sad now. i have this weird feeling. its a total disturbance in the force. Cheese is gone. I do believe they will be back. But there is this hollowness knowing there is not going to be a fall run or a winter bash. 12/05/03 LA, was amazing. we walked in about two songs into the first set. the crowd was just grooving. i was so happy with the cheese crowd....seemed more innocent than the Phish crowd i was a custom to. The night blew me away. The band was so tight and at moments Kang started to remind me of Trey, which i really liked, as i am a huge phish fan....they were just killing it that night.....i will forever love and miss SCi.....i love those boys oh so very much....