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2) Trey flubbed a guitar part once or twice, get over it - the man is human and played music non-stop without looking at a chart for 2.5 hours. He might have played 500,000 notes last night, maybe 3 million, I don't know. So if 5 or 6 were wrong, who cares.
3) the band was loose and having fun, trading smiles all night - this always makes for good music. After 30 years, they still find ways to keep the shows interesting, whether its an a capella opener, improved light show, or by playing 4 songs that havn't been played in almost 200 shows. The fact that their repitoire is as deep as it currently is and they played over 250 different unique songs this year alone is probably more songs than any 5 bands combined will play over the course of the same period. Think about that for a second.
4) People need to have realistic expectations from these 4 guys. Just go and listen to the music, relax, and forget about rankings, stats, "good" "average-good" 2.0, 3.0 Type I jams, and all the other BS terms that get thrown around to try to catalog something that needs no taxonomy. Its about the music and the vibe. As its been said, just surrender to the phlow.
Ive never posted on this site in the 22 years ive followed it, but I just couldn't help commenting on what was an incredible night of music and fun. Happy and healthy new year to all.