Disease was unfinished. Show Rating Overall: 4. My first show was November and over the course of the next 9 years I saw roughly 75 shows including every New Years show from and generally some of the great gigs of the era. That three-night run in Vegas marked my retirment on Night 2 as I decided that I'd seen it all and done it all - I sold my Night 3 ticket and thought that was it. I opted not to go to any shows in the comeback year but have listened to a few here and there.
The lot scenario was the best I've ever seen at a show - we had Lot A tickets and pulled into our spot within 5 minutes of getting in line. We chilled with some good folks and enjoyed the friendliness - it reminded me of when I was 16 and saw my first Dead show in and all the older folks who were so kind and generous.
On a side note - there were so many young kids out there that it was kinda shocking! A bunch of ticketless people out and about when we approached the venue at around We got in and sat on the lawn with some friends - what a gorgeous venue it was! Reminded me most of Merriweather with the open air and woods-like setting. I've always been a huge fan of that song as an opener.
The Forbins-Mockingbird was unexpected, relatively. It didn't surprise me that they'd pull a narration song on this Independence Day, but the straight Forbin-Mockingbird was a shock sans narration - when was the last time that happened?
And to be honest, I called the Harpua when they failed on the narration in Forbins. Camel Walk was next and this was killer - what a great start to a show! The middle part of the Set was cool - Ocelot is a really catchy tune - I'm not too familiar with all the newer songs but this one is a keeper in my book. I think we had a Lawnboy in there, which was fine.
