03.15.2015 THE WILMA THEATRE,MISSOULA, MT, USA
Set 1: Bathing Digits > Rocker Part 2, Ocean Billy >Similar Skin, Resolution > Kimble, Plunger > Glory >Ocean Billy
Set 2: Get In The Van > In The Kitchen, Bridgeless >Example 1, No Diablo > Miss Tinkle’s Overture, Rock the Casbah > Bridgeless
Encore: Ringo > Moby Dick > Ringo
Support: The Revivalists
NEVER. MISS. A. MONTANA. SHOW.
Don’t even know where to begin on this one……the glaringly obvious thing to point out first is that this was the rowdiest, most raging crowd I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of…..after 24 shows, no other show or venue can match the energy that was in that room last night…..UM knew it, and so did we. Absolutely deafening between songs……can’t wait to hear it in the recording. When the energy is present like that, there is no end to what they can do and where they can go. Great peaking improv in Billy, huge “Another Brick In The Wall” jam during first Reso jam, second also phenomenal as it would have to be to get to Kimble. Plunger>Glory>OB may have been the highlight of the night. First set extremely rocking peppered with angelic releases. How can you not love a GITV second set opener? Kitchen got the sexy treatment. Preceding the start of Bridgeless, Bayliss says, “We’re gonna slow things down now…..this one’s from the heart.” Example 1 also got super sexy R&B-esque. Never expected to see No Diablo so well received and place was bumping, accompanied by brief improv before dropping into Tinkles. Big dance party jam in Tinkles. Casbah was tons of fun and surprisingly got the treatment to find its way back to Bridgeless. Crowd roaring nonstop while McQueen tuned guitars. The section from Ringo to Moby Dick was stellar. Kris, wearing a sleeveless collared shirt for entire second set, crushed the Dick obviously. Pony played the 4 string semi-hollow body from Kitchen through end of show. Joel tweets: “@umphreysmcgee what a great way to end the week. Missoula wins for best crowd of the west coast so far. Tons of energy out there. LA was great, Fox was too. But Wilma was beyond crazy energy. Didn’t let up between songs.” Annnnnnd I’m spent…..this thread needs bumping but I know there weren’t many Borters there, still deserves it though, a must download
March Montana Tour, 2016? mm/
Hopped off the road after SLC and now I’m starting to regret it – everything about the Missoula show sounds amazing – was just so hard to pull off after Aspen > SLC — that extra trek. However, sounds like attendence was great and that the jams murdered, I bet we’ll get another Bozeman show in the mix or something down the road. 🙂 Would make multiple dates in Montana happen, for sure.
Ski rage at Big Sky or some shit!