Shows for a new enthusiast?
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@BBlank20 yea not sure which song would qualify as their Tweezer. However, a while back I was thinking that LTLO was in a way their Dark Star. Bear with me. There are so many different jams that song sparks. I particularly love it when they do the two jam versions. But the thing I dig is you never know what's going to happen. It could be a guitar driven rock show or a slick EDM trance jam or a teary eyed euphoric uplifting thing. I'm really just noob though so what do I know.
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It has a solid recognizable riff to start, and from my limited experience, is proving to be a significant type II jam vehicle. But one of my favorite things about Spafford is they can channel whatever band they want to fit their moment, but they always keep the sound distinctively theirs. Phish comparisons are inevitable, and not unhealthy, but I for one am falling so hard for Spafford because they blend so much of my favorite music seamlessly. They’re only going to get better too, it’s exciting! -
@SpaffPrise beautifully said
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Great points by all. I certainly wasn't trying to compare them to Phish - just wondering which song you all felt was that huge jam vehicle that everyone gets pumped for because the throw down is about to happen. ETS seemed the onbvious answer for me but LTLO and All In are also very interesting choices.
Oddly enough after inundating myself with Spaff past few weeks of tour I went to listen to Phish today and found myself just going back to the 9-29 Philly show.
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@BBlank20 wow that Galisteo Way gets to such an amazing spot in that jam! That show really is a great one front to back (whats your next goto show other than philly?). I got to peep the setlist during the show, Sweet was not on it and I love that song, so that def felt like a gift. Between that and Mama, that one had great covers. One thing I absolutely love about these guys is they cover songs I would never expect, and they freaking kill em too.
We should take votes for best cover of the tour so far? Mine may have to be Mad World from state college with sweet electronic jams, just wish it were 15min
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@PhillySpaffnerd my favorite show from the tour so far is Ithaca but though I haven't listened back more than once I webcasted the BK Bowl show and really loved that 1st set. REALLY looking forward to diggin into that All my Friends (over 50 minutes according to Twitter postings)
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@BBlank20 the first set of BK Bowl is beautiful - the LTLO set closer was an audible from Jordan BTW- and what a good call that was! Second set is quite incredible too. And the encore, I can't forget the encore! I know I'm biased from this being the only full show of Fall Tour that I soaked-in in person -- but it really is quite good and I think it has been somewhat overlooked in all the Fall Tour chatter. It was a short show but the jams really get into the zone and find great grooves within their limited time frames . Highlights are too many to name here... check out my (ahem, ahem, humblebrag) review of the show here https://forum.spaffnerds.com/topic/199/review-2017-09-30-brooklyn-bowl-brooklyn-n
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Here's my go to list of jams:
10/30/15: Hollywood > Electric Taco Stand
9/3/17: The Reprise > Funkadelic
2/20/15: The 2nd Electric Taco Stand
3/8/15: Funkadelic > Feel Like a Stranger > Parody > On Fire (emphasis on the "On Fire")
9/29/16: "Pizza Jam" from 9/29 Neenah, WI (Virtual Bean Dip)
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@tunafish wow nice work with hyperlinks, i'm diving right in especially on the "older" stuff, thanks Tuna!
I'm still a newb, first show I saw was BB's after listening most of the year, but almost all of my listening has been 2017, so much appreciated. Open to any other suggestions S'nerds
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