Outstanding Versions of Spafford Songs, Best Performances, Recommended Versions of Songs, etc...
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My slip and squander votes go to:
-Leading into NYE, brian gives some extra mustard on the build: https://spaffnerds.com/shows/2015-12-31
-Guest sit-in, Rick from Goose, gives this version a step above most: https://spaffnerds.com/shows/2018-01-20@RadiantDarkness said in Outstanding versions of songs:
ETS needs work. I'll listen through some early ones and suggest one.
10/30/15 definitely worthy for it being an atypical jam for ETS. Things got weird.
Listened to most ETS versions from 2012+2013 (to separate out Alternate Ending in the setlists) and I wasn't WOW'd by any of them. 10/30/15 still reigns supreme.
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@RadiantDarkness a definite on that Slip and Squander with Rick from Goose, I really enjoy that one.
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I would like to recommend Soil from 3/14/18.
my case ; ) :
around the 2 min mark, the keys get super nasty funky
3:30 guitar tone starts getting fatter
jam breaks for a second around 4:10
then we really start heading to the promise land
4:34 the guitar riff i love kicks in. very simple repeating, dark tone
4:40 keys go full blown 80s dead funk like feel like a stranger
then they really start to create within that simple structure they just laid down
solid foundation to funk on top off, keys really starts adding flare
this lasts till 6:20 mark at which point they switch to cruise control and rage out the rest of the song in typical spafford fashion -
@fluffhead How could anyone disagree with this well thought out explanation? Added!
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@GeorgeBailey highly recommend you give this version a spin
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Here are some of mine
Peach Festival -
Electric Taco Stand>Dis Go In Five?>Electric Taco Stand.Solana Beach
All My Friends>Bee JamAsheville Night 2
FunkadelicWashington DC
My Road (My Road) -
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Just relistened to Asheville, N2... holy smokes... this All In is out of its friggin' mind. Can I get an amen?
Watching it on youtube is fun -
I'd advise you to listen to the 2012-03-16 Down Under from Coyote Joes, but your mom will get pissed at me when you face slops on the floor
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People 2017/09/27....don't go by the standard length. give it a spin..the drums
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Minds Unchained... 420
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Salt Lake City Lonely - 3/11/18
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All in, ETS - 4/21/18
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This is the kind of thread I can get down with. Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend.
I'd like to throw It's A Bunch 1/26/18 into the convo as honorable mention (I don't think it can beat out Crystal Bay)
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@Lauer-Nation i think the most straightforward playing of Its A Bunch is at The Peach Festival on 8/12/17. Not necessary the best jam or nastiest, but for me its the definitive version.
WHOOOOOOOOO! SPAFFORD!
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Now that they laid sax down on the studio version of Ain’t That Wrong, 11/09/17 has a really nice saxophone performance as well. Similar grooves to the new studio version.
WHOOOOOOOOO! SPAFFORD!
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@bee said in Outstanding Versions of Spafford Songs, Best Performances, Recommended Versions of Songs, etc...:
Now that they laid sax down on the studio version of Ain’t That Wrong, 11/09/17 has a really nice saxophone performance as well. Similar grooves to the new studio version.
This was a great day overall! We got to hear them soundcheck for soundcheck (they played Living for the City). Then, we got to see soundcheck (jam and living for the city). Finally, at the show, those of us at soundcheck got to see them perform it at the show too! 3 Living in the Cities in one day after not seeing them perform it live prior.
Nick Gerlach on sax during ATW was fucking boss. I love this rendition.
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All In from White Oak, Houston is
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Feel Like a Stranger - 12/31/17 is unreal.
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@Acm12000 said in Outstanding Versions of Spafford Songs, Best Performances, Recommended Versions of Songs, etc...:
Feel Like a Stranger - 12/31/17 is unreal.
Check out the video for this one. If I'm not mistaken Red actually misses the entry on the vocals. Brian and Red have a chuckle over it and Brian covers with a super Wa'd out lick. It's one of those moments where a "mistake" ends up producing something amazing. You've got to lean into the skid...
