Guest Book

When I look at the setlists for the Beacon run I see 8 different 1st set openers in 9 nights. I see 8 different second set openers. I see 6 different encores, 7 songs never played by the band before last year and 5 songs never played before this Beacon run. Isn't that more of a "mix" than a few years ago when almost every show opened with either DWYM or DKMW and almost every show ended with Liz Reed and NOTRW? The only points I'd agree with the billboard review (and these are a matter of taste, not quantifiable) are that Dickey's vocals were a nice contast to Gregg's and the music might not be as "emotional" without Bett's but as far as mixing things up and improvising the current band is head and shoulders above the band of a few year ago. When Haynes and Woody left the ABB the band was damn close to being a nostalgia act, playing pretty much the same songs the same way night in and night out. Apparently, that's the kind of show the reviewer was expecting and when he got a set filled with new material he reviewed it for what it wasn't instead of for what it was. Bum (Payless shoes, Arrow shirt, Walmart pants) in Boston