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Outlive I have found myself a little out of step with my fellow fans regarding how I rank the 10 BD shows thus far. Glad to see a review I really agree with! (Those are always the most insightful ones, aren't they?) I put "Holes" at number 2, right behind "Jam-Filled." A first set with Guyute, Maze, and Antelope? That's pretty sweet. Bust-outs of Buried Alive and Ginseng? A well-played and well-placed Heavy Things? I'm all in on that first set, thank you very much.

And then an entire second set Mike's Groove? With that delicious, delectable Taste and the most beautiful Wingsuit I've yet to hear them play? With O Holy Night to boot (taboot)? And that encore was just the chocolate peanut butter dust on top of a sweet sweet show.

This show has as much replayability as any show this year, including 7/25/17. I enjoyed it much more than 7/26 or 7/28 or 7/30, currently rated higher than this one among the consensus of dot net raters (although let me say here that comparing and ranking these BD shows is something of a fool's errand--we have truly been blessed with an embarrassment of riches. The "worst" of the ten BD shows so far (IMO, 8/1/17) is still a solid 3-star show, and I hold it in higher esteem than any show from 2016's "regular" summer and fall tours (i.e., excluding Dick's, Vegas, and New Year's runs). In fact, I could probably say that about any of the summer shows so far this year other than maybe Chicago night 1.

Thanks for another excellent review (and I tip my hat to the previous BD reviewers as well--you've all done a good job; I've really enjoyed reading the reviews of each of the BD shows).


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