Matt Gardner's Collection
Jefferson Starship 04/04/2002
Sweetwater Saloon, Mill Valley, CA
| Media | CDR 2 discs |
| Notes | Audience tape. Background tape hiss throughout. Several songs are not present. See notes for track list. |
| Tech Notes | A review by Cricket: JS @ SWEETWATER 4/4: NO RED MARKS! INSTEAD, A FKNG FIRMAMENT... ? Jefferson Starship Home Page? CIA ? Jefferson Starship Message Board Main ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by Cricket on 04/05/02 - 04:43:47 IP: 216.175.90.112 Browser: Mozilla/4.76 (Macintosh; U; PPC) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message Body OF SHIMMERING GOLD STARS... Two incredible shows! At one point, some of us just started turning to each other & saying how lucky we felt to be there... Thank you, thank you: Paul, Darby, Slick, Chris, John & everyone else who put on the shows... It was such a joy to hear you -- You were wonderful!!! Longer version: It's late & I won't be articulate, but here are the setlists. FIRST SHOW: Wooden Ships -- totally nailed it; great Slick solo Good Shepherd -- awesome keyboards (Chris), another terrific Slick solo; great lead vocal by PK -- all vocals really sharp Lawman -- Darby!!! So much passion! (especially fine closing verse) All Fly Away -- again, beautiful in every respect: vocals, guitars (yet another amazing Slick solo), great keyboards Shadowlands -- beautiful vocals again, & perfect finish (I'm sorry if you're starting to think there's overstatement in this report; I'm only telling the truth) Love Has No Pride -- I was blown away by the expressiveness of Darby's voice -- an incredible range of feelings in this song When the Earth Moves Again -- great surprise! A delight. Women Who Fly -- beautiful musical intro & then another phenomenal vocal by Darby (esp. the fierce"... don't give me wings and take away my sky") -- Terrific solos by both Chris & Slick on this. A couple tiny glitches (quickly righted) contributed to the relaxed & cozy "in your living-room" feel... Hyperdrive -- Again, beautiful playing all round (PK's mike briefly out, alas), & another incredibly passionate vocal by Darby. It's really not my fault if the adjectives are getting redundant! Baby Tree -- PK & Darby trade-off verses. Really nicely done. Let's Go Together -- again, some soaring vocals & beautiful playing by Slick, Chris, & PK -- a nice long finish to this song. [Brief interlude, in which Paul announces that tonight we're on green alert because they couldn't find any terrorists. He asks Chris for a D & a G#, and he & Darby start to sing Mao Mao Amerikon and suddenly notice that Slick's not onstage -- so they interrupt themselves to look for him -- he's offstage having a smoke & gets teased when he gets back. Stay tuned, revenge coming...] Sunrise -- furious & beautiful intro to Hijack [at one point, walking behind where PK's sitting in his chair playing the opening bars of "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite", Slick takes his lighter & flicks on the flame just for a second behind Paul's head as he leaves the stage. Very funny! PK didn't see. orry to bust you, Slick, but it was too entertaining not to share] -- terrific keyboards on this, too. Hijack -- great Paul & Darby vocals AGAIN The Mountain Song (forgive me, but beautiful singing again, & some lovely, lyrical playing by Slick SECOND SET [We were thrilled with the first, but this one was even better: band & audience looser, more relaxed, fluid, vocals stronger & louder] I'm going to try economizing on the descriptions-- The Light -- outstanding (all) The Mountain Song -- great PK vocal, another gorgeous guitar solo by Slick Good Shepherd [PK makes a joke @ wanting a tempo like "Keep on Rockin in the Free World"...Slick & Chris obligingly bounce up & down & go straight into...] Lawman (even better than 1st set; Darby really let loose) Triad -- perfect. (my note about her singing on this: "incredible, deep vibrato") Am almost done here, promise... Another note about some beautiful, poignant playing on this by Slick Sketches of China -- what a pleasure to hear this again & done so well OK-- even I've had it with the descriptions: imagine the rest beautiful, passionate, & transcendent... Good Shepherd Love Has No Pride Hyperdrive The Baby Tree Let's Go Together Sunrise Hijack Have You Seen the Stars Tonite Hijack (gorgeous finish) Volunteers I'm still so happy & excited, I doubt I'm going to get much sleep. Anyone considering traveling to upcoming shows: DO! The band is magical, in top form, & holds nothing back... Thank you again! |
| J-Card Comment | Jefferson Starship April 4, 2002 Sweetwater Saloon Mill Valley, CA FIRST SET: Missing ?Wooden Ships? 1. Good Shepherd 2. Lawman 3. All Fly Away 4. Shadowlands 5. Love Has No Pride 6. When the Earth Moves Again Missing ?Women Who Fly? 7. Hyperdrive 8. Baby Tree 9. Let's Go Together 10. Sunrise >Intro to Hijack> 11. Hijack 12. The Mountain Song SECOND SET: 1. The Light 2. The Mountain Song 3. Lawman 4. Triad 5. Sketches of China 6. Good Shepherd 7. Love Has No Pride Missing ?Hyperdrive? 8. The Baby Tree 9. Let's Go Together 10. Sunrise>Hijack>Have You Seen the Stars Tonite>Hijack 11. Volunteers |
| Trades Allowed | Yes Traded from: Brian Lehrhoff |
| Ratings | Show: A- Sound: B+ |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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