The show starts off with a rockin’ Bertha, and it is clear from the first moments that the band is on. Two songs later, after Me and My Uncle, they achieve the nirvana they were so close to in the first two tunes with a brilliant Mr. Charlie, Pig blasting the vocals. While the intervening songs are excellent, the boys really deliver another gem with the Jack Straw. Keith lends some sonic substance to the song while Jerry soars about in the most mellow way possible and Bobby makes some paced runs. The rest of the set is just as good with an exceptional Casey Jones to cap it all. Coming out of the break, Billy leads the band into a stellar Good Lovin’. Phil bombs aways while Pig kills the vocals, taking control of the scene, but making just enough room for Jerry to occasional jet off. After that and some extended tuning, the boys head into a beautiful Brokedown Palace, which unfolds like taffy. From there, a short, stand-alone Playin’ comes out that has some feverishly lovely jamming in through the middle. Following that, Pig gives us a sensational Run Rudolph Run, which was heavy in the rotation during these December shows and never disappointed. After a nice Deal, Sugar Mags comes out with an insatiable jam at its end. Comes A Time provides a bit of a breather, but then Truckin’ kicks it up again, right into a long Billy solo. And out the other end of that Drums comes the pounding bass taking it into a strong Other One. At the end, the jam mellows, turning storybook-like before segueing jazzily into Sittin’ On Top Of The World, which itself comes back into The Other One again. And then the boys go out with a sensational NFA> GDTRFB> NFA.