12/28/18 String Cheese Incident @ 1st Bank Center - Broomfield, CO

1STBANK Center - Broomfield, CO - 12/28/18

S1: Can't Wait Another Day, White Freightliner Blues*, Eat My Dust*, High on a Mountain Top*, Boo Boo’s Pik-a-Nic* > Take the Money And Run*  > Salt Creek* > Take the Money And Run* > Big Mon* > Take the Money And Run* > Boo Boo’s Pik-a-Nic* > Vamp In The Middle*, Signed, Sealed, Delivered*, Sand Dollar*, Revival* , Colorado Bluebird Sky*

S2: Close Your Eyes > Black Clouds > Jellyfish > Round the Wheel > Texas > Land's End > Texas > 'Round the Wheel > Jellyfish > Black Clouds > Close Your Eyes

E: Rivertrance*, Reach*

* w/ Sam Bush and Darol Anger


Last Friday I made the short half hour drive down 287 to Broomfield for The String Cheese Incident.  I stopped in Westminster before the show to see my friends Eric and Karla.  It was easy to find free parking in the nearby garage.  Before the show it was very cold.  Winter tour for sure.  The arena concourse was decked out in SCI 25th anniversary decor.  They had a room with a bunch of SCI artwork on display.  Preshow PA music was older reggae.  The arena was maybe 3/4 full.

The previous time I'd seen SCI was in Lyons, CO and they also opened that show with Can't Wait Another Day.  The rest of the set was with Sam Bush and Darol Anger playing a variety of bluegrass/newgrass originals and covers from their careers.  The Stevie Wonder cover was fun.  Colorado Bluebird Sky in Broomfield was definitely an anthem.  The clearcut highlight of the set was Sand Dollar.

The setlist of the second set was a palindrome.  I noticed during Land's End that all the songs had been left unfinished.  It made the show unique.  During setbreak I went outside and a light snow was falling.  This was appropriate during the Round the Wheel which I felt produced the best jam of the set.  I sat on the Billy/Kyle side and watching them made the show for me.  Rivertrance in the encore was gravy.  I peaced out during the final song and beat the traffic.  My mom bought my ticket for this show for Christmas.  It was a fun experience and I'm glad I went. 

12/8/18 Aqueous @ Fox Theater - Boulder, CO

Aqueous
December 8, 2018 // Fox Theatre

Set 1: Strange Times, Underlyer > Warren in the Window, Skyway > Pseudo Suicide

Set 2: Origami, Mosquito Valley, Pt. 1 > Kitty Chaser (Explosions), I Can’t Go For That > Split the Difference > Don’t Do It

E: How High You Fly


Last night after the MLS Cup Final match won by Atlanta United I made the short half hour journey down the Diagonal Highway to Boulder.  This was my first time to the Fox Theater.  I found a parking spot down 13th street across from a CU frat house.  I've seen Mungion four times now.  This was my third time seeing Aqueous.  Before the show I grabbed a slice at Boss Lady Pizza.

I didn't stay for the entire show but the venue was pretty much full.  They took the stage to the Gremlins theme song.  Strange Times seems like one of their more established tunes.  Underlyer and Warren in the Window were also songs that I recognized.  The highlight of the show for me was the cover of Oysterhead's Pseudo Suicide.  The guitar/keyboard player did a great job with the Les Claypool vocals.   They did a good job with the Hall & Oates cover.  Split the Difference is a dance number from the new album.  This led into one of their better songs Don't Do It.  The slide guitar part puts me in the mind of Buffalo's other jamband moe.'s Awesome Gary.  How High You Fly is a song off their new album Color Wheel that I enjoy.  It was a good end to the Colorado run. 

12/5/18 Aqueous @ Hodi's - Ft. Collins, CO

Aqueous
December 5th, 2018
Hodi's, Fort Collins, CO

Set 1: Gordon’s Mule, The Median, Realize Your Light > Dave’s Song > Mandela Effect > No Quarter

Set 2: Weight of the Word > Good Enough, Aldehyde > Cheap Sunglasses > Aldehyde

Encore: Say It Again


On Wednesday I made the short drive up I-25 to Fort Collins to Hodi's for Aqueous.  Chicago act Mungion was the opening act.  This was my first time to Hodi's which is located in the Old Town part of Fort Collins.  This venue is smaller than the Aggie Theatre.  I met a few nice people.  It was good to get out of Longmont for the night to see some live music.  It was good for the soul.  They took the stage to the Home Alone theme song which was the movie I had watched earlier in the day.  Gordon's Mule, The Median, and Dave's Song are all tunes I knew.  The highlight for me was Realize Your Light from the new Color Wheel album. I can't say enough how much I've enjoyed their latest studio album.  It's a very mature offering from a band of their stature.  Oddly enough this was the second show in a row I've seen a band cover No Quarter.  When I left the venue there was snow falling and it looked scenic with the Christmas lights.