HADNT DRINKEN THE KOOL AID YET EH MR I MENTION HOW MANY SHOWS IVE SEEN IN EVERY POST IVE EVER MADE

IT WAS NICE TO BE BACK IN ''THE CITY''. WE SPENT MANY A NIGHT AT 33RD AND 7TH.BACK WHEN THEY OPENED UP THE 1ST SET PLAYIN'>CRAZY FINGERS THE NIGHT AFTER WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE COLD RAIN'S I THINK THAT WAS '82.THEN THE ST.STEPHEN NIGHT AND THE NIGHT AFTER THAT WITH A 35 MINUTE HELP ON THE WAY>SLIPKNOT>FRANKLINS TO START SET 2.BACK TO THE NOKIA IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PHIL IN SUCH A SMALL JOINT.I SAW PHIL THE FIRST TIME HE PUT A BAND 2GETHER RITE AFTER JERRY PASSED.HE WAS OPENING FOR DYLAN AND IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS ABOUT PHIL THE FORMER BACKBONE OF MY FAVORITE BAND BUT THE MUSIC THEY PLAYED DID NOT SAY ANYTHING IT WAS JUST LOOONNNGGG FORMLESS JAMS.EVERYONE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.FASTFORWARD TO PRESENT DAY WITH LARRY IN HIS BAND THESE CAT'S ARE FREAKING TIGHT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOUND AND FORM TO THE MUSIC.JACKIE HAS GROWN ON ME AND HE HAS SOME SERIOUS CHOPS.I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE PHIL AND HIS FRIENDS.AFTER SEEING THE DEAD AND GARCIA'S BAND SOME 400 TIMES THIS WAS A TOUGH SELL,BUT PHIL PULLED THRU LIKE I KNEW 1 DAY HE WOULD.BUT IT IS STILL VERY STRANGE AT SOME POINTS DURING CERTAIN SONGS TO HEAR SOMEONE OTHER THAN GARCIA SINGING AND PLAYING.