Dallas/Woodlands Run 2015
After watching the Austin setlist, I didn't have much hope going into Dallas & The Woodlands shows. I booked 8 shows for the summer and it worried me that Austin would set the tone for the rest of the summer. However, I was pleasantly surprised.
Dallas 5/15/15
The acoustic set was fantastic. The only song that I considered a “dud” was Gravedigger, and even that sounded good in the acoustic set. Old Dirt Hill was a mellow opener. SMTS>ATSB>TM as a closer was fantastic, the crowd absolutely loved it.
Opening the electric with Minarets was great. Even with the duds (Seven, If Only, Squirm and Jimi Thing) the rest of the set was top notch.
For the entire show - only 5 of the 22 songs played I don’t really care to hear live, but I’m okay with that. The rest of the setlist more than made up for it. I haven’t heard Best of What’s Around since 2011 so it was amazing to hear that in the encore. It sounded great and the crowd went nuts.
Woodlands 5/16/15
The Woodlands acoustic set opened with a Dave solo Beach Ball and from then on the rest of the acoustic set was perfect - not a dud in sight.
The electric set opened with Warehouse>Dancing Nancies, which was backward fro the usual but still sounded just fine. There was a mellow lull from Proudest Monkey to Digging A Ditch but the crowd was really feeling it and with the great weather it felt just fine. The inevitable happened and Shake Meh, Cornbread and You & Meh were broken out and Sister reared it’s ugly head in the encore, but even with those 4 duds, the other 20 songs more than made up for it. Ants>Halloween was on fire and the crowd was singing and dancing and the environment was just electric!
Other notes:
At both of these shows - Boyd sounded great, he was playing his heart out, smiling, and engaging the fans - really showing how much he loves what he does.
I usually complain about setlists, but these two shows showed that the band can please the casual/hardcore fans and the new/old fans. A great mix of most of the catalog, very few duds. The lows very few and the highs were many. It was a great weekend and the first time I've ever walked away from both Texas shows completely satisfied.
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