The band makes their return to Saskatoon six years and a couple of weeks since their first appearance. The energy is high right from the start with a charged up Interstellar Overdrive into Corduroy. A terrific In My Tree is…
Main Set: Interstellar Overdrive/Corduroy, All Night, God's Dice, In My Tree, Dissident, Untitled, MFC, Red Mosquito, Nothing As It Seems, Given To Fly, Do The Evolution, In The Moonlight, Black, Spin The Black Circle, Setting Forth, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Alive
encore 1: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Just Breathe, Unthought Known, Even Flow, Better Man/(I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend)/(Save It For Later)
encore 2: Running Bask To Saskatoon (Take One), Why Go, The Fixer, Running Back To Saskatoon (Take 2), Porch, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter
Show Notes:
Show Notes:
The band makes their return to Saskatoon six years and a couple of weeks since their first appearance. The energy is high right from the start with a charged up Interstellar Overdrive into Corduroy. A terrific In My Tree is preceded by Ed stating “this is the only beginning, ok,” and an ad lib nod to the local junior league hockey club set to the US national anthem “to the land of the free and the home of the, BLADES.” Untitled lyrics are altered to “everyone’s confused, I just want to get to Saskatoon.” Red Mosquito backed by Nothing As It Seems allows Mike to really flex as the band grooves underneath his leads. In the Moonlight appears for just the second time with an excellent harmony vocal from Matt. Ed makes reference to the band’s prior appearance and that they hadn’t played this song last time and they wanted to make sure to play it tonight, leading to a blues groovy Black. Following Spin the Black Circle, Ed spots a fan, asking “hey who’s this young guy over here?” He gets his name, and says this is for “Dave, he’s ten,” then giving a nod to Dave’s father and Mudhoney as the band takes on Setting Forth.
Prior to the encore kicking off, Ed makes note of the flags he is seeing:
“We just are not going to leave anytime soon, we all got here and we’re all here, I just need a guitar. This is where we start singing together”
This leads into Elderly Woman. Before Just Breathe, Ed gives a nod to Stone and Mike’s significant others who are in attendance, noting it is Mike’s wife’s birthday. A rare encore Even Flow is a scorcher. Better Man closes encore one with Ed inviting the crowd “let’s hear you.”
As encore two begins, Ed introduces the band, but forgets Jeff, which leads to the crowd chanting “Jeff, Jeff, Jeff.” Then the fun really begins. Ed quips:
“It is not unusual for us to play a song by The Who. But it is quite unusual for us to play a song by The Guess Who”
After a failed attempt in 2005, the band takes another hack at Running Back to Saskatoon. Things start off promising, but Ed can’t remember the lyrics. After which Ed states:
“usually I would say oh I fucked that up because I had too much to drink, but tonight I think I fucked it up because I haven’t had enough, I’ll get it next time.”
Ed then asks the crowd to “help me out” as the band kicks into Why Go. Following The Fixer, Ed expresses remorse about the fumble of Running Back to Saskatoon, and asks:
“Is there a male singer in the audience that knows that song, someone handy, who’s got the guts? Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have a volunteer.”
Ed introduces Brian Nenson to the crowd, and the band makes another go at it with Brian sharing vocals with Ed. It was a very cool and fun moment. Porch into Baba and Yellow Ledbetter bring a fun evening to a close.