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There are some bands that you want to see, can see and yet miss them. Dark Star Orchestra is one of them for me. I have decided to see them so many times and yet never happened before.

Finally on 4/20 i got to see the Orchestra. What a great show they put up and its always fun to see a jam band. Loved Jeff Mattson and Skip Vangelas’s playing. Great show! 

Set One:
Till The Morning Comes > Good Morning Little School Girl > Sitting On Top Of The World
Big Iron
Loose Lucy
Pride Of Cucamonga
It Hurts Me Too
Alligator > Weather Report Suite

Set Two:
Mason’s Children
Good Lovin’
He Was A Friend Of Mine
It’s A Man’s World
Dark Star > New Potato Caboose > Death Don’t Have No Mercy > Viola Lee Blues

Encore: Brokedown Palace

I went into this show knowing very little about the guy besides the fact that his brother is Pete. =) Being a huge The Who fan, I decided to take my change. Bombay Bicycle Club was playing at the same time at Neptune, one of my fav bands at an awesome venue. I decided on this as I have seen BBC multiple times before.

Townshend played acoustic guitars and sang to em. He was rocking and entertained the crowd very well. I felt his singing had similarities with his brothers. I guess its very hard to not make these comparisons. His guitar playing was good. He had one of his friend help him on two songs. I’ve seen that friend of his on a lot of occasions and he never disappoints. =)

Slow Music is a super group featuring Peter Buck, Fred Chalenor, Matt Chamberlain, Robert Fripp, Bill Rieflin and Hector Zazou. You cannot really go wrong with a bunch of folks like that. Probably these guys individually will be able to sell out a show.

Slow Music is experimental improv music. I expected it to center around guitar a little more, with Peter Buck and Robert Fripp on the stage. Unfortunately for me, the sound was more percussive than string. The music was roomy, interesting and very in the moment. Kinda reminded me of some of the obscure Pink Floyd songs. I really wish the guitar players added more to the sound though.

Show Poster:

Queens of the Stone Age are probably the greatest rock band in the world right now. Josh Homme is one of the best front man any band can wish for. This was my fifth time I saw them and like all other times, they did not disappoint. Apparently, Portland is Josh’s favorite city and he enjoys being there. Nice to see Nick Oliveri join the band for “I Feel Like a Millionaire”.

Setlist:
Feel Good Hit of the Summer
No One Knows
Avon
My God Is the Sun
Burn the Witch
Smooth Sailing
…Like Clockwork
If I Had a Tail
In My Head
Little Sister
Kalopsia
I Appear Missing
I Sat by the Ocean
Make It Wit Chu
Sick, Sick, Sick
3’s & 7’s
Better Living Through Chemistry
Go With the Flow

Encore:
The Vampyre of Time and Memory
You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire (with Nick Oliveri)
A Song for the Dead

Show Poster:

How I wish I had kept a trail of all the shows I have attended! Maybe saved a picture or two. I usually add the shows to my Calendar but I haven’t been very disciplined with that. Starting now, I want to fix that. Let me see how well that goes…