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– SHACK THOUGHTS – 10 YEARS AGO TODAY
So, I noticed that these performances of Shackman at the start of 2006 all seem to find John milking a wee Organ solo/intro to begin performance — VERY cool! Love hearing him go off for however long a time … again, the setlist has a mix of where 2005 ended and throwing in Tequila & Chocolate (Tootie Ma was played in fall ’05) … and then we’ve got Exploration still strong in the mix, and that Bluesy Improv near the end of Set II is a nice surprise at that point in the show … and oh, love seeing The Letter still lingering around, and Nocturne sticking around too after resurfacing in fall ’05 — I love these ’06-’07 performances of Nocturne as I find the guys just seem to have such control over it and the way they toy with it seems almost better than back in ’98! Yep, I REALLY dig Nocturne around this time …

enjoy the grooves,
dug

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• MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD
  

  		Ski Jam Music Festival – Ski Jam Tent Steamboat Ski Resort, Steamboat, CO Friday, January 13, 2006 2006-01-13.fob.adk-tls.32419.t-flac16
  Set 1: Organ Intro > Shackman, Acht O’Clock Rock > New Planet, Legalize It, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Nocturne, The Letter Set 2: New New Orleans, Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing, Sasa > Improv > End Of The World Party > Open Improv > Tequila And Chocolate, Exploration > Sugar Craft > Bass Solo > Partido Alto > Bluesy Improv* > Queen Bee Encore: Uninvisible Ski Jam Music Festival – Ski Jam Tent * The latter part of this improvisation takes on a structure very similar to Lonely Avenue