December 15, 2018

Fiddler is standard as it gets. Rockafella and Shelby both have forgettable jams in them, although I like the segue into Champions a lot. The first few minutes of this have a light, airy feel to them, and feels like this could be headed for Blissco territory. They veer and get more minor in key, and the resulting jam is not half bad. Not great, not terrible. Rio is standard.

The jam in Munchkin is really solid. This is pretty typical for the band as far as the progression goes, but I think they play this really well, and overall I’m really satisfied with this. The Caterpillar ending is really well done, while the Caterpillar jam is…not. Caves jam is fine. Nothing too outstanding here. Buddha and Cyclone are pretty paint by numbers as well. Morph to end is again, just fine. Meh.

Highlights: Munchkin*

Super solid Holidaze show! After the first night being a complete Barber slopfest and the second night being an absolutely shitshow in the Palapa, this felt like the first real solid Biscuits show of the weekend. Once the Fiddler Paid was the perfect opener on the beach during the daytime, with really beautiful playing by Barber.

Just remembered that Rio was absolutely terrible, primarily because Brendan Bayliss (from Umphrey's McGee) was singing it and apparently had never heard the song before. The whole crowd was cringing... He just couldn't get the timing right, no matter how many times they sang the chorus. Truly terrible. Highly recommended if you want to laugh. Just awful. Even more of a bummer because the Biscuits by themselves crush that cover.