From: Charlie Dirksen
10/26/89 Wetlands, NYC, NY (Rvwd 11/95) Standard opening (usual time.. not mellow). "Tramps" segment comes in at usual time (2:30 ish), although I am not sure if they were on the tramps for this. Mike is FIERCE in his 30 seconds with Page before Trey comes in. He just wails away (Page is just tooling around). Trey comes in at 3:12 sustaining.. though not off-key. In the first 40 seconds he's only played 5 notes or so. He's very laid back in this jam.. Mike is the one who is really wailing. He's all over the damn bass.. shit. Trey just kinda sustains here and there, doesn't jam. Post tramps segment, like other '89 versions and 4/20/89, doesn't exist.. Hydrogen comes in quickly at 6 mins or so in this version, typical of these relatively early MikeS. Tis straightforward, and ends at 8:17, when Weekapaug shows up. Mike's opening solo is typical of the older versions, and very similar to 4/20/89. Snappy and funky and jumpy.. nothing terribly impressive (for Mike). The opening verse, like 4/20/89 and other versions of olde, is fairly mellow.. just kinda plods along. Doesn't sound like they care much for "sharin in the groove"... ;) Trey starts jamming right off the line in this version, though, unlike on 4/20/89. Mike is jamming well, too, snapping away.. as is Page. Fish is just keeping time. Trey's jamming is very typical of jams he's done in other olde Weekapaugs. Nothing unusually breathtaking, given what he is capable of, but it is still great stuff, of course! Don't misunderstand me.. he's just not as clean and creative as he has been in recent years. I know, experience.. He slips up a bit in this version, perhaps, though, moreso than usual, but that's because he is really wailing at times.. gettin' ahead of himself. Final theme/verse segment kicks in at 12:45 or so. C rating. Total time 13:50.