SetlistDown
Wicked Garden
Vasoline
Crackerman
Loungefly
Big Bang Baby
Glide
Guitar Solo
Big Empty
Plush
Meadow
ISL
Roll Me Under
D&B
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Piece of Pie
Sex Type Thing
The show was great, the band was cohesive. Robert and Dean did some talking, and they were both moving around more than I remember them doing in years past. I got the feeling that they were unencumbered - as if they are free to be stage-rock-stars in a way that they couldn't or wouldn't do in the past under the large shadow of a stage-capturing Scott Weiland.
The bass heavy mix was a stand out for me at this show, and the overall sound quality was great from our vantage point near the stage in between Dean the speaker systems. The prominence of deeper, bassy tones left me with a real hard-rock-show feeling. Not quite metal, but more akin to the bass heavy shows you'd normally see from bands like Theory Of A Deadman or Fuel. It served STP well here, and the opening, bassy punch of Down set the tone for the whole show. Basically all of the music was mixed with a lower, deeper, bassier, more "metal" key, and it added a lot of power to the heavier components of the catalog.
Jeff drew a nice balance between stage presence and sound quality. He sounded great on Roll Me Under. You could really tell that was his song. I was impressed, but I was also impressed with Chester some years back. But this time I am more accepting of Jeff as the continuing front man for the band. I lament that Scott Weiland will never front this band again, but STP has a singer that can honor the legacy in Jeff. After seeing the show, it's easier to accept him as a permanent front man, in part because there's clearly no chance of Scott doing but also in part because the performance was so strong.
And I am really happy that we are getting shows now with the overall sound quality - both in deep rock tonality, but also in vocal performance that many of us long time fans have wanted. It was a good show, with a setlist that demanded accurate work by the band, who delivered. I am glad to have added a JeffTP show to my life's collection of concerts.
