February 5, 1999
Jack Straw's · Charlotte, NC
12 songs2 segues3 sets
Footnotes
Bernstein and Chasnoff - A very strong type two B&C. Magner locks in to a haunting theme very soon after the jam departs from bliss territory, and he holds it with minimal variation for several minutes. The jam breaks down into some very weird, eerie type two in the middle, sounding somewhat like a Vassillios intro. Around 14:30 the jam very steadily begins to climb back into bliss territory as it returns to B&C.
Above the Waves - The jam begins as very mellow Waves trance. Magner and Barber are both at first feather-light with their playing. Magner locks into a simple catchy theme as Barber noodles, but by the eight minute mark they are both more locked in: Magner has developed an almost cinematic theme, and Barber's playing is more focused as well. The jam stays in very mellow territory, with some soulful Barber playing, until around the 14 minute mark where it sounds like it could be heading back to Waves. Shortly after the 16 minute mark though, the jam abruptly breaks down and shifts to a Run Like Hell intro. The Run Like Hell intro is extremely ambient and atmospheric, and the buildup to the intro is more relaxed than typical.
Run Like Hell - The jam starts off very slowly, and builds on mellow bliss themes throughout. The bliss themes build to a strong crescendo almost in the vein of a Run Like Hell fake-out, before returning in the final seconds to Above the Waves territory.
Above the Waves - A somewhat sudden Waves peak and ending concludes this solid early "Waves Like Hell" sandwich.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).