Due to a loss in the family, I was forced to miracle the tickets that were miracled to me for the Chicago shows. So in order to calm my bitterness I made my way to Milwaukee, which was and will be the final SCI I see this summer. Any how made it in just in time for Mouna Bowa opener, perfect way to start any show, but maybe not appropriate for the drunks that were everywhere. Close Your Eyes, got me really excited as I think Cheese really lays down some pretty sick beats in the improv section. However I felt this version was uninspired and not what I expected. Freedom Jazz Dance was great to hear, and Kang definitely stepped it up with some nice solo work. Sometimes a river is great to hear, I love this new song and its got a great summertime feel, this segued nicely into HMGCL, which was great to hear. Then the newly worked One Step Closer a kin to that on One Step Closer. Very interesting to hear, however I feel as though the whole "love song" feel is lost in this 70`s rock version. Black and White got me thinking: How much repeats from Waka am I going to get, and when followed by Yo Se and latter on On Fire, I was slightly disapointed that the barefoot boys didn`t consider changing it up for the region and those on tour. B/W was rocking none the less, and I was for sure taken "Higher" Yo Se was also excellent and Carl really added a great texture to the end of ths song. BARSTOOL made it all worth it! I was a little bitter they didnt play it at Waka, as it was marked on the setlist and I also happened to have a bottle of Maker Mark in my right hand. But hearing this at Summer Fest was perfect. On Fire was rocking, I really like this tune, and to hear the electric drums back in the mix was good to hear (not used at Waka), but when Franti came out everything was lost in his lame ass rap "Fire, Fire, Lighter, Lighter, Lighter". Tom Thumbs was great, and appropriate after just leaving Co. Next Keller appeared on stage for a dirty Best Feeling, one of the best I`ve hear. OTR was a nice set closer. Encore was great, the definite highlight was the HUGE Dirk! See y`all OTR.
