Wanted to post a few thoughts before last Saturday’s Floydian Slips end of summer show at the Cuthbert in Eugene recedes into the rear-view mirror. This show wraps up our 27th year as a band and as I look at the photos coming in, comparing them with a few from the first show in 1997, I take pause at the idea I’ve been doing this Floyd band for half of my life. But set that aside for a moment.
I know I always say this too, but it may have been our best outing yet. We decided to attempt two full albums – The Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here. We also played some epics – opening the show with Echoes, and closing set one with Sheep.
I felt that the band had a very relaxed pace – we took our time and let the music breathe (no pun intended). Not sure if that was due to our age, the amount of rehearsal we did, the inner ear monitors providing far better monitor sound than wedges onstage, the size of the audience (about 3,500) the chill weather vibe of the last day of summer, or all of the above. But we took our time and the show went off with few hitches.
Oh and the quad sound? Yeah we had racks of speakers far left and right, behind the grassy area. Depending on where you were seated, it was a super cool surround sound experience, or perhaps not. But I am really glad we tried it, because why not?
We are already talking about 2025 and 2026, which is great. For now I am enjoying seeing folks’ videos and photos come in on the socials…Zen, baby, zen…
Photo by Dean Yarnell
Photo by Dean Yarnell
Photo by David Putzier
2003! Argh!!