Sad to say that the boys looked a little wrung out on the last night of tour, though the venue was, as usually described, the best in North America. Beautiful setting, great crowd, great weather, but the band's performance and song selection were not up to the usual mind-blowing standards that spoiled Ween fans have come to expect. I traveled all the way from NY to see the show, and while I wasn't exactly bummed out, I was disappointed. Gener's voice lacked range, Claude flubbed the drumsticks a few times, Glenn's keys and vocal mike were not working properly the whole night, and the band left out quite a few staples of their live performance in favor of playing some of the stranger, less-groovy tunes from La Cucaracha and the other albums. It was kinda obvious that the show lacked any acoustic tunes, and was very short on tunes from White Pepper and the Country album, specifically. Gener looks way too unhappy about being the chubby sober guy these days, and almost phones in the performance...he took quite a few cigarette breaks mid-song, retreating to the open backstage area behind Claude's drums to just sit on the floor and smoke while the rest of the band plugged away and looked at each other strangely. Dener's guitar solos were a little off the mark, and not quite as mind-blowing as he is capable of on a good night. All that said, I love the band, I'm glad I saw them at Red Rocks, but I'm looking forward to seeing them again soon at a time and place where they have more energy and enthusiasm. This show didn't give me my fix....
Red Rocks Amphitheatre @
- Morrison @
,CO @
- Sun, Sep 6, 2009 @
Favorite moment: Watching sunset/nightfall overtake the venue, with the Denver city lights in the background. @
Opening act(s): The Meat Puppets! Looking and sounding great, can't wait to see them in Ithaca soon. Glad to have them back touring! @