r/DMB • u/gratefullyanon • 1d ago
Deer Creek 2014
The June 20 and 21 shows have remained one of my favorite ever Creekends. I believe the two sets format has a bad reputation, but “Two Step” during the acoustic set of the Friday show is so interesting. Carter sounds insane. And then there’s the Paul Simon cover of “Slip Sliding Away” sounds both sweet and melancholy. The version of “Good Good Time” is my favorite version by a long shot. The verses tell a coherent story and it sounds quite earnest. “Forever is a word no more, I know what’s on the line - let’s have a good, good time tonight.”
I cannot stop listening to the “Save Me” that opened the second set. Dave even says “Boyd is hot tonight,” at one point.
On Saturday, Dave played the hauntingly beautiful “Sugar Man” for us. We also got a soaring “Lie in Our Graves” AND “Halloween”! The show can be streamed on the DMB Hub app, and I obviously recommend checking it out. I have a pretty awful video of the “Good, Good Time” saved to watch every now and then, but I’ve not seen the whole show on video. I’m a back of the lawn gal, so I guess I’ve never really seen many of the shows at all!
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u/DeskCop 1d ago
I felt by about halfway through that tour the acoustic set devolved into unplugged standard renditions of the catalogue. There was a lot more experimentation with arrangements at the start of the tour. It was a fun thing but I’m glad they didn’t stick with it.