My favourites are Saskatoon, Vancouver, San Francisco, Sacramento, Omaha, Broomfield and, finally - Montreal, which I absolutely love! So, I think there have been some pretty great shows throughout, so far! I have my favourites from each of the shows and "Beyond Here..." is wonderful from Omaha as is THC from St Paul! There have been some great versions of SFSL and HFB and Marbletown has been amazing just about everywhere! Privateering, CBC and Haul Away have been consistently good throughout too.
Occasionally, on some songs, I think MK sounds a bit tired and weary - like mixing up/forgetting some words, etc, but then he pulls himself up on the next song and all is well again. I think you're probably correct, navgav, that the solos on KOG and YTC haven't developed more during the tour - my personal favourites of KOG are from SF (goosebumps time!) and Omaha, but Sonny, in most cases, has been breath-taking and it isn't even a song I have liked too much before!
I have enjoyed Mark and the band's performances on this tour with Bob much more than in 2011 and I am pleased that STP was dropped, because it was becoming a skipper on every show, for me, last year. BIA is becoming a bit of a skipper now, too, I'm sorry to say!
Now I'm looking forward to hearing some great recordings from the last few shows - thanks to the kind people at the gigs!
