Date: Wed, 13 Aug 97 14:55:56 -0700 From: Janet Kirby jkirby@pop.state.il.us Subject: 8/10/97 deer creek just got back from two amazing shows, first heres the first night review: 8/10/97 Deer Creek As always, deer creek had a jumpin lot, best ive seen, and vending was full in swing. It wasnt as nice as last year weather wise but at least it was 100 degrees. Oh well, the show got started about 7:30 ish and opened with a very nice suprising Bathtub Gin after a nice jam it led into an always fun Sparkle, then Down with Disease which was very nice. Dirt was next which was cool. Cars Trucks and Buses was a suprise but Page was on it. Billy Breathes made me smile, this was a first and very mellow. Next, Yes! Split Open and Melt, always a pleasure to jam to this. Fishman sang the next tune, Bye Bye foot i believe and it was good i think? Ginseng Sullivan was very nice got me in mood for.....HOOD!!! What a set closer! They jammed out and i stood in Awe, very nice set. Trey repeated 15 minutes again and again at the set break just as he did last year and was off by about a 1/2 hour again, oh well Set 2 : Cities, a first for me and the jam just would not quit, lasted about 20 minutes, very nice led nicely into... Good Times Bad Times: Yes!! love zep, and phish did a great job with it, and it caught everyone off guard, then page went to his theramin again and did some better work than riverport and then things got nuts. With page on the theramin, Mike went to the keys, and fist and trey jammed on fish's drums. This switching lasted @ 20min then fishman put on a sprots coat, and grabbed the guitar and led the boys through an appropriate Rocka William (corn), then the high hat...wierdness, Bowie or Maze??? it would be bowie but they teased us for @ 10 min before breaking into a splended bowie, better than last years IMO. E: Cavern : always nice to pack up to and take care of my shoes to Overall better than first night last year, but not second nite, overall Id say an 8.5 on scale to 10 great show, great night, great campground Peace Paul Pearman --------------------------------------------------- From: silton.1@pop.service.ohio-state.edu (Scott Silton) Subject: Deer Creek Run Review Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:05:34 GMT Just returned after a great two nights amongst the corn. Sunday: Bathtub: Choice opener, totally unexpected. A nice, upbeat jam that sort of dissolved aimlessly into Sparkle: as usual (fun to dance to). Disease: A totally SICK version of disease. The jam got better and better and better. I'll wait to hear the tapes before officially calling this a hose-worthy jam, but in any case I was totally blown away while at the show. Fabulous entertainment. The set was a half hour old after this tune (and sparkle's only 3 minutes). Dirt: Finely played, but upon a second listen this song really doesn't have much to offer except Trey's gorgeous lick in the second half of the tune. Cars, Trucks, Buses: A stellar version. Miles ahead of the Tinley show. Page went OFF! At first I was dissapointed to hear this one, but when it was over I was smiling. Billy: Trey mangled this tune in at least 2 places. Oh well. Split Open ->Fracture-> Split Open. I seem to be the only one who recognized this at the show. The normal split open jam dissolved and then was put back together through a King Crimson song ( I believe Fracture from Starless and Bible Black). The ending was at super speed! The happy kid in front of me called this "the jam of the night" although I still prefer the Disease. Very cool Split Open! At this point the set was more than an hour old so I figured it was over. NOPE! Bye Bye Foot: No comment (I'd never heard it before, I wasn't too thrilled with it but cannot evaluate it on a first listen) Ginseng: good placement in the set, fun, typical. Harry: Great placement in the set! And an above-average version for sure. Wonderful way to close a totally amazing set. Get this tape!!!! Set II: Cities: Nice opener. The Talking heads song was played perfectly. The phish jam that came after it was in the vein of Tweezers and Bowies from 94-95, and frankly, I hardly noticed that 25 minutes had passed because they did some interesting things with the improv. The long winded phish at its best. The segue into GTBT: was perfect. Again, the Zep song was played note-for-note, but there was another tremendously long jam at the end that went on for a long while. This was much more spacy and boring than the Cities. They began to switch intruments as Page played with his Theremin, and people were calling for a Rockowilliam. As it turned out, Rocko was forthcoming, but not until several more minutes of spacy nothingness. I thought this was the long winded phish at its worst. Rocko: Fine, and totally appropriate given the "children of the corn reference". Bowie: the hi-hat part at the beginning was stretched out for 5+ minutes. Some of this might have been interesting, but at this point I was craving something familiar to hold onto. Thus, the composed part of Bowie was pretty sweet once it came. Overall, the jam had its spacy moments as well as its funkier moments. The ending bit was handled well. e: Cavern. Its weird how a high energy song that everyone knows and sings along to can bring a show down, back to reality. I don't mean down as bad, I mean down, like a cool-down. All the concentrating required by the improv evaporated into the night. I think I felt better about the GTBT because of the Bowie and Cavern. I will explore setlist placement psychology in greater detail another time... This set is worthwhile because of the Cities. Otherwise, not much to offer IMO.