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Vernon Downs

Vernon, NY, USA

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Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1998-08-12 294 votes 4.6224/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1998-08-12 by CraigSKnowlton 29
During the summer after high school before heading off to college, my long-time Phish traveling companion, Devin Lacey, and I took a Greyhound bus from Port Authority in New York City to Syracuse for this show on our way to the Lemonwheel. We each had giant camping backpacks filled with gear, and...
1998-08-12 by IdRatherBeOnTour 10
1st of my current 46 shows. I can honestly say that before this show I wasn't a big fan of Phish. I knew a few songs by sound/name and when they opened with La Grange I couldn't believe my ears. They played this tune better than ZZ Top!! To make things even better for me they played Ramble On...
1998-08-12 by uctweezer 9
One additional note-- the lyrics of Ramble On are littered with Lord of the Rings references. Did the mention of Fishman's high school band, "Frodo", spur them to play the Zeppelin tune? Probably.
1998-08-12 by oongowa 8
Looking back, I would consider the summer of 98 to be just about to the peak of my Phish obsession. I think the actual peak happened at Big Cypress since the shows I saw after then never quite felt the same. I know it’s cliché to say that Big Cypress was the best thing ever and that you can’t...
1998-08-12 by Frankster 5
Wow I can't believe no one has reviewed this one yet. This was one of the funnest and honestly most solid shows I've ever seen. From head to toe this rocks . . . literally! The setlist is old skool played with that beautiful summer 98 sound. Pick a song any song and you won't be disappointed....
1998-08-12 by tubescreamer 5
My First show. I thought I had felt IT before on tape, but I felt IT for the first time in the live setting during Slave. The band, the lights, the audience, all in unison, this was something even bigger than music. After the show, me and my buddy were wandering around when we came across a...
1998-08-12 by Beacon_Of_Light 3
This show has some serious highlights. La Grange bustout is a great way to start a show. Ramble On>Slave . . . is just as good as it looks. At the time I was really impressed by how the Ramble On jam was phish + Ramble On, a great fusion of sounds. And the Vernon Down the House>YEM and banter...
1998-08-12 by beckenbauer 3
This show was such fun! Summer '98!!! I found a big puddle not far from in front of a speaker tower to get down in. The covers in this show were so awesome! The venue was really nice and open and the parking lot was a blast. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Hypnotic Clambake playing in the...
1998-08-12 by fhqwhgads 1
This show has a classic, stacked setlist, with Roggae and Character Zero the most recent originals played. I wonder if maybe Phish was trying to reserve some firepower for the ensuing Lemonwheel festival. It's a very bantery show (Trey "rambles on") and features a lot of covers. Not noted by the...
1998-08-12 by markah 1
What a show! An astonishing opener followed by delectable rarities, amusing banter, and great covers thickly layered throughout the first set. Not noted in the setlist, they play a "song" in-between Character Zero and Ramble On, or Trey announces it as a "song written by Fishman..." Fishman...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1998-08-12 • Ramble On (12:24) Set 1
After extending the normal outro, Trey brings back the bridge riff to usher in a calming, cyclical groove in vintage '98 style until -> "Slave".
-> in from "Ramble On." "Those Were The Days" and "Ramble On" teases. Page is great on the Fender-Rhodes before shifting back to piano with Trey leading a spirited finale that has a bit more gusto than most '97s.
1998-08-12 • Mike's Song (18:02) Set 2
Opening with a thick, soupy groove, this long single jam has several sections. The basic groove builds up until 7:15, when things settle down into more ambient/funky terrain. Around 12:00, led by Fish, the guys bring the big guns back out for a few minutes, before closing out with a grundge-like, repetive theme.
1998-08-12 • Simple (13:52) Set 2
A bluesy jam emerges at 9:00 on the back end of the standard outro. An unusual version which > to "Rift."
1998-08-12 • Loving Cup (8:59) Set 2
The band rocked so hard in this mid-second-set version that they needed to cool down and segued promptly after it into "Sleeping Monkey." No joke.
"HYHU" and "Mission: Impossible" teases. "Who's Your Daddy?" VJ. (No B&D.)


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