What makes a Phish show good?

Look no further than night 2 of Star Lake. A show where the band was all locked in and sounding great from the get go, ready to grab you for a high energy ride for an evening and not let go until we all had to go home.

You may look at the first set and pass on it because it lacks rarities or extended jams, but doing so would mean losing out on understanding why the roof blew off when the second set culminated in the Rock and Roll closer. Which, I’m not sure if R&R is the best jam of the night in isolation (I’ll probably give that nod to Soul Planet), but it is the stamp on the night and what I will remember the show for. For two sets this energy was building and bursting at the seams, and when we get to the R&R peak and close, all that we’d been feeling inside came out in triumphant fashion.

That we get a 3 song encore that kept that feeling going and ending the show with a quick but very good Ghost… yeah, we all experienced the same thing and know exactly what we saw.

Press play on this show from the beginning and listen all the way through. I don’t think you’ll find a dull moment. I do think you might join me in saying Star Lake night 2 is an early contender for show of the year in what has already been a hot start to the summer. It was certainly ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHTALRIGHTALRIGHT.