Absolutely INCREDIBLE show that I felt I willed on through pure energy. Was sitting about 10 rows back from Trey and felt that every time I cheered it pushed the band to keep jamming!

Had a fantastic day in San Fran with the crew prior to getting in line for Bill Graham early. Again, it was such a cute, amazing venue and I wanna go back. With shows like this, why not? We split up and some of us went up to the seats but I stayed with the folks that were on the floor and that definitely was the right choice. Had some expensive beer and waited the long while for show to start. I was definitely "in danger" as being 10 rows back with how hot they were playing - this was going to touch my soul.

Simple opened the show - always a solid choice. Similar to the way it opened the MSG run. This one gets to a nice little rhythm before a clean segue into Punch, the "true opener". My first Punch, and boy, was the crowd LIT UP for this one. I had previously gotten a Landlady at Dicks 2015 that I thought was Punch until reading the setlists on Phish.net afterward, but this was the real deal. And it was really well done. The crowd was very into it, and we were rewarded with a Gumbo, a great choice. The Bill Graham Gumbo. My first one live as well, and this one was a doozy. Just like Halley's from the night before, we were given a Type 2 expedition that really reaches a fabulous place. Manteca and Tweezer teases all night long it felt like. Then Reba comes, which continued the hot streak. This first set does not have a dull moment and it was so magical to be there live. I thought this was a decent Reba given the circumstances. I was hoping for some newer stuff and was so pleased to then have The Well. I LOVE The Well, it does a fantastic job fucking with people - the first part is major key "jangly" beat, but then we all get sucked into the figurative well and there's a quality dark jam. Was hoping to catch this live and it delivered. Loved watching the facial reactions of all these people around me who didn't expect it and were definitely blindsided. The Bowie next was titanic. In my opinion, this is the best David Bowie since 2.0. I know, definitely high praise. But it gets Type 2 and has an amazing hose portion. Which definitely puts it up there in the conversation! During this song, it felt like I was connected to the band. Every time I yelled or cheered, they went further. It was like I was spurring them to go on. And I wasn't even on any drugs! Was just a few beers deep. Lol. It was a magical experience, I'm not even sure it really happened, it was that good. Amazing Bowie and then a perfect spot for the Zero first set closer.

Was super pumped after that one, it continued the streak of amazing sets and I was struck with the feeling that out of all places on Earth, this is where I would most like to be: Seeing my favorite band at an incredible venue.

Sample opener to start Set 2 was probably for the YouTube crowd, you can't give them too much free stuff. The Tweezer that comes next is absolutely mammoth - it's also worth mentioning that if you stuck this anywhere in 3.0, it would be a contender for the jam of the year. That just goes to show the level Phish is playing at right now - a 30 minute Tweezer is seen as "par for the course", even. Ideally we will look back at this as perhaps the high water mark of an amazing mini-tour. Worth every penny to see them Seattle through San Fran. I remember there was this incredible droning rhythm at one point in the Tweezer and it felt like a rave. An absolutely INSPIRED choice to go into Lonely Trip after this, fantastic placement for it, and it worked so well. The Tweezer > Lonely Trip combo, holy shit. Great version of Lonely Trip, and then we were all hyped to keep the energy going with Crosseyed, again a fantastic placement. This one has tons of energy and I recall some great red lighting from Kuroda, there was great drumming from Fish (he kills it every time) and there was a fantastic peak. I also love Pillow Jets so that was exciting to have it come there. One of my favorites from Evolve. And then of course, YEM closer. Just piss in my mouth Trey, or whatever the saying is. It was special because one of my buddies from the Bay was hoping for a hometown YEM and bang, they got it. This was a really tight YEM, had a nice danceable jam, but more wildly, this was maybe the best vocal jam I've ever heard. We all kind of just were stunned afterward. The lights were spinning and Trey and Mike were doing this weird wooing thing that sounded like sirens, and it was just such a Phishy way to end the set. We were all stunned, what an incredible set, what an incredible show.

They could have really done anything for the encore. Wading was cute and then a nice First Tube with some shredding. Holy shit. I was so lucky to have witnessed the Seattle through Portland run, they fucking killed EACH NIGHT. I was unable to make the LA shows, couldn't take two weeks off work, just one, but it was definitely the right choice, and while the LA shows were special, these first 5 were just mind blowing. The message: See Phish while you can, they are at a new creative peak, all the shows have something special, and they're exploring big time in both sets. Used the word several times already, but it was just such a magical time.

We cruised home, slept sound, and one-by-one departed to SFO. Had a wonderful brunch-type meal at a Korean BBQ spot near the wharf, had a few drinks at a bar, and then took the ride down to the airport. Was back in Portland by night-time. What a wonderful week of travel and enjoying friends and music. Nothing better in the world!