Is this not reviewed simply because it's widely recognized as one of the sickest pieces of jam band music ever? OK, this is not machine gun Trey or a dirty Ghost throw down of later '99. No, it is not an aggro-early-90s scorcher, just as it is not disco-funk-face-melt Phish Destroys America...
This Phil and Phriends run is very near and dear to my heart. It was early on in my phandom that I heard the recordings from the Warfield, and my high interest in Phish to some degree ran parallel to my high interest in Grateful Dead, so... Hello Old Friends is a touching soundcheck/opener, as...
I was at this show, and it was the most fucked up I had ever seen Trey... and I was at Coventry. He was higher on opiates than I've ever seen anyone in my entire life. Anyway, I'm really glad he's sober now.
The energy at this show was intense. While Trey was playing the acoustic songs somebody threw something at him (a water bottle). He stopped in the middle of the set and said something like this, "People have been throwing sh#t at me this whole tour. I have a good relationship with Fish, Mike...
It's easy, and perhaps commensurate, to view this April '99 Phil and Phriends Warfield run as one big show spread out over three nights. That said, Trey tends to take a more patient approach to his lead guitar in this show, not really ramping it up to Phish levels of intensity until Down with...
Though the jams aren't as a rule as long as the previous night's, there's still quite a bit of emotional resonance to be found here. Page takes the vocal lead on Franklin's Tower to delightful effect, and then you get two almost consecutive hymns to the much-beloved Jerry Garcia, with Pink...
Having attended Fare Thee Well and several Dead & Co shows over the last 8 years, I keep returning to these shows as the quintessential post-Dead incarnation. Trey and Kimock have outstanding chemistry throughout, Molo is a beast on drums, Phil is on point both vocally (yes, really) and on bass...
Could be my favorite concert of all time and I have seen a few. Everything that night was stellar. Everything was well played, the jams were awesome, and the addition of Donna Jean really made the night extra-special. The second set blend of PHiSH and old Grateful Dead music was incredible....