Southern air is pure AF. Landing in Nashville I was reminded of this fact. When I breath better, I think better. When I breath better all seems right with the world; probably something to do with the optimal amount of oxygen getting into my system. And the pure southern air clearly is influencing...
well this was definitely the best night of the three here in Smashville. They got "out there" in a way I haven't seen or heard them do in a long time. Again, I have been a decade away and am not super familiar with the new material but I enjoyed every song tonight. Ghost was great. BOAT had a...
The best of the Nashville run, in my opinion. From start to finish, there are some great jams going on here. The second set is the better set, but that encore is a fierce match for it... short but incredibly sweet (phew... smokin').
Some further notes: the opening Buried Alive > AC/DC was...
This was definitely a step up from the night before. We got two great jams--SOAM in the first set and Cities in the Second. Always fun to start with 2001. Dirt was pretty. Stash was a bit sloppy though the mellow jam at the end was cool. Again, my row was a bit empty though the folks who were...
@ROGGAE8981 Huntsville isn’t even in the same stratosphere as this show. Only thing Huntsville had on it was an Icculus… this show crushes in amount of improvisation; quality of improvisation; quality of first set, second set, and encore; flow; tempo. Whole lotta HOSE in this show. I give this a...
One of the sickest 2001's in recent memory. They haven't taken it to those heights in a long while, love the epic pretty much type 2 Hose peak at the end. You can just feel the exact moment when they all just lock in to whatever IT is and then Trey comes back in with the theme. Remember folks...
This show was my first show in 20 years. This show was in my home state and I planned for it a month in advance - Nash N2 and N3. I brought my boyfriend who has never seen Phish before. He is hooked ⭕️
My first show was ‘93 Cincinnati Zoo ✌???? and I had a great run for more than a few years...
After 2 subpar shows in Wilmington, I was excited to see how Phish would pull me back in. And boy did they! The Friday and Saturday show were excellent. The Stash in this show was awesome. I think there is an “I Dream of Jeannie” tease around the 8:09 mark. Correct me if I’m wrong. I heard it the...
SET 1:
Julius: Standard.
Back on the Train: Pretty mellow in the middle. But the last couple of minutes are lots of fun. A big held note and then burning the place down. Very nice.
The Moma Dance: Standard. >
Axilla: Standard. >
Maze: Good, solid Maze – no complaints here at...
Terrific full-band play remains true to the song's primary melody before breaking near the 6:45 mark. Here, more cerebral, contemplative play, led by Fish's supreme off-beat drumming, informs a passage of imaginative improvisation, featuring some great Page way up in register. Play nearly stills, a breathless moment inviting Trey to get active and rather interesting, before a few signature licks works to incite the band to drive the jam home.
Measure for measure extremely fire, fluid, and deceptively simple (yet exceptional) full-band play. Listen for some familiar "hose" throughout the jam before the band breaks not for "Uncle Penn," (they cool down, first), but a welcome "Cinnamon Girl."
Standard but quality play breaks for new directions after the 7 minute mark. Ambient synths, Trey's bevy of effects, and big drawn out waves of bass are all anchored by Fish's expert dynamics. The stew grows ever weirder,
as a beat switch leads to a bizarre, carnival-esque dissonant passage before collapsing > "The Well". Excellent.
Great "Mull," with more than a few "Destiny Unbound" undertones. Jamming breaks for a bit of "2001," a callback to the show's strong show-opener, before > back to "Mull."
A fun first set jaunt. Starting slow and bluesy, the tempo builds and builds until the band is in a controlled frenzy. It's a mix of old and new Phish, alike. In a jam-heavy first set, this may be the crown jewel.
A fine example of "SOAMelt's" late-period renaissance, with an ambitious, multipart jam which remains uncommonly coherent even while exploring a number of dizzying directions before a celebratory knockout ending leads back into "Melt".
The "Music City" inspires another big 2023 version of "Cities". Mike's fat synth bass carves out the initial funky path. Trey and Page dial in the murk in response, crossing through some vague "MLB"-isms on the way to a
major mode shift. The music turns on a dime toward celebratory fare, but retains some of its spacious-ness, as Trey alternates between clean melodic phrasing and long echoed notes. Play then cools back towards da
funk and -> "Llama".
Goes minor just for an instant around 6:15, after which another key change brings the jam back to major while it becomes more dreamy and soothing, allowing a build unlike "Jibboo" to flourish with a charming peak and ends -> "Oblivion".
- > from a "Jibboo" worth your time. This sprawling jam starts patiently as the band jams around the structure of the song for a good bit before spreading its wings. Ever so slowly, the tempo gradually builds until things reach a "mini-peak" before Trey winds things back to sing the chorus again.