A snowy night in Maine and a great first show! All the debuts were very solid. Still my favorite versions of Loving Cup and Lifeboy ever. Great fun hearing the "Water your team in a beehive, I'm a sent you" lyrics toyed with in Tweezer (which is very Wedge-y (check just after 3:00 and around...
They're back!! After two months off, the boys return to the stage for the first installment of spring tour in Portland. The recording is good though a little boomy, which may have been the room's fault. It does sound like Paul had quite a time dialing in the room as you can hear various...
As you might think, this show has a little extra emphasis on the piano.
Everything sounds great because of it. It's one of my favorite switches into the Bowie ending segment, Great peak note that sends it on it's way.
Jim is more raucous than usual. Nice Tweezer and YEMMer. Fee-> Llama with...
I saw this show with a friend who was introducing me to the Phish only experience, my 1st show was seeing them open for Santana, Summer 1992. Anyway, wow, the un amplified Amazing Grace was....AMAZING, because everyone was quiet, and you could hear every word. The opener was one of my favorite...
**This is my first of (hopefully) 71 reviews as I listen to the entire winter/spring '93 tour.**
This is solid tour opener that marks the debut of Page's grand piano. This major instrument upgrade really rounds out the band's sound. It's easy to forget that just two months prior they sounded...
February 2nd, 1993
Portland Expo, Portland ME
First Set: ~75 minutes
Second Set: ~100 minutes
I did not attend this show
This show marks the first at which Page is able to bring a baby grand on tour, so the first set suitably kicks off with the first ever “Loving Cup”, a song which the...
Wild, zany show! First set features a couple of debuts played solidly, including a different early arrangement for The Wedge. Bowie is strong but unexceptional.
Set 2 is where the highlights are found. Tweezer is one of the better pre-'94 versions, with charged jamming and clever vocal...
Strong debut version features a slinky and jazzy piano intro. Page solos nicely, with cool chords from Trey, who soon offers an energetic solo of his own. Page retakes control through an extended outro, which builds to a near peak. Must-hear for fans of "The Wedge."
1992 was kind of an off year for "Bowie." But the band starts off 1993 with an excellent well-varied ripper here. All of February 1993 was strong for "Bowie."
Cool jam on "You Don't Love Me" by Willie Cobbs, but more familiar as an Allman Brothers Band cover, from 5:27 - 5:55. After that, it is a crazy shred-fest, plus it's Page's first time on baby grand, which sounds awesome.
"Jim" opens this historic show's second set, showcasing Page's new found sound (seriously, check it out). That aside, the version is superb, the band locked in as, within "Jim", they begin to truly toy with tension ratcheted not solely for the purpose of release.