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Somerville Theatre

Somerville, MA, USA

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Top Rated Shows

Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1991-07-19 83 votes 4.3976/5
1991-11-21 26 votes 4.3846/5
1990-09-20 22 votes 4.0000/5
1991-05-03 27 votes 3.9259/5
1990-11-17 17 votes 3.5294/5
1990-09-21 18 votes 3.4444/5
1991-05-04 12 votes 3.4167/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1991-07-19 • Ryan Stroud by 12
(Published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) I've been listening to this show for a LONG time, and it has emerged as one of my favorites. I'm a BIG fan of the July 91 tour with the Giant Country Horns. Many complained of repetitive setlists, but the horns REALLY brought out a...
1991-05-03 • Jon Epstein by 10
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) This show is an absolute classic from the grand Somerville Theater. This was my first chance to see the Aquarium Rescue Unit, and I was absolutely blown away. But on to Phish"....The...
1991-11-21 by TheZink1 4
Today I received a nice little email from phish.net reminding me of how very old I am. It reminded me that today, 11/21/22, is the 31st.....THIRTHY-FIRST!!! ...anniversary of my first phish show. The email reminded me of this show that took place 31 years ago today, and also asked me to review...
1991-05-04 by hieronymous 4
My memories of this show aren't too clear, I do remember though that this was my introduction to the Aquarium Rescue Unit! We came in during their set and I was blown away. Only song of theirs that I remember from that night was Compared to What since my band (Jiggle the Handle) was also covering...
1990-09-20 by Mattynabib 4
A lot about this show has been covered by @demandopener, so I'll just leave this here to commemorate my "Phisheversary" of 28 years ago today! I'd heard a fair bit of Phish before this, and I had ATTEMPTED to go see them at least three times, all foiled foiled: once through sheer apathy because I...
1991-07-19 by BizzyB 3
Keeping in the birthday show dedication (see 11/16/90), propellor man was at it again by getting the boys to pay homage to our friend Jim on his birthday. I did notice that my unfriendly Tom slipped a note to Andy...i thinAsia was Andy...while we were waiting in line to enter the show. We...
1991-11-21 • Carl Anderson by 2
(Published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) Well, I think Rich pretty much said it all but I'll add my $0.02 anyway. Trey did indeed arrive at Mike's Pizza, and at first I did not recognize him with the buzz-cut. I was thinking to myself, "Gee! that guy looks almost...
1991-07-19 • Ryan D. Stroud by 2
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) I've been listening to this show for a long time, and it has emerged as one of my favorites. I'm a huge fan of the July `91 tour with the Giant Country Horns. Many complained of...
1991-05-04 by Alexanderhoye 2
I unfortunately wasn't able to see the Somerville theatre show the night before which everyone was raving about. There was a lot of chatter about Tweezer Reprise from the night before. But this show did not disappoint. This show had a lot of great energy and at times was all out rocking. The...
1990-09-20 by DemandOpener 2
Like much of 1990, I feel like much of this show can be sufficiently absorbed by simply taking any of the songs played during the year and listening to them in the evening's setlist's appropriate order. Phish was building a fanbase and as such, they rarely left the type-1 jamming box they so...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1991-11-21 • Weekapaug Groove (10:12) Set 1 Noteworthy
First "Weekapaug" to really break out into an extended improvisational jam, with significant exploratory play, an excellent tease/jam of "On Broadway," signals, a fiery peak, and multiple endings.
1990-11-17 • Fluffhead (14:57) Set 2 Noteworthy
Passing through the shoals of Fluff's Travels, The Chase and Who Do? We Do! relatively unscathed, Mike really steps it up in Clod, offering powerful counterpoint to Page and Trey, and rhythmic support of Fish. A groovy Page solo in Clod, replete with a schoolyard taunt, and a solid run through Bundle of Joy gives the band good reason to blow it out in a big way, once they arrive.
1990-09-21 • You Enjoy Myself (18:45) Set 2 Noteworthy
Excellent jam segment; "Sweet Emotion" tease (Mike).
1990-09-20 • Possum (10:21) Set 1 Noteworthy
Quality jam includes experimental melody lines from Trey, signals, and multiple rolling peaks before the big one.
1991-11-21 • Esther (9:42) Set 1
An especially thoughtful and busy intro sets the foundation for a strong version featuring dynamic playing and impressive modulation, with particularly strong contributions from Page and inventive soloing from Trey.
1991-07-19 • Tweezer (11:32) Set 2
Giant Country Horns, and Fishman vocalizations (and improvised lyrics) over the jam, help make this an atypically fierce version.
Great VJ!
Another example of what makes the band so special. Tight, full-band play, featuring truly dynamic percussion "within" wonderful phrasing and a wild, vivid, yet wholly controlled array of notes from Trey. Cools > "Tela".
1991-05-03 • Tweezer (10:00) Set 1
"Sweet Emotion" quote/jam.
Includes a full band "Low Rider" jam and subsequent tease from Trey.
The audience really gets into this one, clapping along with the band as they all rock it up with Page in a high energy and super fun version.
The jam breaks beyond "Antelope" several times and keeps circling back. Nice screaming by someone (Fish?). Fish is awesome in this version which also has many signals (see Setlist).


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