I have just finished re-listening to a remastered AUD of this show (thank you @kernalforbin). Highlights abound; I found it interesting that there are four bold-face .net jamming chart versions of songs in the *first set*: Possum, Reba, Foam, and Melt. More favorite moments are in the second set...
My first Phish show, how could I forget! Actually, pretty damn easily. I was 18 years old and a new fan of Phish at this show. I certainly had all their albums by the time I saw this show, but had little idea of the world that was Phish. Possum, Gamehange, vacuum cleaners, trampolines,...
I've never heard the second set of this show, but the first set Reba is one of a kind. It almost immediately abandons the typical Reba jam and goes on a Type II walkabout. Until the fall of '98 this was the one truly Type II Reba (there is another one that strays into that territory briefly,...
This show is rightfully known for a phenomenal Reba, but the Split Open and Melt and Mike's Groove are also great. There is a nice jam in It's Ice, as well.
This show was one of a few that I caught in this summer of 1993. A few days after the epic show at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, we got back to St. Louis (where I lived at the time) for my second show at The American Theater.
Back on 4/14/93, Trey’s friend Roger Halloway got on stage and...
Ok, so this show is the 5th installment in the rebooted Phish Show of the Week, and what a show it is. Smack dab in the middle of the legendary August 1993 run, there are so many little nuggets in this show. And THAT REBA!
Show starts off with Axilla to get the crowd going, and then drops...
I know there's a lot more to talk about regarding this excellent show, but about that Weekapaug Groove:
Another Brick in the Wall? - Maybe it's not enough to be considered a tease because Mike used the same baseline (from 5:00 - 5:25ish) during the Gypsy Queen jam, but Mike brings it back and...
Continuing an amazing Midwest swing, their first show ever at the American Theatre, and 51st of the tour, is crazy good. Not technically the best played show, but the song selection just puts it over the top. What did St. Louis do to deserve this?
Pretty standard Buried alive to open up...
This is a great show, and I'm glad it's gotten the box-set treatment (St. Louis '93.) The Stash -> Kung -> Stash, Kung > The Horse is a superlative segment, with plenty of goofy improvisation and some nontraditional aspects (e.g., I don't think I had ever heard an acoustic Kung before!) In fact,...
Great show. One of the most interesting things about it are these two odd jam segments in the first set: Possum ends with whistling, like a Reba ending on bad acid. (By the way, this Reba's on acid:). The other short jam precedes SOAM, and provides a counterpoint to SOAM's weirdness.
The 'Paug...
Several breakaway moments in this exploratory jam. When it's not moving beyond "Possum," the jam is wild, rocking and intense with incredible playing by Trey. Unusual and spontaneous ending with whistling.
Magnificent. A huge, fantastic, multi-faceted, and improvisational odyssey, this version features three-distinct segments which culminate in a blistering peak. A truly wonderful "Reba," the second to arise in the middle of an historic month for the song.
Very improvisational version. Fish is the star here, varying the rhythmic structure several times during Page's solo, and during Trey's solo, which has moments of reggae-like sound, as well as a brief jazz-like swing. Then at 7:10, the band begins a silent jam which continues until 9:00. (NOTE that several versions from 1993 and 1994 include "silent jams" such this one. See 8/25/93, 8/28/93, 4/8/94, 5/12/94, 11/22/94 and 12/4/94 for examples that are also excellent versions).
Superb exploratory playing. While it has neither the dissonance and chaotic jamming of many '94 versions, nor the psychological edginess of many '95s, the overall quality places this "SOAM" in good company among the best.
A typically short, strong '93 1st jam moves on to some good improvisational play in the 2nd jam. This one hangs together musically pretty well despite a few signature August '93 oddities. The jam gets pretty sweet and rocking as it progresses, with a "Crossroads"-like vibe.
"Stash" -> "Kung" -> "Stash." The jam is typically great Spring '93 stuff with exploration beyond the norm. Returns, seemingly to conclude, then heads out again for more exploration, winding up in the Land of "Kung."
-> in from "Stash." Great combination, a tense, improvisational "Stash" paired with "Kung" in the middle, which includes "DEG" jamming. -> back to "Stash."