Venues

Townshend Family Park

Townshend, VT, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1991-07-14 63 votes 4.4127/5
1989-08-26 131 votes 4.4046/5
1990-06-16 22 votes 4.1818/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1989-08-26 by Bob_Loblaw 8
This is a very fascinating show and the perfect snapshot of early Phish. This show is at one of the first tipping points for Phish. It comes at a time where they had amassed quite a large amount of original material. Enough to fill up a significant amount of 3 sets with it. And although it is...
1990-06-16 by tele_mon 7
Wow, this one is a classic; of my favorite shows, and I think I listened to that cassette a thousand times. As I listen to it again, let me tell you a story: This show was billed as the "Last Show 'Till Fall!", and was coming after Phish was really starting to travel outside New England on a...
1989-08-26 • vegas420@mail.sover.net by 7
Posted to rec.music.phish and/or submitted to Phish.net, many moons ago... I believe there were 3000 to 4000 people at this gig, making it the largest attendance to date (or so I understand). The day was beautiful. The organizers did a marvelous job. There was on-site parking, to which one...
1989-08-26 by laylu1970 6
I was at this show...and at a party afterward in Windham with them. Looking back it's pretty strange.
1989-08-26 by vreeland_t 5
Gods, this show was my first exposure to Phish and it blew my mind! I worked down the street and headed over as soon as I was done, so I missed most of the 1st set. For folks who remarked on it being a beautiful day, my memory was HOT! Like 100 degrees. I recall garden hoses running through the...
1989-08-26 by conormac 5
One of the early shows I wish I could have been at. Must have been amazing to see 1000s (by one account) of people jamming to this early Phish material in a beautiful park in VT. As it's been said, it's a great "snapshot" of early (80s) Phish, and I'm not surprised they released it as Live Phish...
1989-08-26 by fhqwhgads 4
I love this show, particularly the first set, which is absolutely stacked! I'm woefully and inexcusably unfamiliar with a lot of pre-93 Phish, and the 80s is the decade I'm least knowledgeable of, but boy man this show is great. If the setlist goes to show one thing only, let it be that Phish's...
1991-07-14 • Matt Laurence by 2
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) After a small detour of 140 miles due to overshooting our exit a tad, we managed to wend our way to Townshend. We didn't get there until 3:00, terrified that we had already missed the...
1991-07-14 • Matt Laurence by 1
(Published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) Hey there, phriends and neighbors! What a weekend! Anyone who went to any of the stunning array of shows available to us Phishy pholks this past week can attest to the fact that there is simply no band on earth quite like Phish. And...
1991-07-14 by moose1 1
This was a great show, and the horns were amazing. It was an incredibly chill scene as well. I remember drinking a beer and chatting with a VT state trooper at one point. As a Phish fan, this was a great time to be living anywhere in VT, NH or western MA. The band seemed to be playing everywhere...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1991-07-14 • Possum (8:45) Set 1 Noteworthy
Awesome and very improvisational version with a different approach to the jam, a "DEG" tease and a roaring peak.
1990-06-16 • Timber (Jerry the Mule) (6:46) Set 1 Noteworthy
Incredible Trey. And Page's keys lend added menace to this tense and harrowing early masterpiece. This Mule bites with a vengeance!
1991-07-14 • Reba (12:33) Set 1
Trey's poised and passionate soloing belies this stellar show-opening version's early date. After weaving through multiple expressive phrases, he heartily peaks the jam with a strong assist from Fish.
1991-07-14 • Magilla (5:24) Set 2
Giant Country Horns. This fun version includes great Page soloing with strong Mike backing, then Dave Grippo leads the horn section. And Fish seems to love the jazz drumming action. Other horn versions not included on this chart: 1991 - 2/8, 4/16, 5/16, 7/19, 7/25, 11/20; 1994 4/15, 5/4.
1991-07-14 • Harry Hood (10:30) Set 3
A little "Theme from Jeopardy" teasing kicks off a strong jam with creative playing by Trey and solid backing from Page and Mike.
1990-06-16 • Possum (9:11) Set 1
The beginning of this excellent jam is unusual and in minor key. Version released on Live Bait Vol. 5.
Kick-Ass version that rages but is also very improvisational. Mike and Trey rock.
1989-08-26 • David Bowie (14:21) Set 2
Musically, this is a very exploratory version, with unusual melodies, rhythm, and includes several distinct movements. Few post-'95 versions have this much improvisation.
The Set 3 closer in a famous, early show. The intro is raucous and tease-filled, with all kinds of inventive riffs from Trey. Strong play all around, with a surprise Rocco section.


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