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Newport State Airport

Coventry, VT, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
2004-08-13 107 votes 4.1776/5
2004-08-14 368 votes 2.6630/5
2004-08-15 446 votes 2.3161/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

2004-08-15 by ColForbin 73
[Written immediately after I got home from Coventry with no knowledge that the band would ever get back together.] We woke up pretty early on Sunday because we had the 9AM-1PM shift at the House of Live Phish. It was a beautiful morning and we were amazed to see that most of the mud had dried...
2004-08-14 by ColForbin 36
[FYI: I wrote this immediately following Coventry, with no knowledge as to whether Phish would ever get back together. As such it contains a lot of navel-gazing autobiographical stuff. Sorry!] Most people grow out of adolescence so gradually that they don't even notice it. Some people cling...
2004-08-15 by lumpblockclod 31
Coventry represents almost surely the two worst shows of Phish's career by nearly any objective measure. And yet, for several reasons, they're must hear IMO. First there's the sheer awfulness of much of the shows. There's also the obvious historical importance. But there's also some moments of...
2004-08-15 by ph_2k 27
I started seeing phish in the fall of 1995. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Coventry. Until this day I don't know how I feel about it. My wife and I had tickets to every show on the final leg of the tour including Coventry. However, right before the tour started my wife broke her ankle....
2004-08-13 by NigelTufnel 25
Get this soundcheck (it exists is SBD quality) and listen to "Check 1", which is titled "Jam" above. It is my all-time favorite half hour of Phish (narrowly edging out the first 30 minutes of the IT Soundcheck), and is the most expressive and creative jam they ever played, in my humble opinion. I...
2004-08-15 by OswegoDevo 11
Well well well, the "Final" Phish show ever....THANK GOD it was NOT!!!! The only set in which the band was even remotely tight was the final set. The rest of the sets were sloppy and forced. Any passion (from Trey anyways)were seemingly derived not from his soul, but from drugs (allegedly). It...
2004-08-15 by DARKH0LL0W 8
I looked at the weekend like it was an Irish funeral. I tried to think of what this band gave me,an excuses to get on the road and visit places i probably would have not seen, memories, to cheer to like i was a viking. and a multi year lesson in music history.{i discovered so many new bands...
2004-08-15 by phishjones 5
The SOAM is a must hear. The rest of the show is pretty much a sh*t-storm...
2004-08-15 by Campster 5
As I mentioned in my previous day's review, these were the first SBDs I had of Phish - thank god for the glorious soundcheck! The previous day had better music in my opinion, but there is still some stuff worthy of listening. Mike's>Hydrogen>Groove is a solid enough start. The jams are ok,...
2004-08-14 by fhqwhgads 5
Coventry: Day One. I'm gonna take just a brief, cursory, overview-type perspective in reviewing Coventry. I was not actively following Phish during the 2.0 era, and that era of my life was a haze, anyway, but I'm thankful that we have recordings of these shows. There are grand heights to...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2004-08-15 • Split Open and Melt (31:04) Set 2 Noteworthy
Skip the composed section (ugly) and go straight to the jam (released on Live Bait Vol. 5), which is excellent, extended and improvisational. The final 6 spacey minutes are a combination of sad, eerie and haunting, with a hint of optimism near the end. Unfinished with a -> to "Ghost." One of many great jams from the morass of Coventry.
2004-08-14 • Stash (20:42) Set 3 Noteworthy
While the composed section is far from spotless, the jam is very good and multi-dimensional, including a nice move to major mode followed by some great exploration. Unfinished with a > to "Free."
2004-08-14 • AC/DC Bag (20:07) Set 2 Noteworthy
Nimbly textured and surgically precise like the big '97 "Bags?" No. Highly improvisational, well played AND a great listen? Absolutely. This version is MUST-HEAR, like 11/21/97, 12/30/97 and 9/14/99. The Coventry "Bag" is full of "2.0-style jamming," is played very well overall, and it's highly listenable. -> to "46 Days."
2004-08-14 • Drowned (26:06) Set 3 Noteworthy
Very raw in parts (at least Trey), but a serious piece of improvisation nonetheless. At the 7 minute mark, the band gets very quiet and almost stops. Trey plays solo for a stretch, and briefly addresses the crowd. Around 12:30, the other band mates rejoin in a very upbeat and rocking jam that accelerates into near fury by 21:30.
2004-08-14 • Gotta Jibboo (15:23) Set 1 Noteworthy
The yang to 4/16/04's yin. Tight playing for '04. Dark and grimy up front, but once it pushes through to the heavens this "Gotta Jibboo" is breathtaking.
2004-08-15 • Ghost (17:30) Set 2
Through a crack in the fabric of space-time a horde of flaming orange locusts cascaded down the fetid slope of manure, became a cyclone of debris, limbs, and offal in the muddy bowl then coalesced into a sheet of light which rapidly withdrew upslope back into the void of infinity. [-> in from a strong "SOAM." The jam breaks into an angry, rocking groove that grows dissonant, tension-filled, and includes Trey's eerie yelling and digi-guitar effects.]
Very unusual version. The first jam segment is strange, spacey, and Trey sounds off-key at times. Then there's a second jam following the closing riff (without vocal refrain) which has some interesting moments and is pretty soulful.
Extremely improvisational version which leaves "CDT" behind near the end and -> to "Possum."
2004-08-15 • Piper (9:25) Set 3
Blistering, fierce, machine-gun Trey, akin at times to Hendrix at his best!
Jam breaks from the standard at 11:00 into a mellow groove that builds energy and > to "Runaway Jim."
Jam segment rages practically non-stop, and Tom Marshall assists with the "Rocco" lyrics.
2004-08-14 • David Bowie (12:57) Set 2
Trey talks about writing "David Bowie" for 4 1/2 minutes before the song - well worth hearing. The jam itself is pretty decent with a nice little shift to major mode and an intense ending.
2004-08-14 • Runaway Jim (12:23) Set 1
Very improvisational, "Type II" version with a -> to a very improvisational, "Type II" "Gotta Jibboo."
2004-08-14 • Free (9:54) Set 3
Some sweet Mike bass, then gets very quiet with just Mike and Trey playing, then Fish and Page jump back in.
2004-08-14 • Twist (16:36) Set 3
A decent jam develops which has an underlying Mike and Fish fueled groove that continues almost throughout. Trey at times uses a lot of distortion, and his seeming lack of direction gives the jam a disjointed feel. Great -> to "The Wedge."


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