Jam Breakdown - 2/28/03 Tweezer
The legendary Nassau Tweezer. A massive standout moment of the 2.0 era and Phish’s career as a whole. Check out my notes on this jam and hear me discuss it more in-depth against its 12/30/19 counterpart on episode 4 of We Move Through Stormy Weather wherever you get your podcasts!
All timings are per LivePhish.
Nice mid-tempo start to the song
Big cheer at 2:30 mark
Crazy Trey feedback in both breakdowns
Jam starts with heavy cowbell from Fish - high intensity from the get-go
Fantastic and melodic Trey solo with great piano work from Page underneath
Intensity drops at 7-minute mark, Page switches to organ
Funks up
Trey finds repeating pattern
Page gently playing Rhodes underneath Fish’s driving beat
Synth from Page just before 9 minutes adds some space
High repeating riff from Trey overtop of synth swells around 10 mins
Big wah chords from Trey at around 10:40, synth intensifies
Trey introduces repeating chord pattern at around 11 mins
Pretty major key jam with HEAVY guitar from Trey
Twinkling piano from Page
Incredible repeating pattern from Trey with high screaming notes - heavy on the whammy
Screechy high note at 16 mins
Quiets quickly at 16:30
Gentle and melodic playing from Trey just before 17 mins
Jam picks up speed a LOT at 17:15
Chord vamps from Trey
Fish is perfectly in sync with Trey
Page adding some fantastic organ melodies at 18:10
McGrupp jam-esque riff from Trey and Page
CTB tease from Page at 19:30
Driving beat from Fish
Phaser-like effect on guitar at 21:30
They reach a repeating chord progression to great effect - Fish absolutely kills the ebb and flow in intensity
Huge screaming guitar from Trey just before 23 mins
Jam begins to die away at 23:40
Low, droning whammy notes from Trey
Spacey outro for the last few minutes; sign of what was to become the hallmark of 2.0 sound