Originally posted as a thread on Phish.net in the spring of 2021. The main event HAS ARRIVED!! My favourite Phish tour of all time, 14 shows (and a YEMSG run) that bring an incredible amount of improvisation and quality Phish – let’s get into it!! 10/16 Albany: The band opens the fall tour with a HOT Albany show – Moma kicks things off before Trey counts the band into a slow Tube (12/29/97 style). This Tube, clocking in at around 11 minutes, is absolutely PHENOMENAL! Between Page’s incredible use of his synths, Fish’s peppy cowbell, and Mike’s rock-steady bass, the first half of the jam is an all-out sexy funk fest. Trey then surfaces from the Leslie, firmly takes the reins of the jam, and leads it into a rocking peak. Not bad for the second song of the tour AND a fantastic omen of Tubes to come! Theme -> Free comes next (I love the way they execute that transition) ahead of an absolutely fantastic Everything’s Right -> Cities (light and airy Type I section, major modulation, big peak, more slinky funk, and a PERFECT butter segue into Cities) and a Walls closer. While the second set may not have a big 20 minute jam, we have one absolute MONSTER of a 20 Years Later. If you are unfamiliar (go get familiar), this is an absolute journey into the pits of darkness, Page’s most evil synths, and a cloud of scuzz. The first of many jams this tour that turn to the dark side instead of the bright and happy more “typical” 3.0 major-key jamming style we expect. I do wish Trey hadn’t brought the chorus back in out of the jam as early, but it’s still absolutely fantastic and we can’t win EVERYTHING. Following this is easily the best Show of Life ever – a fantastically extended version that hits all the right emotions. Pretty sweet for a tour opener and has firmly put a statement out that this tour is going to be fire.
Phish Tour Review - Fall 2018
Phish Tour Review - Fall 2018
Phish Tour Review - Fall 2018
Originally posted as a thread on Phish.net in the spring of 2021. The main event HAS ARRIVED!! My favourite Phish tour of all time, 14 shows (and a YEMSG run) that bring an incredible amount of improvisation and quality Phish – let’s get into it!! 10/16 Albany: The band opens the fall tour with a HOT Albany show – Moma kicks things off before Trey counts the band into a slow Tube (12/29/97 style). This Tube, clocking in at around 11 minutes, is absolutely PHENOMENAL! Between Page’s incredible use of his synths, Fish’s peppy cowbell, and Mike’s rock-steady bass, the first half of the jam is an all-out sexy funk fest. Trey then surfaces from the Leslie, firmly takes the reins of the jam, and leads it into a rocking peak. Not bad for the second song of the tour AND a fantastic omen of Tubes to come! Theme -> Free comes next (I love the way they execute that transition) ahead of an absolutely fantastic Everything’s Right -> Cities (light and airy Type I section, major modulation, big peak, more slinky funk, and a PERFECT butter segue into Cities) and a Walls closer. While the second set may not have a big 20 minute jam, we have one absolute MONSTER of a 20 Years Later. If you are unfamiliar (go get familiar), this is an absolute journey into the pits of darkness, Page’s most evil synths, and a cloud of scuzz. The first of many jams this tour that turn to the dark side instead of the bright and happy more “typical” 3.0 major-key jamming style we expect. I do wish Trey hadn’t brought the chorus back in out of the jam as early, but it’s still absolutely fantastic and we can’t win EVERYTHING. Following this is easily the best Show of Life ever – a fantastically extended version that hits all the right emotions. Pretty sweet for a tour opener and has firmly put a statement out that this tour is going to be fire.