Now that I am 12 years removed from walking away from the lower pavilion to head back to our camp completely melted, I thought I’d share what I think of this show.

It’s interesting to see how Phish has changed during this time, just as I have. This show is a reminder to anyone that you need to enjoy the moment for what it is. And let me tell you what it was…

Throughout this show, the playing is pretty tight from Trey. Set I was very well played, and I remember everyone (incl. myself) just jumping for joy when they started YEM.

Now onto set II, Gotta Jiboo was a nice way to start the set, Mikes was well played, Simple gets spacey, now let’s talk about the Light > Weekapaug. For me this is a reminder of how fast Trey use to be able to play, very little time wasted on fiddling effect pedals, the band is locked in. I think they took me to so many different place musically during those 2 songs that it’s hard to grasp that it’s only like a 23 min segment of a show. Just straight gas, no breaks, and this goes for the rest of the set.

The Lizards encore was just the cherry on the cake.

As I listen back to 2012 (did the whole PA>OH>Deer Creek>Alpine) although they didn’t throw that many 15+ and no 25+ min jam, Trey’s guitar playing was unreal. Very reminiscent of a “standard” 93 show, where although nothing breaks those 15 min marks, the amount of music they crammed is nothing but remarkable.