, attached to 1997-08-03

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1: Bathtub Gin: Decent jam out of the gate. >

Foam: Mike is completely lost for at least the first minute of this one. Like he completely forgot how to play the song. They hadn’t played it since 2.21.97 so I imagine they hadn’t practiced it considering all the new tunes were probably taking up all their time.

Samson Variation: Last time played, you won’t have any argument from me. >

Dirt: Standard. >

Vultures: Standard.

My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own: Standard.

Twist: Very strong Twist. Has some serious summer 97 crunch too it and that along with Page’s video games effects really packages together well. Very cool segue into… ->

Jesus Just Left Chicago: it rocks hard for sure.

Limb By Limb: Cool jam. Gets minor chord for a brief moment, feel like Page was pushing the envelope here. Pretty good jam but nothing I would ever pursue for a relisten.

Character Zero: face melter per usual.

SET 2: Julius: Trey lays way back on this one as Page leads the way on the B3. They eventually bring the house down as you would expect. >

Simple: good version, pretty last couple of minutes >

Fluffhead: Strong end shred!

Lifeboy: Standard. >

Taste: Absolutely smoked. This song was a Master Class by now.

Hello My Baby: Standard.

Frankenstein: Standard.

ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room: Standard.

Slave to the Traffic Light: a great version. Trey’s solo is clean and inspired with a few held notes that hit hard. Would definitely recommend!

Replay Value: Twist, Julius, Taste

Summary: So far, set I is my least favorite set of the US tour. It’s choppy and uneven compared to all that had come before. Phish.net has this as 3.964/5 (139 ratings) – that seems too high. I would be good at 3.75/5.


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