, attached to 1997-07-01

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1: Ghost: The back of the worm stuff starts at around 9 minutes in, and the jam just goes off after this. Page sounds amazing on the baby grand in the 11’s. The theme Trey creates at 11:49 is a signature moment for the band. Outstanding version and certainly an all timer. The first truly great Ghost.

Horn: Trey’s intro sounds amazing; he is making that guitar GROWL. Some slight difficulties for him in the solo, nothing too crazy though.

Ya Mar: Great, little jam here.

Limb By Limb: The deep space jam is incredible and it’s amazing that the audience stays so very silent. This melts into ->

Ain't Love Funny: Standard.

Saw It Again: Very aggressive!

Dirt: Gorgeous. Before it starts up Fish says now, we are going to play Green Grass and High Tides Forever. LOL.

Reba: Pretty rough composed section in the late 2’s and early 3’s. If you can get through this, the jam is absolutely great. They really, I mean really; take their time building this one and give it a soaring climax. Awesome Reba jam.

Dogs Stole Things: Standard.

SET 2: Jam: Fish on keys, weird little ditty. ->

Timber (Jerry the Mule) - Intense version. >

Bathtub Gin: Hard driving rock and roll up until the 12 minute mark where it gets back to its original structure. 30 seconds later it morphs into a funk jam and then two minutes later ->

Cities: Pretty dark jam that eventually goes into an ambient space around the 7 minute mark and stays there for two and a half minutes, heady stuff >

Jam: It’s about to get even headier though, this is deep and very dark until about 8 minutes where Trey latches onto a cool, crunchy theme. By 12 minutes we find ourselves getting our faces rocked off. At 13.5 it is transitioning into a very catchy, funky jam. >

Loving Cup: Standard. >

Slave to the Traffic Light: I wish current Phish would listen to some of the older, versions such as this one. They get so quiet after the composed part and let it breathe. So patient. Absolutely mesmerizing. Solid Slave.

ENCORE: When the Circus Comes – Standard.

Replay Value: Ghost, Ya Mar, Limb by Limb, Reba, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Bathtub Gin, Cities, Jam

Summary: A legendary show! Two amazing sets of music. A total throwdown. I would rate this as a 4.4 out of 5.


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