Long View

I’m finally sitting back at my desk in SF and I’m getting my first official re-listen of the first night that Phish played UIC Pavilion this past Monday. A week ago at this time I was packing up and getting ready for a 6am flight the next day to see Phish in Chicago, and as many have reported it was definitely an insanely strong show and almost felt like a completely different band than what fans were seeing on the West Coast. This was one of the highlights from the first night, the official LivePhish.com HD video of “Undermind.” Highly recommend that you download this show. >>>

I decided to shoot some video during the Phish set last night at the perfect moment. The jam out of “Rock and Roll” seemed to flow seamlessly into “Steam” last night, a song that people were definitely predicting would make an appearance more this tour and especially at Golden Gate Park. Predictions were correct amongst my crew and we got a great version of this tune last night right before a really solid “Piper” with tons of Type II action finishing it off.

Make sure you launch the 720p version and go full-screen to get a feel for what the energy looked like on the lawn. The drop at 1:30 is super buttery; I’m loving the way this band has been playing all tour.

You’ve likely already seen the whole lot of these if you follow our blog but this is still worth its own post. Some kind soul on YouTube named skriddler decided to splice together all of the professionally shot videos that Phish.com released this year and it’s now one big three-hour video that easily demands your attention again on the next rainy or snowy day to grace your hood.

I just got through the Cuyahoga “Backwards Down the Number Line” and it still gives me chills at the end. Here’s the full setlist:

-Summer Tour Promo
-Alumni Blues – Letter to Jimmy Page – Alumni Blues- 62510 Camden NJ
-46 Days – Tube – 80710 Berkeley CA
-Backwards Down the Number Line – 61210 Cuyahoga Falls OH
-Show of Life – 61910 Saratoga Springs NY
-Chalk Dust Torture – 62510 Camden NJ
-Wolfman’s Brother – 62610 Columbia MD
-Maze – 8510 Berkeley CA
-Gotta Jibboo – 70410 Alpharetta GA
-Jam – Piper – 80910 Telluride CO
-Saratoga Jam #2 – Swept Away – Steep – 62010 Saratoga Springs NY
-Simple – 8610 Berkeley CA
-You Enjoy Myself – 70210 Charlotte, NC