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samboard Alright here goes. My first review of a phish show that goes beyond "remember when they did that thing at St Michael's, that was awesome." Disclaimer: I don't claim to know anything about music. I love it though. Been seeing the Phish from VT since 1991. I'm old.

Set 1, tour opener. My expectations were reserved, tepid, not high, but positive. They have really been on a tear the last couple of years. The Moma Dance was a cool start, the sound was solid right from the rip. They sounded tight and at the same time had a loose swagger that makes me think they are enjoying this.
Tube! Really got dark. Spooky. Felt like they were setting the tone for the run up to Halloween! The mood got dark with a ton of powerful help from CK2018 and it was a seamless fun time living in that tube.
Theme From the Bottom > Free... The wheels fell off a little here. Theme was great, beautiful jamming, and an organic segue right into Free. Now, I haven't listened to it again yet, but, at some point, the communication seemed to loose connection. Trey and Mike came together for a meeting of the minds, literally face to face on stage and they reeled it all back in to finish the Free. Might not have happened that way, but that was my perception.
Page belted out a solid Vida Blue Army of One which, as a Vida Blue fan, I enjoyed.
Up next came the segue fest with some great jamming from everyone. Halley's Comet > Everything's Right -> Cities > Walls of the Cave
Everything is Right was fucking beautiful. Such a great song and they did a great job with it all the way through into Cities which has never let me down and finally, a song that for some reason gets me to that place, The Walls of the Cave, beautiful.
For me, the most out there moment occurred as Everything is Right morphed from its happy message and feel into some dark alley in the Cities.

Set 2: Fire all the way through. So good! Unlike the dude who was supposed to write the synopsis, I ain't getting paid. Long story short, for me, one of the best tour openers I've ever seen from the Phish.


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