Saturday, 06/19/2004
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Set 1: Reba, Runaway Jim, NICU > Scents and Subtle Sounds, Wolfman's Brother, Walls of the Cave -> David Bowie
Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Piper[1] -> Gotta Jibboo, Limb By Limb, Cavern[2]
Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea
[1] Tweezer Reprise jam and a Harpua tease.
[2] Purple Haze tease; Trey forgot an entire verse.
Notes: Piper featured a substantial Tweezer Reprise jam and, near the end, a Harpua tease. Trey forgot an entire verse of Cavern. Cavern contained a Purple Haze tease.
This show was part of the "2004 Early Summer Tour."
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156 Phish.netters attended.
Phish fans with delicate constitutions are well served just skipping the August '04 shows; this'll do for a final act if you like. The second set is an hour-and-a-half grand finale; between the Tweeprise jam in Piper, that unexpected pop-the-top climax to LxL, and a richly-deserved valediction in Velvet Sea, there wasn't much to say after this one. And that's without mentioning the thermonuclear hourlong sequence that ends Set One, or the wonderfully overextended Ocean to open Set Two. This show isn't to everyone's taste, but if you're already a fan it plays like the kicker ending to a yearlong joke - check out that self-deprecating Purple Haze tease, for god's sake. The rest of June '04 is strong, of course, but to my ears this is the hammer blow.