, attached to 2016-07-06

Review by ProfessorDude

ProfessorDude I was there, and to my mind, there is clearly something awry with the band -- or at least with Trey -- right now. It's not simply that the song selection and combination was weak, leading to inexplicable dips in energy, because, after all, the band can play whatever they -- or, again, Trey -- want to play. No, the real problem was with the Trey's playing. There were innumerable missed cues, botched landings, awkward transitions, notes missed, riffs started in the wrong key, measures dropped, or added, and so on. Whether or not this matters to you is purely subjective; _that_ is happened is objective fact. For me, and for a lot of people I saw at the venue, this made for a really lackluster and uninspiring show. If you had a great time either in person, or listening in on the streams, I'm really happy for you. Truly. But one of the things that drew me to Phish was the virtuosity and precision of the band, and especially of Trey, and I have not seen much of that in evidence this tour.


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