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Announcing The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Nights At Madison Square Garden
We’re excited to announce The Baker’s Dozen, a 13-night run at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, beginning Friday, July 21 through Sunday, August 6.
The Baker’s Dozen brings the band’s total performances at The Garden to 52 in the years since their December of 1994 venue debut.
Tickets to the The Baker’s Dozen will be available as a 13-show package for the price of 12, or as individual nights. An online ticket request period for individual tickets and Baker’s Dozen packages is underway now at tickets.phish.com/ through Sunday, February 12 at 11:59 pm ET. Remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning February 17 at Noon ET. As with Phish’s most recent runs at The Garden, all floor tickets will be General Admission. Travel packages are also available (include tickets, hotel, etc.) at bit.ly/2kctydq.
The band will not be touring this Fall.
PHISH – THE BAKER’S DOZEN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY
Friday, July 21 Saturday, July 22 Sunday, July 23 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Friday, July 28 Saturday, July 29 Sunday, July 30 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 Sunday, August 6
I'm convinced that Dick's is happening too. Lots of sourcey sources saying their contacts at Dick's are confirming it's happening.
There are also rumors of some dates leading up to the Baker's Dozen:
July 7 - LA Forum July 8 - Chula Vista July 10-12 - BGCA July 14-16 - Northerly Island
followed by Baker's Dozen then Dicks.
Dicks was announced with the full summer tour last year on Feb 5, 2016. I think it is reasonable to assume they will wait to announce the above pre-MSG dates and dicks until march, after the MSG shows have been on sale for a bit.
I'm in a tight position right now because I would definitely prefer doing dicks over msg, but my phish friends are all riled up for MSG now. and if i convinced them to do dicks instead and dicks ends up not happening i'd feel like a... well like a dick.
but any way you slice it i'm going to see some phish this summer.
Post by postreznorjack on Feb 12, 2017 17:38:02 GMT -5
PTBM request submitted for MSG august 4, 5, 6. we might pickup august 2 too depending on how travel plans go. haven't been to MSG since 2010, excited to be back in NYC. gonna hit up some museums y'all.
PTBM request submitted for MSG august 4, 5, 6. we might pickup august 2 too depending on how travel plans go. haven't been to MSG since 2010, excited to be back in NYC. gonna hit up some museums y'all.
I'm only requesting for 7/29. If you/your crew get any extras let me know and I'll prob be interested or know people who are
thanks for sharing, those are some killer shots. i particularly like the one of trey smiling because, well, i like pictures of trey smiling.
looking at your pics made me hope i get seats behind the stage. i love behind the stage seats at a phish show. killer sound and it's fun seeing the rest of the crowd facing you.
thanks for sharing, those are some killer shots. i particularly like the one of trey smiling because, well, i like pictures of trey smiling.
looking at your pics made me hope i get seats behind the stage. i love behind the stage seats at a phish show. killer sound and it's fun seeing the rest of the crowd facing you.
had many a great msg show behind/side stage, easy to get the whole crew together (especially if high up), still great sound and light
Post by postreznorjack on Feb 16, 2017 18:26:58 GMT -5
Very pleased with my PTBM results. Floors for Fri and sun, sec 106 for Saturday. Last weekend of BD. We might fly up Wednesday and try to pickup some tickets to the Aug 2 show on the cheap.
Farrisbueller scored 2 for 7/29 for us via pre order. I might look to pick up another night or 2 later on when I look into the finance box to check my status
Post by postreznorjack on Mar 21, 2017 14:54:49 GMT -5
Pre BD dates and post BD dicks official:
In addition to The Baker’s Dozen at Madison Square Garden, a few more shows have been added to the band’s summer plans including three shows at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island and one night stands at Dayton, OH’s Nutter Center and Pittsburgh, PA’s Petersen Events Center. The band will also return to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for their seventh annual Labor Day Weekend run in Commerce City, CO.
An online ticket request period for pre-sale tickets and weekend ticket bundles are available now at tickets.phish.com through Monday, April 3 at NOON ET. There will be no additional dates announced for summer or fall.
PHISH – SUMMER 2017
Friday, July 14 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Saturday, July 15 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Sunday, July 16 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Tuesday, July 18 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center Wednesday, July 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center
THE BAKER’S DOZEN Friday, July 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, July 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, July 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Tuesday, July 25 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wednesday, July 26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Friday, July 28 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, July 29 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, July 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Tuesday, August 1 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 2 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Friday, August 4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, August 5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, August 6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
LABOR DAY WEEKEND Friday, September 1 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Saturday, September 2 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Sunday, September 3 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
In addition to The Baker’s Dozen at Madison Square Garden, a few more shows have been added to the band’s summer plans including three shows at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island and one night stands at Dayton, OH’s Nutter Center and Pittsburgh, PA’s Petersen Events Center. The band will also return to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for their seventh annual Labor Day Weekend run in Commerce City, CO.
An online ticket request period for pre-sale tickets and weekend ticket bundles are available now at tickets.phish.com through Monday, April 3 at NOON ET. There will be no additional dates announced for summer or fall.
PHISH – SUMMER 2017
Friday, July 14 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Saturday, July 15 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Sunday, July 16 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Tuesday, July 18 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center Wednesday, July 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center
THE BAKER’S DOZEN Friday, July 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, July 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, July 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Tuesday, July 25 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wednesday, July 26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Friday, July 28 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, July 29 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, July 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Tuesday, August 1 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 2 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Friday, August 4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Saturday, August 5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sunday, August 6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
LABOR DAY WEEKEND Friday, September 1 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Saturday, September 2 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Sunday, September 3 – Commerce City, CO – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Northerly Island is kinda underrated as a venue tbh. Better than Tinley.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
I saw 7/29 and 7/30 and they were both fire! No repeats meant that every night was able to get something special.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
I saw 7/29 and 7/30 and they were both fire! No repeats meant that every night was able to get something special.
Absolutely. Not matter what show(s) you attended, there was something awesome about each night. I was very happy with the shows I caught, 8/6/17 in particular, but that 7/30/17 show is the one that caused me pangs of ROMO. I've caught Forbins twice and Harpua twice, which is more than I deserve, but it still hurts to miss those. Forbins is my personal #1 favorite Phish song.
The whole weekend was an adventure. As I mentioned in another thread, on the way up we got redirected to Baltimore from LGA and our flight got cancelled, so we ended up renting a car in Baltimore and driving to Manhattan, arriving at 1am. It was an incredible experience for two southerners from the Gulf Coast.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
I'd like to make an argument for Umphrey's. Stuff like their halloween mash-up shows, the UMBowl (a show divided into 4 quarters with different themes like "choose your own adventure" where the audience gets to pick which song comes next, all improv sections based on attendee's genre suggestions, etc.) They do a headphones and snowcones thing where you can get a direct patch from the soundboard to a sweet pair of cans you rent for the night, their Hall of Fame collections where they gather the best live moments from the past year's tour, regularly updated podcasts of recent and archival highlights usually based around some theme. And Jefferson Waful can give Kuroda a run for his money. Just sayin' bro.
As for phish, I caught a few of the livestreams and the free set openers they posted on youtube, but i'd love to read a write up of the shows you saw.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
I'd like to make an argument for Umphrey's. Stuff like their halloween mash-up shows, the UMBowl (a show divided into 4 quarters with different themes like "choose your own adventure" where the audience gets to pick which song comes next, all improv sections based on attendee's genre suggestions, etc.) They do a headphones and snowcones thing where you can get a direct patch from the soundboard to a sweet pair of cans you rent for the night, their Hall of Fame collections where they gather the best live moments from the past year's tour, regularly updated podcasts of recent and archival highlights usually based around some theme. And Jefferson Waful can give Kuroda a run for his money. Just sayin' bro.
As for phish, I caught a few of the livestreams and the free set openers they posted on youtube, but i'd love to read a write up of the shows you saw.
You're right, Umphrey's puts a great deal of effort into their live shows. I've seen them a bunch and will see them a bunch more. Also Waful was sitting in the same section as me at Saturday's show. I met him a few years back at jazzfest, he's a really gracious and humble dude.
PHISH, FRIDAY 08/04/2017 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York , NY
SET 1: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean[1], Punch You In the Eye > Party Time, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Dinner and a Movie, Ocelot, Poor Heart, Winterqueen, Bold As Love > First Tube
SET 2: Dem Bones, No Men In No Man's Land > Everything In Its Right Place[1], What's the Use? > Scents and Subtle Sounds[2] > Prince Caspian > Fluffhead
ENCORE: Frankenstein[3]
[1] Phish debut. [2] No intro. [3] Page on keytar.
This show was night eleven of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and had a lemon donut theme. Donuts with a lemon poppy seed glaze were given to fans arriving at the venue. This show featured the Phish debuts of See That My Grave Is Kept Clean and Everything In Its Right Place. Dinner and a Movie was last played on July 21, 2013 (164 shows). Scents did not have the intro. Everything In Its Right Place was quoted in What's the Use?, Scents, Caspian, Fluffhead, and before and during Frankenstein. No Men In No Man's Land was quoted in Scents. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. This show was webcast via Live Phish.
I admit I knew nothing of See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, but it was well played. I was really psyched to then open the weekend with PYITE, it was great to hear it at MSG (the version from MSG 95 is one of my most listened to Phish songs). Party Time was super exciting, as always, then right into BBFCFM. Then I got my first Dinner and a Movie after 17 years of seeing this band, which was exciting. Ocelot, Poor Heart, Winterqueen was standard, then Page erupted with that line I know too well from listening to Hampton Comes Alive over and over, "Anger!" and into Bold as Love, which was beautiful. The First Tube was suitably completely out of control, Trey was using an unusually grungy tone, complete with grungy loops which he kept going throughout the whole song. I loved it, maybe my favorite First Tube I've heard, but I always say that about First Tube.
Dem Bones to open, then NMINML which had a great jam. So as I stated elsewhere, Everything In It's Right Place was kind of a mess, they shouldn't have given Fishman the vocals, but the opening notes lit the fucking crowd up. It was more of a song inspired by Everything In It's Right Place then the song itself. However, elements of the song wove their way throughout the remainder of the set, which was cool. Into WTU? was perfect, it's one of my top five Phish songs, shit makes me absolutely crazy. Then S&SS, whew, shit, teary-eyed for sure. It was beautiful. Into a great Caspian (Caspian started being good in 2015 after Magnaball for those who don't know), before an explosive Fluffhead that tore the place down.
And is there a better encore then Frankenstein with Page on the keytar? Shit was awesome.
PHISH, SATURDAY 08/05/2017 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York , NY
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Uncle Pen, The Sloth, Gotta Jibboo, Fuck Your Face, Sunshine of Your Feeling[1], Frost > Scent of a Mule, Fire, Alaska > Plasma
SET 2: Ghost > Petrichor > Light > The Lizards, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Quinn the Eskimo > Rocky Top
ENCORE: Joy
[1] Debut.
This show was night twelve of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and had a Boston Cream donut theme. Donuts with a dark chocolate glaze and vanilla cream icing were given to fans arriving at the venue. This show featured the debut of a medley of Cream and Boston songs, called Sunshine of Your Feeling. It consisted of teases and quotes of Sunshine of Your Love, More Than a Feeling, Tales of Brave Ulysses, and the Long Time portion of Boston's Foreplay/Long Time. The Long Time section of the medley contained White Room quotes as well as Sunshine of Your Love and More Than a Feeling teases. Sunshine of Your Love was also teased in Plasma and Quinn. Frost was last played on July 17, 2013 (168 shows). This show was webcast via Live Phish.
In addition to Waful, I'm pretty sure Katy Tur (MSNBC anchor) was in the same section as me this show too, she posted pics on twitter from our section.
Soul Shakedown is such a fantastic opener. People smoked marijuana. Then I got the only song I've been truly "chasing", The Sloth! I was strangely confident I was going to get it one of these nights, when it became clear Phish wasn't repeating songs. Anyway shit was popping off. Jibboo was great and featured a pretty long and fun jam. Fuck Your Face is always a delight, I was at the show in Charlotte 2010 when they busted it out.
Then came what Livephish is billing "Sunshine of Your Feeling". Phish started playing Sunshine of Your Love, in keeping with the Boston "Cream" donut theme. Everyone was excited. But instead of singing the first chorus, Page instead sings "I see my Mary Ann walking away" and the arena goes apeshit. They are doing a fucking Boston / Cream mashup. It ended up containing elements of Sunshine of Your Love, More Than A Feeling, Tales of Brave Ulysses, and Long Time. It was outstanding and perfectly played, like they had rehearsed the hell out of it. The band was clearly delighted afterwards, and Fishman said they'd been playing that for the past twenty years, I guess when they were just fucking around in the studio. Trey said the whole point of the Bakers Dozen came from that, all of the shows were really just an excuse for them to do that mashup. Then Trey sat his guitar down and waved like they were done, which was funny. It was a really intimate and funny moment in 20,000 person venue.
Huge 21 minute Ghost to open the second set. Really everything after the Boston/Cream mashup was well played and just icing on the donut. The Lizards was expected and tear-inducing as always (the composed solo is my favorite bit of guitar anywhere). I particularly appreciated The Horse > Silent in the Morning. Quinn and Rocky Top were huge singalong dance parties, just sheer joy running through that venue. Single Joy one and done in the encore slot was appropriate and welcome.
PHISH, SUNDAY 08/06/2017 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York , NY SET 1: Dogs Stole Things, Rift, Ha Ha Ha, Camel Walk, Crazy Sometimes > Saw It Again > Sanity > Bouncing Around the Room, Most Events Aren't Planned[1], Bug, I Been Around, Izabella
SET 2: Simple > Rise/Come Together > Starman, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup
ENCORE: On the Road Again > Lawn Boy Reprise > Tweezer Reprise
[1] Phish debut.
This show was the thirteenth and final night of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden. Donuts with a pink glaze and rainbow sprinkles were given to fans arriving at the venue. Sanity included quotes of Saw it Again and Very Long Fuse. This show featured the Phish debut of Most Events Aren't Planned. I Been Around was last performed July 27, 2014 (119 shows). Izabella was last performed July 31, 1998 (574 shows). Simple contained Magilla and Izabella teases. YEM contained an Izabella tease and The Lizards, White Winter Hymnal, and Everything In Its Right Place quotes in the vocal jam. Prior to the encore, a banner commemorating the Baker's Dozen run was raised to the ceiling of Madison Square Garden. On The Road Again was last performed August 31, 2013 (155 shows). Mike and Fish performed the beginning of Weekapaug before Tweezer Reprise. This show was webcast via Live Phish.
Dogs Stole Things opener! A song I never thought I'd get live. Random Ha Ha Ha further cemented this would be an unusual night. Camel Walk, Saw It Again, Sanity, all tracks that cemented what back in the day we used to call a "fan set", a set where Phish just throws a ton of rare shit at you.
Then Phish started playing... is this fucking Vida Blue? Most Events Aren't Planned, first time played by Phish, and I hope not the last. It worked really well. Bug was welcome, the silly Page "I Been Around" allowed me to cross that one off the list, and then the fucking riff to Izabella starts and again the crowd losing their collective minds. LTP 7/31/1998 (574 show gap).
An enormous Simple to open set two, best jam of the three shows I saw. Starman was beautiful and appreciated, definitely a teary-eyed moment for me (lots of those this run). Then the mother of all You Enjoy Myselfs, whew, sweet baby jesus. Everyone knew it was coming, and the crowd left everything on the floor. So goddamn loud, its the most fun I've ever had doing the YEM thing. Loving Cup was joyous and again the crowd was locked in.
Before the encore they raised the banner designating Phish holds the record for most consecutive shows at MSG. It hangs in MSG now. Encore with On The Road Again, which makes perfect sense but I didn't expect it. The whole band was crying during the song, but with smiles on their faces. Good tears. Then Page comes from behind the decks to finish the 30+ minute Lawn Boy from a couple weeks ago. It was hilarious. A running joke started after the Lawn Boy, with one entrepreneurial fellow making a bunch of shirts that simply stated "Is this still Lawn Boy?" So Page comes out and says "People keep asking me, is this still Lawn Boy? It is." He then starts to sing the last line, "I get so overwhelmed by olfactory..." but doesn't sing the final word, the joke being that this is still Lawn Boy. Mike teases the bass opening of Weekapaug for about 30 seconds before Trey breaks into the opening chords of Tweezer Reprise (Tweezer was played on night one of the BD). What can I say about Tweeprise other than it's the greatest song written by man or god.
Phish played 13 shows at Madison Square Garden between July 21 and August 6. They played 237 different songs over the 13 shows without a single repeat and without using prewritten setlists.
I was lucky enough to attend the last three shows of the BD, making the final show of the run my 60th Phish show. Not a significant amount of shows by Phish fan standards, but enough to where I should be playing it cool about my love for this band. But after this weekend I'm gripped by the overwhelming urge to state loudly that Phish is the absolute best band to see live. Phish is far and away the most rewarding band to be a fan of. They aren't only the best live band in existence, it's not even fucking close. No other band is even in the same universe. I don't even know who I'd put at #2, and I've seen and enjoyed a shitload of live acts in my life. In fact the only acts that put the same focus on the importance of the live show aren't even bands at all, it's DJs (and good DJs have understood the live show is the important thing, not the tracks or albums, since the 1980s, since the live culture is what they were born out of).
I rarely preach Phish to non-believers, but I'm here hollering like a crazy person that Phish is playing at an all time level, and if you've ever been curious then jump in the fucking pool with me.
I'd like to make an argument for Umphrey's. Stuff like their halloween mash-up shows, the UMBowl (a show divided into 4 quarters with different themes like "choose your own adventure" where the audience gets to pick which song comes next, all improv sections based on attendee's genre suggestions, etc.) They do a headphones and snowcones thing where you can get a direct patch from the soundboard to a sweet pair of cans you rent for the night, their Hall of Fame collections where they gather the best live moments from the past year's tour, regularly updated podcasts of recent and archival highlights usually based around some theme. And Jefferson Waful can give Kuroda a run for his money. Just sayin' bro.
As for phish, I caught a few of the livestreams and the free set openers they posted on youtube, but i'd love to read a write up of the shows you saw.
Umphrey's fucking rocks! They are the only ones who can come close imo. No other band has the ability to make me lose my shit at a live show like these 2. I saw UM Bowl 4 I think (at the cap) and they gave me the run of the place shooting. They take care of media like nobody else. Unlike every other band they often give photogs the entire first set in the pit and let us shoot from anywhere during the rest of the show so we can get Waful's works.
As far as a writeup for 7/29 lets see if Farrisbueller wants to have a go also as it was his first show to get that perspective.
SET 1: Llama, Wilson > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Ya Mar, Tela, The Birds > The Line, Water in the Sky, Vultures > Train Song > Horn, I Am the Walrus
SET 2: Blaze On > Twenty Years Later > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues > Meatstick > Dirt > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Cinnamon Girl
First set highlights: Ya Mar which is one of my all time favorite covers that has been in rotation for as long as anyone can remember, Tela, Vultures.
Second set highlights: Pretty much all of it but was my first time hearing Alumni>letter>alumni live so that was cool. Meatstick had Japanese lyrics added (I was at the debut of the Japanese lyrics)
Moment that made me lose my shit: I am the Walrus out of nowhere
Lowlight: Cinnamon Girl was poorly executed imo based on how well they do just about every other cover and the fact that everyone knew they were going to play it
SET 1: The Curtain With > Runaway Jim, Waking Up Dead, Esther, Home, Brian and Robert, Nellie Kane, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > David Bowie
SET 2: Drowned > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing , Harpua > Also Sprach Zarathustra[1] > Golgi Apparatus, In The Good Old Summer Time
ENCORE: The Wind Cries Mary[2]
First set highlights: Runaway Jim-one of my favorites, Forbins>mockingbird>Bowie-the gamehenge (trey's senior college thesis) of the night was well played and placed and Bowie was short by its standards but had no dead spots in the jam like some long ones can have and was just straight in your face
Set 2: got my first Harpua after 72 (best estimate) shows
Moment that made me lose my shit: Harpua narration talking about space time and how the universe is a donut. I love string theory and lost it when this happened instead of the full story about little Jimmy
Lowlight: some needless jamming in middle/end of Drowned & a song I heard the ocean sing
Post by Dale Cooper on Aug 12, 2017 14:51:59 GMT -5
I wasnt sure where to post this but here goes. I've been getting into phish a lot more lately and was wondering if anybody had the Roo 09 shows they'd be willing to PM me? It was an awesome time i'd like to relive. Thanks!
I wasnt sure where to post this but here goes. I've been getting into phish a lot more lately and was wondering if anybody had the Roo 09 shows they'd be willing to PM me? It was an awesome time i'd like to relive. Thanks!
I wasnt sure where to post this but here goes. I've been getting into phish a lot more lately and was wondering if anybody had the Roo 09 shows they'd be willing to PM me? It was an awesome time i'd like to relive. Thanks!
I know right? It's mostly AUDs so the quality can vary, but still it's pretty staggering, and surprising how clean the site is and how well it works. If I had MP3s of the '09 Roo show I'd shoot them to you but I was not there and never picked up the SBD.
I know right? It's mostly AUDs so the quality can vary, but still it's pretty staggering, and surprising how clean the site is and how well it works. If I had MP3s of the '09 Roo show I'd shoot them to you but I was not there and never picked up the SBD.
Not a problem at all. The site was a bit overwhelming and I haven't even listened to the Roo shows yet. Started night one of Bakers Dozen, did some of Big Cypress. Its pretty awesome to dig in to.