12/29/2009 – American Airlines Arena, Miami FL

I: Golgi Apparatus, Maze*, Driver, The Connection, Wolfman’s Brother*, Ocelot, Reba***, Access Me, The Divided Sky, Cavern
II: Kill Devil Falls* > Tweezer **** > Prince Caspian*> Gotta Jibboo* > Wilson > Gotta Jibboo > Heavy Things* > 2001** > Slave to the Traffic Light
The New Years Eve run in Miami technically started the night before, [...]

7/31/2009 – Red Rocks, Morrison CO

It only took one show for Phish to get warmed up and deliver the best show of the summer so far on the second night of the Red Rocks run.
I: Runaway Jim, Chalkdust Torture*, Bathtub Gin*, Time Turns Elastic, Lawnboy, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Split Open and Melt**
II: Drowned**->Crosseyed [...]

6/19/09 – Deer Creek, Noblesville IN

I: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb by Limb*, Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt**, Lawnboy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Connection, Ocelot, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Fluffhead
II: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing**, Drowned*, Twist*, Let Me Lie, Tweezer* -> 2001, Suzy [...]

6/12/09, 6/14/09 – Bonnaroo

Phish’s highly anticipated Bonnaroo sets have now come and gone, pretty much according to how everybody expected them to go.  For the most part, the band played two pretty straightforward shows – lots of songs popular among casual fans, a well-known guest, and the jamming was not exceedingly exploratory.  Still, the shows were pretty solid, [...]

Tour Roundup – Great Woods, Camden, Asheville, Knoxville

If you’ve been reading, you’ll know that I have made it clear I won’t be able to do complete reviews for every show.  But, I have been listening to pretty much all of the tour, so I just wanted to offer a quick roundup of this stretch.  For my money, Camden is hands down the [...]

3/6/2009 – Hampton Colliseum, Hampton VA

Well Phish is back, and they did it in a big way with a three night run at one of their favorite venues, the Hampton Colliseum in Hampton, VA.  No doubt it was amazing if you were at the venue, but how does the music hold up?
Set I: Fluffhead, Divided Sky, Chalkdust Torture, Sample in [...]