Ok so this show is so good. I remember the 1st set being pretty good outside of TTE (just doesn’t do it for me). Set II is where the goods are at.

Now I’m writing this review 14 years removed from chilling on the lawn page side at deer creek. But I can still remember it like it was yesterday. For some reason this set II gets played a lot by me, and I will tell you why.

Drowned > the jam is beautiful, this jam became what we know as “Waiting all night”, but that was 2 years prior.

Jiboo was standard, a little bit of whale call here and there but still a good Jiboo. Not sure I was in love with placement of the song but it works.

The Gin, now I remember when Page started to tickle that piano witch, I was hoping they were going to take that one to the house (maybe like the one I caught at the Gorge in 09?!), although they didn’t. it is a very well played type I by Trey. You don’t really get this sort of speed from him after 2015 imo. Good version.

MFMF, Buffalo Bill, Twist, Horse > Silent were all good.

One thing I’d like to note about early 3.0 Phish (09-12) is that although the jams were harder to come by on a show to show basis, the set lists were always on point. You knew that once TTE, Alaska, BDTN, Ocelot or KDF were played, you were going to get a pretty old school set list.

This show is just that. Set II is just an old school set list.

Split open and Melt > Dog Faced Boy; are you kidding me? How sick is that? That’s pretty rare now a days. I personally love this SOAM, compare to the current style of SOAM they’ve been playing in recent years (dissonant, psych, drum space) this one is a lot more laid back, builds a groove, and dissolved into Dog faced boy. IMO it’s worth checking out.

Harry Hood > Golgi to close out this old school set and both are played beautifully.

The encore was just crazy, (helicopters).

Again, phish has pretty much re-embraced the jams since 2021 full stop. But looking back at shows like this, it makes me happy that I got to experience banger set lists such as this one.

Set II + Encore = A+ Phish.