, attached to 1997-08-17

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1: The Wedge: Standard.

Beauty of My Dreams: Standard.

Dogs Stole Things: Standard.

Vultures: Standard.

Water in the Sky: Standard. >

Maze: Big loops in the intro, love this! Check out some of the lines Trey plays in the early going of Page’s piece. Really cool stuff. Page’s section rules. Outside of that, this is a fairly standard version I think.

Bouncing Around the Room: >

Tweezer: Your fall 97 is showing! This starts around the 11 minute mark. Just thick, syrupy funk. Sounds like 12.6.97! Would definitely recommend this version. ->

Taste: Another very strong summer 97 version.

Carolina: Standard.

SET 2: Down with Disease: Exceptional version. Hard driving for 13 minutes. Then a nice bluesy section followed by a beautiful, ambient, ethereal section to close it out. ->

Bathtub Gin: Intense bliss jam. One for the ages. >

Uncle Pen: Standard.

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Very long intro with awesome loops. Great version! Check out Mike’s bombs after the first climax, around 13 minutes in. At 18 minutes I am hearing some James Brown sounding jamming. FUNKY! ->

Art Jam: Good stuff. Had to be there’d >

Harry Hood: Incredible. Crowd energy is through the roof. An all time version for sure. Glow sticks set the band on fire!

SET 3: Buffalo Bill: Standard ->

NICU: Standard.

Weigh: Standard.

Guyute: Standard.

Dirt: Standard.

Scent of a Mule: Not a fan of this tune but can appreciate how this one gets all jazzy – pretty cool. Then the space this gets into in the late 5’s and into the 6’s is exceptional. Love this! Absolutely exceptional jam, how locked in were these guys?? This goes on for over three minutes! ->

Digital Delay Loop Jam: This is fantastic. Would have killed to have seen this live. So, so, sick. ->

Scent of a Mule: Big finish.

Prince Caspian: Bit of a face melter, but to close out the third set?

ENCORE: When the Circus Comes – Soulful.

Tweezer Reprise: Some incredible bombs dropped by Mike. Earth shattering.

Replay Value: Tweezer, Taste, Down with Disease, Bathtub Gin, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Harry Hood, Buffalo Bill, Scent of a Mule, Digital Delay Loop Jam, Scent of a Mule, Prince Caspian

Summary: All time show, all time festival. The third set was lacking but what are you gonna do? They gave it all they had and likely had no gas in the tank. Incredible tour. Phish.net’s rating is on point: Overall: 4.656/5 (672 ratings)


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