I've been really behind on writing long-form reviews lately, so decided to tweet reviews for the Phish shows over the weekend. I still intend to post a more thoughtful piece on the entire run, but until then, here are setlists (via phish.net) and the tweets I sent out the day after each show.
Soundcheck: Sing Monica
Set 1: The Moma Dance, Wolfman's Brother, Devotion To a Dream, 46 Days, Yarmouth Road, Brian and Robert, Wingsuit, Tube > Free > Roggae, Heavy Things > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Carini -> Waves > Fuego > Twist > Light > Twenty Years Later > Harry Hood > Cavern
Encore: Grind, Bug, Suzy Greenberg
Teases:
· Smoke on the Water tease in Tube
· Wingsuit tease in Free
· Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and Smoke on the Water quotes in Run Like an Antelope
· The Little Drummer Boy tease in Fuego
· Fuego and San-Ho-Zay teases in Twist
· Fuego tease in Harry Hood
· Fuego tease in Suzy Greenberg
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Tube and Antelope contained Smoke on the Water teases from Trey. Wingsuit was teased in Free. Fish quoted Istanbul (Not Constantinople) in Antelope. Trey teased The Little Drummer Boy in Fuego. Twist included Fuego and San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Hood and Suzy included Fuego teases from Trey.
New song report card. Devotion: C (hope it grows on me), Wingsuit: B (for the explosive coda), Fuego: A (where #phish is AT right now) [1/4]
— The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 20, 2014
All killer, no filler, non-stop second set takes some of the sting out of "shorter" versions of Carini, Waves, Twist. [2/4] — The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 20, 2014
Actually kind of refreshing to see the big improv pushed to end of set two. Light did not disappoint in this role. [3/4] — The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 20, 2014
But, alas, it was Hood that brought the true goods. Bizarro intro and Allmans-esque jam section. Best moment of weekend so far. [4/4]
— The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 20, 2014
Set 1: Gumbo > Runaway Jim, Tela, The Line, Scent of a Mule[1] > Bathtub Gin > Silent in the Morning > Maze > Ocelot, Walls of the Cave
Set 2: Down with Disease[2] > Winterqueen > Theme From the Bottom > Mike's Song > The Wedge, Ghost -> Weekapaug Groove, First Tube
Encore: Character Zero
[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina and all four band members on Fish's drum set.
[2] Unfinished.
Teases:
· Scent of a Mule tease in Bathtub Gin
· San-Ho-Zay tease
· San-Ho-Zay, Ghost, and Stash teases in Weekapaug Groove
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Scent of a Mule featured Fish on Marimba Lumina and all four band members on Fish's drum set. Gin contained a Scent of a Mule tease by Trey. DWD was unfinished. Weekapaug contained San-Ho-Zay and Stash teases from Trey and a full-band Ghost jam.
Pretty good song selection in the first set. Mule was a sight to behold. Everything else: enjoyable but forgettable [1/5]
— The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 21, 2014
Ears pricked up at start of DwD, but jam sounded more like early 3.0 #phish than some of the breakthrough improvs of late [2/5] — The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 21, 2014
By the time Wedge started up, might haven written set off. However, this was me during the song's final 5 min http://t.co/byE2iQpCjC [3/5] — The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 21, 2014
Ghost>Weekapaug, First Tube. Coffee is for closers and #phish showed they know how to close all 3 shows. A+ psychedelic dance party [4/5]
— The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 21, 2014
That said, can't say any 1 night of the run stood out. Great moments in all 3. Redemption for last year for sure, but lacked THE show [5/5]
— The Barn Presents (@thebarnpresents) July 21, 2014
Photo via Rene Huemer Phish From The Road
