I knew I’d gotten extremely lucky when Phish added these two nights in Dublin to their European tour — I’d already booked my flights to visit my parents in County Carlow, I’d seen Jazzfest 96 and Remain in Light, so any chance to see this band was more than welcome. The venue was the most intimate I’d ever see them in: you could comfortably walk to the back and get a Guiness and amble back to the rail during, like, Dog Stole Things. Walking in, I had to push past some chatty dude blocking the doorway who I only a few steps later realized was Mike. Musically, I always compared it to whatever that Dead show with all the debuts was, Swing Auditorium 2/73 maybe? Didn’t know most of the songs and didn’t care because it was clear that we’d only understand what any of this meant years later, if ever. We were young and so was the band and maybe they’d play some of the songs we knew tomorrow night? Oh, and that last song was Hendrix, right?
Ah, the dead show I was talking about was 2/9/73 Maples Pavilion, tons of debuts that night. Couldn’t look it up yesterday because I was posting from a nudist beach on the Baltic Sea. (Don’t ask)
I knew I’d gotten extremely lucky when Phish added these two nights in Dublin to their European tour — I’d already booked my flights to visit my parents in County Carlow, I’d seen Jazzfest 96 and Remain in Light, so any chance to see this band was more than welcome. The venue was the most intimate I’d ever see them in: you could comfortably walk to the back and get a Guiness and amble back to the rail during, like, Dog Stole Things. Walking in, I had to push past some chatty dude blocking the doorway who I only a few steps later realized was Mike. Musically, I always compared it to whatever that Dead show with all the debuts was, Swing Auditorium 2/73 maybe? Didn’t know most of the songs and didn’t care because it was clear that we’d only understand what any of this meant years later, if ever. We were young and so was the band and maybe they’d play some of the songs we knew tomorrow night? Oh, and that last song was Hendrix, right?
Ah, the dead show I was talking about was 2/9/73 Maples Pavilion, tons of debuts that night. Couldn’t look it up yesterday because I was posting from a nudist beach on the Baltic Sea. (Don’t ask)
Anyone going to be in CT on 24th?
1st Essay read. 👏Thanks Rob for the daily Phish fix