Definitely contends for most played tape in my deck back in the day.
I also fondly recall in fall 1999 listening to the first two songs with a very open-minded, fun fella from Compton while getting high in my car on morning break during a lousy temp gig assembling an auto parts store in rural western Washington and the dude immediately raving about Trey’s “amazing guitar tone” and how music (and weed) can bring people together in the strangest-yet-most-mundane of circumstances. For that memory alone, I’ll always cherish this show.
Anyway, as usual, great write-up, Rob! Love that you are doing these!
That’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had at a Phish show, including 12/31/95, other NYE shows and festivals. When my friends and I left the show, we thought it was a “you had to be there” performance that wouldn’t hold up as well on tape (now streaming). We were wrong on that assumption…but still, it was an absolute blast to experience in person.
Rob, I went to an absurd number of shows from 1994-1998. Thank you so much for your chronicling of these shows. It’s so amazing to read your recaps of this era of Phish.
Fun fact: I believe this show lead MSG to change their curfew policy. It used to be you’d be charged for each hour you go over curfew. If you broke curfew, you’d be charged the same if it was one minute or 59 minutes. Now, it’s based solely on minutes over curfew.
Definitely contends for most played tape in my deck back in the day.
I also fondly recall in fall 1999 listening to the first two songs with a very open-minded, fun fella from Compton while getting high in my car on morning break during a lousy temp gig assembling an auto parts store in rural western Washington and the dude immediately raving about Trey’s “amazing guitar tone” and how music (and weed) can bring people together in the strangest-yet-most-mundane of circumstances. For that memory alone, I’ll always cherish this show.
Anyway, as usual, great write-up, Rob! Love that you are doing these!
That’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had at a Phish show, including 12/31/95, other NYE shows and festivals. When my friends and I left the show, we thought it was a “you had to be there” performance that wouldn’t hold up as well on tape (now streaming). We were wrong on that assumption…but still, it was an absolute blast to experience in person.
Rob, I went to an absurd number of shows from 1994-1998. Thank you so much for your chronicling of these shows. It’s so amazing to read your recaps of this era of Phish.
Fun fact: I believe this show lead MSG to change their curfew policy. It used to be you’d be charged for each hour you go over curfew. If you broke curfew, you’d be charged the same if it was one minute or 59 minutes. Now, it’s based solely on minutes over curfew.