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Ray Padgett's avatar

This is great! And the cycle of emotions is very relatable even for a non Phish fan. An all-time-great experience on paper that’s more mixed in reality, with real life concerns like exhaustion, needing to pee, etc.

Had that most recently the second night of Solid Sound this year. A half dozen songs in, Wilco starts playing A Ghost Is Born in full, unannounced! Holy shit! But I’d been standing on the packed field for hours and was flagging. Felt like sacrilege to wander off during Spiders (Kidsmoke) to find the ice cream stand but I needed a boost. Glad I did, gave me that second wind, even though I lost my killer spot and ended up sitting on a hill way further back.

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G. S. Krehem's avatar

Rob!

You are the GOAT for sustaining that set in full for the sake of this very generous essay. Happy New Year to ye! and thank you for taking on mammoth endurance energy to create this whole project tour after tour (perpetually 25 years later).

My memories of Big Cypress are indeed hazy - my 17 year old self did not have the foresight to remain sober and drink coffee - oh well. Listening back to the whole set for the first time in 25 years (in 3 separate sessions) brought back some memories, but I also had some of the same impressions you had listening to the Phish boys play this almost too long set. There is a lot of joy, fatigue, and deliriousness that all equate to a very memorable experience and legendary show. Can’t wait to relive 2000 Phish with you kind sir.

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