Got shut out of Hartford Friday night, went down without a ticket and the place was overrun. I could have paid a scalper but took a stand since I knew I was going to Saratoga Sunday. Seriously I don't know where they all came from but Hartford had hundreds of people looking for tix.
Last night's show was certainly in my top Phish shows. The first set was blistering, it was just one after another. Opened up with Llama, which is a great song to open with, I don't know why they don't play it more so I was really psyched for it last night. The jam that came out of Ocelot was great and then the Antelope close, all that on top of a Cavern, Possum, Bowie, Chalkdust. These are the setlists I love although I think a lot of the Phish heads prefer the stuff that I don't.
Second set opener was Backwards Down the Number Line and it was really hot. Great jam came out of that one, needs to be heard. They definately have the new songs dialed in now.
As we went deeper into the show, the second set got a little goofy as they were definately having a good time on stage. They were teasing something with a lot of vocals when all of a sudden Trey makes this Bozo the clown gesture and they break into Harpua. So Trey starts telling the story and all of a sudden starts talking about this spiritual guide and low and behold Fishman comes center stage doing this loud meditating hum. Trey goes on the drum set and Fishman starts seeing that song "I kissed a girl and I liked it." Pretty good comical moment for the band and crowd.
I do think they powered it out so much in the first set that they didn't have that much gas in the second set, there were a lot of a cappela bits. The YEM wasn't anything special but they did go in to a lengthy vocal jam at the end, which the crowd liked a lot more than I did.
Highway to Hell to end the show and I think they were really tired at this point. Indio will be special, wish I could pull it together because I am definately back on the Phish train now.
Bottom line I would definately recommend this show as a download.