Phil Set 2: Scarlet Begonias > All Along the Watchtower > Jam > He’s Gone > Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad > And We Bid You Goodnight Jam, **Phil piss break**, Wharf Rat > spacey jam > The Elevator > jam > The Eleven > I Know You Rider, Not Fade Away
E: Donor rap, Box of Rain
A really ambitious second set that almost came off the rails—that Elevator just couldn’t lock itself in enough to achieve liftoff despite gunning for epic, late-second-set status. People are yakking about the second half of the set, especially that angsty Wharf Rat and a fizzy Eleven, but I’ll remember this PLF set as the best Scarlet Begonias I’ve ever heard from this lineup, and maybe Phil & Friends period. Funky as hell and nailing every tension-and-release build-up, Phil dragged the groove to within an inch of its life before the bottom-drops-out “Wind in the willows…” verse, and the crowd was electrified. Strong transitions, too—the jam out of Scarlet took a number of turns and suggested any number of directions before finally dropping into the sinister progressions that would become Watchtower.
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agree 100% with the Elevator and Scarlett comments, also think bands need to stop covering Watchtower.