Alright, everybody’s up and at them for day two and sets three, four & five of the weekend. I realize I didn’t speak to the actual music played last night, I figured everyone had access to a live stream and was forming their own opinions, but may as well get this down on paper:

[all photos by Regan Teti Marscher]

The music? A bit vanilla but had it’s moments. Major key-jam in Stash was money and the Wolfman’s was great. What was up with what Trey was singing in Piper? Sounded like Lizards for a split-second then went into a little chord progression that sounded a little rehearsed and then Trey stepped up to the microphone and everyone looked around hoping someone knew what song it was and an answer never came.

Trey joked in the Bowie intro that it was a hint as to what album they were covering for Halloween. Trey & Fish were uncharacteristically not on the same page as a couple of jams started to wrap up, just not the type of “mistakes” you normally see Phish make.

READ ON for more of Dave’s thoughts and Regan’s photos…

The live mix though, in the pocket, great sound in a number of spots throughout the field. Just seems like they left a little unfinished business onstage last night. They sounded like a band that had spent the majority of their time rehearsing the cover album and getting ready for the acoustic set.

We’re all excited to return to the Empire Polo Fields to see how Phish tackles their cover album choice. I’ll be back with more later.

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