Phish Summer Tour 2010 rolled on tonight at Town Park in Telluride, CO for the second show at one of the most gorgeous venues in the USA.
[Photo by Eva Nowakowski]
The band went with an unorthodox choice to start, opening with The Squirming Coil for the first time since July 16, 1998 – we’re talking 12 years since that song opened a Phish show. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan came next followed by the reggae-fied Ya Mar. Timber (Jerry) followed just one day after the anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. Coincidence? Probably.
Let Me Lie saw live action eight times in 2009, but it took 23 shows for the Trey ballad to finally hit the Phish stage in 2010. As the cumulus clouds set in so did Divided Sky. The opening set continued with a pair of beloved covers – Walk Away by the James Gang and Ween’s Roses Are Free. Limb By Limb featured an a capella ending again and the quartet ended the first set with Bouncing Around The Room and Run Like An Antelope – just as they did at Thursday night’s show in Berkeley.
08/10/2010 Telluride Town Park
Set 1: The Squirming Coil, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Ya Mar, Timber (Jerry), Let Me Lie, The Divided Sky, Walk Away, Roses Are Free > Limb By Limb, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Party Time, Mike’s Song > Crosseyed and Painless > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Destiny Unbound, Carini > Free > Heavy Things, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Shine a Light,
[via Phish.net]
Party Time opened the second set and raised the energy from the get go, especially once Mike’s came right after. Another solid Mike’s led into an exploratory cover of Crosseyed & Painless. Following that powerful 1-2-3 combination, the boys brought things down a bit with the pretty I Am Hydrogen before a short but sweet Weekapaug. Destiny Unbound, a tune the band played at their last visit to Telluride in 1991 just 14 shows before shelving it for 12 years, made for quite the treat. After a fiery Carini full of dark droning improv and the evil funk of Free, Heavy Things provided a stark contrast and then You Enjoy Myself ended the set.
- Previously on HT: Phish Telluride – Night One
When the quartet came out for the encore, guitarist Trey Anastasio stepped to the mic and told the story of the band’s first tour through Colorado. He expressed how happy each of the band members were to be playing in Telluride again and then Phish capped the two-show run with Shine a Light. It’s off to the Midwest for Phish as they head to Deer Creek in Noblesville, IN for concerts on Thursday and Friday.
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Great looking shows at an even greater looking place. Cant wait for Deer Creek!!!!
Can’t believe how fast you guys are. Good job!
“Timber (Jerry) followed just one day after the anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. Coincidence? Probably.”
what does the (jerry) thing mean? is this timber ho? or something else called timber?
sorry… not a noob, just out of the phish thing for a while.. 🙂
@bexy11 – While fans had it as Timber Ho for a while the actual name of the song is Timber (Jerry). Take a look at the song history –
http://www.phish.net/song/timber-jerry/history
“what does the (jerry) thing mean? is this timber ho? or something else called timber?”
It’s called that way because the song is about a mule named Jerry pulling timber (a load bearing animal..I guess. The song is basically about how badass this guy’s mule is)
So he song is about Timber, a mule named Jerry, but people call it Timber Ho because of the chorus: “Timber Ho. Timber woah, this timber’s gotta roll”
How disheartening it was to read this bland recap. This show was truely more than any Phish fan could ever hope to experience in their lifetime. Song after song Phish kept upping the ante and pulling down each track like their life depended upon it. All I can say is thank you.
Please don’t call this a “review”, you simply restated the setlist. I will look for a more thorough review somewhere else. Nothing spoke of the quality of play.
@SDiggity @PeterB – I didn’t call it a review, I called it a recap – which is what it is. I’m not at the first five shows, so I’m just trying to give an overview without getting too specific on what I didn’t hear.
If you look around the web, you’ll notice there are no reviews of this show up yet. All I want to do is give our readers a quick look at what went down last night, not go into too much detail.
I will be at the final six shows though, so I’ll be able to go into more detail for them. Regardless, thanks for the feedback 🙂
TImber (Jerry the Mule) is a cover song which debuted in April 1987. The “Jerry” part is the “subtitle” of the song’s title. The folk song was written in the 1930’s by Josh White and Sam Gary. Phish played it regularly from it’s debut at Nectar’s until sometime in 1990. It made one appearance in 1992, before disappearing again until 7/3/95. It has been a regular cover in rotation ever since.
The histories of many Phish songs and covers can be found at http://www.phish.net.
I was hoping for a Timber out at The Greek but didn’t get it. Scott, thanks for the “recap.” Needed my morning fix! Can’t wait for Jones. It’s the only thing getting me through this work week after a euphoric trip out West. (Only got to hit Night 2 of The Greek while I was there, but it was sweeeet.) Peace.
Thanks Scott for the “recap”.
@Scott – Sorry to be so tough on you this morning. Perhaps its my bitterness about not being in T-Ride for these shows. See you at the tour closers on the beach.
@PeterB Thanks, Pete – I appreciate that.
@Scott – With words used like, “raised the energy from the get go,” I assumed that you were at the show. It seems there was offense taken by my comment, but all I was trying to do was share my opinion. Apologies…nuff said.
Anyway, the shows which rocked but were balanced by the small town atmosphere were great. Honestly, the 1st night was a little loose…2nd night, much tighter with Trey stepping up to the plate more, and calling out tunes that weren’t on the planned setlist.
All in all, we were very lucky to have been there and the experience will be near the top of my 18 year history enjoying the band.
what was that ween cover they did on the 2nd night (i think) set 1
The T-Ride shows were not merely epic — they were historic!
The whole town virtually shuts down for cars, so freaks can walk the streets or bike freely. The Day in the Life > Mighty Quinn first night was a clear nod to Garcia.
After the first show, it was so whaling that the next day’s lunch we were sitting around and I remarked that I could go home happy right now without a second show (nobody agreed with that, but still). AFter the second night, though, I am totally ready for another show!