When I looked at the date this morning I got a reminder of just how quickly time passes. Can you believe it’s been five years since the boys in Phish played one of the best shows of their career at the Nassau Coliseum? Not only did the band bust out Destiny Unbound for the first time in nearly 12 years, they also crushed everything else they played that night. It was truly an epic evening on the south shore of Long Island. I especially enjoyed seeing everyone’s blissed-out faces, as we happily made our way back to the car after the show. Phish was back… or so we thought.
While I can go on forever about the versions of Birds of a Feather, Tweezer and Bathtub Gin that Phish played that night, let’s focus on the return of Destiny Unbound. Mike Gordon didn’t write many songs for Phish, but he made the ones he did write count. Destiny Unbound tells the sad twisted tale of two characters on a sure path to ruin. The tune ties a funky rhythm with a beautiful weaving guitar line and a heavy pounding beat. The band only played Destiny 26 times in 1990 and 1991 before shelving it. Sadly, the band never played the tune again after busting it out at the house that Denis Potvin built. Here’s a video of the band performing Destiny Unbound in Ithaca on March 14, 1991:
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So what’s your 2/28/03 story? Tell us all about your experience that night by leaving a comment below…
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more amazingly it was also the 10th anniversery of 2/20/93 ;D
“The birth of epic” — only a newb wouldn’t know to find phish content in a thread w/ that title…
good stuff!
I was also at this show, and floored by what we all saw.
in a series of ‘epics’ that night, i agree to focus our energy on Destiny!
saaaawwweeeeet entry today boys!
Best show I saw after the hiatus. Shit, that may have been the best show the band played after the break, with me there or not.
My buddy missed the first minute of Destiny due to the bathroom break. Sucks to your assmar!
I wasn’t there, but one thing I DO know is that Bryan Trottier built that place.
I was in Denver then, but I did get a phone call at 4 in the morning from my now fiance to inform me that she had to drive to Bridgeport, CT to bail my cousin out of jail for trying to drunk drive to VT after the show. I guess that means it was pretty good.
Definitely in my Top 5, maybe Top 3 shows I saw. Best Mexican Cousin ever.
The roar of the crowd was so much louder for Bouncin’ than it was for Destiny.
“Best Mexican Cousin ever.”
Pretty sure I sang the lyrics to the 2/28 Mexican Cousin in quasi-Spanish that night. “Quiero quiero beso tu primo Mexicano otro ves.”
I had to be shushed by my concert neighbor when they busted it out. He was on his cell phone. I was screaming. It was epic. I may have been screaming, “Epic!” I stil am…
the next show I jumped on someone’s toes during the YEM encore!!!! I can’t believe this was 5 years ago. I was reminiscing about pre-hiatus 5 years ago!!!!