Saratoga Day 1
Phish, 6.19.04, Saratoga, NY
Set 1: Reba, Runaway Jim, NICU, Scents & Subtle Sounds, Wolfman's, Walls of the Cave > Jam > Bowie
Set 2: Ocean, Piper > Jam > Gotta Jibboo,Limb by Limb, Cavern
Encore: Velvet Sea
We arrived in the mid afternoon, checked into our hotel outside of Albany, which was filled with heads. Loaded up on supplies and headed for the venue. We wer ein a overflow parking lot, which didn't have too much pedestrain traffic. Joker's mini-bar out of the back of his vehicle didn't pull in the monster bucks like he did in Brooklyn. but we met some cool people and that's all that mattered. In addition to Bloody Mary's, Joker was also making White Russians (the drink of The Dude) and Screwdrivers. I made a killer White Russian for a cute Columbia girl.
We had great seats in the pavillion. the lawn was small, crowded, and hectic.
First set was a lot of fun. The only downer was Scents and Subtle Sounds. Aside from that I loved the first set. Whenever you open a show with Reba, you know it's gonna be a lot of fun. They nailed it. No mistakes. Page went off on NICU. Mike was the shit on Wolfman's. The boys jammed ot a smokin' Walls of the Cave.
The highlight of second set was Piper, high energy and the peak of the show. The would not stop the jam and kept pushing along. Very cool. Fishman was the man during Limb by Limb. Had an amazing show.
I bought a couple of grilled cheeses after the show. Some crusty chick was totally diggin' my red blazer. "You're pimpin' brother!" she yelled out at me as we walked out of the show.
3 hours of Phish. Not too shabby.
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