Phish // Night One – Hampton Set List – 3/6/09
From Jambase:
For the last fifteen years of my life, THEY taught me the meaning of tension and release. Since October 1, the tension has been mounting. Before sex, before the pure golf shot, before witnessing a no-hitter, there was THEM: TreyMikePageFish. Tonight, THEY came back: like an old flame that you knew was meant to be in your life, the one you were destined to end up with, ’til death do you part.Often times in big sports match-ups, you hear an announcer say “this is a statement game.” Well, for the almighty band of our jamband generation – PHISH – tonight, their first show in four-and-a-half years, it was a chance to redeem one of the most embarrassing bow-outs in rock history (cough cough, Coventry – read the review here). And, with one simple chord, the statement reigned true…
“FLUFFHEAD.”
The first time played since 2000, (and first show opener since ‘91), The Boys made sure the phaithful and new alike were aware who was in charge – today and always. The place flipped-out.
Over the next hour and fifty minutes — yes, almost two hours — the band played a seventeen song first set, basically double the normal length. With such old-school chestnuts as “Divided Sky,” “Chalkdust Torture” and a set closing “David Bowie,” there was no mistaking the fact that Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell and Jon Fishman were very consciously making their statement. And they delivered, erasing the painful memories and bitter taste many fans have had in their mouth since the debacle that was Coventry.Continue Reading Article at Jamebase.com
Set I:
Fluffhead
Divided Sky
Chalk Dust Torture
Sample In A Jar
Stash
I Didn’t Know
Oh Kee Pah Ceremony >
Suzy Greenberg
Farmhouse
NICU
Horn
Rift
Train Song
Water In The Sky
Squirming Coil
David BowieSet II:
Backwards Down The Number Line
Tweezer
Taste
Possum
Theme From The Bottom
First Tube
Harry Hood
Waste
You Enjoy MyselfEncore:
Grind
Bouncing Around the Room
Loving CupTo download last night’s show go to www.livephish.com