Phish kicked off their first tour in nearly five years with a scorcher at historic Fenway Park in Boston. The band busted out the second Destiny Unbound since 1991 and the first The Ballad of Curtis Loew since 1993. We recently profiled Curtis Loew for Cover Wars as well as a B List with the 10 Phish Songs That Got Away. Tonight’s show contained more improv than the Hampton shows and the crowd seemed to enjoy every minute of it. Hometown hero Mike Gordon takes home the Hidden Track MVP Award for the Fenway show. Way to go Mike.
Here’s the setlist from Fenway Park and we’ll have more tomorrow…
Set One: Sample In A Jar, Moma Dance, Chalk Dust Torture, Ocelot^, Stash, Bouncing Around The Room, Poor Heart, Limb By Limb, Wading In The Velvet Sea, Down With Disease, Destiny Unbound, Character Zero
Set Two: Tweezer > Light^, Bathtub Gin, David Bowie, Time Turns Elastic^, Free, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Cavern, Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
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what a time
Wish I could have been there. Sounds like it was amazing. Here are 2 videos I found from last night: Star-Spangled Banner opener and encore of GTBT and Tweezer Reprise:
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/06/phish-at-fenway.html
This was an amazing time. David Bowie was the craziest version I have ever heard. It was unbelievable.
I agree Mr. Gordon play some ridiculous bass rifts and kept it 100% funky and groovin.
See you at JB
Lots of fun. Destiny Fenway > Destiny Nassau?
This was my first Phish show and it was everything I could have wanted it to be. Gordo deff hooked it up with that base solo during Y.E.M. and the rainbow over Fenway during Trey’s Chalkdust solo was a serious highlight.
I grew up going to games at Fenway and the venue itself was as great thing for me. I never thought I;d live to see the day when the Grandstands were fishbowled while glowsticks raged in the outfield… I was planning on keeping my Phish experience to Fenway, but I think I hear Mansfield and Hartford calling my name
Best Mike Solo Ever at the end of YEM. It was like some sort of Intergalactic Funk tone he had going and he was on fire. I haven’t been completely floored like that in a very very long time.
Dream come true to see Phish at Fenway.
Curtis Loew was played at Big Cypress.
Curtis Loew was the soundcheck at Big Cypress. Doesn’t count.
Curtis Loew was a mispelling by the record label. Let’s just call it Curtis Lowe for crissakes!
Isn’t it listed as Curtis Loew on their greatest hits collections as well? Seems the band took to the misspelling.