Soundcheck from my sonic vantage in the west porch: I Never Needed You Like This Before, I Never Left Home (!), hey stranger, Julius. Julius was fully played; they were working out ideas for that one.

Great show. It was my birthday, surrounded by excellent friends and love, weather was stellar. Got my birthday Jibboo too!

Figured I would review this show since I attended it, and will attempt to see what I remember from it. I was living in downtown PDX at the time and since Phish wasn't coming to the West Coast that year, this would have to scratch my itch. Got off work early and drove roughly 5-6 miles to see TAB here at the Edgefield. The Edgefield is a cute little venue, they have roughly 7-8k in crowd space and it's a sloping grass venue surrounded by trees, so it looks like a magical spot in the forest. Very Oregon-core area and design. A bit small for Phish but perfect for TAB. So I got in super early to the show and thought about sitting in the grassy area but the space right up to the stage was WIDE OPEN and so I got a spot essentially in the second row, almost right in front. Great stuff and met some other folks my age which was really nice, and even a few people I recognized from the Goose show a month prior in Pioneer Square.

As my first TAB show, I had listened to a bit of TAB before but made sure to double over some of the bigger recent albums like Burn It Down prior to showtime. I love how Trey's solo shows focus more on jazz and polyrhythmic music than Phish shows, especially with the different instrumentation.

The show began and I was super excited. There were a few songs that I didn't recognize in the first set (Olivia, Drifting, Liquid Time, Valentine) but they were sandwiched between Phish originals that I really enjoyed. Nothing was amazing from this show in terms of "next-level" jamming but I was glad to just be there and support the scene. Gotta Jibboo and Set Your Soul Free were the highlights of the first set.

Second set was a better overall set, started off well with Sand. I remember distinctly enjoying Burlap Sack and Pumps. Moma Dance was great and I've always been a big Last Tube fan. Tuesday is another banger that I really was glad to catch a version of.

And then honestly maybe the best jam of the night was in the encore - Everything's Right. Great tune.

I remember almost running out of the venue to beat the traffic since I had to work the next morning. The concessions people were leaving out their burgers on the counter since they had made too many and weren't able to sell them all, so I got two free veggie burgers to eat on the car ride home. Lots of fun and it was just good spiritually for me, enjoying a concert essentially alone and just vibing to the music. Come back to Portland Phish!

Soundcheck from my sonic vantage in the west porch: I Never Needed You Lije Thus Before, I Never Left Home (!), hey stranger, Julius. Julius seemed like it was fully played; they were working out ideas for that one.

Great show. It was my birthday, surrounded by excellent friends and live, weather was stellar. Got my birthday Jibboo too!