This was my first Phish show ever! I remember it like it was yesterday. We were in 11th grade in high school in Saratoga Springs, and me, Tim B. and Coop all got BOX seats from Coops super amazing girlfriend at the time. This was the only Phish show that I've actually been in VIP seats, and it was pretty sweet. The folks in the box with us knew we were a little younger, but could tell that we knew what we were doing (Saratoga breeds professionals) and could most certainly party, so they opened up the mini-bar to all of us....all the beer, wine, and champaige you could drink was avaliable to all of us 17 year olds which was in itself AMAZING...on top of the little purple gelly things that a few of us may or may not have eaten, certainly provided for a satisfyingly weird, heightened experience!

The show itself was OK. To be honest, I don't remember all of the exact details of the songs as much as I did the actual events and people. The music was good, I was already a phan, but this was not "the" show that people always talk so cliche about that changed their lives, I knew they were capable, but this wasn't "it" for me.......yet. It was for sure a standard issue setlist, that was an exceedinly fun time, especially given the fact that we were all a bunch of highschool kids out in moms car on a school night!

A review of Albany Night 1- Fall Tour 99. SET ONE- PYITE, solid energy and solid playing, Wilson hit us by surprise following PYITE, glad to hear Wilson, Guyute and Ghost really were the highlight of the First Set in My opinion, Ghost continues to amaze me at the direction the band takes this, it is like Yem meets Stash, and we get Ghost, My Left Toe, My first.
Free > Sparkle > Possum to end the first set, good placement and well done, keeping that Albany Knick energy pumping into the next set.

SET TWO- Limb by Limb, Always welcomed, seems they are really hitting the Story of the Ghost album in this show, 2001, wow! High energy it continues into Disease, Wow! Set two is really taking off with no direction in sight. Wading in the Velvet Sea continues to calm the masses and really puts a majority of the Story of the Ghost album into play, it's almost Halloween and Phish is showing this, Simple > Loving Cup. What a way to end the show. Really enjoyed these two and really pleased at the angle Phish decided to deliver these treats to the crowd in early October. Encore- I am calling a Gin or Maybe Piper to close this out, We got Slave, seems to be coming back into the Phish rotation. Enjoy it, loved the second set and the Highlights of Albany 10-9-99 for me were Disease and Ghost. Happy Travels Kids.