Friday, 06/12/2009
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN
Set 1: CDTChalk Dust Torture, STFTFPStealing Time From the Faulty Plan, DividedDivided Sky, Possum > DwDDown with Disease, Alaska, Stash, GolgiGolgi Apparatus, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother, Poor Heart, KDFKill Devil Falls -> Free, Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea, HoodHarry Hood > Highway to Hell > 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > YEMYou Enjoy Myself -> Wilson -> YEMYou Enjoy Myself[1]
Encore: ADITLA Day in the Life
[1] Brief Salt Peanuts tease from Page.
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show marked Phish’s first appearance at Bonnaroo. This “late-night set” on the What Stage began at approximately 11:00 p.m. Highway to Hell was played for the first time since February 26, 1997 (325 shows). YEM contained a brief Salt Peanuts (aka Basie Boogie) tease from Page.
This show was part of the "2009 Early Summer Tour."
Not a big fan of Alaska, and Stash was subpar at best. Golgi was fun as usual. Wolfman's Brother stood out as many 3.0 versions have. Stellar groove. This was Kill Devil Falls most exploratory jam by far at this point (and still is) for the song. Decent jam by definitely whale called a bit too much.
Hood>Highway to Hell was fucking awesome. I remember my friend tripping balls during the Hood jam and then brought back to reality during the opening chords of the AC/DC classic. Great bustout. 2001 was a great dance party with 80,000 other people. YEM->Wilson->YEM was definitely interesting but I wish they would have jammed out YEM a bit longer.
Overall a great show. The atmosphere was top notch in its late night slot at Bonnaroo. The setlist also relatively strong, with standout jams in DWD and KDF.
