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JessJess Raucous, riveting, ridiculous. Phish's performance on that Wednesday night was one of animosity, for the phans and the band. The impending feeling of doom was settling thick over the crowd as a rampaging Trey tore up "Timber". As I got to witness my second live and in-person Phish show, and the rarity that is "Mound", the storm overhead brewed with intense rage. As bolts of lightning tore through the sky during the latter part of "Timber", Trey's voice could be heard over the music, explaining lightheartedly that we should wait and enjoy the, "storm, storm, STORM!!!" After Page got a chance to shred his keyboard towards the end of Mound, Trey came in guns blazing for "Tweezer". As my friend and I exchanged anxious looks in reaction to yet another Tweezer, the band spiced it up a bit and changed the lyrics from, "Cold, cold, cold", to a much more appropriate, "Wet, wet, wet." After the following show, my friends and I retreated back to the hotel to recap the night. We came up with the idea that Alpharetta: Night Two had two separate vibes to them. The obvious conjecture that we collectively left the night with was that we got to see, "the setlist that never was". If you look closely at the first set's arsenal, you will notice that the first set had a much more Phishy feel. Not that the second set wasn't a completely rocking, but the band was under pressure due to the dramatic storm that was making many less "gung-ho" phans evacuate the outdoor venue. Throwing hit after hit at the crowd to appease the appetite of the remaining phans and the webcast, I believe this evidence points to a compiled set of hits that wasn't part of the original plan. One of the most interesting parts of the night was Trey and Page's bout during "Suzy Greenburg", as Trey cut-off Page's unruly solo. As the night drew to a close and "Tweezer Reprise" blew the roof off the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, we all wondered what could have been of the setlist that never was.


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