Decided to review this show just based on mental recollection from being there almost 7 years later. I will relisten to this show at some point but for now, this is all memory and taking a look at the setlist for the first time in years.

Attended this show with a couple of touring friends, it was my first legitimate Phish camping experience, and I had no idea what to expect (had seen Eugene 2014 and Bend 2015 run prior, but neither were like this at all). This was the first "real" Phish festival-like, full weekend of camping I'd ever done. And I was so excited for this - I was in Colorado during the time and so of course jumped on the chance to go to Dicks. It was a no-brainer. Little did I know, it would be one of the best weekends of my life...

At the time I was only 17 years old & didn't have much experience with anything so everything was brand-new, from setting up the tents to walking around the ground. I recall we set up camping on top of a small enbankment/hill type area after most of the flat berths were taken. I was immediately entranced by the crowds, the camping, the vibes were incredible. For some reason we had a ton of "near-beer" because the gas station that we stopped at only sold that (?) not sure why it was like that. This was still sort of in the early phase of weed being legal in CO so I distinctly recall a metric fuck-ton of that everywhere. We had a lot of fun that first day, pretty sure it rained a bit (and remained cloudy throughout) but it stopped raining by showtime.

We got in super early and I am pretty sure I had a little too much in just the line to get in the venue so I was pretty drunk, but so excited for the show to begin. The first song I remember still to this day was Yarmouth Road, it was my favorite Mike song at the time and I really like reggae. The Bathtub Gin was super hype - I distinctly recall that being very good and really fired up the crowd. Probably the best jam of the first set. I also remember the 46 Days > Antelope was a great way to close out the set. This was the only show of the 3 in which we didn't have floor seats, we either sneaked down or bribed our way in each of the next two nights (LOL).

Blaze On had just debuted in Bend and I caught that debut so I was really excited for that to be played again, and it was... Blaze On > Golden Age was tight and I remember talking about that later on as the best segment of the first day. Very good jam in Blaze On IIRC. Everyone including myself were very hyped for Roses, I knew it basically only from the Island Tour and I liked it at the time so that was sweet. They had been playing Fuego almost everywhere for the last year or two so I wasn't surprised at all to get it here at Dicks and I think I remember being a little dismayed that it didn't jam as much as I hoped, it had this incredible build and then only a couple minutes of jam... Don't really recall the Walls of the Cave but it was probably great.

I was sitting pretty far away and I didn't see them come out for encore set up differently, the crowd closer to stage seemed to be buzzing. Only when they went into HYHU did I understand, we were getting a Fishman song! Really loved that, one of my most enduring memories from that night. Ever since about 2012 they hadn't been playing it very much, and they still don't, so I consider myself really lucky to get one. This was sort of a tap-in to Old School Phish for me, one that had really only been my experience from downloading albums and shows from at home. So that was a blast, and we got a great rarity in Bike. I don't remember much about how well it was done or what the performance was like, but I'm super glad to have seen that little triplet of songs. Don't remember the Loving Cup to close. The Bathtub Gin and Blaze On > Golden Age were the best jams of the show, and I was hyped for getting a Golden Age, one of their best 3.0 covers.

I also remember expecting to get some setlist fuckery. Distinctly remember counting off on my fingers after Tube Ghost and Halley's being like "T-G-H, what could that mean" and by mid Set-2 it was apparent that the gag, if any, was going to be on another night.

Overall in retrospect music-wise I feel like after the momentous Summer Tour and MagnaBall, both incredible, set really high expectations that the band didn't really match throughout this run. Coming off the heels of that tour and the high expectations of Dicks past (2011, 2012, 2014, etc) it just didn't add to the blowouts, although Night 3 was special in its own way (more on that later). All 3 shows were rather song-heavy, but it allowed us to get some great rarities. I personally, had such a blast and pledged to moderate my intake the next night. Spoiler alert, that didn't work. Lol

Highlights:

Set 1: Bathtub Gin

Set 2: Blaze On > Golden Age