SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture: Absolute hell fire, coming out of the gates smoking.

Foam: Very cool staccato playing from Trey. This Foam rips hard.

Billy Breathes: Standard.

Divided Sky: Incredible version that features inspired playing from all. Surprised it's not charted.

Esther: Sloppy in parts >

Free, Julius, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome: Standard.

Cavern: Trey is amusing as he sings over the swampy fool lyrics @ 1:38, stuff it in your sack @ 2:05, icy calm 2:34

SET 2: Maze: Scary how intense this one is, just crushed. Check Trey vocalizing along with his wailing solo at 11:04. This is one of the best versions they have ever played, right up there with 10.18.96 and the other greats. Complete annihilation!

Gumbo: Nicely jammed, nice juxtaposition versus the madness that Maze supplied moments before.

Stash: Cool staccato playing from Trey in the mid 3 minute range preceding the Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew lyrics. Enormous amount of tension being built in the 11 minute range and spilling into the 12's. First peak at 13:15 is fairly mellow. Staccato stuff from Trey again at 13:28. -> Manteca -> Stash: The segue into Manteca is just incredible. It doesn't get any better. Then, the way they jam it out, unreal. The major chord jam that transpires in the 7 minute range is so atypical for this era, it will make you weak at the knees. Incredible. When they go back to the darkness, they go back in a HUGE way. Trey's effects throughout this passage will put you on the moon. The super quiet passage that they land in in the 12's is very spooky, quite ethereal. -> Dog Faced Boy: "Don't deplete my oxygen for the guy who's turning blue" -> Stash: Followed by just utter and complete darkness, EVIL PHISH - they proceed to build this huge, intimidating wall of sound that just dominates! At 6:34 Trey hits the notes indicating they are going for the coda. They end this very quietly. A true masterpiece and many assign this as the greatest jam the band ever created. It sure is up there among the panteon of the greatest.

Strange Design: Never was this place better than this one right here. Sorely needed after the band just left your mind a smoking crater.

You Enjoy Myself -> Immigrant Song Jam -> You Enjoy Myself: The way they build this into this hard charging jam and then effortlessly segue into ISJ - it really doesn't get any better than this. Jaw dropping. PHISH!!!

ENCORE: The Wedge: First of only three times this has got the encore treatment. Works for me!

Rocky Top: Energy to close out an energetic show. Perfect!

Summary: This is the band at the pinnacle, the absolute peak of their musicianship. NYE 95 was the tippy top IMHO but this show is not far behind. Just incredible. Those of you that attended, you saw incredible stuff on this night. Foam and Maze have replay value. Stash is one of the best things the band ever played. YEM is of course an all-timer as well, but not on the same level as that Stash mastery. Incredible show from an incredible band. I would rate this as a 4.7 out of 5. Second best show of the tour so far, second only to 10.31.