This was my first show, and I had never heard a note of Phish before, so this is written years later after hearing the show on Relisten. I was working at a youth hostel in Prague, and the day before the show all these fans started filling the place up. They were all following the whole European tour and talking about the shows so far- I had no frame of reference for why anyone would see the same band over and over on the same tour...

Ripping BOAF to open, followed by a very hot Taste and a solid Cavern. Band sounds energized, and the crowd hyped AF. Really fun to hear the small crowd clapping along during the chorus in Reba. A few shouts from Fishman just before the composed section, which is a bit of a mess. Really struggling to keep it together in some parts but they come together for The Chase section and through the jam.

Trey’s famous lyric flubs show up in Fee followed by a very strange, almost Plinko-type jam and a pretty cool segue into a tightly played Water In The Sky. I remember wondering what was going on during Lawn Boy- a lounge song? Having never heard Phish before, I didn't really know what to make of them- lounge music, Calypso, sort of all over the place and I couldn't understand why everybody was going absolutely nuts. Then they go into CDT to close the first set, completely tight and a total smoke show. This was when I got IT and realized what all the fuss was about, and why people were travelling around to see this band.

First part of the Gin jam sounds like they are struggling a bit, it feels like it’s dragging but picks up into a very solid jam with a strange segue into a very funky Moma dance with some sloppy playing from the bad lieutenant. McGrupp ends with an interesting jam which leads into a pretty messy Axilla. Rumour is that the band was dipping into the Absinthe this night which might explain why Trey knocked his glasses off of his face in the first set!

Harry Hood is fantastic- whatever was going on with the band during some of the night, they put it behind them here. Rocky Top is super tight and really fast and P/etroff/Page throws down a killer piano solo. Show ends with a decent Funky Bitch encore. And of course we all know what happened on Night 2!