PHISH, WEDNESDAY 07/12/2000
DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER
Noblesville, IN

SET 1:

My Friend, My Friend[1] - Always welcome as a show opener.

The Curtain With: Incredible bust out. Never saw this coming but I did know what it was when they went into the With part. Incredible, soaring jam out of this one. Best ever? Amazing either way and a very cool moment, glad I was there for this. Highly recommended.

Tube: Fun jam! Place was on fire for this. >

Heavy Things: You could hear Trey messing with some of this during Tube so no surprise when they started this one up.

Billy Breathes: Standard.

Beauty of My Dreams: Standard. >

Free: Definitely a good jam here – tons of reverse reverb from Trey. They took this Free for a ride and it worked very well. Would recommend.

Axilla[2]: Standard.

The Squirming Coil: Might be the weakest Page solo I have heard in Coil.

SET 2:

Birds of a Feather: Standard.

Piper: You can hear bits of that effect that Trey had been messing with this summer that became the centerpiece of the Piper at 9.27.00. Outside of that, this one is pretty much average.

Crosseyed and Painless: Had been chasing this forever and was utterly thrilled when it started up. The ambient space jam the last 5 minutes are exceptional. Would recommend! >

Prince Caspian: Standard. Hated this placement. >

Meatstick: Standard. Hated this placement too. Trey mentions the 7k ticketless outside. “See you at Deer Creek next summer for our 7th straight summer” Yeah, not so much. Anyway - It’s like they just gave up after C&P.

ENCORE:

Wading in the Velvet Sea: Wow. Seriously? If I wouldn’t have been going to Columbus I would have been really bent out of shape. What a weak way to end this show.

Summary: Weird show, really weird. Thought we were in for a heater after the first three tunes of the first set but after that it was almost all downhill. Birds and Piper were fun but nothing to really go crazy over. Crosseyed was awesome but they totally mailed it in after that. Ugh. The rating of 3.809/5 (>50 ratings) from Phish.net seems deadly accurate to me.

Replay Value: The Curtain With, Crosseyed and Painless

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Contained Axilla II ending.

My Friend was unfinished. Tube contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Birds of a Feather and Piper. During Meatstick, Trey dedicated the song to the fans that didn’t get into the show. Curtain With was played for the first time since July 29, 1988 (1,184 shows).

SHOW RATING
Ratings are currently offline.
Overall: 3.809/5 (>50 ratings)
JAM CHART VERSIONS
Tube, Birds of a Feather, Piper, Crosseyed and Painless
TEASES
Super Bad tease in Tube, San-Ho-Zay tease in Birds of a Feather, San-Ho-Zay tease in Piper