This was my very first Phish show. You never forget your first!

I flew up for the day from south FL with two buddies. One had seen Phish a bunch and the other was a newbie like me.

I didn't recognize most of the first set, save for Ocelot, Sample, Julius, Sparkle, and Sand. I remember the Sand being monumental, as well as the Julius.

My more experienced friend predicted a Everything's Right opener and a 2001 appearance in Set 2. I was thrilled with both.

I started to understand Phish somewhere between Everything's Right and Soul Planet. The jams between reached the cosmos...

I am now a fan of MEAP - I think it is a great tune that usually rocks out.

I loved the R&R to end Set 2 and the three-pack encore properly initiated me as a Phish fan...

As a dead head, I remember feeling like I was in an alternate universe at this show...being my first, it felt like a Dead show, it smelled like one too, but the music was oh so different. In the years that have followed, I have no longer felt in that alternate universe at a Phish show. I am there in the Phish universe, and in those moments; nothing else matters.

Thanks for a great show, I am sorry it is taking me close to 3 years to review this show...but I will never forget it and I am already geared up for the next show...