T-Winks here…reporting from ground zero. And HFS…what an incredible show (for you elderly…that’s Holy Fu @ing s$&/. So let’s recap: Phish has opened the summer tour with 3 outdoor shows at a venue with a curfew and have gotten warmed up and now we have a Tuesday show in an intimate indoor venue…sets up for the possibility of IT. And IT we got. This show is worth a relisten from front to back and back to front. First set was a serious nod to those of you who grew up in the 1.0 era…great deep Phish..

Question - has Phish ever played a first set Golden Age? Regardless of that answer, have they ever played a better first set Golden Age?

This entire show flows together…it was one of those nights where it didn’t matter what songs they played, there was a groove that connected every song in the greatest Phish way. Thank you Phish for delivering on the possibility of greatness on any given night.

plasma, kdf, carini and ruby waves all contain extremely inspired jamming, particularly kdf which was mind-blowing. something i noticed: fishman had a weird night—he seemed a little shaky on composed stuff throughout (trey was also perhaps to blame on some awkward moments). however, he absolutely dominated the jams, pushing the kdf to driving, almost hypnotic psychedelia

another note: delightful to see trey using his original languedoc-built cabinets, and looked like he added mesa boogie back to the rig as well. love that—his tone was on point (see funky bitch intro solo for example).

First set was full of some rippers! Loved the Gumbo, Funky Bitch, Guyute run. All of the boys sounded pretty on tonight and it was clear they were havin' fun up there. That Golden Age jam was also, pardon the pun, solid gold.

Second set was even better. Four vehicles one after another in the first four tracks, all super solid jams. Especially loved how dark the Kill Devil Falls jam got, not to mention the great Ruby Waves. Overall a super fun show, albeit unfortunate to have the Piper rip-chord'd for Mercy, lol. Loved hearing Julius in the encore.

This is such an awesome show. Really good first set not just from a song choice perspective but also just an excellent display of guitar work from Trey from Gumbo through Guyute. The Golden Age was good and so was The Waste. I really like Evolve but I might be getting a bit tired of it.

The second set though is from start to finish fucking incredible. The jamming from Plasma through Ruby Waves was incredibly inspired, experimental, and catchy. Just loved it. Great Everything's Right to close out on and I love that you can hear the crowd.

Phish has gotten off to a hot start this Summer, which is pretty good after honestly kind of slumping through some shows last Summer early in the Tour. Hoping they stay on a heater through next week when I see them a DC.