This show, among the other CLASSICS from Summer '94, might be the DEFINITIVE show. But then you have to remember the 6/18’s, 6/22’s and 6/26’s of the world. But man!, what a show!
Chalkdust just peaks and peaks and never seems to want to come down.
the YEM! Ohhhhhh man, the YEM! Maybe the best YEM these little ears have ever heard, but it’s pretty much flawless from front to back. Everyone is firing on all cylinders, and when the jam drops into the Bass/Drums portion before the vocal jam, MAN does One find himself rocking out BIG TIME to Mike slapping it down! Just pure, unadulterated energy!
Rift brings the energy back up after the Vocal Jam, and it sure delivers the goods!
DWD, like all Summer '94 DWD’s, is just pure 6 or 7 minutes of just up, Up, UP!
It’s Ice delivers more of the extra-funky, “Shaft”-esque breakdowns rather than the typical dissonance this section has become known for. Man I love Summer '94 Ice’s!
Fading right into a sublime Tela, and then a mind-bending Stash, this a Set One that f’ing BRINGS IT!
Set Two opens up with a darker-than-usual (for the era) 2001, right into a galloping, face-melting Antelope, with the peak to this one making my jaw wonder if it can drop any lower.
Fluffhead (which was being called out by fans during the clapping portion of Stash), is played probably the most immaculate it has ever been played. This is THE Fluffhead. I don’t know how to describe it, it simply must be heard. Not a missed note, just perfect Fluff.
Scent is a RAGER, with a HUGE Mule Duel going down in this one.
Follow that up with a mind-shattering Split, this one rivals the 6/9/94 version, but that Salt Lake Split is some awesome shit. THIS ONE, however, is NO SLOUCH!! AWESOME Split!
Coil has a B-E-A-Utiful Page solo at the end, as it seems teh Phish can do NO WRONG on this night!
Maze completely re-scrambles your mind, Page is letting loose like a MADMAN on the organs, and Trey peaks this one into the stratosphere!!
Contact > the first Frankenstein since GCH is another awesome treat, as Phish simply IMPLODED Red Rocks over the course of two nights.
This is a 10 out of 10, FIVE STAR show!!!
Highlights: Either YEM or Fluff, pick your poison
Dark-Horse: Chalk Dust, Disease, Antelope or Split (they’re all contenders IMO)
Like Will said yesterday, “If you haven’t heard this one, it’s time to get with the times…”
