06-18-94 UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

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Saturday, 06/18/1994 UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Soundcheck: All Things Reconsidered, How Many More Times

Set 1: Wilson, Rift, AC/DC Bag, Maze, The Mango Song, Down with Disease, It’s Ice, Dog Faced Boy, The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar

Set 2: Peaches en Regalia > David Bowie[1] -> Mind Left Body Jam -> David Bowie, Horn > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Tweezer[2] > Lifeboy, You Enjoy Myself[3], Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Three Blind Mice, Voodoo Child, and Purple Haze teases.
[2] Mind Left Body teases
[3] Frankenstein and How Many More Times teases; Monty Python “Spam” vocal jam.

Notes: Tweezer included Mind Left Body teases. Bowie included Three Blind Mice, Voodoo Child and Purple Haze teases. YEM included Frankenstein and How Many More Times teases, as well as a Monty Python “Spam” vocal jam.

#2

One of the best two set shows in Phistory.

#3

I will remind myself about this show again, soon!

#4

Tight versions of RIft, Bag and Maze to open.

Wilson still doesn’t have a crowd response chant.

Mango is played very tightly as well.

DWD is a short '94 version, but with an awesome peak!

It’s Ice has more of the Summer '94 “Shaft” breakdowns

Divided Sky might be an all-timer here. I ask you to find me a more flawlessly played version, front-to-back

Bowie is in another league of it’s own. If you haven’t heard this one, you need to…probably right now actually

McGrupp has one of my favorite Page McGrupp jams of all-time. Just masterful piano work.

Tweezer > Lifeboy is too perfect, and the YEM to follow?

Chalkdust, Bouncin and Tweeprise followed if your keeping score.

Just to summarize, the 1st set included a Rift, Bag, Maze, DWD, Ice and a DSky with side-dishes of Wilson, Mango and Sample. The 2nd set included a Bowe, McGrupp, Tweezer and a YEM. Sprinkled with a Horn, a Lifeboy and a Chalkdust, this is about as good as it gets (for me) folks.

10/10, 5 Stars, whatever.

#5

That was a fun night.

#6

Second show I ever heard. The MLB jam is so cool, but Bowie is absolutely off the wall. The Three Blind Mice tease turns into such a blissful little groove. And then they take that beautiful groove and morph it into this evil rock tornado before swirling and swirling up and around like Willy Wonka’s glass elevator. And like that elevator just when you think the jam is gonna crash into the peak Trey keeps it flying!

Awesome, awesome YEM.

My personal favorite version of It’s Ice. The waka waka waka over Page’s solo makes me dance anywhere I am.

#7

Heard this show for the first time today, while doing 80 on 95. It made five hours worth of driving never want to end.

What an absolutely incredible show. I’ll need to listen to it several times more before I can full comprehend everything that they were doing to the music that night.

This is why I’ll never stop listening to Phish. There are so many undiscovered gems still out there in the archives for me.

Great day.

#8

Great response Fone, great show.

#9

Experienced this morning’s sunrise with the YEM. Just as incredible as the rest of the show.

These guys were just out of their minds the whole night. Just wow.