07-12-13 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Phish Live Shows
#1

Friday, 07/12/2013
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Soundcheck: Jam, Nellie Kane

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Cars Trucks Buses, Ocelot, My Sweet One, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Water in the Sky, The Sloth, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Sugar Shack, 46 Days, Backwards Down the Number Line > Reba, David Bowie

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Cities -> The Wedge, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Character Zero

Encore: Sleeping Monkey[1] > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Dedicated by Page to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. Alternate lyric by Fish: “my sleeping monkey is redeemed.”

#2

An EXTREME show on many levels. More later. For now, need some lunch.

#3

LOVE the Bowie!

#4

Ditto (changed it a little)… :crazy:

#5

^ Yea I took a nice power nap after lunch as well.

Well, the weather for this show was the worst I’ve been in. Wind ranged from a 5 out of 10 to 10/10 towards the end of the first set; rain was anywhere between a 1 up to an 8/10. Mostly the rain was sideways and in the 5-7 out of 10 range. Into my face.

That being said, the band recognized the brave souls who turned up and played an extra long first set. To be frank, the conditions were so bad that by the time both my shoes were soaked it was difficult to focus on the music. I was thinking “I don’t need this shit. I’ve got 2 more shows this weekend, let’s get out of here.”

And out of there we would have left save for a certain someone who had left their backpack with their house keys inside my trunk. Wasn’t going to screw him over, but this was the CLOSEST I ever came to leaving a Phish show.

The first half of that second set was MONEY. From the starting notes of Rock n’ Roll, with that brilliant improv and segue into 2001, to that Tweezer jam and the sheer will of Trey forcing everyone to go into Cities, and the Wedge which followed… that was Phish 3.0 at its finest.

I’ve never felt so physically awful yet spiritually and musically enlightened at the same time. Only for this band, only from this band.

And yes, knowing what I know now I STILL would have left after Set 1.

#6

Man i love rainy ass shows! Alpharetta 11 was a blast. And that was dangerous weather too. A tree fell on the ladies room! i remember at 1 point the pav was flooding and so crowded i just said screw it and went out to the moat. there i danced with some of the nicest folks ever who i now run into at like every show in the SE. Still don’t know there names though. :laughing: anyway. The R&R i think is the best jam of the tour so far. Great stuff! Awesome first set with a Nice Reba and a sick Bowie. Always love hearing ASIHTOS too. Nice Tweez. The Cities -> Wedge segue is oh so silky smooth. Great show. def a must listen for this tour!

#7

R&R>2001>tweezer>cities>wedge are the reasons why I Phish… :clap: :clap: :clap:

:EDIT: Just realized that on July 12th at Jones beach…I was at the 21st anniversary of my first show which was also at Jones Beach. I was thinking it was July 8th…but that is when I saw Gamehendge.

#8

First show of the year for me. Weather was the worst I have ever endured for a show. It seemed hard to concentrate on the first set. I did enjoy ASIHTOS and Sloth very much, with good versions of 46 days and Bowie. I kept thinking that if we could make it through set break that they would really bring it, and they did. the weather broke and the band came with the heat. Set 2: Rock and Roll > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Cities -> The Wedge was hot. Great feel through this section. Really glad that I stuck it out. Totally worth it

#9

The R&R>2001>Tweezer>Cities>Wedge still holds up for me as a highlight string of tunes of the tour. Love it.

Sounds like could have been a Crab in my shoemouth tease at 10:28. Very brief and I’m most likely hearing things.