07-14-13 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Sunday, 07/14/2013
Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: Guelah Papyrus, Frost, Unknown Mike Tune, Energy

Set 1: First Tube > The Moma Dance > NICU, Roses Are Free > Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Scent of a Mule[1], It’s Ice > Tube[2] > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Golden Age[3] > Twist > Backwards Down the Number Line > Light -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Julius, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Fishman on Marimba Lumina.
[2] It’s Ice tease from Trey.
[3] Third Stone from the Sun teases.

Rode the Rail far Mike’s side on this one.

Second Set was hawt!

View from the Rail:

Mule Duel:

Jealous!

This show is incredible. I love First Tube as an opener and that stretch at the end of Stash, Mule, Ice is top-notch Phish. Golden Age > Twist contains some great exploration but the Twist was cutoff too soon for Number Line. Fearing the set would turn into a Caspian > Horse > Silent snoozefest, Phish redeemed themselves with a creatively jammed Light that segued masterfully into Boogie On. Add in a YEM with a mellow funky jam in lieu of a normal Trey wankfest - perhaps behind only the MSG 09 version for 3.0 YEMs - and you have a top tier show for 2013 so far.

The Light -> Boogie On is my favorite jam of 2013 so far.

The Stash is also a tour highlight.

That is one bad ass Moma. :thumbup: