I remember that Amos. I remember how that show blew my f-in mind, too. That was my second ‘jam’ show, the first being the previous night at Red Rocks.
God, those lights…
Yes by the way, I am his brother.
The funny thing about amoswatts post is that he is 6’4 and I am about 6’5, so we must’ve really stood out amongst the little hippie kids twirling around.
Last one, I promise.
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Great stuff Fono! Awesome memory… now if if could just retrieve your memory and pull out my penseive I’d have a good ole time:)
Harry Potter reference btw for the HP uninitiated…
12-29-93 New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT
1: Runaway Jim, Peaches en Regalia, Foam, Glide, The Divided Sky, Wilson, Sparkle, Stash, The Squirming Coil
2: Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Fluffhead-> Run Like an Antelope, Contact, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars-> Walk Away-> Big Ball Jam-> HYHU-> If I Only Had a Brain-> HYHU, Sweet Adeline, Chalk Dust Torture
E: Nellie Cane, Cavern
I went to this show with my sister and a few close friends. There was a huge snowstorm and we were forced to stay in the city instead of heading to a friends house in Maine. The show was great and we were in the hotel and starving (nothing was open because of the snow) and lamenting the fact that we couldn’t get any food when there was a knock at the door. My cousin answered it and it was the Dominos guy. He was obviously trying to deliver it to another room but when he said “you guys order a pizza?” we said YES.
If it was your pizza, I am sorry. It sure was good though and just what we needed.
12-30-93 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
1: David Bowie, Weigh, The Curtain-> Sample in a Jar, Paul and Silas, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, Rift, Bathtub Gin, Freebird
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike’s Song-> The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Punch You in the Eye, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Weekapaug Groove-> Purple Rain, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Rocky Top, Good Times Bad Times
So we drove up to Maine the next day to see the above show. I got into an accident with my roommate and had to stash the car in a lot while everyone else piled in the other car and continued to the show. Along with my roommate, we ditched the car in a lot and ran to the show as fast as we could. We ran in right as they were playing the Sweet Emotion jam during Bowie. It was Awesome and one hell of a show. It was also my first PYITE, so that was sweet as well.
Ahh all fond memories
OK, here’s why I try to avoid eating at Waffle House*…(LONG STORY)
Hampton, 98.
Before the HCA shows I’d seen only 1 phish concert in aug 98 and I was hooked. When the fall tour was announced myself, my brother, my best friend from high school (who got me into phish) and another couple of guys who had no idea what they were in for all got tickets to both shows. Since there were five of us we borrowed my mom’s minivan to cart us all down there and back. Of course on the way down we had to play some phish to make sure the 2 new guys had some idea of what was in store. All it took was one YEM and they were as pumped as the rest of us (nearly ;)).
We get down there and check into our hotel (days inn across the bridge) and get ready for show one. We get to the lot and there’s a great scene but nothing too insane. We get our buzz on, go see an incredible show, and head back to rest up for day two. We weren’t exactly prompt leaving our hotel room, but left what we thought would be plenty of time to get to the show and have a bit of fun again…little did we know that somehow the travelling circus that is phish’s lot scene would double in size over 24 hours. When we get to the venue there is no parking at all left. We try to explain to no avail that we actually have tickets and surely they can fit us in before those without tickets. We proceed to find the nearest parking space available which just happened to be in a Waffle House parking lot. Fine. Loads of kids are doing the same thing in any lot within walking distance of the mothership. We manage to enjoy the lot for a little bit and go see another incredible show. We’re speechless (and pretty stoned; one of the newbs took some gel tabs too) walking back to the car, reflecting on what a great time…when we get to our empty parking space. Whoa. What happened. Was it stolen? towed? did we really park here? Holy shit what’s goin on? Note: My brother was the eldest of the group at 20, we had a bunch of open/unopened bottles of various alcoholic beverages, not to mention a gravity bong that has undoubtedly spilled all over my mom’s van…major buzzkill to say the least…
Eventually we determine that it was in fact waffle house that had our car towed (after first having a cup of coffee in waffle house and them denying that fact). About an hour later the guy who actually towed our car (and many other cars) arrives to get some money. Now this guy is wasted. I have no idea on what but his eyes are twitchin. His wife in the passenger seat looks to be in a similar state, but even more nervous. Sooo, he wants something like 80 or 100 bucks for each car to let it out of the fucking car prison. Now that was a problem since we’d spent nearly all of our money in the lot before the show (as you do). LUCKILY this was in my more responsible days and I actually brought some ‘emergency money’…UNLUCKILY it was back in our hotel room across that bridge…at first the guy wasn’t havin that but we explained our situation and he was kind enough to take us back so he could take our money.
I can not explain the amount of relief that I was flooded with once we finally got my mom’s van back. We get back to the hotel and take the nicest gravits we’ve ever taken, wake up the next day, steal come cleaning supplies from the room service cart and do our best to mask the scent of bong water and spilt beer. I still can’t believe we got away with it.
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- I have since eaten at WH, but it’s never been my choice and I always have to tell this story to whoever makes me eat there
lets get this thread started up again too, for those that feel the need.
bump!
It wasn’t my pizza but I remember the domino pizza guy and thinking how damn good that pizza woulda been. I had a great time at this show. Driving from PA thru the storm. I had some trusty mesculin lined up for me and my buds for the show but we got so damn drunk and high the night before we knocked the tin they were in on the floor and forgot to pack it. So were at the show frantically looking for the goods and it was a nada. Upon arriving home there it was under the coffee table. We had to settle for the bud and beer… and phish searing our brains.
I got my favorite phish shirt at this show… see if I can find it on the web… nope i can’t.
I remember when first saw fish I was all wacked out on drugs big time.
I wet to the ham festival first, and then the pig frsetivale, dn it was sweeeet dood.
Fuckin’, we was badazzm’ an sh*t.
Then later on at Hampigfest, Phish was TIGHT and played a killer 2001>2006], dude. They busted Fluffhead, frickin’ FREEBIRD man, freakin w00t double PAR dude. Frickin’ BALL golf, man.
No seriously, we got so messed up at FestHammyPigSlam that Phish kept on playin no matter HOW f*cked up we got. Was.
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Wow some great writers up in this thread. It’s also funny how I went ca k and bumped it twice!