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Phish at Red Rocks

Red Rocks

Phish begins the second leg of their Summer Tour tonight and they’re kicking things off with four nights at Red Rocks.

We’ll try to keep this post updated with anything worth reporting so, check back on the regular!

I’d promise to have live, updated, setlists on here but, frankly, those West coast shows run past my bedtime. Keep an eye on Phish’s “From The Road” page or hit up their Twitter.

Also, Yemblog will be twittering from the shows.

The Butter Room plans to stream audio from the shows.

Video streams will also be here.

Meanwhile, check out the Red Rocks Webcam. I can’t imagine that it’ll be on during the shows but I imagine you’ll be able to see the stage being setup during the day.
More after the jump!

-rowjimmy

2009-07-30
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Sound Check: Foam, Party Time, Sugar Shack, Beauty of a Broken Heart, (Mike tune), Billy Breathes, Time Turns Elastic
Set 1: Divided Sky, Ocelot,The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Moma Dance, Horn, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Possum
Set 2: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost, Wolfman’s Brother, Limb By Limb, Billy Breathes, Squirming Coil, David Bowie
Encore: Loving Cup

2009-07-31
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Time Turns Elastic, Lawn Boy, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Split Open and Melt
Set 2: Drowned> Crosseyed and Painless> Joy, Tweezer> Backwards Down the Numberline> Fluffhead*> Piper> A Day in the Life
Encore: Suzy Greenberg**> Tweezer Reprise
*Unfinished
**Crosseyed and Painless Tease

2009-08-01
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: AC/DC Bag, The Curtain With, Mound, Gotta Jibboo, Guyute, Punch You In The Eye, Tube, Alaska, Run Like An Antelope
Set 2: Rock and Roll > Down with Disease -> Free, Esther, Dirt, Harry Hood
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > First Tube

2009-08-02
Red Rocks Ampitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: Roses are Free, Wilson, NICU, Prince Caspian, Back on the Train, Reba, Grind, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Sample in a Jar, Sugar Shack, Waste, Kill Devil Falls
Set 2: Boogie On, You Enjoy Myself > Undermind* > Drums* > Seven Below* > 2001*> Waves*, Character Zero*
Encore: Bittersweet Motel, Bouncing Around The Room, Slave To The Traffic Light
* with Bill Kreutzmann

Billy K 7 Fishman by John Redden

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_ih9bIwDc[/youtube]

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Behind the 8(th) Ball

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phish has released the details regarding their 8th festival, which is “creatively” entitled “Festival 8.” See the homepage for details regarding the three day event. Also be sure to check out the FAQ, as it has an abundance of valuable information.

Stay tuned for more details.

-Sophist

New Phish Album – “Joy”

Rolling Stone reports that Phish’s new album will be titled Joy.

Many of the songs from the forthcoming record debuted during the recent tour (as well as the Hampton run) and have been receiving mixed reviews from the fanbase. These include:

  • “Backwards Down The Number Line” – an upbeat song about friendships that has featured some great lead work from Anastasio
  • “Time Turns Elastic” – the thirteen-minute first ‘single’ from the record
  • “Kill Devil Falls” – a straight-ahead rocker with a rather serious lyrical undertone
  • “Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan” – another rocker with a great opening riff
  • “Joy” – evidently, the title track and a beautiful ballad composed, at least in part, with Trey’s ailing sister in mind. ( She passed from cancer in the Spring.)

Other possible inclusions are “Ocelot”, “Light”, “Alaska”, and Mike Gordon’s “Sugar Shack”.

*UPDATE*

Phish.com has released the full tracklisting of the album. Release date is still TBA.

1. Backwards Down the Number Line
2. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
3. Light
4. Joy
5. Sugar Shack
6. Ocelot
7. Kill Devil Falls
8. I’ve Been Around
9. Time Turns Elastic
10. Twenty Years Later

Phish Summer Tour Part 1 – Wrapped Up

Photo By John Neely

Last night Phish finished off the first leg of their Summer tour in in Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI) so we thought we’d leave you with a few thoughts.

Phish traveled a long way on this tour. It started a little rough and hit a few bumps along the way but they wrapped it up in style with a wild, soaking wet show at Deer Creek and the two nights at Alpine Valley. In listening to those three shows, I’m hearing redemption for some of the earlier ‘bumps’ and promise for the future. Come July 31 at Red Rocks, I expect they’ll have even more songs rehearsed and the second leg will be a smoker.

Let’s hope.

Now, how about some pictures from last Thursday’s show at Star Lake (or whatever it’s called now.) Huge thanks go out to our friend, John Neely for these photos.

Photo By John Neely

Photo By John Neely

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