out east, and still alive
sitting at my father's cousin's house in princeton junction, nj - just got in from philly, where i spent the 4th with their daughter having far too much magic hat #9 & sloe gin.
arrived in camden this past friday to find myself stranded and unable to get ahold of anybody i was planning on touring with. decided it wasn't worth coming out east to not see a single show, so hitched it to a hotel. met with some kind folks there (if you ever happen to read this, thanks again corey, shannon, & jeremy) who listened to my story with open ears, and hooked me up with rides to the first two nights. the camden show was amazing - somehow phil lesh seems to have learned to sing (well, at least better than before) - and trey played w/ the friends for the entire second set, including a wickedly long terrapin. met some randomly beautiful girl, who proceeded to drag me up to the second row. somehow, jumping seats and turnstiles, we made it up there - and spent the show close enough to see the sweat dripping off of phil's wristband.
Set 1: Jam > China Cat Sunflower > The Golden Road, Bird Song, Bartering Lines, All Along The Watchtower*
Set 2: Jam > Terrapin Station * > St. Stephen * > The Eleven * > Rosemary * > Desire * > Rosemary * > Fire On The Mountain * > I Know You Rider*, E: Box Of Rain
Lineup: Phil Lesh (bass & vocals), John Molo (drums), Rob Baracco (keyboards & vocals), Barry Sless (pedal steel), Larry Campbell (guitar), Joan Osborne (vocals), Greg Osby (saxaphone), * Trey Anastasio (guitar & vocals)
trey & mike w/ the duo were alright - although mostly they played new songs, that sounded far too much like trey's solo stuff for my liking. a whole lot of no phish pissed me right off, although there was a little coil tease.
Set 1: Play Pause Stop, Host Across the Potomac, Suskind Hotel, Goodbye Head > Something for Rockets, Drifting, Dragonfly, Spin > Hap-nappy* > Mr. Completely, Tuesday, Seasons, Mud City
Comment: *first time played
Lineup: Trey Anastasio (guitar & vocals), Mike Gordon (bass & vocals), Marco Benevento (keyboards), Joe Russo (drums)
headed back to the days inn with these kids after the show, and crashed out after sharing in their herbs and drinks, and being told to hit them up in the morning if i needed a ride to holmdel.
which i did.
drove across jersey, and ended up in a fucking deluxe beach house in ocean beach. dropped off everything, drained a few quick beers, and headed north for the show. trey, mike, and the duo headlined this night, which was - quite honestly put - pretty fucking lame. they played pretty much the same exact set, and trey's overly-sustained guitar drowned out pretty much everything else. however, phil put on another phenomenal set, and i spent the set breaks nicely dosed, talking to a girl from north jersey who just recently returned from living in southern india. if only these chance meetings would never end.. but i guess that would ruin the novelty of them.
Trey, Mike, & the Duo:
Set 1: Plasma, Drifting, Mud City, Trouble, Goodbye Head > Sleep Again, Get Back, Shine, Suskind Hotel, Coming Up Roses, Host Across The Potomac > Mr. Completely > Dragonfly, Communication Breakdown, E: Tuesday
Phil:
Set 1: Truckin' * > Cumberland Blues^, Big River^, Staggerlee* > Sugaree
Set 2: Playing in the Band* > Eyes of the World*, Magnolia Mountain, Lovelight*, Help on the Way* > Slipnot* > Franklin's Tower#, E: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad*#
Comment: John Molo (drums), Barry Sless (pedal steel guitar), Joan Osbourne (vocals), Rob Barraco (keyboards & vocals), Phil Lesh (bass & vocals), Larry Campbell (guitars & vocals), *Greg Osby (saxaphone), ^ Mike Gordon (banjo), # Trey Anatasio (guitar & vocals)
Spent all sunday on the beach, drinking more magic hat and swimming in the (really fucking cold) ocean. the kids i was riding with were going to spend another night at their friend's beach-house, and it had already gotten late enough in the day for me to realize i would never make it to Saratoga for sunday's show, so headed up to NYC to visit a friend for the night. had a most relaxing evening watching the yankees/mets game, drinking pbr, and smoking chillums on the rooftop, looking out across the lower-east-side.
monday was hot as shit, made liveable by air-conditioning and vaporizer hits all morning long. finally got ahold of the friend i was planning to tour with, found that he had come down with bronchitis and so had missed the weekend's shows. he had just started on some medication, so we planned to meet up thursday morning, to head to the show in mass (there was a show on monday night in conn, but no ride and the thought of trey headlining again dissuaded me enough to head to princeton, nj instead). so started the break early (no shows on tuesday or wednesday nights, due to a 4th of july break, i guess) - headed down to nj to stay with my father's cousin and his wife. spent monday night here, then drove with them to philly yesterday afternoon to spend the 4th with their daughter in the city. awoke this morning a bit more than groggy, ate some great greasy spoon fare, and caught the train back up to jersey, where i sit now. will try to rest and clean up a bit here, and then heading back on tour tomorrow morning - with the tentative plan being mass>jones-beach(nyc)>ny>ny>pa>vt>oh>in>il. then it'll be the 17th, and i figure i'll be too broke and burned to keep going.
anyhow, time to grab another heineken and smoke a cigarette in the courtyard here.
hit me up if anybody is going to be at any of the midwest phil shows.
or can give me a ride back to kzoo from chicago (the show is the 16th) ^_^
arrived in camden this past friday to find myself stranded and unable to get ahold of anybody i was planning on touring with. decided it wasn't worth coming out east to not see a single show, so hitched it to a hotel. met with some kind folks there (if you ever happen to read this, thanks again corey, shannon, & jeremy) who listened to my story with open ears, and hooked me up with rides to the first two nights. the camden show was amazing - somehow phil lesh seems to have learned to sing (well, at least better than before) - and trey played w/ the friends for the entire second set, including a wickedly long terrapin. met some randomly beautiful girl, who proceeded to drag me up to the second row. somehow, jumping seats and turnstiles, we made it up there - and spent the show close enough to see the sweat dripping off of phil's wristband.
Set 1: Jam > China Cat Sunflower > The Golden Road, Bird Song, Bartering Lines, All Along The Watchtower*
Set 2: Jam > Terrapin Station * > St. Stephen * > The Eleven * > Rosemary * > Desire * > Rosemary * > Fire On The Mountain * > I Know You Rider*, E: Box Of Rain
Lineup: Phil Lesh (bass & vocals), John Molo (drums), Rob Baracco (keyboards & vocals), Barry Sless (pedal steel), Larry Campbell (guitar), Joan Osborne (vocals), Greg Osby (saxaphone), * Trey Anastasio (guitar & vocals)
trey & mike w/ the duo were alright - although mostly they played new songs, that sounded far too much like trey's solo stuff for my liking. a whole lot of no phish pissed me right off, although there was a little coil tease.
Set 1: Play Pause Stop, Host Across the Potomac, Suskind Hotel, Goodbye Head > Something for Rockets, Drifting, Dragonfly, Spin > Hap-nappy* > Mr. Completely, Tuesday, Seasons, Mud City
Comment: *first time played
Lineup: Trey Anastasio (guitar & vocals), Mike Gordon (bass & vocals), Marco Benevento (keyboards), Joe Russo (drums)
headed back to the days inn with these kids after the show, and crashed out after sharing in their herbs and drinks, and being told to hit them up in the morning if i needed a ride to holmdel.
which i did.
drove across jersey, and ended up in a fucking deluxe beach house in ocean beach. dropped off everything, drained a few quick beers, and headed north for the show. trey, mike, and the duo headlined this night, which was - quite honestly put - pretty fucking lame. they played pretty much the same exact set, and trey's overly-sustained guitar drowned out pretty much everything else. however, phil put on another phenomenal set, and i spent the set breaks nicely dosed, talking to a girl from north jersey who just recently returned from living in southern india. if only these chance meetings would never end.. but i guess that would ruin the novelty of them.
Trey, Mike, & the Duo:
Set 1: Plasma, Drifting, Mud City, Trouble, Goodbye Head > Sleep Again, Get Back, Shine, Suskind Hotel, Coming Up Roses, Host Across The Potomac > Mr. Completely > Dragonfly, Communication Breakdown, E: Tuesday
Phil:
Set 1: Truckin' * > Cumberland Blues^, Big River^, Staggerlee* > Sugaree
Set 2: Playing in the Band* > Eyes of the World*, Magnolia Mountain, Lovelight*, Help on the Way* > Slipnot* > Franklin's Tower#, E: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad*#
Comment: John Molo (drums), Barry Sless (pedal steel guitar), Joan Osbourne (vocals), Rob Barraco (keyboards & vocals), Phil Lesh (bass & vocals), Larry Campbell (guitars & vocals), *Greg Osby (saxaphone), ^ Mike Gordon (banjo), # Trey Anatasio (guitar & vocals)
Spent all sunday on the beach, drinking more magic hat and swimming in the (really fucking cold) ocean. the kids i was riding with were going to spend another night at their friend's beach-house, and it had already gotten late enough in the day for me to realize i would never make it to Saratoga for sunday's show, so headed up to NYC to visit a friend for the night. had a most relaxing evening watching the yankees/mets game, drinking pbr, and smoking chillums on the rooftop, looking out across the lower-east-side.
monday was hot as shit, made liveable by air-conditioning and vaporizer hits all morning long. finally got ahold of the friend i was planning to tour with, found that he had come down with bronchitis and so had missed the weekend's shows. he had just started on some medication, so we planned to meet up thursday morning, to head to the show in mass (there was a show on monday night in conn, but no ride and the thought of trey headlining again dissuaded me enough to head to princeton, nj instead). so started the break early (no shows on tuesday or wednesday nights, due to a 4th of july break, i guess) - headed down to nj to stay with my father's cousin and his wife. spent monday night here, then drove with them to philly yesterday afternoon to spend the 4th with their daughter in the city. awoke this morning a bit more than groggy, ate some great greasy spoon fare, and caught the train back up to jersey, where i sit now. will try to rest and clean up a bit here, and then heading back on tour tomorrow morning - with the tentative plan being mass>jones-beach(nyc)>ny>ny>pa>vt>oh>in>il. then it'll be the 17th, and i figure i'll be too broke and burned to keep going.
anyhow, time to grab another heineken and smoke a cigarette in the courtyard here.
hit me up if anybody is going to be at any of the midwest phil shows.
or can give me a ride back to kzoo from chicago (the show is the 16th) ^_^