Phish Blazes on at the MANN for the second night.
Phish played their little hearts out again at the MANN tonight.
With a Wolfman's opener, they kicked things off. It was a good set with a nice long Mike's including "Horn" and "Farmhouse". They also played the nice, slow, funky version of "Llama" and a new song, "Waking Up Dead". Which I can totally relate to the title.
I just don't really have the heart to put into this review because the loss of Rob Wasserman has hit me especially hard. I met him at the Scaring the Children shows in SF and he was such a nice guy, in addition to him being a intuitive and amazing musician.
The second half had a Crosseyed & Painless" opener that led into a long jam that touched on a lot of different places before landing on a new song," Friends". Then the unmistakable rumble of "Down with DIsease" led into a slow jam that turned into a funky "What's the Use" and then the set just took a dive. The "Meatstick" and the "Line" which I like, but then came a song called "Tide Turns" and it led into "Backwards Down the Number Line" the show won't be making any best of lists, in my opinion. The follow-up of "Dem Bones" was one of those weird Phish moments that you'd have to see. I remember my mom singing me that song as a child. That was a weird addition to the set. They definitely turned it around for the encore of "Dear Prudence" and "Harry Hood" but leaving i still feel the first night was the champion of the run. It would be great to see "Dear Prudence" make it into regular rotation and who knows, there's still a lot of tour left to put on the books.
Written by: Greg Heffelfinger
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Wolfman's Brother, Your Pet Cat, Blaze On, Waking Up Dead[1], Llama[2], Devotion To a Dream, Reba, Mike's Song, Horn, Farmhouse, Weekapaug Groove
Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Friends, Down with Disease > What's the Use? >Meatstick, The Line, , Backwards Food for Backwards Folks, Dem Bones
Encore: Dear Prudence > Harry Hood
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