Hartford
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Saturday was all about chilling poolside w/ friends at my Momma's place in Fairfield CT. With temps hitting 90+ degrees, this really was the only place we wanted to be. Grilling, Boozing, Pool, Friends, Card Games, & BIG Ol'Smiles.
SPAC (photo - D. Vann)
And then there was Sunday. After a much needed clean up session (thx Billy & Jones) - we got on the road (destiny unbound) & headed up towards Saratoga Springs for Phish's summer tour closer (& SDSG's 51st gig). Having taken the Taconic Pkwy, the drive up was as scenic at it gets. Of course DJ Mastanugz supplied the bomb tracks. Highlights included, Rock > Surprise Valley > Murder Incorporated, & a bunch of others. Arriving at the venue, we flashed our SDSG credentials & skipped the traffic heading into the parking lot - placing us pretty darn close to the ampitheatre. As we made our way inside, torrential rains started to fall, but for SDSG & crew, it simply didn't matter. With 12th row, dead center seats..no problems / complaints.
From the opening chords of Llama, to the uber jazzy 'Cars Trucks Buses', to the end of an amazing-extended 'animal' themed 1st set (Possum, Ocelot, Antelope) the band was clearly in it to win it. With one more set to go - the hype / energy was at a peak leveland the boys from VT did not disappoint. There were a ton of highlights non more than the ultimate bustout of 'Harpua'. OF COURSE they were going to play it. They've played pretty much everything else throughout the tour, so why not drop the bomb track of bombs track on the phans heads. If we thought that was it in terms of heavyweight jamz -they came back out and closed the show with Highway to Hell. WOW!!!
If you've never been to SPAC..... make sure you remember where you park. We spent an hour and a half looking for our car post show. CRAZY!!! Upon finding it - just pure elation.
So it goes folks. Shows 50 & 51. Friends new and old. What a trip!
4 comments:
Nice! How was SPAC? I heard it rained but they killed it. Still think Hartford was "the" show.
SupDude,
Britney Spears will be at MSG next Week!
I want full SDSG coverage.
Now is not the time for Slacking.
Hell Yeah man. Noob to your blog but phello phan. Looks like you guys had as good a time as I did. Highlights of my tour were Gorge night 2 and Hartford. Going to 8? Hoping for a fall or winter tour.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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