12, 13, 20 years ago we were .....

[mbw]

In 96 we drove to New Orleans from Nashville to see phish play jazz fest. Stayed one nights with pieguys grandmom, saw the show and drove back to school for my psychological anthropology final. Studied all the way down and back. Crushed that test. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

What a bunch of hippies.

That's pretty awesome.

a veritable forest of female armpit hair.

[PIE-GUY]

In 96 we drove to New Orleans from Nashville to see phish play jazz fest. Stayed one nights with pieguys grandmom, saw the show and drove back to school for my psychological anthropology final. Studied all the way down and back. Crushed that test. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

What a bunch of hippies.

That's pretty awesome.

a veritable forest of female armpit hair.

It's so funny because I was her youngest grandchild and all of my cousins would come down for Mardi Gras or whatever and stay with her to party in NOLA for years before me... and they were all tri-Delts at Ole Miss and shit... so when we showed up Granny Becky said something like "I don't know how we're gonna work out this shower schedule because I don't think my water heater has a big enough tank for all you nice young ladies to wash your hair."

And all of us just burst out laughing. Not sure any one of us even took a single shower that weekend.

Also, just before we left to head into NOLA for the day on Saturday Granny Becky said to all of us, "Tomorrow is Sunday which means I'll be going to church at 10am. If y'all are back by then you're welcome to join me."

So, apparently, all those tri-Delts partied pretty hard.

[Bobafett]

Tri-delt...everyone else has!

Ole miss/ oxford was the humboldt of the south back then!

[anthrax]

20 years ago today i had a keg party at my apartment and then walked to a phish show.  that is all.

[mistercharlie]

20 years ago today i had a keg party at my apartment and then walked to a phish show.  that is all.

I was there (the show, not Jeff's party), it was surreal that night. The boomers mixed with the FANTASTIC playing by the band really made for one hell of an experience. One of my personal favorite nights of Phishdom.

[jam>]

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

That's a 90's guy/girl ratio right there.

Also, the only two shows I saw Fall 97 tour were Denver. Both nights were great. Then again, so was what I saw in Summer 97 and December 97. Not sure it seemed over the top exceptional at the time – just very f'n good.

[ph92]

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

That's a 90's guy/girl ratio right there.

Also, the only two shows I saw Fall 97 tour were Denver. Both nights were great. Then again, so was what I saw in Summer 97 and December 97. Not sure it seemed over the top exceptional at the time – just very f'n good.

I often wonder for you old timers. When you were seeing them in the years that are now known as "the best years" 94, 95, 97. Did you guys think they were slaying it? Was it how we see it now? Or is hindsight 20/20 now that 2.0 and 3.0 happened?

I know for me personally 94 and 97 and 95 are some of my favorite tours. But nothing brings me as much joy as this past summer. Yes it's cause I was at the shows. But it also has to do with the fact their playing is totally different. It's a totally different band

[mistercharlie]

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

That's a 90's guy/girl ratio right there.

Also, the only two shows I saw Fall 97 tour were Denver. Both nights were great. Then again, so was what I saw in Summer 97 and December 97. Not sure it seemed over the top exceptional at the time – just very f'n good.

I often wonder for you old timers. When you were seeing them in the years that are now known as "the best years" 94, 95, 97. Did you guys think they were slaying it? Was it how we see it now? Or is hindsight 20/20 now that 2.0 and 3.0 happened?

I know for me personally 94 and 97 and 95 are some of my favorite tours. But nothing brings me as much joy as this past summer. Yes it's cause I was at the shows. But it also has to do with the fact their playing is totally different. It's a totally different band

Oh, we knew in '95 that wonderful shit was happening. And every '97 show I caught had me leaving the venue thinking that I had just seen the new best show Phish has ever played.

[PIE-GUY]

There were definitely nights we walked out talking about how we knew we'd look back and know we were there for some epic shit that people would be talking about for years and years. 12/30/93 comes to mind. Everyone I was with that night agreed it was one of those nights we'd tell kids like you about.  :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[Marmar]

20 years ago.....I was knee deep in cow funk, molli, and LSD up to my eyeballs.....

[emay]

20 years ago.....I was knee deep in cow funk, molli, and LSD up to my eyeballs.....

[ph92]

There were definitely nights we walked out talking about how we knew we'd look back and know we were there for some epic shit that people would be talking about for years and years. 12/30/93 comes to mind. Everyone I was with that night agreed it was one of those nights we'd tell kids like you about.  :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

Story time?

That shit is hot for sure. Now I'm gonna relisten to it. Love the Post July-93 that super experimental push the limits jamming

[anthrax]

Y'all aren't in this pic because you didn't stay for the next day... but this is from that trip. That's my Granny Becky in the middle.

That's a 90's guy/girl ratio right there.

Also, the only two shows I saw Fall 97 tour were Denver. Both nights were great. Then again, so was what I saw in Summer 97 and December 97. Not sure it seemed over the top exceptional at the time – just very f'n good.

I often wonder for you old timers. When you were seeing them in the years that are now known as "the best years" 94, 95, 97. Did you guys think they were slaying it? Was it how we see it now? Or is hindsight 20/20 now that 2.0 and 3.0 happened?

I know for me personally 94 and 97 and 95 are some of my favorite tours. But nothing brings me as much joy as this past summer. Yes it's cause I was at the shows. But it also has to do with the fact their playing is totally different. It's a totally different band

great question!  i feel like the heaters i saw back in the day couldn't be put into the context of phish history.  it was more about being blown away on that particular night, thinking this was the best band in the world, doing everything to get to the next show, and then going home and frantically searching for the tapes.  then relistening many many times and just enjoying the relistens.  it was such a different phish...every time.  93 is nothing like 94.  95 is nothing like 97.  it just kept morphing and changing.  when a band is on the rise, as they were until 12/31/99, you really don't look at it terms of history.  you're just along for the ride. 

[mattstick]

Context came later on XLII90s

[Buffalo Budd]

Context came later on XLII90s

That's how I feel. I lived in the moment with no regard for what that may have meant to me in 20 years time.