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

[antelope19]

Digging the whale avatar. :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[Augustus]

Saw my first show 20 years ago.
Doesn't feel that long.

[mistercharlie]

14 years ago I was stomping a mud puddle in the lawn of the Polaris Amphitheatre, during a crazy ass storm that led the band to jam the hell out of Ghost.

10 years ago they layed down my very favorite Sneakin' Sally as I tripped balls on a bag of boomers and clearly remember dancing from the top of the lawn down to the bottom and then back up. I will have to spin this Sally today.

Oh, and 2 years ago today I got married.

[birdman]

Saw my first show 20 years ago.
Doesn't feel that long.

Sweet blog, n00b.

[antelope19]

14 years ago I was stomping a mud puddle in the lawn of the Polaris Amphitheatre, during a crazy ass storm that led the band to jam the hell out of Ghost.

10 years ago they layed down my very favorite Sneakin' Sally as I tripped balls on a bag of boomers and clearly remember dancing from the top of the lawn down to the bottom and then back up. I will have to spin this Sally today.

Oh, and 2 years ago today I got married.

UncleEb and I were at that deer creek run.......one of the craziest storms I've ever been a part of.....and yes, that Sally is awesome

[barnesy305]

14 years ago I was stomping a mud puddle in the lawn of the Polaris Amphitheatre, during a crazy ass storm that led the band to jam the hell out of Ghost.

10 years ago they layed down my very favorite Sneakin' Sally as I tripped balls on a bag of boomers and clearly remember dancing from the top of the lawn down to the bottom and then back up. I will have to spin this Sally today.

Oh, and 2 years ago today I got married.

UncleEb and I were at that deer creek run.......one of the craziest storms I've ever been a part of.....and yes, that Sally is awesome

I was at those Deer Creek shows too, some friends selling tshirts decided to go to Woodstock instead. Fail.

[mistercharlie]

14 years ago I was stomping a mud puddle in the lawn of the Polaris Amphitheatre, during a crazy ass storm that led the band to jam the hell out of Ghost.

10 years ago they layed down my very favorite Sneakin' Sally as I tripped balls on a bag of boomers and clearly remember dancing from the top of the lawn down to the bottom and then back up. I will have to spin this Sally today.

Oh, and 2 years ago today I got married.

UncleEb and I were at that deer creek run.......one of the craziest storms I've ever been a part of.....and yes, that Sally is awesome

That storm that rolled in late night/early morning was amazing to witness from inside my buddies mini-van while still enjoying my trip! What was even better was that one of my buddies slept through that massive storm and woke up with his tent lying flat over him. I had watched the storm rip it out of the ground and flail it around with him anchoring it down. The look on his face when he climbed out of his wrecked tent was priceless.

[Buffalo Budd]

Saw my first show 20 years ago.
Doesn't feel that long.

That's what she said.

[gah]

Saw my first show 20 years ago.
Doesn't feel that long.

That's what she said.

:hereitisyousentimentalbastard That's so wong!

[antelope19]

14 years ago I was stomping a mud puddle in the lawn of the Polaris Amphitheatre, during a crazy ass storm that led the band to jam the hell out of Ghost.

10 years ago they layed down my very favorite Sneakin' Sally as I tripped balls on a bag of boomers and clearly remember dancing from the top of the lawn down to the bottom and then back up. I will have to spin this Sally today.

Oh, and 2 years ago today I got married.

UncleEb and I were at that deer creek run.......one of the craziest storms I've ever been a part of.....and yes, that Sally is awesome

That storm that rolled in late night/early morning was amazing to witness from inside my buddies mini-van while still enjoying my trip! What was even better was that one of my buddies slept through that massive storm and woke up with his tent lying flat over him. I had watched the storm rip it out of the ground and flail it around with him anchoring it down. The look on his face when he climbed out of his wrecked tent was priceless.

It rolled through so quick, we didn't have time to get to our car, so we hunkered down in our tents, literally holding on to our tents so they didn't fly away or break.  I have vivd memories of the wind lifting up our shade tarp and then slamming it down, completely bending the poles in half and destroying them.  It was amazing to watch.  Our cooler went flying, we didn't know what to do!   :hereitisyousentimentalbastard  Afterwards, it was eerie.....quiet with people wondering where their stuff had ended up.  Once we got our own stuff back together, we went out and helped our neighbors.  It was crazy.

[joeldiesel]

Today is the 20th anniversary of my 1st Phish show  8-)

Saturday, 07/17/1993
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA

Soundcheck: Jump Monk tease, Shaggy Dog, Nellie Kane, Leprechaun, The Mango Song (x2), Funky Bitch (x2), Punch You in the Eye, Blues Jam

Set 1: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, Sample in a Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Stash, Reba[1], Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse[2] > Silent in the Morning > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > David Bowie

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer, The Squirming Coil, It's Ice, Sparkle > Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song > Leprechaun > Weekapaug Groove[3] -> Hold Your Head Up -> Faht[4], Rift, Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Amazing Grace, Daniel Saw the Stone > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Stash teases from Trey.
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] Fishman on acoustic guitar.

Notes: Reba contained Stash teases from Trey. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar. Weekapaug was unfinished.

My second show..I was 18...I hopped the fence....it was rad.

:rockout:

yeah, wolftrap had no idea what hit them, lol.
what a kiler scene.

i had just moved to Vienna  a month before, about 2 miles away from the venue, so all my richmond friends came up.
Best part was i was the oldest, just turned 19, and was elected to carry the cooler in since they allowed beer to be brought in!
--dont think ive ever seen a venue do that since.
$15 for tix!
i was actually already pretty into Phish that year since Rift had just released that Spring i believe.
unfortunately i had passed on the 92 Floodzone show in richmond that coulda been my first. :|
but this one was pretty solid good 1st show and has the nice Leprechaun kick down (2nd time played?) i would later appreciate more.
pretty sure i ate a few boomers... but mostly just partied about with the VA crowd that had people i knew from everywhere.
good times. 8-)

Thanks for bringing back the memories!  This one was also my second show. I was two months shy of 19 years old.  I remember everyone thinking this one raged, and Wolf Trap definitely had no idea what hit them.  It was like a hurricane rolled through that place, and the nice mellow venue staff were in shell shock.  I remember seeing multiple groups carrying in coolers so big that they had to be carried by their two strongest people.   It was a wild, one-of-a-kind scene for sure!

Cheers,
JDM

[GBL]

Phish 7/30/2003

Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Scents and Subtle Sounds, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere[1], Spock's Brain > Chalk Dust Torture, On Your Way Down, Fast Enough for You[2] > Taste

Set 2: Twist, Bug, You Enjoy Myself, Walls of the Cave

Encore: Secret Smile

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Bathtub Gin tease from Page.

Notes: Lonesome Cowboy Bill was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (173 shows). This show marked the Phish debut of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. On Your Way Down was played for the first time since October 2, 1999 (108 shows). FEFY included a Bathtub Gin tease from Page.     

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/2003-07-30

[VDB]

Phish 7/30/2003

Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Scents and Subtle Sounds, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere[1], Spock's Brain > Chalk Dust Torture, On Your Way Down, Fast Enough for You[2] > Taste

Set 2: Twist, Bug, You Enjoy Myself, Walls of the Cave

Encore: Secret Smile

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Bathtub Gin tease from Page.

Notes: Lonesome Cowboy Bill was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (173 shows). This show marked the Phish debut of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. On Your Way Down was played for the first time since October 2, 1999 (108 shows). FEFY included a Bathtub Gin tease from Page.     

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/2003-07-30

Looky there -- a 30-minute jam in the first set, and a Spock's Brain! Oh, the salad days!

[emay]

love that scents too.
killer 2nd set.

[PIE-GUY]

20 years ago tonight I dropped for the first time in my life. It was brilliant. Read all about it here:

http://week4paug.net/index.php?topic=20262.msg675089#msg675089