This is a tour for the ages!

[emay]

I think their playing has been good, but because the songs are slowed down.
listening to the Sparkle from SPAC3 and its like fishman wants to play faster but trey is like half a beat behind.

I blame Bobby.

haha, spot on hypothesis

[shoreline99]

I think their playing has been good, but because the songs are slowed down.
listening to the Sparkle from SPAC3 and its like fishman wants to play faster but trey is like half a beat behind.

I blame Bobby.

haha, spot on hypothesis

Seriously, man. We listened to one of the Dead & Co Colorado shows on XM this weekend and my wife, who is most assuredly not a dead head, commented that it sounded like a tape player that was slowed down.

[emay]

I think their playing has been good, but because the songs are slowed down.
listening to the Sparkle from SPAC3 and its like fishman wants to play faster but trey is like half a beat behind.

I blame Bobby.

haha, spot on hypothesis

Seriously, man. We listened to one of the Dead & Co Colorado shows on XM this weekend and my wife, who is most assuredly not a dead head, commented that it sounded like a tape player that was slowed down.

Yeah I hear ya man, Ive noticed it with Ratdog. Dead n Co was slower too but didnt notice it as much because during the jams Mayer and Oteil would take over and try to get it going and just leave Bobby behind. Hes def still the weakest link.

[mistercharlie]

I think their playing has been good, but because the songs are slowed down.
listening to the Sparkle from SPAC3 and its like fishman wants to play faster but trey is like half a beat behind.

I blame Bobby.

haha, spot on hypothesis

Seriously, man. We listened to one of the Dead & Co Colorado shows on XM this weekend and my wife, who is most assuredly not a dead head, commented that it sounded like a tape player that was slowed down.

Yeah I hear ya man, Ive noticed it with Ratdog. Dead n Co was slower too but didnt notice it as much because during the jams Mayer and Oteil would take over and try to get it going and just leave Bobby behind. Hes def still the weakest link.

It's because he stopped wearing jorts.

[kellerb]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

I have no idea but it's really disappointing.  I leave for the West Coast leg next week so I hope something miraculous happens before then.

i'm hoping the 'something miraculous' happens throughout the west coast run, since i'm seeing SF through SD. surely by then they'll bust out the good stuff?



surely?

Did you have the fish?

[kellerb]

I think their playing has been good, but because the songs are slowed down.
listening to the Sparkle from SPAC3 and its like fishman wants to play faster but trey is like half a beat behind.

I blame Bobby.

haha, spot on hypothesis

Seriously, man. We listened to one of the Dead & Co Colorado shows on XM this weekend and my wife, who is most assuredly not a dead head, commented that it sounded like a tape player that was slowed down.

Yeah I hear ya man, Ive noticed it with Ratdog. Dead n Co was slower too but didnt notice it as much because during the jams Mayer and Oteil would take over and try to get it going and just leave Bobby behind. Hes def still the weakest link.

It's because he stopped wearing jorts.

Very true.  the Bobby Jort-Jorts enabled him to play those songs at the correct speed.  It's sort of a Taint-dexterity thing.

[shoreline99]

[whatapiper]

Frustrating to hear, I watched Friday nights SPAC show, the first lick of phish I'd heard all summer, and was definitely pumped on the opening trio of the second set. The lady and I bought the Sunday night show and both of us could barely watch/listen the entire night, especially during sugar shack.  I have seen six shows over the last three years and finally get a "break out" summer this year with the gorge/Bill Graham run and we are locked into Mexico.  I've been walking around for months freaking out in my head over how dialled in they would be at that point in tour and how magical those shows could be. Crossing fingers that the three night stretch in New England is a turning point along with a few days off travelling west. Anyway...

[cactusfan]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

I have no idea but it's really disappointing.  I leave for the West Coast leg next week so I hope something miraculous happens before then.

i'm hoping the 'something miraculous' happens throughout the west coast run, since i'm seeing SF through SD. surely by then they'll bust out the good stuff?



surely?

Did you have the fish?

uh oh.

[Caravan2001]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

Fall of '14 was one of the worst tours ever.  Everything before Vegas was dogshit.  But then it got good.  And Summer '15 took a good 5 or 6 shows to get decent.  There were a lot of clunkers in the first bunch.  Don't think they really heated up at least until Atlanta.  But still for the most part Summer '15 was good and Magnaball was awesome.

[Hicks]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

Fall of '14 was one of the worst tours ever.  Everything before Vegas was dogshit.  But then it got good.  And Summer '15 took a good 5 or 6 shows to get decent.  There were a lot of clunkers in the first bunch.  Don't think they really heated up at least until Atlanta.  But still for the most part Summer '15 was good and Magnaball was awesome.

Fall of 14 wasn't very good, but the Eugene show we saw would be the best show of this tour, remember Carini > Plasma?  Dope C&P too.   

As for 2015, Bend at least had the Simple and Shoreline is straight off the hook and only the third show. 

Anyway we are 10 shows in and there's been two killer jams:  the SPAC Chalkdust and Moma and the awesome Space Oddity.  Out of 10 shows that's really not much top shelf material. 

[Caravan2001]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

Fall of '14 was one of the worst tours ever.  Everything before Vegas was dogshit.  But then it got good.  And Summer '15 took a good 5 or 6 shows to get decent.  There were a lot of clunkers in the first bunch.  Don't think they really heated up at least until Atlanta.  But still for the most part Summer '15 was good and Magnaball was awesome.

Fall of 14 wasn't very good, but the Eugene show we saw would be the best show of this tour, remember Carini > Plasma?  Dope C&P too.   

As for 2015, Bend at least had the Simple and Shoreline is straight off the hook and only the third show. 

Anyway we are 10 shows in and there's been two killer jams:  the SPAC Chalkdust and Moma and the awesome Space Oddity.  Out of 10 shows that's really not much top shelf material.

Yes agreed.  Fall '14 started OK in Eugene and steadily digressed until Vegas.  I don;t remember the Bend Simple but Shoreline was 2nd set was dope.  Forum was meh. Loved that Carini>plasma.  As far as this tour is concerned, I would also throw in the Wrigley Twist as something not shitty to hear again. 

[Buffalo Budd]

This now seems like a lifetime ago. 

Le sigh.

What happened to all that momentum? Fall of '14 and then Summer of '15 were so hot, and then the train started chugging along again.

Fall of '14 was one of the worst tours ever.  Everything before Vegas was dogshit.  But then it got good.  And Summer '15 took a good 5 or 6 shows to get decent.  There were a lot of clunkers in the first bunch.  Don't think they really heated up at least until Atlanta.  But still for the most part Summer '15 was good and Magnaball was awesome.

Fall of 14 wasn't very good, but the Eugene show we saw would be the best show of this tour, remember Carini > Plasma?  Dope C&P too.   

As for 2015, Bend at least had the Simple and Shoreline is straight off the hook and only the third show. 

Anyway we are 10 shows in and there's been two killer jams:  the SPAC Chalkdust and Moma and the awesome Space Oddity.  Out of 10 shows that's really not much top shelf material.

Yes agreed.  Fall '14 started OK in Eugene and steadily digressed until Vegas.  I don;t remember the Bend Simple but Shoreline was 2nd set was dope.  Forum was meh. Loved that Carini>plasma.  As far as this tour is concerned, I would also throw in the Wrigley Twist as something not shitty to hear again.

The Carini from SPAC 1 is no slouch either.

[Marmar]

After the past few shows, I've come to the conclusion that there is some kind of weird tension within the band....

Something is wrong in the phishtank.....

[birdman]

I disagree that something is wrong within the band. Seemed like they were having lots of fun last night.
Mike however looked extremely frustrated and pissed when the sound went down. He was not a happy camper