2022-08-02 - Blossom, Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Post-show Discussion & Review

[Buffalo Budd]

SET 1: Strawberry Fields Forever, Crowd Control, Punch You in the Eye > 46 Days > You Enjoy Myself, Tube > Shade, Reba, Cavern

SET 2: Free > Esther > Blaze On > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Split Open and Melt

ENCORE: Bathtub Gin


Strawberry Fields Forever was performed for the first time since July 22, 2017 (168 shows). Trey teased Also Sprach Zarathustra at the end of Gin.

[Buffalo Budd]

2nd longest Free, SASS got out there, as did the SOAM, what a setlist.
 

[mistercharlie]

2nd longest Free, SASS got out there, as did the SOAM, what a setlist.
 

I love it when the second set opener is a monster jam... I can throw the 'set opener' video on while I do my banking at work this morning! Pretty excited to hear/see that Free.

[Hicks]

Contender for show of the tour here, second set was all killer, no filler. Only complaint was that Esther was a little rough. 

[ytowndan]

My first Phish show in nearly 22 years!!! (9/18/00) 

I haven't posted much in these last two years since I started my job with the post office. N00b mail carriers don't get a choice about how much overtime they work, and we're a busy installation, so I'm regularly working 60+. But I'm still lurking and, to an extent, following tour.

We missed the first two songs, so that was a bummer missing Strawberry Fields, but the rest of the set rocked. Post-vocal-jam jam was sweet in YEM! Reba was very welcome, too.

The second set was great! Agree with Hicks about Esther, but it really was a treat, that second set. This was my girlfriend's first show and she went in knowing nothing, really, I've only played them for her a few times. So she went in nearly completely fresh and she loved it! We're gonna try for TAB in Chicago, maybe I can see some of you fools there!

[anthrax]

      whole show was great!  2nd set melted faces!!

[Hicks]

22 years, holy wow!

Glad you got a heater Dan!

[Buffalo Budd]

Good to see you back around these parts Dan and you definitely lucked out for a first show back. 

[GBL]

second set is all  and no 

[mbw]

Dan!

[pcr3]

I watched both of the set openers on the phish youtube and was impressed by both.  Overall, the show looks like an absolute smoker.

Side note-I lost my shit watching the Free last night, as there is a 4-5 minute jam near the end where they are playing what sounds exactly like a song I wrote that the Jauntee actually covered once to entertain me.    can confirm that he heard it too.

[VDB]

Several quality segments in the Free jam. Interesting that the jam came essentially after the song was "over" as opposed to out of the Free "jam" itself. Can't decide if that's funny or annoying...

[cactusfan]

Free is... fine. Sounds nice enough, but doesn't really do much.

And I guess Trey's guitar went out of tune at some point? Esther is painful.

[cactusfan]

Scents > 2001 > Melt is hot, though.

[rowjimmy]

Good to see you around and glad you got to see a hot show Dan!
Same goes for everyone else. Great show in Blossom. The Melt was