Phish is now two-thirds done with their 7th Labor Day Weekend run at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. Phish loves Dick’s, and Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, and Page McConnell always treat the run accordingly, serving up setlist hijinks and, most importantly, consistently incredible improvisation. Night One was strong, serving up a 5-set second set, with “No Men In No Man’s Land > Carini > Ghost > Harry Hood > Cavern.”
The “Carini” offered the second 20+ minute improvisational odyssey of the set, following NMINML. After a brief “vocal jam” on the song’s first “lumpy head” line, the band kept things dark and murky where many great “Carinis” of late have eventually found their way into blissful major-key territory. Laser-like effects laced the extended jam, which hinted at a resolution to major space before Mike took the reigns and led the outfit back into dark, minor-key weirdness. Trey took the band on his back from there, piloting the ship to the biggest, most euphoric peak of the night to that point before settling into a “Have Mercy”-like reggae groove (with faint hints of “Manteca”) that finally relented into the opening notes of “Ghost.”
Phish Announces Dick’s Webcast And Free Sunday Stream
The band has shared pro-shot video of “Carini,” which you can watch below:
Tonight’s Phish stream is free, and will be available of Phish’s Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube channel.
SETLIST: Phish | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO | 9/1/17
SET 1: Blaze On, 555, Breath and Burning, Theme From the Bottom > Free, Tube > Roggae > More
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land > Carini > Ghost > Harry Hood > Cavern
ENCORE: The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Character Zero
[photo by Jeremy Scott]