Watkins Glen

1973

2011

NYC Radar (6/29 update)

4/24 - 4/25 - Neil Young @ Avery Fisher Hall

5/12 - Warren Haynes Band @ The Beacon
5/20 - John Mayall @ BB King Blues Club

5/28 - Phish @ Bethel Woods

6/5 - My Morning Jacket and Grace Potter @ Mountain Jam

6/21 - 6/22 - Eddie Vedder @ The Beacon

6/28 - Michael Franti and Grace Potter @ Ives Park, Danbury CT

7/1 - 7/3 - Phish Super Ball 9 @ Watkins Glen, NY

7/16 - Furthur @ Bethel Woods

7/17 - Furthur @ Jones Beach
7/30 - Dr. John @ Prospect Park Bandshell

7/18 - Levon Helm Band / Emmylou Harris @ Central Park Summer Stage

7/27 - 7/28 - John Butler Trio @ Terminal 5
8/13 - 8/14 - Grace Potter Festival @ Burlington VT

8/26 - 8/28 - DMB Festival @ Governor's Island NYC

9/6 - 9/9 - Umphrey's Mcgee @ Brooklyn Bowl

9/12 - Warren Haynes Band @ Ridgefield Playhouse

9/22 - Wilco @ Central Park Summer Stage

9/24 - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals @ Central Park Summer Stage

In The Interest Of Record Keeping

2 late, quick reviews before heading up to Watkins Glen.  Phish @ Bethel Woods 5/28/2011 and Grace Potter/My Morning Jacket @ Mountain Jam 6/5/2011.

Phish @ Bethel was perfect - best venue I've been to besides the Gorge.  Insane show, Cities, Runaway Jim and Gin were Set 1 highlights, not to mention a Theme opener - maybe the best possible song to open a summer night show; Set 2 brought a smoking DWD>Free and a sweet Bowie, a song I've recently come around to.  And it was a no-stop set which is always huge.  Pics will tell the rest of the tale...and I will be back to Bethel asap.

Set 1

Theme From the Bottom

NICU

Cities

Halley's Comet> 

Runaway Jim

Gumbo>

Quinn the Eskimo> 

Limb By Limb

Horn

Bathtub Gin w/ Manteca teases

Set 2

Down with Disease> 

Free> 

Backwards Down the Number Line> 

Makisupa Policeman> 

Harry Hood> 

Cavern >

David Bowie

Encore

A Day in the Life

Mountain Jam was also a blast...aggressive day trip but absolutely worth it.  Grace and the band killed it, unbelievable show and probably the best one I've seen.  Ah Mary opener was awesome, Oasis was probably the highlight for me...Stop The Bus weaving in and out of the GTBT intro, as well as Paint It Black laced into Sugar...lot of jamming which is great to see.  2:22 with Warren speaks for itself.

Ah Mary

Oasis

Only Love

Goodbye Kiss

Good Times, Bad Times (tease) > Stop The Bus

2:22 w/ Warren Haynes

Hot Summer Night

Tiny Light

Apologies

Sugar > Paint It Black > Sugar

Nothing But The Water I > 

Nothing But The Water II

Paris

Medicine

 

After a bit of a break we returned to watch MMJ from the stage...an experience I'll never forget.  It was a non-stop show and the energy was high from the start. 

Victory Dance

Circuital

The Day Is Coming

Off The Record

Gideon

It Beats 4 U

I'm Amazed

First Light

Phone Went West

Golden

Heartbreakin Man

Outta My System

Holdin On To Black Metal

You Wanna Freak Out

Slow Slow Tune

Steam Engine

Smokin From Shootin

(end of) Run Thru

Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2

One Big Holiday

Wordless Chorus

Highly Suspicious *

Carnival Time (Al Johnson) *

Dancefloors *

Mahgeetah

* w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band

 

Cube Pipe

Powell sent along this insane video...I've seen a competition in this pipe (non-chopped up), perfect setting under the Palisades at Squaw.  Can't imagine what it was like to stand at the top of this thing:

This video isn't too normal either:

Steal Away Before The Dawn And Bring Us Back Good News

Here we go...

 

 

The Night Before Christmas

Phish fan fears forces Monticello to close schools

BETHEL - Phish has closed Sullivan County’s largest school district.

Monticello schools have decided to close Thursday and Friday – the Friday date specifically to avoid problems on 17B when throngs of people are anticipated for a three-day Phish festival at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

“We have kids in Bethel and we have lots of teachers and staff,” Interim Superintendent Ed Rhine said. “We would have been adding to the problem.”

Rhine said that the district was contractually obligated to return two snow days and the Friday seemed like an obvious choice.

County officials are predicting at least 17,000 people at the concerts and potentially thousands more during the Memorial Day weekend.

He said he met with the county and town officials, who are predicting heavy traffic beginning Friday.

Rhine said the unions had no problem taking the days off.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110524/NEWS/110529917/-1/SITEMAP

Tour Week

I Almost Forgot It's May

That means being able to see Phish live this month, finally...cannot wait

This One's For Trish

If only he said "Are you kidding me?" instead

See You At Wembley

2009 rematch...should be a great one

Phish Signs Where They Don't Belong

Unfortunately no Fluffhead sign sighting at the Royal Wedding today....but always funny to see the successful attempts.  The guy in the video really puts in a lot of effort to make sure his massive sign is seen.  Only Phish fans...

 

Happy Friday

Roger Waters - The Wall

Got to catch this tour at MSG in October and it was incredible.  Insane visuals and a surround sound system that was the best I've ever heard.  He just released a few good pictures but I can't wait for the DVD post-tour.  They're filming the London O2 shows which basically guarantees the Gilmour appearance, so that will be an added bonus.

The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall

Great cover...the 9/1/74 version with the horns is unreal.  Starts at 1:24

DMB Festival #3 and #4 * NYC and The Gorge

22 Seconds In

Music doesn't get much better than this

Really should have made the short trip for this show...venue looks incredible

I See My Light Come Shining

She Dug Down When They Took The Town

More Phish Dates...

But missing a finale...I think.  Maybe not, but rumored dates on the East Coast are no where to be found.  I'm guessing Watkins Glen is the cause.

8/05 - The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

8/06 - The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

8/08 - Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA

8/09 - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's, Lake Tahoe, CA

8/10 - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's, Lake Tahoe, CA

8/12 - Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco, CA

8/15 - UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

8/16 - UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

8/17 - UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

Rumored East Coast dates:

8/23 - Hershey, PA

8/24 - Burgettstown, PA

8/26 - Saratoga Springs, NY

8/27 - Saratoga Springs, NY

8/28 - Hartford, CT

Mountain Jam Daily Lineup

Grace Potter and My Morning Jacket to close out Sunday night sounds good to me

Thursday
Soulive, Big Gigantic, The London Souls, Zach Deputy (late night), Wyllys, RoyalHeartSound

Friday 
Warren Haynes Band, Béla Fleck & The Original Flecktones, Electric Hot Tuna, Lotus (late night), Soulive. 7 Walkers (late night), Tim Reynolds & TR3, Toubab Krewe, Chris Barron, Carbon Leaf, The Heavy Pets, Kung Fu, Pieta Brown, TAB The Band, Voodelic, Timbre Coup, Aliza Hava, Livingston Leo 

Saturday 
Gov't Mule, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Avett Brothers, Umphrey's McGee (late night), Mavis Staples, North Mississippi Allstars, The New Deal (late night), Portugal. The Man, Zach Deputy, Ryan Montbleau Band, Charlie Hunter, Orgone, Dangermuffin, Leroy Justice, Bronze Radio Return, Spirit Family Reunion, Nathan Moore, The Erin Hobson Compact, The Big Takeover 

Sunday 
My Morning Jacket, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dawes, Nicole Atkins, Civil Twilight, The Alternate Routes, Moon Taxi, Ari Hest, The Wiyos, Morning Teleportation, Bobby Long, Steven Lynch

Furthur Summer Tour

Jones Beach looking good.

June 3-4th, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, CA

July 14-17th, All Good Festival, Masontown, WV

Sat, Jul 16th, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY

Sun, Jul 17th, Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY

Tue, Jul 19th, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Thu, Jul 21st, Comcast Center , Mansfield, MA

Fri, Jul 22nd, Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT

Sat, Jul 23rd, The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA

Sun, Jul 24th, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Tue, Jul 26th, Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY

Thu, Jul 28th, Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC

Fri, Jul 29th, Charter Amphitheatre, Simpsonville, SC

Sat, Jul 30th, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL

Sun, Jul 31st, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

Friday Euphoria

 

 

Love everything about this jam.  Absolutely perfect

Gotta love the Trey hop at 3:33...hell of a way to open the tour closer

 

MSG on NYE...enough said

Phinal Phour Results

YEM beating Hood, I can live with that.  Ghost beating out Fluffhead, Down With Disease and Tweezer?  Strongly disagree.  Ghost is sick but no where near the level of those other three.