Summer 1995 could very well be my (easo91) absolute favorite tour in all of Phish's 35 years of touring. Every night seems to have atleast one stand out moment, the band played with a ferocity that followed into the winter months that surpassed even '94s intensity. It was the final year of face-melting phish, the culmination of their entire first 12 years before transitioning into the also spectacular cow funk. (96 was an odd transition year). I might have a personal bias though, since 95 tapes were the first I came across in my early listening and I came to know them well.
An obscene number of jams pushed beyond the 20 minute mark in June of '95, Bowie and Mike's had multiple excellent renditions through the tour, Saratoga broke free into an entirely new monster, Tweezer took up nearly the entirety of a set twice this summer. Something was in the water, and it comes through in the playing. Shows on a whole are far easier to listen through start to finish, the playing was frantic, but also precise, I don't think Trey played a wrong note between 1991 and 1997.
Picking just four (this case pushing five) hours for tonight was difficult, practically impossible. Too much will be left unplayed, but I guess that just means we'll have to revisit summer '95 again (God forbid, without going through the Summer of '89). What's here tonight is 4 hours of massive summer jams steeped in frantic psychedelia. A 30 minute Runaway Jim, a grimey Mike's, a truly explorative Bowie, enjoy!
Catch of the Week Vol. 4: June 1995
01. Don't You Want To Go?, 06/08/95, Salt Lake City, UT
02. Divided Sky, 06/17/95, Gainesville, VA
03. Runaway Jim -> Free, 06/16/95, Raleigh, NC
04. Stash -> I Didn't Know, 06/15/1995, Atlanta, GA
05. Reba, 06/13/95, Maryland Heights, MO
06. Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Halley's Comet > David Bowie, 06/24/95, Philadelphia, PA
Break
07. Mike's Song -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove, 06/20/95, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
08. You Enjoy Myself, 06/29/95, Wamtagh. NY
09. Theme From the Bottom -> Tweezer > Tweezer Reprise, 06/22/95, Canandaigua, NY
10. Harry Hood, 06/17/95, Gainesville, VA
Every episode can be found in FLAC below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t7v6rPgehvSJ3t0PG-KtJNKSpOPve40d
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t7v6rPgehvSJ3t0PG-KtJNKSpOPve40d
Also check out our discord while we build it up leading into tour:
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