![]() The Sloth, for example, hasn’t opened a Phish show in seven years, at Bader Field in Atlantic City. ![]() While writing this, I had an insane dilemma bouncing around my head: Some of these songs are very rarely Phish show openers. I know that sort of disqualifies it from this list, but man it was a great moment. My favorite SYSF from last year was a second set opener. Just throw on any Jars Of Clay album when you’re mellowing out after the show around 2:30AM with your pals (…please don’t do this). You don’t need to be on a headful to hear it, either. Also because those were the years I most aggressively chased Phish around the Northeast.īut, for real – It’s Phish song masked as contemporary Christian rock song. ![]() I say that partially because I came of age in those peak evangelical years, where songs like this were the norm at evangelical Christian summer camps. I joke a lot about how “Set Your Soul Free” – along with “Everything’s Right” and “Light” – are early ’00s summer camp songs for adults who still enjoy tripping on acid well into their 30s and 40s. Then it got bumped into the coveted Set 2 opener spot – positioning that only belongs to the most elite Phish songs out there. A couple days later, they opened set 1 with it at The Gorge, marking the song’s official debut. Instantly fell in love with the jam hearing it bounce around through the Ponderosa Pines behind Harvey’s that day. Heard it for the first time when the band sound checked it at Lake Tahoe on the first day of summer tour last year. I saw the most Phish of my life in the 2.0 era and I love being able to straddle the new with the old. Probably just lost all the respect of crustie old 1.0 vets, but whatever.
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