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From: brian.g.feller@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Detroit, 5-6-92
Reply-To: brian.g.feller@um.cc.umich.edu
Date: Thu, 7 May 1992 18:23:18 GMT

 Howdy! Another phine Phish phrenzy last night. The venue was
not crowded at all, and there was even enough room for a
spinner up front (which is where I tend to remain during the
show:-)). Here is the list:
        I                           II
     Llama                        My Sweet One
     Foam!                        Stash
     Reba                         Squirming Coil
     My Minds Got a Mind...       You Enjoy Myself
     Maze                         (w/Shaggy Dog at end of vocal jam)
     Tela                         All Things Reconsidered
     Brother                      Bouncin' Around the Room
     Col. Forbin's==>
     Gamehendge rap==>            Uncle Pen
     Famous mockingbird           Cold As ice tease
     Sparkle                      Chalk Dust Torture
      Cavern                       Hold Your Head Intro!
                                 Terrapin w/ band intro and extended
                                               vacuum solo
                                  Cold As Ice(double time)
                                  Take the A-Train
                                  Golgi
            Encores: Carolina(no mics)
                      Good Times Bad Times
 
Here's my review:
  Oh, yeah, the space between bouncin and uncle pen shouldn't
be there, and there isn't another song between them. Anyway...
  There was some guy taking photos in the front of the wall
where the security guys stand, and I think it was for the band.
Everyone was showered, and Mike was even a little dressed up,
with a real spiffy showboat type hat. The first set smoked
(what a surprise), and after Foam Trey was all smiles, giving
us the thumbs up. Reba was stellar. Just before the orchestrated
jam, Mike flipped the rim of his hat down, so we knew they
were serious. The jam was one of the finest I can remember.
Maze is my favorite of the new songs, so it was nice to see
it again (after Chicago). Trey seems to realy like this one
as well. The crowd overall was a bit lame as far as movement
and participation, but I think a lot of people were getting
their phirst exposure to Phish, so what can you expect. The rap
after Col. Forbin was great. Try had the floor drop out from 
under us, and we traveled THROUGH the Earth, and came up
on the other side, in Gamehendge. It was fun. Two great dance 
tunes were nice for and end to a great set.
  During the set break, my friend's pipe got taken by security,
and this is the third time in four shows that we have been
hassled by security. We should be more careful.
   Anyway, set two was very nice indeed. Trey had a big grin
on his face and Mike still had the hat. He tipped it to
the crowd during mysweet One, and then it disappeared soon
after that.  The highlight of the show for me was the You
Enjoy Myself. The Mike/Fishman duet after Trey's solo
was some of the most abstract rhythmic interplay that I
have seen out of this band, and at one point Trey looked
over at Page and said, "F*ck!" It was really amazing. The
Page solo was really long as well. The vocal jam was moving
along well, when all of the sudden they were singing Shaggy Dog!
I have never heard this before, so I need a confirmation. I heard
them say Shaggy Dog a bunch, and the whole thing was acapella.
It was completely out of nowhere.
  After Calk Dust, they switched so Henrietta could come out
and do a song for us. They seemed to be confused about what
they were playing for the intro, and it turned into Hold Your
Head Up. The Vacuum jam was long in Terrapin, and at one point
I swore he had the majority of his mouth in the vacuum. A woman
turned to me at that point and said "Why?" and I had no
answer for her. 
  Carolina was beautiful, although the Detroit crowd was a
little noisy. Good Times smoked and everyone seemed happy
with the show.  I bet the boys are getting really excited
to get home, this has been a long tour. There were rumours
floating around last night that there is talk of a tour
with Santana this summer. Schedules would have to be
rearranged a little, but Europe would still be on. I repeat,
this is a rumour and not fact. I'm off to The Land od Cleves
tonight, take care y' all!
                        -Brian
 
Brian G. Feller@um.cc.umich.edu

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