@Vegassimple said:

Maybe I'm the lone dissenter here, but I think "learning" to love the current state of phish pretty much means becoming a Trey apologist. Maybe I'm pointing out the obvious here, but the man who used to be bursting at the seams with creativity and fire has largely been replaced by a man who doesn't want to be the leader anymore, largely relegated to becoming a rhythm guitarist. When he does solo, the FIRE is simply not there, with perhaps a few exceptions. I think this is painfully obvious when comparing his current playing to 1.0 AND 2.0.

I'm sorry but I gotta disagree here. I think Trey has been on fire for most of the last two tours. Yes, he has relegated many moments to let the other guys shine, but just watch Reading's DWD or some of the Tweezers in the Fall Tour and you can see that he still has the spark and the fire to dominate many jams. When he wants to go, he goes..

Truly, I'm tired of hearing about Trey losing a step because of his age. I just couched a couple of shows and saw Jimmy Herring and John Scofield knock the shit out of the park.. You don't think Trey will be doing the same for the next 10-15 years? Get off his ass and enjoy what Phish are doing right now, which is better than anything they've don in the past 5 years.