Here we f***ing go!

PYITE starts us off with some great energy and then we go straight into the first Reba of this tour. Oh man this Reba. Beautiful playing from Trey that's at once sad and restrained but with a good amount of tension. This what Reba is meant to be. Amazing stuff already and we have a whole show ahead! Now normally I don't like ballads this early in the show but Albuquerque is one of my favorite songs so I'll give it a pass. However if I could change one thing about this show it would be switching Albuquerque and Carini around. Speaking of which, Carini! Raging metallic HOSE!! Quite a far cry from Reba, this Carini is a total metal fest. Then we have a classic Oh Kee Pa > Suzy combo. Suzy has a nice jam with great Trey and Page. Just when it seems they're wrapping up for the next song Fish slams back into the beat and we get the rare 2nd Suzy jam. This jam is funky, energetic, and very engaging to listen to. Great stuff.

Set 2 comes out swinging with a 30 minute Drowned! This jam is wicked! After the final chorus, Page quickly lays down some piano chords then switches to the clav immediately spacing out the jam while the others follow. Mike picks up a cool bass groove and Trey responds with light fluttering guitar work. Trey then moves to some funked out chords while Page takes the lead with beautiful piano work. Trey continues to lay down some funky rhythm and effect loops while the rest continue to follow Page. Page then takes a left turn with some evil sounding chords and all of the sudden it's like a '94-'95 jam with each member throwing out some weird ideas and the others countering with their own. Trey hops on his mini-keyboard take make some squiggle-squiggle sounds leaving Page, Mike, and Fish to dominate the improv for the rest of the jam. From there Trey takes a backseat for the rhythm section to jam to their heart's content. Eventually, Page plays some spaceship landing sounds and the jam fades away. All capped off with a little ambient addendum. WHEW! What a jam!

What's next after that monster? Crosseyed of course, and it's also jammed! Strong interplay between the band here. A fantastic 1-2 punch of Drowned and C&P. Dog Faced Boy finally gives us a cool down after over 40 minutes of intense jamming. It's followed up with the fan favorite (?) f***erpants. But this version is rather well played. Even featuring some cool shredding from Trey. Loving Cup brings this great set to a raging conclusion. The mellow encore is well earned after 2 sets of crazy energy and the Sample is icing on the cake.

Damn. All-timer of a show. I really can't recommend one single song because the whole show is terrific. Do yourself a favor and buy Live Phish 03 if haven't already. If you have, go ahead and spin this one again. You won't regret it.