Saturday we bid farewell to Barney and Mary and headed up to Columbia, MD for my first Phish concert (and probably the last) at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. This was Sharon’s Christmas/Birthday present to me. I have wanted to see this band live since I got into them in High School, you can read my previous post about it here.
It was a nice evening and we had great seats in the Pavilion. The concert was really good. I wouldn’t say it was ‘amazing’ just because I had set my expectations pretty 
high. I wish I could have heard the music a little better, but the experience was really fun and totally worth it. I’m looking into how I can get a copy of the show now. Phish is cool that way, they encourage the sharing of concerts, music, etc... One guy behind us was videotaping it, which I think was against the rules at the Pavilion to do so, but there were a lot of illegal things happening. After the first few songs he asked me to switch places with Sharon because I was too tall and kept getting in the way. He said he would send me a copy of the tape. I switched and can only hope he comes through with the tape.
I think I came to learn many things at the concert one of which is that a bunch of the songs I like are sung or strongly influenced by the pianist, Page McConnell. I need to look more into his side projects and band, Vida Blue. I also realized that as much fun as the concert experience is with the crazy people, fun light show, and seeing the band interact, I like having recordings to really hear the music.
In true Phan fashion I will end with the set list
First set: 
Crowd Control
Kill Devil Falls
The Sloth
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Axilla I
Foam
Esther
Ha Ha Ha
Party Time (World Debut, a Jon Fishman song)
Tube
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Strange Design
Time Turns Elastic
Second set: 
Tweezer
Taste
Alaska
Let Me Lie
46 Days
Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Velvet Underground)
Harry Hood
Encore:
Good Times Bad Times (Grateful Dead)
Tweezer Reprise
