Phish ~ 7/25/99 @ Deer Creek - Noblesville, Indiana
Review by Jerry Iannucci
I (63 min.): Meat^, My Friend My Friend -> My Left Toe -> Whipping Post^^,
Makisupa Policeman^^^,
I Saw It Again, Boogie on Reggae Woman, Cavern
II (~90 min., w/ enc.): Birds of a Feather > Walk Away, Antelope, Suzie
Greenberg*, Hold Your Head Up >
Purple Rain*** > Hold Your Head Up, You
Enjoy Myself****
Enc: Loving Cup
I found a spot in the middle of the lawn. There was a couple there with a 5
year old boy who had been to a few shows. I guess Tweezer is his favorite
song. They attended a show last year and the mother somehow bumped into
Trey afterwards. She told him it was a good show but her 5 year old really
wanted to hear Tweezer. Trey said if she wrote a note to him before the
next show, he would play whatever the kid wanted. This is getting long.
Anyways, she wrote the note before Alpine Valley and mentioned where she
was sitting, and of course he played Tweezer and waved at the kid
afterwards. Whatever.
The set wasn't too special at first, until the ambiant My Left Toe turned
into Whipping Post. Fun! It was a real smooth -> and I guess it hasn't
been played in a long time. Then Makisupa was a blast. The keyword was
"brownies and nuggets". Yeah! Trey played a little Happy Birthday theme
and announced that it was Chris's birthday. I think he made us all sing
happy birthday in a rasta kinda way. He then announced that Fishman would
sing a happy birthday solo in the cool rasta voice. It was something like
"Ya mon. Happy Birthday mon. When they pass you da big spleef tonight
dont pass it to anyone else mon". Or something like that. Hilarious.
Trey then made Chris to a 1 minute light solo without music which was
pretty fun.
The rest of the set speaks for itself. I started to leave during Cavern to
go to the bathroom since Cavern is pretty much always the same.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the aisle on the lawn and just waited it out.
Second set opened with Birds. That's 6 shows and 5 birds or 83%. The jam
seemes to be getting better everytime they play it though. The Antelope
was great as always, but I dont remember it being anything special. Suzie
was actually really long and jammed out. Big fun. Someone described it
the next day as being "slinky". I need to hear it again but it was a lot
of fun.
HYHU-> Purple Rain-> HYHU. Finally! I've been waiting a long time for one
of these and it was SO much fun. And Purple Rain is one of my favorite
helpings. He forgot the words, so he just started making shit up.
Hilarious. He then did laps around the stage during the closing HYHU and
really hammed it up. He even gave the people up front a flash of whats
under his dress. I'm still smiling.
And I finally got a YEM! Nothing too special, but hey.. its YEM! The
encore was Loving Cup. Nuff said.
Show Rating: 
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