TAB, 9/25/21 Charlotte, NC
Set 1
46 Days - Surprisingly CHILL reading of the song! Low-key and
almost funky! The extra percussion gives a great feel. Right at the 4:15
mark or so, Trey kicks on some tasty RoboWah to great effect. Around 9
minutes or so, Trey lays back and the GROOVE takes over. But then
he kicks on that "waterfall delay", as I have been calling it. Things
are starting to get "out there", though they are still skirting around
the edges of 46 Days. Definite, outer space vibes slowly creeping in! By
the 12 minute mark, Trey is setting loops and laying HARD into the
RoboWah while the rest of the band groove this to oblivion (no pun
intended...). This is freaking AWESOME!!!! Around 13:20,
this sucker begins to peak hard, with Trey returning to a more normal
sound and just letting it rip, building upwards higher and higher! From here, it's straight up molten lava ripping to the end. KILLER STUFF!! WOW! 
The Way I Feel - Keeps the initial chill feel of 46 Days going.
Super hot, all down and dirty. Red friggin hot, this is basically 12
minutes of Trey shredding it up. Hell yes!
Blaze On - "Do it, Ray!" is stranger than "Play it, Leo!", but
it'll work! Red hot raging type 1 as expected. Then around the 8 minute
mark, Trey kicks on the RoboBullfrog deluxe and the jam starts to
stretch its wings sonically. Then at 10:30, I'd say we go full Type
II!!! The jam gets REAL quiet and a bit spacey, though everyone is still
jamming out. Wow, this is cool! Eventually it slowly builds back to Type I raging and the song concludes from there.
Hot damn, three for friggin' three!!!!
Camel Walk - A 13 min Camel Walk is up next, and this sucker is
incendiary! Right off the rip, Trey is just destroying worlds!!! DANG!
Bascially, it's just Type I fire from start to finish. KILLER!
Ghost - A slow and sludgy, 13 min Ghost follows. Ghost is a bit
awkward structurally. Ray's keys really give this a different feel.
Right away, Trey jumps on the way and honks it up, again, all slow and
sludgy. 
Immediately, im talking by the 5 minute mark, the jam gets down to almost nothing! EXTREMELY quiet!!! Slowly,
they build it back up - Trey is playing extremely GROWLY!!! THIS IS THE
COOLEST GHOST IVE HEARD IN A HOT MINUTE!!! THIS THING IS NUCLEAR BOMB
FIRE!!! MUST HEAR! MUST HEAR!!!
Hot freakin' damn, that first set was the BEE'S KNEES!!! Everything was
total fire played with more energy and enthusiasm than many large chunks
of Phish's 2021 summer tour - that's for sure!
Set 2
Set Your Soul Free - Terrific, Type I rager. Ray's keys really
elevate this! Right away, Trey wastes no time jumping on the wah. But
then the jam gets more stoccato and latin-feeling. Trey laying back,
doing delay lines. From here builds back up and rocks to the finale. FRIGGIN INSANE!
Ocelot - Like everything else tonight, in the best way, this is stuck DEEP in the muck and filth! EXTRA slow and GROOVETASTIC! This
thing is disgusting! It goes super-chunk, robo-wah, groove machine up
in this sucker! Absolutely the most out-there Ocelot I've ever heard.
MUST HEAR!
Sweet Dreams Melinda - Wait, this isn't a Phish show?
Great version! Nothing really must-hear, but totally great all the
same! Trey's playing is stupendously fluid and delicate! Wow!
Gotta Jibboo - 15 minute killer!!! Of course the crowd goes nuts when Trey triggers the OG whale siren loop at 3 minutes!
Ray proceeds to deliver a terrific piano solo for several funky minutes
while Trey lays back. He ain't Page McConnell, but he gets the job
done! I'd say the jam just about goes Type II around 5:40 when he and
Trey lock in together on a motif that brings the jam slowly downwards
and even more chill. Builds back to a raging peak from here and finishes
with aplomb. MUST HEAR!
HOTTEST JIBBOO I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY FRIGGIN LIFE!
A Life Beyond the Dream - Absolutely friggin' gorgeous.
Twist - DUDE! WHAT IS GOING ON! INSANE TWIST! 16 MINUTES!! SUPER GOOPY AND CRAZY!!! MUST HEAR!
Twist concludes and the set comes to a close. For the encore, we get some acoustic tunes with funny-as-ever Trey banter
Sample In a Jar - Is Sample
Brian and Robert - Yo, this might be a new all-timer version of this. It sent goosebumps down my arms. Absolutely SPLENDID!
Back On the Train - See Sample
Strange Design - Great to hear as always, but nothing tops that Brian and Robert!
Final Encore:
Sand - I'm actually not a huge fan of the TAB versions with
horns. I prefer the slinky, low-key groove of the Phish renditions. This
one is a great middle ground, with all the sludgy, goopy
characteristics of the songs we've already heard, but with a more rocky
inflection than most TAB reading. Awesome!
All in all, we aren't to the "great" shows yet and I was already
BLOWN THE HELL AWAY!!!! Honestly, if you're a Phish fan, you probably
just need to hear this (and the rest - I can't wait!). This was a superb
gig! EVERYTHING was a damn highlight!!! Total fire and passion and
RAGING ENERGY!!! Plus a healthy helping of dark goop (whatever you wanna
call it).
Dang!
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