6/30/99 Bonner Springs
Set 1
The show wastes no time getting going with a 20 minute Gin to open
proceedings. Full on type 2, it quickly dissolves into that ultra hazy,
screaming-seagulls style of deconstruction that 1999 jamming is well
known for. Wonderful rebuild back into the song and out. Hot damn.
Remember when crazy stuff like this was a dime a dozen and noone batted
an eye?!
Farmhouse in slot 2 actually works great to bring us back to terra
firma. Nothing special but the placement really did wonders for it.
The following Tube is way too short but delivers the type 1 goods. Horn is Horn.
Up next is the Phish debut of Back On The Train. Not exactly a
complicated song, but it sounds excellent from the get go. Funky, down
home rock and roll. A strong version by any measure. Great debut!
Funnily, they completely butcher the ending and it just kinda collapses
upon itself.
And into a 14 minute Maze we go! GET YOUR SUNSCREEN! WE GONNA GET FRIED! 
Absolutely MASSIVE organ solo from Page on this sucker followed by the
wah pedal guitar mutilation you expect. This one deserves it's jam chart
status - Trey rips SO hard he nearly fumbles the whole thing himself.
Absolutely nuclear.
A beautiful Limb By Limb chills us out after that razing. Limb stays
type 1 but seems to have extra fire and turns in a particularly strong
performance.
The set ends with a nicely played Golgi.
All in all, this was a surprisingly varied set! Excellent flow as
well - it felt constructed! The Gin and the Maze are must hear with a
special nod to Limb. Great start to Summer 99!!!
Set 2
Shock and surprise Coil opener!!! Pretty well played and chock full of
energy, it actually gets everything going very well, if you can believe
that! Great version and the placement is very refreshing. The outro jam
is awesome - instead of dying into a piano solo, they just keep on
going, working the song, slowly building back the energy. It dies down
for a while and we do eventually end up with a piano solo, but then,
slowly full band ambience emerges with tons of feedback and the guys
LAUNCH into that opening D chord of Free!!!!
UNEXPECTED SEGUES FOR THE WIN!
Free is 14 minutes of spectacular awesome sauce. It aint the 7 23
Columbus masterpiece but itll sure do until we reach Ohio! Trey goes all
outer space robo funk rock on this sucker. Textural synths galore. This
is SICK!!!! They bring it down heavy and thick like its
the late night groove party. Stuttering backwards robo fx, etc. Then it
explodes and they rock it to a massive conclusion. SPECTACULAR!!! MUST
HEAR!!!
Whats that? You need more fire in your ears? Ok, Birds of a Feather it
is! Pure unhinged insanity. Basically, Maze Part 2. Holy hell. Nuclear
annihilation....
Simple rises from the destruction and keeps us going, the blissful outro
giving way to upbeat, hazy ambience! This in turn morphs, incredibly,
into one of the best placed Swept Away>Steeps ever. THIS SET WAS
CONSTRUCTED, I TELL YOU.
That pair in turn fizzle perfectly into Piper! The build up into Piper
out of Steep is the definition of "peaks and valleys perfected". Setlist
creation 101 right here, boys and girls! And of course Piper just
shreds blissfully to the heavens and back as expected.
After a short break, the boys cool us down again with the Phish debut of
Bug. All 9 minutes of it. Powerful as ever, great for a debut.
Absolutely soaring, very hazy and FULL of that "1999" sound. Screaming
seagull Trey in the best way. Fantastic debut!!!!!!!
And holy mother of Satan are we in for a shock when Bug melts into a
ridiculous, evil, ambient jam, aka the debut of My Left Toe. Full on "2
23 24 Chalkdust" evil on steroids. People in attendance must have been
losing their minds. I'm listening in a friggin dump truck and lord knows
I just lost mine! Dude!!!!
As if we didnt just debut a new song and descend into the pits of hell
and back all within 20 minutes, we return to finish the set with Stash.
Stash is a gnarly beast. Not must hear, but it sure gets dark and
foreboding. Evil Stash is best Stash!
Nice encore of Bouncing and Sample to keep us from having a heart attack after all of that stressful music
All in all...HOLY CRAP THAT SET WAS INCREDIBLE!!!! Set 1 was a
good warmup, but set 2 was top to bottom perfection! They NEED to
release this show!!! The Free was ridiculous, the
Simple>Swept/Steep>Piper was nutzo, the Bug>My Left Toe was
insanity... EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS SET! Good golly talk about
coming outta the gate swinging - there was SO much going on!
Wow!!!!! 
Im exhausted! Awesome show!
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