Three Phabulous Nights With Phish At Chicago’s UIC Pavilion

Trey at UIC Pavilion (photo: Nate Azark / WXRT)

Photos: Phish Performs At The…Wednesday night brought a close to the 3 night run of Phish in Chicago for the summer of 2011. The setlists sounded as good as they looked so far and no one would be disappointed after Wednesday’s show. Wooo Hooo…that’s the first thing that came to mind after seeing this epic show, well the first words I can form into something…its hard to really get the point across with stuttering and mouth open wide pictures…

They opened with Colonel Forbin’s Ascent. The last time that was the opener was November of 1989. The energy inside the pavilion was electric. The first “Weigh” of 2011 made its way through after the often played Possum. “Bathtub Gin” followed “The Divided Sky” and it was one of the best I’ve seen.

The second set started with “Crosseyed and Painless” and it never left making its way inside all but a few of the second set songs. We took a trip into the homes of the band during Makisupa Policeman although Fish’s house wasn’t visited until the set closer “Run Like an Antelope”. Most of the second set had a very spacey jam feel to it. The songs played may not have been deeply explored but they didn’t lack energy and kept the crowd on its feet. The Encore had a sweet groove starting with Funky Bitch and the explosive Tweezer Reprise wrapped it up. A Phabulous 3 night run and a great time to be a Phan.

Set List
Set 1: Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Gumbo, Possum, Weigh > The Divided Sky, Alaska, Bathtub Gin, Maze, Cavern, First Tube

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > No Quarter > Timber[1] > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Piper[2] > Ghost > Makisupa Policeman[3] > Sleep > Buffalo Bill > Golgi Apparatus > Character Zero[1] > Run Like an Antelope[4]

Encore: Funky Bitch[5] > Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise[5]

[1] Crosseyed teases and quotes.
[2] Crosseyed teases and quotes and Timber tease from Fish.
[3] Lyrics referenced Trey’s favorite music (“Dank Sinatra,” “Nat King Bowl”, “Harry Chronic, Jr.,” “Herby Hancock,” and “Van Inhalen”), as well as Page’s House and Mike’s House.
[4] Crosseyed and Makisupa teases and alternate lyrics referencing Fish’s House.
[5] Crosseyed quotes.

*Written by Stephen Wright

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