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Video of the Week: 1995-06-28 - Tweezer

Posted 10 months ago by tmwsiy - 16 comments Link: http://phi.sh/b/5008c1c1, posted in the Video category



As was the case in 2012, Jones Beach produced a slew of memorable material over a pair of shows in 1995. The first show of the run, on 06-28, included this fantastic Tweezer sandwiched around a Dave's Energy Guide which hadn't been played in nearly 500 shows. The band gets off to a great start running along a strong type I jam. Page mashes on his ivory sending crescendos behind the band's soundscape as they start to enter different territory and leave the structure of the song. Around nine and half minutes in, Mike leads a funk groove which Page picks up and runs with. At 13:30 Trey goes over to Mike and says something to him as they speed the beat up. Trey slowly moves down the neck of his guitar as Page fills out the background and Fish jumps all over.

A bit after 19 minutes, the effervescent Dave's Energy Guide starts to grow out of the jam. This hadn't been seen in it's full glory in 479 shows (3/8/91). It, of course, had been teased plenty of times including as recently as six days before in Canandaigua, NY (Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center). The band eventually hops back into Tweezer. Towards 25 minutes, a full on type II jam emerges and Mike begins playing a bassline that sounds very similar to the Mario theme song although many would likely say that is crazy.

Right before we hit the 28th minute, The Breeder's "Cannonball" grows out of the music. The band eventually slows it down as Trey plays a chord repeatedly and the wonderous jam eventually comes to an end.

Thanks to Dave (again!) for uploading this with some quality audio.

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Comments

Mikesgroover Reply
Mikesgroover This is a mind-blowing piece of improvisational Phish, one of the underappreciated highlights of Space Camp '95. To me this is the kind of adventurous, jump-off-the-edge risk taking I miss in 3.0.

I remember attending this show and seeing kind of a next wave of younger fans inside. A lot of suburban high school kids had their minds melted at this show. Thanks for the video, I never imagined one would turn up.
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zipriderson Reply
sounded like the beginnig of Free at 14:30, with hints of a Theme from the Bottom peak. .good stuff.
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Posterdog Reply
Posterdog Gets pretty eclectic at about 19:30, love this jam.
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Fluffyfluffyhead Reply
Fluffyfluffyhead @Posterdog said:
Gets pretty eclectic at about 19:30, love this jam.
That would be the DEG :)
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ledzepmaster Reply
ledzepmaster Holy Balls.... Page is incredible.
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lovedontfalter Reply
i remember, at the time, this version of tweezer, this particular night, i think it was the first time Phish scared the shit out of me. I think I turned to my friend one time and said, "dude, i have no idea what's going on right now" and i was only stoned.
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ccsuphanner Reply
ccsuphanner It's jams like this that make the band's 1995 Summer Tour their most experimental to date. Great choice.
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Faht1 Reply
Faht1 I can't believe it's been 17 years!
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Slothberries Reply
Slothberries holy crap! i was at this show!!! show number 2 for me. wow
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nichobert Reply
nichobert Is there any real reason that Cannonball isn't on the setlist from this show? I haven't listened to Bomb Factory in awhile, but did they play much more of it than they do in this one? I had totally forgotten that they sung some of it in this one..Which is weird because I listened to it like two weeks ago and was raving about it to friends.

I don't know if anyone else feels the same way..but I recently grabbed every 1995 show off of Phishows, and I was pretty amazed at the average sound quality. 6/17 from Bristow being the only one that was well below par that I can remember. I don't remember the 1995 tapes sounding this good back in the day. Maybe its because I got crappy high generation B&Ps and these come from sources closer to the actual source, but still.. just seems like I ignored a lot of 1995 in the past decade or so because I had some bad burns, but I'm super happy to have them all now.

Can't wait to dig into...Wait for it....1996! I never gave this year a fair shake. Can't wait to digest it.
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tmwsiy Phish.net Staff Reply
tmwsiy @nichobert said:
Is there any real reason that Cannonball isn't on the setlist from this show?
Tweezer[2] >

[2] Cannonball jam.

It is?
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mgouker Reply
mgouker Thank you for posting! I'm looking forward to watching this.
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andychatfield Reply
My first show!

June 28, 1995

Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, NY

Set 1: Axilla (Part II) > Foam, Fast Enough for You, Reba[1], Punch You In the Eye, Stash, Fluffhead > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart > Tweezer -> Dave's Energy Guide -> Tweezer[2] > Gumbo > Sparkle > Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Sweet Adeline, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[1] No whistling.
[2] Cannonball jam.

Notes: Ha Ha Ha was teased before the start of the first set. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Dave's Energy Guide was played for the first time since March 8, 1991 (479 shows). Tweezer included a Cannonball jam.

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nichobert Reply
nichobert Yea I'm saying though, bomb factory has Cannonball in the actual set list, not in the notations. Relistening to it though, Bomb Factory had a lot more of the song, and really. A verse and chorus of a song should elevate it over Cannonball Jam to Cannonball on that set list, IMO. Probably 18 years too late on that discussion though
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Hugger Reply
Wow! I forgot how much I love the little piece of music that is 'Dave's Energy Guide.' Thanks for refreshing my memory with this Jones Beach version. Mud Island and Canandaigua seem to over shadow this one when I think about Summer '95 Tweezer's, but now i'm not so sure.
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yanzlow Reply
yanzlow Also my First show! I had NO IDEA what was going on. It was a little scary, a little uncomfortable, pretty fun, and I came out feeling like a million bucks, and a fairly awed at what just happened. just like a first time should be! Thanks for posting this!
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