The best surprise, though, was the Phish fans. Sure, there were some addled clowns not of this realm peppered throughout the amphitheater. But the vast majority of Phans I encountered were friendly, fun, welcoming and sane – and stoked to share their favorite band with a newcomer.
As a guitarist, Anastasio is underappreciated outside the jam-band world. During the band’s first of two sets at their summer tour opener, he did some acid-blues Hendrix-y stuff that shook my soul. Other times his lines were endearing playfully, skipping between the groove like a dragonfly skimming water surface. It takes a special guitarist to make around thousands of people achieve ecstasy at the same time. Anastasio did that several times Tuesday night.
Did these elongated jams get old eventually? God yes. Maybe a third of the way through the second set, when they’d go into yet another jam, I’d compose a grocery list in my head . Later, after leaving the amphitheater and getting back to my car, I couldn’t listen to some AC/DC fast enough. A great thing about Phish is they don’t take themselves too seriously. During “You Enjoy Myself,” as is their wont, Anastasio and Gordon sharply executed a choreographed bouncing routine on mini trampolines roadies brought out. They never missed a note.
Tuesday was the first of two nights in Huntsville, a city Phish had never previously played before. This summer, Orion Amphitheater will also host multi-night jam-stands by Widespread Panic and Billy Strings. Since opening last year, has booked several big artists’ debuts in Huntsville, a city known for its aerospace engineering, including: Robert Plant, Stevie Nicks, Smashing Pumpkins and Jack White.
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