From cdirksen@earthlink.net Sat Sep 12 23:35:41 1998
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 23:15:40 GMT
From: cdirksen@earthlink.net
To: dan@netspace.org
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
Subject: 8/16/97 Went YEM

8/16/97 The Great Went, Limestone, ME

YEM opens according to Plan.  The spacey pre-Nirvana section is
typically beautiful.  Around 3:05 Trey sustains a note and proceeds to
increase its volume dramatically, which elicits a few yahoo's of
approval from some fans.  Nirvana at 3:49 (someone commented at one
point that there has to be a better name for this section, and I
certainly agree.. free show for whomever comes up with a good name for
this section.. if you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the
YEM on "A Live One" between 2:52 and 3:35). Mike's solo section at
4:33 is groovy; more upbeat than usual.  Pre-charge section is good..
although Trey doesn't sustain the second Note as well as he usually
does.  Charge at 6:55 and

"Boy" at 7:08 after an ok scream.  Good WUDMTF segment.. Tramps jam at
9:19.  Page takes off.. good accompaniment from Mike (don't hear any
signals for the tramps moves.. he just jams along with Fish and
Page).  Trey comes in at 10:12 (from the crowd reaction, there was
trampoline activity.. but Mike just jammed along with Page instead of
signaling for the tramps moves).  At 10:46 Page teases "Here Comes
Speedracer." Good leads from him on the organ! Trey, Mike and Fish
just accompany Page's very busy hands.  Page is still tooling around
at 12:12.. a very drawn out tramps segment, frankly.  Great stuff from
him in here!  I'm wondering whether there will be a clear start to the
jam segment..

At 12:45 Trey begins soloing in the lower octaves (as good a place as
any to mark the start of the jam segment).  He hasn't hit on any theme
in the first minute, but at 13:52 he does hit on one and repeats it a
few times over the course of the next.. he keeps repeating it for many
measures, actually.  It's a fairly catchy theme. Very funky..
groove-oriented.  Fish is adding a lot of hi-hat to this jam, which he
doesn't do very often.  Trey is still toying around with theme he
picked up at 13:52 (15 mins).

The groove begins to pick up in intensity around 15:50, when Trey
climbs a bit higher on his 'doc.   Yeah! =^]  Great soloing from Trey
over strong accompaniment from Fish, Mike and Page... At 16:45 they
kick into the final climactic portion of the jam, and Mike starts
repeating a variation of the theme that Trey had been repeating
earlier.  Trey and Page join in.. nice thematic groove!! (18 mins)
Excellent jamming from everyone around 19 mins.. great interplay!

Around 19:40 Trey sustains a chord and the jam cools down.. Mike
becomes more prominent, but he just repeats the same note (in time
with Fish).  Trey turns on a strange effect and begins noodling over
this hazey, monotonous-but-gripping groove laid down by the others.
Very hypnotic groove in many ways.  Trey's noodling isn't very
melodious, though.  Kinda scary overtop the aforementioned
mind-melting, hypnotic jam... begins dying out..

At 21:46 Trey starts vocal jamming (scatting actually), and Page joins
in, softly.. the jam just fades out and by 22:15 Page, Trey and Mike
have stopped playing (Fish taps the bass drum lightly for a bit before
stopping completely by 22:30). They're just vocal jamming at this
point. Fish clearly articulates "Put it down" in here, many times,
actually.  At 23:41 Trey starts playing Trainsong.

Well.. a very unusual jam segment overall, so I have to give this the
slightly above average B+ rating, even though a "typically awesome" B
might be more appropriate in light of versions of the last few years.

two cents
charlie