From: newkirk 
Subject: concert review 7-10-92

Hi there. I just recently got a computer, and got 'on-line'. I saw your 
list of Phish concert reviews, thought it was pretty neat, and decided to 
make a contribution of my own.

     This review is of the first Phish show I ever went to. It's been a 
while, so this won't be real detailed, but it was a great show and we had 
a great time, so I thought I'd contribute. Especially since there is no 
entry on your list for this show yet.
     The date was July 10, 1992. The place was Syracuse, NY at the NY 
State fairgrounds for the very first H.O.R.D.E. tour. Widespread Panic, 
the Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, and PHISH were all there. At the time, 
Blues Traveler were all the rage, they and the Spin Doctors were the main 
reasons I wanted to go. But, I had heard a lot of good things about 
Phish, too. I had just bought A Picture of Nectar a few months prior to 
this, and I really wanted to check out Phish, live.
     I was working for a landscaping company that summer, and about five 
of us were going to the show. We had to work that morning, but we left 
early for the hour and a half drive to Syracuse. Yes, many trees and 
shrubs didn't get planted that day so that we could all go to a big-ass 
party.
     The weather was perfect, and we stopped at one guys house in Geneva 
about halfway there to pick up some sandwiches and beer. The rest of the 
way to Syracuse we downed a few beers (except for the driver, of course) 
and listened to Blues Traveler on the tape player, loud. We were all 
pretty psyched.
     The stage set up was impressive , the venue was spacious and open 
air, but intimate at the same time. You were never really all that far 
from the stage. Phish played early (Blues Traveler headlined). I met up 
with a friend I'd done a half a dozen Dead shows with in the summer of 
88. They had even hired these beautiful girls who dresssed and painted 
themselves to look like the 60's go-go girls from Rowan & Martins 
Laugh-in or something. They danced around on the wings of the stage, and 
occasionally made their way through the crowd, dancing and having a good 
time.

Phish played one set that day with an encore, it went like this:

Bouncing Around the Room
Llama
Reba
Sparkle
Maze
Golgi Apparatus
Lizards
Cavern
Run Like an Antelope

encore - My Sweet One

     The only songs that I recognized at the time were Llama and Cavern 
from A Picture of Nectar, but I completely enjoyed the whole set. I 
recognized Phish's innate ability to perform live and improvise. I think 
they even broke out their vacuum cleaner at one point, if I remember 
correctly. Everybody was dancing. It was an open air show on a warm 
summer day, there was beer for sale, Phish jammed, and it was just an all 
around great time. The Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler were great, too. 
We missed most of Widespread Panic. Can you imagine this same lineup of 
bands doing a tour together this summer?! It would be HUGE! I decided 
after this show that I would go see Phish again two and a half weeks 
later in my home town of Canandaigua when they opened for Santana at the 
Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center. Since then I have seen Phish once a 
year during their summer tours at various venues in New York and 
Michigan. They are an original, impressive band to be sure. I hope they 
never get so big that they have to play most of their shows in giant 
stadiums like the Dead had to, though. 

Kirk Johnson

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From: jkrm_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Joe Karam)
Subject: Syracuse HORDE thoughts
Date: 13 Jul 92 13:29:22 GMT

Hi everyone,
        I'm so glad the rain stayed away most of the day, but it was
really
nice when it came!

The order of bands was the same as it was in NJ.

A.R.U. opened up.  They sounded pretty good.  John Popper played a few
tunes
with them.  I was sitting down at this point so when I heard Widespread
Panic
start up in the middle of an A.R.U. jam I thought that was pretty cool.

Widepread Panic played some really cool songs (cool water, C. Brown, and
many
others).  We went up close for them.

Then the Spin Doctors came on and it got really crowded.  they just really 
kicked. they played What time is it?, Jimmy Olsen's Blues, Refridgerator
Car,
House, Little Miss, Yo Mamma's a Pajama, How Could You want him?, Freeway
of 
the Plains, and a couple others.  A funny point came when a big guy was
slam 
dancing up front bothering some other folks and the lead singer told him
to 
get out of the way.  It was
quite funny.

Phish came on next after a short break.  This was the 2nd time I saw Phish
and
I was even more impressed with Trey's playing this time than last.  They
played
a great version of Caverns.  I just wish they brought the trampolines out
for
Bouncing around the room.  They stood frozen for Fishman's vacuum solo
just as
they did in NJ.  Since the setlist was posted, I won't bother with it
again.

Last was Blues traveler.  I had never seen them before, so i wasn't sure
what to expect.  They opened with Alone/Sweet talking Hippie.  They had
some really good jams in this and it almost sounded like they were going
to 
play it as their entire set.  Then it started to rain and they played 
Optimistic Thought.  then Popper did some kind of rain chant and it
started
to downpour!!  I forgot the order after that, but they played Ivory Tusk,
Come Together (Beatles cover)!, But Anyways, a new song, the HORDE song,
and
they closed with Whats for Breakfast?.  It was really loud and some of his
singing was mumbled, but the band played really well together.

The only low point of the evening was when we walked back to our car, my 
friends little hibachi grill was stolen.  We left it underneath the car
when
we went in because it was still hot and someone took it.

I met a couple cool net pholks, but missed the gathering (sorry Brian!).
I
couldn't find the big water tower.  Anyways, all of the people were really 
great, the music was incredible, and even the weather stayed decent for 
most of it!  what more can you ask for!

"We're the Horde and we can't be ignored"--John Popper

Joe
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        "I'm frightened by Politicians who don't have hobbies."--A.R.U.
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             Joseph Karam         jkrm_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

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From: darkmage@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Dark Mage)
Subject: syracuse setlist...
Date: 12 Jul 92 02:59:16 GMT


Here's the set list for the phish part of syracuse..

Bouncing
llama
reba
sparkle

maze
golgi
lizards (with a really nasty screwup sort of sound)
caverns
vacum playing which sounded like a start for Terrapin but didn't realyy
go anywhere
Run like an antelope
E: My sweet one where the mikes didn't kick in till partially into the
 song

Seemed like it was short...  Still good but like what's been mentioned
in the past, it seems like the sets are getting pretty uniform...  You
go to a show and you KNOW you're going to hear llama, caverns and maze...


I thought Blues Traveller was great!  hard grungie blues!  anyone have
tapes of them?


Can someone please post the correct setlists for th 12/6 tapes that
went out on the tree?  It appears I got bum tapes.

oh yeah!  got to meet a couple netters!  Hi Al!


Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul
DM

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