PHISHING IN RALEIGH WITH OUR GANG

A concert to remember

July 1, 2010

 

PARTY WITH OUR PHRIENDS

 

This was our first Phish concert.  This band has a huge following of fans much like the Grateful Dead only instead of "deadheads" Phish fans are known as phans, phriends, phamily, phiends or Phishheads.  Jason and Haruka are serious Phishheads.  After this show, they followed the band to their next three shows in Charlotte and Alpharetta, Georgia.

We pulled up into the parking lot with a couple of thousand other Phish fans and did some tailgating.  We brought snacks and drinks and there were plenty of vendors cruising the parking lot, including an ice cream man which proved irresistible to Haruka.   Then we climbed the steps to the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion where Jill and Haruka paused for a picture.  Our group of phriends included Scott, Jill, PJ, Matt, Jason, Haruka and their friends John and Thad.  David and Bonnie were there, too. 

 

COOL DRINKS

 

Bob and Jill enjoy their fourteen dollar slushies which naturally, had some alcoholic content.

 

PERFECT WEATHER FOR FUN

 

It was perfect weather, warm, clear and dry.  Scott, Matt, Bob and PJ, in his chicken suit are all enjoying each other's company while waiting for the concert to begin.

 

GOLDEN HOUR

 

The sun hit that magic angle and bathed everyone in a golden light.  Camille liked the Sheetz sign with it's motto "Feel the Love" and laughed when she saw she'd snapped a picture of it while this nice couple was doing exactly that.

 

EXPENSIVE FOOD

 

We were glad we'd brought food and drink for the parking lot because beer was between $9 and $16 and the cheapest food available was pretzels at $5 or a slice of pizza at $6.   Security guards were on the lurk for problems and we did see them carry a man out in a lawn chair later on in the evening.

 

LOTS OF ROOM

After the concert began, Bob and Camille relocated to the top of the hill where there was more elbow room.  There was a great feel to the evening and the crowd and lots of opportunities to take great photographs.  Jill was taken by the image of us laying together on the lawn and took some very nice pictures.  Click on the picture of us to see a larger image.

 

GLOWING

 

By the end of the evening, we were glowing with phish music, phriendship and phun.  It was a great evening!  We're glad we went and glad we talked Jill into going.  We had a lot of fun dancing and hanging out with our friends.  We loved the music, although most of it is new to us because Phish writes their own songs.  On this magical evening, Phish also played covers of a two of our favorites, Little Feat's "Time Loves a Hero" and "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone" by Traffic.

07/01/2010 Phish Show Playlist at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek:

Set 1: Llama, Roses Are Free, Kill Devil Falls, Time Loves a Hero, Alaska, Water in the Sky, Runaway Jim, The Moma Dance, The Divided Sky, Cavern

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line, Halley’s Comet > Light, Fluffhead > Have Mercy, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone > Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, The Squirming Coil, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Boogie On Reggae Woman,

This show featured the first Time Loves a Hero since December 31, 2002 (127 shows), the first Have Mercy since December 12, 1999 (189 shows), and the first Light Up Or Leave Me Alone since December 30, 1999 (181 shows).

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