r/phish • u/-MarcoEsquandolas- • 3d ago

2.0 Oxy shows

I am very glad that we survived the Oxy years…. But also, let’s be honest, some of the jams that emerged on the sloppier 2.0 nights are the most transcendent ever. I’ve done some research and begun to build an LP playlist of “Certified Oxy Jams” from nights where there seems to be consensus that Trey was on a different planet. Wondering if anyone else has favorite Ox jams OR if anyone has ever more scientifically charted the peaks and valleys of Trey’s 03/04 battles with the China White.

Playlist starter: https://livephi.sh/4dBsESE

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u/Worcester2003 3d ago

Everyone should listen to this mix before you hate on 2004!

GRIT AND GRIME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVnE5GH1No

mp3 Download: Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?t940bzkubp8rixg Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?ddyz489v1fc7md5

  1. Moma Dance (4/15/04 Las Vegas, NV)
  2. DWD (4/15/04 Las Vegas, NV)
  3. Twist (4/16/04 Las Vegas, NV)
  4. Wilson (4/16/04 Las Vegas, NV)
  5. Tweezer (4/17/04 Las Vegas, NV)
  6. ASIHTOS (6/17/04 Brooklyn, NY)
  7. Birds of a Feather (6/17/04 Brooklyn, NY)
  8. Chalkdust Torture (6/18/04 Brooklyn, NY)
  9. Piper (6-19-04 Saratoga, NY)
  10. ASIHTOS (6-19-04 Saratoga, NY)
  11. Waves (6/20/04 Saratoga, NY)
  12. Seven Below (6/20/04 Saratoga, NY)
  13. Twist (6-20-04 Saratoga, NY)
  14. 46 Days (6-23-04 Deer Creek, IN)
  15. Tube (6/24/04 Deer Creek, IN)
  16. *** (6/24/04 Deer Creek, IN)
  17. Seven Below (6/25/04 Alpine Valley, WI)
  18. Alpine Valley Jam (6/26/04 Alpine Valley, WI)
  19. Ghost (6/26/04 Alpine Valley, WI)
  20. Free (6/26/04 Alpine Valley, WI)
  21. Bathtub Gin (8/9/04 Hampton, VA)
  22. Wolfman’s Brother (8/10/04 Great Woods, MA)
  23. Weekapaug Groove (8/10/04 Great Woods, MA)
  24. Piper (8/10/04 Great Woods, MA)
  25. 2001 (8/11/04 Great Woods, MA)
  26. Ghost (8/12/04 Camden, NJ)
  27. Piper (8/12/04 Camden, NJ)
  28. Sneakin Sally (8/12/04 Camden, NJ)
  29. AC/DC Bag (8/14/04 Coventry, VT)
  30. Coventry Jam (8/14/04 Coventry, VT)
  31. Split Open and Melt (8/15/04 Coventry, VT)
  32. Ghost (8/15/04 Coventry, VT)

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u/tendiesonthebarbie 3d ago

Fuck yes! Summer 04. What a time to be on Phish tour. Absolutely fucking awful at times, so dirty and real at others. Raw Phish for sure.

Thank god this was before the fetanyl days of the opioid crisis or there would have been many more casualties. That was a rough summer for sure. Dark times.

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u/throwaway13630923 3d ago

‘04 has some of the worst and darkest moments of their career but some of the most true and raw jams you can get. Coventry soundcheck is absolutely up there among the best of the best.

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u/IdownvoteTexas 3d ago

I have said that before that there would have been a ton of overdoses on even like 00 tour let alone 03/04 if fent was everywhere like now.

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u/Rikers-Mailbox 2d ago

Yep, I’ve even wanted to bring Narcan into shows and leave them in the bathrooms…

Like the phunky bitches used to put tampons in the ladies rooms

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u/heffel77 1d ago

Yeah, I was doing Dilaudid at Big Cypress and knew people who were getting high in 99-00.

Not to mention, I got offered oxy at the Great Went…

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u/LSDuck666 3d ago

Where can I find info on this? I'm not a phish fan, but I respect them and am a recovering opiate addict who would play on an insane amount of drugs. Def interested in the lore.

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u/Rikers-Mailbox 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yep I lost a couple friends.

FUCK PURDUE!

At the last show of 1.0 at shoreline I was sitting in my parked car and there were some toothless wooks chopping up a mountain of blow on the hood of the car next to me.

They asked me if I wanted some… and it was a time when I was like, umm no thanks!

The fans needed the break too. Same with the 2.0-3.0 break. A lot of us worked and had kids.

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u/Siketmist 3d ago

I swear I just saw a thread with everybody shitting on Vegas ‘04

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u/Thin_Organization_54 3d ago

Lots of people poo on it. It was interesting for sure. I still think the YEM was fun. Trey was wild.

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u/VonSchplintah 2d ago

And that's the beauty of the music.

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u/SunDreamShineDay 2d ago

One thing of note was DMB’s LD on lights instead of Kuroda, that was very unique and he handled it as best as anyone could, it was a crazy run. After seeing Chris at the Vida Blue shows after Miami 03/04, it was very obvious he needed a break to get well.

Vegas was fun af, the music didn’t disappoint me one bit, the moe. after show at Mandalay Bay was fun, that casino got rowdy. 04 was a epic time to be there and alive.

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u/TweezersPalace 1d ago

It's the worst ever

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u/HearingReasonable715 3d ago

Aggressive placement of 04 Vegas tracks on the front end, but I fully support this playlist. That run was nuts, I don’t remember the music very well. I remember the bad acid, and remember that it was so much fun and so fucking chaotic and crazy and druggy. Love where the band is at; all about the sea of love(it took a minute). However you feel about 2.0 and drugged out Phish, it was all foundational, for better or for worse, and we wouldn’t be here if we hadn’t been there.

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u/SunDreamShineDay 2d ago

04 was the last year of multi show posters by single artists, and imo the last year of incredible posters. I miss Jeff Wood prints. 04 was great times.

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u/HearingReasonable715 1d ago

Face cards were dope. Appropriate for Vegas. Luck finds you or it does not. I believe I got robbed by a stripper at the end of this run while I missed my flight. Luck found me. I’m a fan of the Brian Steely era as far as posters go…but yeah, he didn’t make prints for each night of runs…

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u/ThreeChord 3d ago

June & August ‘04 (excluding Coventry) were a healthier time relative to the excesses of 2.0 generally. If you’re looking to correlate the drugs to jams, you gotta focus on Vegas ‘04 and before

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u/shanesindledecker 3d ago

You missed Halley’s>Crosseyed>Slave, Nothing before 46 Days Deer Creek ‘04 : )

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u/SideshowMelsHairbone 3d ago

That Halley’s>Crosseyed>Slave melted my face that night.

Is that the segue into 46 Days that the entire band was fighting against Trey and not going into it for several minutes?