Phish [Epic] Chalk Dust Torture @ IT Festival

[@Duresport]

I'm impressed with the random smoke machines they scattered through the crowd.

[@petefiedler8805]

Totally! Puffs of smoke blowing up and out all over the place!

[@willw862]

< smoke machine ;)

[@kevinlawrence7539]

I LOL'ed so hard when I read this comment. Thank you sir

[@RealZacharyLee]

Vaping before it was cool

[@tatevancleve1802]

Im impressed with how much weed some of you wooks smoke. I told my g.f. "im contact high" she thought i was speaking Japanese or chinese for 20 min. Wtf? Is contacti? She took like one hit

[@MarvinMonroe]

One of the best examples of 2.0 type jamming. At the time I remember thinking how the jamming sounded kinda like 93/94 . Deer Creek 03 Gumbo is a good example too

[@petefiedler8805]

This is entirely insane, top shelf improvisational musicianship. Wow, mind blown. Huge stuff here.

[@TheRMSU1]

Pete Fiedler That describes it, You got it man!!!!

[@davefan16]

You took my fractal into waterbass? Cmon kid, what's your bass water with me?

[@wbcheesehead]

Treys face at 07:18 priceless! Amazing jam still my favorite Chalkdust to this day

[@craigg.8494]

Was here also at the "Great Went" and "Lemon Wheel" Good times in Northern Maine...never to be repeated!

[@rogue9464]

I was in camp listening and recording for the set that started with sabitage(the on base radio station) I missed the beginning because I figure it was still some of the intermission music. Blew my mind.

[@jaredanicetti114]

They'll be back! They were 3 for 3 up there. They'll be back,

[@Creed_fan_69]

Fishman is a force through this whole thing what a beast

[@slademorelis9393]

I will never forget this concert!!!!

[@SoulAndLink]

This is the BEST version of this song !!!! I was seeking it for AGES ! thanks dude !

[@petefiedler8805]

I've lisrtened to this a million times and I will listen to it a milllion more. This one version of a single song is what the kids call "a thing". What a time it must have been.

[@Sinsemilla4u]

+Pete Fiedler I said that to my Mom once about Woodstock when she was in her early 40's (this was in '94). Now people are saying it about shows I was at less than 15 years ago. Thanks for making me feel old today. lol ;)

[@petefiedler8805]

+Sinsemilla4u You are welcome kid. ;)

[@bubblevest1544]

Pete Fiedler Try the ya mar, Reba, ghost and 46 days from IT. I think you'll feel the same way.

[@petefiedler8805]

Thanks Bubble Vest. Peace!

[@seangamble7480]

agreed^

[@TheGrandAstoria]

I want to say that Trey didn't look at the guitar neck at all :-)

[@rogue9464]

TheGrandAstoria he's bad ass and gets 0 credit....much like Nate Albert

[@joshuaserber3855]

Yup. I was there too! It and Clifford ball are the mecca.

[@DAVINOENTERPRISES]

"IT" was an amazing festival: epic time's with great friends and magical music!!!

[@_grateful_zen_4515]

Davino, you might be the only one that comments on phish shows as much as I do bro lol.. A+!!

[@DAVINOENTERPRISES]

I love to watch the videos, so I comment!

[@_grateful_zen_4515]

Same here dude

[@bubblevest1544]

Agree 100%

[@stevenkent1979]

I was there too, great memories. Would love if they did another festival at Loring.

[@rorydiamond2389]

Fishman's shades

[@reeceschrock396]

Kinda looks like Elton

[@BostonDeadHead]

Lost my shoes at the beginning of the second set in a mud puddle. Gives a whole new meaning to take care of your shoes. Lol such an epic weekend. Whish they still held them up in Maine. Well I'll see you all at CurveBall anyway

[@finnster4949]

Sorry Pham ):

[@BostonDeadHead]

@@finnster4949 ahhh Curve Ball. Not sure which was more disappointing Curve Ball or Coventry. I hiked 17 miles down the highway to get into Coventry just to camp in the mud and witness the saddest Phish show ever. What a weekend of emotion.

[@finnster4949]

@@BostonDeadHead 17 miles 😳 holy shit man. What a memory.

[@treyfoehner4392]

Hopefully ya can make it to Delaware 2024 !!

[@phillipciezki5747]

24 mins of the best call and response session all time

[@emiliebriscoe8911]

I should preface by saying I am not detailed in the complete make up of this band which makes them so special. What I will say is listening to enough of Hendrix, SRV, the Dead and of course plenty of PHISH I can say without a doubt this is an epic jam and Trey ruled the moment.

[@justinguinn]

From one Justin to another, killer upload! Thanks so much! Gone Phishin!

[@TheWill348]

+1 to tyler thompson. Both "scales" are in fact the 2nd and 5th modes of Dmajor or Ionian if speaking in terms of modality. No instument availble to check if D is the predominant key during the jam, but given the basic chords E and A (both Major during the song itself) Dorian and Mixolydian applications of both would imply a key change to D, rendering the E chord minor, or in scalar terms minor with a raised 6th relative to E (Dorian), and the A chord dominant, as in A dom 7,,, scale wise A major with a flat 7 relative to A (Mixolydian). Just two different ways of describing the same thing. Trey and Jerry, via Stravinsky, Miles, and Coltrane, IMO, love playing "outside" which is heavily present around 11:00 in this jam. tonal centers with abstraction left up to the band's individual intuitions beautiful

[@TheBassgoddess]

Mind blown :-D

[@aran125]

Jams bands know their modes alright

[@tinydancer1232]

is it bad that that just got me wet.... and i'm a dude

[@joeymoore3780]

One of my favorite opiate laced jams of all time!!!! So much tension and release

[@LyteSydeShill]

The smile on Trey's face at the end. He knew they nailed it.

[@edubz1906]

This was phun phun phun IT was definitely good times and a great weekend. Really love the sped up tempo on this version, CDT was one of the highlights of the weekend for me as well as the tower jam, the Dog log and mango encore and few others

[@mad_cat_1st]

Trey is SICK on this one. Never looks down for one second-his entire focus is on the audience and he plays better than Scofield and/or Garcia.

[@tw8454]

he doesnt play better than garcia. hes right there though thats for damn sure. jerry had a very high degree of musical education by 1965. the man played melodic chords and scales like no one before. very much not an easy thing to do. knowing every chord shape and inversion takes alot of time and to apply it the way he did was unwordly. trey is on the same level in a different way. he plays like a fucking jazz player. never seen anything like it. jerry never did that. watching them both up close is so beautifully different

[@jimmydweeb9096]

@@tw8454perfectly said man. no one needs to be better than anyone else because theyre all fucking great

[@pertjacanape]

Yeah it's like he is playing high on heroin

[@stevenkent1979]

Best chalk dust ever and I was there in the front row. I hope they do another festival at Loring someday, absolutely perfect place to have one.

[@braddsmith2081]

Huge Chalkdust

[@muz977ify]

jazz, funk, bluegrass, soul sound bound serene excitement, improvisation is the greatest element in all muzac, and the rules of jazz is there number one peak of the masterminds they are.. improve from the feelings and the rhymes that bounce off each other ... epic and expansive in all matter.. :)

[@tw8454]

yup. perfectly said. jazz is phish didnt become a cover band for no reason

[@exile_860]

IT was amazing....everything about that weekend was perfect

[@Marshall_Stacks]

Excellent!

[@Cowface]

Two thoughts: 1) love that trey smile at the end which has become such a mainstay of 3.0 and 2) fishman is my hero, and I say that as a non drummer

[@JMAccordino]

9:43 if you want to understand Phish

[@justinmays3733]

they do more with 4 than some bands do with 7 or 8.

[@losthonor6193]

i thought there were like 4 treys let alone

[@phishphan9791]

what a day! remember exactly where I was for this CDT...

[@phishphan9791]

***** lol I slept thru the Tower Jam too! Broke my heart the next day. Waves was epic but what I remember most was the 40+ minute 46 Days and that fucking Ghost. 2003 is such an underrated year.

[@pooritech]

Well I traveled places as the song went on. Surprisingly what caught me most surprised was the goofy singing right after a mesmerizing 20 minutes long virtuoso fusion jam... how many geniuses are in this guy?

[@c0smickk]

If they could play inspired like that again I'd love to have them come back to Limestone, they always delivered up here. I appreciate the band no matter what but I feel sorry for the new generation of phans who missed the 90s.

[@CraigCameronmusic]

I totally agree! The mid-late 90's were my undergrad years. My roommates and I would save all during the school year to buy as many tickets as possible, then, spend the whole summer living in a Phish-haze. I don't think I took 1 shower summer of 98. Ahh, What a life.

[@Phuckyourphace]

Craig Cameron Why didn't you shower?

[@CraigCameronmusic]

Our car did not have one in it, and who has money for a hotel when you are seeing a show every day or two and they are hundreds of miles apart.

[@Phuckyourphace]

Craig Cameron Shit we always hotel it up when were on tour lol. Comfort is a huge part of the tour experience man, and cleanliness falls at the top of that list. I don't do stinky friends, need to learn to wash that ass lol!

[@CraigCameronmusic]

yea, it seems totally weird now. My wife won't go to a show unless we get a hotel room. But, it was totally normal when I was 21. We became masters of bathing in a sink or just jump in a lake, in connection with a lot of incense.

[@longstrangetrip8799]

lol watching this at school reading chomsky while skiping class

[@automateprocesses]

14 hour Chalkdust Jam!!!!😂

[@TheGordeaux]

FIRE

[@chrismagsmags]

Best "You Ate My Fractal" ever.

[@ben-yg5jj]

23:10 that transition back in the ending riff is so awesome

[@jameymoore6609]

I've always thought this jam sounds like the jam in Magic Carpet Ride 😂😂 I love it tho

[@swillia420]

Great Tour

[@TEAMSTEAM4LIFE]

WHERE DID MY PANTS GO GIVE THEM BACK

[@jerrymcsendy]

I hate these concert videos where the cameras can't stay on one shot for more than 1 second

[@josephjohnson5056]

sunglasses fishman is my fav version

[@markborzillo1761]

I’m a straight dude. Who needs drugs to appreciate this awesomeness. They make the Dead sound like amateurs. And I’m an old Deadhead.

[@adamlovinus9887]

who ate my fractal?

[@sarakty]

I did it. I'm sorry.

[@nectar810]

sick

[@virolita]

Phish una gran banda. ¡viva la improvisación y la zapada! Ojala alguna vez se peguen una pasadita por Argentina.

[@pablus76]

virolita Acá otro fan argentino de Phish!

[@richardstever5570]

Fishmans a freak

[@SOAMLE]

Page is ripped

[@losthonor6193]

el j arent they all

[@griffinbur1118]

Sounds like they'd been listening to a lot of CAN.

[@HuntChicagoHomes]

yOU..YOU ATE MY FRACTAL!

[@zachgordon8777]

I would toss this Chalkdusts salad

[@jbski5083]

Limestone 2019!? Pleasssseeeeee

[@phoebexavier7050]

Fish is all sorts of Shield Director Coulson. =]

[@jnwnyr11]

Melter

[@jmr07019]

weird seeing fish behind trey and mike. so used to him on the right

[@bigbear5453]

James Ricciardi - wow ive watched this video so many times and i never noticed that

[@richardstever5570]

Page is ripped lol @21:51

[@Mason-sj9zs]

Richard Stever ha good one

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

Where's my fractal?

[@symphonyfarm2009]

A 24 min chalk dust?.....means no one came up with any ideas. There was the hint at the James bond theme mid way - but no one jumped on.

[@patrickdunham1878]

Bwahaha, please

[@TheHughnation]

Yeah, Treys not having any of that Bond theme...thank god

[@Mason-sj9zs]

71k views and only 300 likes something ain't right

[@ithidil]

3:07 Gotcha!

[@timothyjones9504]

I was there.

[@BostonDeadHead]

Was that antalope Greg right at the end? Looked like him.

[@g2b2music212]

It was phat

[@Gumbo72203]

Man, Fishman's right hand used to be so fast. We don't get playing like that anymore :\

[@Phuckyourphace]

Sorry I would have to disagree, coming from someone who has been drumming for over 15 years and loves all Phish, Fishman is definitely more polished now than he has been in his whole career, the man is a machine.

[@flashback3747]

Gestalt. If it exists in real life it happened here.

[@newusernamehere4772]

Do you mean all of reality as we know it emerged from this jam?

[@bretchandler6053]

Just film the band and stop going in circles!

[@teedoe3893]

Boom!

[@SlimeScholar]

Nice moomoo

[@twenty7en]

whats up with the crowd ? no dance?

[@bkuleck]

That second day was hot as shit if I remember correctly, with it also raining and adding mud and humidity to the mix. The show began at like noon and this was the beginning of the first set if I remember correctly. Look at how many people are just standing there with their hands on their head in complete awe of what's unfolding before them, especially in the middle portion. Then everyone just freaking the fuck out near the end

[@MarvinMonroe]

They type of people who get that close to the stage weren't they biggest dancers. Maybe it's different now, I dont know.

[@ellieburg7468]

Players Club Balls Deep

[@adamprestin28]

A good example of how not to to do video editing. Over-reliance on short cuts, nauseating crowd pans, and upside-down novelty crap ruining an otherwise stellar jam. I am amazed that someone was paid to do this and someone else looked at it and said "yeah, okay, this works" before they threw it on a DVD. "Oh, Trey is soloing? Let's just show his face." People actually want to watch the musicians play live music. They don't want whatever the hell this is.

[@salochinnotlimah2406]

🤯😎🙏🏻🙌

[@treyfoehner4392]

wow

[@Bill.miksic]

Page is tossed hah

[@hugoroll3029]

Mixolydian?

[@thejustineaster]

yes, in reference to the chord structures in the written parts of the song. but once you get to the improv (which is like 90% of this take) you can't pin them down to any particular scale. each member regularly departs from any and all scales they may be playing in.

[@tyleryesta1]

Actually he's pulling more from E dorian/A mixolydian (It's the same scale). He also mixes the major and minor blues scales. He's very aware of the chord tones which makes it easier to be melodic.

[@aran125]

+Tyler Thompson well said. Mostly blues with some Dorian

[@sweetpeajunglebean]

love the bearded dude at 16:48!

[@Mason-sj9zs]

brob8479 ha good call

[@dustintaylor112]

Totally not inspired as much as they have been since 2015! that 2015 tour and Magnaball was off the fucking chains!! and The Bakers Dozen??? come on now... Phish in 2003 is nowhere near the way Phish has been playing the past three years

[@dustintaylor112]

No ones even dancing

[@FranzillaMane]

Dustin Taylor right.

[@gijoey5912]

Some jams make you dance, some put you in a trance.

[@tatevancleve1802]

Its hard to dance with your jaw on the floor & wooks with .25" on every side.

[@steph8836]

Never saw Phish live. Many of my friends love them. I've heard their music. Don't like it, don't like the vocals... at all. When I saw "you ate my fractal" i cracked up because it's pretty much what I hear when I listen to them. I am a musician and have played with some amazing musicians who are nowhere near as famous, so I just don't get it. Anyway, I decided to check out the actual performance of "you ate my fractal". And I still think it's awful. Sorry, I am not hating, everyone has his/her taste. I really don't understand this, I guess

[@TheHSIHP]

To each his/her own. I fucking love it.

[@rockseifert8166]

LOL. Trey would wipe the floor with you.

[@steph8836]

Rock Seifert doubtful. i'm more into singers like Aretha Franklin

[@TheHSIHP]

So you can play better than Trey? I love Aretha too.

[@marshallnelson1919]

Stephanie Susman Yes, definately hating. You wouldn't post comments if you thought "It's just not my taste". You would have left that comment out. Go tell your Phish Head friends that they are awful and leave this thread for people who understand their music and their style.

[@ThinkDifferentish]

I really want to like more of this band, but I just can't. And yes, I've done acid. Just playing instruments for 20+ minutes doesn't make a song and isn't catchy or memorable. Not sure if that even qualifies as music, even if I'm sure others will say it is. I think a computer with a random generator could "jam" like that. This song sounds like every single other "song" they have, except a few others and the entire Billy Breathes album (which I love).

[@bramsilbert6023]

+I, IJCOBRA That seems like a bit of a close-minded definition of music to me, and I can guarantee that a computer couldn't jam like that, but I see where you're coming from. To each their own, I guess.

[@johnsmith-hb1ry]

Yeah they should just play 3 min songs and make them for radio time just to make money. Id rather hear the same 30 songs played the same way at every show what are these guys thinkin

[@Kingfish179]

I think what you're missing is the fact that they're not out to play "songs," per se. If those are your expectations, then you will surely be mostly disappointed with Phish - particularly with the very thing they specialize in, which is the "jam." This is deliberately improvisational music, where the "point" is to experience musical moments as they evolve and take shape. But if you can't intuit the thread that stiches the passages together, then it won't make sense. It is a very abstract thread, to be sure - the key to the music being more like general guidelines for making a stew, rather than a perfect road map. For some people, it never clicks, and while that's disappointing to people like me, it's only reasonable. Everybody has different tastes. But that won't stop many people from trying to convert the uninitiated 😊

[@tatevancleve1802]

Ivan ubermensch, thats ok. Its not for everyone. Please dont try to force it. Tickets are hard enough to get as it is without someone taking one who doesnt enjoy it.

[@floooobzdagget3734]

A simpleton has spoken!

[@smokinnplatez1426]

Opie and anthony brought me here good god is phish horriblei like some jazz donald byrd herbie mann etc but phish drags a song out to bordum

[@howtoswimtheband]

Jesus wept, this is terrible...

[@kalament1969]

Came here just to dislike!

[@pango-y8j]

Phish 🍄🐟🍄

[@erich591]

I was there. 2:15 - green cup. :)