Live Phish 02.28.03

Infobox Album |
Name = Live Phish 02.28.03
Type = Live Album
Artist = Phish (Live Series)


Released = 2004
Recorded = February 28, 2003
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:49:44
Label = Elektra
Producer = Phish
Last album = "Live Phish Volume 20"
(2003)
This album = "Live Phish 02.28.03
(2003)
Next album = "Live Phish 07.15.03"
(2003)Extra chronology 2
Artist = "LivePhish.com Downloads" series
Type = Live album
Last album = ""
(2003)
This album = "Live Phish Downloads: 02.28.03"
(2003)
Next album = ""
(2003)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative covers
Type = album


Lower caption = LivePhish.com Downloads cover

"Live Phish 2-28-03" was recorded February 28, 2003 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

This show marks the return of one of the most beloved and requested Phish songs ever - Mike Gordon's "Destiny Unbound" - which had not been played since December 1991. The song's lengthy absence from the rotation fueled its legendary status (much like Grateful Dead's "Unbroken Chain") to the point where fans would go to extreme lengths to encourage the band to perform the song, such as having the entire front row recite the first verse via flyers passed out to concertgoers by eager fans. The performance was considered the ultimate retirement breakout in the band's history.

Aside from the "Destiny Unbound" breakout, exceptional jams in "Bathtub Gin", "Tweezer" and "Soul Shakedown Party" helped make this performance the most celebrated concert of the Phish's post-hiatus period (2002-2004).

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at [http://www.livephish.com LivePhish.com] .

Side note: The interruption during the first few minutes of Tweezer was caused by Jon Fishman stopping the beat, due to getting hit in the back of the head with a glow-stick.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Birds of a Feather" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:50
# "Destiny Unbound" (Gordon) - 7:21
# "Horn" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:38
# "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 21:43
# "Sleep" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:17
# "Back on the Train" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 12:31
# "Bouncing Around the Room" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:14
# "Walls of the Cave" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 14:43

Disc two

# "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 27:08
# "Soul Shakedown Party" (Marley) - 8:16
# "David Bowie" (Anastasio) - 19:02

Disc three

# "Round Room" (Gordon, Linitz) - 7:17
# "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 15:14
# "Contact" (Gordon) -7:41
# "Mexican Cousin" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:05
# "Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 4:44

Personnel

*Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
*Page McConnell - piano, organ, vocals
*Mike Gordon - bass, vocals
*Jon Fishman - drums, vocals