Booche Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Local Panic fans like to talk about the Seattle curse. For some reason, WSP hasn't managed to play a good show in this town for years. For this tour, Panic first hoped that a change of venue would be the key for a better show. In fact, that's where they tried to play, the Key Arena. Slow sales ruined that plan. They moved the show back to the cursed venue - the Paramount Ballroom. Ticket sales were slow still. I bought a floor ticket a week before the show happened. People believed in the Seattle curse. Could the band break it?The first set answered that question. The "Holden Oversoul -> Stop-Go -> Dyin' Man" got even this Panic cynic up and dancing. In fact the set closing "Makes Sense to Me" was so good that I turned to a friend and said, "I understand now why people tour with these guys."There was a rumor about this show. People had seen Trey in town the night before at a DJ Logic show. If he's in town early for Oysterhead, surely he would show up here. The suspense ended in the middle of the second set. JB said, "I'd like to bring on an old friend. Trey Anastasio"They start playing a blues tune. Trey goes to the mic. Fixin' to Die! Different arrangement and words from the Phish version but still. JB sings a verse. Trey takes a solo. JB sings another verse. Another solo. Back and forth, the entire crowd beaming.The song finally comes to an end and they play.... Wish You Were Here. JB sings the first two verses and then Trey plays one of the best solos I have ever heard him play. Ok, maybe it was just the surprise performance effect, but this was of those solos that make me love Trey so. I thought I was going to collapse out of pure joy. Then Trey sang the final verse. Yes, I do wish you were here Jon, Mike, and Fish. Another solo was played and then JB sang the final verse, followed by JB, Trey, and Schools singing.This was followed by a long jam (I was too stunned to start my stopwatch), which became a drums, Schools, and Trey jam. Trey wasn't a token guest at all here. Throughout this entire part of the show, Trey was the dominant force. He got to take most of the solos and even got some singing time.Sure the rest of the show was really good too (ending with a blistering Coconuts), but the Wish You Were Here was the highlight.12 years previous to the day, I saw my first Dark Star (10/16/89). Now I see Trey play with Panic. The moral of the story? Never blow off a show on 10/16 (He may just be right on that one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 woah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrico Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 where was this ? city and place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 18, 2001 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 The Paramount Theater in Seattle, WAWhere are you? City and place..........Carlos Santana sat in the other night for a cover of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain (if you dont own the album, buy it....Pablo, you would love it).later, he sat in on drums.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 18, 2001 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 We now know what Treyter is doing out West now. Take a look, its his guitar............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Just wanted to mention that the WSP review was written by David Steinberg (zzyzx) for jambands.com. Just me being picky about intellectual property. The New Deal this weekend, SCI next week, Moe and Trey the week after that.....WOOOHOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Wrong. Anything posted herein becomes the intellectual property of Phishsanctuary.com forthwith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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