Whole show with Karl Perazzo!

SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture: Ripped hard. Very hard.

Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste: All pretty standard, CTB sounds cool with Karl. After this Trey announces that Karl will be playing the next few shows with them. And thanks to the people that hung out with us last night at Waterworks, you have a cool little town here, ok I am going to shup now and we will play more music.

Bouncing Around the Room: Standard.

Stash: Solid jam.

Train Song: Billy Breathes, Poor Heart > Nothing says holding it back for Halloween than this segment late in the first set.

David Bowie: Lengthy intro as Karl shows off his wares. This jam is not very cohesive to my ears. I basically cannot hear Page or Mike. Tough getting on the same page I guess with the special guest. It’s actually peaked pretty hard too…

First set summary: I would relisten to that Chalkdust again and nothing else. Karl definitely adds a very cool element to everything. But they are still all feeling each other out in the live environment.

SET 2: Rift: Nicely ripped coming out of the break > Mike's Song: Aww yeah, it’s on now! Karl really adds a nice touch to the beginning here, sounds absolutely rehearsed and fits perfectly! This thing gets so grimy and edgy around the ten-minute mark. Pure evil. Page goes to town right after this, completely funking it up. The theme that they latch onto around 12 and half is just burned into my memory banks. This is literally perfect Phish, doesn’t get any better. 15:15 is another watershed moment in this jam, it’s so good that it sounds rehearsed. Trey goes on from here about 45 seconds later to burn the house down with that perfect 96 tone of his. The re-entry is admittedly rough but after what came before it – who cares? That was an all-timer, one of the best Mike’s they have every played!!! >

The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up: Banging segment right here.

Slave to the Traffic Light: Love, love, love this Slave. Should be jamcharts worthy. That 96 Trey tone is just amazing, and Karl really adds texture here that is tasteful. Highly recommend this version!

Hello My Baby: Standard.

ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times – Crushed. Raged the hell out of this!

Second set summary: Have listened to this set many, many times and it never gets old. Mike’s is obviously the anchor and the only tune that gets out there. But with so many amazing versions over the years for this one to be held in such high esteem is testimony to the greatness of the 10.29.96 Mike’s. Slave also has a ton of replay value. I would rate this show as a 4.1 of 5. Pittsburgh, MSG2 and Hartford all have a heads up on 10.29 but not by much.