This was the only show I saw all summer. Which is a bummer because it was definitely one of the best summers in the history of the band.
I just remember this being a really really long day. I left my hometown with a crew of 5 people and we started out partying way too hard for 9 a m in the morning. I got there and was pretty much shot. I enjoyed some party favors and they finished the job of twisting my brain. I was front row for some reason and thoroughly impressed by the openers. Especially ARU. Col. Bruce is absolutely amazing and the band was fantastic. Apt.q258 is still one of the best drummers I've ever seen live and of course the Burbridge brothers were something that needed to be seen to understand how tight they were.
By the time Phish came on there was very little energy left in the crowd and I was pretty spent. I think they hit the stage at 11:30 or maybe even later. This was my first 2001 and it really is a treat. Glide which is my favorite Phish song got me going through the rest of the set. I remember thinking that it would have been a great 1st set but of course they were confined by the curfew of the Fair...