I drove down to Chillicothe on Sunday morning despite the cold and rain. Instead of waiting for the camping entrance I walked around to the main stage after getting my wristband and it turns out I could have easily saved the $75 that I paid for the ticket. It was clear from the get go that conditions were terrible. I saw the group of people I knew from Fareway that were going as I walked through the woods. When Umphrey's started up Slacker I was just arriving at the stage. I was able to post up in front of the soundboard on the Jake side. The crowd was one of the largest ever for Summer Camp but I didn't see a lot of the older fans that I used to see. The upside to the overcast weather was that Waful was able to use lights for the Sunday set.
Slacker had a nice jam. WMM was next and then was followed by a fiery Tribute. Wife Soup was appropriate with the soupy conditions. Phil's is played at this event seemingly every year. This was the biggest jam of the set so far. At this point they brought out Blues legend Taj Mahal for She Caught the Katy. I had seen them do this with him before at the Aragon. This always puts me in the mind of The Blues Brothers. After that they played the instrumental Dear Lord with North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson. He and Jake had some nice slid guitar dueling. Higgins and Mitten both had improvisation. August had the newer tune No Comment sandwiched in the middle before a huge peak and the return to the end of the song. A raging Miss Tinkle's Overture finished off a set that was clearly the highlight of the Sunday festivities at Summer Camp 2013.
Umphrey's McGee
5/26/13
Three Sisters Park
Chillicothe, IL
0: Slacker, White Man's Moccasins, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Wife Soup, Phil's Farm, She Caught the Katy*, Dear Lord^, Higgins, Smell the Mitten, August > No Comment > August, Miss Tinkle's Overture
* w/ Taj Mahal
^ w/ Luther Dickinson
moe.
5/26/13
Three Sisters Park
Chillicothe, IL
@: All Roads Lead to Home, Sticks and Stones > St. Augustine, Shoot First > Bring You Down, Tambourine, Four
During the afternoon we listened to the moe. acoustic set at Doc's campsite. We grilled burgers and were joined by Joel Brown. I didn't mind the opening pairing of All Roads and Sticks and Stones. These songs work in the acoustic setting. It sounded really good from our spot in the car camping section. This went into the Summer Camp staple St. Augustine. Shoot First had a nice segue into BYD. Tambourine wasn't bad in this stripped down format. Four was the highlight of the set but was an odd ending to the set. For the remainder of the day I stayed under their shelter as the weather conditions worsened.
Here's where things started to get a little weird as the weather became very bad. I posted up again in front of the soundboard. I saw Garry Brown and several other familiar faces from the Phish crew working for Trey. There was a long pow wow between Ian Goldberg and the sheriff amongst others up on the stage. I wondered if the show was going to start at all. First Tube was an energetic start to the set. That was the first song the original three piece Trey solo band wrote. Cayman Review had some funky keyboard work from Ray "The Milkman". This sandwiched the first and last tubes. Last Tube has always been one of Trey's better jams. Alaska was a bit too slow for my liking in the raining conditions. I like that song better with the horns than with Phish. Pigtail holds a place with me because I saw the debut of that song with Phish in Worcester in 2010. Dark and Down was the highlight of the set for me. Trey was shredding bluesy licks with the lightning behind the stage coupled with water themed lyrics. During MLC I worked my way toward the back of the field and contemplated hitting the road. Drifting was ironic with "the storm has lifted" lyrics. Land of Nod seems to be Trey's ode to his opiate days. Tuesday might have been best retired with the 70 Volt Parade. Push On 'Til the Day finished off Trey's first set and I decided that I'd had enough. The park was a total mud hole. It's the worst condition I've ever seen Three Sisters Park in the 10 years I've been going to Summer Camp. On the way home I hit several flooded out areas on Rt. 17 and Rt. 40 on my way home and was fortunate not to get the Saturn stuck.
Trey Anastasio
5/26/13
Three Sisters Park
Chillicothe, IL
I: First Tube, Cayman Review, Last Tube, Alaska, Pigtail, Dark and Down, Money Love and Change, Drifting, Land of Nod, Tuesday, Push On 'Til the Day
(above picture by Sean Ryan)
