From: TennRat@aol.com Subject: Review Hey... I have been anxiously awaiting a review of the 11/29/95 show in Nashville, TN at Municipal Auditorium, but it has not appeared. I feel compelled to share at least my point of view of the show with the rest of the Phish net. Municipal Auditorium is average in size and circular in shape, so even the seat farthest from the stage still gives a good vantage point for the audience member seated in it. The atmosphere was good and the auditorium did not appear to be filled to capacity. As my friends and I waited for the show to begin, I noticed an usher telling someone to put out their cigarette because the venue is non-smoking and that the fire marshall was in the building that evening. As a non-smoker, I was thrilled at the thought of not being suffocated by smoke during the show, but equally amazed that this type of rule would be enforced at a Phish show (it wasn't completely enforced, but there was a lot less smoke than at other shows I have attended.) Finally the show began, the energy was average at first. They opened with AC/DC Bag and then into Ya Mar and I was subtly (sp?) moving with groove. Then into Reba and I was up and going! I was very psyched, not having heard Reba live since my first show. That was it for me, the rest of the show was tremendously high energy, not gonna stop dancing craziness. They jammed into If I Could, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Acoustic Army, a crazy Fee and then Split Open & Melt for the set closer. Finally some much needed rest and and refreshment. The second set brought us Timber Ho!, an amazing Sparkle, Simple, and the best Possum I have ever heard live or on any tape. After completely losing it with Possum, I had to take a break and walk out to the corridor. When I came back, they were jamming on You Enjoy Myself and my husband pointed out a figure walking onto the stage carrying a banjo. A rush of excitement filled us as we looked closer to see who it was. It turned out to be Bela Fleck (from New Grass Revival and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones fame). I had died and gone to heaven. Bela jammed with them for the remainder of the second set, which gave us The Fog That Surrounds, Poor Heart, Blue & Lonesome Too (great with the added banjo), Long Journey Home, and Slave to the Traffic Light. Absolutely incredible. The encore was an especially appropriate topper for a truly complete evening as they performed a touching Day In The Life (I am a Beatles fan from way back.) A wonderful show, in my opinion!