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First of all congratulations to Derek and Susan. Brofan, Chitown and I got to meet and talk to Susan, Derek and baby Charlie back in 2002 after the Derek show at Luthers Blues in Madison. It's still one of my all time top brushes with greatness. Welcome baby Jessica.
On a different topic they broadcast a Phish concert special on our PBS affiliate in Milwaukee. My niece and her boyfriend are huge Phish fans and she is always sending me emails about them so I decided to watch the show. I lasted about 40 minutes. I can see they are real talented musicians, and I know reviewing music is similar to being a judge for figure skating, it is 100% subjective and each judge see's it different.
But to me the music has very little passion and while I admire their their musical skills their improvisational process and the way the songs build really don't grab my attention and take me to that zone the way the ABB, Derek, or Dickey do.