Ep 59: 08/09/2003, Penn's Landing Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA.

Ween Cast

Welcome to another waltz down memory lane where yet again we return to the auspicious year 2003. 2003 was perhaps Ween’s most awesomely prolific year and the show we’re covering for this episode certainly did nothing but add to the legend. You see, we’re going back to August 8th and the Quebec tour finale at Festival Pier in Philadelphia. What a time to be alive!

Let me set the scene. Quebec had just been released three days ago. Ween was in full tour mode, and were coming to Philadelphia for the first time in over three years. The theme of the evening was spontaneity, rarities and period pieces, and a little nuevo Ween mixed with some raw-dog Pure Guava action!

At the last minute, Ween decided to open with an acoustic mini-set. It was amazing! They opened with a beautiful Birthday Boy, and also wooded out some really fresh and rare Chocolate Town and Tried and True. The wooden set wrapped up with one of the absolute highlights of the evening, a Joppa Road rendition with super clear guitar licks and a Deaner in fine form.

Switching to full electric, the band then rocked through a batch of standards, leading into a fast and furious Voodoo Lady. In the midst of the revelry, Deaner busted a string, and then the monitors went out. But Ween would not be dismayed. Stepping aside from the planned setlist, they then broke into an impromptu cover of the great Doors tune Riders on the Storm, the 12th and last time they would ever play the tune. And oh boy, how about Glen? Maybe I’m amazed at the way I love you all the time!

The evening had plenty of rock anthems, but didn’t shy away from the jams, with such tracks as Springtheme, Zoloft, one of the best versions of ReggaeJunkieJew ever, and a main set ending with Buenos Tardes Amigo. The show then wrapped up with another all-time highlight, If You Could Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All), which is a song they brought out in the early days of Quebec, but which has only been played twice since 2003.

We say a whole ton more than that, so you really should just check out the podcast already! Thanks for listening!

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