The day was December 29, 1990. I was at the Campus Club in Providence, RI to see Phish. I only saw two shows on this New Years Run, missing 12/28, but this clearly was the better of the two. I walked out of the show thinking two things. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is a very cool cover and I really wanted to see "Destiny Unbound" again.

It actually was my second version of "Destiny" that I had seen but the first made no impression. Literally. I found my setlist a few year later and there was nothing written down at all during that song. Still though, the impression from Providence was so strong that I was incredibly excited over the song.

I didn't see it in 1991. I didn't see it in 1992. The song dropped out of rotation. Time passed.

The day was February 28, 2003. I was getting ready to do an incredibly stupid thing to see Phish, flying to and from Raleigh in a 24 hour period to see just one Phish show. While it turned out to be an incredibly important concert for me to attend for personal reasons, at first it was overshadowed by one thing. As I was driving to the airport, I stopped to check the setlist from Nassau. "Destiny Unbound" was randomly played. Come on Phish! I'm doing a stupid thing to see you and you bust that out the show before?

And now let's talk about one more day. That day would be last night, a time when I did an even stupider thing, flying in and out of Boston in 24 hours. I figured just seeing Fenway would be enough, but then it happened. Nearly 19 years after wanting to see it again, it finally happened. There I was in shallow right center, seeing "Destiny Unbound." 6000 miles worth of travel faded away in a minute. No question I would do it again in a second.

So thanks Phish. An already legendary day in my world became even more so. And hey, you know, I wouldn't mind seeing the song again one day. Should I pencil in 2028 now?

( Some FenShots (crappy cell phone shots) )

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