From: mosieck 
Subject: memphis mid south coliseum

I. Cars trucks buses,timber ho,poor heart,taste,billy breathes,chalkdust,
guelah papyrus,ginsung sullivan,reba,character zero.

II. 2001>Simple>swept away>steep,scent of a mule,tweezer*>ragtime gal#*,
tweezer reprise*, llama*.

E:waste
  Johnnie B. Good*
* with the trumpet player from giant country horns
# acapella
Cars trucks buses: great song live , but not an opener, still great to 
hear though.

Timber Ho: always nice to hear, some great work by Trey in the middle

Poor Heart: fun, energy and dancing.

Taste: bad placement,good song but too mellow to early.

Billy Breathes: the show was slowing down and it really hadn't taken off 
yet. "Billy" is beautiful though, i do like it a lot, but it seemed to be 
placed incorrectly in the set.

Chalkdust: Trey ripped it apart. he knew things were too mellow so he 
kicked into a great chalkdust and this is when the show really took off.

Guelah: cool version. i really love this song so it was awesome to hear.

Ginsung Sullivan: this is my favorite of Mike's songs he sings in his 
twang. it was great to hear in memphis "my muddy water mississippi delta 
home" really got the crowd going.

Reba: good version, nice solo work by Trey, but no whistling. bummer.

Character Zero: great new song IMHO. It really closes sets well. they 
have played it a lot this tour, but they have to so it becomes classic.
it really rocks, and gets the crowd all geared up. nice set closer.

II.
 2001: different begining than usual, not really as spacey or mysterious 
as the normal 2001 intro is. it was kinda "jazzed"? i dunnow it was 
perfect to open the second none the less

Simple: great segue from 2001 nice to hear with the extended jam. Trey on 
his kit, very flowing jam

Swept away>steep: really great songs live. nice cool down from a big jam.
the ending is very scary with the screaming and the strobes.excellent 
placement.

Mule: fun. it was so much fun. Trey and Page were laughing during their 
duel, and they both added that singing with their solos. i can't 
emphasize the energy, great song. Mike held the note when the song 
started back in after the duel for at least a minute, must have been 
tough on his voice,cool Mike.

Tweezer: great to hear. I haven't heard it yet this tour. I loved it. it 
wasn't that long though. but it sounded great with the trumpet. the horn 
sound made the jam really awesome.

Ragtime Gal: before singing it Trey said "for the sake of doing something 
new we will sing this song acapella and the trumpet will play the solo." 
after a great trumpet solo they went back into the song but they started 
laughing and Trey couldn't stop, but it sounded great and the crowd was 
kinda quiet so it was cool. again really fun.

Tweezer Reprise: perfect. great choice to go into the reprise. still with 
the trumpet this also sounded great.i thought the show would stop here 
but no into

Llama:yes, sounds so cool with the trumpet. energy was everywhere.  crowd 
went nuts. nice closer.

Encore: waste  , i love this song because the words are so pretty but it 
isn't a great encore. but never fear...
Johnnie B.Good: the trumpet was back and so was the energy level of the 
second set great choice. Trey kept giving the trumpet guy signals to come 
over to the middle of the stage instead of hanging out near fish's kit, 
and they really jammed and it was soo damn fun, wonderful encore.

Overall: the first five songs lacked life, but after Chalkdust the energy 
level rose and the show rocked. The second set was just fucking great. 
the trumpet added a lot and it rocked, the encore was fun as shit and 
overall thought is the show smoked.

see ya , thanks   -mike 
	  Michael_Osiecki@Learnlink.Emory.Edu


-----------------------------------------------
From: john powell 
Subject: 11/18/96 -- Phish in Memphis

	ok.
The show last night kicked a large amnt. of asses.
	
SHOWTIME : 8:00pm CTD  

I : Cars, Trucks, and Buses, Timber Ho!, Poor Heart, Taste, Billy
Breathes, Chalkdust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba*,
Character Zero

set 1 was exactly 1 hour and 5 minutes long.

setbreak : 41 mintues

II :  (9:46pm CDT)  Space-->>2001-->>Simple-->>jam, Swept Away-->>Steep, 
SoaMule-->>Page/Trey duels**-->>SoaMule, Tweezer***, Hello My Baby***,
Tweezer Reprise***, Llama***

E : Waste, Johnny B. Goode***   

show ended around 11:06pm CDT


* no whistling 
**first, it was Page's piano solo, then he started doing some harmonizing
with his piano and his voice....then Trey did the same thing...it sounded
as if there were many instruments playing but there was only a voice and
an instrument, playing single, progressive notes. Excellent!!! Then, of
course, Mike did some vocal excercises, which kicked mucho ass...then,
back to SoaMule to end it!  WOW. 
***with, as introduced by Trey,  "El Boobo" on trumpet


OVERALL

	Set 1 was pretty much full of standard songs that I have heard
before. Nevertheless, they jammed intensely during the whole set. C,T, and
B was kind of good, but the 10/29/95 Louisville Gardens C,T, and B topped
this one by far. Timber Ho! was a treat for me...last time I heard it was
at Deer Creek (1st night). I love this tune; powerful vocals.  Poor Heart.
yeah. Taste. yeah....heard it in Minneapolis. Still ruled, though. Billy
Breathes was cool to hear. Although I thought I heard them almost lose it
in the instrumental section, it was beautious. I like this one, as well.     			
  	ThatChalkdust jam blew me up!! I exploded!   That may have been
due to that jamming thing that Phish was doing. Hmm. This Chalkdust topped
the Deer Creek 1st night Chalkdust, I believe (not surely, though, I'll
have to confirm that once I get the tapes). Then......YES!!!!!! I couldnt
believe it. Ginseng Sullivan!! This was a major highlight for me. The only
version of this song I have is the 12/31/93 Worcester, Mass.    This was
the 1st time I'd heard it live. Conclusion: Ginseng kicked a fairly
exponential amnt. of asses.
 	The Reba jam had more structure and length to it then it did in
Minneapolis, I believe. Although they didn't whistle this time, I enjoyed
this Reba more than last Wednesday night's, because of the more powerful
jam. 
	The same transition they did in Minneapolis: Reba, Character Zero,
they did tonight, except this time both tunes kicked more ass. The vocals
at the end of Zero rule. 
	My, it is difficult to express a Phish show in words.

Setbreak : approx. 41 minutes 

Set II : Was beyond the realm of all things that are cool.

	They did some spacey jamming for a while to segue into 2001. Nice
lights, Chris. And smoke, too. There was a fairly heavy amount of smoke on
stage during the spacey set opener. 2001 ruled. The lights were amazing.
They jammed for a bit and segued into Simple, which was without flaws, and
contained a lengthy jam. I liked the riff that Trey played after "and
we've made be-bop in the band. As i'm sure he did, too. Cool was it.  
	The segue into Swept Away-->>Steep was phantabulous. I wasnt
expecting this and it was the first time I've heard these BB tunes live.
Trey sang Swept Away beautifully, and Steep was just as good. I really dig
this new song transition. Then was the 2nd Mule (my 1st was jazzfest) i've
heard since my knowledge of Phish. I must say that.....well.....I don't
know what the hell to say.  I can't believe what I saw! 
	 I expected Page to go into a solo by himself...which, he did.
Then, he began to harmonize with his piano, using single, progressive
notes, going up a scale. Then Trey did the same thing with his voice and
the Languedoc...then Fishman joined in with some attacking beats. It
seemed as if they were doing battle; sometimes one man against himself
(his voice vs. his instrument) and sometimes one man's instrument against
the other's. It was amazing. Mike was just standing back by the amps,
watching. Then, after the battle of the voices was over, Mike came up and
did some vocal excercises....and into-->>"ba-ba-babom they walked into
the cabin shack....they'd never seen a southern home..." you know the
rest.         ...It ruled. 
	Tweezer phreeked me out when it started. I had never heard this
tune before, and always wanted to, but just never thought about it, during
a show. A trumpet player came out and stood at the edge of stage left,
right in front of fishman and played during the jam section. He was
andering all over the stage throughout the song. Trey would sometimes
motion for him to come over and stand between him and Mike. The song
phucking jammed, and the trumpet took it beyond the realm of
jamming.....or something. After a screeming Tweezer, the microphones were
placed in position at the edge of the stage for an a capella "Hello My
Baby," and Trey introduced the trumpet player as "El Boobo." That's 
what he said. (looking at phish.net/current it reads "Gary Gazaway." What
a bullshitter Trey is.) Then, he said, "For the sake of doing something 
different, "El Boobo" will be playing a solo for this tune." (probably 
miss-quoted slightly....and left some out) 
	They began the song, and when the time came for the trumpet solo,
they all stepped aside and started snapping their fingers...Trey was
dancing and clapping his hands in the air.....Page was just snappng his 
fingers.....Fishman was doing some sort of dance....and Mike was just
standing there most of the time. When the trumpet solo ended, Phish came
back up to the mics, giggling, humming there pitch.....and then phinished
the song. It was a classic phish moment. 
	Tweezer Reprise would be next.....with trumpet and the whole
schmeer. Next was Llama, also with "El Boobo."  This second set was among
the realm of things that are beyond the realm of stuff that normally jams.
Yeah.

Encores: Waste was Waste.  I like it.   Maybe not placed here, though. In
the encore spot.     .....Then............what I had been waiting to hear
this phall.  Johnny B. Goode!!!   "El Boobo" came out for this one, too,
towards the end of the jam.  PHANTASTERRIFIC!!!!!!!!!!!       yeah.      I
hereby make that a word.

So far I've seen, Lexington 11/7, Minneapolis, 11/13, and Memphis 11/18
and they've all kicked ass. People have asked me which one I think was
better, and I've told them, "I really can't make that determination, it's
too hard."  That is, for an entire show versus another between those 3. 
	I can say that the YEM I heard in Minneapolis was better than the
one at Rupp for two reasons: Mike's extended rubber-band type bass solo,
and the vocal jam....with those rotating white lights!!  That was unreal!
But then again, so was the Bathtub Gin---->>Jam and the Fishman's
Electrolux solo on Bike.  It was unbelieveable that they even played Bike!
Damn. I've seen some bad-ass showss this phall!   Explaining what I have
experienced has become a chore for me, so I hereby end my review. I didnt
submit any for the Minneapolis or Lexington shows yet. Maybe i'll do that. 

-end.
send your thoughts to ------>> wwwaaaabbbittt@msn.com
....but ONLY if you feel you must do such a thing.
thanx,
Jack "rabbit"
over and out.

-------------------------------------------
Subject: 11/18/96 SETLIST MEMPHISH review
From: bdeanphish@aol.com

I   CT&B, TimberHo!, PoorHeart, Taste, Chalkdust, Guelah, Ginseng
Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero

II   eerie,long space music, 2001!!!!, Simple>,Swept Away>, Steep>,SOAM*,
Tweezer*,  Rag Time Gal*, Reprise*, Llama*

E:  Waste, JBG*
*Elbuho on horn

 This was my 28th show and this is my first review.
This was my first visit to Mid-South Coliseum. Very small especially
compared to the Omni. Very different Phish crowd: very young, very clean
cut (meaning that it was very difficult to pinpoint too many people who
could be defined as a hippie), and very subdued (before the show was the
quietest must sober lookin bunch of people I've ever seen gathered for a
concert .. shit, I was sober)No alcohol sold.
No pat-down or pocket searches. Security at first hasseled a couple of
folks who were sitting down smokin a joint before the show (there was so
little else going on that they couldn't help but notice) and they took it
from them, but that's the last that happened and then EVERYBODY was smokin
when the lights went out. The pot smokin kids are gettin younger and
younger.  There were TWELVE people taping the show. Not too surprised that
the setlist didn't get posted quicker - didn't look like too many rmp
perusers there. I drove back for 5 hours after the show and then worked
all afternoon and just gotta chance to sit down to post.

CT&B:  good song, too short on the album, meager opener

TimberHo!:  haven't heard other versions from this tour but this is by far
the best version of this song that I've heard! Smokin!! Fishman was
absolutely pounding the drums on this one. 

Poor Heart: haven't seen this done in a while. typical version

Taste:  I've seen posts from the shows this fall concerning this song and
the seeming trouble that the band has been having jamming/improvising on
this one over such odd time signatures. Well I think they've solved the
problem for now - at least last night - they built it up extremely well
and jammed it nicely

Chalkdust: set highlight. smokin version. the kids love this one.

Guelah: always love to hear Guelah, always love to see the dancing

Ginseng Sullivan: some blue-grass type number concerning being in
Tennessee or on the Mississippi River was bound to pop up

Reba:  absolutely beautiful Reba. Very fast vocals - about same as
Halloween.
Very slow, mellow, drawn-out, long-building mid section, beautiful soloing
by Trey No whistling

Character Zero: is that 95% or 100% of the shows this fall? But it rocks
enough to make up for the frequency of playing

set II

eerie, long space music:  I didn't time it but it went on for quite a
while. Several songs went through my head of what it might be leading
into, then thought that maybe this was something new or that they were
just havin fun - well they were

2001:  this has got to be the best version of this ever played. No shit. 
I've seen it a dozen times and enjoyed it, but have never seen it played
like this. heard several conversations after the show regarding the same
sentiments

Simple: very long, extended jam, they tried doing some different things.
Trey got on his percussion kit for a few minutes, it really kinda went
nowhere, then got back on the guitar and led into an interesting jam

Swept Away/Steep:  i don't know that I've figured out what the point to
those songs are or even that i'm trying to figure them out

SOAM: expected something bigger at this point but was satisfied when the
duel wasn't really a duel - after Page's incredible soloing   Trey and
Page started trading licks back and forth that they built off of each
other (instead of in the classic sense of the duel where they try to
out-do each other) and then Mike and Fish joined in and they did some cool
collective improv jamming which climaxed with the addittion of Elbuho on
horn who stayed pretty much until the end of the show.

Tweezer: funky opening section. Mike's bass was pegged as loud and deep as
I've ever heard it tonight - it rattled the floorboards and the inside of
my skull.
Elbuho in the jam section was incredible. He and trey were trading back
and forth and the jamming was serious. Very tight. Very concise and
relatively short Tweezer.

Rag Time Gal:  Trey got Elbuho back out unexpectedly for this acappella
number and gave him the cues for when to add the subtle horn touch. nice

Reprise: Elbuho to add to the noisy build-up

Llama: this Llama came out of nowhere. I guess Trey wanted to take
advantage of Elbuho's presence. Trey was letting him no exactly when to
blow and how and it was a very nice touch to the tune. The band love's
this guy. Apparently he's gonna be along for new year's and possibly some
other shows

E:
Waste: yes, unfortunantly this was again one of the encores. I'm always
the one to be the quickest not to judge what they play or why and that
it's there gig and they can play whatever the fuck the wanna --   but this
one's GOT TO GO

JBG: my first JBG. Good jamming. Energetic closer. Wanted something
bigger.

Deano's show rating:  6.25

Jazzfest, Red Rocks, Halloween, and Memphish complete my show attendance
for this year. Had fun. Wish I were going to the big ones at year end -
but oh well
See ya next time
Brian Dean  (Deano) 
----------------------------------
Subject: 11/18/96...My very first show! (pretty long)
From: James Wingate 


Yesterday I saw my very first Phish Concert, At the Mid-South Coliseum 
in Memphis, TN, where I go to school.  Needless to say, I was blown 
away. So absolutley in-fucking-credible.

Here's what sticks out in my mind:

Parking lot scene: not what expected.  from reading RMP, I was 
expectiong a bunch of nitrous dealers, hordes of ticketless losers, 
and lots of nonfans.  
 Anyway, I did see a bunch of people selling stuff, including tickets, 
grilled cheese, drinks and beer, and glass.  Thre were one or two 
people i can recall begging for tickets, including this really 
annoying gal who went from one end of the arena entrance to another, 
shouting at the masses of ticketed gathered at the massive botleneck 
of an entrance, "whose got my tickets, who's got my ticket?, who's got 
my ticket? who's got my ticket?" ad nauseum.

I saw a few people I know, and was pleasantly surprised.  Oh, wait a 
minute, what if they're fake fans that just want to pretend they're 
cool just because they went to see phish?!?  oh,no!  What if I'm a 
fake phan?  help!! :)
.
Everybody I ran into was really nice, and polite. Everytime somebody 
bumped into me, nearly spilled my drink, whatever, I got an apology. I  
had to keep saying it's alright, cause it was! Ended up apologizing a 
few times myself.      
	I was amazed at the good vibe all around. almost all the people I
ran into were at the show for the music, and that was really positive.
Here's what I remeber about the show, it's incomplete because I'm a 
new fan and don't know all the songs:(

 Phish took the stage late. the ticket said 7:30, but they finally 
started around 8:00.  Do they always do that?  I want to know so next 
time I can wait out the huge crowds that pour in just before the show 
is supposed to start, without having to go in way early, so I can have 
fun in the lot:) 

I was on the floor. I ended up on the side of he stage to my 
right(stage left) with a good view of Fishman in his dress, and  an 
alright view of Trey. Page was at the far end, and I can't see shit 
without my glasses.  Mike started out in the front with Trey, but kept 
retreating to the background.

Throughout the show, the lighting show was absolutely first class 
amazing incredible unbelievable so fuckin' good.  The lights were 
perectly coordinated to the music, and really helped set atmosphere 
and mood along with the music.

They opened with Cars, Trucks and Buses. I was glad becuase I 
recognized the tune and it was fast and danceable.  A good way to 
begin.

Then they did timber ho!, I think


Chalkdust torture was AWESOME!!!!!!!!.  They just kept going and going 
and going while everybody was dance their asses off and I was giving 
myself whiplash from flopping my head around while jumping up and 
down.

The Character Zero was good, better than the CD.  

Waste was alright

The reba was just so awesome. Everytrime I hear this song, I think the 
jam section after the verses is the best post sex music ever composed. 
After hearing it again last night, my opinion was reinforced further.

Some more stuff was played, but I don't remember it all:(

All through the fast stuff, I was dancing badly and just going to 
myself, this is so fucking awesome, I can't believe i'm actually here!
All through th slow stuff I swayed and smoke cigarettes.
At intermission I went to get a drink, met some more people from my 
school, and got hooked up with a ride back to campus!(I got to the 
show in a cab) Is it just me, or does the Phish vibe/experience tend 
to bring out the better, more positive aspects of people? Especially 
when compared to Heavy Metal or Gangsta Rap.  

After intermission I got almost back to my same spot on the floor, 
almost, but not quite under the stacks, which were suspended from the 
ceiling.  Near the end of Intermision while i was, like a lot of other 
people, sitting on the floor, which was wet and littered with trash, 
some girl next to me was trying to take a resin hit out of her pipe. 
She turned to me and said, "Do you have any keys?"  I was like, 
"What?" She replied "You know, a key so i can swirl it."  In my head I 
was like, ah, ok, i see,but not really and I was reaching for my 
pocket when the lights went down, so she said "Nevermind."  Kinda 
pointless. But just part of the whole experience. I saw this dude 
looking for some acid papers he had dropped on the floor. The 
presecnce of drugs was unescpable throughout the whole show.   Not 
that I'm complaining. It's just new to me.

They opened the second set with 2001.  it took me awhile to recognize 
what they were  playing, but once I did, i just had to yell my head 
off in sync to the music:  YEEEAAAAHHHHH  YEEEAAAAHHHHH, 
YEEEEAAAAHHHH-RRRGGGGGHH, my voice echong the main them of the piece.  
I may have annoyed a couple of people immediately in front of me, if 
they actually heard me above the music.  The lights for this were 
awesome, forming these hollow cones that swept through the crow, and 
if you looked up into one, you could see the bright light at the end 
of infinity.

I think simple was next.
Something, something I didn't recognize, shame on me!

Then they lauched into this awesome Scent of a Mule.  Whatever they 
had done before was slower, and this sped it right back up.  then they 
hit the jam, and Page was doing all this funky keyboard work, seemd to 
flub a couple of times, recoverd nicely, and then Trey started singing 
nonsense. Then it was milke turn, He sang something else, that had 
kind of (Jewish Traditional, Religous?) overtones to it, then was just 
going singing one little syllable, drwing it out, reapeating it each 
time in a lower key.  When he got to the lowest key, it was just so 
funny, the entire audience just started laughing.  Soon they launched 
right back into the rest of Mule, and finished it up nicley.

I think they did Swept Away, or was it something else? next, which 
segued into Tweezer, wich rocked.  And they brought out the guest horn 
player.  he really adeed to it.  Tweezer was fun and I had to start 
really seriously dancing again.

An acapella followed , with the horn player, I couldn't make out his 
name.  Boodhan, Boo Dan  Boone Hand?  Trey Said, In the interest of 
being unprtedictable and tryin new things, that they were going to do 
an A capella tune the horn player would take the solo in the middle.  
All during the singing, i could see the audience fighting with itself- 
it would start to cheer, but then would realize that cheering meant 
that Phish would be inaudible. So some would start a cheer, only to 
have it cutoff prematurely by themselves or others. Pretty funny. 
After the horn solo, someone flubbed the beginning, and that was worth 
a laugh, but they started over again and finished it alright.  
Then right back into a Tweezer Reprise.  Surprised me.  I thought, 
from seeing some of the setlists posted here, that thre would be more 
in between than just that.  Tweezer reprise, like the original got me 
going dancing again though.All during reprise there was really cool 
lighting effect where the lights up on stage would spin in circles.  
WOW!

When the second set ended, of course the lighters went up, along with 
the cheering. i didn't have a lighter, so lit an entire pack of 
matches, and held it up, and nearly set my hand on fire:}

The encore was two songs
  
I think the first was Waste, I can't quite recall...
At any rate, we got a second song, which was Johnny Be Good, and that 
just rocke. I thought it was a perfect ending to the show, this feel 
good, rocking, happy-dancing tune.

After the show, I was deaf and happy, feeling good all over.  I got 
back to my room, posted my floor-admission wristband on my door, and 
fell asleep amazed at the wonder That Phish had wrought tonight.

 The show was just Awesome.  If you've read this far, your're pretty 
cool yourself.  In about three weeks, i posting a grovel for this 
show.  I  MUST get this one on tape.  I'm going to got to as many 
shows as I can from now on.  

-James Wingate
-------------------------------------------
Savage, Cooper Garthwaite Vanderbilt University
Email: cooper.g.savage@Vanderbilt.Edu

Set I
CTB,Timber Ho!, Poor Heart, Taste, Guelah,Chalkdust,Ginseng Sullivan,
Reba,
Char. 0

I can't speak much about the CTB OR Timber Ho! because I was looking for
my friends outside in the concessions area during this part. I really
was almost glad it was only CTB (which I enjoy) that they opened with
because it always seems to be generally the same.  Like I said I also
can't speak about the Timber. When I finally got into the show Poor Heart
kicked into high gear which was fun but nothing exceptional. The Taste I
could have done without. I was all ready to give the jam a chance but it
really was not that impressive.
 Guelah I had gotten at my last show (Lexington) so I was
surprised/disappointed to hear it again. I know a lot of people like it
but nothing particularly stood out in this version. The Chalkdust was
fiery because I think trey realized that the set was not up to par at this
point. Really enjoyed it. Ginseng was a treat and somewhat expected
considering the locale. Thank god for Reba. BY this point I was having a
great time and trey's end solo was as beautiful as ever. I felt like I was
a single stalk of wheat in a giant field of grain being blown by the whole
band. It was liek they created this windmill and were just blowing us into
the ground. The highlight of the set. CharZero closed and I won't waste
breath or is it finger energy?

Set II

2001> Simple > Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Ragtime Gal, 
Tweezer Reprise, Llama

Encore: Waste, JBG

First off I think there was a non 2001 jam for a good minute or two prior
to 2001 but I can't be sure. I absolutely adored this 2001. So jammed and
intense.  Simple was beautiful and fun as usual and the extended outro jam
was like that of halloween though not quite as good. I lovce this new
version. Swept Away and Steep followed. I really like this combo and
especially liked it here after the long Simple. It was other worldly. Mule
was good but not great though i ALWAYS THOUROUGHLY ENJOY it.  TWEEZER!!
Wow I thought this was a intense and not to long version with the addition
of a horn dude at a perfect time in the jam. Killer if not a little to
short. My friend commented that they were destroying his Tweezer right
before his eyes which I could not find a lot of fault with. It seemed to
be going places. Ragtime Gal with the horn guy taking a great solo
featuring Trey and Fish doing a dance and clap jig. Great fun and
especially entertaining for a cappella tune. Tweezer Reprise with great
intensity seemed a little short. Llama was speedy and fun an unexpected by
this fan. Encores of Wasste and Johnny B. Goode capped off a really fun
second set and helped me forget a not so entertaining first set.

                                Coop
P.s.: Was my birthday show.   
--------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------

---------------------------------------