Set 1: Water in the Sky[1], BOTTBack on the Train[1], Brian and Robert[1], Invisible[2], Strange Design[1], MistMountains in the Mist[1], Curtain WithThe Curtain With[1], Army of One[1], Sleep Again[2], MSOMy Sweet One[3], Let Me Lie[1], Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room[1], Train Song[1], Wilson[1] > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1]
Encore: Driver[1], Talk[1], Secret Smile[1]
Set 2: BagAC/DC Bag > Rift, JibbooGotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Reba[4], WedgeThe Wedge, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Undermind, Sparkle, SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt
Set 3: Tweezer -> Maze, Free, Sugar Shack, LxLLimb By Limb, ThemeTheme From the Bottom > Mike'sMike's Song > 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Grind, Esther, TweepriseTweezer Reprise
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. The first set, which started at noon, was billed as Phish's "first full-length acoustic set" (complete with complimentary coffee and Festival 8 themed donuts). The first set featured Trey and Mike on acoustics, Page solely on piano, and a unique stage setup that had Fishman stage right with Page on the far left. Before Brian and Robert, Trey encouraged the crowd to sit down due to the "mellow" nature of the set; he added that they had never before played to a crowd that was sitting. Whether the crowd should stand up or sit down became a running joke throughout the set, until Trey confessed during Wilson that he only asked the crowd to sit down at the request of the crew and, in fact, he hates telling people what to do (and also hates sitting down). This show marked the Phish debuts of Invisible and Sleep Again. Fishman performed a whistle solo on My Sweet One. The band briefly left the stage after McGrupp, returning to encore with Driver, Talk, and Secret Smile. Reba lacked the whistling ending. Trey took a moment before Tweeprise to thank those who helped put on the festival.
Posted by aarong on
, attached to 2009-11-01
Acoustic set rocked, set 2 was amazing - lots of old school fun. 3rd set was loved by many, but they played a trifecta of songs that I don't care for - free, limb by limb and Theme. So that was a rest session after a very awesome weekend. 
