Soundcheck: Mike’s Song, Back at the Chicken Shack, Beauty of My Dreams, Day Tripper
Set 1: Meat, My FriendMy Friend, My Friend[1] -> My Left Toe -> Whipping Post > MakisupaMakisupa Policeman[2] > Happy BirthdayHappy Birthday to You[3], MakisupaMakisupa Policeman, Saw It Again, Boogie OnBoogie On Reggae Woman, Cavern
Set 2: BOAFBirds of a Feather[4] -> Walk Away > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope[5] > SuzySuzy Greenberg[6] > HYHUHold Your Head Up > Purple Rain[7] > HYHUHold Your Head Up, YEMYou Enjoy Myself[8]
Encore: Loving Cup
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: My Friend's ending did not contain the "Myfe" lyric. Whipping Post was played for the first time since August 10, 1996 (208 shows) and featured Trey on vocals for the first time since September 21, 1990 (846 shows). The Makisupa key words were "gooballs, brownies, stink, kind nugs... keef!" Happy Birthday was performed for the first time since September 30, 1991 (715 shows) and was first played by Trey instrumentally over Makisupa before he announced Chris Kuroda's birthday and asked the crowd to join in as he sang the song "rasta style" (with a "We're gonna get you so wasted tonight after the show" lyric). Mike subsequently took a bass solo and Fishman sung a verse solo in a mock Jamaican accent (with a "You roll up a big spliff and you don't pass it to no one!" lyric). Chris took a silent light board solo (see also April 18, 1990) at Trey's request before Makisupa resumed. The second set featured multiple teases and jams, including the unfinished Birds (My Left Toe tease), Antelope (Stash tease), Suzy (I Wish teases and a syncopated jam based around Page) and YEM (Boogie On Reggae Woman jam). In Purple Rain, played for the first time since August 6, 1996 (209 shows), Fishman forgot the words and subsequently thanked the crowd for supporting his vacuum cleaner habit.
This show was part of the "1999 Summer U.S. Tour."
Posted by montaigne on
, attached to 1999-07-25
There was a special vibe in the air for this show. The band was having more phun than usual, and it showed all night long. Makisupa stands out as extraordinary. Boogie On was sick. Purple Rain was hilarious, and YEM, as usual, was just nasty ass funk!
