1990
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SET 1: Suzy Greenberg > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, My Sweet One > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Buried Alive > Possum
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Stash, The Squirming Coil > Runaway Jim, Magilla, You Enjoy Myself, Rocky Top > Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up > Run Like an Antelope
Trey teased Auld Lang Syne in Weekapaug. A recording of Auld Lang Syne was played between Weekapaug and Buried Alive. Management turned on the house lights before the band could decide on an encore, prematurely ending the show. The opening act was Chucklehead.
SET 1: I Didn't Know > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Esther > David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Rocky Top, Horn > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Buried Alive > Runaway Jim, The Lizards, Cavern, Stash, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Destiny Unbound, Run Like an Antelope
The YEM vocal jam featured Fish reciting the lyrics to Setting Sail.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Horn, Reba, Llama, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: The Landlady > Possum[1], The Squirming Coil -> Tweezer -> Manteca -> Tweezer > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > My Sweet One > Divided Sky, No Good Trying[2] > Hold Your Head Up[2], Don't Get Me Wrong[2], Funky Bitch[2]
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Highway to Hell
Possum contained Charlie Chan and Random Note signals and a We Wish You a Merry Christmas tease. Page played a few notes of HYHU before No Good Trying. No Good Trying through Funky Bitch featured John Popper on harmonica.
SET 1: Buried Alive, Runaway Jim, Foam > AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky, Cavern > Eliza > The Landlady, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Llama, The Asse Festival, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope, Tela, Golgi Apparatus, Hold Your Head Up > No Good Trying > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
ENCORE 2: Contact > Highway to Hell
Soundcheck: Bang A Gong, The Asse Festival, Sweet Adeline, The Asse Festival, The Pendulum Jam
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, You Enjoy Myself, The Asse Festival, Runaway Jim, Foam, Llama
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Donna Lee, Cavern, Tweezer, The Squirming Coil > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > No Good Trying[1] > Hold Your Head Up, David Bowie
ENCORE: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues
No Good Trying made its Phish debut at this show. The YEM vocal jam included Walk on the Wild Side teases. Alumni was dedicated to “all the graduating seniors.” The Bowie intro contained a Mo' Better Blues tease by Trey. The soundcheck's first Asse Festival was sung by Mike only with improvised lyrics and was followed by Fish singing a bit of No Good Trying. The Pendulum Jam featured a Low Rider tease from Page.
SET 1: Llama > Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, The Asse Festival, Dinner and a Movie > You Enjoy Myself, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Landlady, Possum
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Gumbo, Foam, Stash[1], Magilla[1], The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg[1], Rocky Top[2], Ya Mar[3], Run Like an Antelope[3]
ENCORE: Lawn Boy[1], Golgi Apparatus
Stash, Magilla, Suzy, and Lawn Boy featured Dave Grippo on saxophone and Rocky Top through Antelope featured Grippo on saxophone and Russell Flanigan on fiddle. Trey teased Buried Alive in Stash.
SET 1: Cavern, The Landlady, Llama, Divided Sky, Foam, Tweezer, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself, Runaway Jim
SET 2: Buried Alive, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil, Golgi Apparatus, Stash > Bouncing Around the Room, David Bowie
ENCORE: Carolina[1]
Carolina was performed without microphones. There are no known recordings of this show.
SET 1: The Landlady, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther > Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer, My Sweet One, Llama, Possum
SET 2: The Asse Festival, The Squirming Coil > Runaway Jim, Stash, The Lizards, Gumbo[1], Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, The Sloth, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Caravan, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Gumbo featured Fish on trombone. Fish was introduced as Mrs. Bob Seger in I Didn't Know. Antelope contained Jean Pierre teases from Trey.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, Foam > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, The Landlady, Bathtub Gin, I Didn't Know, Possum, Take the 'A' Train, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule)
SET 1: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, The Sloth, Reba, Buried Alive, You Enjoy Myself, Paul and Silas, David Bowie -> Mo' Better Blues -> David Bowie
SET 2: Divided Sky, Makisupa Policeman[1] > Llama, Uncle Pen, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Wilson > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen[2] > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post[3] > Hold Your Head Up, Fire
ENCORE: Contact, Highway to Hell
Makisupa was played for the first time since February 25, 1990 (111 shows). YEM's vocal jam was centered around Manteca and also contained a Rockin' Robin tease from Trey. David Bowie's intro contained Donna Lee teases and Weekapaug contained Mainstreet teases. Makisupa's key words were a Manteca quote: "Crab in my shoemouth." The beginning of Hydrogen included the lyrics "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever." Fish was introduced as Bob Seger before Whipping Post, which featured Fish on vocals. Page and Mike teased Norwegian Wood at the end of the second HYHU.
Soundcheck: Carolina, Foam
SET 1: Buried Alive > Possum, Foam > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil > The Lizards, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > David Bowie
SET 2: Llama > Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Eliza > The Landlady > Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
ENCORE: Lawn Boy, Divided Sky
Possum included Manteca teases. Simple Gifts was teased briefly by Trey in Weekapaug and BBFCFM, and by Trey and Mike during the Bowie intro. The Bowie intro also included HYHU and Norwegian Wood teases from Page. Llama, Stash, and YEM contained Buried Alive teases from Trey. Trey dedicated Coil to “our friends at Conjunction Junction, who are the only other people we know who can play this song” as well as his parents, who were in attendance. YEM also included Gumbo teases from Mike and later Trey in the vocal jam. GTBT was incomplete; Trey aborted the song, engaged Fish in some hilarious banter noting that the attempt was “pathetic,” and counted off BBFCFM.
SET 1: Llama, The Squirming Coil, The Landlady, Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Cavern, Eliza, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > David Bowie[1]
SET 2: Buried Alive > Fluffhead, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Possum, Lawn Boy, Rocky Top, Donna Lee, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Memories[2], Sweet Adeline
Llama, Mike's, and Possum included brief Buried Alive teases from Trey. Suzy contained a Hey Nineteen tease from Mike and a full-band Low Rider jam and subsequent tease from Trey, while the Bowie intro contained numerous Low Rider teases. The Bowie intro also contained two Charlie Chan signals and Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals. Weekapaug included a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey. Fish was introduced before and after Love You as Chris Lee. Memories was a Phish debut.
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg, Buried Alive, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, Magilla, Llama, Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: The Landlady, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Lawn Boy, Tube, Paul and Silas > The Lizards, Runaway Jim, I Didn't Know, Possum[1]
Landlady was preceded by I Dream of Jeannie theme and Contact teases as well as Landlady dance instructions. The I Dream of Jeannie theme was also teased in Lizards. YEM included a Cheap Sunglasses tease from Mike and Weekapaug included a Fishin' Hole (aka The Andy Griffith Show theme) tease. Trey introduced Fish as “the hardest working man in show business... Henrietta!” before I Didn’t Know. Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals and a Popeye signal.
SET 1: The Landlady, The Squirming Coil > Runaway Jim, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Magilla, Buried Alive, Paul and Silas, Carolina, David Bowie[1]
SET 2: Possum, Eliza, Cavern, Stash, Tube, Foam, Slave to the Traffic Light, Llama
ENCORE: Lawn Boy, Golgi Apparatus
David Bowie contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals.
SET 1: Reba, The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Cavern, My Sweet One, Buried Alive > The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself > The Asse Festival, Fee, Llama, Divided Sky, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Possum
Fish dedicated Bike to Pete (Schall). Possum contained a Foam tease from Trey.
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg, The Landlady, You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Possum[2], The Lizards[3], I Didn't Know, Llama
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
Trey teased the theme from Bonanza in Suzy Greenberg. YEM's lyrics were changed from "God" to "Food." YEM contained two Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, a Random Laugh signal, and Cheap Sunglasses teases from Mike. Possum contained Charlie Chan and Random Note signals in its intro and a Dixie tease from Trey. The Lizards intro was paused for a dedication to the band's good friends Jim and Esme who were celebrating their 4th anniversary that night. Trey added The Lizards was a "song of love" and Page teased Wedding March. Trey forgot the words to a verse of The Lizards and sang it with no words instead. Phish opened for Alex Chilton.
Soundcheck: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Asse Festival, Eliza
SET 1: The Landlady, Possum[1], The Lizards, Foam, Uncle Pen, Llama, The Squirming Coil, The Asse Festival, I Didn't Know, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Divided Sky, Tweezer > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself[2] > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[3]
ENCORE: Jesus Just Left Chicago[3], Fire[3]
The Eliza played during soundcheck was twice the normal tempo. The Possum intro contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals. Rocky Mountain Way was teased prior to the start of the second set and in Tweezer. Suzy contained a Woody Woodpecker theme tease from Trey. Oh Kee Pa was teased before and during Tweezer. YEM through the end of the show featured John Popper on harmonica; Popper also scat sang during YEM. This was the first Phish performance to be booked by Jason Colton. Some recordings that circulate with this date mislabel the venue as the Barrymore Theatre.
SET 1: Trust in Trust > Dropping Some NYC, Mulling It Over, As We Wonder, Gina, Gotta Get Mean > Gloria > Gotta Get Mean, But Anyway, Hard to Exist, Love of My Life, The Best Part, 100 Years, Alone > Sweet Talking Hippie, Mother Funker [1]
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
SET 1: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, Cavern, Uncle Pen, Tweezer, I Didn't Know, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Divided Sky, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Foam, Possum, Highway to Hell
There are no known recordings of this show.
SET 1: Carolina, AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Harry Hood, Funky Bitch, The Asse Festival, My Sweet One, David Bowie
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Rocky Top, Llama, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Manteca[1] -> Caravan > Runaway Jim, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Jesus Just Left Chicago, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Contact > Highway to Hell
The Phish debut of Manteca was played in its entirety over the top of Caravan, which in turn was teased several times during Suzy. Caravan also included a Woody Woodpecker theme tease from Trey and a Manteca quote. Bowie featured brief DEG teases. YEM contained a Flash Light tease from Mike. Contact was played in honor of the venue’s “disco lights.” Highway to Hell contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey.
SET 1: Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Llama, The Squirming Coil > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Magilla > Foam, Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: The Landlady, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Paul and Silas, Stash, Fee, Uncle Pen, Reba > Possum, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Fluffhead
ENCORE 2: Fire
Possum contained a brief Munsters theme tease from Mike. Antelope was dedicated to Eric Bieniemy (who was a running back at the University of Colorado at the time of the show) and was introduced as "Run Like an Antelope Out of Control." Fire was dedicated to “Ralph the Buffalo.”
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room > Divided Sky, The Sloth, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther > Cavern, The Asse Festival > Possum[1] -> Buried Alive[1] -> Possum[2]
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, My Sweet One, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, I Didn't Know[3], David Bowie
An emcee announced before the show that Phish would not be performing since they broke up in the dressing room beforehand. Instead, he announced that the show would be performed by “Phish 2000.” Trey teased Buried Alive in Landlady. Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals as well as I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart and Oom Pa Pa signals, while Buried Alive also contained Charlie Chan and I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart signals. My Sweet One contained Mockingbird teases. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. The Bowie intro featured a medley of mostly songs played earlier in the show: Possum, Fly Famous Mockingbird, Forbin's, Divided Sky, Landlady, Mike's Song, The Asse Festival, Lizards, Foam, Harry Hood, and Makisupa. Bowie also included Fire On the Bayou and Wipe Out teases from Mike.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Possum[1], The Squirming Coil > The Lizards, Stash > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, The Asse Festival, My Sweet One, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: The Landlady, Reba > Runaway Jim, Foam, Tweezer, Fee > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Uncle Pen > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Buried Alive included DEG teases and Possum contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals. Trey teased Buried Alive in Stash. YEM contained an appropriate Munsters theme tease from Mike; the ensuing vocal jam was based on A Night in Tunisia. A Halloween costume contest preceded the second set. Tweezer contained Heartbreaker teases. This show was webcast in the weeks following Halloween 1999, as the band did not play on Halloween that year. It was subsequently released in mp3 format via emusic.com.
SET 1: The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Donna Lee, The Asse Festival > Suzy Greenberg, Uncle Pen, Cavern, The Squirming Coil > Possum
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Magilla, Foam, Reba > Llama, The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Fluffhead, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Buried Alive > David Bowie[1]
ENCORE: Paul and Silas > The Lizards, Good Times Bad Times, Contact, AC/DC Bag, Carolina
Trey teased Buried Alive in Landlady. Page teased Toccata and Fugue in D minor before Mike's Song. Check out the Bowie intro for a medley of teases including three Charlie Chan signals and Oom Pa Pa, Tritone Down, and Popeye signals, and a Munsters theme tease from Mike.
SET 1: Buried Alive, The Squirming Coil, My Sweet One, Stash, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Tube, Divided Sky, Jesus Just Left Chicago, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Fluffhead, Llama[1], The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Possum, Bike, David Bowie
This show featured the first known performance of Llama. There are no recordings of this show in circulation.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Cavern, Possum
Phish played a one set show and were the third of four bands to play that night. There are no known recordings of this show in circulation.
SET 1: Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, If I Only Had a Brain, Buried Alive, Cavern, Uncle Pen, Magilla, Carolina, Esther, Run Like an Antelope > The Landlady > Run Like an Antelope
This show was listed in the Sept/Oct/Nov 1990 Phish Update as Liberty Lunch in Austin but actually happened at Showbar in Houston. This was either a one set show or set two is unknown. There are no known recordings of this show in circulation.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, The Landlady, Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Divided Sky, Cavern
SET 2: Contact, Highway to Hell, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Low Rider
This setlist is likely incomplete and is from phish.com.
SET 1: Funky Bitch, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Walk Away, Divided Sky, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Possum, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: La Grange, My Sweet One, Golgi Apparatus, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Communication Breakdown, Paul and Silas, Bouncing Around the Room, Alumni Blues, I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself
There are no known fan sources of this show in circulation.
SET 1: The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Cavern, I Didn't Know > Drums > The Asse Festival > David Bowie
SET 2: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Reba, My Sweet One, Stash, Fee > Divided Sky, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin, Possum
ENCORE: Buried Alive, Contact
Trey dedicated Uncle Pen to Col. Bruce Hampton. During HYHU, Fish called himself "a representative of the void."
SET 1: Cavern, The Asse Festival, Reba, Ya Mar, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Dinner and a Movie > Stash > Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Uncle Pen, The Sloth, Possum, The Lizards, If I Only Had a Brain, David Bowie > Buried Alive > David Bowie
ENCORE: Lawn Boy, Golgi Apparatus
It appears that the David Bowie intro preceded Buried Alive, then the body of David Bowie contained teases/parts if not all of Buried Alive and The Landlady. There are no recordings of this show in circulation.
SET 1: The Squirming Coil, Buried Alive, Divided Sky, Uncle Pen, Take the 'A' Train, Carolina, Funky Bitch, If I Only Had a Brain, Contact, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, The Lizards, Destiny Unbound, Stash, Bike, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Esther > Tweezer[1], Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Possum[2], Fee, The Landlady, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up > Divided Sky, Paul and Silas, Magilla > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Carolina, Good Times Bad Times
Tweezer contained two Charlie Chan signals and Random Laugh and Popeye signals. Possum contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals as well as a brief Dixie tease from Trey. Prior to the first HYHU, Trey introduced Fish as "Captain Zero."
SET 1: Reba, Foam, My Sweet One, Stash > Bouncing Around the Room, My Sweet One, The Squirming Coil, Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy
SET 2: The Landlady, Gumbo, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Magilla, Possum
ENCORE: Contact
This setlist may be incomplete. My Sweet One was apparently performed twice in the same set at this show.
SET 1: The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Divided Sky, Cavern, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, The Squirming Coil, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Foam, Destiny Unbound, You Enjoy Myself, Terrapin, David Bowie
ENCORE: Carolina
This setlist may be incomplete. A local band, The Jolly Llamas, opened. A recording of this show does not appear to be in circulation.
SET 1: Don't Get Me Wrong[1], The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, Cavern, Reba, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Possum
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg, Stash, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus, Magilla > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Contact
Don’t Get Me Wrong featured John Popper on harmonica. After Foam, Trey dedicated the song to Pat Metheny, who was apparently playing nearby. After the second HYHU, Fish teased the Oriental Riff on woodblock.
SET 1: Divided Sky, Uncle Pen, Stash, The Landlady, Destiny Unbound, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > The Asse Festival, The Squirming Coil > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Magilla > La Grange
SET 2: Buried Alive > Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer, My Sweet One, I Didn't Know > The Lizards > Good Times Bad Times, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Contact
This show was Phish's first public gig in New Jersey and featured many references to the state. Trey started the show by saying he was born and raised in New Jersey. Before Uncle Pen, Trey said that this was sort of a dream come true for him and Page, who grew up in New Jersey, adding it was the first time they'd ever played in the state. Trey said "we'll do a little song here that brings us back to our New Jersey roots here... it's an old Bill Monroe song." Mike added that it was "a song about Pendleton Vandiver, Bill Monroe's uncle. It's true. He's dead." Stash was played by request for "Big Phil" Muller, and was preceded by Fish playing the Charlie Chan signal. Fish said "he wrote it," Trey said "probably because I wrote it," and Mike added "I think it sucks. Essentially." Regarding Stash, Trey said "I collaborated on this song writing the music end of it and the lyrics were written by another native New Jerseyian, Tom Marshall, who isn't here tonight, unfortunately, because he's gotta be at work tomorrow programming computers." Fish added "for his dad" and Trey responded "My dad, he works for my dad. Keeping it all in the family here." Stash and La Grange contained Buried Alive teases. Prior to Landlady, Trey said they were going to play it in honor of their first gig in New Jersey. Mike introduced Destiny Unbound as a song he wrote about his Uncle Pendleton Vandiver. Prior to Buried Alive, Trey asked for a show of hands from the sparse crowd as to how many people in the room were actually from New Jersey and said "we're going to play a song that we wrote that we think captures the spirit of New Jersey," calling it "New Jersey And You, Perfect Together," which is the state's tourism slogan (a joke he later referenced in Golgi and Contact). Trey encouraged the crowd to "sing along when the chorus comes, just like it's a big commercial, because we'll be filming this for the next New Jersey commercial." During I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "Zero Man" and the song's lyrics were changed to Pardon Me "Zero Man." Before Contact, Trey introduced his dog Marley as "the 5th member of the band who doesn't usually get as much recognition... and we're going to play Marley's favorite song -- at this moment in time."
SET 1: Trust in Trust > Sweet Talkin' Hippie, Weird Chick > Mullin' It Over, Gina, Gotta Get Mean > Gloria [1] > Gotta Get Mean, Crystal Flame, But Anyway, Mountain Cry
Soundcheck: The Asse Festival, Don’t Get Me Wrong, Jam, Makisupa Policeman
SET 1: The Landlady, The Squirming Coil > Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, You Enjoy Myself > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Esther > Possum[1], Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up -> David Bowie, Carolina
ENCORE: Don't Get Me Wrong[2]
This was an opening set for Blues Traveler. The debut of Don’t Get Me Wrong featured John Popper on harmonica. Possum contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals. The Bowie intro contained a full band Mo' Better Blues tease. Trey dedicated Carolina to Bob and Elaine Dillof (Sofi's parents). The soundcheck's Don't Get Me Wrong also featured Popper on harmonica.
SET 1: I Didn't Know, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen[1] > Weekapaug Groove, My Sweet One, The Landlady, Tela > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Stash, The Asse Festival, Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus > The Curtain > Ya Mar, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Uncle Pen, Split Open and Melt, Fee > Possum[2]
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This performance was part of Skidmore Oktoberfest. The beginning of Hydrogen included the lyrics "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever." Possum contained Charlie Chan and Popeye signals. The opening act was Conjunction Junction (previous information indicated the opener was NRBQ, but they actually played the following night of the Oktoberfest).
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, The Landlady, Esther > Possum[1], The Squirming Coil, The Lizards, Destiny Unbound, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, David Bowie[2]
SET 2: Reba > Bouncing Around the Room > Foam, Fee > Tweezer, Magilla, Cavern, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Divided Sky
Possum contained Charlie Chan and Popeye signals. The intro to David Bowie contained an Uncle Pen tease from Trey as well as Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals.
SET 1: Dinner and a Movie, Uncle Pen, Stash, Divided Sky > Bouncing Around the Room > The Landlady, The Squirming Coil, Paul and Silas, The Asse Festival, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen[1] > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Buried Alive, Goin' Down Slow, My Sweet One, Gumbo, Good Times Bad Times, Magilla, Tube, You Enjoy Myself, Minute by Minute, Possum
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
The beginning of Hydrogen included the lyrics "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever." There are no recordings of this show in circulation.
SET 1: Possum[1], The Squirming Coil > The Lizards, The Landlady, Magilla, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Asse Festival, Stash, Runaway Jim, Fee[2] > Gumbo, Golgi Apparatus, Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Run Like an Antelope[3]
ENCORE: Contact, Highway to Hell
Possum included Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals. Fee featured Trey singing the verses through a megaphone unmiced. This was the first known Fee to feature the megaphone. The end of Golgi contained a Chariots of Fire tease from Trey. HYHU faded into Antelope, after which both Trey and Page continued to tease HYHU. Antelope also contained Charlie Chan and Tritone Down signals. Fish, introduced as “Zero Man,” played Love You for his parents, who were in attendance.
SET 1: Self, Family Picture, We've Only Just Begun
Phish was the wedding band for the first wedding of Steve Pollak (The Dude of Life). The setlist is incomplete, although according to the groom most of what was played was “just jamming.” We’ve Only Just Begun was (ironically) the wedding song, and was sung by Page.
SET 1: Divided Sky, Dinner and a Movie, The Landlady, Ya Mar > Buried Alive > Bouncing Around the Room > Possum[1], Magilla > David Bowie -> Happy Birthday to You[2] -> David Bowie[3]
SET 2: The Squirming Coil > Tweezer, Gumbo, Uncle Pen, Stash, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Lawn Boy
Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals and Oom Pa Pa and Popeye signals. During the Bowie intro (at the stroke of midnight) the band sang Happy Birthday to Trey. Bowie subsequently contained Charlie Chan and How High the Moon signals. Manteca was teased in Bowie before and after Happy Birthday.
SET 1: The Landlady, Bouncing Around the Room, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Stash, My Sweet One, The Squirming Coil > The Lizards, The Asse Festival, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Esther > Gumbo[1], Dinner and a Movie > You Enjoy Myself > Divided Sky
ENCORE: Black and Tan Fantasy[2], Paul and Silas
This show featured the debut of Gumbo and the first known Phish performance of Black and Tan Fantasy. Black and Tan Fantasy featured a brief tease by Trey of Chopin's Funeral March at its conclusion.
SET 1: Buried Alive, My Sweet One > Divided Sky, Tela > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Magilla > Wilson > The Landlady, I Didn't Know[1], David Bowie -> Mo' Better Blues[2] -> David Bowie[3]
SET 2: The Squirming Coil > Tweezer, Destiny Unbound, Fee, Uncle Pen > Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Lizards, Lawn Boy > Possum
ENCORE: The Asse Festival, Golgi Apparatus
Suzy Greenberg, Magilla, Possum, and Golgi all contained Chariots of Fire teases. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. David Bowie featured multiple Chariots of Fire teases, both in the intro, which featured the first known Phish performance of Mo' Better Blues, and in the main song itself. Bowie also contained five Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, two Random Laugh signals (one from Trey and one from Mike), a How High The Moon signal, and a Tritone Down signal. Bowie later contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease and another brief attempt at How High The Moon from Trey. Possum also contained a Destiny Unbound tease.
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