Thursday, 02/13/1997 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo^[1], Taste, Waste, Poor Heart, Character Zero, Peaches en Regalia, Love Me^[2], David Bowie

Set 2: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, My Soul^[2], Punch You In the Eye, Slave to the Traffic Light, When the Circus Comes^[2], Maze > Rock A William^[1], Harry Hood, Frankenstein

Encore: Prince Caspian, Johnny B. Goode

[1] Debut.
[2] Phish debut.

Notes: The European tour opener featured the debuts of and Rock A William and the Phish debuts of Love Me, My Soul, and When the Circus Comes.

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Friday, 02/14/1997 Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

Set 1: Runaway Jim, NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Axilla, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, Down with Disease, Funky Bitch, Reba, Walfredo, Rock A William, Scent of a Mule^[1] > A Day in the Life

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: Mule was unfinished.

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Sunday, 02/16/1997 Alter Wartesaal, Cologne, Germany

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams^[1], Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed and Painless, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Tweezer, Waste, Cavern, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle, Simple -> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away > Steep -> David Bowie, Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Theme From the Bottom, Johnny B. Goode

[1] Phish debut.

Notes: This show was rebroadcast on German television and featured the Phish debut of Beauty of My Dreams.

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Monday, 02/17/1997 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Soul Shakedown Party^[1], The Divided Sky, Wilson > My Soul, Guyute, Timber (Jerry), Billy Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: The Squirming Coil -> Down with Disease -> Carini^[2] -> Taste -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Prince Caspian

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.

Notes: This show marked the debut of Carini and the Phish debut of Soul Shakedown Party.

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Tuesday, 02/18/1997 Bataclan, Paris, France

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You In the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU, Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Peaches en Regalia, Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul, Maze > Wolfman's Brother > Reba, Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein

Encore: Bold As Love

Notes: Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright) who had been hit by a car earlier in the day.

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Thursday, 02/20/1997 Teatro Smeraldo, Milan, Italy

Set 1: The Curtain, Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party > Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Taste, Gumbo, When the Circus Comes > David Bowie, Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Free, Swept Away > Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Julius

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Friday, 02/21/1997 Tenax, Florence, Italy

Set 1: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease > The Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy Myself^[1]

Set 2: Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope^[2] -> Wilson -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Billy Breathes, Reba^[3] > Waste > Prince Caspian

Encore: Character Zero

[1] During the “Wash Uffize Drive Me to Firenze” section, Fish exclaimed “this is a dream come true!”
[2] Unfinished; heavy metal jam rose from "Rye, Rye, Rocco" segment.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: Antelope was unfinished and a heavy metal jam rose from the “Rye, Rye, Rocco” segment. Trey started singing the Wilson lyrics over this jam and the band wound up in Oh Kee Pa. Reba was also unfinished, as it disintegrated into Waste. During the “Wash Uffize Drive Me to Firenze” section of YEM, Fish exclaimed “this is a dream come true!”

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Saturday, 02/22/1997 Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Set 1: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > When the Circus Comes, Talk, Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know, Character Zero

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

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Sunday, 02/23/1997 Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy

Set 1: Carini, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Love Me, Rift > Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie

Set 2: Daniel Saw the Stone, Suzy Greenberg, Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Peaches en Regalia, Mike's Song, Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Billy Breathes, Rocky Top

Notes: Carini started off as a pre-recorded tape playing through the P.A. system. Phish took the stage and picked up the song from where it was on the tape and continued to play. This show also featured the first Daniel Saw the Stone since August 28, 1993 (287 shows) and the first Why Don’t We Do It since June 25, 1995 (144 shows).

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Tuesday, 02/25/1997 Incognito, Munich, Germany

Set 1: Runaway Jim, My Soul, One Meatball^[1], Little Red Rooster^[1], Got My Mojo Workin'^[1], Stash, Waste, Taste, Loving Cup

Set 2: Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar > Punch You In the Eye > Free, Fee, My Friend, My Friend^[2], Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Chalk Dust Torture

[1] Phish debut; Sydney Ellis on vocals.
[2] Aborted quickly and scrapped.

Notes: One Meatball through Mojo Workin’ were Phish debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped.

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Wednesday, 02/26/1997 Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany

Set 1: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, Harry Hood, My Soul > Tube > Carini, Rock A William, Dog Log, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Set 2: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Ha Ha Ha^[1] > You Enjoy Myself^[2] -> Kung, Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule -> Jam^[3] -> Magilla -> Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Highway to Hell

[1] Heavy metal outro.
[2] Get on the Good Foot teases.
[3] Jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an ‘A’ Train tease from Mike.

Notes: This show featured the first Camel Walk since July 2, 1995 (140 shows) and first Magilla since May 4, 1994 (260 shows). Ha Ha Ha was notable for the heavy metal jam outro. YEM included Get on the Good Foot teases. The jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an ‘A’ Train tease from Mike.

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Friday, 02/28/1997 Huxley’s Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany

Set 1: Carini, Paul and Silas, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia, Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar, Character Zero

Set 2: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein, David Bowie, Love Me, Axilla > Waste, Julius

Encore: A Day in the Life

Notes: This show included the first Paul and Silas since October 24, 1995 (120 shows).

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Saturday, 03/01/1997 Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany

Soundcheck: Attack on the Bass

Set 1: Cities, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother^[1] -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba, Hello My Baby, Possum^[2]

Set 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie, Mike's Song^[3] -> Lawn Boy -> Weekapaug Groove^[4], The Mango Song, Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom

Encore: Taste, Sweet Adeline

[1] DEG tease.
[2] All Fall Down signal and heavy metal-style intro.
[3] Jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End, as well as Careful with that Axe Eugene.
[4] The End tease.

Notes: The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows). The jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End, as well as Careful with that Axe Eugene; The End was also teased during Weekapaug. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. Wolfman’s included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.

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Sunday, 03/02/1997 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark

Set 1: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, My Soul, Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope^[1] -> Catapult -> Life on Mars?, Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You In the Eye, Waste, Character Zero, Slave to the Traffic Light, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: You Enjoy Myself

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: This version of Antelope was unfinished.

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Tuesday, 03/18/1997 The Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT

Set 1: Cinnamon Girl^[1], NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You In the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams, Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses^[2], Suzy Greenberg^[3], Character Zero^[2]

Set 2: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian, David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So^[4], Love Me Like a Man^[4], Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Hello My Baby^[5], Funky Bitch^[2]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone
[3] Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Soul Power tease from horn section.
[4] Phish debut; Tammy Fletcher on vocals.
[5] Without microphones.

Notes: This show celebrated the release of “Phish Food” ice cream and was a benefit for the then-newly formed Waterwheel Foundation. “Ben & Jerry” made a short speech before the show and free ice cream was made available for the entire crowd. I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, both of which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, and Cinnamon Girl made their Phish debuts. The last three songs of the first set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Suzy Greenberg included a Soul Power tease from the horn section. Hello My Baby was performed without microphones.

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Friday, 06/13/1997 The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Dogs Stole Things^[1], Beauty of My Dreams, Billy Breathes, Limb By Limb^[1], Wolfman's Brother -> Wading in the Velvet Sea^[1], Taste

Set 2: Stash, Maze, Water in the Sky^[1], Vultures^[1], Slave to the Traffic Light, Chalk Dust Torture > Ghost^[1] > Olivia's Pool^[1], Character Zero

Encore: Stand!^[2] -> Izabella^[2]

[1] Debut.
[2] Phish debut.

Notes: Phish continued their tradition of breaking out new songs at the beginning of a tour; this show featured the debuts of Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Ghost and Olivia’s Pool as well as the Phish debuts of Stand and Izabella. Stash was preceded by a Tequila tease.

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Saturday, 06/14/1997 The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Soundcheck: Twist

Set 1: Down with Disease, NICU, Dirt^[1], Talk, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Limb By Limb, Bye Bye Foot^[1], Free, Prince Caspian

Set 2: Twist^[1], Piper^[1], Saw It Again^[1], Waking Up^[1], Dogs Stole Things, Waste, David Bowie, Cavern

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

[1] Debut.

Notes: This show featured the debuts of Dirt, Bye Bye Foot, Twist, Piper, Saw It Again, and Waking Up. This show also featured unusually improvisational versions of Waste and Cavern.

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Monday, 06/16/1997 Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Set 1: The Squirming Coil > Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Water in the Sky, Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Theme From the Bottom, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Olivia's Pool

Set 2: Limb By Limb, Ghost -> I Don't Care^[1] > Reba^[2], Wading in the Velvet Sea, Dirt, Harry Hood

Encore: Cities, Poor Heart

[1] Debut.
[2] Cities jam.

Notes: I Don’t Care made its short-lived debut at this show. Reba included a Cities jam.

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Thursday, 06/19/1997 Arena, Vienna, Austria

Set 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You In the Eye, Water in the Sky, Maze, Waste, Vultures, Runaway Jim

Set 2: Stash -> Ghost -> Saw It Again > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Piper, Jesus Just Left Chicago > Prince Caspian

Encore: Beauty of My Dreams > Character Zero, Hello My Baby

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Friday, 06/20/1997 Archa Theater, Prague, Czech Republic

Set 1: Taste > Jam -> Cities > Horn -> Ain't Love Funny^[1] -> Limb By Limb -> I Don't Care > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: David Bowie, Ghost, Bye Bye Foot, Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern > Twist, Bouncing Around the Room > Julius

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut.

Notes: Ain’t Love Funny made its Phish debut at this show and was played out of an odd, atypical jam that grew out of Horn.

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Saturday, 06/21/1997 Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart, Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom, Swept Away > Steep, Limb By Limb, Dirt, Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture, Samson Variation^[1], Twist, Cavern

Encore: My Soul

[1] Debut.

Notes: Samson Variation debuted at this show. This single-set performance was part of the inaugural Hurricane Festival that also featured Ani DiFranco, Bad Religion, Ben Folds Five, Elegantly Wasted, and Primus.

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Sunday, 06/22/1997 Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Koblenz, Germany

Set 1: Taste, Water in the Sky, Stash, Dirt, Uncle Pen, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Hello My Baby, Ghost

Encore: Limb By Limb

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the WDR Festival that also featured Ezio, K’s Choice, John Hiatt, Reef, Primus, and Steve Winwood.

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Tuesday, 06/24/1997 La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France

Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Guelah Papyrus^[1], Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian, Rocky Top

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother, Reba, NICU, Twist, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Aborted and scrapped.

Notes: Guelah was aborted and scrapped.

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Wednesday, 06/25/1997 L’Aeronef, Lille, France

Set 1: Olivia's Pool, Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Theme From the Bottom, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Saw It Again, Limb By Limb, My Soul

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Piper -> Down with Disease^[1] -> Meatstick^[2] -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters^[3] > Makisupa Policeman^[4], Cecilia^[5] > Hold Your Head Up > Rock A William, Run Like an Antelope^[6]

Encore: Guyute

[1] Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases.
[2] Debut.
[3] Makisupa teases.
[4] Unfinished.
[5] Phish debut; performed a cappella by Fishman.
[6] Crew introductions and a mention of Antelope Greg.

Notes: This show marked the debut of Meatstick and the Phish debut of Cecilia, which was performed a cappella by Fishman. The jam out of Disease included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. McGrupp included Makisupa teases; the subsequent Makisupa was unfinished. Antelope included crew introductions and a mention of Antelope Greg.

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Friday, 06/27/1997 Worthy Farm, Somerset, England

Set 1: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the annual Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts that also included Beck, David Byrne, Pavement, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Spearhead, and Stereolab. Phish performed on The Pyramid Stage. Wilson was an appropriate opener, as the venue was less than 50 kilometers from Stonehenge.

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Sunday, 06/29/1997 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark

Set 1: You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Beauty of My Dreams, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Character Zero

Encore: My Soul

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the 27th annual Roskilde Festival that also included Beck, David Byrne, Charlie Hunter, Ani DiFranco, Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir, Mötley Crue, Pavement, Primus, and Radiohead. The first three songs of the set were broadcast on the festival radio station.

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Tuesday, 07/01/1997 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Ghost^[1], Horn, Ya Mar^[1], Limb By Limb > Ain't Love Funny, Saw It Again^[1], Dirt, Reba^[2], Dogs Stole Things

Set 2: Jam^[3] -> Timber (Jerry), Bathtub Gin -> Cities -> Jam^[4], Loving Cup > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: When the Circus Comes

[1] "Worm" banter.
[2] Whistling ending.
[3] The second set began with a Fishman piano solo that evolved into a jam, as the rest of the band eventually joined the stage and Fishman moved to his drum kit.
[4] "Worm" banter. When the Saints Go Marching In and Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases from Trey.

Notes: Ghost began the first of two nights of the infamous "Worm" banter, with Fishman saying "I think you know where you are" and Trey responding with "You're on the back of the worm!" The "Worm" was also mentioned in Ya Mar, Saw It Again, and the jam out of Cities, which also included When the Saints Go Marching In and Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases by Trey. Dirt was introduced as "Green Grass High Tides Forever." Reba included the whistling ending. The second set began with a Fishman piano solo that evolved into a jam, as the rest of the band eventually joined the stage and Fishman moved to his drum kit.

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Wednesday, 07/02/1997 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Maze, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Weekapaug Groove

Set 2: Stash -> Llama -> Wormtown Jam^[1], Wading in the Velvet Sea

Encore: Free

Encore 2: David Bowie

[1] Narration sung to the tune of Swingtown. Trey warned fans about the "killer worms" that inhabit the canals of Amsterdam.

Notes: The Wormtown Jam continued the stage banter of the night before. Portions of the narration were sung to the tune of Steve Miller’s Swingtown, as Trey warned the fans in attendance about the “killer worms” that inhabit the canals of Amsterdam.

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Thursday, 07/03/1997 Serenadenhof, Nüremberg, Germany

Set 1: Piper, My Soul, The Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Taste, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Rocky Top

Set 2: Ghost, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Sparkle, Harry Hood, Cavern

Encore: Character Zero

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Saturday, 07/05/1997 Piazza Risorgimento, Como, Italy

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan

Set 1: Julius, Bouncing Around the Room > Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Prince Caspian -> Twist^[1] > Piper, Harry Hood > Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Good Times Bad Times^[2]

Encore: The Squirming Coil

[1] Groove Is In the Heart jam.
[2] Walk This Way tease.

Notes: This was a single-set, free outdoor show. Twist included a Groove Is In the Heart jam and GTBT included a Walk This Way tease. At the beginning of the Hood jam, Trey asked Chris to turn off the lights so that the band could see the mountains. Love You was played for the first time since December 8, 1995 (111 shows)

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Sunday, 07/06/1997 Spiaggia di Rivoltella, Desenzano, Italy

Soundcheck: Samson Variation -> Olivia’s Pool, Beauty of My Dreams, Hell’s Bells, You Shook Me All Night Long, Mmm-Bop, Another One Bites the Dust, And It Stoned Me, Only Shallow, The Banana Boat Song (aka Day-O)

Set 1: Runaway Jim, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Free, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Rocky Top, Funky Bitch

Encore: My Soul

Notes: This was an outdoor show; the afternoon soundcheck was free and open to the public. Trey began playing Hell’s Bells to the accompaniment of church bells ringing nearby. During Mmm-Bop, Trey noted: “Fish will now do his version of James Brown singing Hanson’s Mmm-Bop.” Fishman responded in part that “I’m an 11-year-old sex machine” and that it was “too hot in the hot tub!” Another One Bites the Dust through Day-O featured the infamous Soundcheck Limbo Karaoke Contest, where fans were invited on stage to sing, while mic stands were used for the limbo contest.

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Wednesday, 07/09/1997 Le Transbordeur, Lyon/Villeurbanne, France

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Jam

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Taste, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood

Set 2: Down with Disease > My Soul > Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself^[1] -> Ghost^[2] > Poor Heart^[3]

Encore: Hello My Baby

[1] Béla Fleck and The Flecktones; Disease teases, as well as Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike’s bass simultaneously.
[2] Béla Fleck and The Flecktones.
[3] Béla Fleck and The Flecktones; Sanford and Son theme tease from Coffin.

Notes: YEM through Poor Heart featured Béla Fleck and The Flecktones (Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and Victor Wooten), who were announced during the bass and drums segment of YEM and bounced along during the tramps jam. YEM contained Disease teases, as well as Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike’s bass simultaneously. Poor Heart included a Sanford and Son theme tease from Coffin. Pierre, a local Häagen-Dazs employee who the band met the day before, was repeatedly called-out by the band and was brought up on stage and serenaded during the encore.

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Thursday, 07/10/1997 Espace Julien, Marseilles, France

Set 1: Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Llama^[1] > Wading in the Velvet Sea -> Jam^[2], Olivia's Pool

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Julius -> Magilla, Ya Mar -> Ghost -> Take Me to the River^[1] -> Jam

Encore: Funky Bitch^[3]

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Concluded with a theme akin to Lizards.
[3] Members of Son Seals Band.

Notes: Take Me to the River (first since November 21, 1995, or 126 shows) was unfinished. Several songs including alternate lyrics referencing the “vampire children.” Llama was unfinished and featured a long, atypical jam that wove into Velvet Sea. The jam after Velvet Sea concluded with a theme akin to Lizards. The encore featured a guest appearance by members of the Son Seals Band.

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Friday, 07/11/1997 Doctor Music Festival, Escalarre, Spain

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Johnny B. Goode, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Character Zero

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the 2nd annual Doctor Music Festival that also featured Blues Traveler, Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Jim Rose, and Smashing Pumpkins.

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Monday, 07/21/1997 Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA

Soundcheck: Limb By Limb, Twist (several times), Ginseng Sullivan

Set 1: Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Piper, Dirt, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin^[1], Character Zero

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother^[2] -> Magilla, David Bowie^[3], Wading in the Velvet Sea, Theme From the Bottom -> Jam^[4], Funky Bitch^[4], Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Drowned teases.
[2] Bathtub Gin tease.
[3] Birdland jam at beginning.
[4] LeRoi Moore on saxophone.

Notes: The jam during Bathtub Gin featured Trey jumping up and down in time with a syncopated jam, as well as strong Drowned teases. Near the end of the jam, Trey mentioned how good it was to be back home and named the four newer songs that were played. The beginning of Bowie included a Birdland jam and Wolfman’s included a Bathtub Gin tease. The jam out of Theme, as well as Funky Bitch, featured LeRoi Moore on saxophone. The jam with LeRoi included a segment where he played two saxes, Trey played three guitars, Mike played two basses and the Cracklin’ Rosie cymbals, Fish had four drumsticks and Page was lying across his keyboards playing as many as possible.

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Tuesday, 07/22/1997 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

Soundcheck: Limb By Limb (x3), Vultures, Water in the Sky, Saw It Again (first verse only)

Set 1: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Mike's Song -> Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^[1], Hello My Baby

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Harry Hood

[1] Hydrogen tease; closed with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease.

Notes: The first set of this show was performed during a furious lightning storm; during Taste, the band even jammed along with the thunder and lightning. Weekapaug included a Hydrogen tease and closed with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease.

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Wednesday, 07/23/1997 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Julius, Dirt, NICU, Dogs Stole Things, Ginseng Sullivan, Water in the Sky, Limb By Limb, Split Open and Melt, Billy Breathes, Possum

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye, Ghost^[1] > Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself^[2] -> Rocky Mountain Way Jam > Chalk Dust Torture^[3]

Encore: Frankenstein

[1] On Your Way Down tease.
[2] Jeopardy! theme tease and SOAMule-like jam segment.
[3] Rocky Mountain Way teases.

Notes: Ghost included an On Your Way Down tease. YEM included a Jeopardy! theme tease and a very unusual, SOAMule-like jam segment. Chalk Dust included Rocky Mountain Way teases.

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Friday, 07/25/1997 Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Maze, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> AC/DC Bag

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture^[1] -> Taste^[2] -> Ya Mar^[2] -> Drums^[3] -> Ghost^[2] -> Character Zero^[2]

Encore: Theme From the Bottom^[2]

[1] Unfinished; Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[2] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[3] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set and Page on keys.

Notes: The second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Chalk Dust was unfinished. The Drum Jam also featured Page on keys.

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Saturday, 07/26/1997 South Park Meadows, Austin, TX

Set 1: Limb By Limb^[1], Dogs Stole Things^[1], Poor Heart^[1], Stash^[1], Billy Breathes^[1], Cars Trucks Buses^[1], Dirt^[1], You Enjoy Myself^[2] -> Izabella^[1]

Set 2: Timber (Jerry)^[1] > David Bowie^[1], Harry Hood^[3] -> Blister in the Sun Jam^[1] -> Harry Hood^[1] -> Free^[1], Waste^[1] > Johnny B. Goode^[1]

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room^[1], Cavern^[1]

[1] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[2] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set; Willie the Pimp teases.
[3] Unfinished; Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.

Notes: Hood was unfinished. The entire show featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. YEM included Willie the Pimp teases just before the segue into Izabella.

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Tuesday, 07/29/1997 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle, Ghost, Swept Away > Steep, Loving Cup

Set 2: Olivia's Pool, Run Like an Antelope, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist -> Taste, Sample in a Jar, Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil

Encore: Possum

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Wednesday, 07/30/1997 Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA

Soundcheck: Twist (with Chuck E’s in Love lyrics), Blues Jam, Makisupa Policeman

Set 1: NICU, Wolfman's Brother^[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Water in the Sky, Stash, Weigh, Piper, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Free, David Bowie -> Cities -> David Bowie^[2], Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian, Fire

Encore: My Soul

[1] Take Me to the River jam.
[2] Simpsons signal.

Notes: Wolfman’s included a Take Me to the River jam. Bowie included a Simpsons signal; Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, was reportedly in attendance.

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Thursday, 07/31/1997 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Set 1: Ghost > Ya Mar > Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Dirt, Maze, Glide, Saw It Again, You Enjoy Myself^[1]

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters^[2] > Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^[3]

Encore: Cinnamon Girl

[1] Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases.
[2] Mind Left Body teases.
[3] Happy Birthday teases from Trey.

Notes: Weekapaug included Happy Birthday teases from Trey, who later made reference to Jerry Garcia’s birthday, which was the following day. Trey noted that Phish and the rest of the music community were trying to keep Jerry’s spirit alive through music. Listen for Sweet Home Alabama teases before the start of the second set and Mind Left Body teases during McGrupp, as well as strange Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases in YEM

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Saturday, 08/02/1997 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost^[1], Dogs Stole Things, The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Down with Disease^[2] -> Tweezer -> Johnny B. Goode > Sparkle, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Harry Hood

[1] Jamming based on Who Knows.
[2] Three Blind Mice tease in intro.

Notes: Ghost featured jamming based on Who Knows. The Disease intro included a tease of Three Blind Mice.

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Sunday, 08/03/1997 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: Bathtub Gin > Foam, Samson Variation, Dirt, Vultures, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Twist > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb By Limb, Character Zero

Set 2: Julius, Simple, Fluffhead, Lifeboy, Taste, Hello My Baby, Frankenstein

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

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Wednesday, 08/06/1997 Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO

Set 1: NICU, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Ghost, Prince Caspian, Cars Trucks Buses, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Encore: Julius

[1] Star Wars theme teases and a Makisupa jam with Page on the theremin and Mike on a mini-drum.

Notes: Antelope included Star Wars theme teases and a Makisupa jam with Page on the theremin and Mike on a mini-drum.

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Friday, 08/08/1997 New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL

Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo > The Lizards, Dirt, It's Ice, Water in the Sky, Character Zero

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Free, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup, Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Hoochie Coochie Man^[1], Messin' With the Kid^[2]

[1] Phish debut; Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals.
[2] Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals.

Notes: The encore, which included the Phish debut of Messin’ with the Kid, featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals. Hoochie Coochie Man was played for the first time since April 10, 1993 (381 shows).

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Saturday, 08/09/1997 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Punch You In the Eye, Ghost -> Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Reba, Lawn Boy, Crossroads

Set 2: Wilson > Foam, Mike's Song -> Ain't Love Funny -> Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule^[1], Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove^[2]

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

[1] Duel between Trey and Mike after Page’s solo.
[2] Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases.

Notes: Scent featured a duel between Trey and Mike after Page’s solo. Mike and Trey started their duel facing each other and wound up on the ground doing bicycle kicks while they played. Weekapaug included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. Crossroads was played for the first time since December 9, 1995 (127 shows).

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Sunday, 08/10/1997 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Soundcheck: Dog Log, Paul and Silas, Funky Bitch (slow), She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Star Trek theme jam (Page on Theremin).

Set 1: Bathtub Gin -> Sparkle, Down with Disease, Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt^[1], Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan, Harry Hood

Set 2: Cities -> Good Times Bad Times -> Rotation Jam -> Rock A William -> David Bowie

Encore: Cavern

[1] Third Stone from the Sun tease and Tongues in Aspic (Part II) jam.

Notes: The long, involved Rotation Jam to set up Rock A William started when Page went to the theremin for a solo. Soon after, Trey took up the keys and Mike went to play guitar. Page eventually picked up Mike’s bass. After they jammed a bit longer, Mike went to join Trey on the keys. Trey then joined Fishman on the drums. The two of them played on the same drum set and Mike took a piano solo. Trey eventually kicked Fishman off the drum stool, and Fishman picked up Trey’s guitar. SOAM contained a Third Stone from the Sun tease, as well as a Lark’s Tongues in Aspic (Part II) jam.

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Monday, 08/11/1997 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Water in the Sky, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus, Limb By Limb, Horn, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Piper, Vultures > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero

Encore: The Squirming Coil

[1] “Rye Rye Rocco” section included Page on theremin.

Notes: The “Rye Rye Rocco” section of Antelope included Page on theremin.

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Wednesday, 08/13/1997 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart > Jam

Set 1: Amoreena^[1], Poor Heart, Stash, Water in the Sky, Gumbo -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Beauty of My Dreams, Crosseyed and Painless > Wilson^[2], Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Runaway Jim, Ghost -> Izabella, Sleeping Monkey, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein

Encore: Theme From the Bottom

[1] Phish debut.
[2] The end of Wilson included a Little Drummer Boy tease.

Notes: The end of Wilson included a Little Drummer Boy tease. This show featured the Phish debut of Amoreena.

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Thursday, 08/14/1997 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY

Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Crosseyed and Painless

Set 1: Ya Mar, Funky Bitch, Fluffhead, Limb By Limb, Free, Cars Trucks Buses, Tela, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Sparkle, Harry Hood -> Jam > Colonel Forbin's Ascent -> Merry Pranksters Jam^[1] -> Camel Walk, Taste

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top

[1] Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters; If I Only Had a Brain and Frankenstein teases from Phish and Maze and Somewhere Over the Rainbow teases from Trey.

Notes: The second set featured a remarkable jam after Harry Hood ended and before Forbin’s began, as well as an appearance by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Listen for several teases during the Pranksters Jam, including If I Only Had a Brain and Frankenstein teases from Phish and Maze and Somewhere Over the Rainbow teases from Trey.

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Saturday, 08/16/1997 Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Harpua^[1], Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Punch You In the Eye, Ghost, Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself > Train Song, Character Zero, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Simple^[2] -> My Soul^[2], Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top, Julius^[3]

Set 3: Halley's Comet^[4] -> Cities^[5] -> Llama, Lawn Boy, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch^[6]

Encore: Contact, Loving Cup

[1] Picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off.
[2] Odd Couple tease.
[3] Intro performed a cappella with finger snaps.
[4] On Your Way Down tease.
[5] After Midnight tease; Trey altered lyrics to reference "Fishman sleeping in the daytime."
[6] Fireworks.

Notes: This was the first show of The Great Went festival. Harpua picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off. After Chalk Dust, Trey remarked that the first three songs served as the soundcheck, which the band did not do before the show. The jam out of Simple, as well as the beginning of My Soul, included Odd Couple theme teases. Halley’s Comet included On Your Way Down teases. Cities included an After Midnight tease, as well as Trey altering the lyrics to reference “Fishman sleeping in the daytime.” The Julius intro was partially performed a cappella with finger snaps. Funky Bitch featured a fireworks display behind the stage that culminated as the song ended. After the show, the members of Phish DJ’d under pseudonyms at a festival tent in what has become known as the “Disco Set.”

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Sunday, 08/17/1997 Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: The Wedge, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer^[1] -> Taste, Carolina

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Bathtub Gin > Uncle Pen, Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Art Jam -> Harry Hood

Set 3: Buffalo Bill -> NICU, Weigh, Guyute, Dirt, Scent of a Mule^[2], Prince Caspian

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Cities-like jam and Simple teases.
[2] London Bridge teases.

Notes: This was the second show of The Great Went festival. Tweezer featured a Cities-like jam and Simple teases, and Mule included London Bridge teases. Throughout the weekend, fans painted pieces of wood that were assembled into an Art Tower. During Disease, Page and Fishman painted their portions of the Art Tower; Mike and Trey painted theirs during 2001. The Art Jam saw the crowd carry the pieces of the band’s art to the side of the venue where it was hoisted onto the Art Tower and added to the fans' art. During Tweezer Reprise, the Art Tower was burned to the ground as The Great Went came to a close. As the Hood jam kicked in, Trey asked Chris to turn the lights off and the band jammed while the front section of the audience engaged in the first Hood glowstick war. Trey remarked to the crowd at the end of the jam that the visual display was cool. Between the first and second sets, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra performed selections from Stravinsky and Debussy as a red-smoke-spewing glider synchronized its swoops and dives to the music. Buffalo Bill was played for the first time since December 31, 1994 (204 shows).

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Thursday, 11/13/1997 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Black-Eyed Katy^[1], Theme From the Bottom, Train Song, Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, My Soul, You Enjoy Myself^[2], Character Zero

Set 2: Stash, Punch You In the Eye, Prince Caspian, Bouncing Around the Room, Mike's Song^[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Debut.
[2] Who Knows tease.
[3] Born on the Bayou teases.

Notes: This show marked the debut of Black-Eyed Katy. The jam in Mike’s Song included Born on the Bayou teases. YEM included a Who Knows tease.

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Friday, 11/14/1997 The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Gumbo, Maze^[1] > Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope^[2]

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Piper > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Bold As Love

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Whistling in both the opening section and closing “Marco Esquandolas” section.

Notes: Maze was unfinished. Trey dedicated Guyute to Paul Languedoc in reference to Paul’s purported comment to the band that any song with whistling is a good song. Consequently, Antelope contained whistling in both the opening section and closing “Marco Esquandolas” section.

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Sunday, 11/16/1997 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

Soundcheck: Saw It Again

Set 1: NICU, My Soul, Black-Eyed Katy, Farmhouse^[1], The Old Home Place, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule^[2], Poor Heart^[3], Taste, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Timber (Jerry)^[4] -> Simple -> Wilson > Harry Hood^[5] > Izabella

Encore: David Bowie

[1] Played in concert for the first time.
[2] Pete Wernick on banjo; Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease.
[3] Pete Wernick on banjo.
[4] Frankie Says tease.
[5] Unfinished.

Notes: Mule and Poor Heart featured Pete Wernick on banjo. Mule also included a brief Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease. The jam out of Timber included a Frankie Says tease. Harry Hood was unfinished. Farmhouse was played in concert for the first time.

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Monday, 11/17/1997 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

Set 1: Tweezer, Reba, Train Song, Ghost^[1], Fire

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Olivia's Pool > Johnny B. Goode -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Superbad tease.

Notes: Ghost included a Superbad tease. This show was officially released as Live Phish 11.

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Wednesday, 11/19/1997 Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Set 1: Julius, Bathtub Gin -> Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee^[1] -> Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother^[2] -> Makisupa Policeman > Taste

Encore: Possum

[1] The segue from Fee into Antelope included Meatstick quotes.
[2] Crosseyed and Painless teases.

Notes: The segue from Fee into Antelope included Meatstick quotes. Wolfman’s Brother contained teases of Crosseyed and Painless.

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Friday, 11/21/1997 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Emotional Rescue^[1], Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Punch You In the Eye -> Lawn Boy^[2], Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian

Set 2: Ghost -> AC/DC Bag, Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup

Encore: Guyute

[1] Phish debut.
[2] "Anti-drum solo."

Notes: Emotional Rescue made its Phish debut at this show. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an “anti-drum solo” - an intentionally boring one. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up.

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Saturday, 11/22/1997 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Frankenstein, Izabella

Set 2: Halley's Comet^[1], Tweezer^[2] -> Black-Eyed Katy, Piper, Run Like an Antelope^[3]

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer Reprise

[1] He Used to Cut the Grass jam.
[2] BEK teases.
[3] Lyric changed to "Michael Esquandolas."

Notes: Fans of stage banter will want to seek out the second set for Trey’s humorous response to the crowd’s Destiny Unbound chant before Halley’s. Halley’s included a jam based on Zappa’s He Used to Cut the Grass. Tweezer included strong BEK teases well before the segue into BEK. The "Marco Esquandolas" lyric in Antelope was changed to "Michael Esquandolas."

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Sunday, 11/23/1997 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

Set 1: My Soul, Theme From the Bottom > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Twist, Stash -> NICU, Fluffhead, Character Zero

Set 2: Bathtub Gin -> Down with Disease -> Low Rider -> Down with Disease, Bold As Love

Encore: Julius

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Wednesday, 11/26/1997 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Tweezer > Sparkle > Gumbo, My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste

Set 2: Character Zero -> Also Sprach Zarathustra^[1] -> Cities -> Ya Mar > Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian > Poor Heart^[2], Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Cavern^[3]

[1] Superbad teases.
[2] Began as Rocky Top.
[3] Original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered tease from Page.

Notes: 2001 included Superbad teases. Poor Heart began as Rocky Top. Cavern included some of the original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered (not ATR) tease from Page.

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Friday, 11/28/1997 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: The Curtain, You Enjoy Myself^[1] -> I Didn't Know, Maze, Farmhouse, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light > Ghost -> Johnny B. Goode

Encore: My Soul

[1] Crosseyed and Painless tease; no bass and drums segment.

Notes: YEM featured a Crosseyed and Painless tease, did not include the bass and drums segment, and ended with a shortened vocal jam that segued into I Didn’t Know.

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Saturday, 11/29/1997 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: The Wedge, Foam, Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Saw It Again, Horn, Water in the Sky, David Bowie

Set 2: Runaway Jim^[1] > Strange Design > Harry Hood, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Buffalo Bill > Moby Dick^[2] > Fire

[1] Almost an hour long. Harry Hood teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played.
[2] Phish debut; Trey imitated Robert Plant’s intro from The Song Remains the Same.

Notes: This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played by Phish. It ran slightly under an hour and included Harry Hood teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fishman’s favorite song. During the Phish debut of Moby Dick, Trey imitated Robert Plant’s intro from The Song Remains the Same.

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Sunday, 11/30/1997 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: Guyute, Funky Bitch^[1], Wolfman's Brother^[2] -> Love Me, The Squirming Coil > Loving Cup

Set 2: NICU, Stash^[1] -> Free > Jam -> Piper, When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Them Changes^[3]

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Heavy metal style jam, with a Heartbreaker tease from Mike and Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther.
[3] Phish debut.

Notes: Funky Bitch and Stash were unfinished. Wolfman’s included a heavy metal style jam, with a Heartbreaker tease from Mike, and Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther. Them Changes made its Phish debut at this show.

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Tuesday, 12/02/1997 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > The Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star Spangled Banner

Set 2: Mike's Song -> Simple^[1] -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar^[2] -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Encore: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar

[1] Trey/Page musical duet.
[2] Fun play on the actual lyrics and a brief One Way Out tease.

Notes: Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a brief One Way Out tease. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows).

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Wednesday, 12/03/1997 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, My Soul, Drowned^[1], The Old Home Place, Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: David Bowie^[2] -> Possum > Jam -> Prince Caspian, Frankenstein, Harry Hood

Encore: Crossroads

[1] Couldn’t Stand the Weather jam.
[2] Take Me Out to the Ballgame tease and a Simpsons signal.

Notes: Drowned included a Couldn’t Stand the Weather jam. Bowie included a Take Me Out to the Ballgame tease and a Simpsons signal.

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Friday, 12/05/1997 CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

Set 1: Ghost > Wilson > Funky Bitch > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle > Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb, Character Zero

Set 2: Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Julius^[1] -> Slave to the Traffic Light > The Lizards, Loving Cup > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Bold As Love

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: Julius was unfinished.

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Saturday, 12/06/1997 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI

Soundcheck: Dog Log, AC/DC Bag, Ginseng Sullivan, Black-Eyed Katy

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope, Train Song > Bathtub Gin -> Foam, Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern

Set 2: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Jam -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Rocky Top

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Sunday, 12/07/1997 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Set 1: AC/DC Bag -> Psycho Killer^[1] -> Jesus Just Left Chicago^[2], My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, It's Ice -> Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Tube Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba, Guyute^[3] > Possum^[4]

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Rocky Mountain Way tease.
[3] Second verse whistled and not sung
[4] “Charge” teases.

Notes: Psycho Killer was unfinished. JJLC included a Rocky Mountain Way tease. The jam after Tube was basically a Tube Reprise without the lyrics. The second verse of Guyute was whistled and not sung. Boogie On Reggae Woman was played for the first time since September 13, 1988 (989 shows). Possum included Charge teases.

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Tuesday, 12/09/1997 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA

Set 1: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn, Loving Cup

Set 2: Julius, Simple -> Timber (Jerry), Contact, Axilla, Harry Hood^[1]

Encore: Fire

[1] Brief return to the Axilla theme.

Notes: Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme.

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Thursday, 12/11/1997 Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Down with Disease -> Maze, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup, Rocky Top

Set 2: Drowned -> Roses Are Free^[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars^[2] > Ghost -> Down with Disease -> Johnny B. Goode

Encore: Waste

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Electric Funeral teases.

Notes: This show marked the Phish debut of Roses Are Free. BBFCFM (first since August 6, 1996, or 118 shows) featured Electric Funeral teases. Video footage from this show appeared in Bittersweet Motel.

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Friday, 12/12/1997 Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY

Set 1: Funky Bitch -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camel Walk, Taste > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > Train Song, Character Zero

Set 2: Saw It Again -> Piper^[1] > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian^[2] -> Izabella > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Guyute, Run Like an Antelope

[1] Birds of a Feather tease.
[2] The jam out of Caspian bore a similarity to Llama.

Notes: The jam out of Caspian bore a similarity to Llama. Piper included a distinct Birds of a Feather tease, several months before the song actually debuted.

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Saturday, 12/13/1997 Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY

Set 1: Ya Mar^[1] > Axilla > Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times

Set 2: NICU, Punch You In the Eye, Ghost, Mike's Song^[2] -> Llama, When the Circus Comes, Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood

Encore: My Soul, The Squirming Coil

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Funky Town tease, Foxy Lady quotes from Fishman, and chants to “Bring in the Dude.”

Notes: Ya Mar was unfinished. Mike’s Song included a Funky Town tease, Foxy Lady quotes from Fishman, and some memorable vocal interplay from the band that included a chant to “Bring in the Dude.” During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights for a Blackout Jam and the audience responded with a shower of green glowsticks. The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.

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Sunday, 12/28/1997 USAir Arena, Landover, MD

Soundcheck: Sample in a Jar, Drowned, Black-Eyed Katy, Funky Bitch

Set 1: Julius, Cities > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place > Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Set 2: Axilla > Simple, Ghost > Drowned > Scent of a Mule^[1], Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top > Cavern

Encore: Bold As Love

[1] The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel.

Notes: The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the “ghosts in the machine.”

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Monday, 12/29/1997 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Jam

Set 1: NICU, Golgi Apparatus, Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Down with Disease -> David Bowie^[1] > Possum^[2], Tube^[3], You Enjoy Myself^[4]

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Antelope-esque jamming.
[2] Can’t Turn You Loose jam.
[3] I Feel the Earth Move tease.
[4] Can't Turn You Loose tease from Page.

Notes: Possum contained a Can’t Turn You Loose jam, which was briefly reprised after the song and teased by Page in YEM. Bowie included Antelope-esque jamming and Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease.

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Tuesday, 12/30/1997 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Sneakin' Sally through the Alley -> Taste, Water in the Sky, Punch You In the Eye, Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life

Set 2: AC/DC Bag^[1] -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua^[2] > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)^[3] > Harpua, Izabella > Harry Hood -> My Soul, Sleeping Monkey, Guyute

Encore: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally through the Alley, Frankenstein

[1] Psycho Killer and Third Stone From the Sun teases.
[2] “Pentagram Harpua;" also included a narrative about Lost in Space.
[3] Phish debut; Tom Marshall on vocals.

Notes: AC/DC Bag included Psycho Killer and Third Stone From the Sun teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miltes) made its Phish debut and was sung by Tom Marshall as part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fishman coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (920 shows).

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Wednesday, 12/31/1997 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Emotional Rescue, Ya Mar^[1], My Sweet One, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Sloth, Fire

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Mike's Song -> Piper > When the Circus Comes > Roses Are Free > Weekapaug Groove

Set 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer > Maze^[2] > Prince Caspian, Loving Cup

Encore: New York, New York^[3] > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Auld Lang Syne teases.
[2] Birdland tease.
[3] Phish debut.

Notes: Ya Mar included Auld Lang Syne teases and Maze included a Birdland tease. New York, New York made its Phish debut during the encore. My Sweet One was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (155 shows).

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