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November: 02 | 03 | 04 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 30Soundcheck: Fixin' to Die, Mound, Guyute, Back In My Hometown, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome
SET 1: Frankenstein, Poor Heart > My Friend, My Friend[1] > Reba[2], Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Down with Disease > Bouncing Around the Room, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], My Long Journey Home[3]
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Run Like an Antelope -> My Sweet One[4] -> Run Like an Antelope[5] -> Fixin' to Die -> Ya Mar -> Mike's Song -> Catapult -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Cavern
ENCORE: The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Amazing Grace[6]
My Friend My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending and Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Mockingbird narration included The Vibration of Life. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome and My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic. There was an unusually long delay at the end of My Sweet One, with some of the band members “snoring.” Antelope was unfinished. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Scent of a Mule, Stash, Guyute, Sparkle > Simple[1] > Divided Sky, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > NICU > Tweezer -> Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Tweezer > Sleeping Monkey > Julius
ENCORE: Fee[2] > Tweezer Reprise
Simple featured Cameron McKinney on saxophone. A portion of the jam segment from this long (nearly 45 minutes), experimental Tweezer appeared on A Live One as Montana. Trey teased I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group) in Tweezer prior to the Digital Delay Loop Jam. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. This gig was originally scheduled for MSU’s Shroyer Gym (capacity 1,800), and was later moved to the larger Field House (capacity 8,500). This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Possum, Guyute[1], If I Could, Foam, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Poor Heart > Cavern
SET 2: Halley's Comet > David Bowie[2], Sweet Adeline, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Guyute was incomplete, as it was missing the second verse. Trey teased Nellie Kane in Poor Heart. Bowie included a vacuum jam from Fish. This version of Slave appears on A Live One.
Soundcheck: Jam -> Dog Log, Funky Bitch, Sweet Adeline, I Didn't Know
SET 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Reba, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Julius, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song -> Simple > Harpua[1] > Weekapaug Groove -> The Mango Song > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This Thanksgiving Harpua included the first-ever Glowstick War, as Trey narrated a story involving happy green love beams and angry red hate beams. In the soundcheck, the jam contained Golgi quotes and the Sweet Adeline was Trey only. This show was released as part of the Chicago '94 box set.
Soundcheck: Jam > Funky Bitch > Jam, Poor Heart > John Hardy, Amazing Grace, Poor Heart
SET 1: Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> It's Ice -> Mind Left Body Jam > It's Ice > If I Could, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Divided Sky, Amazing Grace[1]
SET 2: Maze, Fee[2] -> Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Lifeboy, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Tweezer contained a Power of Soul tease and YEM contained a Frankenstein tease. The YEM vocal jam was based on Hello Skinny. Amazing Grace (both in the soundcheck and during the show) was performed without microphones. The soundcheck's first Poor Heart featured alternate lyrics and the second Poor Heart was the slow version.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Horn > Foam, Guyute, I Didn't Know, Bouncing Around the Room > Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Funky Bitch -> Jam -> Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Cry Baby Cry > The Curtain > Blackbird, Runaway Jim[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[2], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[3], My Long Journey Home[3], Harry Hood, Highway to Hell
ENCORE: The Lizards
Runaway Jim was unfinished. BBFCFM was started electric and finished in the acoustic bluegrass lineup, which included I'm Blue I'm Lonesome, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, and My Long Journey Home. Harry Hood was played as a result of an audience member’s request after Trey said that the crowd could pick the next song. Funky Bitch, the subsequent jam, and Yerushalayim Shel Zahav are included as filler on Live Phish 18. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: If I Could, Funky Bitch, If I Could
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Fee[1] > Scent of a Mule, Stash, If I Could[2], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[3], My Long Journey Home[4], Dooley[5], Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Glide, Axilla (Part II) > Reba[6], Simple > Rift > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Julius > Cavern
ENCORE: Icculus[7]
ENCORE 2: Fire
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. If I Could through Dooley featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits through Dooley were performed acoustic. Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show marked the end of Mosier’s travels with the band and featured the Phish debut of Dooley. Icculus recalled the infamous “O.J. Show” from June of that same year. The soundcheck's second If I Could featured Mosier on banjo.
Soundcheck: Fixin' to Die
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Down with Disease > Guyute, Paul and Silas, Axilla (Part II) -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Run Like an Antelope, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[2], My Long Journey Home[2]
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself[3], Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
I’m Blue I’m Lonesome through My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic with the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits and My Long Journey Home featured Trey on fiddle. YEM included Spooky and Can't You Hear Me Knocking jams, with a subsequent Spooky tease. There was a brief pause in YEM after the Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam before the song continued. "Why" and "I don't know" were spoken by Fish through an a low pitched Wash Uffizi Drive Me to Firenze portion of YEM and the vocal jam.
SET 1: Blackberry Blossom, Tennessee Waltz, The Old Home Place, Dooley, Mountain Dew, John Hardy, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, My Long Journey Home, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome, Midnight Moonlight, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
The lineup for this bluegrass jam included Mike on banjo and electric bass, Page on bass, Trey on guitar and fiddle, Fish on mandolin, the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo, Eric Merrill on fiddle, a fan named Abe Stevens on the jaw harp, and a fan named "Jeremy" on banjo. Dueling Banjos was teased after Old Home Place. Mike teased Spanish Moon after John Hardy and Biscuits. Recordings of this bluegrass session circulate, thanks to an alert taper that spotted the jam in progress near the tour bus.
SET 1: Rift, AC/DC Bag > Julius, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > It's Ice > Tela > Split Open and Melt, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[1], The Old Home Place[2], My Long Journey Home[2]
SET 2: Llama, Bathtub Gin > Lifeboy, Poor Heart > Tweezer -> Contact > Possum[3]
ENCORE: Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms[4], Runaway Jim[5]
Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, The Old Home Place, and My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic with the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits featured Trey on fiddle. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits and Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms made their Phish debuts at this show. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms and Runaway Jim featured “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo. Tweezer contained Wedge teases from Trey and Fish. Possum included a Simpsons signal and Bathtub Gin, Jean Pierre, and DEG teases from Trey.
SET 1: Helter Skelter[1], Scent of a Mule, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Wilson > Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Down with Disease
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself -> Hold Your Head Up[2] -> Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Slave to the Traffic Light, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], Nellie Kane[3], My Long Journey Home[4], To France[5] -> Fixin' to Die[6]
Helter Skelter ended with the band singing "I've got blisters on my fingers" a cappella to the tune of Back In My Hometown.The Vibration of Life featured a Wipe Out tease. To France was teased in 2001 and quoted in the YEM vocal jam, foreshadowing the song's Phish debut later in the show. YEM also included Frankenstein teases. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome through My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic; My Long Journey Home featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on spoons. This show marked the first Phish performance of Fixin’ to Die. Both To France and Fixin' To Die featured Mosier on banjo with Mosier also singing lead vocals on Fixin' To Die.
Soundcheck: Tennessee Waltz, Pig in a Pen (x2), Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Funky Bitch, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome, My Long Journey Home
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Foam, Fast Enough for You > Reba, Axilla (Part II), The Lizards, Stash, Pig in a Pen[1], Tennessee Waltz[1], Foggy Mountain Breakdown[2] -> Swing Low, Sweet Chariot[1]
SET 2: Mike's Song > Simple, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], My Long Journey Home[3], Chalk Dust Torture, Fee[4] > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Amazing Grace, Suzy Greenberg
This show featured the Phish debuts of Foggy Mountain Breakdown, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome, and My Long Journey Home. Pig in a Pen through Swing Low featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo and vocals, as this show marked the beginning of Mosier’s five-night tour with the band. To France was teased and quoted before Pig in a Pen. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome and My Long Journey Home were also performed acoustic. This version of Chalk Dust appears on A Live One. Tennessee Waltz was played for the first time since May 6, 1993 (142 shows), Pig in a Pen was played for the first time since February 21, 1993 (196 shows), and Swing Low was played for the first time since October 20, 1989 (635 shows). Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The soundcheck featured Mosier on all songs and vocals except Funky Bitch.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Scent of a Mule, Guelah Papyrus, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, Maze, Lawn Boy > Cavern
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > David Bowie, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav > Slave to the Traffic Light, Poor Heart > Julius, The Old Home Place[1], Nellie Kane[1], Sweet Adeline, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
Lawn Boy was subsequently played at various points in Cavern. The Old Home Place and Nellie Kane were performed in the acoustic configuration. Prior to Nellie Kane, Fish took a mandolin "solo" (playing a scale) which was followed by a HYHU tease.
SET 1: Wilson > Sparkle > Simple > Reba, Axilla (Part II) > It's Ice -> The Vibration of Life -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Divided Sky, The Lizards, Tweezer, The Mango Song > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Amazing Grace[1], The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Funky Bitch > Tweezer Reprise
The Antelope intro contained Dixie teases and Tweezer contained Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo teases. Amazing Grace was performed without amplification. Trey teased Buried Alive in Funky Bitch.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, If I Could, Maze, Guyute, Stash, Esther > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Julius, Fluffhead > Down with Disease -> Have Mercy -> Down with Disease[1] -> Lifeboy, Rift, The Old Home Place[2], Nellie Kane[2], Foreplay/Long Time[2], Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Have Mercy was played for the first time since August 14, 1993 (111 shows). Down with Disease was unfinished. The Old Home Place, Nellie Kane, and Foreplay/Long Time were performed acoustic. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, David Bowie, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Scent of a Mule, Suzy Greenberg > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: The Curtain > Mike's Song > Simple -> Mike's Song > Tela > Weekapaug Groove, Ya Mar, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Rocky Top
Bowie contained an A-Hunting We Will Go tease from Page and Trey. The Mockingbird narration was based around The Vibration of Life and a green light that transported fans to a Gamehendge revival. Suzy contained a brief Stairway to Heaven tease from Trey. Simple included a Woody Woodpecker theme tease from Trey. Weekapaug closed with a strong Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. Ya Mar contained a Stash tease from Trey.
Soundcheck: Fixin' to Die, Mound, Back In My Hometown, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome
SET 1: Fee[1] > Divided Sky, Wilson[2], Peaches en Regalia > Glide, Split Open and Melt, Dog Faced Boy, Sparkle, Down with Disease
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple > Poor Heart > Julius, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Harry Hood, Cavern
ENCORE: My Sweet One[3], Nellie Kane[3], Amazing Grace, Highway to Hell
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Wilson was unfinished. My Sweet One and Nellie Kane were performed acoustic.
Soundcheck: Free Ride, Cry Baby Cry, The Old Home Place, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Funky Bitch/Caravan Jam, Funky Bitch, The Old Home Place
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg, Foam, If I Could > Maze, Guyute, Stash, Scent of a Mule, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Tweezer > The Mango Song > Axilla (Part II), Possum, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: The Old Home Place[1], Foreplay/Long Time[1], Tweezer Reprise
The Old Home Place and Foreplay/Long Time were performed acoustic. While Mike tuned up for Foreplay/Long Time, Trey talked about the fact that the Bangor Auditorium and Nectar’s are both on Route 2, so the band had been playing on that road for eleven years. This version of Tweezer appears on A Live One. Trey teased Stairway to Heaven in Suzy Greenberg and Possum contained I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group) teases. The second Old Home Place in the soundcheck was acoustic.
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