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November: 02 | 03 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 30Soundcheck: Dog Log > Melissa, The New Teller (incomplete), Trey percussion jam, The Old Home Place, work on Uncle Pen, Uncle Pen, Taste
SET 1: Runaway Jim > Punch You in the Eye[1], All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place[2], Uncle Pen[2], Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture[1]
SET 2: La Grange, It's Ice > Glide, Brother[3], Contact > Also Sprach Zarathustra[1] > Timber (Jerry the Mule)[4] > Taste[5], Funky Bitch[4], Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam[6]
ENCORE: Possum[6]
The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone. Taste included an intro jam that was basically a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye, Chalk Dust Torture, and 2001 featured Get Up Offa That Thing quotes and James Brown antics from Fish. 2001 also contained Super Bad teases from Trey. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, Maze, Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Wilson > Simple -> Sparks > Sparkle > Taste > Swept Away > Steep > You Enjoy Myself[1], Waste > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Maze contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey, and Trey broke a string during YEM, which led to some odd jamming. Sparks was played for the first time since October 29, 1994 (174 shows).
Soundcheck: Moose the Mooche/Magilla mashup, Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup
SET 1: Julius > My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free > Theme From the Bottom, Bold As Love
SET 2: Down with Disease -> Jesus Just Left Chicago > Scent of a Mule[1], Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Down with Disease, The Star-Spangled Banner, Fire
ENCORE: Waste > Tweezer Reprise
Trey teased Lazy in Chalk Dust Torture. The Mule Duel included Brady Bunch theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fish. Fire and Bold As Love were dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. The Disease and Tweezer combo has led some fans to refer to this as the “Diseezer.” The return to DWD contained a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking ending. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Dog Log > Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup > Jam (with I Can't Turn You Loose)
SET 1: Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Reba[1], Character Zero, Strange Design > Taste, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle > David Bowie, A Day in the Life > You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern
Reba did not have the whistling ending. I Didn’t Know included a Because tease. The soundcheck's Dog/Log Funky Bitch mashup consisted of the music of Funky Bitch with Dog Log lyrics.
Soundcheck: Midnight on the Highway, work on Midnight on the Highway, Midnight on the Highway, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Divided Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Midnight on the Highway[1], Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
SET 2: The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Makisupa Policeman[2] > Axilla > Weekapaug Groove[3] -> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This show included the first Phish performance of Midnight on the Highway, which was learned while the band was stopped at the American/Canadian border. Makisupa also referenced the border-crossing incident: “Woke up in the morning, border guard in my bunk, he took his fucking dog on the bus, and he found my dank.” Weekapaug was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes, work on Billy Breathes
SET 1: It's Ice > Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough for You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
SET 2: Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Maze, Billy Breathes > Swept Away > Steep > Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Julius[1]
Julius included a Cocaine quote and a thank you to the city of Spokane.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Blues Jam > The Old Home Place > Sparks > Funky Bitch
SET 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee[1] > Taste, Loving Cup
SET 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life > Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, The Star-Spangled Banner, Fire
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Trey announced the first-ever Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general, and more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band’s Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove Is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.
Soundcheck: Dog Log > Julius, work on Free, Ginseng Sullivan, Funky Bitch > Play That Funky Music > I Feel Free > Dog Log > Drums > Catapult
SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Poor Heart > Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba[1], Character Zero
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer[2], Hello My Baby[2], Tweezer Reprise[2] > Llama[2]
ENCORE: Waste, Johnny B. Goode[2]
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Trey teased Jump Monk in Simple. Tweezer through Llama and Johnny B. Goode featured Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Tweezer included a Zimbabwe tease from Gazaway.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup, Ginseng Sullivan, work on The Old Home Place, The Old Home Place, work on The Star-Spangled Banner, The Star-Spangled Banner
SET 1: Poor Heart > Down with Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy > Sparkle > Frankenstein
SET 2: La Grange > Runaway Jim -> The Vibration of Life -> Kung -> Catapult, Axilla[1] > Harry Hood[2] > Suzy Greenberg[3], Amazing Grace
ENCORE: We're an American Band[4]
Page teased Maple Leaf Rag at the end of Gumbo. The Vibration of Life was announced by Trey as “Written by God” and was performed for the first time since November 30, 1994 (148 shows). At the end of Axilla, the light crew also received a bizarre tribute and Leigh Fordham, a member of Phish's light crew, was mentioned several times. The Hood lyrics were subsequently altered slightly to include a bit about Leigh Fordham. Suzy Greenberg included Leigh Fordham references as well as La Grange and Axilla teases. We’re An American Band made its Phish debut in the city referenced in its lyrics. The Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup was the music of Funky Bitch with Trey singing Dog Log and Page singing Funky Bitch.
SET 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste > Cavern
SET 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Split Open and Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey > Mean Mr. Mustard[1] > Weekapaug Groove[2]
ENCORE: Funky Bitch[2]
Mimi Fishman addressed the crowd before the show and noted that the band was donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to charity. After Sleeping Monkey, Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter M (referencing all the second-set songs with “M”-titles) and the number 420. This show marked the Phish debut of Mean Mr. Mustard, complete with a John Popper (cloaked in a cape and hobbling with a cane to the roar of the audience) cameo as the “dirty old man.” Popper stayed on stage to lend his harmonica to a very short Weekapaug closer and Funky Bitch encore.
Soundcheck: Dog Log > The Old Home Place
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk[1], Julius
SET 2: Llama, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars?, Demand > Run Like an Antelope > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Stash, Hello My Baby
Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Buried Alive in Julius.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Funky Bitch > Dog Log, work on Funky Bitch x3
SET 1: Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Jam > Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Minnesota Timberwolves home game. This was their first performance of the song at a major sporting event.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Dog Log
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla[1] > Runaway Jim
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Divided Sky[2], Gumbo, The Curtain > Sample in a Jar > Tweezer, Swept Away > Steep > Maze, Contact > Slave to the Traffic Light
Divided Sky included an All Fall Down signal. Page teased Maple Leaf Rag at the end of Gumbo.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Dog Log > Funky Bitch, The Old Home Place
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk[1], Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zero
SET 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Julius
Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Demand was teased before the first Funky Bitch in the soundcheck.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Axilla[1] > All Things Reconsidered > Mound, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Simple, Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star-Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom
Trey had equipment problems in Simple, so Loving Cup (“I know I play a bad guitar”) was played next. ATR was played for the first time since July 1, 1995 (108 shows) and Axilla was played for the first time since October 16, 1994 (171 shows).
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Guyute, All Things Reconsidered (alternate arrangement), work on All Things Reconsidered, All Things Reconsidered
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free > Tela, Character Zero
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Bathtub Gin -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Page teased HYHU before Suzy. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide during Gin. Fish humorously stumbled through Bike, which was played by request. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com. In the soundcheck, Funky Bitch featured Mike and Trey on lead vocals and Guyute included alternate lyrics from Trey about gear problems he was experiencing.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Split Open and Melt, Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie
SET 2: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > Funky Bitch
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Split Open And Melt included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey. The soundcheck's Dog Log was played as a slow blues.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend[1], Runaway Jim[1], Billy Breathes[1], The Sloth[1], NICU[1] > Sample in a Jar[1], Theme From the Bottom[1], Bouncing Around the Room[1], Character Zero[1]
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule)[1] > Divided Sky[1], Wolfman's Brother[1], Sparkle[1] > Tweezer[1], Life on Mars?[1], Possum[1] > Tweezer Reprise[1]
ENCORE: Fire[1]
Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey teased China Cat Sunflower (the segue into I know You Rider) in the intro of Possum.
SET 1: Ya Mar[1], Julius[1], Fee[2] -> Taste[1], Cavern[1] > Stash[1], The Lizards[1], Free[1], Johnny B. Goode[1]
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless[1] -> Run Like an Antelope, Waste[1], Harry Hood[1] > A Day in the Life[1], Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Funky Bitch[3]
Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Mike repeatedly teased the bass line of Dave's Energy Guide in the C&P jam and then Trey very briefly teased it as well. The lyric “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas” in Antelope. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fish played Trey’s percussion rack. Portions of this performance were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network. This show was released as the Coral Sky DVD in 2010 and is available as a download from LivePhish.
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