Name: Aug 08, 1993 Setlist - Phish.net
Start: 1993-08-08T20:00
Location: Nautica Stage

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PHISH, SUNDAY 08/08/1993

SET 1: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Foam, Loving Cup, Runaway Jim, The Horse^[1] > Silent in the Morning > Punch You In the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Paul and Silas, I Didn't Know^[2], David Bowie ^[3]

SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Rift, Harry Hood , Wilson > It's Ice > Fluffhead > Possum > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone, Good Times Bad Times

ENCORE: My Sweet One, Free Bird

BBFCFM included a Divided Sky tease, Foam contained a Dixie tease from Trey, Possum included a Tequila tease, and the intro to the first HYHU contained a "Charge!" tease. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and I Didn’t Know featured Fish on Madonna washboard. Bowie included Random Note and Simpsons signals. After the introductory HYHU, while Fish tried to figure out which song he would sing, Trey congratulated a fan who sunk two “baskets” during the BBJ. Page teased "Charge!" and the band responded with a brief tease of Rock and Roll Part Two before Fish cued up Love You.

Overall: 4.105/5 (38 ratings)

David Bowie, Harry Hood, Fluffhead, Possum

Divided Sky tease in Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Dixie tease in Foam, Tequila tease in Possum, Charge! tease in Hold Your Head Up, Rock and Roll Part Two tease

Rift 5

Junta 3

The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday 2

Stash 1

Lawn Boy 1

Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon

This show was part of the "1993 Summer Tour"

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Show Reviews

2013-04-17 10:15 am, attached to 1993-08-08

Review by SlavePhan

THE GOOD: This is a wonderful show, hidden in the weeds of a spectacular month. The first set glows - Foam has a really wonderful silent section. Jim, featuring very heavy tension work by Trey, explodes beautifully during the last two minutes. FEFY, which received royal treatment during this tour, also is quite nice. The whole second set is played well, but Possum is particularly good - there is a quirky 93 element featuring lots of hesitation, capped off by a full-band Tequila tease (jumping back to the 8/6 show). However, the highlight of the whole show is the Bowie to end set 1. It features wild hey jamming (that would be present in all the rest of the shows this month) resolving into a classic rock jam. In this case, it is a riff from "Spooky" which the band picks up on and takes off on in a whirling cascade (foreshadowing the formula that created the 8/13 Murat Gin). This then warps back to a screaming Bowie conclusion. A must-hear.

THE BAD: Considering how well the band ripped apart the Bowie, set 2 is filled with somewhat minimal room to improvise (read Wilson, Fluffhead>Possum). Love You is funny, but it sure would've been nice to see more hey-jamming in the meat of set 2 (no complaints though!)

ETC: Several songs from this show appear on Youtube. Trey says hi to folks on the roof of the nearby building, adding "don't fall!". Trey introduces Fish as "a butt with protruding arms and legs" during I Didn't Know. Fish then plays a world-record "sparsest washboard solo ever". After Trey gives congratulations to the fan who makes 2 baskets in BBJ, the band teases R+R part 2. Fish asks if anyone actually knows the lyrics to the song. He also suggests that the band play that (but they don't). Fish calls Trey "Chuck Norris" when he introduces the band. Before Freebird, the band points out the "really big dude" in the front. You can see this guy in Youtube (he must be 6'9").

Score: 4

2013-01-27 11:12 pm, attached to 1993-08-08

Review by Raible

An easy-to-overlook show nestled in the midst of so many legendary shows. Great moments in both sets.

The opening slice of the fist set is a highlight. Nothing like a BBFCFM to start a show on the right foot! Loving Cup's always nice. Great Jim. Capped off by nice 93 tempo-bending Bowie.

A nice-length Hood, followed by the Wilson > Ice > Fluffhead > Possum meat of the set. All of the jam tunes got a quality workout in this one.

Score: 1