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SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, The Sloth > Reba[1], The Squirming Coil > Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[2] > Shine[3] > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Drowned -> The Lizards, Axilla (Part II) > Runaway Jim, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Digital Delay Loop Jam
SET 3: Auld Lang Syne > Weekapaug Groove[4] > Sea and Sand, You Enjoy Myself, Sanity, Frankenstein
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
Reba did not have the whistling ending. The narration in Mockingbird discussed how Phish makes time in the Gamehendge Time Laboratory, which set up the New Year’s Eve stunt. The Phish debut of Shine featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Trey later teased Shine in Runaway Jim. Mike's Song contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page. The second set ended with a Digital Delay Loop Jam out of Mike’s, and the third set opened with the Phish Time Factory machine. All four band members dressed as scientists playing with synths while lights flashed and Van de Graaff generators zapped. Fish was lifted up in a bed as Father Time and was reborn as the Baby New Year. Weekapaug featured Auld Lang Syne, Dreaming (Blondie), and Spooky teases and was unfinished. Mike and Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Runaway Jim. This was the first performance of Sanity since June 24, 1994 (148 shows). This show was officially released as New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Drowned (x2), The Sloth, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Prince Caspian > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg > David Bowie, Simple > It's Ice -> Kung -> It's Ice > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Ya Mar, Free > Harry Hood > AC/DC Bag > Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Kung. Ya Mar included an Auld Lang Syne tease. Page teased Entrance of the Gladiators in Scent of a Mule and Gimme Some Lovin' in Antelope.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > Down with Disease > Taste That Surrounds > NICU > Stash, Fluffhead, Llama, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Makisupa Policeman > Cars Trucks Buses, Bathtub Gin -> The Real Me -> Bathtub Gin -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Jam[1] -> La Grange, Bouncing Around the Room, Fire
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
The Jam was a bass duet featuring Mike and his bass instructor, Jim Stinnett, as well a tease of Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto (better known as the theme to Masterpiece Theatre). La Grange made its first appearance since August 14, 1993 (217 shows).
Soundcheck: Jam, Poor Heart, The Old Home Place, Drowned
SET 1: Split Open and Melt, Gumbo > The Curtain > Julius, Guyute, Horn > Rift[1] > Fast Enough for You, Possum
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Theme From the Bottom > Wilson > Buried Alive > Tweezer[2] -> I Didn't Know[3], Uncle Pen, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Fee[4] > Tweezer Reprise
The P.A. went out during Rift, causing some giggles when Page sang “and silence contagious in moments like these.” Wilson included a Johnny B. Goode tease. During Tweezer, Mike played part of what would become the Bass Jam on the following evening. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The soundcheck's Poor Heart was the slow version. Demand was teased before The Old Home Place.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope, The Mango Song > Tube > Stash, The Lizards, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Bouncing Around the Room > Maze, Free > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sparkle > Tweezer[1] -> Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Hello My Baby, Runaway Jim
The transition from Tweezer to Tweezer Reprise included a Page solo.
Soundcheck: Dog Log > Poor Heart, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Buried Alive, AC/DC Bag > Taste That Surrounds, Ya Mar, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Julius > Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Sample in a Jar, Reba[1], Scent of a Mule, Cavern > Mike's Song > Simple -> Weekapaug Groove[2] > The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Fire
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Weekapaug was unfinished.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture > Harry Hood > Wilson > Maze > Ha Ha Ha > Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up > Cars Trucks Buses, Bouncing Around the Room, Free > Possum[1]
SET 2: Tweezer Reprise > Runaway Jim > It's Ice > Bathtub Gin -> Rotation Jam -> Mallory[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times -> Tweezer Reprise
Trey teased Lazy (Deep Purple) in Chalk Dust. Possum included Oom Pa Pa, Simpsons and All Fall Down signals and a Voodoo Child tease from Trey. Trey mentioned that he saw his first concert (Jethro Tull) in this very venue. Mallory debuted at this show.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Free, Strange Design, Funky Bitch, My Sweet One
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg > Llama, Horn > Foam, Makisupa Policeman > Split Open and Melt, Tela, Taste That Surrounds, My Sweet One, Frankenstein
SET 2: The Curtain > Tweezer -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) -> Tweezer -> Keyboard Army, Halley's Comet -> NICU -> Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Bold As Love was played for a fan up front with a sign requesting it. A humorous scene ensued when another fan got excited, as if Trey was referring to his Brother sign. Trey remarked that when fans bring signs, it has to be for a song the band wants to play. This show was officially released as Live Phish 01.
Soundcheck: Jam, Poor Heart, Blues Jam
SET 1: Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Lifeboy, Punch You in the Eye, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Free, Sparkle > Down with Disease[2] -> The Lizards > Simple, Runaway Jim
ENCORE: Fire
I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. Down with Disease was unfinished. The soundcheck's Poor Heart was the slow version.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, The Wedge, work on Theme From the Bottom, Funky Bitch, Poor Heart
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend[1] > Ha Ha Ha, Stash, Prince Caspian, Reba[2], Dog Log, Llama, Dog Log, Tube, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Julius > Cavern
SET 2: The Curtain > David Bowie, The Mango Song > Taste That Surrounds, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Funky Bitch[3]
ENCORE: While My Guitar Gently Weeps[3]
My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Prince Caspian was preceded by Trey discussing how Portland was supposed to be Elvis’s last show so this song was for his kid, the prince. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Dog Logs were part of Trey’s announced “Dog Log” album and were preceded by Trey coaching the audience’s reaction. Dog Log had not been played since August 2, 1993 (219 shows). Tube was played as a thank-you for helping out with the “album.” Funky Bitch and WMGGW featured Warren Haynes on guitar.
Soundcheck: The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Maze, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > The Sloth > Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Free, Billy Breathes, Dog Faced Boy, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule), Wilson[1] > Gumbo, You Enjoy Myself[2], Lawn Boy, Slave to the Traffic Light > Crossroads, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Wilson and the YEM vocal jam featured quotes from a talking Beavis and Butthead doll. YEM also included a silent jam and a quote of the theme from Shaft.
Soundcheck: Poor Heart (slow)
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart > Simple > Runaway Jim, Fluffhead, It's Ice, Acoustic Army, Prince Caspian, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Kung -> Tweezer, Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Come Together[1] > A Day in the Life
Good Times Bad Times was dedicated to “the man in the dragon pants,” a.k.a. Jimmy Page. Antelope included a Brady Bunch theme tease. The encore, which included the first ever Phish performance of Come Together, was played in remembrance of John Lennon’s death on December 8, 1980.
Soundcheck: Poor Heart (slow version), Funky Bitch, Run Like an Antelope Jam (x3)
SET 1: The Old Home Place > The Curtain > AC/DC Bag, Demand > Rift, Slave to the Traffic Light, Guyute, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Split Open and Melt, Strange Design > Taste That Surrounds, Reba[1], Julius, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle > Mike's Song -> Weekapaug Groove[2] -> Digital Delay Loop Jam, Amazing Grace
ENCORE: Uncle Pen
The Melt jam included a tease of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Reba included a Pop Goes the Weasel tease and did not contain the whistling ending. Weekapaug was unfinished. Mike and Fish teased Maze in the Digital Delay Loop Jam. This show was officially released as Niagara Falls.
SET 1: Horn > Chalk Dust Torture, Taste That Surrounds, The Lizards, Free, Esther > David Bowie, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1]
SET 2: Poor Heart > Bathtub Gin -> Keyboard Army, Scent of a Mule > Jam > Lifeboy, Harry Hood, Cavern
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom, Sweet Adeline
Lizards was dedicated to college basketball commentator Dick Vitale. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic. Bathtub Gin contained a DEG tease by Trey. Hood contained a tease of The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) from Trey.
SET 1: Julius, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Stash, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Axilla (Part II), The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hello My Baby, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Sparkle > Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself, Sample in a Jar > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch (half-speed)
SET 1: Prince Caspian, Runaway Jim, Mound > Guelah Papyrus, Reba[1], My Sweet One, Free, Taste That Surrounds, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum[2]
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze > Simple -> Faht[3], Tweezer > A Day in the Life > Golgi Apparatus, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Reba did not have the whistling ending and Possum included an All Fall Down signal. Faht featured Fish on acoustic guitar. Tweezer contained Take Me to the River teases and Squirming Coil contained a Carol of the Bells tease from Page. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Buried Alive > Down with Disease, Dog Log, Funky Bitch (half-speed)
SET 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease > Theme From the Bottom, Poor Heart, Wolfman's Brother[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[2], Stash, Cavern
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Mike's Song -> Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song > Wilson > Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, David Bowie -> Catapult[3] -> David Bowie[4]
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg
Trey flubbed the lyrics to Wolfman’s Brother and remarked that, since he likes them so much, he would sing them again. The narration during Mockingbird referenced chocolate and the rhombus. Weekapaug was played in a different key. Catapult started over the Bowie hi-hat intro, which also featured quotes of Homer Simpson (“mmmm... chocolate”) and a Simpsons signal. This was the first time ever that Mike’s and Weekapaug were played without anything in between them. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
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