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SET 1: Funky Bitch, You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Possum, Donna Lee, Fluffhead > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Walk Away, AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Slave to the Traffic Light, Bathtub Gin > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Trey teased Donna Lee in You Enjoy Myself. Slave to the Traffic Light included a Dazed and Confused tease from Trey. Mike's Song contained a Frankenstein tease. Trey teased Back in Black after Possum. Donna Lee was “the sing-along version.”
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself > Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Donna Lee, Fee > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: The Sloth, Fluffhead, Harry Hood, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Possum, David Bowie
ENCORE: Contact > Good Times Bad Times
Antelope contained Sailor's Hornpipe and Jeopardy! theme teases.
SET 1: Bold As Love, AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sanity[1], Halley's Comet[2] > The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: David Bowie[3], The Mango Song, Split Open and Melt, Bathtub Gin[4], Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus
SET 3: Slave to the Traffic Light, Funky Bitch, The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Possum
ENCORE: The Practical Song
Sanity was the fast version. Richard Wright provided guest vocals on Halley’s Comet. Sweet Georgia Brown was teased before and in the Bowie intro. Linus and Lucy was also teased in the intro. Bowie was subsequently announced as, dedicated to, and sung as “Lazy Lester.” This show contained the first known version of Bathtub Gin. Trey compared Antelope to his life-long dream of playing hockey and dedicated the song to “all you pro hockey players out there.” Curtis Loew contained teases of Sailor's Hornpipe and Fishin' Hole from Trey. Possum contained Johnny B. Goode teases.
The two songs in this setlist were related by a former Phish Mail Order Employee who attended the show. The setlist is incomplete, out of order and the songs listed may belong to either set. The source of this setlist is phish.com.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Fluffhead > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Donna Lee, Fee > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: I Didn't Know, Take the 'A' Train, Good Times Bad Times, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1]
Ya Mar contained a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey. McGrupp featured Fish on trombone.
SET 1: I Didn't Know, Contact
This performance was part of The Rock Rumble band competition. This setlist is incomplete. Fish was lowered naked from the rafters during I Didn’t Know for a “vacuum solo” instead of his trombone solo, but the vacuum was not powered up. Hollywood Indians, Gidget and Ghandi, Sundog, Peg Tassey, The Fortune Tellers, The Cuts, The Switch, and Dark Hollow also performed. Mike Luoma of WIZN was a judge and Arty Lavigne of WIZN was the emcee; Arty read an introduction that Phish had handed him.
Soundcheck: Time Loves A Hero
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Foam, Walk Away, Fluffhead, Fee, Halley's Comet > Run Like an Antelope, Contact, Fire
SET 2: You Enjoy Myself, Bold As Love, The Lizards, The Sloth, Possum, If I Only Had a Brain[1], Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther
Some recordings of this show have the venue mislabeled as Chez Pierre. Possum contained a Woody Woodpecker theme tease from Trey and If I Only Had a Brain featured Fish on trombone.
This setlist is incomplete. This show marked the beginning of Chris Kuroda’s career as Phish lighting director. Chris ran lights during Mockingbird while then lighting director Chris “Steck” Stecher was in the bathroom. Trey had complimented Stecher on the lights for Mockingbird; after later learning that it was Chris who actually ran lights for that song, Chris was named the new lighting director.
SET 1: Whipping Post
No setlist exists but Kuroda recalls a long version of Whipping Post was performed at the show that he describes as his favorite Phish rendition of a cover song.This information is from Phish.com.
SET 1: Possum, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus > Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag, If I Only Had a Brain, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
This setlist is incomplete and is out of order. The only recording in circulation is a mix of songs from the show, which features Hydrogen brutally cut out of the Mike’s Groove. This setlist is in the order in which those songs appear on the mix. (The mix also includes several songs from the Paradise show on January 26, 1989.) Possum contained a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tease, which raises the question – were these songs really performed in March 1989? David Bowie closed the first set. Before Brain, someone introduced Fish – or is it Phish – as being “from Bogota, Columbia.” It is therefore possible that Brain opened this show, which would be the only (known) time that Brain opened a show.
SET 1: Wilson > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, You Enjoy Myself > Foam, AC/DC Bag, The Curtain > Run Like an Antelope, I Didn't Know[1], Divided Sky, Alumni Blues[2] > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Possum, Walk Away, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Lizards, Split Open and Melt, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Alumni contained additional lyrics.
SET 1: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Curtain > Foam, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Run Like an Antelope > Golgi Apparatus, Possum
SET 2: On Your Way Down > AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself -> Camel Walk
This second set listing may be incomplete, as recordings that circulate cut during Camel Walk. YEM contained a Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Fee, Divided Sky, Split Open and Melt[1], Golgi Apparatus, Take the 'A' Train, Alumni Blues, Run Like an Antelope, Fluffhead
This show contained the first known version of Split Open and Melt. The setlist information for the second and third sets is unknown.
SET 1: Take the 'A' Train
It is unknown if 'A' Train was performed in the first or second set of this show.
SET 1: The Sloth, Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, Take the 'A' Train, Divided Sky, Contact, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know[1], Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Lizards, David Bowie[2], Fee, Dinner and a Movie, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Possum
I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. David Bowie's lyrics were changed to "Charlie's Birthday."
SET 1: I Didn't Know, Good Times Bad Times, You Enjoy Myself, Possum, Fluffhead, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 3: Mr. P.C.[1], Fee, Bold As Love, The Lizards, Whipping Post
Mr. P.C. featured Carl Gerhard on flugelhorn; this was his first known appearance with Phish. Mr. P.C. included a Spider-Man theme tease. Some recordings circulate with Timber in the second set and an encore including Peaches, Funky Bitch, and Donna Lee; this is actually filler from the October 29, 1988 show.
SET 1: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself > Cities -> Dave's Energy Guide > Cities, Take the 'A' Train, Funky Bitch, Dinner and a Movie, Fire
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus > AC/DC Bag, Satin Doll, Sanity[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Slave to the Traffic Light > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Lizards
SET 3: Mustang Sally, Corinna, Walk Away, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Contact, Makisupa Policeman, Whipping Post
ENCORE: Harpua
On the recordings of this show in circulation, both Dinner and a Movie and Slave are cut. Cities included Dave's Energy Guide teases before actually segueing into the song. ‘A’ Train included a London Bridge Is Falling Down tease from Trey. Funky Bitch was dedicated to The Blue Sevilles, a band playing across the street. Satin Doll was preceded by a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey and a Jeopardy! theme tease from Page. The band brought light board operator Tim Rogers on stage for his birthday and presented him with a “Baked in Telluride” T-shirt. Sanity featured Fish on trombone. BBFCFM included a Flintstones theme tease.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself, Satin Doll, Walk Away, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, The Curtain With, Fire
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg, Skin It Back, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Dinner and a Movie, The Sloth, Icculus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, I Didn't Know[1], Good Times Bad Times
SET 3: Rocky Top, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Contact, Whipping Post, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Take the 'A' Train, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1], Bold As Love[2]
Mike teased My Favorite Things in The Curtain With. Sloth contained a Take Five tease from Mike. There was a brief Gamehendge narration from Trey after Sloth that contained a "Charge!" tease from Page. I Didn't Know and McGrupp featured Fish on trombone. Good Times Bad Times contained DEG teases and 'A' Train contained a Flintstones theme tease from Trey. Trey dedicated Bold As Love to one of his favorite guitar players of all time, Angus Young (guitarist for AC/DC). You Shook Me All Night Long was subsequently teased and in Bold As Love, "Anger" was changed to "Angus."
SET 1: On Your Way Down[1], Golgi Apparatus, Fee, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, You Enjoy Myself, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Fluffhead
This setlist is incomplete. This show featured the first known Phish performance of On Your Way Down. Mike teased Heartbreaker in the Sneakin' Sally vocal jam. It is unclear whether this recording is actually from this show (which was confirmed for this date), is from another show or is a mix with pieces from various shows. Multiple songs (The Lizards, Possum, Blue Bossa, and Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues) were previously listed in this setlist based on recordings in circulation, but these songs are actually part of July 23, 1988.
SET 1: I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus, The Lizards, Fee, Shaggy Dog, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, You Enjoy Myself, Suzy Greenberg, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie
SET 2: Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Fire, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues > Run Like an Antelope
This show was part of UVM’s Earth Day Festival. If you are a stage banter fan, seek out this show for Trey’s announcements after Fire as someone requested “Page’s new love song.” Trey announced that this requested song is actually called Tela, and announced the future debut of several songs, including “The Tires” (a.k.a. Contact), “The Four-Track Song” (a.k.a. Poor Heart) and “Marijuana Hot Chocolate” (a.k.a. Foam), for which Mike gave a preview of the bass line. The Fluffhead, Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, and Harpua that circulated at the end of this show are believed to have been played on March 11, 1988.
SET 1: The Chicken[1], Funky Bitch, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley[2], Take the 'A' Train, You Enjoy Myself[3] -> Wilson, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, Flat Fee, Corinna, The Lizards, David Bowie
SET 2: Fluffhead, Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, The Ballad of Curtis Loew[2], Harpua, AC/DC Bag > Alumni Blues > Run Like an Antelope[4]
This show featured the only known Phish performance of The Chicken. Sneakin’ Sally and Curtis Loew featured Bobby Brown on harmonica. Bowie began with a tease medley that included Timber, Alumni Blues, Smoke on the Water, Sunshine of Your Love, Money, Whipping Post, and several others. YEM did not contain a vocal jam. Trey teased Entrance of the Gladiators and spat out the names “Marco Esquandolas... Poster Nutbag... Moses Heaps... Moses DeWitt” during Antelope. Dinner and a Movie was dedicated to “our good friend Susannah.” Lizards was delayed, as Trey cut on Fish for losing his drumsticks during the gig; Lizards subsequently included a theme from I Dream of Jeanie tease. Some recordings that circulate are mislabeled “The Base Lounge.”
SET 1: The Curtain > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > AC/DC Bag > Possum, Phase Dance, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Fluffhead, I Didn't Know[1], Golgi Apparatus > The Lizards, David Bowie, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Fee > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Dear Mrs. Reagan, Makisupa Policeman, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Whipping Post
I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.
SET 1: Dog Log, Peaches en Regalia, Divided Sky, Funky Bitch, Harry Hood, Clod, The Curtain With, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Shaggy Dog, Wilson, Camel Walk
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Hold Your Head Up[1], Harpua[2] > Bundle of Joy > Harpua -> Golgi Apparatus > Sparks[3], Flat Fee, Fee, Skin It Back -> Low Rider Jam -> Back Porch Boogie Blues -> The Sloth
SET 3: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[4], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Stir It Up Jam, Makisupa Policeman Jam[5] -> David Bowie[6] > Sanity, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
This show is mislabeled on many recordings as 8/27/87. Teases were everywhere, including a Trench Town Rock quote from Trey before Hood, a Whipping Post tease from Fish and a Jingle Jangle Jingle tease from Trey after HYHU, a full band Sneakin' Sally tease before Golgi, a Smoke on the Water tease after Sparks, La Bamba lyrics in the Low Rider Jam, as well as a full band HYHU tease and a Slipknot! tease from Trey before McGrupp. Harpua was played by request and was restarted after the opening lyric, which was repeated. The intro to Sparks was extended while Fish relieved himself. McGrupp was introduced as "The Gala Event." The third set was heavy on jamming and light on lyrics. Trey delivered some freestyle reggae rapping before and during the Makisupa Jam that some fans have labeled the “Mouse House Rap.” Mike's included a DEG tease from Trey. David Bowie contained a Tom Sawyer tease and was unfinished. This show contained the first known performance of BBFCFM and the first known Phish performance of HYHU.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, Fluffhead, You Enjoy Myself -> Dave's Energy Guide, Punch Me in the Eye[1] > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, I Am Hydrogen -> Who Do? We Do![1], David Bowie, Dear Mrs. Reagan > Slave to the Traffic Light
Phish played this show at the conclusion of “Earth Week.” This gig featured the only known performance of Punch Me in the Eye and the first known performance of Who Do? We Do!
SET 1: Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times, Corinna, Golgi Apparatus, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) > Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley
SET 2: Free Bird[1], Happy Birthday to You[2] > Harry Hood, Tell Me Something Good[3] > Possum, Freeworld[4], Wilson
ENCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light
Trey teased Lazy in Quinn the Eskimo. Free Bird was an actual attempt at the song and not an a cappella version, but was performed quite mockingly and not in its entirety. It did, however, feature Ninja Mike on vocals. Happy Birthday was sung to “Sue and Debra” and was a long, reggae-influenced version. Tell Me Something Good featured an unidentified female lead vocalist. Jim Pollock offered vocals for the only known performance of Freeworld. This show featured the first known Phish performances of Free Bird, Tell Me Something Good, and Freeworld.
No known setlist
Recordings circulate with this date with the same performance that is listed for 2/21/87. It is unclear whether these songs were performed on 2/27/87 or 2/21/87.
SET 1: Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Possum, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light[1] -> Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues[1], Suzy Greenberg[2], Sanity[3], Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Wilson, Melt the Guns -> Dave's Energy Guide, Fluffhead[3], Harry Hood[3]
The Dude of Life made a guest appearance on vocals during Suzy (first known version), Sanity, Fluffhead, and Hood. There were no vocals in Slave or on the return to Alumni Blues after Letter to Jimmy Page.
Soundcheck: Bertha (performed by The Joneses), Blues Jam (with members of The Joneses)
SET 1: Mustang Sally, Camel Walk, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, Melt the Guns -> Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Halley's Comet[1] > Back Porch Boogie Blues > Shaggy Dog, Fluffhead
SET 2: Jam > AC/DC Bag, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Peaches en Regalia > David Bowie[2], Have Mercy[3] > Harry Hood, Sanity, Skin It Back > Icculus, Alumni Blues
This show was a co-bill with The Joneses. Trey and Mike quoted Fuck Your Face and Minkin during the Melt the Guns intro. Halley’s Comet featured Richard Wright on vocals. Have Mercy featured Jah Roy on vocals. This show contained the first known version of David Bowie.
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