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SET 1: Trench Town Rock[1] > Julius, Wolfman's Brother -> Time Loves a Hero, Bittersweet Motel, Reba, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee > Maze, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Runaway Jim, Meat > Limb By Limb, When the Circus Comes > Down with Disease
ENCORE: Wilson > Golgi Apparatus
This show marked the Phish debut of Trench Town Rock and the return of Time Loves a Hero (first since November 5, 1988, or 1,026 shows). Runaway Jim included a tease of Maria from West Side Story. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Limb By Limb. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Bathtub Gin, The Lizards, The Moma Dance, Birds of a Feather, Esther, Roggae, Bouncing Around the Room, David Bowie
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope, Brian and Robert, Waste -> Over the Rainbow > You Enjoy Myself > Frankenstein > Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Terrapin Station[1]
Over the Rainbow was played for the first time since August 13, 1996 (152 shows). Terrapin Station made its Phish debut at this show, as the band commemorated the third anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s passing.
Soundcheck: If You Need a Fool, Shafty
SET 1: The Wedge, NICU, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] -> Guyute, Fikus, Farmhouse, Possum > Sweet Jane[2]
SET 2: Cavern > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tela > Piper, Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Sabotage[2]
Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. This show marked the Phish debuts of Sweet Jane and Sabotage. The soundcheck's Shafty contained a Fire (Ohio Players) tease from Trey and Maze quotes from Trey and Fish sung to the tune of Shafty.
SET 1: Water in the Sky, Drowned, Frankie Says, Stash, Brian and Robert, Foam, Bittersweet Motel, Ghost, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[1]
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Mike's Song > Simple > Albuquerque > Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
Ghost contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. The long, surreal Mockingbird narration offered an “explanation” for the evening’s lunar eclipse and contained Star Trek theme teases from Page. Mockingbird was played for the first time since Halloween, 1996 (135 shows).
Soundcheck: Sleeping Monkey, The Wedge, If You Need a Fool, Dog Log -> Jam -> Sexual Healing
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Roses Are Free, Roggae, Beauty of My Dreams, Vultures, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Fluffhead, The Moma Dance, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, My Soul
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother > Talk, NICU > Prince Caspian > The Mango Song > Down with Disease
ENCORE: Runnin' with the Devil[1], You Enjoy Myself
This show marked the Phish debut of Runnin' with the Devil, which was also teased during YEM. Trey once again referred to Fish as “Bob Weaver” after Cracklin’ Rosie (played for the first time since August 14, 1996, or 148 shows).
SET 1: Rhinoceros[1], Halley's Comet > I Didn't Know, Ride Captain Ride, Cars Trucks Buses, The Moma Dance, Strange Design, Character Zero
SET 2: Gumbo, Axilla[2] > Limb By Limb, Meat > Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Tube > The Wedge
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes > Run Like an Antelope
This show marked the Phish debut of Rhinoceros. The Halley’s jam included A Love Supreme teases from Page. The show also featured the return of Ride Captain Ride, which had not been played since December 30, 1992 (494 shows) and Bike, which had not been played since November 7, 1996 (129 shows). Gumbo included Manteca teases.
SET 1: Roggae, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > You Better Believe It Baby, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba, Weigh > Birds of a Feather
SET 2: Possum > Ghost > Lifeboy > David Bowie, I Get a Kick Out of You[1], Loving Cup
ENCORE: Harry Hood > Bittersweet Motel
The end of Bowie contained Lizards, Possum, and Divided Sky teases from Trey. This show marked the Phish debut of I Get a Kick Out of You.
SET 1: Ramble On[1] > Mike's Song -> Esther > Weekapaug Groove, Guyute, Fikus, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy > Funky Bitch
SET 2: Piper > Wilson > Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Magilla > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > Fluffhead, Brian and Robert > Albuquerque > Chalk Dust Torture, Frankenstein
ENCORE: Been Caught Stealing[1] > Tweezer Reprise
This show was webcast live and marked the Phish debuts of Ramble On and Been Caught Stealin’ as well as the first Esther since October 19, 1996 (139 shows). Page teased Gimme Some Lovin' in Weekapaug. 2001 contained Crosseyed and Painless teases from Trey. Chalk Dust included a Jean Pierre tease from Trey and a Shake a Tail Feather tease from Mike.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Ya Mar, Roggae, Rift, Cities, Water in the Sky, Stash
SET 2: The Curtain > Free > If I Could > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, Twist -> Izabella, Julius > Cavern
If I Could was played for the first time since August 5, 1996 (150 shows).
SET 1: Bathtub Gin, Dog Log, Foam, Fikus, Farmhouse > Vultures[1], Glide, Birds of a Feather
SET 2: Buried Alive -> If You Need a Fool[2], AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Tube > Kung > Run Like an Antelope[3]
ENCORE: Waste > Golgi Apparatus > Bittersweet Motel
The usually short Buried Alive was jammed for almost fifteen minutes. This show featured the Phish debut of If You Need a Fool, as well as the debut of the new arrangement of Vultures. A portion of the intro to Antelope featured Fish on vacuum. Bathtub Gin from this gig was included as filler on Live Phish 17.
SET 1: Emotional Rescue > Down with Disease > The Moma Dance > Tela > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, It's Ice > Lengthwise > It's Ice > Sparkle > Funky Bitch
SET 2: The Wedge, Poor Heart > The Mango Song > Brother, Contact[1] > Maze, Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Camel Walk, The Squirming Coil
Lengthwise was played for the first time since October 20, 1994 (292 shows). Contact was performed “Mexican Love Style,” as Trey dedicated the song to a couple he met who had fallen in love.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, You Better Believe It Baby[1], David Bowie, Frankie Says > Reba, Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, Albuquerque[1] > Simple > Bold As Love, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: Punch You in the Eye > Bittersweet Motel
This show marked the Phish debuts of You Better Believe It Baby and Albuquerque.
SET 1: Roses Are Free > Down with Disease > Roggae > Beauty of My Dreams > Ya Mar > Guyute > Julius
SET 2: Piper > Wilson > Frankenstein > Tweezer -> When the Circus Comes > Limb By Limb, Fee > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
Tweezer contained a Frankenstein tease from Mike.
SET 1: The Moma Dance > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, My Soul, Taste, Golgi Apparatus, Loving Cup
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Scent of a Mule > Ha Ha Ha -> Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Character Zero
Scent of a Mule contained a quote of the theme from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Fluffhead, Roggae, Tube[1] > Sparkle > Cavern > Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Bittersweet Motel[2] > Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Ghost -> She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride > Funky Bitch
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Tube was followed by a brief reprise of the jam section. Bittersweet Motel debuted at this show. Ghost contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. She Caught the Katy was played for the first time since July 30, 1988 (1,041 shows).
Soundcheck: Jam
SET 1: Bathtub Gin, Dirt > Poor Heart[1], Lawn Boy, My Sweet One, Birds of a Feather, Theme From the Bottom, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Drowned -> Makisupa Policeman[2] > Maze, Sea and Sand, Prince Caspian > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Sexual Healing[3] > Hold Your Head Up, Halley's Comet
Mike teased Low Rider in Bathtub Gin. Poor Heart featured several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending. Makisupa included a long, atypical jam. Sea and Sand (first since NYE 1995, or 166 shows) was an appropriate choice, given the venue’s location near the beach. Sexual Healing made its Phish debut at this show with Fish reading the lyrics off the back of a show poster. As delay loops built to end Halley’s Comet, the band left the stage one by one. The soundcheck's jam contained several quotes of Venus (Shocking Blue). This show was released as part of the Ventura box set.
SET 1: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost > Limb By Limb > Roggae, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Tweezer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam -> Down with Disease
ENCORE: Possum > Tweezer Reprise
YEM contained Things That Make You Go Hmmm... teases from Mike.
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman > Ya Mar, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Waste > My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, My Soul
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song > Weekapaug Groove[1] > Character Zero
ENCORE: Punch You in the Eye > Rocky Top
Trey teased Close to the Edge and Makisupa Policeman in Ya Mar. Gumbo included Fire (Ohio Players) teases. This unfinished Weekapaug included syncopated jamming and a tease of the theme that signals the closing of the jam segment of Taste by Trey. This show was released as part of The Gorge '98 box set.
Soundcheck: Jam -> Dog Log
SET 1: The Squirming Coil, NICU, Stash, Reba[1] > Fast Enough for You > When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Julius, The Moma Dance > Piper, Axilla[2] > David Bowie, Tube > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Trey teased Lazy in Julius. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Axilla featured the Axilla II ending. Trey teased Oye Como Va in the soundcheck's jam. This show was released as part of The Gorge '98 box set.
Soundcheck: The Way I Feel Jam
SET 1: Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Horn -> Jam > Chalk Dust Torture, Brian and Robert, Beauty of My Dreams, Cars Trucks Buses, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Loving Cup
SET 2: Limb By Limb -> Simple > Tweezer -> California Love Jam -> Tweezer -> Free, Meat, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Wilson > Tweezer Reprise
Page teased "Charge!" after Moma Dance. Some humor surrounded the Guyute ending; fans of stage banter will want to seek this segment out. Fish teased Peaches before Limb By Limb and Glide in Simple. This show was officially released as Live Phish 17.
SET 1: Down with Disease, Dogs Stole Things, Divided Sky[1], Mike's Song[1]
SET 2: Halley's Comet, Roggae > Sparkle[1], Mike's Song > Simple > Weekapaug Groove, Sample in a Jar > Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Brian and Robert, Taste
Divided Sky and Mike’s Song were aborted due to sound problems. The first set then ended early so that the crew could fix the P.A.. More problems arose during Sparkle, which was subsequently aborted. Trey asked the crew to turn the monitors around so the band could play through them. While they worked, the band told jokes. Trey even asked Fish to tell the Prison Joke but the sound was fixed before it actually happened. The jam out of Halley’s included a First Tube tease. Weekapaug included On Broadway teases.
SET 1: Carini, Boogie On Reggae Woman > NICU, Split Open and Melt, Meat, Poor Heart, Tweezer, Hello My Baby[1]
SET 2: Drowned -> Theme From the Bottom, When the Circus Comes > Scent of a Mule -> Blister in the Sun > Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood[2] -> Izabella
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture
In the middle of Carini, Trey dedicated the song to Pete Carini and told a story about Carini trying to tackle somebody who ran up on stage during the previous show. Tweezer contained a Fire (Ohio Players) and Wolfman's Brother teases from Trey. Hello My Baby was performed without amplification. Hood contained a Drowned tease from Trey and also was unfinished. Prior to the encore and before the final note of Chalk Dust, the crowd chanted "¡Olé Olé Olé!," leading to a tease by the band before leaving the stage.
Soundcheck: Meat
SET 1: The Moma Dance, Bathtub Gin, Punch You in the Eye, Beauty of My Dreams, Frankenstein, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Wilson > Birds of a Feather, Dirt > Piper, Sleeping Monkey[1], Ghost -> Johnny B. Goode
ENCORE: Julius
Frankenstein was preceded by a Frankie Says tease by Fish. After the Frankenstein, Trey said the band had been waiting and waiting to play some Edgar Winter in Spain and that this was their chance, adding that they planned on playing a lot more Edgar Winter as the night went on. The band subsequently teased Edgar Winter's Free Ride. Sleeping Monkey included ¡Olé Olé Olé! chants from Trey and a stage appearance by Beatriz (whom Trey had met in a bar the night before) from Chile. Sleeping Monkey was her favorite song, so Trey dedicated it to her and she danced while the band played. This three-show run in Barcelona was originally scheduled for Bikini Club in Barcelona, but was moved to Zeleste when ticket demand greatly exceeded supply for the original venue.
SET 1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag -> Ghost -> Cities, Limb By Limb, Train Song, Roggae, Maze[1], Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Julius > Meat > Piper -> Makisupa Policeman[2], David Bowie, Loving Cup
ENCORE: Possum
The Maze jam was halted while Trey humorously thanked the crowd. Golgi ended with Hip Hop Hooray quotes by Trey. The last line in Makisupa changed to "came to Vermont." Trey called Page "Petroff" before he took a piano solo. Trey let Fish take a drum solo, but told the crowd to whistle if he (Fish) went on too long. Trey added that they had a "band rule" that they all begin whistling if Fish, who likes to ramble when he talks, ever talks for longer than two minutes. Fish took a boring "drum solo," which drew whistles from the crowd. Piper contained a Lady (Little River Band) tease from Page and Trey and Possum contained a Stash tease from Trey. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Taste > Cavern, Reba, Fee[1] -> Water in the Sky > Lawn Boy > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Bathtub Gin > The Moma Dance > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam > Axilla > Harry Hood > Rocky Top
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
Trey seemed to forget the lyrics to the last verse of Fee and improvised the story as he led the band back into the final chorus. Fee subsequently concluded with an extended jam segment.
SET 1: Stash, Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Limb By Limb, Water in the Sky > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself[1] > A Day in the Life
This single-set performance was webcast live and was part of the annual Midtfyns Festival that also featured Sonic Machine, Psyched Up Janis, Angelique Kidjo, Hothouse Flowers, Poul Krebs & De Små Sensationer, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. YEM did not contain a vocal jam.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Cars Trucks Buses, Theme From the Bottom, Brian and Robert, Meat[1], Fikus[1], Shafty, Fluffhead, Ginseng Sullivan, Punch You in the Eye > Character Zero
SET 2: Ghost > Runaway Jim -> Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Simple
This show marked the debuts of Meat and Fikus. Fans of stage banter will want to hear this show, as Trey was in a particularly chatty mood.
SET 1: NICU > Sample in a Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Moma Dance, Down with Disease -> Dog Faced Boy > Piper, Waste > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Tweezer > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Loving Cup > My Soul, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Tweezer included a No Quarter tease from Trey and 2001 contained Long Train Runnin' teases.
Soundcheck: Roggae, The Moma Dance, Ha Ha Ha, Birds of a Feather, Water in the Sky
SET 1: Limb By Limb, Ghost, Water in the Sky[1] > Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Stash[2] -> Cities, Roggae[3], Guyute, Beauty of My Dreams > Funky Bitch, Train Song, David Bowie
SET 2: The Moma Dance[3], Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother -> Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar, Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Brian and Robert[3]
This show marked the debuts of Roggae, The Moma Dance, Brian and Robert, and the "new" faster arrangement of Water in the Sky. Ghost included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Tube contained a Sand tease. Stash was unfinished. The Moma Dance included the band teaching the audience the simplistic "dance" that accompanies the song.
SET 1: Roggae, The Moma Dance
This was the soundcheck for The Grey Hall shows and it is likely incomplete. Roggae may have been played several times and was jammed on.
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Bathtub Gin -> Cities > Sparkle > Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Down with Disease[1], Ya Mar -> Prince Caspian > Maze[1] -> Shafty[2] -> Possum[1] -> Jam -> Cavern[3]
ENCORE: Bold As Love
This show included the debut of Shafty, which was teased by Mike in Bathtub Gin and by Mike and Trey in Possum. Disease, Maze, and Possum were unfinished. Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Shafty. The funky jam in between Possum and Cavern featured some stage banter from Trey about the funk jams the band had been playing. Accordingly, Cavern was played in a slower, funkier manner than usual and included some of the older, alternate lyrics. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Jam, Shafty, Roggae
SET 1: Tweezer > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb, Lawn Boy, Character Zero
SET 2: Birds of a Feather > Also Sprach Zarathustra[1] > Brother[2], Ghost -> The Lizards, David Bowie
ENCORE: Harry Hood
In a nod to the previous show, Trey said "Carini's gonna get you" in Lawn Boy. 2001 contained a Long Train Runnin' tease from Trey and was unfinished. Brother included a brief Dave’s Energy Guide tease and was followed by a short instrumental reprise, which was announced as the “radio-friendly version.” Trey contrasted this with the normal version, which was deemed un-radio-friendly due to its length. Ghost, which Trey jokingly remarked was also not radio-friendly because it is long and slow, included an I Can’t Turn You Loose tease. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Mike's Song -> The Old Home Place > Weekapaug Groove, Train Song > Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things > Reba, My Soul
SET 2: Roses Are Free > Piper > Loving Cup > Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: Carini > Halley's Comet > Tweezer Reprise
Weekapaug included a Crosseyed and Painless tease and a quick tease of Nellie Kane from Trey. A fan ran up on the stage during Loving Cup, prompting banter and subsequent singing of "Carini's gonna getcha" several times in the Antelope intro, as well as a Carini mention later in the song. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch -> Jam, Birds of a Feather
SET 1: Tube, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Sloth, NICU, Stash[1] > Horn > Waste > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye > Simple > Birds of a Feather[2], Wolfman's Brother -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[3] -> Frankie Says[2] > Twist > Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
ENCORE: Guyute
This show marked the debut of Birds of a Feather and Frankie Says. After NICU, Trey commented on the brief “Island Tour,” remarking that the band was getting bored at home and wanted to play some shows. Stash was unfinished and contained Frankie Says quotes at its end. The final chord of Chalk Dust included a "Charge!" tease from Page. Fikus was teased by Fish before Wolfman's. Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. Twist included Star Trek theme teases from Mike. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Emotional Rescue > Ya Mar, My Sweet One > Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > The Sloth, Fire
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Mike's Song, Piper > When the Circus Comes -> Roses Are Free > Weekapaug Groove
SET 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer > Maze[1] > Prince Caspian > Loving Cup
ENCORE: Theme from New York, New York[2] > Tweezer Reprise
Ya Mar included an Auld Lang Syne tease. Maze contained a Birdland tease and was unfinished. Theme from New York, New York made its Phish debut during the encore. My Sweet One was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (155 shows).
SET 1: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] -> Taste, Water in the Sky > Punch You in the Eye > Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua[2] > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)[3] > Harpua > Izabella > Harry Hood[4] -> My Soul > Sleeping Monkey > Guyute
ENCORE: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] > Frankenstein[5]
Trey teased A Night in Tunisia in Stash. AC/DC Bag included Third Stone From the Sun and Psycho Killer teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made its Phish debut, was sung by Tom Marshall, contained an A Day in the Life quote from Tom referencing Big Phil (a fan who was in attendance that night), and was part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Hood was unfinished. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fish coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (925 shows). Neither of the Sallys contained vocal jams. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: I Can't Turn You Loose, Funky Bitch -> Jam
SET 1: NICU > Golgi Apparatus > Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom > Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> David Bowie > Possum -> I Can't Turn You Loose Jam > Possum > I Can't Turn You Loose Jam, Tube, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Disease was unfinished. Bowie included a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. The return to Possum included a Long Tall Glasses tease from Page. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in YEM. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: See Your Boat?, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Black-Eyed Katy, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Julius, Cities > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place > Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
SET 2: Axilla[1] > Simple, Ghost > Drowned > Scent of a Mule[2], Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top > Cavern
ENCORE: Bold As Love
The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the “ghosts in the machine.”
SET 1: Ya Mar[1] > Axilla[2] > Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: NICU > Punch You in the Eye > Ghost > Mike's Song[3] -> Llama, When the Circus Comes, Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood
ENCORE: My Soul, The Squirming Coil
Ya Mar was unfinished. Mike’s Song included Foxy Lady quotes from Fish and some memorable vocal interplay from the band that included a chant to “Bring in the Dude.” During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights for a Blackout Jam and the audience responded with a shower of green glowsticks. The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam > Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Esther tune up, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Soundcheck Tear
SET 1: Funky Bitch -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camel Walk, Taste > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > Train Song > Character Zero
SET 2: Saw It Again[1] -> Piper > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian > Jam -> Izabella > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Guyute, Run Like an Antelope
Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Saw It Again contained an extended jam. Antelope contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey. The Dog Log soundcheck was mashed up with the preceding blues jam, the Born Under Punches was a partial rendition played to the Ya Mar rhythm, and Soundcheck Tear lamented life off tour (without soundchecks).The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Jam, Pomp and Circumstance
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Down with Disease -> Maze, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup > Rocky Top
SET 2: Drowned -> Roses Are Free[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Ghost -> Down with Disease -> Johnny B. Goode
ENCORE: Waste
This show marked the Phish debut of Roses Are Free. BBFCFM was for the first time since August 6, 1996 (118 shows). The soundcheck's Funky Bitch was sung by Trey and Page. Footage from this show appeared in the film Bittersweet Motel.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Dog Log > Jam
SET 1: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn > Loving Cup
SET 2: Julius > Simple -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Contact, Axilla > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Fire
Trey teased Buried Alive in CDT. Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme. The jam out of the soundecheck's Dog Log included a “Chain Link Fence…In the Cage” rap with lyrics about Paul in the FOH mix position.
Soundcheck: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Funky Bitch, I'll Be Around, For No Reason Here's Apu, Demand, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Stallion Pt 3, The Rover, Limb By Limb
SET 1: AC/DC Bag -> Psycho Killer[1] -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > It's Ice -> Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice > Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba[2], Guyute > Possum
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Psycho Killer was unfinished and was performed for the first time since March 30, 1993 (415 shows). JJLC included a Rocky Mountain Way tease. Boogie On Reggae Woman was played for the first time since September 13, 1988 (993 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included "Charge!" teases and a We Will Rock You tease from Mike. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals and included Black-Eyed Katy teases. Mike teased Boogie On Reggae Woman in The Stallion Pt 3. Trey teased Purple Haze at the end of The Rover. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Ginseng Sullivan, Black-Eyed Katy
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope, Train Song > Bathtub Gin -> Foam, Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern
SET 2: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Rocky Top
This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Ghost > Wilson > Funky Bitch > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle > Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb > Character Zero
SET 2: Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Julius[1] > Slave to the Traffic Light[1] > The Lizards, Loving Cup > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Julius and Slave were both unfinished.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Drowned, The Old Home Place, Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: David Bowie[1] -> Possum > Jam -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Crossroads
Drowned included a Couldn’t Stand the Weather jam. 2001 contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Page teased Smoke on the Water in YEM. Bowie was preceded by a Charge! tease, included Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Baby Elephant Walk teases, a Simpsons signal, and was unfinished. This show was released as part of the Spectrum '97 box set.
Soundcheck: Poor Heart > Funky Bitch, Vultures, work on Vultures
SET 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease[1] -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star-Spangled Banner
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Simple[2] -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar[3] -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
ENCORE: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar
Disease was unfinished. Trey teased Lazy in Chalk Dust Torture and Close to the Edge in Taste. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows). Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a Crosseyed and Painless tease. Trey teased Izabella in Weekapaug. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals and Page quoting The Joker. This show was released as part of the Spectrum '97 box set.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Philadelphia Flyers hockey game.
SET 1: Guyute, Funky Bitch[1], Wolfman's Brother[2] -> Love Me, The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup
SET 2: NICU, Stash[1] -> Free > Jam -> Piper > When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Them Changes[3]
Funky Bitch and Stash were unfinished. During Wolfman's, the lights were turned off and Trey and Mike ducked behind the onstage speakers. When the lights were turned back on, they were hidden from the crowd. Wolfman’s also included a heavy metal style jam with Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther. Them Changes made its Phish debut at this show.
SET 1: The Wedge, Foam, Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Saw It Again, Horn, Water in the Sky, David Bowie
SET 2: Runaway Jim[1] > Strange Design > Harry Hood > Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Buffalo Bill, Moby Dick[2] > Fire
This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played by Phish. It ran slightly under an hour and included Beauty of My Dreams and Super Bad teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fish’s favorite song. Moby Dick was performed for the first time since February 19, 1993 (437 shows) and featured Trey imitating Robert Plant’s intro to Moby Dick from the album The Song Remains the Same.
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