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SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, work on Character Zero, Caravan, Suzy Greenberg, Walfredo
SET 1: Cinnamon Girl, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams > Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses[1], Suzy Greenberg[1] > Character Zero[1]
SET 2: Taste > Drowned -> Prince Caspian > David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So[2], Love Me Like a Man[2], Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Hello My Baby[3], Funky Bitch[1]
This show celebrated the release of “Phish Food” ice cream and was a benefit for the then-newly formed Waterwheel Foundation. “Ben & Jerry” made a short speech before the show and free ice cream was made available for the entire crowd. I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, both of which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, made their Phish debuts. Cinnamon Girl was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (904 shows). Hood contained a Barracuda tease by Trey. The last three songs of the first set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Grippo teased Third Stone From the Sun in Cars Trucks Buses and Chameleon in Suzy Greenberg. Soul Power 74 was teased by both horns in Suzy. Hello My Baby was performed without microphones. All songs in the soundcheck (except for Walfredo) featured horns.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Beauty of My Dreams, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute > My Soul > Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope[1] -> Catapult > Life on Mars? > Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You in the Eye > Waste, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
Sample contained a Creep (Radiohead) quote from Trey. Antelope was unfinished. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. The YEM vocal jam was based on "Skelton."
Soundcheck: Bang a Gong (Get It On), Funky Bitch, Attack on the Bass
SET 1: Cities > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba[1], Hello My Baby, Possum[2]
SET 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike's Song -> Lawn Boy > Weekapaug Groove[3], The Mango Song > Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom
ENCORE: Taste, Sweet Adeline
The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (223 shows). Trey teased Under Pressure in DWD. Wolfman’s included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. The jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End (The Doors), and Careful with That Axe, Eugene as well as the Jim Morrison poem "Dawn's Highway." The End (The Doors) was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. A piece of Samson Variation was performed in the soundcheck after Funky Bitch. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.
Soundcheck: Character Zero, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Carini, Paul and Silas > My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia > Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar, Character Zero
SET 2: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > David Bowie, Love Me, Axilla[1] > Waste > Julius
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
This show included the first Paul and Silas since October 24, 1995 (120 shows).
Soundcheck: Horn, Funky Bitch > Jam
SET 1: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, Harry Hood > My Soul > Tube > Carini, Rock A William, Dog Log, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Ha Ha Ha[1] > You Enjoy Myself -> Kung -> Theme From the Bottom > Scent of a Mule > Jam -> Magilla > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Highway to Hell
This show featured the first Camel Walk since July 2, 1995 (140 shows) and first Magilla since May 4, 1994 (261 shows). Ha Ha Ha was notable for the heavy metal jam outro. YEM included Super Bad teases. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Theme. The jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an ‘A’ Train tease from Mike.
SET 1: Talk, Waste, Train Song, Walfredo, Goodbye Jam
This was an in-studio set before the Stuttgart show that evening. Between Talk and Waste, Trey noodled around to the tune of Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. The DJ played Michael’s version in its entirety after Waste. The Billy Breathes album versions of Free and Billy Breathes were also played during the broadcast.
Soundcheck: Samson Variation, If I Could, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Runaway Jim > My Soul, One Meatball[1], Little Red Rooster[1], Got My Mojo Working[1], Stash, Waste > Taste, Loving Cup
SET 2: Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > Free, Fee[2] -> My Friend, My Friend[3], Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture
One Meatball through Mojo Workin’ were Phish debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch included lyrics about Amy Skelton's upcoming wedding.
Soundcheck: Jam > Funky Bitch, Carini
SET 1: Carini, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Love Me, Rift > Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie
SET 2: Daniel Saw the Stone > Suzy Greenberg > Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Peaches en Regalia > Mike's Song > Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Billy Breathes > Rocky Top
Carini started off as a pre-recorded tape playing through the P.A. system. Phish took the stage and picked up the song from where it was on the tape and continued to play. This show also featured the first Daniel Saw the Stone since August 28, 1993 (289 shows) and the first Why Don’t We Do It since June 25, 1995 (144 shows). GTBT contained a Tweezer Reprise tease. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch was sung by Trey and the Carini that followed had additional/alternate lyrics.
SET 1: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > When the Circus Comes, Talk[1], Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know, Character Zero
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
2001 contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Dog Log > Jam > Samson Variation (ending), Fast Enough for You
SET 1: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease > The Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy Myself[1]
SET 2: Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope[2] -> Wilson[3] -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Billy Breathes, Reba[4] > Waste > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Character Zero
During the “Wash Uffize Drive Me to Firenze” section of YEM, Fish exclaimed “this is a dream come true!” Antelope was unfinished and a heavy metal jam rose from the “Rye, Rye, Rocco” segment. Wilson was subsequently performed heavy metal style. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch was slower than normal and the subsequent Dog Log was played over the music to the slow-style Funky Bitch.
Soundcheck: Jam/Samson Variation groove > Funky Bitch, Beauty of My Dreams
SET 1: The Curtain > Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party > Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Taste, Gumbo, When the Circus Comes > David Bowie > Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Free > Swept Away > Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline[1]
ENCORE: Julius
Taste and Stash contained Dave's Energy Guide teases from Trey. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup > Jam, Beauty of My Dreams, Love Me, Billy Breathes
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You in the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU > Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul > Maze, Wolfman's Brother > Reba[1], Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright who had just walked into the show from the hospital after his arm was broken when he was hit by a car crossing the street). Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: Jam, Jam, Soul Shakedown Party, Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party[1] > Divided Sky, Wilson > My Soul, Guyute, Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Billy Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: The Squirming Coil -> Down with Disease -> Carini[2] -> Taste -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
This show marked the debut of Carini and the Phish debut of Soul Shakedown Party. Carini contained a YEM tease. The soundcheck's Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup was played to the music of Soul Shakedown Party. This show was officially released as part of the Amsterdam box set.
Soundcheck: Jazzy Jam/Samson Variation, Beauty of My Dreams x2, Billy Breathes, When the Circus Comes, Crosseyed and Painless > Funky Bitch
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams[1], Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed and Painless > Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan > Tweezer, Waste > Cavern > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle > Simple -> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away > Steep -> David Bowie, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom > Johnny B. Goode
This show was rebroadcast on German television and featured the Phish debut of Beauty of My Dreams. The soundcheck's Crossyed and Painless included Swingtown teases.
Soundcheck: work on Soul Shakedown Party, Funky Bitch, When the Circus Comes, Samson Variation
SET 1: Runaway Jim > NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline[1], Axilla > It's Ice > Billy Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Ya Mar > Down with Disease > Funky Bitch > Reba[2], Walfredo, Rock A William, Scent of a Mule[3] > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Character Zero
Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Mule was unfinished.
Soundcheck: When the Circus Comes, My Soul, Love Me, Peaches en Regalia, Life on Mars?, Billy Breathes, Funky Bitch, Walfredo, Rock A William
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo[1], Taste > Waste > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Peaches en Regalia, Love Me[2], David Bowie
SET 2: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > My Soul[2] > Punch You in the Eye > Jam > Slave to the Traffic Light > When the Circus Comes[2] > Maze[3] > Rock A William[1], Harry Hood > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Prince Caspian > Johnny B. Goode
The European tour opener featured the debuts of Walfredo and Rock A William and the Phish debuts of Love Me, My Soul, and When the Circus Comes. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. The jam after PYITE contained Close to the Edge (Yes) teases from Trey. Maze was unfinished.
SET 1: Axilla[1] > Peaches en Regalia > Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian > Character Zero
SET 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody[2], Julius[3]
ENCORE: Amazing Grace[3]
As the traditional Auld Lang Syne rang in the New Year, tens of thousands of balloons (reportedly a world record) fell from the rafters. This show marked the first Phish performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. PYITE included Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases from Page.
SET 1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba[1], Talk[2], Funky Bitch[3], Theme From the Bottom > Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy > Scent of a Mule[4], Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Possum
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fish took an “air drum” solo, Trey performed Townshend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still “playing” the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.
SET 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
SET 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles[1] > You Enjoy Myself[2], Harpua[3] -> Champagne Supernova[4] -> Harpua
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Squirming Coil contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Page. Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the return of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).
SET 1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein
SET 2: Makisupa Policeman[1] -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song -> Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove[2], The Star-Spangled Banner
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
Makisupa Policeman included the cryptic lyrics “Stink, Stank, Stunk,” which may have been a reference to the theme song in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Weekapaug Groove ended with a long Page solo. The Star Spangled Banner was dedicated to Kate Smith, who used to sing God Bless America at Flyers’ home hockey games.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch/Dog Log mashup > Peaches en Regalia, The Old Home Place, Peaches en Regalia, The Wedge, I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
SET 1: Wilson > Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy Myself[1], Cars Trucks Buses > Down with Disease > Frankenstein
SET 2: Julius, Sparkle > Mike's Song > Simple > Harry Hood > Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline[2], Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Harpua[3] -> Wildwood Weed[4] -> Harpua[5] -> I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart[6] -> Harpua[5] -> Suspicious Minds[7] -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg[8]
2001 included Super Bad teases. The YEM vocal jam was based on donuts. The jam out of Simple contained Blister in the Sun quotes. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature as opposed to its usual 7/4 signature. Wildwood Weed (a Phish debut with Les Claypool on vocals) and parts of Harpua featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus. I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart also made its Phish debut at this show and featured the Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, Claypool, LaLonde, and John McEuen. Happy Trails was teased in Harpua before and after Sweetheart. Suspicious Minds featured four Elvis impersonators on vocals with Fish joining in at the end. Suzy Greenberg featured Claypool, LaLonde, McEuen, the Elvis impersonators, The Yodeling Cowgirls dancing on stage, and actor Courtney Gains on Trey’s percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch/Dog Log mashup featured Dog Log lyrics sung over Funky Bitch's music. This show was officially released as Phish Vegas 96.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, The Lizards, David Bowie
SET 2: Ha Ha Ha > Mike's Song > Prince Caspian > Sparkle > Punch You in the Eye, Life on Mars?, Reba[1], Lawn Boy[2], Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Jesus Just Left Chicago
PYITE contained a Get Up Offa That Thing quote.Reba did not have the whistling ending. During Lawn Boy, Trey thanked the caterers and brought two of them on stage to dance.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game.
SET 1: Rocky Top > AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
SET 2: Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother > Taste > Free, Scent of a Mule[1], Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Fire
Scent of a Mule was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Jam > The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Jam
SET 1: Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Cavern > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain > Down with Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Tweezer > Sparkle > Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba[1], Swept Away > Steep > Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Highway to Hell
This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: 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[1] -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Page teased HYHU before Suzy. Bathtub Gin was unfinished and included a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey. 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. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
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.
Soundcheck: The Great Curve, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Listening Wind, The Overload
SET 1: Sanity > Highway to Hell > Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian > Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[1] > Character Zero, The Star-Spangled Banner
SET 2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)[2] > Crosseyed and Painless[3], The Great Curve[3], Once in a Lifetime[3] > Houses in Motion[3] -> Seen and Not Seen[4] -> Listening Wind[3] > The Overload[5]
SET 3: Brother[6], Also Sprach Zarathustra[6] > Maze[6], Simple[6] -> Swept Away[6] > Steep[6] > Jesus Just Left Chicago[7] > Suzy Greenberg[7]
ENCORE: Frankenstein[8]
Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in DWD. The Mockingbird narration included a reference to Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus. As Trey told the story, Byrne threw Colonel Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the “evil” Famous Mockingbird. The second set "musical costume" was Talking Heads' Remain in Light. All of the Remain in Light songs were Phish debuts; the set featured Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet (except for Born Under Punches, which featured Gazaway on valve trombone). Perazzo also played during the entire third set. Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg, and Frankenstein also featured Grippo and Gazaway. At the end of Houses in Motion (which featured Trey teasing Tweezer), an armchair was brought out to the center of the stage and Mike sat in it to sing Seen and Not Seen. While he sang, Karl Perazzo drummed and Trey played bass. After Overload (which featured Fish singing in front of the band and not on drums), a bizarre on-stage demonstration (including Fish on vacuum) closed the set. The third set opened with a Feel Like a Stranger tease. Suzy included Once in a Lifetime teases from Mike and a Born Under Punches tease from Page. The soundcheck's Overload was performed with horns and briefly featured Fish on vacuum. This show was officially released as Live Phish 15.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture[1], Guelah Papyrus[1], Cars Trucks Buses[1], Taste[1], Bouncing Around the Room[1], Stash[1], Train Song[1], Billy Breathes[1], Poor Heart[1] > David Bowie[1]
SET 2: Rift[1] > Mike's Song[1] > The Horse[1] > Silent in the Morning[1], Weekapaug Groove[1], The Wedge[1], Character Zero[1], Suspicious Minds[1] > Hold Your Head Up[1], Slave to the Traffic Light[1], Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times[1]
Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fish as “Norton Charlton Heston.”
Soundcheck: Jam, Catapult x2, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On, Crosseyed and Painless, Once in a Lifetime
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee > Scent of a Mule -> Catapult[1] -> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk[2], Taste, Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift > Prince Caspian > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars? > Tweezer Reprise
Catapult was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Melt contained In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida teases and Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Rhapsody in Blue in Ya Mar.
The soundcheck's second Catapult featured the theremin and a mashup with The Star-Spangled Banner.
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