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SET 1: Julius[1]
Phish were the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman. Julius was performed with accompaniment from The Late Show Band as well as Dave Grippo on saxophone.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend[1] > Poor Heart > Run Like an Antelope, Loving Cup, Sparkle > It's Ice, If I Could, Maze, Strange Design, Free > Cavern
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > David Bowie -> Johnny B. Goode -> David Bowie, AC/DC Bag > The Lizards[2] > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, A Day in the Life > Possum, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Simple, Amazing Grace
My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide. During If I Could, a large inflatable moose was tossed around the crowd. It landed in perfect sitting position, facing the audience, on Page’s side of the stage. The Bowie intro contained Timber teases and lyrics. Bowie later contained God of Thunder (Kiss) and Bathtub Gin teases before segueing into Johnny B. Goode and Johnny B. Goode teases from Trey at the end of Bowie. Possum also contained Bathtub Gin and Johnny B. Goode teases. Lizards was aborted after Trey lost track of the lyrics. Fish teased him about needing a teleprompter and Trey started up Big Black Furry Creature from Mars. Plenty of stage antics preceded Amazing Grace; Page threw the pitch pipe into the crowd and Trey pretended to throw Fish’s goggles and, eventually, Fish himself. Trey also picked up a Hacky Sack from the stage and impressed the crowd with his athleticism. Timber returned for its first performance since December 30, 1992 (260 shows) and it was the first complete version since December 1989.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain > Julius, Camel Walk, Reba[1], I Didn't Know, Rift, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> Makisupa Policeman -> Scent of a Mule, Tweezer -> Ha Ha Ha > Sleeping Monkey, Acoustic Army, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Halley's Comet > Tweezer Reprise
This was a benefit show for the King Street Youth Center. The band brought back Camel Walk, which hadn’t been played since February 24, 1989 (762 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending and Trey announced during Makisupa that this was "4:20... Dank."
SET 1: Ya Mar, Llama, If I Could[1] > All Things Reconsidered, It's Ice[2] > Prince Caspian > Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Wilson > Maze, Theme From the Bottom, Uncle Pen, Stash[3] > Strange Design, Acoustic Army, Harry Hood, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
If I Could included the variation with a preceding Trey guitar solo. The jam in It’s Ice featured Fish on vacuum. Stash was unfinished. Suzy included Sunshine of Your Love and Smoke on the Water teases. Funky Bitch was dedicated to the tour-heads as an always requested but never played song. Portions of this show were used in Mike Gordon’s 1997 short film Goodwood; the entire gig was simulcast live on Boston’s WBCN 104.1 FM.
Soundcheck: Dog Log
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Scent of a Mule, Horn, Taste, The Wedge, The Lizards, Mound, Fee[1] -> Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Possum > Ha Ha Ha > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song > Contact > Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
This show featured a visually spectacular Mule, which featured Trey playing guitar with his teeth and Page playing keyboards with his face and feet. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. During Antelope, Trey substituted “Suck the deer shit from the side of this hole” for the “high gear of your soul” lyric. Possum included a Dave's Energy Guide tease. Weekapaug included a Divided Sky tease from Trey. Fish introduced Rosie as being about “a lonely man singing to his inflatable love doll.” Parts of this show were used in Mike Gordon’s 1997 short film Goodwood.
SET 1: Runaway Jim > Taste, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, Cavern > Rift > Simple > Split Open and Melt, Carolina
SET 2: Free -> David Bowie, Strange Design, You Enjoy Myself, Acoustic Army, A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom
Runaway Jim contained a Cannonball tease.
Soundcheck: Sweet Home Alabama, Jam, Ginseng Sullivan, Red River Valley Jam, Dog Log (slow)
SET 1: Axilla (Part II) > Foam, Fast Enough for You, Reba[1], Punch You in the Eye, Stash, Fluffhead > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart > Tweezer -> Dave's Energy Guide -> Tweezer > Gumbo > Sparkle > Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
Ha Ha Ha was teased before the start of the first set. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Dave's Energy Guide was played for the first time since March 8, 1991 (481 shows). The second Tweezer included a Cannonball jam with quotes from Trey.
Soundcheck: Time Loves A Hero > Dog Log/Time Loves A Hero mashup, Nellie Kane, Santana Instrumental, Rocky Mountain Way
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Don't You Want To Go?, Bathtub Gin, NICU > The Sloth, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, It's Ice > Dog Faced Boy > Tela > Possum
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Free > Poor Heart > You Enjoy Myself, Strange Design > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
My Friend started with a Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 tease from Trey. Trey teased and quoted Long Tall Glasses in Bathtub Gin. Possum contained a Heartbreaker tease and YEM contained Immigrant Song teases from Trey. Down with Disease was unfinished. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag > Taste > Theme From the Bottom, If I Could > Sparkle > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Maze > Sample in a Jar, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up > Jam -> Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace, Cavern
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Cedric Harris.” The Maze intro included Taps teases from Trey and Weekapaug contained teases of Mainstreet and Dreaming (Blondie).
SET 1: Fee[1] > Rift, Spock's Brain, Julius, Glide, Mound, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Halley's Comet > David Bowie, Lifeboy, Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Acoustic Army, Sweet Adeline, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Suzy contained a Lifeboy tease from Trey. After Acoustic Army, Trey thanked the crowd for being so quiet. The band then proceeded to don surgical masks for Adeline. The masks were provided by a fan in the front – Trey thanked him for the “hats.” The encore was preceded by Random Note and Simpsons signals.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam > Goin' Down Slow > Heartbreaker, Nellie Kane, My Sweet One > My Sweet One Refrain Medley > Ring of Fire, Acoustic Army
SET 1: Simple > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian, Reba[1], Ginseng Sullivan > Free > Taste, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> The Lizards, The Wedge, Run Like an Antelope, Harpua[2] -> Jam[3] -> Llama[3], Good Times Bad Times[3]
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Harpua was unfinished; Jimmy played an Abba record (which led to a verse of Abba’s Waterloo), decided that he hated Abba and thought that maybe a little rocking harmonica would tighten it up. John Popper then came out for to play harmonica on a jam that led into Llama. Llama and GTBT also featured John Popper on harmonica. It's Magic was part of the soundcheck's My Sweet One Refrain Medley.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Dog Log, Shaggy Dog > Jam, Acoustic Army
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Scent of a Mule, Ha Ha Ha > Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, It's Ice, Strange Design, Maze, Cavern, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Theme From the Bottom -> Jam -> Tweezer[1] -> Tweezer Reprise
Maze included a brief Lazy tease. This 40-minute Tweezer, which is known as “The Fleezer,” contained a My Generation jam, Rift teases from Mike, and, at one point, a Fish vacuum accompaniment. In the soundcheck, Funky Bitch was performed as the blues version and Dog Log ended with the AC/DC Bag intro.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, My Generation, Daniel Saw the Stone > Rock Lobster, Horn, Blues Jam
SET 1: Llama, Spock's Brain, Ginseng Sullivan > Foam, Bathtub Gin, If I Could, Taste, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian, Uncle Pen, Mike's Song -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Highway to Hell
ENCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light, Amazing Grace
The soundcheck's My Generation was performed acoustic. Bathtub Gin contained Long Tall Glasses teases from Trey. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom > Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag > Tela, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Strange Design, Rift > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Simple -> David Bowie, The Mango Song, Loving Cup, Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself, Acoustic Army, Possum
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Trey teased Call to the Post in Reba and Mind Left Body Jam in Bowie. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Johnny B. Goode
SET 1: Divided Sky, Suzy Greenberg, Taste, Fee[1] -> Uncle Pen, Julius, Lawn Boy, The Curtain -> Stash
SET 2: Wilson > Maze, Mound > Tweezer -> Johnny B. Goode[2] -> Tweezer -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Acoustic Army, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: Three Little Birds[3]
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Johnny B. Goode and Three Little Birds made their Phish debuts at this show, the latter with a guest appearance by LeRoi Moore and Dave Matthews. Tweezer included a tease of A Live One’s Montana.
Soundcheck: Caravan, Three Little Birds, Free, Funky Bitch, Jam
SET 1: Halley's Comet > Down with Disease > Esther > Ya Mar, Cry Baby Cry, It's Ice > My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Dog Faced Boy -> Catapult > Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> Free, Carolina, You Enjoy Myself[1], The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Halley's Comet was preceded by "Charge!" teases from Trey. Dog Faced Boy was preceded by several false starts of Split Open And Melt by Fish. YEM featured Boyd Tinsley on fiddle for a portion of the jam. The YEM vocal jam contained a Lovin' You (Minnie Riperton) quote from Fish.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, The Old Home Place, Julius
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Sparkle > AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Taste, The Wedge, Stash[1] -> I Didn't Know[2], Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: My Sweet One, Ha Ha Ha > David Bowie[3], Strange Design > Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule, Acoustic Army, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein
Stash was unfinished and melted into I Didn’t Know, which was performed in an eerie, slower fashion and featured Fish on trombone, Mike on electric drill for the first time, and Trey on megaphone. Antelope contained a Voodoo Child tease from Trey. Bowie included some odd chanting, including the phrase “Send me on my way” (although not in a manner similar to the Rusted Root song of the same name).
Soundcheck: Jam, Jam > Honky Tonk Woman, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Rift, Prince Caspian
SET 1: Don't You Want To Go?, Gumbo > NICU, Mound, Cavern > Possum, All Things Reconsidered, Amazing Grace[1], The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Spock's Brain > Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart > Tweezer[2], Acoustic Army, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
ENCORE: Simple[3], Rocky Top > Tweezer Reprise
Don’t You Wanna Go was preceded by a Stairway to Heaven tease. Trey teased Jean Pierre in Possum. This 50+ minute Tweezer included a brief Gypsy Queen jam, a Digital Delay Loop Jam with whistling, and an Also Sprach Zarathustra tease from Trey. Simple contained a Jump Monk tease from Trey and was performed with an a cappella ending instead of a jam, akin to the A Live One version from December 8, 1994. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. In the soundcheck, Funky Bitch was peformed as a slow version and Rift was played as an instrumental. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Jam, The Old Home Place, Taste, Shaggy Dog
SET 1: Runaway Jim > Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Strange Design > Taste, Reba[1], Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Sparkle > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: David Bowie, The Lizards, Axilla (Part II) > Theme From the Bottom, Acoustic Army, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Sweet Adeline[2], Julius
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Chalk Dust contained Purple Haze and DEG teases. This version of Golgi, according to Trey, was the “jazz version.” Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones as Trey jokingly tried to break the record for the largest venue played without mics.
Soundcheck: Cry Baby Cry
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Llama, Prince Caspian > It's Ice > Free > Rift, You Enjoy Myself -> Hold Your Head Up[1] > Lonesome Cowboy Bill > Hold Your Head Up, Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Maze, Fee[2] > Uncle Pen, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: A Day in the Life[3]
This show marked the first Phish performance of A Day in the Life. YEM segued into a HYHU vocal jam. Page teased Fanfare for the Common Man several times before Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
Soundcheck: Acoustic Army (x2), Jam, Taste, Cry Baby Cry
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Divided Sky, Strange Design > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Theme From the Bottom, Taste, Sparkle > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Split Open and Melt, The Wedge, Scent of a Mule, Cavern > David Bowie, Acoustic Army, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Part of the soundcheck's jam consisted of 25 or 6 to 4.
Soundcheck: Prince Caspian, Mound, Wishing Well, The Asse Festival, Jam
SET 1: Don't You Want To Go?, Ha Ha Ha > Runaway Jim > Guelah Papyrus, Mound, Fast Enough for You, Reba[1], Prince Caspian[2], Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Simple > Rift > Free > Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer -> Lifeboy > Poor Heart > Julius
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Runaway Jim contained Third Stone from the Sun teases. Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show marked the debut of Prince Caspian. Page teased The Sabre Dance in Tweezer. This gig was originally scheduled for the outdoor Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre in Park City; due to a late spring snowstorm, the day before the show took place it was moved to the indoor Delta Center.
Soundcheck: The Wedge, Weigh
SET 1: Possum, Weigh, Taste[1], Strange Design, Stash, If I Could > Scent of a Mule, The Wedge, Funky Bitch, Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Ha Ha Ha > Maze, Spock's Brain, Theme From the Bottom, Hold Your Head Up > Lonesome Cowboy Bill[2] > Hold Your Head Up, Acoustic Army[1], Sample in a Jar, Harry Hood, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
This show marked the debuts of Taste and Acoustic Army. Trey teased Lazy in Possum. The Wedge was played for the first time since August 20, 1993 (136 shows). Lonesome Cowboy Bill featured Fish on trombone. Suzy included an Entrance of the Gladiators tease from Trey.
Soundcheck: Tweezer -> I’ll Come Running -> Tweezer Reprise
SET 1: Don't You Want To Go?[1], Ha Ha Ha[2] > Spock's Brain[2], Strange Design[2], Reba[3], Theme From the Bottom[2], Hold Your Head Up > Lonesome Cowboy Bill[1] > Hold Your Head Up, Free[2], Glide II[2] > You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: I'll Come Running[1] -> Gloria[1]
This was a Voters for Choice benefit concert that also featured Jennifer Trynin and Emergency Broadcast Network. During the pre-show introduction, host Gloria Steinem promised Phish fans more new music in one night than ever before. The band proceeded to deliver the first public performances of Ha Ha Ha, Spock's Brain, Strange Design, Theme From the Bottom, Free, and Glide II. Don’t You Want To Go?, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I’ll Come Running, and Gloria also made their first Phish public performances at this show. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Fish introduced the new songs that had been played before Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Fish explained that they didn't really have a name for the song after Ha Ha Ha and Trey added that since it was a Voters For Choice Benefit, they'd give the crowd four choices and let it vote on the title: The Plane, The First Single, Israel, and Spock's Brain. Page subsequently teased the theme from Star Trek as the crowd voted for Spock's with Trey subsequently explaining the song's origin. Prior to Adeline, the crowd sang Happy Birthday to Page.
SET 1: Jam, Don't You Want To Go?, Spock's Brain, Theme From the Bottom, Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Free, Strange Design, Glide II, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I'll Come Running
This “show” was a small, private tune-up for the Lowell show and summer tour.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > NICU > Run Like an Antelope[1], Glide, Mound, Peaches en Regalia, Divided Sky, Funky Bitch
SET 2: The Old Home Place > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Mike's Song -> Buffalo Bill -> Mike's Song > Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace
SET 3: My Sweet One, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Chalk Dust Torture > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Suzy Greenberg > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Simple -> Auld Lang Syne
Trey played along to Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Part 2, which was being played over the P.A., at the start of the first set. Antelope featured guest vocals from Tom Marshall. Divided Sky contained a brief Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. Weekapaug contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease as well as an Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. Slave contained Crimes of the Mind teases. Before the lights went out for the third set, the audience “overheard” the band before the set. Fish wound up saying “I want a jumbo hot dog, large fries and shake” delivered on stage. The band came out, started up My Sweet One, and was interrupted by an announcer asking who ordered the food. The band pointed at Fish, who looked confused as huge props of a hot dog, fries and shakes descended from the ceiling next to the drum set. The band played 2001 while the hot dog landed. The James Bond Theme was then broadcast over the PA while technicians (wearing “Rocket Scientist” jackets) prepared the hot dog, and the band climbed in with their instruments and flew out over the audience, as balloons popped and feathers, confetti and “Phish NYE 1994” ping pong balls fell from the ceiling. Various music, including the Captain Beefheart song Tropical Hot Dog Night, was played over the P.A. as the hot dog space ship flew back and forth. Mike's maternal grandmother, Lillian Cherry, joined the band on stage for Chalk Dust with a shoe in her hand. This version of Bouncing appears on A Live One.
SET 1: Wilson, Rift, AC/DC Bag > Sparkle, Simple, Stash, Fee[1] > Scent of a Mule, Cavern
SET 2: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Tweezer, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[2], You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic. YEM contained a brief Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. This version of Wilson appears on A Live One.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture
Phish were the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman before their performance at MSG that evening.
Soundcheck: Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place, Uncle Pen, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Runaway Jim -> Foam, If I Could, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, I Didn't Know, Possum
SET 2: Guyute, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> David Bowie[1], Halley's Comet > The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: My Long Journey Home[2], Sleeping Monkey
Unlike many Runaway Jim and Foam combos, the opening to this show contained an actual segue between the two songs. Runaway Jim and Possum included Dueling Banjos teases. Possum also included an L.A. Woman tease. This epic Bowie, which times out at nearly 34 minutes, included whistling and a “Lassie” chant and a whistled tease of Fishin' Hole. GTBT included Heartbreaker and Stairway to Heaven teases. My Long Journey Home was performed acoustic. The soundcheck's Sample was only one verse. This show was officially released as Live Phish 20.
SET 1: Mound > Simple, Julius, Bathtub Gin, Bouncing Around the Room, Axilla (Part II), Reba[1], Dog Faced Boy, It's Ice > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > NICU > Mike's Song -> The Mango Song > Weekapaug Groove[2], Contact, Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Julius included a Buried Alive tease by Trey. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Weekapaug Groove contained Cars Trucks Buses, Auld Lang Syne, and Little Drummer Boy teases as well as a vocal jam.
SET 1: Fee[1] > Rift, Stash, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Lawn Boy > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Simple, Maze, Guyute, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove[2] -> Hold Your Head Up > Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Slave to the Traffic Light > Cavern
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture Reprise[3], Good Times Bad Times
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Weekapaug was unfinished. The debut of Chalk Dust Torture Reprise included crew introductions. This version of Simple appears on A Live One. The opening act was Dave Matthews Band.
Soundcheck: Higher Ground, Frankenstein, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Llama, Foam, Guyute, Sparkle > I Didn't Know, It's Ice, If I Could, Run Like an Antelope[1]
SET 2: Wilson > Poor Heart > Tweezer, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Julius > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[2], Foreplay/Long Time[2], Tweezer Reprise
Antelope contained a tease by Trey of May The Force Be With You (The Force Theme from Star Wars). Antelope's lyrics were changed to "suck the deershit from this side of this hole." Tweezer included a Slave-based jam. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome and Foreplay/Long Time were performed acoustic.
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, AC/DC Bag > Scent of a Mule, Punch You in the Eye > Simple -> Catapult -> Simple -> The Lizards, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Possum, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Axilla (Part II) > Reba, Nellie Kane[1], Sweet Adeline[2], David Bowie, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rocky Top
Nellie Kane, which was performed acoustic, and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones.
SET 1: Peaches en Regalia > Runaway Jim, The Sloth, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Guyute, Lifeboy, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Rift, Frankenstein, Divided Sky, Fee -> Julius, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], My Long Journey Home[1], Amazing Grace[2], You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Cavern
Trey and Mike teased September prior to Peaches en Regalia. Runaway Jim included Gypsy Queen teases. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic and, along with My Long Journey Home and Amazing Grace, was performed without microphones. Trey teased Barracuda before YEM. This version of YEM appears on A Live One.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Halley's Comet, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Llama, Mound, Down with Disease, Fluffhead, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Sparkle, Stash, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart > Mike's Song > Simple -> The Mango Song > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Foreplay/Long Time[1], Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Back in the U.S.S.R.
I’m Blue I’m Lonesome and Foreplay/Long Time were performed acoustic. In the soundcheck, Dog Log was performed in a blues style and Halley's Comet was played multiple times.
Soundcheck: Foreplay/Long Time
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Foam[1], If I Could, Rift > Tweezer, Fee[2] > Mound, Sweet Adeline[3], Possum[4]
SET 2: Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba[5], Axilla (Part II) > You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Foam included a silent jam. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a Lizards tease from Trey. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. The soundcheck's Foreplay/Long Time was performed acoustic.
Soundcheck: Frankenstein
SET 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Scent of a Mule, Run Like an Antelope, Guyute, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Frankenstein[1], Suzy Greenberg[1] > Buried Alive[1], Gumbo[1], Slave to the Traffic Light[1], The Landlady[1], Hold Your Head Up[1] > Touch Me[1] > Hold Your Head Up[1], Alumni Blues Jam[1] > Julius[1], Cavern[1]
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus
Suzy contained a Hey Bulldog tease from Page. The entire second set featured the Cosmic Country Horns. The horns included Dave Grippo on alto sax and percussion, Carl Gerhard on trumpet, Michael Ray on trumpet, James Harvey on trombone, and Peter Apfelbaum on baritone, tenor sax and flute. The Alumni jam included an introduction of the horn section. Alumni had previously been played on April 15, 1994 (105 shows). The appearance of the horns led to the first Touch Me since July 27, 1991 (399 shows). The soundcheck's Frankenstein also included the Cosmic Country Horns. The opening act was Dave Matthews Band.
Soundcheck: Caravan, Julius, Funky Bitch, Magilla, Gumbo
SET 1: Poor Heart > Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle > Simple -> It's Ice > The Lizards, Stash, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture > David Bowie[1], Buried Alive[1] > Julius[1], The Landlady[1], Gumbo[1] > Caravan[1], Suzy Greenberg[1]
ENCORE: Cavern[1]
The Cosmic Country Horns came in at the end of Bowie and played until the end of the show. Horns players included Dave Grippo on alto sax and percussion, Carl Gerhard on trumpet, Michael Ray on trumpet, James Harvey on trombone, and Peter Apfelbaum on baritone sax, tenor sax and flute. This version of Gumbo appears on A Live One. The opening act was Dave Matthews Band.
Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill > Makisupa Policeman > Funky Bitch
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Uncle Pen, Fast Enough for You > Maze, Guyute, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt, Sweet Adeline[1]
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > Mound, Tweezer -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[2] -> Makisupa Policeman -> NICU -> Tweezer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago > Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Tweezer included Buffalo Bill and Norwegian Wood teases. BBFCFM was a shorter version without all verses. Makisupa included a Bloody Well Right (Supertramp) quote from Fish. Trey teased Divided in Hood. The soundcheck's Makisupa was performed as an instrumental. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Fixin' to Die, Mound, Guyute, Back In My Hometown, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome
SET 1: Frankenstein, Poor Heart > My Friend, My Friend[1] > Reba[2], Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Down with Disease > Bouncing Around the Room, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], My Long Journey Home[3]
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Run Like an Antelope -> My Sweet One[4] -> Run Like an Antelope[5] -> Fixin' to Die -> Ya Mar -> Mike's Song -> Catapult -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Cavern
ENCORE: The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Amazing Grace[6]
My Friend My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending and Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Mockingbird narration included The Vibration of Life. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome and My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic. There was an unusually long delay at the end of My Sweet One, with some of the band members “snoring.” Antelope was unfinished. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Scent of a Mule, Stash, Guyute, Sparkle > Simple[1] > Divided Sky, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > NICU > Tweezer -> Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Tweezer > Sleeping Monkey > Julius
ENCORE: Fee[2] > Tweezer Reprise
Simple featured Cameron McKinney on saxophone. A portion of the jam segment from this long (nearly 45 minutes), experimental Tweezer appeared on A Live One as Montana. Trey teased I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group) in Tweezer prior to the Digital Delay Loop Jam. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. This gig was originally scheduled for MSU’s Shroyer Gym (capacity 1,800), and was later moved to the larger Field House (capacity 8,500). This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Possum, Guyute[1], If I Could, Foam, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Poor Heart > Cavern
SET 2: Halley's Comet > David Bowie[2], Sweet Adeline, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Guyute was incomplete, as it was missing the second verse. Trey teased Nellie Kane in Poor Heart. Bowie included a vacuum jam from Fish. This version of Slave appears on A Live One.
Soundcheck: Jam -> Dog Log, Funky Bitch, Sweet Adeline, I Didn't Know
SET 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Reba, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Julius, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song -> Simple > Harpua[1] > Weekapaug Groove -> The Mango Song > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This Thanksgiving Harpua included the first-ever Glowstick War, as Trey narrated a story involving happy green love beams and angry red hate beams. In the soundcheck, the jam contained Golgi quotes and the Sweet Adeline was Trey only. This show was released as part of the Chicago '94 box set.
Soundcheck: Jam > Funky Bitch > Jam, Poor Heart > John Hardy, Amazing Grace, Poor Heart
SET 1: Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> It's Ice -> Mind Left Body Jam > It's Ice > If I Could, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Divided Sky, Amazing Grace[1]
SET 2: Maze, Fee[2] -> Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Lifeboy, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Tweezer contained a Power of Soul tease and YEM contained a Frankenstein tease. The YEM vocal jam was based on Hello Skinny. Amazing Grace (both in the soundcheck and during the show) was performed without microphones. The soundcheck's first Poor Heart featured alternate lyrics and the second Poor Heart was the slow version.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Horn > Foam, Guyute, I Didn't Know, Bouncing Around the Room > Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Funky Bitch -> Jam -> Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Cry Baby Cry > The Curtain > Blackbird, Runaway Jim[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[2], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[3], My Long Journey Home[3], Harry Hood, Highway to Hell
ENCORE: The Lizards
Runaway Jim was unfinished. BBFCFM was started electric and finished in the acoustic bluegrass lineup, which included I'm Blue I'm Lonesome, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, and My Long Journey Home. Harry Hood was played as a result of an audience member’s request after Trey said that the crowd could pick the next song. Funky Bitch, the subsequent jam, and Yerushalayim Shel Zahav are included as filler on Live Phish 18. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: If I Could, Funky Bitch, If I Could
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Fee[1] > Scent of a Mule, Stash, If I Could[2], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[3], My Long Journey Home[4], Dooley[5], Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Glide, Axilla (Part II) > Reba[6], Simple > Rift > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Julius > Cavern
ENCORE: Icculus[7]
ENCORE 2: Fire
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. If I Could through Dooley featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits through Dooley were performed acoustic. Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show marked the end of Mosier’s travels with the band and featured the Phish debut of Dooley. Icculus recalled the infamous “O.J. Show” from June of that same year. The soundcheck's second If I Could featured Mosier on banjo.
SET 1: Blackberry Blossom, Tennessee Waltz, The Old Home Place, Dooley, Mountain Dew, John Hardy, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, My Long Journey Home, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome, Midnight Moonlight, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
The lineup for this bluegrass jam included Mike on banjo and electric bass, Page on bass, Trey on guitar and fiddle, Fish on mandolin, the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo, Eric Merrill on fiddle, a fan named Abe Stevens on the jaw harp, and a fan named "Jeremy" on banjo. Dueling Banjos was teased after Old Home Place. Mike teased Spanish Moon after John Hardy and Biscuits. Recordings of this bluegrass session circulate, thanks to an alert taper that spotted the jam in progress near the tour bus.
Soundcheck: Fixin' to Die
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Down with Disease > Guyute, Paul and Silas, Axilla (Part II) -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Run Like an Antelope, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[2], My Long Journey Home[2]
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself[3], Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
I’m Blue I’m Lonesome through My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic with the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits and My Long Journey Home featured Trey on fiddle. YEM included Spooky and Can't You Hear Me Knocking jams, with a subsequent Spooky tease. There was a brief pause in YEM after the Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam before the song continued. "Why" and "I don't know" were spoken by Fish through an a low pitched Wash Uffizi Drive Me to Firenze portion of YEM and the vocal jam.
SET 1: Rift, AC/DC Bag > Julius, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > It's Ice > Tela > Split Open and Melt, Little Tiny Butter Biscuits[1], The Old Home Place[2], My Long Journey Home[2]
SET 2: Llama, Bathtub Gin > Lifeboy, Poor Heart > Tweezer -> Contact > Possum[3]
ENCORE: Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms[4], Runaway Jim[5]
Little Tiny Butter Biscuits, The Old Home Place, and My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic with the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits featured Trey on fiddle. Little Tiny Butter Biscuits and Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms made their Phish debuts at this show. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms and Runaway Jim featured “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo. Tweezer contained Wedge teases from Trey and Fish. Possum included a Simpsons signal and Bathtub Gin, Jean Pierre, and DEG teases from Trey.
SET 1: Helter Skelter[1], Scent of a Mule, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Wilson > Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Down with Disease
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself -> Hold Your Head Up[2] -> Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Slave to the Traffic Light, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3], Nellie Kane[3], My Long Journey Home[4], To France[5] -> Fixin' to Die[6]
Helter Skelter ended with the band singing "I've got blisters on my fingers" a cappella to the tune of Back In My Hometown.The Vibration of Life featured a Wipe Out tease. To France was teased in 2001 and quoted in the YEM vocal jam, foreshadowing the song's Phish debut later in the show. YEM also included Frankenstein teases. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome through My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic; My Long Journey Home featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on spoons. This show marked the first Phish performance of Fixin’ to Die. Both To France and Fixin' To Die featured Mosier on banjo with Mosier also singing lead vocals on Fixin' To Die.
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