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SET 1: Fee[1], Ya Mar, In a Hole, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Who Do? We Do! > Foam > AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Dog Log, David Bowie[2]
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Wilson, Possum, Reba, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself > Highway to Hell[3]
Fee's lyrics were changed to "Mike the chimpanzee" and David Bowie's lyrics were changed to "Ninja Mike, Magoo." The Price of Love was teased after Dog Log. Bowie contained a Dixie tease from Trey and Suzy contained a Low Rider tease. Highway to Hell concluded with screams of "Hail" (or possibly "Hell") and "Satan."
SET 1: Harpua > Bundle of Joy > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > You Enjoy Myself > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Reba > Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: I Didn't Know[1], AC/DC Bag[2] > Donna Lee[2], Split Open and Melt[3], Harry Hood[4], Swing Low, Sweet Chariot[2], In a Hole[5], Slave to the Traffic Light[2], Run Like an Antelope[4]
SET 3: No Dogs Allowed > Walk Away, Dinner and a Movie > La Grange
Mockingbird included a Jeopardy! theme tease from Page. The intro to Antelope featured Old McDonald Had a Farm and Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill Show theme) teases. No Dogs Allowed was played for the first time since August 4, 1988 (132 shows) and was dedicated to Dave. I Didn't Know through Antelope featured Dave Grippo and Russ Remington on saxophone. I Didn't Know also featured Fish on trombone. SOAM had to be started a second time after the lights went out before the a cappella segment of the first attempt. Hood contained an Odd Couple theme tease from the horns. This was the first known performance of In a Hole, which included a tease of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus > Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself > Makisupa Policeman[1] > Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Anarchy, Highway to Hell, Possum, Harpua
This setlist is likely incomplete. After the conclusion of Fee, Trey apologized for missing a verse and then sang it by himself per Fish's request. During the pause in Letter to Jimmy Page, Trey thanked the members of the farmhouse for dinner. Anarchy was played for the first time since July 30, 1988 (133 shows). Makisupa had a lyric changed to reference the Barn. Harpua contained an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease.
SET 1: David Bowie, Slave to the Traffic Light, The Sloth, Possum
SET 2: Bike, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent
According to Phish.com, this show was listed in the October 1989 Phish Update, however, the venue is unclear. It may have been Copperfield's or The Orange Grove, or possibly Clements. This setlist is incomplete and likely incorrect as well. Home videos were shown both before and during this humorous Bike. Trey jokingly referred to TMWSIY as “The Man Who Stepped Into Dog Log.” A recording of "10/13/89" circulated with a very different setlist (e.g., McGrupp, Divided, Reba, Mike's Groove, etc.), but that music is believed to be from 10/10/89 Front, where the second Reba was purportedly performed, according to Phish.com.
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, You Enjoy Myself > Possum, Divided Sky, La Grange
SET 2: Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, Walk Away, The Lizards
ENCORE: Highway to Hell
SET 1: The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Contact, The Lizards, David Bowie, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Who Do? We Do!, Divided Sky, Reba, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Prior to David Bowie, Donna Lee was teased. There was also a tease by Trey of the Flintstones theme during Weekapaug. Swing Low was played for the first time since June 19, 1988 (145 shows)
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Ya Mar, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg, Fee > La Grange, Makisupa Policeman > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy > Possum, Happy Birthday to You, The Lizards, AC/DC Bag, David Bowie, Contact > Highway to Hell
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
This funky version of Happy Birthday was dedicated to Jennifer Spencer. The Bowie intro included a brief Fly Like an Eagle jam with lyrics and Bowie's jam contained Fishin' Hole and DEG teases. YEM included a Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
SET 1: Setlist unknown
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule), Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Sloth, Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, Dinner and a Movie, Happy Birthday to You[1], Harry Hood, Possum, Highway to Hell, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Fish performed Happy Birthday (last played July 12, 1988, or 134 shows) on the vacuum for his brother David. This setlist is incomplete and likely out of order.
SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Who Do? We Do! > Golgi Apparatus, Harry Hood > The Chase > Wilson > Foam, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > My Sweet One > Reba[1], Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy > Possum, You Enjoy Myself > If I Only Had a Brain, Contact, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards
ENCORE: Highway to Hell[2]
Trey teased Purple Haze in Suzy. I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group) in Antelope, and the Brady Bunch theme in Possum. Trey dedicated the debut performance of Reba to the “Spirit of Nancy.” Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show also marked the first known Phish performance of Highway to Hell.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag > My Sweet One, Fee > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Who Do? We Do! > David Bowie
SET 2: Divided Sky > The Chase > Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy > Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself, If I Only Had a Brain, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Who Do? We Do! was played for the first time since October 31, 1987 (191 shows). The Chase was performed for the first time since March 21, 1988 (170 shows).
SET 1: The Mango Song, Funky Bitch,
Other than the two songs listed by Mike in his notes, the setlist for this show is unknown. It is possible the songs listed came from either set or from soundcheck. The source of this information is phish.com.
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, Foam, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > La Grange, Fee -> David Bowie
SET 2: Harry Hood, Bathtub Gin, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues
Bowie contained a Happy Birthday tease from Trey. The second set is incomplete and possibly out of order.
SET 1: Foam, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Rhombus Narration[1] > Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Bathtub Gin, Punch You in the Eye -> Wilson, My Sweet One[1], David Bowie
SET 2: Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself -> Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues > Split Open and Melt[2], Harry Hood, Walk Away, Possum
This show contained the first known Rhombus Narration and first known version of My Sweet One. Melt contained a Fish drum solo.
SET 1: Fluffhead, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Harry Hood, Split Open and Melt, Divided Sky, You Enjoy Myself -> Possum
SET 2: The Fishin' Hole > Bold As Love, Ya Mar, Slave to the Traffic Light, AC/DC Bag, Donna Lee, Funky Bitch > Foam, David Bowie
SET 3: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, Suzy Greenberg, Dinner and a Movie, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Contact, The Lizards, La Grange
Apparently Fish got a speeding ticket on the way to the show and someone else had to set up his drum set. The Hood intro featured an Odd Couple theme tease from Page. The Fishin' Hole (aka The Andy Griffith Show theme) started with the band whistling and ended with the audience whistling to the band’s accompaniment! Slave was introduced by Mike as being written by Pete Rose; Avenu Malkenu was subsequently announced as a song written by “Pete Rose and God.” Donna Lee contained an Entrance of the Gladiators tease from Trey, the Bowie intro contained If I Were a Rich Man teases, and Antelope included a Paint it Black tease. Prior to the first The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Mike teased Windows (Max Creek). This show was officially released as Live Phish 09.
SET 1: Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: David Bowie, The Curtain > AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Makisupa Policeman, You Enjoy Myself
This setlist is incomplete and possibly out of order. Trey teased Dixie in Weekapaug and Sailor's Hornpipe in AC/DC Bag. Fish teased Peaches en Regalia after David Bowie and YEM. The setlist for 6/10/89 incorrectly circulates as set two for this show.
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, AC/DC Bag, Punch You in the Eye, Rocky Top, Bold As Love, The Mango Song, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Split Open and Melt, Take the 'A' Train, Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Funky Bitch, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie, Undun[1], Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Harry Hood
This show is often mislabeled as August 19, 1987 and August 19, 1988 but is definitely from 1989. Fish was introduced as Marco Esquandolas before and after Undun as well as after Letter to Jimmy Page. The theme to Barney Miller was teased in the Bowie intro. Undun and the pause after Letter To Jimmy Page featured Fish on trumpet.
SET 1: Ya Mar, Suzy Greenberg, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1] > The Sloth, Rocky Top, Harry Hood, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Walk Away, AC/DC Bag, The Mango Song, Fee > You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards
SET 3: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Bold As Love, Punch You in the Eye[2], Possum, Halley's Comet[3] > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Contact > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus, Fire
This show included the first known version of PYITE. McGrupp featured Fish on trumpet. Lizards contained a theme from I Dream of Jeannie tease from Page. Halley’s featured Richard Wright on vocals. Richard announced that it was the last time he’d ever sing it. Rocky Top was played for the Drebbers, who had just gotten married (see August 12, 1989).
SET 1: Satin Doll, On Green Dolphin Street[1], In a Mellow Tone[2], Autumn Leaves[1], Four[2], My Favorite Things[1], Lucky Seven[2], Donna Lee, Take the 'A' Train
SET 2: Blue Sky[2], Suzy Greenberg, AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, Rocky Top, On Your Way Down, Night and Day[2], Blue Monk, I Didn't Know[3], You Enjoy Myself, Possum
SET 3: Icculus[4], Run Like an Antelope[5], The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony[6] > Contact
This show was at the wedding reception of Beth and Steven Drebber (the latter of The Joneses fame). Blue Sky was dedicated to the newlyweds. During Suzy, Mike teased Sunshine of Your Love, Trey teased Sailor's Hornpipe, and some of the attendees got on the trampolines. On Your Way Down was preceded by La Grange teases. Blue Monk was played for the first time since February 21, 1987 (204 shows). I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Icculus included Steven Drebber on vocals and an unknown trumpet player (possibly Fish). Antelope featured Steven on drums and Fish on trumpet and trombone. This show included the first known performance of The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, the first known public Phish performances of On Green Dolphin Street, Autumn Leaves, and My Favorite Things, and the first known Phish performances of In a Mellow Tone, Four, Lucky Seven, Blue Sky and Night and Day.
SET 1: Split Open and Melt, Donna Lee, You Enjoy Myself > Divided Sky, The Lizards, David Bowie, Bike, The Sloth, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, I Didn't Know[1]
ENCORE: Immigrant Song[2] > Fluffhead
This show was part of the Montréal International Jazz Festival. Before SOAM, Trey introduced the band as “Phish, from Burlington, Ontario.” For Donna Lee, Trey noted that the band had to play at least one straight-ahead jazz tune at the Jazz Festival. Between Divided Sky and Lizards, Trey again referenced “Burlington, Ontario,” noting that it is out near Gamehendge, and asked if there were any “Gamehendgians” out in the audience. Fish wasn’t able to get any suction out of the vacuum during Bike; he subsequently used the trombone during I Didn’t Know. The first known Phish performance of Immigrant Song was sung a cappella.
SET 1: Funky Bitch, You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Possum, Donna Lee, Fluffhead > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Walk Away, AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Slave to the Traffic Light, Bathtub Gin > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Trey teased Donna Lee in You Enjoy Myself. Slave to the Traffic Light included a Dazed and Confused tease from Trey. Mike's Song contained a Frankenstein tease. Trey teased Back in Black after Possum. Donna Lee was “the sing-along version.”
SET 1: Possum > Divided Sky, Foam
This setlist is obviously incomplete, and the set in which these songs were performed is unknown.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself > Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Donna Lee, Fee > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: The Sloth, Fluffhead, Harry Hood, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Possum, David Bowie
ENCORE: Contact > Good Times Bad Times
Antelope contained Sailor's Hornpipe and Jeopardy! theme teases.
SET 1: Me and Bobby McGee , Hotel California
This party took place on a boat and, according to Mike's notes, involved the band playing some unusual requests, including the first and only known Phish performances of Me and Bobby McGee and Hotel California. This show was not listed in the May 1989 Phish update and the rest of the setlist is unknown. The source of this setlist is phish.com.
SET 1: Run Like an Antelope, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag > Foam, Good Times Bad Times
YEM was played for "Max's" "Goddard Springfest birthday" and contained a Happy Birthday tease from Trey. This setlist is incomplete, and may also be incorrect. This set also has incorrectly circulated as the second set of 8/23/89.
No known setlist
Phish played an outdoor party, complete with a beer moat. One fan in attendance recalls hearing Peaches en Regalia, as well as a Zeppelin cover (possibly Good Times Bad Times).
SET 1: Divided Sky, Run Like an Antelope, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Fee -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Esther, Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself[1]
SET 2: Fire, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bathtub Gin, Sanity[2], Ride Captain Ride, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train[3], Possum, Contact[4], Funky (Breakdown)[5] -> The Price of Love[6], Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt[7], The Mango Song, Harry Hood
SET 3: Jam -> La Grange Jam, The Sloth, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley > Ya Mar[8], Jesus Just Left Chicago
Trey dedicated the Divided Sky opener to “the spirit of the pig.” Trey briefly teased TMWSIY before Antelope. This YEM featured the infamous “Poop Vocal Jam,” followed by a set-stopping keg run. Mike’s Song included a tease of the HBO theme song. Sanity was the fast version and dedicated to Eric Larson. 'A' Train featured "Paul," an unknown audience member, on saxophone and included a Dixie tease from Trey. During Contact, Trey wished the crowd "Merry Christmas" several times, quoted Blue Bayou (with slightly altered lyrics) in a falsetto voice and teased Auld Lang Syne at the end of the song. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Funky (Breakdown). Funky (Breakdown) and Price of Love featured guest appearances by Ninja Mike (vocals) and Magoo (guitar). Fish intermittently played trombone and vacuum during the latter. Melt featured a Fish drum solo. The vocal jam at the end of Sneakin' Sally included Changes (David Bowie) and My Sharona (The Knack) quotes. Ya Mar's lyrics included references to wild pigs and Paul.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Funky Bitch, Fee, You Enjoy Myself, Take the 'A' Train, Fluffhead, Bathtub Gin, Good Times Bad Times
This setlist is incomplete.
SET 1: Bold As Love, AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sanity[1], Halley's Comet[2] > The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: David Bowie[3], The Mango Song, Split Open and Melt, Bathtub Gin[4], Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus
SET 3: Slave to the Traffic Light, Funky Bitch, The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Possum
ENCORE: The Practical Song
Sanity was the fast version. Richard Wright provided guest vocals on Halley’s Comet. Sweet Georgia Brown was teased before and in the Bowie intro. Linus and Lucy was also teased in the intro. Bowie was subsequently announced as, dedicated to, and sung as “Lazy Lester.” This show contained the first known version of Bathtub Gin. Trey compared Antelope to his life-long dream of playing hockey and dedicated the song to “all you pro hockey players out there.” Curtis Loew contained teases of Sailor's Hornpipe and Fishin' Hole from Trey. Possum contained Johnny B. Goode teases.
SET 1: Harry Hood, Foam, Contact, Mike's Song[1] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Split Open and Melt, Dazed and Confused[2], The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself > Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky
SET 2: Alumni Blues, Possum
Before Contact, the band announced that the police were towing cars out on Spear Street. This version of Mike’s Song, known also as “Molly’s Song,” included alternate lyrics. This show marked the only known Phish performance of Dazed and Confused. YEM included a Godzilla vocal jam. SOAM was introduced as being “about a pig.” The setlist for set II is unknown except for Chris Kuroda's guest sit-in on vocals for either Alumni Blues or Possum. It is also possible that Kuroda sat in on both songs. There are no recordings of set II in circulation. Some recordings that circulate are mislabeled as The Front. The set II information comes from phish.com.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Wilson, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Possum
SET 2: Bold As Love, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Foam, Contact, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie, Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Alumni was played for everybody in the crowd who was graduating. Possum contained a Flintstones theme tease from Trey, Weekapaug and 'A' Train contained Sailor's Hornpipe teases from Trey, and the Bowie intro contained 'A' Train and Woody Woodpecker theme teases.
The two songs in this setlist were related by a former Phish Mail Order Employee who attended the show. The setlist is incomplete, out of order and the songs listed may belong to either set. The source of this setlist is phish.com.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope, Terrapin, You Enjoy Myself, Possum
This show was billed as the Southwest Annual Spring Concert where Phish opened for Canned Heat.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, La Grange, Fluffhead, Possum > Foam, Walk Away, Take the 'A' Train, Split Open and Melt > David Bowie
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Bold As Love, The Lizards, Harry Hood, If I Only Had a Brain, Contact, Fire
ENCORE: Whipping Post
This show featured more fun stage banter, as Trey referred to Fish as “the hometown boy” and Fish commented about embarrassing himself in front of his entire class. Prior to Alumni Blues, Trey referenced that day’s Syracuse University graduation events and dedicated the song to the graduates in the audience. Prior to YEM, Trey commented that his mother was in the audience, “all the way from Ireland,” and dedicated the song to her. Possum included Fishin' Hole (aka The Andy Griffith Show theme) teases. The Bowie hi-hat intro included SOAM, ‘A’ Train, and Fluffhead teases. Suzy contained a brief Flintstones theme tease from Trey.
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