Wednesday, 02/03/1993
Portland Expo, Portland, ME
Set 1: Loving Cup, Rift, Fee > Llama, The Wedge, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > Guelah Papyrus, David Bowie
Set 2: Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself > Lifeboy, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up, Possum
Encore: Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Loving Cup made its Phish debut at this show and was the first tune played on Page's new baby grand. The Wedge and Lifeboy also debuted. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone and the beginning of My Friend and all of Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Tweezer and YEM both contained "Water Your Team in a Beehive I'm a Sent You" lyrics. YEM also contained a My Girl tease. The Amazing Grace encore (also a Phish debut) was performed without amplification.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g06EvDVmeA
Thursday, 02/04/1993
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
Set 1: Axilla, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Fast Enough for You > All Things Reconsidered, Stash, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar > Glide > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, The Wedge, Mike's Song > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Weekapaug Groove, Lawn Boy, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: This show included the first performance of Sample. Antelope contained a Simpsons signal. Weekapaug contained a tease of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday and near the end included Push th' Little Daisies (Ween) quotes. Hood contained a Random Note signal and a Lengthwise tease. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N0yJQh16ak
Friday, 02/05/1993
Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Punch You In the Eye, I Didn't Know, Poor Heart > Reba, David Bowie -> The Vibration of Life -> David Bowie
Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Paul and Silas, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Loving Cup
Notes: During PYITE (first since November 9, 1989, or 414 shows), Trey taught the crowd the "The Landlady/Punch You in the Eye storm dance." Bowie included Random Note and All Fall Down signals. Tweezer featured several Funkytown teases. Squirming Coil was dedicated to Sofi Dillof. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace was performed with microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3T8dKsBjss
Saturday, 02/06/1993
Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Foam, Wilson, My Friend, My Friend, Maze, Horn, Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Stash, Sweet Adeline, All Things Reconsidered, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Lifeboy, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Buried Alive, Possum
Encore: Fire
Notes: Wilson included Simpsons and Random Note signals and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Weekapaug was dedicated to Cilla Foster and included an extra verse. During Lengthwise, Fishman refused to tell The Prison Joke and sang a verse about burning your finger from holding a lighter up too long. Buried Alive, Possum, and Fire featured John Popper on harmonica; Fire also featured Noel Redding on bass, with Mike moving over to keyboards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5G6Ssw4K4
Sunday, 02/07/1993
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg > Buried Alive > Poor Heart, It's Ice > Sparkle, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Rift, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt, Fee > Runaway Jim
Set 2: Llama, Fast Enough for You, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Reba, Tweezer > Big Ball Jam, Glide, You Enjoy Myself, The Squirming Coil, If I Only Had a Brain > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone, dedicated Llama to Chelsea Clinton and, with huge balloon and flowers in hand, dedicated Amazing Grace to his sister on her 30th birthday. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Reba included odd variations on the "Bag it/tag it" lyrics, an atypical jam, and a Simpsons signal. Tweezer contained Gumbo teases from Mike and Page. The intro to Big Ball Jam also contained a quick Gumbo tease from Mike. The vocal jam in YEM included a brief piece of the traditional Oh My Darling, Clementine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wDtMptpOwY
Tuesday, 02/09/1993
Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY
Set 1: David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, My Friend, My Friend > Rift, The Wedge, Chalk Dust Torture, Esther -> Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Punch You In the Eye, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Weigh, My Sweet One > Sample in a Jar > Big Ball Jam, Stash > The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Bike, Amazing Grace
Encore: Cavern > Rocky Top
Notes: The David Bowie intro contained an Oom Pa Pa signal, while the Esther intro contained Simpsons and Random Note signals and two "Charge!" teases from Page. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Stash was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvsaqDQDYg
Wednesday, 02/10/1993
Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY
Set 1: Loving Cup > Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Reba, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Tela > Llama, I Didn't Know, Catapult, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Runaway Jim, It's Ice, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer > I Walk the Line, Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Possum
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Guelah contained All Fall Down and Simpsons signals. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Sweet Adeline and Amazing Grace were performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pnDf-6rug
Thursday, 02/11/1993
Haas Center for the Arts, Bloomsburg, PA
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg > Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Stash, Fee > Rift, Fluffhead > Llama, Lawn Boy, David Bowie
Set 2: The Landlady, Wilson > Uncle Pen, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Mound > Big Ball Jam, Bouncing Around the Room, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Lizards, Cavern
Encore: Bold As Love, Amazing Grace
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Fluffhead contained a theme from Woody Woodpecker tease from Trey. The Bowie intro contained Random Note, Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and two Get Back signals, as well as a full band tease (including lyrics) of Lawn Boy. Amazing Grace was performed without amplification.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoK-arKRvac
Friday, 02/12/1993
Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus > Maze, Guelah Papyrus, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Esther > The Wedge, Chalk Dust Torture, I Didn't Know, Take the 'A' Train > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: My Friend, My Friend, All Things Reconsidered, Reba, Poor Heart, Big Ball Jam, Fast Enough for You, You Enjoy Myself > Ya Mar, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Harpua
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: The break in Guelah featured an Oom Pa Pa signal and the Esther intro included Simpsons and Random Note signals. Antelope contained an 'A' Train tease from Trey. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. During YEM, Phish briefly sang "Water your team in a beehive I'm a-sent you" alternate lyrics. Harry Hood was played in response to chanting by a group in front. The Harpua narration included a Black or White jam as Jimmy was watching the halftime show of the Super Bowl and saw Michael Jackson. Poster then killed Harpua and then had a heart attack. During the show, Trey remarked that Fishman is always late for the bus in the morning and that they have $1,000 bet on whether he can be on time for the entire tour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkqzEmIVD4I
Saturday, 02/13/1993
Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Set 1: David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart > It's Ice > Glide > Rift, Stash, Lawn Boy > Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Runaway Jim, Wilson > Uncle Pen, Tweezer > The Lizards, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Cavern
Encore: Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: After Stash, Page made an announcement on behalf of the building manager that “for your own safety the aisles must be cleared.” Trey then noted that this was the band’s first appearance in Delaware, and Trey and Page dedicated Lawn Boy to state of Delaware. Lawn Boy subsequently included a relatively rare guitar solo from Trey. Wilson contained Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and Random Note signals. The YEM vocal jam contained a Lion Sleeps Tonight theme. Fish introduced Lengthwise as “a very nice song, a sad lament, where I am left out naked on the plank (I can get arrested for that these days)” and he directed a crowd sing-along accompaniment to his vacuum solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3k6dVYff5U
Monday, 02/15/1993
Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Soundcheck: Walk Away
Set 1: Amazing Grace, Suzy Greenberg > Sparkle > Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Esther > Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Stash, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Rift, Fast Enough for You, Reba, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Poor Heart, Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Fee > Llama
Encore: Contact, Fire
Notes: The Esther intro contained a Random Note signal and Antelope contained All Fall Down and Oom Pa Pa signals. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. At the request of Matt Heller, Fishman ran around the audience and the balcony with his vacuum during Bike. Trey sang some of the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Contact was dedicated to Charlie, the bus driver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohNK1FhgEE
Wednesday, 02/17/1993
Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Sample In A Jar, My Friend My Friend
Set 1: Buried Alive > Possum > Weigh > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room > Fluffhead > Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Axilla > The Landlady > David Bowie, Glide, My Friend, My Friend, Big Ball Jam, My Sweet One > Horn > You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Carolina, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Possum contained a Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine tease from Trey. The Bowie intro included Simpsons, Random Note, and Oom Pa Pa signals. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. BBJ contained "Charge!" and Call to the Post teases from Page. YEM contained a Mission: Impossible theme tease from Page, a Black and White (David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson) tease from Mike, and Sunshine of Your Love teases. Verses of Sunshine of Your Love were subsequently quoted in the YEM vocal jam. Lengthwise was performed with vacuum accompaniment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAzBjMNdLEg
Thursday, 02/18/1993
Electric Ballroom, Knoxville, TN
Soundcheck: Shaggy Dog, Quinn The Eskimo > Jam, Sample In A Jar
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Tweezer -> Foam, Sparkle > Cavern > Reba, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Rift, Stash, The Lizards, Punch You In the Eye, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Mound, Amazing Grace, Memories, Sweet Adeline, Rocky Top
Notes: Antelope included an All Fall Down signal. Mike's Song contained a brief tease from Page of In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) and multiple teases of Another One Bites the Dust. The soundboard shorted out during Mound. Rocky Top featured Fishman on trombone, was performed acoustic, and along with Amazing Grace through Sweet Adeline, without microphones. The band engaged in a rubber band fight between Sweet Adeline and Rocky Top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwn9W1fDDVQ
Friday, 02/19/1993
Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Soundcheck: Ya Mar -> You Can Call Me Al -> Ya Mar, Dog Log, Funky Bitch
Set 1: Loving Cup, Rift, Split Open and Melt, Fee -> Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle, My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > David Bowie -> Moby Dick > David Bowie
Set 2: Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Paul and Silas, You Enjoy Myself > Ya Mar, Big Ball Jam, Lawn Boy, Funky Bitch, My Sweet One, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Llama, Amazing Grace
Encore: AC/DC Bag
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The Mockingbird narration recalled the flood from Phish’s last Atlanta performance, on March 28, 1992. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. This show was performed on Fishman’s birthday, which Trey made reference to during the Bowie intro. The Phish debut of Moby Dick featured with Fishman soloing on both drums and vacuum. The subsequent Bowie intro's continuation contained a Simpsons signal and a Jingle Jangle Jingle tease. Bowie later contained Moby Dick teases. Happy Birthday was teased in Bowie, Ya Mar and performed by Page during Love You. Mockingbird and Big Ball Jam contained "Charge!" teases. Lawn Boy was dedicated to Page’s parents. Funky Bitch through Llama featured Jimmy Herring sitting in on guitar. My Sweet One was unfinished. After HYHU, Trey tried unsuccessfully to convince Colonel Bruce Hampton to come out and jam on horns. Love You featured Fishman on guitar and vacuum, as well as the delivery of a birthday cake. Trey also presented Fishman with a clock necklace a la Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, so that Fish would never again be late for the bus. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones and was also dedicated to Page’s parents. Page's father gave a standing ovation after the song's finish. AC/DC Bag was played for “Hack’s” 21st birthday, as he had evidently requested it at a party the night before. This show was released as part of the Phish At The Roxy box set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuJmjgGDTt8
Saturday, 02/20/1993
Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Foam, The Sloth, Possum > Weigh > All Things Reconsidered, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Fluffhead, Cavern
Set 2: Wilson > Reba > Tweezer -> Walk Away -> Tweezer > Glide > Mike's Song -> My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own -> Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen -> The Vibration of Life -> Kung -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Have Mercy -> Weekapaug Groove -> Rock and Roll All Nite Jam -> Weekapaug Groove, Fast Enough for You > Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up -> Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Sleeping Monkey
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. This long version of Wilson included a Simpsons signal and, towards the end, a freakish jam that included an Iron Man tease from Mike. Reba included a tease of the theme from Woody Woodpecker. Tweezer had a Low Rider jam and a “Straight From the Sewer” rap. Glide subsequently included Tweezer teases. Mike’s Song featured minor lyric changes, three different Tweezer teases, two different Wilson teases, and other teases of Reba, Lizards, and Stash. During Hydrogen before the Vibration of Life, Mike teased Entrance of the Gladiators. After Kung, Mike quoted NO2. The Rock and Roll All Nite jam was for fan Jay von Lehe, dressed as Kiss’ Gene Simmons, who the band brought on stage to sing the song’s chorus. Terrapin featured band intros and lots of chatter from Fish, prompting a hurry-up HYHU tease from Page. Fish also performed a lengthy vacuum solo during this tune. The HYHU outro segued into Hood as Fish and Trey switched places. Neither Have Mercy (first since Halloween, 1986, or 671 shows) nor MMGAMOIO were played in their entirety. Walk Away was played for the first time since November 2, 1991 (159 shows). This show was released as part of the Phish At The Roxy box set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-LXqjm544
Sunday, 02/21/1993
Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg > Buried Alive, Punch You In the Eye, Uncle Pen, Horn > Chalk Dust Torture, Esther > Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla, The Curtain > Stash -> Manteca -> Stash -> The Lizards, Bathtub Gin -> Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times -> Paul and Silas -> Pig in a Pen
Notes: Prior to starting Suzy, the band sung the first line a cappella in a different manner than the rest of the song. Suzy also included a Tweezer tease. Esther began with Page modifying the intro (including a brief reggae attempt) and included a Simpsons signal. Antelope included a Woody Woodpecker theme tease and a Random Note signal. Good Times Bad Times, which was performed bluegrass-style, through Pig in a Pen (a Phish debut) featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo. Manteca was played for the first time since April 18, 1992 (107 shows). This show was released as part of the Phish At The Roxy box set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWEZNfADw5A
Monday, 02/22/1993
The Moon, Tallahassee, FL
Soundcheck: Guy Forget, Nellie Kane, Sample In A Jar
Set 1: Rift, Guelah Papyrus > Secret Language Instructions > Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Maze, Fee > Sparkle, Foam, Cavern, I Didn't Know > David Bowie
Set 2: Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Uncle Pen, Tweezer > Glide, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Fire
Notes: Guelah Papyrus included a Simpsons signal before the Secret Language Instructions. The Instructions included a Call to the Post tease from Page and introductions of the Simpsons and Random Note signals. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. The Bowie intro contained Maze teases from Mike. The YEM vocal jam was based on How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin) and later contained Frankenstein and Jeopardy! teases.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO9LVykWIZY
Tuesday, 02/23/1993
The Edge Night Club, Orlando, FL
Soundcheck: Guy Forget
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, My Friend, My Friend > Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Reba, Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture, The Wedge, Paul and Silas > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla, My Sweet One, Stash -> The Lizards, Punch You In the Eye > All Things Reconsidered, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Nellie Kane -> Weekapaug Groove > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Possum
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Poor Heart
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. Stash contained a HYHU tease from Mike and was unfinished. The beginning of Hydrogen included the lyrics "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever." This show marked the Phish debut of Nellie Kane. Mike subsequently teased Nellie Kane in Weekapaug, which was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbyDgYo4q1g
Thursday, 02/25/1993
The Cameo Theatre, Miami Beach, FL
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Cavern, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Rift, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > It's Ice > Sparkle > Wilson > You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam > Fast Enough for You > Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Mockingbird included a surfing narration and a tease of the Gilligan’s Island theme song. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. Bowie included a tease of the theme from Jeopardy! Wilson included a Random Note signal. Brain featured Mimi Fishman on vacuum. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wsLcAOFybs
Friday, 02/26/1993
Ritz Theatre, Tampa, FL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Fee > Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Llama, Horn, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know > Cavern
Set 2: Loving Cup > Paul and Silas > Tweezer, Glide > Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Bold As Love, Sweet Adeline
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna "sister" washboard. YEM contained an Oye Como Va tease and the vocal jam was based on Pete Schall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDI5np-1Z4I
Saturday, 02/27/1993
Florida Theatre, Gainesville, FL
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Sparkle, Punch You In the Eye, Lawn Boy > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: The Curtain > Stash, Poor Heart > Sample in a Jar > Big Ball Jam, Ya Mar, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Fee > Llama
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: Hydrogen contained A-Hunting We Will Go teases. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIdQnes2SIY
Tuesday, 03/02/1993
Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Soundcheck: Jam, Sample In A Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Stash, Reba, Sparkle, It's Ice, Fee > All Things Reconsidered, Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: My Friend, My Friend, Uncle Pen, Tweezer > The Lizards, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, It's My Life, Loup Garou, Choo Choo Ch' Boogie, Harry Hood, Amazing Grace
Encore: Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: This performance was on the final night of New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras celebration. Page teased Manteca at the end of Fee. The Horse and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. During I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "Henrietta, Tubbs, Showboat Gertrude, The Little Friar, The Little Beast Boy... Madonna's Sister" and Fish played the Madonna washboard while Trey and Mike loaded Mardi Gras beads on his head. During YEM, Phish sang "Water your team in a beehive I'm a-sent you" alternate lyrics. It’s My Life (Junior Wells), Loup Garou (Barnes) and Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie (Louis Jordan) were all Phish debuts and featured Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes on washboard, harp, and lead vocals. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZOw_8HGTqQ
Wednesday, 03/03/1993
Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Set 1: Rift, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Guelah Papyrus, Paul and Silas > Sample in a Jar, Runaway Jim, Lawn Boy, Cavern
Set 2: Axilla, The Curtain > Split Open and Melt, Mound > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Glide, My Sweet One, Fast Enough for You, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Fire
Notes: Lawn Boy and Cavern featured Carl Gerhard on trumpet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpVaM5Pi1k
Friday, 03/05/1993
Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Cavern, Foam, The Sloth, Rift, Stash, Sparkle > It's Ice > I Didn't Know, Possum
Set 2: The Landlady, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Uncle Pen, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Sweet One, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Amazing Grace
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Stash contained Sloth teases and Chalk Dust contained an Oye Como Va tease from Trey. Trey announced that Fishman's trombone solo in I Didn't Know would be a "love trombone solo" for Mike at the Greenpeace table. Possum contained a Simpsons signal. JJLC was played for the first time since November 23, 1991 (153 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEdoEuvd1M
Saturday, 03/06/1993
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Soundcheck: Everybody’s Got a Missile, Sample in a Jar (x2), Blues Jam, My Friend My Friend (Trey solo on acoustic; intro only, x2)
Set 1: Llama, Horn > The Curtain > Split Open and Melt, Mound, Punch You In the Eye, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Golgi Apparatus > Runaway Jim
Set 2: Rift > Tweezer > Reba, Paul and Silas > Big Ball Jam > Fast Enough for You, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Poor Heart > Tweezer Reprise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QhBWhI5qIY
Monday, 03/08/1993
Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
Soundcheck: Sweet Emotion, Sample in a Jar
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Llama, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > How High the Moon > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle > It's Ice, Glide, David Bowie
Set 2: Poor Heart > Cavern, Uncle Pen, Stash, Big Ball Jam, My Friend, My Friend -> Kung -> You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Amazing Grace
Encore: Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Chalk Dust Torture -> Big Ball Jam Reprise
Notes: How High the Moon was played for the first time since April 26, 1990 (362 shows). The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. No known recording of this show is in circulation.
Tuesday, 03/09/1993
Pike's Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Esther > Divided Sky, Glide, Punch You In the Eye, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla > Rift, Tweezer, Reba, Lawn Boy, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, I Walk the Line, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: Esther's intro contained a Random Note signal and Antelope included Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. Tweezer contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey and Page teased the theme to Star Trek before Terrapin. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace was performed without amplification and was preceded by an a cappella rendition of The Eleven by a tenor in the front of the balcony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRFkgC3zAg
Friday, 03/12/1993
Dobson Arena, Vail, CO
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Sample in a Jar, Lifeboy, Blues Jam
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Cavern > Possum, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Fluffhead > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > David Bowie
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, My Friend, My Friend, Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself, Mound, Big Ball Jam, Chalk Dust Torture, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Carolina, Rocky Top
Notes: Guelah contained a Simpsons signal and a Lively Up Yourself tease from Mike. Trey dedicated Stash to "Mary." The ending of Fluffhead, all of The Horse, and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The Bowie contained a Random Note signal in the intro and a Popeye theme tease from Trey and a Jeopardy! theme tease from Page. In an attempt to request AC/DC Bag at the start of the second set, roughly twenty people in front donned shopping bags on their heads with the word AC/DC written on them. My Friend contained Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Pink Floyd) quotes. YEM contained a beehive (from the alternate "Water Your Team In A Beehive I'm A-sent You" lyrics) reference from Trey and a Low Rider tease from Page. The HYHU outro contained Lengthwise teases from Mike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSR4jiAr-I
Saturday, 03/13/1993
Balch Fieldhouse, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Halley’s Comet (x2), Blues Jam, Owner of a Lonely Heart
Set 1: The Landlady, Funky Bitch, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Fee > All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Contact, Llama, Wilson > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer, The Lizards, It's Ice > Glide, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fast Enough for You, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: My Sweet One, Amazing Grace, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Wilson and Antelope contained Simpsons signals. Weekapaug included My Girl teases. Fishman wore a coat and tie for this show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XIWh3G6VEw
Sunday, 03/14/1993
Paul Wright Gym, Western State College, Gunnison, CO
Soundcheck: Halley’s Comet, Tales of Brave Ulysses -> Sunshine of Your Love, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Lifeboy
Set 1: Loving Cup > Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Sparkle, Stash, Paul and Silas > Sample in a Jar, Reba, Punch You In the Eye > Runaway Jim
Set 2: Halley's Comet > David Bowie, The Ballad of Curtis Loew > You Enjoy Myself -> Spooky Jam -> You Enjoy Myself, Lifeboy, Rift, Big Ball Jam, The Great Gig in the Sky > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Memories, Sweet Adeline, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: Owner of a Lonely Heart, Low Rider, and Oye Como Va were all teased or jammed in YEM; Mystery Achievement (Pretenders), We Will Rock You, and Welcome to the Machine were all part of the YEM vocal jam. Great Gig made its Phish debut at this show. Sweet Adeline and Memories were performed without microphones. Curtis Loew was played for the first time since October 30, 1990 (302 shows) and Halley’s Comet was played for the first time since August 17, 1989 (474 shows). Cameron McKinney sang part of the Reba chorus and was mentioned during Stash. He also played a brief version of Indian War Dance, an introductory piano lesson, solo on piano before PYITE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNPh4547wGM
Tuesday, 03/16/1993
Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Soundcheck: Slave, Lifeboy, Dog Log, Blues Jam
Set 1: Sweet Adeline, Buried Alive > Poor Heart > It's Ice, Fee > Maze, I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Hold Your Head Up > You Gotta See Mama Every Night, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Cavern
Set 2: My Friend, My Friend, The Curtain > Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Tweezer -> Bathtub Gin, Esther > Secret Language Instructions > Esther > Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Bike, Lengthwise > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Lawn Boy > Llama, Amazing Grace
Encore: Sparkle > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee unmiced. You Gotta See Mama Every Night was sung to Trey’s grandmother by her husband, Harry Jones, and was a Phish debut. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The Esther intro contained Random Note and Simpsons signals and the Secret Language Instructions featured introductions of the Random Note, Simpsons, and All Fall Down signals as well as Turn Turn Turn teases from Mike. YEM did not contain a vocal jam. The soundcheck included a performance of Slave (Rolling Stones).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pnIKwFVa0
Wednesday, 03/17/1993
The Palace, Hollywood, CA
Soundcheck: Self, Guy Forget, Shaggy Dog
Set 1: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Amazing Grace, Paul and Silas > It's Ice > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla > Glide, Reba, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Mound, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hold Your Head Up > The Great Gig in the Sky > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Rocky Top
Notes: Antelope contained Nellie Kane and Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill Show theme) teases from Mike. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Weekapaug contained a Heartbreaker tease and a full-band Lively Up Yourself jam. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Fishman announced Great Gig as "The OK Gig In The Sky."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstEW4QlGCw
Thursday, 03/18/1993
The Palace, Hollywood, CA
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Fee -> Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle > Horn, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > Split Open and Melt, Tela > You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Cavern
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Maze contained an Oye Como Va tease from Trey. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. Bowie included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals in the intro and DEG jamming. Page teased Jimmy Olsen's Blues prior to start of the second set. My Friend started with Trey on acoustic guitar and later featured a Little Drummer Boy jam. SOAM included Stayin’ Alive teases. Little Drummer Boy was subsquently teased after SOAM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moTuPZY14Fk
Friday, 03/19/1993
The Greek Theatre, Redlands, CA
Soundcheck: Dog Log -> Heartbreaker, Misty Mountain Hop, Bang a Gong, Slave, Jam
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg > Llama, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Stash, Fluffhead > Cavern, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Amazing Grace, Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: Page teased Rhapsody in Blue in It's Ice. Weekapaug contained a Boulevard (Jackson Browne) tease from Mike and a vocal jam that contained Yodelittle (moe.) quotes. The soundcheck included a performance a reggae style Dog Log and Slave (Rolling Stones).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7vGcxHSJt8
Sunday, 03/21/1993
Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA
Set 1: Maze, Sparkle, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Esther > All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Lawn Boy > Possum
Set 2: Loving Cup, My Friend, My Friend, Rift > Tweezer > Ya Mar, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, My Sweet One > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Sweet Adeline, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The Esther intro contained a Random Note signal and Possum contained a Simpsons signal. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Tweezer contained Walk This Way teases. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MiEjzT6K8
Monday, 03/22/1993
Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA
Soundcheck: Two Princes, Halley’s Comet, Weigh
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Weigh > Reba, Sparkle > David Bowie
Set 2: Golgi Apparatus, It's Ice > The Lizards > Tela > Wilson > AC/DC Bag > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > The Sloth > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Amazing Grace, Fire
Notes: The Bowie intro contained Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, Random Note, and All Fall Down signals and Mike teasing the Popeye theme and briefly Split Open And Melt. The second set included Gamehendge narration in between songs from It's Ice through McGrupp. This was the first Gamehendge since October 13, 1991 (193 shows). Weekapaug contained a Sundown tease from Mike. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQj-fxhN-jo
Wednesday, 03/24/1993
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Fee > Poor Heart, Maze, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, All Things Reconsidered, Runaway Jim, Amazing Grace, Cavern
Set 2: The Landlady > Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Tweezer > Mound, Big Ball Jam > Fast Enough for You, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hold Your Head Up > The Prison Joke > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Carolina, The Squirming Coil
Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace and Carolina were performed without microphones. The Prison Joke was told by an audience member named “Sam” after Fishman refused to tell it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQdOWwXIjCI
Thursday, 03/25/1993
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, It's Ice, Possum, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Glide, Rift, Horn, Magilla > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, Uncle Pen, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> Kung -> Icculus > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Wedge, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: My Sweet One > Big Ball Jam, Sweet Adeline
Notes: Possum included Simpsons and Oom Pa Pa signals. Magilla (first since May 8, 1992, or 114 shows) included a Stash tease. There was an Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da jam in the Antelope intro and a tease by Trey later in Antelope and again in Weekapaug. Weekapaug also contained an a Don't Get Me Wrong jam and a subsequent tease by Trey. Icculus was played for the first time since May 2, 1992 (119 shows). Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq90UhL8ixU
Friday, 03/26/1993
Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Funky Bitch, Buffalo Bill
Set 1: Maze, Sparkle, Foam, Punch You In the Eye, Fee, All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead > Divided Sky, Cavern
Set 2: Wilson > Runaway Jim > Mound, Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Big Ball Jam > You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, The Great Gig in the Sky > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: Wilson contained a Simpsons signal. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. YEM contained a tease of Mission: Impossible theme. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpJSbQ5mrw
Saturday, 03/27/1993
Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone. The intro to Bowie contained an All Fall Down signal and an All Things Reconsidered tease. Weekapaug featured an On Broadway tease. Listen before Carolina for an a cappella Suzy Greenberg quote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplpzawLhbw
Sunday, 03/28/1993
East Gym, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Soundcheck: Wedge Jam, Dog Log (w/Beverly Hills Cop tease)
Set 1: The Landlady, Funky Bitch, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, The Sloth, Maze, Fee > It's Ice, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Walk Away > Runaway Jim, Mound, Bathtub Gin, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself > My Life As a Pez > You Enjoy Myself, Paul and Silas, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Possum
Encore: Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Notes: This show included the Phish debut of My Life As a Pez. Antelope included Fishin' Hole (aka The Andy Griffith Show theme) and Axel F teases. The YEM vocal jam was based on Higher Ground and later had band member nicknames spoken. Possum included McGrupp teases. During Contact, Trey wished Shelly Culbertson a safe journey on her trip out to Boston. There were also repeated teases of the Leave It to Beaver theme in BBFCFM, primarily from Mike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4N8xXaBkCU
Tuesday, 03/30/1993
Hilton Ballroom, Eugene, OR
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > All Things Reconsidered, Golgi Apparatus, My Friend, My Friend, Llama, Esther, Stash, Glide > Divided Sky, Cavern
Set 2: Loving Cup, Rift, Tweezer > Lifeboy, Big Ball Jam, Weigh, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Psycho Killer -> Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: My Sweet One, Amazing Grace
Notes: The beginning of My Friend and all of The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. My Friend contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Trey, Llama and Stash contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking teases, Hydrogen contained Call to the Post teases from Trey, and Weekapaug contained a quote by Trey of Is She Really Going Out with Him? (Joe Jackson). Esther's intro contained a Random Note signal and HYHU teases. After Weigh, Trey mentioned that "the Big Ball Jam was born in this very room one year ago today" and wished it a happy birthday, followed by a quick tease of Happy Birthday by Page and Trey wishing happy birthday to "Bob" who was in the audience. Mike dedicated Mike’s Song to himself. The band subsequently included several references to it being “his song.” The Phish debut of Psycho Killer was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuPWcsfTw4
Wednesday, 03/31/1993
Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt > Mound, Punch You In the Eye, Sample in a Jar, Reba, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Harry Hood, Big Ball Jam, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Sweet Adeline
Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fishman (introduced by Trey as “Madonna”) on washboard. Bowie included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals; Hood later contained another Simpsons signal and Pink Panther theme and Odd Couple theme teases. The segue from Lengthwise to Maze included an audience assist: the audience continued to sing the Lengthwise chorus after Fishman finished, and the Maze high-hat intro completed the transition. Listen at the end of It’s Ice for a brief interlude that later became the tag ending to Axilla Pt. II. Harpua contained Buried Alive, Axle F, and She’s So Cold teases. At the end of Chalk Dust and again before AC/DC Bag, Trey made comments about Bonnie Raitt, who was also playing in town and whom he “has a big crush on.” Sweet Adeline was dedicated to Nina, who lost her ID and got it back from Trey on stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2-2OUkbOz4
Thursday, 04/01/1993
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, OR
Set 1: Amazing Grace, I Didn't Know
Notes: Ancient Forests Benefit On this afternoon, Phish appeared at a rally and benefit for Ancient Forests. Neil Young, David Crosby, Carol King, Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, and Kenny Loggins also performed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYqXn7s8Gs
Thursday, 04/01/1993
Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, The Squirming Coil, My Friend, My Friend, Paul and Silas > Fluffhead, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Axilla > The Curtain > Possum, Fee > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Poor Heart, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Cavern
Encore: Carolina, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope included I Feel the Earth Move and Barracuda teases. Carolina was performed without microphones. Prevalent rumor among audience members (aided, to some extent, by the band and crew helping spread the rumor) was that Neil Young would make a guest appearance. Trey teased Heart of Gold before Llama and Sugar Mountain before Coil. After the Big Ball Jam, Trey looked offstage and introduced “Neil Young,” which turned out to be Henrietta. Fishman responded by singing a line of After The Goldrush before launching into Terrapin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkT6yJakAnY
Friday, 04/02/1993
Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, It's Ice > Sparkle > Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Runaway Jim, Sample in a Jar, Uncle Pen, Llama, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fish on washboard and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Runaway Jim contained a Simpsons signal and Weekapaug contained a Random Note signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfqo3uDxkTE
Saturday, 04/03/1993
86th Street Music Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Set 1: The Landlady > Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, My Friend, My Friend, Reba, Horn > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Stash, Mound, All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself, Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Sweet One, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Cavern
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope contained a Simpsons signal. Suzy contained Jimmy Olsen's Blues teases from Trey. The YEM vocal jam was based on My Girl and later featured Trey whispering "Mr. Neil Young." Prior to Good Times Bad Times, Trey quoted Weigh in response to the crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZQ78uBOo0k
Monday, 04/05/1993
HUB Ballroom, Seattle, WA
Set 1: Llama, It's Ice, Fee, Maze, Fluffhead, Paul and Silas, Stash, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, David Bowie
Set 2: Axilla, Poor Heart, Caravan, Punch You In the Eye, Tweezer, Glide, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Carolina, Fire
Notes: Stash contained DEG teases from Trey. The Mockingbird narration contained a tease of Those Were the Days (aka the theme from All in the Family) by Page. The Bowie intro contained a Mockingbird tease and Simpsons, All Fall Down, and Oom Pa Pa signals. Caravan was played for the first time since July 23, 1991 (224 shows). Llama contained a Caravan tease from Trey and Tweezer included multiple Caravan teases. Caravan contained a Manteca tease and YEM contained several Owner of a Lonely Heart teases. Fire was dedicated to Dudley, the other guitarist in Trey’s high school band, Space Antelope (Dudley was in attendance).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEablfYXVI0
Friday, 04/09/1993
State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Soundcheck: Miss You > Take Me to the River > Can’t You Hear Me Knocking Jam, The Wedge, The Great Gig in the Sky
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Maze, I Didn't Know, It's Ice > Divided Sky, Cavern
Set 2: Buried Alive > Suzy Greenberg, All Things Reconsidered > Llama, Mound, My Friend, My Friend, You Enjoy Myself, My Sweet One > Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Possum
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: The Horse and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna washboard. Suzy included a Stairway to Heaven tease from Trey. My Friend contained a Killer Joe (Benny Golson) tease from Page near the end of the song. YEM contained Groove is in the Heart teases and the vocal jam ended with references to "Mr. Cookie Head," who was a fan out in the audience dressed in a cookie costume. Big Ball Jam cintauned an Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. During the band introductions in Love You, Fish introduced Brad Sands, prompting a "Charge!" tease from Page, and "Cookie Man", leading to a HYHU tease. New York New York was teased after Page's introduction. Fishman quoted Iron Man in his Love You vacuum solo. Possum had a Simpsons signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXaocn90Bjc
Saturday, 04/10/1993
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Weigh > Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, My Friend, My Friend, Uncle Pen, Chalk Dust Torture, Lawn Boy, David Bowie
Set 2: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Rift, Glide > Big Ball Jam, Mike's Song > The Great Gig in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove, Funky Bitch, Help Me, Hoochie Coochie Man, Cavern
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Chalk Dust contianed a Simpsons signal. The Bowie intro included a tease medley opening of songs played earlier in the set, including Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust, Uncle Pen, My Friend My Friend, Squirming Coil, Sparkle, and Weigh, as well as Random Note and Oom Pa Pa signals. Maze contained Miss You teases from Trey and Mike’s Song included a Miss You jam. Funky Bitch through Cavern featured Sugar Blue on harmonica. Sugar Blue also sang vocals on the Phish debuts of Help Me and Hoochie Coochie Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBoK554lccE
Monday, 04/12/1993
IMU Ballroom, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Tube, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart > Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Reba, Llama, Satin Doll > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Dinner and a Movie > Tweezer, Fee, Paul and Silas > It's Ice > Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself -> Honky Tonk Women Jam -> You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Highway to Hell
Encore 2: Rocky Top
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Between Llama and Satin Doll, Trey told a story about how his great-grandfather went to the University of Iowa and his grandmother used to attend dances in the same venue and dance to the big band music of Duke Ellington. Antelope contained a Satin Doll tease from Trey and a Simpsons signal. YEM contained a Gumbo quote and the YEM vocal jam included bits of New York, New York and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Terrapin included a brief In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida jam (with lyrics) during Fish's vacuum solo. Highway to Hell was played for the first time since November 15, 1991 (185 shows) and Satin Doll was played for the first time since February 25, 1990 (419 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8yd1yM3mdE
Tuesday, 04/13/1993
Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, Foam, Sparkle, Possum, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Caravan, Cavern
Set 2: My Friend, My Friend, Rift, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Fast Enough for You, Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Bold As Love, Sweet Adeline
Notes: The Mockingbird narration contained Jump (Van Halen) teases from Page. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Mike's Song contained Walk this Way and Dave's Energy Guide teases. Weekapaug ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiLkhvErT5Y
Wednesday, 04/14/1993
American Theater, St. Louis, MO
Soundcheck: I Didn't Know, Dog Log, Funky Bitch, Rift
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice > Stash -> Kung -> Stash, Kung > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Tweezer, Mound, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself -> Spooky Jam -> You Enjoy Myself, Harpua > Runaway Jim
Encore: Lengthwise > Contact > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Kung segued into a Dave's Energy Guide jam before turning back into Stash, which also featured Kung quotes. The second Kung was recited while Trey, using an acoustic guitar, improvised on the intro to Horse and contained a brief Pinball Wizard jam. The second Kung and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and the intro to The Horse contained Harry Hood tease. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna washboard. At the beginning of the second set, Trey’s friend Roger Halloway got on stage and asked his girlfriend Jen to marry him. She said yes, and in response the band played AC/DC Bag (which references Roger in the lyrics), which also included Woman from Tokyo teases. The Spooky Jam inside of YEM included a verse sung by Page. The YEM vocal jam included a Jeopardy! tease. Harpua featured teases of Dream Weaver and The Jetsons theme as well as vocal quotes from The End; the narration centered on a story about people who steal your dreams at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQ8chsCstQ
Friday, 04/16/1993
The Macauley Theater, Louisville, KY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Sparkle > Split Open and Melt, Esther > Llama, Sample in a Jar, Rift, Harry Hood, Cavern
Set 2: Axilla, The Curtain > Maze, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Highway to Hell
Encore: Gumbo, Amazing Grace
Notes: Before Chalk Dust, Trey chided Fishman for being late. Hood included a Simpsons signal. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey dedicated Highway to Hell to Terry, the equipment truck driver. Gumbo was played for the first time since July 25, 1991 (228 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8K2B6ZX4c
Saturday, 04/17/1993
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
Soundcheck: I Can’t Explain, I Can See For Miles > Sparks, Substitute (brief), L.A. Woman
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, It's Ice > Glide, My Friend, My Friend, All Things Reconsidered, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Wilson > Reba, The Landlady > Halley's Comet > You Enjoy Myself, Lifeboy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Big Ball Jam, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Notes: My Friend started out with Trey on acoustic guitar and later included an Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da tease. BBJ featured Trey on drums and Fishman on vacuum. YEM included teases of the closing jam to I Wish. Antelope included Random Note and Simpsons signals. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. BBFCFM included some humorous additional lyrics from Mike, who echoed a fan’s cry that he could “smell [himself] running.” Trey also forgot he was supposed to start part of the song and there was a long, silent pause on stage until he finally realized that the rest of the band was waiting for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDugPwBTqHo
Sunday, 04/18/1993
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
Set 1: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Divided Sky, Fee -> Maze, Horn, I Didn't Know, Cavern
Set 2: Poor Heart > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Possum, Mound, Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song -> Ya Mar, Walk Away > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: During the section of I Didn’t Know where Fishman usually does some sort of solo, Page asked everyone who had been there the night before how they liked the encore. Trey and Mike put their microphones in the same position as they were for BBFCFM, and Page brought people on stage to give testimonials about how they felt about it. “Special guests” included Brad Sands and Chris Kuroda. Trey admitted his guilt in the mishap and the song continued. Horse included an extended intro section and featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Mike’s song included a melodic Low Rider jam before segueing into Ya Mar. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L_z-WSM2hk
Tuesday, 04/20/1993
Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Set 1: Runaway Jim > Weigh > Sparkle, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice > Glide, Uncle Pen, Lawn Boy, David Bowie
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead > Sample in a Jar, Big Ball Jam, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, My Friend, My Friend, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Funky Bitch, Amazing Grace
Notes: The Bowie intro contained Lawn Boy teases from Trey as well as Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. YEM contained Mission: Impossible theme teases. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbobmfUwL2U
Wednesday, 04/21/1993
Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Rift, Punch You In the Eye, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Possum, Mound, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song > The Great Gig in the Sky, Weekapaug Groove, Gumbo
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Cavern
Notes: The jam segment of this Melt is the one that appears at the end of Demand on Hoist. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope contained a Divided Sky tease from Trey as well as Simpsons and Random Note signals. Mike's contained a brief Oye Como Va tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfaKzNJb89c
Thursday, 04/22/1993
The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, Sparkle, It's Ice > Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Esther > Stash, Fee, Rift, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, All Things Reconsidered, Tweezer > The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Amazing Grace
Notes: The Esther intro contained a Random Note signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zRNpW56LHg
Friday, 04/23/1993
Cotterell Court, Reid Athletic Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Weigh > Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, My Friend, My Friend > Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture
Set 2: Golgi Apparatus, Maze, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, It's Ice > Paul and Silas > Big Ball Jam, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Highway to Hell
Encore: Fire
Notes: The ending of Fluffhead and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. My Friend subsequently contained a Baby Elephant Walk tease from Page. Lawn Boy was dedicated multiple times by each band member to Fish's parents, who were in attendance at the show. This Weekapaug included atypical, jazz-laced jams. Lengthwise featured Mimi Fishman on vacuum and band members parading around the stage with cheerleading banners proclaiming: “Winners PLAY HARD” and “WE WIN IN OUR GYM.” There was an unusually long break before the Fire encore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKJcv1b8pU
Saturday, 04/24/1993
Cheel Arena, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Soundcheck: When Something is Wrong with My Baby
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift > Caravan, When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Llama, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Dinner and a Movie > Mound > Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. When Something is Wrong with My Baby made its Phish debut at this show. Antelope contained an Aw Fuck! signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJPk4tPxm0
Sunday, 04/25/1993
Kuhl Gym, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
Soundcheck: When Something is Wrong with My Baby
Set 1: The Landlady, Possum, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice > Glide > Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Maze, I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Wilson > The Curtain > Tweezer, Contact, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Carolina, Rocky Top
Notes: Possum contained You Don't Love Me teases. I Didn't Know contained Guy Forget quotes from Trey and featured Fishman on Madonna washboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35quAKKMCqE
Tuesday, 04/27/1993
Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Stash, Guelah Papyrus, It's Ice > Sparkle > David Bowie
Set 2: Golgi Apparatus, My Friend, My Friend > All Things Reconsidered, Maze, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Cavern
Encore: My Sweet One, Amazing Grace
Notes: The Bowie intro contained Oom Pa Pa and Simpsons signals. The beginning of My Friend and all of The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. YEM included Sundown teases in both the song and the vocal jam. The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot) was teased in the YEM vocal jam, teased (with lyrics) in the intro of The Horse, and quoted at the end of Cavern. Cavern also contained a brief Stairway to Heaven tease from Trey. Getting in Tune was quoted before Love You. There are no known recordings of the first set in circulation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPTwrFKUkAo
Thursday, 04/29/1993
Le Spectrum, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Soundcheck: Reggae Jam
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Uncle Pen, The Sloth, Runaway Jim, Horn > Llama, Glide, Rift, Fee, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, It's Ice > Ya Mar, Mound, Big Ball Jam > Reba, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Makisupa Policeman -> Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil
Encore: My Friend, My Friend, Sweet Adeline
Notes: Some of the fans cheered the mention of Québec during Fee, which featured Trey singing the verses through a megaphone. Antelope included a brief jam on Pink Floyd’s Money. Money was subequently teased by Trey in Chalk Dust. Ya Mar contained a Can’t Turn You Loose tease from Page and funny stage banter as Trey tried to bring “Leo” in too early. Hydrogen included a tease of Jingle Jangle Jingle, with a bassline somewhat akin to Happy Trails. Weekapaug included the theme from Bonanza and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases from Page. Fishman dedicated Terrapin to his friends from Burlington who made the trip to see the band. Makisupa was played for the first time since November 26, 1990 (323 shows). The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDJYM_km5IE
Friday, 04/30/1993
Sports Center, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Soundcheck: No One To Depend On, Those Were the Days, Poor Heart, When Something is Wrong with My Baby
Set 1: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart > Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Cavern, Lawn Boy > All Things Reconsidered, Possum
Set 2: Wilson, Sparkle > Tweezer -> Walk Away > Mound, Big Ball Jam, Harry Hood, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Cavern contained a brief Divided Sky tease from Trey and YEM contained Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page and Trey. The soundcheck's No One to Depend On was performed instrumentally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3GS_XWCxc
Saturday, 05/01/1993
Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
Soundcheck: Gonna Live That Life, Poor Heart, Odd Couple Jam, Brother
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Rift, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice > Glide > David Bowie
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead > My Friend, My Friend, The Squirming Coil, Big Ball Jam > Halley's Comet > Paul and Silas > Mike's Song -> The Great Gig in the Sky -> Weekapaug Groove, Cavern
Encore: Carolina, Rocky Top
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The ending of Fluffhead and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Mike’s Song included teases of what would become the riff to Simple, as well as a Fuckin’ Up tease. Carolina was performed without microphones. The soundcheck's Poor Heart was performed a cappella.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWQO0kOze8Y
Sunday, 05/02/1993
Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
Set 1: Axilla > Sparkle, Divided Sky, Mound, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Maze, I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Llama, Punch You In the Eye, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, Uncle Pen, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Amazing Grace
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. and I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna washboard. YEM included theme from Speed Racer and Oye Como Va teases. Antelope included Simpsons and Random Note signals. Sleeping Monkey was delayed while Trey scrambled to remember the lyrics. He remarked that it was particularly embarrassing since Tom Marshall was in the audience. After Antelope, Fishman listened to the crowd’s requests, including Trey’s request of Undun, before settling on Rosie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-GsOsytAAk
Monday, 05/03/1993
State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
Set 1: Buried Alive, Rift, Weigh > Chalk Dust Torture, Esther > Split Open and Melt, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Lawn Boy > Cavern
Set 2: AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Tweezer -> Manteca -> Tweezer > Contact > It's Ice > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Runaway Jim, Big Ball Jam > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, My Sweet One, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Memories, Amazing Grace, Highway to Hell
Notes: The Esther intro contained a Random Note signal. The Mockingbird narration included the Vibration of Life and a tease of the theme from Star Trek from Page. The Possum intro contained a Mockingbird tease from Trey and Tweezer included I Feel the Earth Move teases. Love You included a Page-led HYHU sandwiched in the middle after Fishman rambled on with crew introductions. Memories and Amazing Grace were performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYF82hsv28
Wednesday, 05/05/1993
Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
Soundcheck: Give a Little Bit, Poor Heart Blues, Funky Bitch Blues, Brother
Set 1: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice > Glide > Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend -> Manteca -> My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > Weigh > Big Ball Jam > Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself -> Jam
Encore: Amazing Grace, Cavern > Take the 'A' Train > Cavern
Notes: It's Ice contained a tease of Pop Goes the Weasel from Page and Maze contained Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey dedicated Ya Mar to Sue on her birthday. Ya Mar subsequently included a Two Princes tease. YEM contained a La Marseillaise tease from Page and Yield Not to Temptation teases, did not contain a vocal jam, and was unfinished. The jam after YEM featured The Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Dude of Life, and Fishman on vacuum. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch Blues contained a Funk #49 tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g00SppJrXwc
Thursday, 05/06/1993
Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > All Things Reconsidered > Llama, Fluffhead, Possum, Lawn Boy, Why You Been Gone So Long?, Tennessee Waltz, I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer, Tela > Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, The Squirming Coil, Mike's Song -> Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Jam -> Rocky Top, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, That's Alright Mama
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Contact > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Possum contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. Why You Been Gone So Long, Tennessee Waltz, I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train and That's Alright Mama were all Phish debuts. Lawn Boy, Why You Been Gone So Long, Rocky Top, both HYHUs, and Cracklin' Rosie featured Dick Solberg on violin. Tennessee Waltz, I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train, and That’s Alright Mama featured Solberg on violin and Jeff Walton on acoustic guitar. Why You Been Gone So Long also featured Walton on vocals. Tweezer included a Sweet Emotion tease and a jam on Crimes of the Mind. Rosie was “dedicated to Neil, who's on tour now!” Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=242PszRSRBQ
Friday, 05/07/1993
Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, ME
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Caravan[1], The Lizards, Horn, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Fee > Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself > The Great Gig in the Sky, Harry Hood, Harpua, Highway to Hell
Encore: Amazing Grace, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: Caravan contained a tease of Manteca (for about 13 seconds). I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna washboard. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. YEM included Mission: Impossible teases and a Yield Not toTemptation jam. The YEM vocal jam was based on the Bonanza theme. Harpua's narration focused on the story of pro wrestler "Ravishing" Rick Rude and a tease of Crossroads, which would make its Phish debut the following day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHq0hytVBxI
Saturday, 05/08/1993
Field House, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Soundcheck: Crossroads, Shaggy Dog, Funky Bitch
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Mound, Stash -> Kung -> Stash, Glide, My Friend, My Friend > Reba, Satin Doll > Cavern
Set 2: David Bowie -> Jessica Jam -> David Bowie -> Have Mercy -> David Bowie, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > It's Ice > The Squirming Coil -> Jam -> Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song -> Crossroads -> Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace > Amazing Grace Jam
Encore: AC/DC Bag
Notes: The beginning of My Friend and all of The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The intro to Bowie included Simpsons, Random Note, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, and Get Back signals and an Amazing Grace tease from Mike. The breakdown in It’s Ice included a tease of one of the guitar lines from Discipline (King Crimson) and a Manteca tease. Crossroads made its Phish debut at this show. Weekapaug contained an Amazing Grace tease from Page and was unfinished. The Amazing Grace Jam was played to a Weekapaug-esque drumbeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRpcOwiGo8
Saturday, 05/29/1993
Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA
Soundcheck: When Something is Wrong with My Baby
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Stash, The Squirming Coil > Sparkle > Cavern > Vacuum Solo > Cavern > Big Ball Jam > You Enjoy Myself > Runaway Jim, Amazing Grace
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dfJvWobiDM
Sunday, 05/30/1993
Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA
Set 1: Lengthwise > Maze, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Foam, Silent in the Morning > Run Like an Antelope, Ya Mar, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt, Contact, Llama, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Possum
Notes: This single-set show was part of the Laguna Seca Daze festival that also included 10,000 Maniacs, Blues Traveler, and The Samples. This was the first time that Silent was played without The Horse. I Didn’t Know was dedicated to the guy stuck on top of the Ferris Wheel and featured Fishman on the Madonna Washboard. Antelope contained a Simpsons signal and Possum included a tease of L.A. Woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wj0n1SeZY
Thursday, 07/15/1993
Cayuga County Fairgrounds, Weedsport, NY
Soundcheck: Nellie Kane, Leprechaun, Pungee, Paul And Silas, Funky Bitch > Jam, Leprechaun
Set 1: Rift, Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Mound, Stash, Foam, I Didn't Know, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Leprechaun > Runaway Jim
Set 2: David Bowie, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Sparkle, It's Ice > Lifeboy > Possum, Faht, The Lizards, Walk Away, Daniel Saw the Stone
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture, Free Bird
Notes: This show marked the debut of Leprechaun, the Phish debut of Daniel Saw the Stone, and the debut of the a cappella Free Bird (the last “traditional” Free Bird was March 6, 1987, or 718 shows previous). Stash included a Little Drummer Boy jam. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar. The Possum intro contained a Wilson tease and quote. Sparks was teased in the soundcheck before Pungee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwa02gW1weY
Friday, 07/16/1993
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Funky Bitch
Set 1: Daniel Saw the Stone, Golgi Apparatus, My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Buried Alive > Fast Enough for You > All Things Reconsidered, Nellie Kane, Horn > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Split Open and Melt, Glide > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself -> Yerushalayim Shel Zahav -> You Enjoy Myself, Poor Heart, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Llama, Free Bird
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope contained Nellie Kane teases and a Simpsons signal. This show featured the Phish debuts of Also Sprach Zarathustra, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, and Purple Rain. The soundcheck's Dog Log was performed in a ska style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQ_PxcquZU
Saturday, 07/17/1993
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Soundcheck: Jump Monk tease, Shaggy Dog, Nellie Kane, Leprechaun, The Mango Song (x2), Funky Bitch (x2), Punch You in the Eye, Blues Jam
Set 1: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, Sample in a Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Stash, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > David Bowie
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer, The Squirming Coil, It's Ice, Sparkle > Big Ball Jam > Mike's Song > Leprechaun > Weekapaug Groove -> Hold Your Head Up -> Faht, Rift, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Amazing Grace, Daniel Saw the Stone > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Reba contained Stash teases from Trey. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar. Weekapaug was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ckkjYNhhE
Sunday, 07/18/1993
IC Light Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA
Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill, Guyute (partial), Pungee -> Dude of Life Medley, Train Medley, Funky Bitch, Bass Jam
Set 1: Buried Alive > Rift, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Esther > Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Uncle Pen, Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart > Run Like an Antelope, Mound > Fast Enough for You, All Things Reconsidered, Fee, You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Rocky Top, Free Bird
Notes: The soundcheck treated those who arrived early to the first-ever Guyute, which was an unfinished, raw version of the song that eventually made it to the stage fifteen months later. Pungee contained a Camel Walk quote and the Dude of Life Medley contained Trials and Tribulations, Crimes of the Mind, Lucy in the Subway, Family Picture, Ordinary Day, Dahlia, Francella, and T.V. Show quotes and closed with a Free Bird tease. The Train Medley in the soundcheck includes quote from Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash), Mystery Train (Junior Parker), One After 909 (The Beatles), and Love in Vain (Robert Johnson). Antelope included Heartbreaker and Brother jams. Fireworks from nearby Three Rivers Stadium coincided with Antelope and Mound. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Prior to Purple Rain, Fishman found out that one of the crew members tried to play a prank on him by turning his vacuum cleaner inside out. Fishman introduced Peter Schall and Brad Sands with Page teasing HYHU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnc68HbT8vU
Wednesday, 07/21/1993
Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, NY
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, The Squirming Coil, Maze, Glide, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Big Ball Jam, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: This single-set performance was part of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival that also featured Allgood, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Blues Traveler, The Samples, and Widespread Panic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1xtL_u23zA
Thursday, 07/22/1993
Stowe Performing Arts Center, Stowe, VT
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Horn, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Mound > Ya Mar, Poor Heart, Stash, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Walk Away > Sparkle > It's Ice > Contact > Possum, Paul and Silas > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Rocky Top
Encore: Free Bird
Notes: Paul and Silas through Rocky Top featured Gordon Stone on banjo. The show was played in a total downpour and the amphitheater was apparently not built to handle that kind of weather. Before the first set, Trey remarked that the staff was talking about canceling the show due to the danger of electrocution. “I told ‘em, ‘Fuck that. Put the plug up my ass and count out Llama!’” said Trey. Walk Away included an Alive (Pearl Jam) teases and Possum included an All Fall Down signal in the intro and a brief Tweezer jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rte-9OSVDKc
Friday, 07/23/1993
Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, NY
Soundcheck: Crimes of the Mind, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own
Set 1: Buried Alive > Rift > Caravan, Nellie Kane > Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Punch You In the Eye, Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Lawn Boy > Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart > Run Like an Antelope, Faht -> My Friend, My Friend, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Chalk Dust Torture, Highway to Hell
Encore: Amazing Grace, Daniel Saw the Stone
Notes: The Horse and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar. There was no vocal jam in You Enjoy Myself. BBFCFM included a Flintstones theme tease. The soundcheck's Crimes of the Mind featured the Dude Of Life on vocals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VEnSkaOkIc
Saturday, 07/24/1993
Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, MA
Set 1: Llama, Horn, Nellie Kane > Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, The Mango Song > Bouncing Around the Room, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead > Maze, Glide > Sparkle > Mike's Song > Yerushalayim Shel Zahav > Weekapaug Groove, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone > Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Free Bird
Notes: This show saw the first Mango Song since May 17, 1992 (150 shows). Maze contained Also Sprach Zarathustra teases from Trey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYzBqxUbOGE
Sunday, 07/25/1993
Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ
Set 1: Wilson > Foam, Mound, Stash, Fee > Rift, The Sloth, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Maze, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harpua > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Cavern
Notes: Wilson contained Jeopardy! theme teases and a Simpsons signal. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Donna Lee, Sounds of Silence, and DEG were teased in Bowie, which also included an Oom Pa Pa signal. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Harpua included a tease of the theme to Taxi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySukylezVIo
Tuesday, 07/27/1993
Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, VA
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Rift, Stash, The Squirming Coil, Sparkle, It's Ice -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: This single-set performance was part of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival that also featured Allgood, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Blues Traveler, The Samples, and Widespread Panic. YEM was unfinished and featured Chan Kinchla and John Popper among other guests (including Jimmy Herring, Matt Mundy, Todd Park Mohr, and other members of ARU and Big Head Todd). Popper was offstage playing the harmonica while an effigy of Popper was lowered to the stage in a wheelchair. As part of the gag, the cord snapped and sent the effigy tumbling to the stage through the trampoline!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUjQLqOLDyk
Wednesday, 07/28/1993
Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC
Soundcheck: Blues Jam -> Head Games -> Double Vision -> Working for the Weekend, John Hardy
Set 1: All Things Reconsidered, Runaway Jim, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Foam, Nellie Kane, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart > Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Axilla > My Sweet One > Run Like an Antelope, The Lizards, Mound, My Friend, My Friend, Harry Hood, The Great Gig in the Sky > Hold Your Head Up, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Piano Duet, Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
Notes: Split Open and Melt contained Nellie Kane teases. The Horse and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Antelope contained a Simple Gifts tease and Chalk Dust included Crimes of the Mind teases. My Friend contained an Aw Fuck! signal and did not have the "Myfe" ending. This show marked the first public Phish performance of Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home? (it had previously been played at a private show on 5/28/90). The encore featured Page’s father, Dr. Jack McConnell, on piano. The Piano Duet also featured Fishman on washboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwnOyu79tgg
Thursday, 07/29/1993
Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN
Set 1: Funky Bitch, Divided Sky, Weigh > Rift > The Landlady > Fast Enough for You, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Possum
Set 2: Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > It's Ice > Lifeboy, Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone > Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Rocky Top, Free Bird
Notes: Good Times Bad Times contained a Beds Are Burning tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UU85FYyONk
Friday, 07/30/1993
The Veranda at Starwood, Antioch, TN
Soundcheck: Dancing Days, Makisupa Policeman -> Stir It Up Jam -> Have Mercy -> Pressure Drop -> NICU
Set 1: Contact > Llama, Horn, Uncle Pen, Stash, Esther > Chalk Dust Torture, I Didn't Know, Reba, Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Poor Heart > Fluffhead > My Friend, My Friend, Golgi Apparatus, The Squirming Coil, David Bowie
Encore: Walk Away, Amazing Grace
Notes: The Contact opener started before the band took the stage, as they were driven to the front in golf carts and performed the song off stage. Some fans didn’t even realize the show had started until well into Llama, as that song was begun off stage. I Didn't Know featured Fishman on the Madonna washboard. The Horse, the ending of Tweezer and Fluffhead, and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The Bowie intro contained a Squirming Coil tease from Trey. The show took place in Starwood Amphitheatre's concessions area, which was roped off to accommodate 3,500 though fewer than 1,800 tickets were sold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgmUKilmpU
Saturday, 07/31/1993
Masquerade Music Park, Atlanta, GA
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch (x2), The Great Gig in the Sky Intro
Set 1: Rift, Sample in a Jar, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Mound, Foam, Nellie Kane > Divided Sky, Cavern
Set 2: Wilson > Runaway Jim > It's Ice > Maze, Sparkle > Mike's Song > Leprechaun > Weekapaug Groove, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone, Highway to Hell
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Free Bird
Notes: Mike’s Song included two distinct jams on Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker. Fish and Page attempted to begin Hydrogen after Mike’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1LUnr4apA4
Monday, 08/02/1993
Ritz Theatre, Tampa, FL
Soundcheck: Slave to the Traffic Light, Funky Bitch
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart, Brother, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Dog Log > La Grange
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song -> Sparks > The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Rift, The Squirming Coil, Weekapaug Groove -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Amazing Grace
Notes: Brother made its first appearance since July 14, 1992 (143 shows). Other breakouts included Dog Log (dedicated to Paul, and first since May 4, 1991, or 284 shows), La Grange (first since March 17, 1991, or 311 shows) and Sparks (first since September 13, 1990, or 392 shows). Guelah Papyrus contained a Simpsons signal. Bathtub Gin contained a Sweet Virginia tease as well as an I Feel Pretty (West Side Story) tease from Page. The jam out of Mike’s featured Joe Rooney of the band First Born on vocals. The Bike intro featured a Moonshadow tease from Mike. There were Contact, When the Saints Go Marching In, and Makisupa teases in Antelope, along with the lyric “Marco Policeman-dolas” and an All Fall Down signal. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. This show was originally scheduled for the Cuban Club Plaza and was moved to the Ritz Theatre two weeks prior to the gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rm8zy9ce-E
Tuesday, 08/03/1993
Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami, FL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Nellie Kane, Foam, Fee > Rift, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Ya Mar, Llama, Cavern
Set 2: Lengthwise > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice > You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Sparkle, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Poor Heart, Free Bird
Notes: Trey sang some of the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Stash featured a Buried Alive tease from Trey. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. It's Ice contained a Munsters theme tease from Page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBkM9mpaI-o
Friday, 08/06/1993
Cincinnati Zoo Peacock Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, Rift, Horn, Divided Sky, Nellie Kane, Chalk Dust Torture, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Buried Alive > Tweezer > Guelah Papyrus, The Squirming Coil, Uncle Pen, You Enjoy Myself -> Cocaine Jam -> You Enjoy Myself -> Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace
Notes: Suzy Greenberg, Tweezer, Guelah Papyrus, and YEM included Tequila teases; Guelah included a Simpsons signal. The YEM vocal jam was to the tune of Cocaine and included some Tweezer lyrics. Slave was played for the first time since October 24, 1991 (241 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovqPJLlHqtQ
Saturday, 08/07/1993
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
Set 1: Llama, Bouncing Around the Room > Poor Heart > Stash -> Makisupa Policeman, Reba, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song -> Kung -> Mike's Song > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Sloth, Sparkle, My Friend, My Friend > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Carolina, La Grange
Notes: Stash was unfinished. Reba was performed without the whistling ending. To compensate, there was some whistling from Reba during the Maze opening. Maze contained a tease of Stairway to Heaven. The narration in Mockingbird dealt with the “Roller Coaster of the Mind.” Mike’s Song contained a New York, New York tease from Page as well as Aw Fuck! and Oom Pa Pa signals. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8qGaENSZg
Sunday, 08/08/1993
Nautica Stage, Cleveland, OH
Set 1: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Foam, Loving Cup, Runaway Jim, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Punch You In the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Paul and Silas, I Didn't Know, David Bowie
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Rift, Harry Hood, Wilson > It's Ice > Fluffhead > Possum > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Daniel Saw the Stone, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: My Sweet One, Free Bird
Notes: BBFCFM included a Divided Sky tease, Possum included a Tequila tease, and the intro to the first HYHU contained a "Charge!" tease. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on Madonna washboard. Bowie included Random Note and Simpsons signals. After the introductory HYHU, while Fish tried to figure out which song he would sing, Trey congratulated a fan who sunk two “baskets” during the BBJ. Page teased "Charge!" and the band responded with a brief tease of Rock and Roll Part Two before Fish cued up Love You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9Sqo8JdAQ
Monday, 08/09/1993
Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture -> Who Knows Jam -> Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Fee > Split Open and Melt -> Glide > Nellie Kane > Divided Sky, Memories, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Dinner and a Movie > Tweezer > Tela > My Friend, My Friend, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, You Enjoy Myself -> Contact > Crimes of the Mind
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Glide included Simpsons, All Fall Down, and Random Note signals. The ending of Tela and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Nellie Kane was teased in Divided Sky and also in YEM from Mike. YEM's jam segment included Trey quoting "Here comes Speed Racer" and teases of Smoke on the Water and the vocal jam contained verses from Psycho Killer. Contact subsequently started as part of the vocal jam. Memories was performed without microphones. Crimes of the Mind (with the Dude of Life on vocals) was played for the first time since November 8, 1991 (234 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFo6Bt31Ec
Wednesday, 08/11/1993
Eastbrook Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
Set 1: Buried Alive > Runaway Jim > Weigh > It's Ice, Ginseng Sullivan > My Friend, My Friend, The Mango Song > Stash, Sparkle > Cavern
Set 2: Mike's Song > The Great Gig in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove, Esther > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room -> Rift, Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Sweet One > Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Bold As Love
Notes: Ginseng Sullivan made its Phish debut in the first set, featuring Trey on acoustic guitar and Fish on washboard. The beginning of My Friend also featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. My Sweet One contained Aw Fuck! and Oom Pa Pa signals as well as three Simpsons signals. Antelope subsequently contained several more Simpsons signals, a Jeopardy! theme tease from Mike, and a tease of A Love Supreme. Fishman quoted the vocals of Games Without Frontiers during Mike’s Song. This Mike’s Groove is included as filler on Live Phish 07.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJQSv_5yak
Thursday, 08/12/1993
Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills, MI
Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Nellie Kane, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Poor Heart, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Landlady > Tweezer, The Lizards, The Sloth, Maze, Lawn Boy, Big Ball Jam, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Fire, Free Bird
Notes: Chalk Dust contained Can't You Hear Me Knocking teases. Guelah contained a Random Note signal. Melt contained Nellie Kane teases from Mike and was briefly teased prior to The Horse, which featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Tweezer included four Get Back signals, a Simpsons signal, an I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart signal, and several measures of Landlady. Possum included a Tweezer Reprise tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeOOiSSj3QM
Friday, 08/13/1993
Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Soundcheck: Love Me Two Times, Jam, Ginseng Sullivan
Set 1: Lengthwise > Llama, Makisupa Policeman -> Foam, Stash, Ginseng Sullivan > Fluffhead > My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Horn > David Bowie
Set 2: Buried Alive > Rift > Bathtub Gin -> Ya Mar, Mike's Song > Lifeboy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Amazing Grace
Encore: Highway to Hell
Notes: Stash included a Weekapaug tease. Ginseng featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Fish on Madonna washboard. Fluffhead started with Trey on acoustic guitar. Bowie included jams based on The Mango Song and Magilla, as well as My Favorite Things teases. Bathtub Gin included Weekapaug and China Grove teases. Mike’s Song included Ya Mar quotes from Mike and a Stranglehold (Ted Nugent) quote, while Suzy included a Sweet Home Alabama tease. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzQpS3inYXA
Saturday, 08/14/1993
World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL
Soundcheck: Long Jam (about 45 minutes, sounded McGrupp-like), Funky Bitch
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > It's Ice > Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Poor Heart > Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Run Like an Antelope -> Sparks -> Walk Away -> Run Like an Antelope -> Have Mercy -> Run Like an Antelope, Mound, The Squirming Coil, Daniel Saw the Stone, You Enjoy Myself -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: La Grange
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. It's Ice contained a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease from Page and Melt contained a Linus and Lucy tease from Mike. Antelope included a Dixie tease; the “Rye, Rye Rocco” lyrics were sung over the Have Mercy melody before the band kicked back into the Antelope ending. During Daniel Saw the Stone, Trey updated the crowd on the score of a pre-season football game. YEM contained brief jams based on the theme from Speed Racer, Smoke on the Water, Kool Thing (Sonic Youth), and quoting of Mystery Achievement (Pretenders). On Broadway was briefly quoted during the YEM vocal jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 07.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aYva1GSMY
Sunday, 08/15/1993
The Macauley Theater, Louisville, KY
Set 1: Sample in a Jar, All Things Reconsidered, Caravan, Runaway Jim, Fee > Paul and Silas > Stash, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Chalk Dust Torture
Set 2: Rift, Tweezer, The Lizards, The Landlady, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Glide, Sweet Adeline, Ginseng Sullivan, Nellie Kane, Free Bird
Encore: Harry Hood
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Tweezer contained an Antelope-style jam and a Simpsons signal. Sweet Adeline through Free Bird were performed without microphones with Ginseng and Nellie Kane also performed acoustic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Skc0t2yBPo
Monday, 08/16/1993
American Theater, St. Louis, MO
Set 1: Axilla, Possum > Horn > Reba > Sparkle, Foam, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Mike's Song -> Faht > Weekapaug Groove, Mound > It's Ice, My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart, Big Ball Jam, Take the 'A' Train > Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fishman on Madonna washboard. Mike’s Song included a Yield Not to Temptation jam. Weekapaug included Gypsy Queen and I Wish teases. Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjHJStXDRjU
Tuesday, 08/17/1993
Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
Soundcheck: Jam -> Shock The Monkey
Set 1: Wilson > Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Weigh > Maze, Fluffhead, Fast Enough for You, Daniel Saw the Stone
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Rift, Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, My Sweet One, Cavern
Encore: Memories, Fire
Notes: Mike dropped a few vocal references to Wilson in Llama. Divided contained Call to the Post teases. Guelah Papyrus included an Oom Pa Pa signal. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The vocal jam in YEM was based on Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Memories was performed without microphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZj7Ub1Rb6Y
Friday, 08/20/1993
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Divided Sky, Harpua, Poor Heart > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > It's Ice > The Wedge, Ginseng Sullivan, Rift, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light > Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, My Friend, My Friend > Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Cavern
Encore: The Mango Song, Free Bird
Notes: The band began the show with an appropriate opener, as the storm that had lingered in the Morrison sky cleared just before the show began. The Harpua story told the history of Red Rocks and the fate of a giant iguana, who was referred to throughout the show. Harpua also included a Rock and Roll Part Two tease. Ginseng was acoustic, was dedicated to Brad Sands, and was preceded by a Charge tease from Page. Antelope included a Simpsons signal and a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking jam. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Purple Rain featured Mimi Fishman joining Fish on vacuum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFO-IH5Zwo
Saturday, 08/21/1993
Saltair Pavilion, Salt Lake City, UT
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Sparkle > The Landlady, I Didn't Know, Runaway Jim
Set 2: Possum, Horn, Uncle Pen, Fee > Llama, Lawn Boy > David Bowie -> Mind Left Body Jam -> David Bowie, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up > Jam > Harry Hood, Daniel Saw the Stone
Encore: Amazing Grace, Nellie Kane
Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on washboard. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Fee through Daniel Saw the Stone featured The Flecktones (Béla Fleck on electric banjo, Victor Wooten on bass, and Roy “Future Man” Wooten on drumitar) and Nellie Kane featured Béla Fleck. Guelah included Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals, and Bowie included a Simpsons signal. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones were the opening act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZfXqrQqIg
Tuesday, 08/24/1993
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Soundcheck: Jam, Leprechaun, The Wedge, Funky Bitch (with "Beds are Burning" lyrics)
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > It's Ice > Nellie Kane, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Llama, Horn > Ya Mar, Mike's Song > Ginseng Sullivan > Weekapaug Groove > Wilson > Rift, Suzy Greenberg, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Halley's Comet > Poor Heart, Sweet Adeline
Notes: Trey made several references to the venue’s springy floor and the fans bouncing on it while they danced. Appropriately, It’s Ice included a tease of I Feel the Earth Move. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Ya Mar included alternate lyrics from Mike. Ginseng featured Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, and Fish on Madonna washboard. Fishman, usually subject to nicknames when he takes the mic, introduced Trey as Chuck Norris on the drums. Trey retorted by calling Fish “a butt with protruding arms and legs.” Weekapaug was unfinished and featured La Marseillaise teases from Page. Suzy included Tweezer teases. Antelope contained an O Canada tease from Trey and was dedicated to three new crew members from Vancouver. Adeline was performed without microphones. Baby Gramps was the opening act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twu2BVa9I6g
Wednesday, 08/25/1993
Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Daniel Saw the Stone > Sample in a Jar, Sparkle, Foam, Ginseng Sullivan, Nellie Kane, Amazing Grace, Stash, Glide, Cavern
Set 2: Buried Alive > Possum > Mound, My Friend, My Friend, Paul and Silas, You Enjoy Myself > Mice and Bats > The Squirming Coil, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Bold As Love > Rocky Top
Notes: Ginseng Sullivan and Nellie Kane were played acoustic and without microphones. Amazing Grace was also performed without microphones. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. There was a vocal jam during Paul and Silas in place of the second guitar solo. Baby Gramps joined Phish for YEM’s vocal jam, as well as the Phish debut of Mice and Bats, which featured Fish on vacuum. The opening act was Baby Gramps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89yfufJmKU
Thursday, 08/26/1993
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, Reba, Fee, Split Open and Melt, Esther, It's Ice > Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Lifeboy > Rift, Jesus Just Left Chicago, The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Mice and Bats > Hold Your Head Up, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Free Bird
Notes: Reba included a Dixie tease and It’s Ice included a Simpsons signal. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Mice and Bats featured a guest appearance by Baby Gramps, who was also the opening act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfFFvGkJx3w
Saturday, 08/28/1993
William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Set 1: Llama > Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, Ginseng Sullivan, Maze, Fluffhead > Stash, The Squirming Coil, Crimes of the Mind
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Rift, Run Like an Antelope, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Sparkle > It's Ice > Big Ball Jam, Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself -> Oye Como Va Jam -> You Enjoy Myself -> Contact > Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Daniel Saw the Stone, Amazing Grace
Notes: Ginseng was performed acoustic. Crimes featured the Dude of Life on vocals. Constant Craving was quoted prior to 2001. Antelope included Brady Bunch theme teases and a Simpsons signal, while It’s Ice featured Random Note, All Fall Down, and Oom Pa Pa signals. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Also, while several versions of YEM have teased Oye Como Va, this version featured an all-out jam of the song. Contact segued out of the YEM vocal jam. During Daniel Saw the Stone, the band introduced and thanked each member of the crew. J.J. Cale was the opening act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmarlVn068
Tuesday, 12/28/1993
Bender Arena, American University, Washington, DC
Soundcheck: Dream On, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Leprechaun, Daniel Saw the Stone (several times), My Friend My Friend Intro, Punch You in the Eye (x3), The Squirming Coil (x3), Stash, My Friend My Friend, Horn (x2), 2001 (x2), Split Open and Melt, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, The Horse, Fluffhead Intro, The Divided Sky Intro, Silent in the Morning, Reba, Fee, Kashmir
Set 1: Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Split Open and Melt, Esther > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Ya Mar, It's Ice > Fee > Possum
Set 2: Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself, My Friend, My Friend -> The Lizards, The Sloth, Fast Enough for You > Uncle Pen, Harry Hood, Highway to Hell
Encore: Memories, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: For the entire New Year’s Run, the stage was set up as an aquarium, complete with sand, seaweed, rocks, and a giant clam. Suzy included a Tweezer tease and Possum included a Kashmir tease. Peaches (first since June 23, 1989, or 558 shows) was likely played in memory of Frank Zappa, who passed away a few weeks before. Subsequently, SOAM included Peaches teases. Ya Mar included an Auld Lang Syne tease and Hood included a Simpsons signal. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Friend started out with Trey on acoustic guitar and did not contain the "Myfe" ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1LRUmAue8
Wednesday, 12/29/1993
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT
Soundcheck: Reggae Jam, Nellie Kane
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Peaches en Regalia, Foam, Glide > Divided Sky, Wilson > Sparkle > Stash, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Fluffhead > Run Like an Antelope > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> Walk Away > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Sweet Adeline, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Nellie Kane > Cavern
Notes: Glide included a Simpsons signal and BBFCFM was unfinished. Wilson contained a Purple Haze tease from Trey. Stash included a jam akin to the sound of a television newscast, complete with vocal quotes from Trey referencing news personality Connie Chung. Fishman introduced Brain by talking about his new haircut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IleXgG1aF58
Thursday, 12/30/1993
Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
Soundcheck: Dog Log (x2), Funky Bitch
Set 1: David Bowie, Weigh > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, Paul and Silas, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Rift > Bathtub Gin, Free Bird
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Punch You In the Eye > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Weekapaug Groove > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Rocky Top > Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Dream On and Dave’s Energy Guide were both jammed during Bowie. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Weekapaug contained a vocal jam and was unfinished. Slave was played in response to a chant from the front row.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DmwhunDRlQ
Friday, 12/31/1993
Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
Soundcheck: Peaches en Regalia (x2), Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Blues Jam
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Peaches en Regalia, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Tweezer > Halley's Comet > Poor Heart > It's Ice > Fee > Possum, Lawn Boy, You Enjoy Myself
Set 3: Auld Lang Syne > Down with Disease Jam > Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Sparkle > Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Amazing Grace
Notes: Ginseng Sullivan featured Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, Page on piano and Fish on Madonna washboard and was preceded by a Roundabout tease. Antelope featured Tom Marshall on vocals. It's Ice contained a Random Note signal. The band put on wet suits during the end of the YEM vocal jam, which contained a HYHU tease. The third set was preceded by bubble noises through the PA and the band “diving” into the aquarium on stage. Peaches en Regalia was teased in It’s Ice, Possum, Suzy Greenberg and at the end of the second HYHU (by Trey on drums). Auld Lang Syne was teased in the DWD Jam and Hood. Suzy also contained a Smoke on the Water tease and Hood also contained a brief Odd Couple theme tease from Page. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The entire show was broadcast live (and rebroadcast the following day) on Boston's WBCN 104.1 FM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5HTQOBgHk