Friday, 04/26/1996
Main Stage, New Orleans Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA
Set 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Sparkle > Stash, Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself -> Wolfman's Brother > Scent of a Mule > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life > David Bowie
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern
Notes: This single-set performance headlined this day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Ya Mar included a When the Saints Go Marching In tease. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman’s Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcOOYiy9ac
Thursday, 06/06/1996
Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Scent of a Mule, Highway to Hell
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash, Waste, Character Zero, David Bowie, Fee > Sample in a Jar
Encore: Ya Mar, Fire
Notes: This unannounced show was performed under the name “Third Ball.” BBFCFM featured Trey using a Rolling Rock beer bottle as a slide. Scent of a Mule included a Sunshine of Your Love tease and saw Trey on keys for portions. Waste and Character Zero debuted at this show. The opening act was Juan Hung Low.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwImFckHQso
Wednesday, 07/03/1996
Stadio Briamasco, Trento, Italy
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle > Taste -> Llama
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo sat in on Taste and Llama, during which Trey flubbed lyrics to both songs; Carlos jumped in to help during Llama, singing a verse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2PCCO7ej8
Friday, 07/05/1996
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Set 1: Funky Bitch -> Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself > Scent of a Mule, David Bowie
Encore: Sweet Adeline
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-hweNFd88
Saturday, 07/06/1996
Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Reba, Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Maze, Harry Hood
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDV3NIUERyA
Sunday, 07/07/1996
Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain > Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope > Suzy Greenberg
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAwMG8BvcxI
Tuesday, 07/09/1996
Centre International, Deauville, France
Set 1: Theme From the Bottom > Poor Heart, Taste > Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song -> Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrRehHXjB7g
Wednesday, 07/10/1996
Le Zenith, Paris, France
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste > David Bowie, Hello My Baby
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip5-OQju4UE
Thursday, 07/11/1996
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Cavern > Reba, I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Harry Hood > Bouncing Around the Room > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: A Day in the Life
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Hello My Baby was performed without amplification.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKheB0ptnYY
Friday, 07/12/1996
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar > Funky Bitch, Taste, Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer > Llama
Set 2: It's Ice -> Prince Caspian > Mike's Song -> Run Like an Antelope -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Jam, NICU -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Suzy Greenberg
Set 3: David Bowie -> Free, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode
Notes: The reworked Taste debuted at this show, and Trey announced that the song would be performed like this (the Billy Breathes album version) from now on. Caspian, Slave, Bowie, and Free were all unfinished. The jam before NICU was interactive, as the band jammed on chords yelled out by the fans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhsl8CbO1Zk
Saturday, 07/13/1996
Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Runaway Jim, Cavern > Reba, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Fire, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZdh2RvJGdA
Monday, 07/15/1996
La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Punch You In the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Guyute, Possum, I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern
Set 2: Down with Disease > Maze, Loving Cup > Makisupa Policeman > It's Ice, Julius, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Notes: Possum contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtcUXn_zPI
Wednesday, 07/17/1996
Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
Set 1: Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT2QCvh4-Oo
Thursday, 07/18/1996
Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France
Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > Bouncing Around the Room > Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana at the Nice Jazz Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqoTGQkbsk
Friday, 07/19/1996
Les Arenes Romaines, Arles, France
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture, The Squirming Coil
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPYRSIn87E
Sunday, 07/21/1996
The Forum, Nüremberg, Germany
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus > Guelah Papyrus > Rift > Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song, Fee > Timber (Jerry) > Johnny B. Goode
Set 2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom > Reba, Life on Mars?, Free, Run Like an Antelope > Simple -> Prince Caspian > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Harry Hood
Notes: Train Song debuted at this show and was dedicated to the fans that were following the band around Europe via the rails. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaE0rE1mezs
Monday, 07/22/1996
Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAvLHjZzHRc
Tuesday, 07/23/1996
Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule, Down with Disease > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Hello My Baby
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Rocky Top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uCrjT9tvw
Wednesday, 07/24/1996
The Music Hall, Hanover, Germany
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ8ltyZ2vZc
Thursday, 07/25/1996
Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
Set 1: Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice > Run Like an Antelope, Life on Mars?, Harry Hood > Cavern
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF2O_-eZu-g
Friday, 08/02/1996
Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre, Park City, UT
Set 1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Ya Mar, Down with Disease > Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Possum
Set 2: Runaway Jim > Simple > Taste > Free > Fluffhead > Prince Caspian > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Punch You In the Eye
Notes: This show marked the debut of Page’s theremin. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was played for the first time since July 3, 1994 (161 shows) and was performed solo by Page on the theremin in response to the huge rainbow that appeared over the venue just before the show started. Possum contained an Oom Pa Pa signal. Antelope included a tease of May The Force Be With You (The Force Theme from Star Wars).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yr5ZeBSm4
Sunday, 08/04/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee > Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
Set 2: AC/DC Bag > Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Theme from Star Trek, Rocky Top
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Theme from Star Trek made its
Phish debut at this show and was performed by Page solo on the theremin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TDMxA-jbk
Monday, 08/05/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Wilson > Poor Heart > Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> It's Ice, Halley's Comet, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Talk, Train Song, Strange Design, Amazing Grace, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Cavern
Notes: As urged in flyers handed out by Phish.netters, many fans sat down during the silent part of Divided Sky. Down with Disease was unfinished. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed with Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. This show marked the first performance of Talk and featured an atypical It’s Ice. Mike teased Barracuda before the second set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbF363LLeA
Tuesday, 08/06/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Makisupa Policeman > Rift > Suzy Greenberg > Simple, Theme From the Bottom > The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > A Day in the Life > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Note the “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge” quote from Trey during the break in Rift. The quote was a reference both to U2’s Live: Under a Blood Red Sky album and Trey’s similar remarks on the Junta-released version of Icculus. Suzy included a Simple tease. The phrase “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas” during Antelope in reference to a fan’s quote in a newspaper article on the disturbance in Morrison the day before. Tweezer included a Norwegian Wood jam. Harry Hood featured the debut of the “Hood” response chant, initiated by Phish.netters and advertised on flyers handed out at the Red Rocks shows. Among other ideas, the flyers encouraged fans to shout: “Hood” after the band sings “Harry.” It began to rain in the second set; the band responded with Purple Rain, and Chris Kuroda showed the stage in purple lights. The performance of Simple from this gig appears on the Carved in Stone CD benefiting The Rocks Fund, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3CGd59XaU
Wednesday, 08/07/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, Ninety-Nine Years (and One Dark Day), Hold to a Dream, Doin' My Time
Set 2: Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim > Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Possum, Life on Mars?, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: During Ya Mar, Trey thanked the audience, saluted a Colorado swimmer who won two gold medals at the Olympics, and announced that a special guest would come out later in the set. The last three songs of the first set were all Phish debuts and featured Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals. During the Mockingbird narration, Trey told of a giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWUql7yuvqc
Saturday, 08/10/1996
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > Fee > Reba, I Didn't Know, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift > Bathtub Gin, Cavern
Set 2: Wilson > Down with Disease > Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > A Day in the Life
Encore: Contact > Fire
Notes: My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Page teased Sunshine of Your Love during the Mule Duel. Whipping Post was played for the first time since April 20, 1993 (284 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pLSLd-gQ1Y
Monday, 08/12/1996
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set 1: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > It's Ice > Dog Faced Boy, Taste, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Sparkle > Simple > Prince Caspian > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Notes: Caspian was unfinished. Possum included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals as well as a Voodoo Child tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QrAnFsw980
Tuesday, 08/13/1996
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set 1: Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You > The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set 2: AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Mike's Song > Lifeboy > Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train Song, Strange Design, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Notes: Page performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow solo on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky over the soundcheck jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDohzMvTTH0
Wednesday, 08/14/1996
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
Set 1: Wilson -> Jam > Down with Disease, Fee -> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song > Gumbo, Stash, Hello My Baby
Set 2: Runaway Jim > You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses > Tweezer, Theme From the Bottom > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Julius
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Julius was dedicated to Brad Sands’s brother Matty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp3qzlqe1KA
Thursday, 08/15/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
"From The Archives"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fmjLnatEI
Thursday, 08/15/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: Jam, Hold Your Head Up Jam, Jam, Jam
Notes: This was the soundcheck for The Clifford Ball. The final jam segment included the first annual soundcheck tribute to "Mr. Sausage," multiple shout-outs to festival staff, and Trey on his mini-drum kit. 50+ minutes of this check were included on the Clifford Ball DVD bonus disc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fmjLnatEI
Friday, 08/16/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie
Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste, Talk, Train Song, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove
Set 3: Makisupa Policeman > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> NICU, Life on Mars? > Harry Hood -> Jam
Encore: Amazing Grace
Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam
Notes: This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Bathtub Gin contained a brief DEG tease from Trey. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The jam at the end of Harry Hood accompanied a fireworks display. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.
http://goo.gl/w44NV
Saturday, 08/17/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Reba > Cars Trucks Buses, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee -> Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Brother, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope > Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light
Set 3: Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Harpua
Notes: This was the second show of The Clifford Ball festival. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein of Syracuse, who was front row center for every show of the tour. The first Brother since August 2, 1993 (257 shows) featured Ben and Jerry on guest vocals. Wilson included a Heartbreaker tease. Antelope featured a female acrobat twirling in the rigging, suspended above the stage in a circus-like fashion. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. Tweezer had big trampolines on each side of the stage and more circus shenanigans. A stunt plane circled overhead during Tweezer Reprise and Harpua. Harpua was unfinished; it was completed on August 16, 1997 at The Great Went.
http://goo.gl/uXiJs
Wednesday, 10/16/1996
Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY
Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease, Wilson > Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Billy Breathes, Mound > Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Character Zero
Set 2: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode
Encore: Waste
Notes: Swept Away and Steep debuted at this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpvfae6mFo
Thursday, 10/17/1996
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Sparkle > Tweezer > Theme From the Bottom, Talk, Punch You In the Eye, Character Zero, A Day in the Life, Tweezer Reprise
Set 2: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, The Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner, David Bowie
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Notes: The Star Spangled Banner made its Phish debut at this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66poii_phY
Friday, 10/18/1996
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Notes: YEM included teases of Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel Like We Do. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlAp9AUHRac
Saturday, 10/19/1996
Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther > Llama, Gumbo, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Frankenstein
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away > Steep > Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby
Encore: Fee, Rocky Top
Notes: The second set started with a Wish You Were Here tease. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21v_UFByjm0
Monday, 10/21/1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum
Set 2: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars?, Simple -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Ginseng was played for the first time since June 23, 1995 (103 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdK633MyF0
Tuesday, 10/22/1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free > You Enjoy Myself
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease > Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: All Along the Watchtower
Notes: This Weekapaug, often referred to as the “Freakapaug,” included circus dancers and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 226 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fishman on Trey’s percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSa6YhSIF4Q
Wednesday, 10/23/1996
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Hello My Baby, Character Zero, Rift, Theme From the Bottom > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer > The Lizards, Llama, Suzy Greenberg > Slave to the Traffic Light, Julius
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: The entire second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Ya Mar included a long drum jam between Fishman and Gullotti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vb-q0zyvL0
Friday, 10/25/1996
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set 1: Ha Ha Ha > Taste, Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know, Stash, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Tube > Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry) > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, NICU > Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood > Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GER517R2Hp0
Saturday, 10/26/1996
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle > Simple -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Fire
Notes: Antelope included Star Spangled Banner and Voodoo Child teases, and was dedicated by Trey to Fishman’s then-14-year old cousin Jason Roberts for winning a guitar competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-d2qKZbe0M
Sunday, 10/27/1996
North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You In the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee > Scent of a Mule -> Catapult -> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk, Taste, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift > Prince Caspian > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars? > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Possum, Carolina
Notes: Catapult was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Melt contained In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida teases and Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJt5rMOoXH4
Tuesday, 10/29/1996
Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart > David Bowie
Set 2: Rift > Mike's Song > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fishman as “Norton Charlton Heston.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oDGvvEmUM
Thursday, 10/31/1996
The Omni, Atlanta, GA
Set 1: Sanity > Highway to Hell > Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian > Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner
Set 2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) > Crosseyed and Painless, The Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime > Houses in Motion -> Seen and Not Seen -> Listening Wind > The Overload
Set 3: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Frankenstein
Notes: The Mockingbird narration included a reference to The Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus. As Trey told the story, Byrne threw Colonel Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the “evil” Famous Mockingbird. The second set "musical costume" was The Talking Heads' Remain in Light. All of the Remain in Light songs were Phish debuts; the set featured Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Perazzo also played during the entire third set. Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg, and Frankenstein also featured Grippo and Gazaway. At the end of Houses in Motion (which featured Trey teasing Tweezer), an armchair was brought out to the center of the stage and Mike sat in it to sing Seen and Not Seen. While he sang, Karl Perazzo drummed and Trey played bass. After Overload, a bizarre on-stage demonstration closed the set. The third set opened with a Feel Like a Stranger tease. Suzy included a Born Under Punches tease from Page. Simple included a tease of Mama Told Me Not to Come. The soundcheck's Overload was performed with horns and briefly featured Fishman on vacuum. This show was officially released as Live Phish 15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rriic17zgYw
Saturday, 11/02/1996
Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL
Set 1: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee -> Taste, Cavern > Stash, The Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode
Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood > A Day in the Life, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Mike repeatedly teased the bass line of Dave's Energy Guide in the C&P jam and then Trey very briefly teased it as well. The lyric “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas” in Antelope. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fishman played Trey’s percussion rack. Portions of this performance (Ya Mar, Crosseyed/Antelope, Waste, Hood, and ADITL) were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hh8yDGQc2g
Sunday, 11/03/1996
O'Connell Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Runaway Jim, Billy Breathes, The Sloth, NICU > Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle > Tweezer, Life on Mars?, Possum > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Fire
Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey teased China Cat Sunflower (the segue into I know You Rider) in the intro of Possum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMu0TpnkIyQ
Wednesday, 11/06/1996
Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie
Set 2: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > Funky Bitch
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Split Open And Melt included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3xOr3huoE
Thursday, 11/07/1996
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free > Tela, Character Zero
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Bathtub Gin -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Frankenstein
Notes: Character Zero was performed without the ending vocal jam. Fishman humorously stumbled through Bike, which was played by request.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBUV1twI2Qo
Friday, 11/08/1996
Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered > Mound, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Simple, Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Theme From the Bottom
Notes: Trey had equipment problems in Simple, so Loving Cup (“I know I play a bad guitar”) was played next. Simple included a Cecilia tease. ATR was played for the first time since July 1, 1995 (108 shows) and Axilla was played for the first time since October 16, 1994 (170 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAY_bYcRLJs
Saturday, 11/09/1996
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zero
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Notes: Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Hood contained a Steep tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOSi9OgWLY
Monday, 11/11/1996
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla > Runaway Jim
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain > Sample in a Jar > Tweezer, Swept Away > Steep > Maze, Contact > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Waste, Cavern
Notes: Divided Sky included an All Fall Down signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZiNSy7UIcU
Wednesday, 11/13/1996
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Set 1: Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Jam > Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK2UMtG0l14
Thursday, 11/14/1996
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius
Set 2: Llama, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars?, Demand > Run Like an Antelope > A Day in the Life
Encore: Stash, Hello My Baby
Notes: Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7RzUImgIQ
Friday, 11/15/1996
Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO
Set 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste > Cavern
Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Split Open and Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey > Mean Mr. Mustard > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Mimi Fishman addressed the crowd before the show and noted that the band was donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to charity. After Sleeping Monkey, Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter M (referencing all the second-set songs with “M”-titles) and the number 420. This show marked the Phish debut of Mean Mr. Mustard, complete with a John Popper (cloaked in a cape and hobbling with a cane to the roar of the audience) cameo as the “dirty old man.” Popper stayed on stage to lend his harmonica to a very short Weekapaug closer and Funky Bitch encore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGU7b41imE8
Saturday, 11/16/1996
Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
Set 1: Poor Heart > Down with Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy > Sparkle > Frankenstein
Set 2: La Grange > Runaway Jim -> The Vibration of Life -> Kung -> Catapult, Axilla > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg, Amazing Grace
Encore: We're an American Band
Notes: The Vibration of Life was announced by Trey as “Written by God” and was performed for the first time since November 30, 1994 (148 shows). At the end of Axilla, the light crew also received a bizarre tribute and Leigh Fordham, a member of Phish's light crew, was mentioned several times. The Hood lyrics were subsequently altered slightly to include a bit about Leigh Fordham. Suzy Greenberg included Leigh Fordham references as well as La Grange and Axilla teases. We’re An American Band made its Phish debut in the city referenced in its lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQdgErT2BGY
Monday, 11/18/1996
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN
Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart > Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Tweezer Reprise > Llama
Encore: Waste, Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Tweezer through Llama and Johnny B. Goode featured Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHSA0sQv5yI
Tuesday, 11/19/1996
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
Set 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee > Taste, Loving Cup
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life > Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Trey announced the first-ever Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general, and more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band’s Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM93a2umZqw
Friday, 11/22/1996
Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
Set 1: It's Ice > Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough for You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
Set 2: Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Maze, Billy Breathes > Swept Away > Steep > Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
Encore: Julius
Notes: Julius included a Cocaine quote and a thank you to the city of Spokane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NsD-MVkJE
Saturday, 11/23/1996
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Divided Sky, Punch You In the Eye, Midnight on the Highway, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
Set 2: The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Makisupa Policeman > Axilla > Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: This show included the first Phish performance of Midnight on the Highway, which was learned while the band was stopped at the American/Canadian border. Makisupa also referenced the border-crossing incident: “Woke up in the morning, border guard in my bunk, he took his fucking dog on the bus, and he found my dank.” Weekapaug was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDosaqoPXZA
Sunday, 11/24/1996
Memorial Colisem, Portland, OR
Set 1: Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Reba, Character Zero, Strange Design > Taste, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle > David Bowie, A Day in the Life > You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. I Didn’t Know included a Because tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvCTplEtVI
Wednesday, 11/27/1996
Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Set 1: Julius > My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free > Theme From the Bottom, Bold As Love
Set 2: Down with Disease -> Jesus Just Left Chicago > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Down with Disease Reprise, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: Waste > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The Mule Duel included Brady Bunch theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fishman. Fire and Bold As Love were dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. The Disease and Tweezer combo has led some fans to refer to this as the “Diseezer.” The Disease Reprise contained a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mow6JEnocQ
Friday, 11/29/1996
The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
Set 1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Wilson > Simple -> Sparks > Sparkle > Taste > Swept Away > Steep > You Enjoy Myself, Waste > Harry Hood
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Notes: Trey broke a string during YEM, leading to some odd jamming. Sparks was played for the first time since October 29, 1994 (173 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_drdNEYQ3S4
Saturday, 11/30/1996
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
Set 1: Runaway Jim > Punch You In the Eye, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture
Set 2: La Grange, It's Ice > Glide, Brother, Contact > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Timber (Jerry) > Taste, Funky Bitch, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam
Encore: Possum
Notes: The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone. Taste included an intro jam that was basically a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye and 2001 featured Get Up Offa That Thing quotes and James Brown antics from Fishman. 2001 also contained Super Bad teases from Trey. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ctfPHipfd4
Sunday, 12/01/1996
Pauley Pavilion, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Set 1: Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Cavern > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain > Down with Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Tweezer > Sparkle > Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away > Steep > Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Highway to Hell
Notes: This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiXz63i8_4c
Monday, 12/02/1996
America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Set 1: Rocky Top > AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
Set 2: Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother > Taste > Free, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Fire
Notes: Scent of a Mule was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WDP6OkOILA
Wednesday, 12/04/1996
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry) > Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, The Lizards, David Bowie
Set 2: Ha Ha Ha > Mike's Song > Prince Caspian > Sparkle > Punch You In the Eye, Life on Mars?, Reba, Lawn Boy, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Jesus Just Left Chicago
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. During Lawn Boy, Trey thanked the caterers and brought two of them on stage to dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7j_yumvZEk
Friday, 12/06/1996
The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Set 1: Wilson > Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses > Down with Disease > Frankenstein
Set 2: Julius, Sparkle > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Jam > Harry Hood > Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Harpua -> Wildwood Weed -> Harpua -> I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart -> Harpua -> Suspicious Minds -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
Notes: 2001 included Super Bad teases. The YEM vocal jam was based on donuts. The jam out of Simple contained Blister in the Sun quotes. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature as opposed to its usual 7/4 signature. Wildwood Weed (a Phish debut with Les Claypool on vocals) and parts of Harpua featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus. I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart also made its Phish debut at this show and featured the Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, Claypool, LaLonde, and John McEuen. Suspicious Minds featured four Elvis impersonators on vocals with Fishman joining in at the end. Suzy Greenberg featured Claypool, LaLonde, McEuen, the Elvis impersonators, The Yodeling Cowgirls dancing on stage, and actor Courtney Gains on Trey’s percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg. This show was officially released as Phish Vegas 96.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sADwJdXjpWg
Saturday, 12/28/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein
Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song -> Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Makisupa Policeman included the cryptic lyrics “Stink, Stank, Stunk,” which may have been a reference to the theme song in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Weekapaug Groove ended with a long Page solo. The Star Spangled Banner was dedicated to Kate Smith, who used to sing God Bless America at Flyers’ home hockey games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiczUBt0AA
Sunday, 12/29/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles > You Enjoy Myself, Harpua -> Champagne Supernova -> Harpua
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Squirming Coil contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Page. Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the breakout of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0s3yjXKLN8
Monday, 12/30/1996
FleetCenter, Boston, MA
Set 1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > Good Times Bad Times
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Possum
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fishman took an “air drum” solo, Trey performed Townsend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still “playing” the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyjftp0Z1E
Tuesday, 12/31/1996
FleetCenter, Boston, MA
Set 1: Axilla > Peaches en Regalia > Punch You In the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian > Character Zero
Set 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody, Julius
Encore: Amazing Grace
Notes: As the traditional Auld Lang Syne rang in the New Year, tens of thousands of balloons (reportedly a world record) fell from the rafters. This show marked the first Phish performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. PYITE included Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases from Page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwcbQUHckT0
Main Stage, New Orleans Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA
Set 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Sparkle > Stash, Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself -> Wolfman's Brother > Scent of a Mule > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life > David Bowie
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern
Notes: This single-set performance headlined this day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Ya Mar included a When the Saints Go Marching In tease. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman’s Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcOOYiy9ac
Thursday, 06/06/1996
Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Scent of a Mule, Highway to Hell
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash, Waste, Character Zero, David Bowie, Fee > Sample in a Jar
Encore: Ya Mar, Fire
Notes: This unannounced show was performed under the name “Third Ball.” BBFCFM featured Trey using a Rolling Rock beer bottle as a slide. Scent of a Mule included a Sunshine of Your Love tease and saw Trey on keys for portions. Waste and Character Zero debuted at this show. The opening act was Juan Hung Low.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwImFckHQso
Wednesday, 07/03/1996
Stadio Briamasco, Trento, Italy
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle > Taste -> Llama
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo sat in on Taste and Llama, during which Trey flubbed lyrics to both songs; Carlos jumped in to help during Llama, singing a verse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2PCCO7ej8
Friday, 07/05/1996
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Set 1: Funky Bitch -> Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself > Scent of a Mule, David Bowie
Encore: Sweet Adeline
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-hweNFd88
Saturday, 07/06/1996
Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Reba, Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Maze, Harry Hood
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDV3NIUERyA
Sunday, 07/07/1996
Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain > Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope > Suzy Greenberg
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAwMG8BvcxI
Tuesday, 07/09/1996
Centre International, Deauville, France
Set 1: Theme From the Bottom > Poor Heart, Taste > Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song -> Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrRehHXjB7g
Wednesday, 07/10/1996
Le Zenith, Paris, France
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste > David Bowie, Hello My Baby
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip5-OQju4UE
Thursday, 07/11/1996
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Cavern > Reba, I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Harry Hood > Bouncing Around the Room > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: A Day in the Life
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Hello My Baby was performed without amplification.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKheB0ptnYY
Friday, 07/12/1996
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar > Funky Bitch, Taste, Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer > Llama
Set 2: It's Ice -> Prince Caspian > Mike's Song -> Run Like an Antelope -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Jam, NICU -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Suzy Greenberg
Set 3: David Bowie -> Free, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode
Notes: The reworked Taste debuted at this show, and Trey announced that the song would be performed like this (the Billy Breathes album version) from now on. Caspian, Slave, Bowie, and Free were all unfinished. The jam before NICU was interactive, as the band jammed on chords yelled out by the fans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhsl8CbO1Zk
Saturday, 07/13/1996
Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Runaway Jim, Cavern > Reba, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Fire, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZdh2RvJGdA
Monday, 07/15/1996
La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Punch You In the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Guyute, Possum, I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern
Set 2: Down with Disease > Maze, Loving Cup > Makisupa Policeman > It's Ice, Julius, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Notes: Possum contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtcUXn_zPI
Wednesday, 07/17/1996
Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
Set 1: Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT2QCvh4-Oo
Thursday, 07/18/1996
Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France
Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > Bouncing Around the Room > Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana at the Nice Jazz Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqoTGQkbsk
Friday, 07/19/1996
Les Arenes Romaines, Arles, France
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture, The Squirming Coil
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPYRSIn87E
Sunday, 07/21/1996
The Forum, Nüremberg, Germany
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus > Guelah Papyrus > Rift > Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song, Fee > Timber (Jerry) > Johnny B. Goode
Set 2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom > Reba, Life on Mars?, Free, Run Like an Antelope > Simple -> Prince Caspian > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Harry Hood
Notes: Train Song debuted at this show and was dedicated to the fans that were following the band around Europe via the rails. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaE0rE1mezs
Monday, 07/22/1996
Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
Set 1: Sample in a Jar > Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAvLHjZzHRc
Tuesday, 07/23/1996
Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule, Down with Disease > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Hello My Baby
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Rocky Top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uCrjT9tvw
Wednesday, 07/24/1996
The Music Hall, Hanover, Germany
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ8ltyZ2vZc
Thursday, 07/25/1996
Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
Set 1: Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice > Run Like an Antelope, Life on Mars?, Harry Hood > Cavern
Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF2O_-eZu-g
Friday, 08/02/1996
Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre, Park City, UT
Set 1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Ya Mar, Down with Disease > Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Possum
Set 2: Runaway Jim > Simple > Taste > Free > Fluffhead > Prince Caspian > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Punch You In the Eye
Notes: This show marked the debut of Page’s theremin. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was played for the first time since July 3, 1994 (161 shows) and was performed solo by Page on the theremin in response to the huge rainbow that appeared over the venue just before the show started. Possum contained an Oom Pa Pa signal. Antelope included a tease of May The Force Be With You (The Force Theme from Star Wars).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yr5ZeBSm4
Sunday, 08/04/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee > Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
Set 2: AC/DC Bag > Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Theme from Star Trek, Rocky Top
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Theme from Star Trek made its
Phish debut at this show and was performed by Page solo on the theremin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TDMxA-jbk
Monday, 08/05/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Wilson > Poor Heart > Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> It's Ice, Halley's Comet, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Talk, Train Song, Strange Design, Amazing Grace, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Cavern
Notes: As urged in flyers handed out by Phish.netters, many fans sat down during the silent part of Divided Sky. Down with Disease was unfinished. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed with Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. This show marked the first performance of Talk and featured an atypical It’s Ice. Mike teased Barracuda before the second set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbF363LLeA
Tuesday, 08/06/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Makisupa Policeman > Rift > Suzy Greenberg > Simple, Theme From the Bottom > The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > A Day in the Life > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Note the “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge” quote from Trey during the break in Rift. The quote was a reference both to U2’s Live: Under a Blood Red Sky album and Trey’s similar remarks on the Junta-released version of Icculus. Suzy included a Simple tease. The phrase “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas” during Antelope in reference to a fan’s quote in a newspaper article on the disturbance in Morrison the day before. Tweezer included a Norwegian Wood jam. Harry Hood featured the debut of the “Hood” response chant, initiated by Phish.netters and advertised on flyers handed out at the Red Rocks shows. Among other ideas, the flyers encouraged fans to shout: “Hood” after the band sings “Harry.” It began to rain in the second set; the band responded with Purple Rain, and Chris Kuroda showed the stage in purple lights. The performance of Simple from this gig appears on the Carved in Stone CD benefiting The Rocks Fund, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3CGd59XaU
Wednesday, 08/07/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, Ninety-Nine Years (and One Dark Day), Hold to a Dream, Doin' My Time
Set 2: Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim > Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Possum, Life on Mars?, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
Notes: During Ya Mar, Trey thanked the audience, saluted a Colorado swimmer who won two gold medals at the Olympics, and announced that a special guest would come out later in the set. The last three songs of the first set were all Phish debuts and featured Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals. During the Mockingbird narration, Trey told of a giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWUql7yuvqc
Saturday, 08/10/1996
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > Fee > Reba, I Didn't Know, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift > Bathtub Gin, Cavern
Set 2: Wilson > Down with Disease > Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > A Day in the Life
Encore: Contact > Fire
Notes: My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Page teased Sunshine of Your Love during the Mule Duel. Whipping Post was played for the first time since April 20, 1993 (284 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pLSLd-gQ1Y
Monday, 08/12/1996
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set 1: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > It's Ice > Dog Faced Boy, Taste, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Sparkle > Simple > Prince Caspian > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Notes: Caspian was unfinished. Possum included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals as well as a Voodoo Child tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QrAnFsw980
Tuesday, 08/13/1996
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set 1: Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You > The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set 2: AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Mike's Song > Lifeboy > Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train Song, Strange Design, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Notes: Page performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow solo on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky over the soundcheck jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDohzMvTTH0
Wednesday, 08/14/1996
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
Set 1: Wilson -> Jam > Down with Disease, Fee -> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song > Gumbo, Stash, Hello My Baby
Set 2: Runaway Jim > You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses > Tweezer, Theme From the Bottom > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Julius
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Julius was dedicated to Brad Sands’s brother Matty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp3qzlqe1KA
Thursday, 08/15/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
"From The Archives"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fmjLnatEI
Thursday, 08/15/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: Jam, Hold Your Head Up Jam, Jam, Jam
Notes: This was the soundcheck for The Clifford Ball. The final jam segment included the first annual soundcheck tribute to "Mr. Sausage," multiple shout-outs to festival staff, and Trey on his mini-drum kit. 50+ minutes of this check were included on the Clifford Ball DVD bonus disc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fmjLnatEI
Friday, 08/16/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie
Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste, Talk, Train Song, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove
Set 3: Makisupa Policeman > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> NICU, Life on Mars? > Harry Hood -> Jam
Encore: Amazing Grace
Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam
Notes: This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Bathtub Gin contained a brief DEG tease from Trey. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The jam at the end of Harry Hood accompanied a fireworks display. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.
http://goo.gl/w44NV
Saturday, 08/17/1996
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set 1: The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Reba > Cars Trucks Buses, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee -> Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Brother, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope > Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light
Set 3: Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Harpua
Notes: This was the second show of The Clifford Ball festival. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein of Syracuse, who was front row center for every show of the tour. The first Brother since August 2, 1993 (257 shows) featured Ben and Jerry on guest vocals. Wilson included a Heartbreaker tease. Antelope featured a female acrobat twirling in the rigging, suspended above the stage in a circus-like fashion. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. Tweezer had big trampolines on each side of the stage and more circus shenanigans. A stunt plane circled overhead during Tweezer Reprise and Harpua. Harpua was unfinished; it was completed on August 16, 1997 at The Great Went.
http://goo.gl/uXiJs
Wednesday, 10/16/1996
Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY
Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease, Wilson > Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Billy Breathes, Mound > Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Character Zero
Set 2: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode
Encore: Waste
Notes: Swept Away and Steep debuted at this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpvfae6mFo
Thursday, 10/17/1996
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Sparkle > Tweezer > Theme From the Bottom, Talk, Punch You In the Eye, Character Zero, A Day in the Life, Tweezer Reprise
Set 2: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, The Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner, David Bowie
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Notes: The Star Spangled Banner made its Phish debut at this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66poii_phY
Friday, 10/18/1996
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Notes: YEM included teases of Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel Like We Do. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlAp9AUHRac
Saturday, 10/19/1996
Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther > Llama, Gumbo, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Frankenstein
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away > Steep > Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby
Encore: Fee, Rocky Top
Notes: The second set started with a Wish You Were Here tease. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21v_UFByjm0
Monday, 10/21/1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum
Set 2: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars?, Simple -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Ginseng was played for the first time since June 23, 1995 (103 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdK633MyF0
Tuesday, 10/22/1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free > You Enjoy Myself
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease > Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: All Along the Watchtower
Notes: This Weekapaug, often referred to as the “Freakapaug,” included circus dancers and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 226 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fishman on Trey’s percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSa6YhSIF4Q
Wednesday, 10/23/1996
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Hello My Baby, Character Zero, Rift, Theme From the Bottom > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer > The Lizards, Llama, Suzy Greenberg > Slave to the Traffic Light, Julius
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: The entire second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Ya Mar included a long drum jam between Fishman and Gullotti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vb-q0zyvL0
Friday, 10/25/1996
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set 1: Ha Ha Ha > Taste, Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know, Stash, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Tube > Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry) > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, NICU > Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood > Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GER517R2Hp0
Saturday, 10/26/1996
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
Set 2: Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle > Simple -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Fire
Notes: Antelope included Star Spangled Banner and Voodoo Child teases, and was dedicated by Trey to Fishman’s then-14-year old cousin Jason Roberts for winning a guitar competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-d2qKZbe0M
Sunday, 10/27/1996
North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You In the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee > Scent of a Mule -> Catapult -> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk, Taste, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift > Prince Caspian > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars? > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Possum, Carolina
Notes: Catapult was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Melt contained In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida teases and Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJt5rMOoXH4
Tuesday, 10/29/1996
Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart > David Bowie
Set 2: Rift > Mike's Song > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fishman as “Norton Charlton Heston.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oDGvvEmUM
Thursday, 10/31/1996
The Omni, Atlanta, GA
Set 1: Sanity > Highway to Hell > Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian > Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner
Set 2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) > Crosseyed and Painless, The Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime > Houses in Motion -> Seen and Not Seen -> Listening Wind > The Overload
Set 3: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Frankenstein
Notes: The Mockingbird narration included a reference to The Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus. As Trey told the story, Byrne threw Colonel Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the “evil” Famous Mockingbird. The second set "musical costume" was The Talking Heads' Remain in Light. All of the Remain in Light songs were Phish debuts; the set featured Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Perazzo also played during the entire third set. Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg, and Frankenstein also featured Grippo and Gazaway. At the end of Houses in Motion (which featured Trey teasing Tweezer), an armchair was brought out to the center of the stage and Mike sat in it to sing Seen and Not Seen. While he sang, Karl Perazzo drummed and Trey played bass. After Overload, a bizarre on-stage demonstration closed the set. The third set opened with a Feel Like a Stranger tease. Suzy included a Born Under Punches tease from Page. Simple included a tease of Mama Told Me Not to Come. The soundcheck's Overload was performed with horns and briefly featured Fishman on vacuum. This show was officially released as Live Phish 15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rriic17zgYw
Saturday, 11/02/1996
Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL
Set 1: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee -> Taste, Cavern > Stash, The Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode
Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood > A Day in the Life, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Mike repeatedly teased the bass line of Dave's Energy Guide in the C&P jam and then Trey very briefly teased it as well. The lyric “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas” in Antelope. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fishman played Trey’s percussion rack. Portions of this performance (Ya Mar, Crosseyed/Antelope, Waste, Hood, and ADITL) were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hh8yDGQc2g
Sunday, 11/03/1996
O'Connell Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Runaway Jim, Billy Breathes, The Sloth, NICU > Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle > Tweezer, Life on Mars?, Possum > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Fire
Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey teased China Cat Sunflower (the segue into I know You Rider) in the intro of Possum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMu0TpnkIyQ
Wednesday, 11/06/1996
Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie
Set 2: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > Funky Bitch
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Split Open And Melt included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3xOr3huoE
Thursday, 11/07/1996
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free > Tela, Character Zero
Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Bathtub Gin -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Frankenstein
Notes: Character Zero was performed without the ending vocal jam. Fishman humorously stumbled through Bike, which was played by request.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBUV1twI2Qo
Friday, 11/08/1996
Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered > Mound, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Simple, Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Theme From the Bottom
Notes: Trey had equipment problems in Simple, so Loving Cup (“I know I play a bad guitar”) was played next. Simple included a Cecilia tease. ATR was played for the first time since July 1, 1995 (108 shows) and Axilla was played for the first time since October 16, 1994 (170 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAY_bYcRLJs
Saturday, 11/09/1996
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zero
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Notes: Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Hood contained a Steep tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOSi9OgWLY
Monday, 11/11/1996
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla > Runaway Jim
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain > Sample in a Jar > Tweezer, Swept Away > Steep > Maze, Contact > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Waste, Cavern
Notes: Divided Sky included an All Fall Down signal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZiNSy7UIcU
Wednesday, 11/13/1996
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Set 1: Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Jam > Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK2UMtG0l14
Thursday, 11/14/1996
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius
Set 2: Llama, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars?, Demand > Run Like an Antelope > A Day in the Life
Encore: Stash, Hello My Baby
Notes: Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7RzUImgIQ
Friday, 11/15/1996
Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO
Set 1: Wilson > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste > Cavern
Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Split Open and Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey > Mean Mr. Mustard > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Funky Bitch
Notes: Mimi Fishman addressed the crowd before the show and noted that the band was donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to charity. After Sleeping Monkey, Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter M (referencing all the second-set songs with “M”-titles) and the number 420. This show marked the Phish debut of Mean Mr. Mustard, complete with a John Popper (cloaked in a cape and hobbling with a cane to the roar of the audience) cameo as the “dirty old man.” Popper stayed on stage to lend his harmonica to a very short Weekapaug closer and Funky Bitch encore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGU7b41imE8
Saturday, 11/16/1996
Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
Set 1: Poor Heart > Down with Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy > Sparkle > Frankenstein
Set 2: La Grange > Runaway Jim -> The Vibration of Life -> Kung -> Catapult, Axilla > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg, Amazing Grace
Encore: We're an American Band
Notes: The Vibration of Life was announced by Trey as “Written by God” and was performed for the first time since November 30, 1994 (148 shows). At the end of Axilla, the light crew also received a bizarre tribute and Leigh Fordham, a member of Phish's light crew, was mentioned several times. The Hood lyrics were subsequently altered slightly to include a bit about Leigh Fordham. Suzy Greenberg included Leigh Fordham references as well as La Grange and Axilla teases. We’re An American Band made its Phish debut in the city referenced in its lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQdgErT2BGY
Monday, 11/18/1996
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN
Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart > Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Tweezer Reprise > Llama
Encore: Waste, Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Tweezer through Llama and Johnny B. Goode featured Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHSA0sQv5yI
Tuesday, 11/19/1996
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
Set 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee > Taste, Loving Cup
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life > Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Trey announced the first-ever Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general, and more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band’s Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM93a2umZqw
Friday, 11/22/1996
Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
Set 1: It's Ice > Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough for You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
Set 2: Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Maze, Billy Breathes > Swept Away > Steep > Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
Encore: Julius
Notes: Julius included a Cocaine quote and a thank you to the city of Spokane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NsD-MVkJE
Saturday, 11/23/1996
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Divided Sky, Punch You In the Eye, Midnight on the Highway, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
Set 2: The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Makisupa Policeman > Axilla > Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: This show included the first Phish performance of Midnight on the Highway, which was learned while the band was stopped at the American/Canadian border. Makisupa also referenced the border-crossing incident: “Woke up in the morning, border guard in my bunk, he took his fucking dog on the bus, and he found my dank.” Weekapaug was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDosaqoPXZA
Sunday, 11/24/1996
Memorial Colisem, Portland, OR
Set 1: Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Reba, Character Zero, Strange Design > Taste, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle > David Bowie, A Day in the Life > You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. I Didn’t Know included a Because tease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvCTplEtVI
Wednesday, 11/27/1996
Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Set 1: Julius > My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free > Theme From the Bottom, Bold As Love
Set 2: Down with Disease -> Jesus Just Left Chicago > Scent of a Mule, Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Down with Disease Reprise, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: Waste > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: The Mule Duel included Brady Bunch theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fishman. Fire and Bold As Love were dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. The Disease and Tweezer combo has led some fans to refer to this as the “Diseezer.” The Disease Reprise contained a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mow6JEnocQ
Friday, 11/29/1996
The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
Set 1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Wilson > Simple -> Sparks > Sparkle > Taste > Swept Away > Steep > You Enjoy Myself, Waste > Harry Hood
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Notes: Trey broke a string during YEM, leading to some odd jamming. Sparks was played for the first time since October 29, 1994 (173 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_drdNEYQ3S4
Saturday, 11/30/1996
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
Set 1: Runaway Jim > Punch You In the Eye, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture
Set 2: La Grange, It's Ice > Glide, Brother, Contact > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Timber (Jerry) > Taste, Funky Bitch, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam
Encore: Possum
Notes: The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone. Taste included an intro jam that was basically a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye and 2001 featured Get Up Offa That Thing quotes and James Brown antics from Fishman. 2001 also contained Super Bad teases from Trey. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ctfPHipfd4
Sunday, 12/01/1996
Pauley Pavilion, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Set 1: Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Cavern > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain > Down with Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Tweezer > Sparkle > Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away > Steep > Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Highway to Hell
Notes: This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiXz63i8_4c
Monday, 12/02/1996
America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Set 1: Rocky Top > AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
Set 2: Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother > Taste > Free, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Fire
Notes: Scent of a Mule was unfinished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WDP6OkOILA
Wednesday, 12/04/1996
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry) > Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, The Lizards, David Bowie
Set 2: Ha Ha Ha > Mike's Song > Prince Caspian > Sparkle > Punch You In the Eye, Life on Mars?, Reba, Lawn Boy, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Jesus Just Left Chicago
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. During Lawn Boy, Trey thanked the caterers and brought two of them on stage to dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7j_yumvZEk
Friday, 12/06/1996
The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Set 1: Wilson > Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses > Down with Disease > Frankenstein
Set 2: Julius, Sparkle > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Jam > Harry Hood > Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Harpua -> Wildwood Weed -> Harpua -> I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart -> Harpua -> Suspicious Minds -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
Notes: 2001 included Super Bad teases. The YEM vocal jam was based on donuts. The jam out of Simple contained Blister in the Sun quotes. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature as opposed to its usual 7/4 signature. Wildwood Weed (a Phish debut with Les Claypool on vocals) and parts of Harpua featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus. I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart also made its Phish debut at this show and featured the Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, Claypool, LaLonde, and John McEuen. Suspicious Minds featured four Elvis impersonators on vocals with Fishman joining in at the end. Suzy Greenberg featured Claypool, LaLonde, McEuen, the Elvis impersonators, The Yodeling Cowgirls dancing on stage, and actor Courtney Gains on Trey’s percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg. This show was officially released as Phish Vegas 96.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sADwJdXjpWg
Saturday, 12/28/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein
Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song -> Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Notes: Makisupa Policeman included the cryptic lyrics “Stink, Stank, Stunk,” which may have been a reference to the theme song in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Weekapaug Groove ended with a long Page solo. The Star Spangled Banner was dedicated to Kate Smith, who used to sing God Bless America at Flyers’ home hockey games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiczUBt0AA
Sunday, 12/29/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles > You Enjoy Myself, Harpua -> Champagne Supernova -> Harpua
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Squirming Coil contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Page. Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the breakout of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0s3yjXKLN8
Monday, 12/30/1996
FleetCenter, Boston, MA
Set 1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > Good Times Bad Times
Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Possum
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fishman took an “air drum” solo, Trey performed Townsend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still “playing” the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyjftp0Z1E
Tuesday, 12/31/1996
FleetCenter, Boston, MA
Set 1: Axilla > Peaches en Regalia > Punch You In the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian > Character Zero
Set 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody, Julius
Encore: Amazing Grace
Notes: As the traditional Auld Lang Syne rang in the New Year, tens of thousands of balloons (reportedly a world record) fell from the rafters. This show marked the first Phish performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. PYITE included Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases from Page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwcbQUHckT0
