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Thursday, 02/13/1997
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo, Taste > Waste > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Peaches en Regalia, Love Me, David Bowie

Set 2: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > My Soul > Punch You In the Eye > Jam > Slave to the Traffic Light > When the Circus Comes > Maze > Rock A William, Harry Hood > Frankenstein

Encore: Prince Caspian > Johnny B. Goode

Notes: The European tour opener featured the debuts of Walfredo and Rock A William and the Phish debuts of Love Me, My Soul, and When the Circus Comes. Maze was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keyeAIVVrXc
 


Friday, 02/14/1997
Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

Set 1: Runaway Jim > NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Axilla > It's Ice > Billy Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: AC/DC Bag > Ya Mar > Down with Disease > Funky Bitch > Reba, Walfredo, Rock A William, Scent of a Mule > A Day in the Life

Encore: Character Zero

Notes: Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Mule was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecNwSnjh8Rw


 
Sunday, 02/16/1997
Alter Wartesaal, Cologne, Germany

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed and Painless > Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan > Tweezer, Waste > Cavern > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle > Simple -> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away > Steep -> David Bowie, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Theme From the Bottom > Johnny B. Goode

Notes: This show was rebroadcast on German television and featured the Phish debut of Beauty of My Dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDeaDFe8cRQ


 
Monday, 02/17/1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Divided Sky, Wilson > My Soul, Guyute, Timber (Jerry) > Billy Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: The Squirming Coil -> Down with Disease -> Carini -> Taste -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg > Prince Caspian

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top

Notes: This show marked the debut of Carini and the Phish debut of Soul Shakedown Party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_qG1Q0jL1k


 
Tuesday, 02/18/1997
Bataclan, Paris, France

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You In the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU, Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Peaches en Regalia > Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul > Maze, Wolfman's Brother > Reba, Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein

Encore: Bold As Love

Notes: Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright) who had been hit by a car earlier in the day. Reba did not have the whistling ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99s5pC1YpU


 
Thursday, 02/20/1997
Teatro Smeraldo, Milan, Italy

Set 1: The Curtain > Tweezer, Soul Shakedown Party > Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Taste, Gumbo, When the Circus Comes > David Bowie > Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Free > Swept Away > Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Julius

Notes: Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOrSAhX05I


 
Friday, 02/21/1997
Tenax, Florence, Italy

Set 1: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease > The Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope -> Wilson -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Billy Breathes, Reba > Waste > Prince Caspian

Encore: Character Zero

Notes: During the “Wash Uffize Drive Me to Firenze” section of YEM, Fish exclaimed “this is a dream come true!” Antelope was unfinished and a heavy metal jam rose from the “Rye, Rye, Rocco” segment. Wilson was subsequently performed heavy metal style. Reba did not have the whistling ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLMvn4Oucq4


 
Saturday, 02/22/1997
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Set 1: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > When the Circus Comes, Talk, Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know, Character Zero

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

Notes: Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z3TDIRwCP8


 
Sunday, 02/23/1997
Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy

Set 1: Carini, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Love Me, Rift > Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie

Set 2: Daniel Saw the Stone > Suzy Greenberg > Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Peaches en Regalia > Mike's Song, Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Billy Breathes > Rocky Top

Notes: Carini started off as a pre-recorded tape playing through the P.A. system. Phish took the stage and picked up the song from where it was on the tape and continued to play. This show also featured the first Daniel Saw the Stone since August 28, 1993 (287 shows) and the first Why Don’t We Do It since June 25, 1995 (144 shows). GTBT contained a Tweezer Reprise tease.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9O4139bh8w


 
Tuesday, 02/25/1997
Incognito, Munich, Germany

Set 1: Runaway Jim, My Soul, One Meatball, Little Red Rooster, Got My Mojo Working, Stash, Waste, Taste, Loving Cup

Set 2: Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar > Punch You In the Eye > Free, Fee > My Friend, My Friend, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Chalk Dust Torture

Notes: One Meatball through Mojo Workin’ were Phish debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped. Caspian was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re51Q_QoSiY


 
Wednesday, 02/26/1997
SWF3 Studios, Baden-Baden, Germany

Set 1: Talk, Waste, Train Song, Walfredo, Goodbye Jam

Notes: This was an in-studio set before the Stuttgart show that evening. Between Talk and Waste, Trey noodled around to the tune of Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. The DJ played Michael’s version in its entirety after Waste. The Billy Breathes album versions of Free and Billy Breathes were also played during the broadcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfcKHmB29A



Wednesday, 02/26/1997
Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany

Set 1: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, Harry Hood > My Soul > Tube > Carini, Rock A William, Dog Log, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Set 2: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Ha Ha Ha > You Enjoy Myself -> Kung -> Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule > Jam -> Magilla > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Highway to Hell

Notes: This show featured the first Camel Walk since July 2, 1995 (140 shows) and first Magilla since May 4, 1994 (260 shows). Ha Ha Ha was notable for the heavy metal jam outro. YEM included Super Bad teases. The jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an ‘A’ Train tease from Mike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZk29QTbHAE


 
Friday, 02/28/1997
Huxley’s Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany

Set 1: Carini, Paul and Silas > My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia, Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar, Character Zero

Set 2: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein, David Bowie, Love Me, Axilla > Waste, Julius

Encore: A Day in the Life

Notes: This show included the first Paul and Silas since October 24, 1995 (120 shows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UraNl4HHkA


 
Saturday, 03/01/1997
Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany

Set 1: Cities > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba, Hello My Baby, Possum

Set 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike's Song -> Lawn Boy > Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song > Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom

Encore: Taste, Sweet Adeline

Notes: The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows). Wolfman’s included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro.  The jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End, as well as Careful with That Axe, Eugene; The End was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKvDivERi54


 
Sunday, 03/02/1997
Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark

Set 1: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute > My Soul > Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope -> Catapult -> Life on Mars? > Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You In the Eye > Waste, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This version of Antelope was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4zNC6vX8A



Tuesday, 03/18/1997
The Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT

Set 1: Cinnamon Girl, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You In the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams > Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses, Suzy Greenberg > Character Zero

Set 2: Taste > Drowned -> Prince Caspian > David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So, Love Me Like a Man, Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Hello My Baby, Funky Bitch

Notes: This show celebrated the release of “Phish Food” ice cream and was a benefit for the then-newly formed Waterwheel Foundation. “Ben & Jerry” made a short speech before the show and free ice cream was made available for the entire crowd. I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, both of which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, made their Phish debuts. Cinnamon Girl was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (899 shows). The last three songs of the first set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Suzy Greenberg included a Soul Power tease from the horn section. Hello My Baby was performed without microphones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0JLl1Nf8s



Friday, 06/06/1997
Brad Sands's and Pete Carini's House, Charlotte, VT

Set 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Dirt, Twist, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Olivia's Pool, I Don't Care, Samson Variation, Bye Bye Foot

Set 2: Samson Variation, Saw It Again, Waking Up, Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Dirt, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Twist -> Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ain't Love Funny, Stand! -> Izabella

Notes: This show, referred to as “The Fourth Ball” or “Bradstock,” was played for friends before the band embarked on the European summer tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK4mxvEZFmQ


 
Friday, 06/13/1997
The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams > Billy Breathes, Limb By Limb, Wolfman's Brother > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Taste

Set 2: Stash, Maze, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Slave to the Traffic Light > Chalk Dust Torture -> Ghost -> Olivia's Pool > Character Zero

Encore: Stand! -> Izabella

Notes: Phish continued their tradition of breaking out new songs at the beginning of a tour; Trey anounced after Dogs Stole Things that the band had written 15-16 new songs in the last eight weeks and that they would debuting many of them at this show. The show featured the debuts of Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Ghost and Olivia’s Pool as well as the Phish debuts of Stand and Izabella. Stash was preceded by a Tequila tease. Chalk Dust was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRQTKo7-eo


 
Saturday, 06/14/1997
The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Set 1: Down with Disease > NICU, Dirt, Talk, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Limb By Limb, Bye Bye Foot, Free, Prince Caspian

Set 2: Twist, Piper, Saw It Again, Waking Up, Dogs Stole Things, Waste, David Bowie, Cavern

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

Notes: This show featured the debuts of Bye Bye Foot, Twist, Piper and Waking Up and the Phish debuts of Dirt and Saw It Again. This show also featured unusually improvisational versions of Waste and Cavern.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9IyRaQo5NU


 
Monday, 06/16/1997
Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Set 1: The Squirming Coil > Dogs Stole Things > Taste, Water in the Sky, Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Theme From the Bottom, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Olivia's Pool

Set 2: Limb By Limb, Ghost -> I Don't Care > Reba, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Dirt, Harry Hood

Encore: Cities, Poor Heart

Notes: I Don’t Care made its short-lived debut at this show. Reba did not have the whistling ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9iFx4w9k0c


 
Thursday, 06/19/1997
Arena, Vienna, Austria

Set 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You In the Eye, Water in the Sky, Maze, Waste, Vultures, Runaway Jim

Set 2: Stash -> Ghost -> Saw It Again > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Piper, Jesus Just Left Chicago > Prince Caspian

Encore: Beauty of My Dreams > Character Zero, Hello My Baby

Notes: Stash was unfinished and Hello My Baby was performed without microphones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vu8ZDYIkQ


 
Friday, 06/20/1997
Archa Theater, Prague, Czech Republic

Set 1: Taste > Jam -> Cities > Horn -> Ain't Love Funny -> Limb By Limb -> I Don't Care > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: David Bowie, Ghost, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern > Twist, Bouncing Around the Room > Julius

Encore: When the Circus Comes > Rocky Top

Notes: Ain’t Love Funny made its Phish debut at this show and was played out of an odd, atypical jam that grew out of Horn. The Marco Esquandolas lyric in Antelope was changed to "The Jersey drunk." Julius contained a brief Stairway to Heaven tease from Trey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEAhFjC6hA


 
Saturday, 06/21/1997
Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart, Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom, Swept Away > Steep > Limb By Limb, Dirt > Harry Hood > Chalk Dust Torture, Samson Variation[1], Twist > Cavern

Encore: My Soul

Notes: Samson Variation debuted at this show. This single-set performance was part of the inaugural Hurricane Festival that also featured Ani DiFranco, Bad Religion, Ben Folds Five, Elegantly Wasted, and Primus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgtrR7NPpY


 
Sunday, 06/22/1997
Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Koblenz, Germany

Set 1: Taste, Water in the Sky, Stash, Dirt, Uncle Pen, Character Zero > Theme From the Bottom, Hello My Baby, Ghost

Encore: Limb By Limb

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the WDR Festival that also featured Ezio, K’s Choice, John Hiatt, Reef, Primus, and Steve Winwood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39M_PhSsSLc


 
Tuesday, 06/24/1997
La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France

Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Guelah Papyrus, Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian > Rocky Top

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother > Reba, NICU, Twist > Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost

Encore: Loving Cup

Notes: Guelah was aborted and scrapped. Reba did not have the whistling ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OBCHzhPUg


 
Wednesday, 06/25/1997
L’Aeronef, Lille, France

Set 1: Olivia's Pool, Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Theme From the Bottom, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Saw It Again, Limb By Limb, My Soul

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Piper -> Down with Disease -> Meatstick -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Makisupa Policeman, Cecilia > Hold Your Head Up > Rock A William, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Guyute

Notes: This show marked the debut of Meatstick and the Phish debut of Cecilia, which was performed a cappella by Fishman. The jam out of Disease included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. McGrupp included Makisupa teases; the subsequent Makisupa was unfinished. Antelope included crew introductions and a mention of Antelope Greg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0ccY3GpFT4


 
Friday, 06/27/1997
Worthy Farm, Somerset, England

Set 1: Wilson > Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the annual Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts that also included Beck, David Byrne, Pavement, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Spearhead, and Stereolab. Phish performed on The Pyramid Stage. Wilson was an appropriate opener, as the venue was less than 50 kilometers from Stonehenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5EG3PLARk


 
Sunday, 06/29/1997
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark

Set 1: You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Beauty of My Dreams, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Character Zero

Encore: My Soul

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the 27th annual Roskilde Festival that also included Beck, David Byrne, Charlie Hunter, Ani DiFranco, Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir, Mötley Crue, Pavement, Primus, and Radiohead. The first three songs of the set were broadcast on the festival radio station.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLD4Axt64Jw


 
Tuesday, 07/01/1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Ghost, Horn, Ya Mar, Limb By Limb -> Ain't Love Funny, Saw It Again, Dirt, Reba, Dogs Stole Things

Set 2: Jam -> Timber (Jerry) > Bathtub Gin -> Cities -> Jam, Loving Cup > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: When the Circus Comes

Notes: Ghost began the first of two nights of the infamous "Worm" banter, with Fishman saying "I think you know where you are" and Trey responding with "You're on the back of the worm!" The "Worm" was also mentioned in Ya Mar, Saw It Again, and the jam out of Cities, which also included When the Saints Go Marching In and Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases by Trey. Dirt was introduced as "Green Grass High Tides Forever." The second set began with a Fishman piano solo that evolved into a jam, as the rest of the band eventually joined the stage and Fishman moved to his drum kit. Bathtub Gin contained a Little Drummer Boy tease from Trey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-xSR86pvHw


 
Wednesday, 07/02/1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Maze, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Vultures, Water in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove

Set 2: Stash -> Llama -> Wormtown Jam -> Wading in the Velvet Sea

Encore: Free

Encore 2: David Bowie

Notes: The Wormtown Jam continued the stage banter of the night before. Portions of the narration were sung to the tune of Steve Miller’s Swingtown, as Trey warned the fans in attendance about the “killer worms” that inhabit the canals of Amsterdam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDSHEXwmotA


 
Thursday, 07/03/1997
Serenadenhof, Nüremberg, Germany

Set 1: Piper > My Soul > Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Taste, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Rocky Top

Set 2: Ghost > Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Sparkle > Harry Hood > Cavern

Encore: Character Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfPD6MV6jQ


 
Saturday, 07/05/1997
Piazza Risorgimento, Como, Italy

Set 1: Julius, Bouncing Around the Room > Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Prince Caspian -> Twist > Piper, Harry Hood > Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Good Times Bad Times

Encore: The Squirming Coil

Notes: This was a single-set, free outdoor show. Caspian was unfinished. Twist included a Groove Is In the Heart jam and GTBT included a Walk This Way tease. At the beginning of the Hood jam, Trey asked Chris to turn off the lights so that the band could see the mountains. Love You was played for the first time since December 8, 1995 (111 shows)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GzD1LZ05_0


 
Sunday, 07/06/1997
Spiaggia di Rivoltella, Desenzano, Italy

Soundcheck: Samson Variation -> Olivia’s Pool, Beauty of My Dreams, Hell’s Bells, You Shook Me All Night Long, Mmm-Bop, Another One Bites the Dust, And It Stoned Me, Only Shallow, The Banana Boat Song (aka Day-O)

Set 1: Runaway Jim, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Free, You Enjoy Myself > Waste, Rocky Top > Funky Bitch

Encore: My Soul

Notes: This was an outdoor show; the afternoon soundcheck was free and open to the public. Trey began playing Hell’s Bells to the accompaniment of church bells ringing nearby. During Mmm-Bop, Trey noted: “Fish will now do his version of James Brown singing Hanson’s Mmm-Bop.” Fishman responded in part that “I’m an 11-year-old sex machine” and that it was “too hot in the hot tub!” Another One Bites the Dust through Day-O featured the infamous Soundcheck Limbo Karaoke Contest, where fans were invited on stage to sing, while mic stands were used for the limbo contest. YEM did not contain a vocal jam and was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMQy2ZIpsZ4


 
Wednesday, 07/09/1997
Le Transbordeur, Lyon/Villeurbanne, France

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Taste, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood

Set 2: Down with Disease > My Soul > Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself -> Ghost > Poor Heart

Encore: Hello My Baby

Notes: YEM through Poor Heart featured Béla Fleck and The Flecktones (Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and Victor Wooten), who were announced during the bass and drums segment of YEM and bounced along during the tramps jam. YEM contained Disease and Palmetto Quickstep teases, as well as Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike’s bass simultaneously. Poor Heart included a Sanford and Son theme tease from Coffin. Pierre, a local Häagen-Dazs employee who the band met the day before, was repeatedly called-out by the band and was brought up on stage and serenaded during the encore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JRGaIHTtKA


 
Thursday, 07/10/1997
Espace Julien, Marseilles, France

Set 1: Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Llama -> Wading in the Velvet Sea, Jam, Olivia's Pool

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Julius -> Magilla, Ya Mar -> Ghost -> Take Me to the River -> Jam

Encore: Funky Bitch

Notes: Llama was unfinished and featured a long, atypical jam that wove into Velvet Sea. The jam after Velvet Sea concluded with a theme akin to Lizards. Prior to the start of the second set, Trey said that in France they love Jimi Hendrix and Danny Bonnaduce, explaining "that's why I'm here," and that he started his career as the Partridge Family's bass player. Trey subsequently teased Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque, remarked that the crowd was too young for that and that they didn't see the Partridge Family, but that the crowd knew it when they played Hanson the other night (see 7/6/97). Prior to 2001, Trey said they called Fishman "The Orchestral Greasy Troll," prompting some impromptu singing. Ya Mar featured various duets by the bandmembers, contained Magilla and St. Thomas teases, and lyrics referencing "vampire children." Take Me to the River (first since November 21, 1995, or 126 shows) was unfinished. Funky Bitch featured a guest appearance by members of the Son Seals Band and teases of Take Me to the River and Bathtub Gin by the trumpet player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbd-eUDpUHg


 
Friday, 07/11/1997
Doctor Music Festival, Escalarre, Spain

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Johnny B. Goode > You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Character Zero

Notes: This single-set performance was part of the 2nd annual Doctor Music Festival that also featured Blues Traveler, Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Jim Rose, and Smashing Pumpkins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oSrbzhm4ek


 
Monday, 07/21/1997
Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA

Set 1: Ghost > Dogs Stole Things > Piper, Dirt, Ginseng Sullivan > Bathtub Gin > Character Zero

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Magilla > David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Theme From the Bottom -> Jam > Funky Bitch, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Loving Cup

Notes: The jam during Bathtub Gin featured Trey jumping up and down in time with a syncopated jam, as well as strong Drowned teases. Near the end of the jam, Trey mentioned how good it was to be back home and named the four newer songs that were played. The beginning of Bowie included a Birdland jam and Wolfman’s included a Bathtub Gin tease. The jam out of Theme, as well as Funky Bitch, featured LeRoi Moore on saxophone. The jam with LeRoi included a segment where he played two saxes, Trey played three guitars, Mike played two basses and the Cracklin’ Rosie cymbals, Fish had four drumsticks and Page was lying across his keyboards playing as many as possible. LeRoi also teased the Woody Woodpecker theme during the jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbGgWHEOAYU


 
Tuesday, 07/22/1997
Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

Set 1: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Mike's Song -> Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hello My Baby

Encore: When the Circus Comes > Harry Hood

Notes: The first set of this show was performed during a furious lightning storm; during Taste, the band even jammed along with the thunder and lightning. Mother (Pink Floyd) was teased by Trey in Bye Bye Foot. Down with Disease was unfinished. Weekapaug also included a Hydrogen tease from Trey and closed with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dW_oM0iyeM


 
Wednesday, 07/23/1997
Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Julius, Dirt, NICU > Dogs Stole Things > Ginseng Sullivan, Water in the Sky, Limb By Limb, Split Open and Melt, Billy Breathes, Possum

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye, Ghost > Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself -> Rocky Mountain Way Jam > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Frankenstein

Notes: Ghost included an On Your Way Down tease. YEM included a Jeopardy! theme tease, a very unusual SOAMule-like jam segment, and did not have a vocal jam. Chalk Dust included Rocky Mountain Way teases.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbtuyHq0PY


 
Friday, 07/25/1997
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX

Set 1: Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Maze, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> AC/DC Bag

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture -> Taste -> Ya Mar -> Drums -> Ghost > Character Zero

Encore: Theme From the Bottom

Notes: The second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Chalk Dust was unfinished. The Drum Jam also featured Page on keys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t20O72BDpU


 
Saturday, 07/26/1997
South Park Meadows, Austin, TX

Set 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things > Poor Heart, Stash, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Dirt, You Enjoy Myself -> Izabella

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > David Bowie, Harry Hood -> Blister in the Sun Jam -> Harry Hood -> Free, Waste > Johnny B. Goode

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern

Notes: Hood was unfinished. The entire show featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. YEM did not contain a vocal jam and included Willie the Pimp teases just before the segue into Izabella. Bowie contained teases of the backup vocals to Rock Lobster (B52's).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3y9pj1LPmQ


 
Tuesday, 07/29/1997
Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle, Ghost, Swept Away > Steep > Loving Cup

Set 2: Olivia's Pool, Run Like an Antelope > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist -> Taste, Sample in a Jar > Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil

Encore: Possum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npbGXIXGguQ


 
Wednesday, 07/30/1997
Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA

Set 1: NICU > Wolfman's Brother > Chalk Dust Torture, Water in the Sky, Stash, Weigh > Piper > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Free > David Bowie -> Cities -> David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian > Fire

Encore: My Soul

Notes: Wolfman’s included a Take Me to the River jam. The Bowie intro included a Simpsons signal; Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, was reportedly in attendance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMVw6PBgD8


 
Thursday, 07/31/1997
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Set 1: Ghost > Ya Mar > Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Dirt > Maze, Glide, Saw It Again, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Cinnamon Girl

Notes: YEM contained strange Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases. Listen for Sweet Home Alabama teases before the start of the second set and Mind Left Body teases during McGrupp. Weekapaug included Happy Birthday teases from Trey, who later made reference to Jerry Garcia’s birthday, which was the following day. Trey noted that Phish and the rest of the music community were trying to keep Jerry’s spirit alive through music. Weekapaug ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsw2WaYlrY


 
Saturday, 08/02/1997
Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Tweezer -> Johnny B. Goode > Sparkle, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Harry Hood

Notes: Disease included teases of Three Blind Mice in its intro and was unfinished. Disease was subsequently teased near the end of Tweezer. During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights, "So we can just have the outdoor vibe here." Also, at Hood's end, Trey added "Mount Hood" once after the lyric, "You can feel good about Hood."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvR91AyRWvM


 
Sunday, 08/03/1997
Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: Bathtub Gin > Foam, Samson Variation > Dirt > Vultures, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Twist -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb By Limb, Character Zero

Set 2: Julius > Simple > Fluffhead, Lifeboy > Taste, Hello My Baby, Frankenstein

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQsjVcAT_A


 
Wednesday, 08/06/1997
Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO

Set 1: NICU > Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Ghost, Prince Caspian > Cars Trucks Buses > Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Julius

Notes: Antelope included May The Force Be With You (The Force Theme from Star Wars) teases and a Makisupa jam with Page on the theremin and Mike on a mini-drum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVHCCdmHLFw



 
Friday, 08/08/1997
New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL

Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo > The Lizards, Dirt > It's Ice > Water in the Sky, Character Zero

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Free, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup > Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Hoochie Coochie Man, Messin' with The Kid

Notes: The encore, which included the Phish debut of Messin’ with the Kid, featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals. Hoochie Coochie Man was played for the first time since April 10, 1993 (381 shows). This was the first Phish show to be webcast live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4HLJypHMes


 
Saturday, 08/09/1997
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Punch You In the Eye, Ghost -> Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Reba, Lawn Boy > Crossroads

Set 2: Wilson > Foam, Mike's Song -> Ain't Love Funny -> Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

Notes: Tears of a Clown was teased before Theme. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Scent featured a duel between Trey and Mike after Page’s solo. Mike and Trey started their duel facing each other and wound up on the ground doing bicycle kicks while they played. Weekapaug included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. Crossroads was played for the first time since December 9, 1995 (127 shows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-n9rU1Io0


 
Sunday, 08/10/1997
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Bathtub Gin -> Sparkle > Down with Disease > Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan, Harry Hood

Set 2: Cities -> Good Times Bad Times -> Rotation Jam -> Rock A William -> David Bowie

Encore: Cavern

Notes: The long, involved Rotation Jam to set up Rock A William started when Page went to the theremin for a solo. Soon after, Trey took up the keys and Mike went to play guitar. Page eventually picked up Mike’s bass. After they jammed a bit longer, Mike went to join Trey on the keys. Trey then joined Fishman on the drums. The two of them played on the same drum set and Mike took a piano solo. Trey eventually kicked Fishman off the drum stool, and Fishman picked up Trey’s guitar. SOAM contained a Third Stone from the Sun tease, as well as a Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LB7fBQe8Vw


 
Monday, 08/11/1997
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Water in the Sky, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus, Limb By Limb, Horn, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Piper > Vultures > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero

Encore: The Squirming Coil

Notes: The “Rye Rye Rocco” section of Antelope included Page on theremin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjEH9btbjqE


 
Wednesday, 08/13/1997
Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA

Set 1: Amoreena, Poor Heart, Stash, Water in the Sky, Gumbo -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Beauty of My Dreams, Crosseyed and Painless > Wilson, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Runaway Jim, Ghost -> Izabella, Sleeping Monkey > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Sample in a Jar > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein

Encore: Theme From the Bottom

Notes: The end of Wilson included a Little Drummer Boy tease. This show featured the Phish debut of Amoreena.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WawWpE92dk


 
Thursday, 08/14/1997
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY

Set 1: Ya Mar, Funky Bitch > Fluffhead, Limb By Limb, Free, Cars Trucks Buses, Tela > Train Song > Billy Breathes, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Sparkle > Harry Hood -> Jam > Colonel Forbin's Ascent -> Merry Pranksters Jam -> Camel Walk, Taste

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top

Notes: The second set featured a remarkable jam after Harry Hood ended and before Forbin’s began, as well as an appearance by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Listen for several teases during the Pranksters Jam, including If I Only Had a Brain and Frankenstein teases from Phish and Maze and Somewhere Over the Rainbow teases from Trey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMghaFNwwHA




Saturday, 08/15/1997
Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

From The Archives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTtKPmV-sYM

 

Saturday, 08/16/1997
Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Harpua > Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You In the Eye > Ghost > Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself > Train Song > Character Zero, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Simple -> My Soul, Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light > Rocky Top > Julius

Set 3: Halley's Comet -> Cities -> Llama > Lawn Boy, Limb By Limb > Funky Bitch

Encore: Contact > Loving Cup

Notes: This was the first show of The Great Went festival. Harpua picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off. After Chalk Dust, Trey remarked that the first three songs served as the soundcheck, which the band did not do before the show. Theme from the Bottom contained a brief What's the Use? tease from Trey. The jam out of Simple, as well as the beginning of My Soul, included Odd Couple theme teases. Halley’s Comet included On Your Way Down teases. Cities included an After Midnight tease, as well as Trey altering the lyrics to reference “Fishman sleeping in the daytime.” The Julius intro was partially performed a cappella with finger snaps. Funky Bitch featured a fireworks display behind the stage that culminated as the song ended. After the show, the members of Phish DJ’d under pseudonyms at a festival tent in what has become known as the “Disco Set.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_hSt1a1924
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JtTA7lc86o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PbUr4XXUT8


 
Sunday, 08/17/1997
Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: The Wedge, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Water in the Sky > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer -> Taste, Carolina

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Bathtub Gin > Uncle Pen, Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Art Jam > Harry Hood

Set 3: Buffalo Bill -> NICU, Weigh, Guyute, Dirt, Scent of a Mule -> Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Scent of a Mule, Prince Caspian

Encore: When the Circus Comes, Tweezer Reprise

Notes: This was the second show of The Great Went festival. Tweezer featured a Cities-like jam and Simple teases, and the Digital Delay Loop Jam included London Bridge is Falling Down teases. Disease was unfinished. Bathtub Gin contained a Proud Mary tease from Page. Throughout the weekend, fans painted pieces of wood that were assembled into an Art Tower. During Disease, Page and Fishman painted their portions of the Art Tower; Mike and Trey painted theirs during 2001. The Art Jam saw the crowd carry the pieces of the band’s art to the side of the venue where it was hoisted onto the Art Tower and added to the fans' art. During Tweezer Reprise, the Art Tower was burned to the ground as The Great Went came to a close. As the Hood jam kicked in, Trey asked Chris to turn the lights off and the band jammed while the front section of the audience engaged in the first Hood glowstick war. Trey remarked to the crowd at the end of the jam that the visual display was cool. Between the first and second sets, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra performed selections from Stravinsky and Debussy as a red-smoke-spewing glider synchronized its swoops and dives to the music. Buffalo Bill was played for the first time since December 31, 1994 (204 shows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0jtbz-dPE



Thursday, 11/13/1997
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom, Train Song, Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero

Set 2: Stash, Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian > Bouncing Around the Room, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Loving Cup

Notes: This show marked the debut of Black-Eyed Katy. The jam in Mike’s Song included Born on the Bayou teases and Weekapaug contained a brief Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tFRHAGR2o


 
Friday, 11/14/1997
The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Gumbo > Maze > Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Piper > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Bold As Love

Notes: Maze was unfinished. Trey dedicated Guyute to Paul Languedoc in reference to Paul’s purported comment to the band that any song with whistling is a good song. Consequently, Antelope contained whistling in both the opening section and closing “Marco Esquandolas” section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPzyiKRYfo


 
Sunday, 11/16/1997
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

Set 1: NICU > My Soul, Black-Eyed Katy, Farmhouse, The Old Home Place, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Poor Heart, Taste, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) -> Simple -> Wilson > Harry Hood > Izabella

Encore: David Bowie

Notes: Mule and Poor Heart featured Pete Wernick on banjo. Mule also included a brief Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease. The jam out of Timber included a Frankie Says tease. Harry Hood was unfinished. Farmhouse was played in concert for the first time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCKTuOGI35Q


 
Monday, 11/17/1997
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

Set 1: Tweezer, Reba, Train Song, Ghost > Fire

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Olivia's Pool > Johnny B. Goode -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Character Zero

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending and Disease was unfinished. Ghost included a Super Bad (James Brown) tease and Johnny B. Goode contained DEG teases. This show was officially released as Live Phish 11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cIrHnqqm1I


 
Wednesday, 11/19/1997
Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Set 1: Julius, Bathtub Gin -> Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee -> Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Makisupa Policeman > Taste

Encore: Possum

Notes: The segue from Fee into Antelope included Meatstick quotes. Wolfman’s Brother contained Crosseyed and Painless teases and Taste contained a DEG tease from Trey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMMbniXfIDQ


 
Friday, 11/21/1997
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Emotional Rescue > Split Open and Melt[2], Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Punch You In the Eye -> Lawn Boy > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian

Set 2: Ghost > AC/DC Bag -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup

Encore: Guyute

Notes: Emotional Rescue made its Phish debut at this show. Rescue was subsequently quoted at the end of Melt and Lawn Boy. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an “anti-drum solo” - an intentionally boring one. Caspian was unfinished. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up. Trey teased Call to the Post prior to Guyute. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 boxed set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nUjBtAQCOk


 
Saturday, 11/22/1997
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood > Train Song, Billy Breathes, Frankenstein > Izabella

Set 2: Halley's Comet > Tweezer > Black-Eyed Katy > Piper > Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer Reprise

Notes: Mike's Song and Tweezer both contained BEK teases, with the ones in Tweezer taking place well before the segue into BEK. Fans of stage banter will want to seek out the second set for Trey’s humorous response to the crowd’s Destiny Unbound chant before Halley’s. The "Marco Esquandolas" lyric in Antelope was changed to "Michael Esquandolas." This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 boxed set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjH4f7811NA


 
Sunday, 11/23/1997
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

Set 1: My Soul, Theme From the Bottom > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Twist > Stash -> NICU, Fluffhead > Character Zero

Set 2: Bathtub Gin -> Down with Disease -> Low Rider -> Down with Disease, Bold As Love

Encore: Julius

Notes: Disease contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease. Stash was unfinished. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 boxed set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx36zTSFVIo


 
Wednesday, 11/26/1997
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Tweezer > Sparkle > Gumbo > My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste

Set 2: Character Zero -> Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Cities -> Ya Mar > Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Poor Heart > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Cavern

Notes: 2001 included Super Bad (James Brown) teases and was unfinished. Poor Heart began as Rocky Top. Cavern included some of the original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered (not ATR) theme tease from Page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45HiFQ8NB8


 
Friday, 11/28/1997
Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: The Curtain > You Enjoy Myself -> I Didn't Know, Maze, Farmhouse, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light > Ghost -> Johnny B. Goode

Encore: My Soul

Notes: YEM featured Crosseyed and Painless teases, did not include the bass and drums segment, and ended with a shortened vocal jam that segued into I Didn’t Know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQzFhP21w4


 
Saturday, 11/29/1997
Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: The Wedge, Foam, Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Saw It Again, Horn, Water in the Sky, David Bowie

Set 2: Runaway Jim > Strange Design > Harry Hood > Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Buffalo Bill, Moby Dick > Fire
 
Notes: This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played by Phish. It ran slightly under an hour and included Harry Hood teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fishman’s favorite song. Moby Dick was performed for the first time since February 19, 1993 (435 shows) and featured Trey imitating Robert Plant’s intro to Moby Dick from the album The Song Remains the Same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvjRwfHhwNY


 
Sunday, 11/30/1997
Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: Guyute, Funky Bitch, Wolfman's Brother -> Love Me, The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup

Set 2: NICU, Stash -> Free > Jam -> Piper > When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Them Changes

Notes: Funky Bitch and Stash were unfinished. Wolfman’s included a heavy metal style jam, with a Heartbreaker tease from Mike, and Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther. Them Changes made its Phish debut at this show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvNgPZBYRUg


 
Tuesday, 12/02/1997
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star Spangled Banner

Set 2: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Encore: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar

Notes: Disease was unfinished. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a Crosseyed and Painless tease. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Z1vWDRalU


 
Wednesday, 12/03/1997
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > My Soul, Drowned, The Old Home Place, Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: David Bowie -> Possum > Jam -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > Harry Hood

Encore: Crossroads

Notes: Drowned included a Couldn’t Stand the Weather jam. Bowie included Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Baby Elephant Walk teases, a Simpsons signal, and was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3m9SZ33vtY


 
Friday, 12/05/1997
CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

Set 1: Ghost > Wilson > Funky Bitch > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle > Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb > Character Zero

Set 2: Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Julius > Slave to the Traffic Light > The Lizards, Loving Cup > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Bold As Love

Notes: Julius was unfinished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCnOXZXsEw


 
Saturday, 12/06/1997
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope, Train Song > Bathtub Gin -> Foam, Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern

Set 2: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Rocky Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4XehNU2PQ


 
Sunday, 12/07/1997
Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Set 1: AC/DC Bag -> Psycho Killer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > It's Ice -> Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice > Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Tube Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba, Guyute > Possum

Encore: A Day in the Life

Notes: Psycho Killer was unfinished. JJLC included a Rocky Mountain Way tease. The jam after Tube was basically a Tube Reprise without the lyrics. Boogie On Reggae Woman was played for the first time since September 13, 1988 (989 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included "Charge!" teases.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0HLJc4G5wI


 
Tuesday, 12/09/1997
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA

Set 1: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn > Loving Cup

Set 2: Julius > Simple -> Timber (Jerry) > Contact, Axilla > Harry Hood

Encore: Fire

Notes: Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P634QB9jfgI


 
Thursday, 12/11/1997
Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Down with Disease -> Maze, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup > Rocky Top

Set 2: Drowned -> Roses Are Free -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Ghost -> Down with Disease -> Johnny B. Goode

Encore: Waste

Notes: This show marked the Phish debut of Roses Are Free. BBFCFM (first since August 6, 1996, or 118 shows) featured Electric Funeral teases. Video footage from this show appeared in Bittersweet Motel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIGVzxIJfg


 
Friday, 12/12/1997
Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY

Set 1: Funky Bitch -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camel Walk, Taste > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > Train Song > Character Zero

Set 2: Saw It Again -> Piper > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian > Jam -> Izabella, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Guyute, Run Like an Antelope

Notes: Saw It Again featured an extended jam. Piper included a distinct Birds of a Feather tease, several months before the song actually debuted. The jam after Caspian ended bore a similarity to Llama. Antelope contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQPAFZ0hJyY


 
Saturday, 12/13/1997
Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY

Set 1: Ya Mar > Axilla > Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times

Set 2: NICU > Punch You In the Eye > Ghost > Mike's Song -> Llama, When the Circus Comes, Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood

Encore: My Soul, The Squirming Coil

Notes: Ya Mar was unfinished. Mike’s Song included a Funkytown tease, Foxy Lady quotes from Fishman, and some memorable vocal interplay from the band that included a chant to “Bring in the Dude.” During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights for a Blackout Jam and the audience responded with a shower of green glowsticks. The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPp6V-rvL0


 
Sunday, 12/28/1997
USAir Arena, Landover, MD

Set 1: Julius, Cities > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place > Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Set 2: Axilla > Simple, Ghost > Drowned > Scent of a Mule, Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top > Cavern

Encore: Bold As Love

Notes: The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the “ghosts in the machine.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cuiMIUab9w


 
Monday, 12/29/1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: NICU > Golgi Apparatus > Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom > Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Down with Disease -> David Bowie > Possum, Tube, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

Notes: Disease was unfinished. Bowie included Antelope-esque jamming and a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. Possum contained a Can’t Turn You Loose jam, which was briefly reprised after the song and teased by Page in YEM. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLrFJbBE5H0


 
Tuesday, 12/30/1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Taste, Water in the Sky > Punch You In the Eye > Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life

Set 2: AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) > Harpua > Izabella > Harry Hood -> My Soul > Sleeping Monkey > Guyute

Encore: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley > Frankenstein

Notes: AC/DC Bag included Third Stone From the Sun and Psycho Killer teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made its Phish debut and was sung by Tom Marshall as part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Hood was unfinished. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fishman coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (920 shows). Neither of the Sallys contained vocal jams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBDnER-8rBE


 
Wednesday, 12/31/1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Emotional Rescue > Ya Mar, My Sweet One > Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > The Sloth, Fire

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Mike's Song, Piper > When the Circus Comes -> Roses Are Free > Weekapaug Groove

Set 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer > Maze > Prince Caspian > Loving Cup

Encore: New York, New York > Tweezer Reprise

Notes: Ya Mar included Auld Lang Syne teases. Maze contained a Birdland tease and was unfinished. New York, New York made its Phish debut during the encore. My Sweet One was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (155 shows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFdrL-CxpM
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