11-13-97 Thomas & Mack Center

Phish Live Shows
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11-13-97 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

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

2: Stash, Punch You in the Eye, Prince Caspian, Bouncing Around the Room, Mike’s Song**-> I Am Hydrogen^-> Weekapaug Groove^^

E: Loving Cup

*First time played (original; funky instrumental; related to “The Moma Dance”). **Intro to “Green River” (Credence Clearwater Revival) before “I Am Hydrogen.” ^With “tweaked out” Trey solo stuff at start. ^^Fish started slowing down the beat, then Trey sped them up…to “double time.”

#2

The tour opener to the famous Fall '97 tour is a pretty good one. They seem to shake off most of the rust by the end of the first set. It’s not an outstanding set, though the SOAM and YEM are dance parties. They turn up the heat with every song they play throughout the set so the second set is set up quite nicely.

The Stash to open the second set is awesome. It’s not the best jam of the tour by any means, but it definitely sends the “this is how things are gonna be this tour” message. I really like the 97 Caspians so all the haters can suck it. They feature a lot of soaring guitar parts and some decent tension and release. The Mike’s Groove to close out the set is sick too. They hit the Fall 97 stride by this Groove for sure.