11-17-94 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

Phish Live Shows
#1

Thursday, 11/17/1994 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

Set 1: Helter Skelter, Scent of a Mule, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Wilson, The Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Vibration of Life[1] > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Down with Disease

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself[2] -> Hold Your Head Up[3] -> Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome[4], Nellie Kane[4], My Long Journey Home[5], Fixin’ to Die[6]

[1] Wipe Out tease.
[2] Frankenstein teases.
[3] Vocal Jam
[4] Acoustic.
[5] Acoustic; “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on spoons.
[6] Phish debut; “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on banjo and lead vocals.

Notes: The Vibration of Life featured a Wipe Out tease. YEM included Frankenstein teases. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome through My Long Journey Home were performed acoustic; My Long Journey Home featured the “Reverend” Jeff Mosier on spoons. The encore included the first Phish performance of Fixin’ to Die, which featured Mosier on banjo and lead vocals.

#2

It’s really hard to keep reviewing these November 94 shows. Because basically if you like Phish, you need to hear every one of them. The first set is a really fun set from the Helter Skelter opener to the raging DWD closer. Trey owns this one for sure and ends the set on a very high note.

The second set has more stellar versions of Bowie, YEM (featuring a nice segue into HYHU) and Slave. Personally while I like the bluegrass stuff, I don’t know that I’m a big fan of it to end the show. Just not really the high note you want to leave on, but I’d still take some more of it whenever these days.