12-02-94 Recreation Hall, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

Friday, 12/02/1994 Recreation Hall, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

Soundcheck: Caravan, Julius, Funky Bitch, Magilla, Gumbo

Set 1: Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle, Simple -> It’s Ice, The Lizards, Stash, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, David Bowie[1], Buried Alive[1], Julius[1], The Landlady[1], Gumbo[1], Caravan[1], Suzy Greenberg[1]

Encore: Cavern[1]

[1] Cosmic Country Horns.

Notes: The Cosmic Country Horns came in at the end of Bowie and played until the end of the show. Horns players included Dave Grippo on alto sax and percussion, Carl Gerhard on trumpet, Michael Ray on trumpet, James Harvey on trombone, and Peter Apfelbaum on baritone sax, tenor sax and flute. This version of Gumbo appears on A Live One. Based on advance ticket sales, the venue was changed from the university’s Varsity Hall roughly a week before the show to accommodate the larger-than-expected crowd. The opening act was Dave Matthews Band.

I’ve never listened to this show (though maybe I will now…) but I like to know that Phish played in the gym of my current school.