Today in Phishtory!

03/16/1985
Doolin’s
Burlington, VT

No Setlist Available.

03/16/1990
23 East Cabaret
Ardmore, PA

No Setlist Available.

03/16/1991
Ten Mile Room
Breckenridge, CO

Set I: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Golgi Apparatus, Reba, The Landlady > Bathtub Gin, The Curtain > Rocky Top, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Llama, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, My Sweet One, Split Open and Melt, Magilla, Buried Alive, The Squirming Coil, Cavern, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Manteca, Possum

Show Notes: Forbin was dedicated to Mike from Telluride. Suzy included a Reba tease.

03/16/1993
Celebrity Theatre
Phoenix, AZ

Check: I Wanna Be Your Slave, Lifeboy, Dog Gone Dog, Blues Jam

Set I: Sweet Adeline, Buried Alive > Poor Heart, It’s Ice, Fee, Maze, I Didn’t Know, Divided Sky, You Gotta See Mama Every Night, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Cavern

Set II: My Friend My Friend, The Curtain, Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Tweezer -> Bathtub Gin, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, HYHU > Bike -> Lengthwise -> Bike, Lawn Boy, Llama, Amazing Grace

Encore: Sparkle, Tweezer Reprise

Show Notes: YEM did not contain a vocal jam. You Gotta See Mama Every Night was sung to Trey’s grandmother by her husband, Harry Jones.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/16/1993 (Celebrity Theatre - Phoenix, AZ)

80 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/17/1989
Bear Trap Road
Burlington, VT

Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of July 23, 1988, set I.

03/17/1990
23 East Cabaret
Ardmore, PA

Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Esther, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room -> My Sweet One, Rhombus Narration -> Divided Sky, Donna Lee, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Killer Joe, Bold As Love, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Foam, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

03/17/1991
Wheeler Opera House
Aspen, CO

Set I: Carolina, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady > Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Foam, Fluffhead, Uncle Pen, Stash, The Lizards, David Bowie

Set II: Runaway Jim, Esther > My Sweet One, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer, Fee, Slave to the Traffic Light, Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Lawn Boy, La Grange

Show Notes: Bowie included Sparks and Landlady teases. Foam (introduced as one of Fishman’s favorite songs) was preceded by a HYHU tease while Fishman fixed his cymbal. Uncle Pen was introduced as a band favorite and dedicated to a fan in the crowd. Trey repeated the first line of Esther several times, as if he had forgotten the rest of the lyrics. Slave was played for Mike from “the Telluride contingency” and was preceded by Trey’s story about the '88 Colorado tour. After Slave, Fishman came front and center to the tune of HYHU to tell his infamous “bear story.” Afterwards, Trey referenced the July 30, 1988, Telluride show, where Fishman was late. Chalk Dust included Manteca teases. Slave was played for the first time since April 22, 1990 (81 shows).

03/17/1992
Lisner Auditorium
Washington, DC

Opening Act: Everything

Set I: Buried Alive > Possum, Cavern, Sparkle, It’s Ice, I Didn’t Know, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Runaway Jim, Glide, The Sloth, Poor Heart, Tweezer -> Esther, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Cold as Ice > Love You, Llama

Encore: Memories, Sweet Adeline

Show Notes: Love You featured Fishman on the Bag-Vac.

03/17/1993
The Palace
Hollywood, CA

Check: Self, Guy Forget, Shaggy Dog

Set I: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Amazing Grace, Paul and Silas, It’s Ice, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Axilla, Glide -> Reba, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Mound, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, HYHU > The Great Gig in the Sky, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Sweet Adeline, Rocky Top

Show Notes: Reba was never finished, as there was no whistling or final chorus. Fishman announced Great Gig as “The OK Gig In The Sky.”

My Pick Of The Day = 03/17/1991 (Wheeler Opera House - Aspen, CO)

Phish announces second leg of Summer Tour '09…

07/30 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
07/31 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
08/01 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
08/02 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
08/05 - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
08/07 - The Gorge - George, WA
08/08 - The Gorge - George, WA
08/11 - Toyota Park - Chicago, IL
08/13 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center - Darien Center, NY
08/14 - Meadows Music Theater - Hartford, CT
08/15 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD
08/16 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY

79 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/18/1993
The Palace
Hollywood CA

Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Fee, Maze, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird -> Sparkle, Horn, I Didn’t Know, David Bowie

Set II: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Tela, You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, HYHU > If I Only Had a Brain > HYHU, The Squirming Coil, Cavern

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

Show Notes: Bowie included All Fall Down and Simpsons Signals and My Friend featured a Little Drummer Boy jam. SOAM included Stayin’ Alive teases. The second set opened with a Contact tease from Page. Seek out this second set for an excellent Coil.

03/18/1994
WIZN Studios
Burlington, VT

Show Notes: Trey, Tom Marshall, and Dave Abrahms visited the WIZN studios to promote the release of Hoist.

03/18/1997
The Flynn Theater
Burlington, VT

Set I: 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 II: 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

Show Notes: Once again, Phish debuted many new songs at the Flynn. First-timers included I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, and Cinnamon Girl. The last three songs of the second set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Suzy Greenberg included the horns jamming on James Brown’s Soul Power. Utilizing the small venue, the band performed Hello My Baby without microphones.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/18/1993 (The Palace - Hollywood CA)

78 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/19/1991
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO

No Setlist Available.

03/19/1992
Palace Theater
New Haven, CT

Check: Shaggy Dog -> Jam, Lullaby, Mound, Maze

Set I: The Landlady, Rift, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Golgi Apparatus, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Dinner and a Movie, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, All Things Reconsidered, David Bowie

Set II: Glide, Chalk Dust Torture, NICU, My Sweet One, Stash, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, My Friend My Friend, The Squirming Coil, Cracklin’ Rosie

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

03/19/1993
The Greek Theatre
Redlands, CA

Check: Dog Gone Dog (reggafied), Heartbreaker, Misty Mountain Hop, Bang a Gong

Set I: Suzy Greenberg, Llama, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Stash, Fluffhead, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Runaway Jim, It’s Ice, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, The Lizards, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> HYHU > Love You > HYHU, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Amazing Grace, Chalk Dust Torture

My Pick Of The Day = 03/19/1992 (Palace Theater - New Haven, CT)

77 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

Here’s todays and the upcoming weekends dates…Have a GREAT weekend friends…GOOD LUCK TO ALL in the ticket lotto this time around, hope we all can score what we need.

03/20/1988
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT

Show Notes: There was a show on this date, but tapes do not circulate. However, mislabeled tapes circulate that are actually the Junta release party from May 9, 1989.

03/20/1992
Broome County Arena
Binghamton, NY

Set I: Wilson, Reba, Brother, Glide, Rift, Fluffhead, Maze, The Lizards, Mound, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sanity, The Sloth, The Mango Song, Cavern, Uncle Pen, Harry Hood, Terrapin, Secret Language Instructions, Possum

Encore: Lawn Boy, Fire

Show Notes: Trey teased Yes’s Roundabout before Mike’s Song and uttered the infamous line, “Help me…I’m melting and I can’t solidify!” Weekapaug contained an Oom Pa Pa Signal and a Random Note Signal. Fishman was on trombone for parts of Antelope and used the Bag-Vac during Terrapin.

03/21

03/21/1988
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT

Suzy Greenberg, Golgi Apparatus, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley, Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Timber (Jerry), The Lizards, Fire, AC/DC Bag, Possum, Dinner and a Movie, I Didn’t Know, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird

03/21/1992
Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA

Set I: The Landlady, Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Dinner and a Movie, The Squirming Coil, My Sweet One, Stash, Golgi Apparatus

Set II: Buried Alive, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Suzy Greenberg, Take the ‘A’ Train, My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, All Things Reconsidered, David Bowie, Weigh, Cracklin’ Rosie, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top

Show Notes: Fishman used both the cymbals and the Bag-Vac during Rosie. ‘A’ Train included a Simpsons Signal.

03/21/1993
Ventura Theatre
Ventura, CA

Set I: Maze, Sparkle, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Esther, All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Lawn Boy, Possum

Set II: Loving Cup, My Friend My Friend, Rift -> Tweezer -> Ya Mar > You Enjoy Myself, My Sweet One, Big Ball Jam, HYHU > Cracklin’ Rosie > HYHU, Llama, Harry Hood, Cavern

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Sweet Adeline, Tweezer Reprise

03/22

03/22/1987
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT

No Setlist Available.

03/22/1988
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT

No Setlist Available.

03/22/1991
The Inferno
Steamboat Springs, CO

Set I: Llama, You Enjoy Myself, The Landlady > Destiny Unbound, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, Buried Alive, Cavern, Reba, Fire

Set II: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Foam, Paul and Silas, Stash, Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, HYHU > Terrapin > HYHU, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Magilla, Golgi Apparatus

Show Notes: This show includes a great version of Antelope for this time period. Before Terrapin, Fishman was introduced as “the late Henrietta,” and then commented that he is no longer Henrietta, but has not yet thought of a new name. He and Trey introduced Chris Kuroda (as “Cooter,” with a “Charge!” tease) and Colorado fan “Erik the Viking.” Terrapin included a very brief Whole Lotta Love jam.

03/22/1992
Cultural Center Auditorium
Charleston, WV

Sparkle, All Things Reconsidered, Foam, The Landlady

Show Notes: This set, performed live for the Mountain Stage Radio Program and as an opener for Buckwheat Zydeco, was broadcast several weeks later on National Public Radio.

03/22/1993
Crest Theatre
Sacramento, CA

Check: Two Princes, Halley’s Comet, Weigh

Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Weigh, Reba, Sparkle, David Bowie

Set II: Golgi Apparatus, It’s Ice -> The Lizards, Tela, Wilson, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Sloth, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Amazing Grace, Fire

Show Notes: The second set included Gamehendge narration in between songs from Lizards through McGrupp. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.

FRIDAY Pick Of The Day = 03/20/1992 (Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY)

SATURDAY Pick Of The Day = 03/21/1993 (Ventura Theatre - Ventura, CA)(My Friend My Friend, Rift -> Tweezer -> Ya Mar > You Enjoy Myself)

SUNDAY Pick Of The Day = 03/22/1993 (Crest Theatre - Sacramento, CA)(Second Set Gamehendge!)

76 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

Hope everyone had a good weekend…Good luck to all in the lotto, I’m guessing we will know pretty soon…

03/23/1987
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT

Set I: Funky Bitch, Mike’s Song, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself -> Sparks

Set II: Fluffhead, Peaches en Regalia, Ride Captain Ride -> Dave’s Energy Guide, Corrine Corrina, Why Don’t You Love Me -> Camel Walk, Golgi Apparatus, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)

Show Notes: Based on comments made by the band during the show, it appears that there may have been a third set. Tapes of it, though, are not in circulation.

03/23/1991
The Inferno
Steamboat Springs, CO

Set I: The Sloth, Divided Sky, Fee, Llama, I Didn’t Know, The Curtain, Possum, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Rocky Top

Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Tweezer, The Lizards, Uncle Pen, Cavern, David Bowie, Contact

Encore: Take the ‘A’ Train, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

Show Notes: The venue may have been the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/23/1987 (Nectar’s - Burlington, VT)

73 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

That '87 show is awesome, the Hank Williams cover is classic! I wish they would play that once more…

^ Hell yeah it’s a killer show…I’m listening to it right now.

Due to work…I am on the road…here are tomorrow’s setlists…

03/24/1989
The Paradise
Boston, MA

Possum, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag, If I Only Had a Brain, Take the ‘A’ Train, David Bowie

Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete and may be out of order.

03/24/1992
Flood Zone
Richmond, VA

Set I: Stash, Poor Heart, Foam, Eliza > Rift, Golgi Apparatus, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Llama, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Landlady > David Bowie

Set II: The Curtain, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Guelah Papyrus, The Mango Song, Brother, Uncle Pen, I Didn’t Know, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Cavern

Encore: Lawn Boy, Fire

Show Notes: The Forbin’s narration gave a brief recap of the Gamehendge saga and included Wilson teases. The ensuing Mockingbird included Rift and Leave It to Beaver teases. The Bowie intro included Take Five (Dave Brubeck) teases. Check out this fantastic Mike’s Groove, complete with screaming band members and a tease of Bob Seger’s Main Street during Weekapaug. I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on Bag-Vac. Brother and Cavern featured Carl Gerhard on coronet.

03/24/1993
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Santa Rosa, CA

Set I: Llama, Foam, Fee, Poor Heart, Maze, I Didn’t Know, Sample in a Jar, Amazing Grace, Cavern

Set II: The Landlady, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Tweezer, Mound, Big Ball Jam, Fast Enough for You, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Prison Joke, Terrapin, Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Carolina, The Squirming Coil

Show Notes: Amazing Grace and Carolina were performed without microphones.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/24/1992 (Flood Zone - Richmond, VA)

Continued good luck and well wishes for everyone to get what they need for the second leg of summer tour…we will know VERY sooon I am assuming…

72 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/25/1989
Tree Caf

Setting Sail owns faces.

03/26/1992
Ziggy’s
Winston-Salem, NC

Opening Act: The Aquarium Rescue Unit

Set I: The Landlady, Runaway Jim, All Things Reconsidered > Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Fluffhead, Uncle Pen, NICU, David Bowie

Set II: Buried Alive > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Poor Heart, Brother, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, My Friend My Friend, The Lizards, Cavern, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, Possum

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Chalk Dust Torture, Harpua

Show Notes: The second set was preceded by birthday wishes for a fan named Amy and a remark that Buried Alive was inspired by Jimmy Herring. Bowie included Simpsons and Oom Pa Pa Signals and Possum included a Random Note and two Fingerscrape Signals (including one from Mike!). Marley made a special guest appearance as “the evil, evil dog Harpua.” This version, set in the “teeming Brazilian rain forest,” is a must-hear. There was a brief full-band Fire tease, high-pitched “Brazil” squawks from Fishman, and a preview of the Clifford Ball motto (four years early) as Trey introduced Page as “a beacon of light in the world of flight.”

03/26/1993
Warfield Theater
San Francisco, CA

Set I: Maze, Sparkle, Foam, Punch You in the Eye, Fee, All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Divided Sky, Cavern

Set II: Wilson, Runaway Jim, Tweezer, Mound, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Big Ball Jam > You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, The Great Gig in the Sky, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top

Show Notes: Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/26/1992 (Ziggy’s - Winston-Salem, NC)

GOOD LUCK to everyone with TM today…it’s gonna be rough.

70 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

Happy Friday…GOOD LUCK to everyone in all the upcoming ticket onsales…hope everyone gets what they need.

Here are today’s + this weekend’s shows…

03/27

03/27/1990
Stache’s
Columbus, OH

No Setlist Available.

03/27/1992
13x13 Club
Charlotte, NC

Set I: Llama, Reba, Paul and Silas, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Glide, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, My Sweet One, Rift, Bathtub Gin, Dinner and a Movie, Magilla, Harry Hood, Cold as Ice > Love You, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Memories, Sweet Adeline

Show Notes: The beginning of the show, as well as the Antelope jam, contained We’re Off to See the Wizard teases. Hood contained several references to some fan’s T-shirt. Mike’s Song contained an Auld Lang Syne tease. My Sweet One was full of the Secret Language, including All Fall Down, Fingerscrape, Oom Pa Pa, Simpsons, and Me and My Arrow Signals. The song also featured the band squawking at Page.

03/27/1993
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, CA

Set I: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend My Friend, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn’t Know, David Bowie

Set II: Buried Alive > Halley’s Comet, It’s Ice, Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Cracklin’ Rosie, Poor Heart, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina

Show Notes: This excellent Weekapaug featured an On Broadway tease. Listen before Carolina for an a cappella Suzy Greenberg quote.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/27/1993 (Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA)

Have a GREAT weekend phriends…the Saturday and Sunday dates to follow…

69 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/27 - 03/29 Weekend Post con’t…

03/28

This date marks the 19th Anniversary of Tweezer, Cavern, and Runaway Jim.

03/28/1990
Beta Intramural Hockey Team Party
Denison University
Granville, OH

Set I: Possum, Ya Mar, Fee, Walk Away, Tweezer, Uncle Pen, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Take the ‘A’ Train, Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, Good Times Bad Times

Set II: Carolina, Sweet Adeline, Whipping Post, Funky Bitch, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Jesus Just Left Chicago, The Lizards, Split Open and Melt, Contact, La Grange, Rift, Cavern, Highway to Hell, If I Only Had a Brain

Show Notes: This show marked the premiere of three original songs and two covers, as the band unveiled Tweezer, Cavern, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline, and Uncle Pen.

03/28/1991
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA

Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, Cavern, The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Guelah Papyrus, My Sweet One, David Bowie, The Squirming Coil, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, HYHU > Love You > HYHU, Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Lawn Boy, Fire

03/28/1992
Variety Playhouse
Atlanta, GA

Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, David Bowie, Glide, Cavern

Set II: Memories, Carolina, I Didn’t Know, Sweet Adeline

Show Notes: The second set was performed a cappella due to a small flood in the theatre. Authorities refused to allow the band to plug in their instruments, including the Bag-Vac.

03/28/1993
East Gym
Humbolt State University
Arcata, CA

Set I: The Landlady, Funky Bitch, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, The Sloth, Maze, Fee, It’s Ice, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Walk Away, Runaway Jim, Mound, Bathtub Gin, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, Paul and Silas, HYHU > Love You > HYHU, Possum

Encore: Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

Show Notes: YEM included the Pez Song for “Dave the Pez Man”. Listen for teases of Fishing Hole Theme, the theme from Beverly Hills Cop, and Speed Racer in the Antelope and for McGrupp teases during Possum. Also, there were repeated teases of the Leave It to Beaver theme in BBFCFM, primarily from Mike. During Contact, Trey wished Shelly Culbertson a safe journey on her trip out to Boston.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/28/1993 (East Gym - Humbolt State University - Arcata, CA)

03/27 - 03/29 Weekend Post con’t…

03/29

03/29/1985
Doolin’s
Burlington, VT

No Setlist Available.

03/29/1990
Canal Street Tavern
Dayton, OH

No Setlist Available.

03/29/1991
DNA Lounge
San Francisco, CA

Set II: Possum, I Didn’t Know, Foam, Rocky Top > Fluffhead, Tweezer, Bouncing Around the Room > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

Encore: Contact, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

Show Notes: Trey teased Dave’s Energy Guide during the Tweezer, and Simple Gifts during BBFCFM. The second encore was played after a loud and passionate “Phish” chant by the audience. This setlist is incomplete, as the first set setlist is unknown.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/29/1991 (DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA)

Damn… I have seen many a show there, never realized Phish played there. That would have been AWESOME.

03/30/1989
The Front
Burlington, VT

Set I: Bold as Love, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Divided Sky, The Price of Love, On Your Way Down, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: The Mango Song, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, You Enjoy Myself, Undun, La Grange, Golgi Apparatus

Set III: Peaches en Regalia, Foam, AC/DC Bag, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Satin Doll, Rocky Top

Encore: Makisupa Policeman

Show Notes: This is another fun Burlington show that featured a decent version of YEM with some fun teasing and quoting of You’re No Good. This show marked Chris Kuroda’s first full show as light technician and included the first known versions of The Mango Song and Undun.

03/30/1990
Lounge Axe
Chicago, IL

No Setlist Available.

03/30/1990
The Pterodactyl Club
Athens, GA

Show Notes: Tapes that circulate under this date are mislabeled copies of May 30, 1990.

03/30/1992
Mississippi Nights
St. Louis, MO

Set I: The Landlady, Llama, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Sparkle, Maze, I Didn’t Know, All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Runaway Jim, Cavern

Set II: Golgi Apparatus, Uncle Pen, Tweezer, Mound, You Enjoy Myself -> Vacuum Solo -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, The Squirming Coil, Weigh, Chalk Dust Torture, HYHU > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold As Ice, Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg

Show Notes: The vocal jam in YEM was based loosely on the song Rock On and was followed by a Bag-Vac solo from Fishman. BBFCFM included a Follow the Yellow Brick Road tease and was dedicated to hockey player Brett Hull, who, at that time, played for the St. Louis Blues. After Cracklin’ Rosie, Trey remarked that the entire Blues hockey team was guest listed for the show and that he was glad to see one of them, Roger Halloway, in attendance. I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on vacuum.

03/30/1993
Hilton Ballroom
Eugene, OR

Set I: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > All Things Reconsidered, Golgi Apparatus, My Friend My Friend > Llama, Esther, Stash, Glide > Divided Sky, Cavern

Set II: Loving Cup > Rift > Tweezer > Lifeboy, Big Ball Jam > Weigh, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Psycho Killer Jam -> Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, HYHU > If I Only Had a Brain > HYHU, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: My Sweet One, Amazing Grace

Show Notes: Mike dedicated Mike’s Song to himself. The band subsequently included several references to it being “his song.”

My Pick Of The Day = 03/30/1993 (Hilton Ballroom - Eugene, OR)

66 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

03/31/1988
Kenny’s Castaways
New York, NY

I Didn’t Know, Golgi Apparatus, Fee > AC/DC Bag > Possum, Fluffhead, Alumni Blues, The Lizards, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Take the ‘A’ Train, Fire, You Enjoy Myself, Wilson

Show Notes: This was the first ever Phish show in New York City. AC/DC Bag was sung for Roger, a “character” in the song, who was in attendance.

03/31/1989
The Front
Burlington, VT

No Setlist Available.

03/31/1990
Ratskellar
Memorial Union
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

No Setlist Available.

03/31/1991
Berkeley Square Theatre
Berkeley, CA

Set I: Buried Alive > Cavern, Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Landlady, My Sweet One, Esther, Possum, I Didn’t Know, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Set II: Harry Hood, The Sloth, The Squirming Coil, Stash, Guelah Papyrus, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Reba, Highway to Hell

03/31/1992
The Blue Note
Columbia, MO

Set I: Wilson, Divided Sky, Glide, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Reba, Llama, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Poor Heart, Stash, The Lizards, Cavern, Dinner and a Movie, My Friend My Friend, My Sweet One, Love You, Possum

Encore: Sweet Adeline

03/31/1993
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR

Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Mound, Punch You in the Eye, Sample in a Jar, Reba, I Didn’t Know, David Bowie

Set II: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Harry Hood, Big Ball Jam, It’s Ice, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua, Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: AC/DC Bag, Sweet Adeline

Show Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on washboard. Bowie included All Fall Down and Simpsons Signals; Hood later contained another Simpsons Signal and a Pink Panther theme tease. Listen at the end of It’s Ice for a brief interlude that later became the tag ending to Axilla Pt. II. Harpua contained Axle F (Beverly Hills Cop theme) and She’s So Cold (a Rolling Stones song) teases. Sweet Adeline was dedicated to Nina, who lost her ID and got it back from Trey on stage.

My Pick Of The Day = 03/31/1991 (Berkeley Square Theatre - Berkeley, CA)

65 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

23 years ago today, the first known versions of Icculus and AC/DC Bag were played.

04/01/1986
Hunt’s
Burlington, VT

Set I: Quinn the Eskimo > Have Mercy > Harry Hood, The Pendulum -> Dave’s Energy Guide > Icculus, You Enjoy Myself

Set II: Help on the Way > Slipknot! > AC/DC Bag, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Alumni Blues > Dear Mrs. Reagan

Encore: Not Fade Away

Show Notes: The Pendulum, which was a recital of revolutionary poetry, featured special guest Zenzile. For this show, Phish and The Joneses switched off for 45 minute sets. The two bands got together to jam out the encore. This show contained the first known versions of Icculus and AC/DC Bag. McGrupp was spoken in a Dylan-esque fashion, in keeping with Trey’s jokes about Phish being the “Bob Dylan Band.”

04/01/1989
10 Below
Northampton, MA

Show Notes: The venue for this show is sometimes mislabeled as The U-Joint.

No Setlist Available.

04/01/1992
Liberty Hall
Lawrence, KS

Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Brother, All Things Reconsidered, Sparkle, It’s Ice, Runaway Jim, I Didn’t Know, The Landlady > David Bowie, Carolina

Set II: Llama, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, Tweezer, Horn, Chalk Dust Torture, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise, Contact, Rocky Top

Encore: Lawn Boy, Good Times Bad Times

Show Notes: To commemorate April Fool’s Day, Fishman got decked out in a black dress with a feather boa around his neck. During I Didn’t Know Trey introduced him as “Tommy Dorsey’s third cousin twice removed.” Bowie included Landlady teases, as well as Oom Pa Pa, Fingerscrape, and Random Note Signals.

04/01/1993
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR

Set I: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, The Squirming Coil, My Friend My Friend, Paul and Silas, Fluffhead, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: Axilla, The Curtain > Possum, Fee > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Poor Heart, Big Ball Jam, HYHU > Love You > HYHU, Cavern

Encore: Carolina, Tweezer Reprise

Show Notes: I Feel the Earth Move and Barracuda teases were heard in this Antelope. Carolina was performed without microphones. After the Big Ball Jam, Trey introduced Fishman as Neil Young. Fishman responded by singing a quiet line from Neil Young’s Needle and the Damage Done before launching into Love You.

4/1/2005
Trey Anastasio
Higher Ground
South Burlington, VT

Set I

Night Speaks To A Woman
Cincinnati >
Low*
Love Is Freedom*^
Cayman Review
Mozambique
What’s Done*
Drifting
Mr. Completely

Set II:

Come As Melody*
Plasma
It’s Ice
Bar 17*^^
Push On 'Til The Day
18 Steps*
I Am The Walrus* (The Beatles)
70 Volt Parade**

Encore:
46 Days

Show notes:
*debut
**prerecorded version played over the PA as the band exited the stage
^Trey on acoustic, Ray on grand piano, Peter on bass (no Les or Skeeto)
^^Trey on acoustic for intro, electric for jam

My Pick Of The Day = 04/01/1993 (Roseland Theater - Portland, OR)

64 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY

11 years ago today, the legendary “Island Tour” began in Uniondale, NY, which included the debuts of “Birds of a Feather” and “Frankie Says”.

04/02/1988
The Zoo
Humphries House
Amherst College
Amherst, MA

Fire, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: This setlist is obviously incomplete. The show, though, definitely took place on this night.

04/02/1989
The Nightshift
Naugatuck, CT

No Setlist Available.

04/02/1991
International Beer Garden
Arcata, CA

Set I: Runaway Jim, The Landlady, Reba, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Chalk Dust Torture

Set II: Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Cavern, Fluffhead, Dog Gone Dog, Buried Alive, The Squirming Coil, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Magilla, Possum

Show Notes: Dog Gone Dog was played for the first time since March 9. 1990 (105 shows).

04/02/1993
Mt. Baker Theatre
Bellingham, WA

Set I: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Divided Sky, I Didn’t Know, Sparkle, Maze, Golgi Apparatus

Set II: Runaway Jim, Sample in a Jar, Uncle Pen, Llama, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards -> Big Ball Jam, HYHU > Bike > HYHU, Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top

04/02/1998
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY

Set I: Tube, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, The Sloth, NICU, Stash* > Horn, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture

Set II: Punch You in the Eye, Simple > Birds of a Feather, Wolfman’s Brother -> Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley -> Frankie Says > Twist +> Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

Encore: Guyute

Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Birds of a Feather and Frankie Says. After NICU, Trey commented on the brief “Island Tour,” remarking that the band was getting bored at home and wanted to play some shows.
*Unfinished - middle jam extended, into Horn.
+With a crazy “aliens-are-coming” jam.

My Pick Of The Day = 04/02/1998 (Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY)

63 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Jones Beach Ampitheatre - Wantagh, NY