No doubt!
Demand jam, woop! That one just keeps going and going and going and going. Perfect placement at the end of Hoist.
18 years ago today, the first known version of “Poor Heart” was played…in addition, on this date through Phishtory, Earth Day, Suzy Greenberg has been played during every show.
04/22/1988
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Earth Day Festival
Set I: Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Fire, Alumni Blues, Run Like an Antelope, Fluffhead, Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, Harpua
Set II: I Didn’t Know, Golgi Apparatus, The Lizards, Fee, Shaggy Dog, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, You Enjoy Myself, Suzy Greenberg, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie
Show Notes: If you are a stage banter fan, seek out this show for Trey’s announcements after Fire as someone requested “Page’s new love song.” Trey announced that this requested song is actually called Tela, and announced the future debut of several songs, including “The Tires” (a.k.a. Contact), “The Four-Track Song” (a.k.a. Poor Heart) and “Marijuana Hot Chocolate,” for which Mike gave a preview of the bass line.
04/22/1989
The Rock Rumble
The Front
Burlington, VT
No setlist available.
04/22/1990
Cutler Quad
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Set I: Divided Sky, Uncle Pen, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Possum, I Didn’t Know, Cavern, My Sweet One, Slave to the Traffic Light, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Fluffhead, How High the Moon, Esther, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Harry Hood, Fire
Encore: Lawn Boy, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: This was a free outdoor show, performed on Earth Day, where Phish opened for Kenny Loggins. The short break after Suzy was necessary to correct audio problems. This version of YEM contained teases of Another One Bites the Dust. Mike used How High the Moon to change his broken bass string. The second set opened with Bouncing teases and a request for Caleb Snyder to retrieve his license, which was awaiting its retrieval on Page’s keyboard.
04/22/1991
Billings Lounge
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Set I: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, The Sloth, Reba, Poor Heart, Llama, Guelah Papyrus, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Uncle Pen, The Landlady > Destiny Unbound, The Squirming Coil, Stash, My Sweet One, The Lizards, Highway to Hell
Encore: Lawn Boy, Rocky Top
Encore: Tweezer, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Tweezer contained fairly extensive Heartbreaker teasing by both Trey and Mike. After Tweezer, the band introduced and thanked the tour crew, presenting them with a cake and customized bowling balls. This show contained the first known Poor Heart.
04/22/1992
Hilton Ballroom
Eugene, OR
Earth Day Celebration
Set I: Llama, Foam, Reba, Sparkle, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Mound, Stash, All Things Reconsidered, Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Glide, Run Like an Antelope, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift, Wilson -> You Enjoy Myself, Poor Heart, Cracklin’ Rosie, Harpua, Runaway Jim
Encore: Take the ‘A’ Train, Rocky Top
Show Notes: To commemorate Earth Day, inflatable globes were thrown around the audience.
04/22/1993
The Agora Theatre
Cleveland, OH
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, Sparkle, It’s Ice, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Esther, Stash, Fee, Rift, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, All Things Reconsidered, Tweezer, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, HYHU > Love You, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Amazing Grace
Show Notes: The Vibration of Life was played during YEM.
04/22/1994
Township Auditorium
Columbia, SC
Set I: Llama, Horn, Uncle Pen, Punch You in the Eye, Sample in a Jar, All Things Reconsidered, Nellie Kane, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Julius, Reba, Tweezer, Lifeboy, Runaway Jim, I Wanna Be Like You, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Piano Duet -> Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home
Show Notes: The encore featured Page’s father, Dr. Jack McConnell, on piano and lead vocals.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/22/1990 (Cutler Quad - Colorado College - Colorado Springs, CO)
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04/23/1992
Oz Niteclub
Seattle, WA
Set I: Cavern, The Curtain, Split Open and Melt, Uncle Pen, Guelah Papyrus, The Squirming Coil, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice, I Didn’t Know, Possum
Set II: The Landlady, Poor Heart, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, NICU, Horn, Tweezer, Fee, Maze, Cracklin’ Rosie, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise
04/23/1993
Colgate University Athletic Center
Hamilton, NY
Set I: Runaway Jim, Weigh, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, My Friend My Friend, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture
Set II: Golgi Apparatus, Maze, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, It’s Ice, Paul and Silas, Big Ball Jam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, HYHU > Lengthwise > HYHU, The Squirming Coil, Highway to Hell
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: This Weekapaug included atypical, jazz-laced jams. Lengthwise featured Mimi Fishman on vacuum. Apparently, while she was attempting to master the “instrument,” members of the band paraded around the stage with school banners they had borrowed from the locker room. There was a long break before the encore; apparently, the venue officials wanted the show to be over.
04/23/1994
The Fox Theatre
Atlanta, GA
Set I: Funky Bitch, Rift, Fee > Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Stash, Esther, Down with Disease, Caravan, High-Heel Sneakers
Set II: Wilson > Run Like an Antelope, Mound, Sample in a Jar, Sparkle, Harry Hood, Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself, Who By Fire, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Freebird
Show Notes: The Wilson > Antelope combo was a fantastic set opener. Antelope included Simpsons and Oom Pa Pa Signals. Caravan and High-Heel Sneakers featured Merl Saunders on keyboards and YEM, which included a Rock 'n Roll Hoochie Coo jam, featured Colonel Bruce Hampton on piano. Ginseng Sullivan was performed without microphones. Freebird was played by request after Trey asked, a la Lynyrd Skynyrd, what song the crowd wanted to hear. Listen for a distinct Caravan tease in the beginning of Esther. The tramps jam in YEM featured a guest tramp jumper due to Trey’s broken foot.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/23/1993 (Colgate University Athletic Center - Hamilton, NY)
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Another week down…hope everyone has a great weekend…here is this weekend’s superpost…
04/24
04/24/1987
Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are the third set of the August 29, 1987 show.
04/24/1992
Roseland Theatre
Portland, OR
Opening Act: Jim
Check: NICU
Set I: Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Uncle Pen, The Sloth, The Landlady, Fluffhead, Sparkle, Stash, The Squirming Coil, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: David Bowie, Cavern, Ya Mar, Foam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song, Horn, Love You, Glide, Llama
Encore: Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Show Notes: Love You featured a trombone solo, as Fishman could not get the vacuum to work. BBFCFM featured Trey and Mike diving across the stage while the strobes flashed.
04/24/1993
Cheel Arena
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart > Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift > Caravan, When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Llama, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Dinner and a Movie > Mound > Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, HYHU > Bike > HYHU, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: When Something is Wrong with My Baby debuted at this show.
04/24/1994
Grady Cole Center
Charlotte, NC
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Axilla (Part II), Maze, Bathtub Gin, Dog Faced Boy, It’s Ice, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set II: Demand, David Bowie, The Mango Song, Julius, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Chalk Dust Torture, Contact, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Sweet Adeline
Amfibian
04/24/2004
Higher Ground
Winooski, VT
1: Atlantis, Storm, Flare, Back on the Train, Cadillac, It Makes No Difference, Lambertville, Meat, Reason, Plantlife
2: 13 Days, Distortion, Blood on the Cactus, Sometimes, I’ve Got a Feeling, Appreciate, Health, Augustine, Has it Really Come to This?, Isolate, My Old School, Gumbo, Theme from the Bottom
E: Down By the River, Isolate Reprise
Notes: Distortion, Isolate, and My Old School, and Isolate Reprise featured horns. Seth Yacovone sat in on guitar for Blood on the Cactus (a song whose studio version he also appears on). Jamie Masefield sat in on mandolin for Augustine and Has it Really Come to This?. Mike Gordon sat in on bass for Gumbo and Theme (replacing Amfibian bassist Bob Kay). The encores featured both Gordon (now on guitar) and Yacovone. This show was Higher Ground’s next-to-last before closing for good.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/24/1992 (Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR)
04/25
04/25/1990
Notre Dame University
South Bend, IN
Set I: If I Only Had a Brain, Divided Sky, My Sweet One, David Bowie
Set II: Foam, Sweet Adeline, Reba, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself, Esther, La Grange, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Contact
04/25/1991
University of New Hampshire Field House
Durham, NH
Opening Act: Aquarium Rescue Unit
Set I: Sweet Adeline, The Landlady, Runaway Jim, The Curtain > Cavern > Poor Heart, Reba, Llama, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, David Bowie
Set II: Buried Alive, My Sweet One, Mike’s Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Tela, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, Divided Sky, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Show Notes: Before Runaway Jim, Trey referenced the ARU and the string of shows that the two bands were, at the time, playing together. Subsequently, Bowie included teases of the ARU song Yield Not to Temptation. It is unclear whether BBFCFM was the end of the second set or the encore, or if BBFCFM closed the show and another song served as the encore. Tapes that circulate under this date with a different list are mislabeled copies of November 2, 1989.
04/25/1992
Evergreen College
Olympia, WA
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, My Friend My Friend, Paul and Silas, Reba, Brother, Tela, Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Magilla, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Maze > Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, All Things Reconsidered, Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, Weigh, Terrapin, Poor Heart
Encore: Memories, Sweet Adeline, Cavern
Show Notes: Maze included strong Oye Como Va teases. The YEM vocal jam was based on the instrumental theme to the movie “Chariots of Fire.” Memories and Adeline were performed without microphones.
04/25/1993
SUNY Geneseo
Kuhl Hall
Geneseo, NY
Set I: The Landlady, Possum, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice, Glide, Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Maze, I Didn’t Know, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Wilson, The Curtain, Tweezer, Contact, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Carolina, Rocky Top
04/25/1994
Civic Auditorium
Knoxville, TN
Set I: The Landlady > Runaway Jim, Fee, Foam, Down with Disease, Ginseng Sullivan, Dog Faced Boy, Tela, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt
Set II: The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Run Like an Antelope, Mound, The Squirming Coil, Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Big Ball Jam, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Amazing Grace, Bold as Love
Show Notes: Ginseng Sullivan and Dog Faced Boy were performed acoustic.
Vorcza Trio and Orchestra Baobab
04/25/2004
Higher Ground
Winooski, VT
Trey sat in for two songs with the Vorcza Trio, which features Ray Paczkowski (also of Trey’s ‘solo’ outfit), Gabe Jarrett (one-time member of Jazz Mandolin Project), and Robinson Morse.
Trey then sat in for much of Orchestra Baobab’s headlining gig. This show marked the closing of Higher Ground.
Trey recently visited Orchestra Baobab in their native Senegal with Dave Matthews as part of filming for VH1’s “Inside Out” program. The episode will air on Saturday, May 8 at 10:00pm Eastern.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/25/1992 (Evergreen College - Olympia, WA)
04/26
04/26/1990
The 'Sco
Oberlin, OH
Set I: Possum, Foam > You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Dinner and a Movie -> Bouncing Around the Room, I Didn’t Know, Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy
Set II: How High the Moon, Esther, Bathtub Gin, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Cavern, Sweet Adeline, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Highway to Hell
Show Notes: Listen for a strong I Know a Little tease before the encore.
04/26/1994
Purple Dragon Recording Studios
Atlanta, GA
Sample in a Jar, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Down with Disease, Fluffhead, Carefree
04/26/1996
JazzFest at the Fairgrounds
New Orleans, LA
Check: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart, Blues Jam, Wolfman’s Brother
Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Stash, Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself -> Wolfman’s Brother, Scent of a Mule, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life, David Bowie
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern
Show Notes: Listen for the obvious When the Saints Go Marching In tease in Ya Mar. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman’s Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/26/1996 (JazzFest at the Fairgrounds - New Orleans, LA)
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04/27/1988
Gallagher’s
Waitsfield, VT
No Setlist Available.
04/27/1989
Memorial Building
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Golgi Apparatus, String Changing Nature, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Sanity, I Didn’t Know, Alumni Blues, The Lizards, Whipping Post
Encore: Contact, David Bowie
Show Notes: String Changing Nature was not really a song, but rather a jam that arose while the band tuned their instruments and included some funny stage banter. Whipping Post was well-jammed and Sanity was the fast version.
04/27/1991
Capitol Theatre
Port Chester, NY
Opening Act: Aquarium Rescue Unit
Check: Carolina, The Asse Festival, Poor Heart, Funky Bitch
Set I: Sweet Adeline, The Asse Festival, Runaway Jim, Cavern, The Landlady, My Sweet One, Reba, Llama, The Lizards, Suzy Greenberg, Stash, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: The Curtain > Possum, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise > Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fluffhead, Tweezer, The Squirming Coil -> Wipeout -> Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: Tweezer contained Sweet Emotion teases and an introduction of “Dr. Q” on bass. Wipeout was performed on the vacuum by Fishman.
04/27/1993
Concert Hall
Toronto, Canada
Set I: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Stash, Guelah Papyrus, It’s Ice, Sparkle, David Bowie
Set II: Golgi Apparatus, My Friend My Friend, All Things Reconsidered, Maze, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, Silent in the Morning, Love You, Cavern
Encore: My Sweet One, Amazing Grace
Show Notes: YEM featured teases of Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown, in both the song and the vocal jam. Silent was actually played without The Horse.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/27/1991 (Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY)
34 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Fenway Park - Boston, MA
When Phish heads North of the border, they usually put on a very fine show. That '93 one is no different.
^ VERY much agree with u on that Will.
04/28/1987
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT
No Setlist Available.
04/28/1989
Moulton Union
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
No Setlist Available.
04/28/1990
The Strand Theater
Boston, MA
Set I: Sweet Adeline, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Uncle Pen, Dinner and a Movie -> Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Rift, Foam, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Cavern, Harry Hood, Caravan, I Didn’t Know, Reba, My Sweet One, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
04/28/1994
Sunfest
West Palm Beach, FL
Check: Reggae Jam, Funky Bitch, Magilla, Ginseng Sullivan, Blues Jam
Runaway Jim, Foam, Sample in a Jar, Rift, Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Julius, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: This performance was a one set show.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/28/1990 (The Strand Theater - Boston, MA)
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04/29/1986
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Show Notes: This show was performed on The Green outside Bailey Howe Library.
04/29/1987
Nectar’s
Burlington, VT
Set I: She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot), Fire, Skin it Back -> Cities, Fuck Your Face, Lushington
Set II: Dog Gone Dog, Melt the Guns -> Dave’s Energy Guide, Take the ‘A’ Train, Halley’s Comet, Quinn the Eskimo, AC/DC Bag
Set III: Peaches en Regalia, Fluffhead, Good Times Bad Times, Anarchy, Makisupa Policeman > Run Like an Antelope, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Timber (Jerry), Slave to the Traffic Light -> Sparks, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Come On (Let the Good Times Roll), I Am Hydrogen
Show Notes: Highlights included a great segue from Skin it Back into Cities, a long, intricate jam at the beginning of McGrupp, and the Melt the Guns / DEG combo. Some debate whether Fuck Your Face (the only known live version) is from this show, due to tape cuts before the song. It may be filler from another date but circulates on all known copies of this tape.
04/29/1989
The Living Room
Providence, RI
No Setlist Available.
04/29/1990
Woodbury Ski & Racquet Club
Woodbury, CT
Carolina, Possum, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Divided Sky, Fluffhead, Walk Away, HYHU > Love You > HYHU, The Lizards, Fire
Show Notes: Walk Away featured Trey and Mike on the trampolines.
04/29/1992
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, Foam, Sparkle, It’s Ice, Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Take the ‘A’ Train, David Bowie
Set II: The Landlady > Possum, Mound -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Llama, The Lizards -> Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Love You, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Horn, Rocky Top
04/29/1993
Le Spectrum
Montreal, Canada
Check: Reggae Jam
Set I: Split Open and Melt, Uncle Pen, The Sloth, Runaway Jim, Horn, Llama, Glide, Rift, Fee, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, It’s Ice > Ya Mar, Mound, Big Ball Jam, Reba, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Makisupa Policeman -> Weekapaug Groove, HYHU > Terrapin > HYHU, The Squirming Coil
Encore: My Friend My Friend
Show Notes: Some of the fans cheered the mention of Quebec during Fee. Antelope included a brief jam on Pink Floyd’s Money. Ya Mar contained some funny stage banter, as Trey tried to bring “Leo” in too early. It also included a Can’t Turn You Loose tease from Page. Hydrogen included a tease of I’ve Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle, with a bassline somewhat akin to Happy Trails. Weekapaug included a Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ tease from Page. Fishman dedicated Terrapin to his friends from Burlington who made the trip to see the band. Makisupa was played for the first time since November 26, 1990 (307 shows).
04/29/1994
Boatyard Village Pavilion
Clearwater, FL
Set I: Halley’s Comet, You Enjoy Myself > Fast Enough for You, Scent of a Mule, The Sloth, Divided Sky, I Didn’t Know, Dog Faced Boy, Split Open and Melt, Sanity, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Llama
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Maze, If I Could, Reba, Fee, Uncle Pen, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, I Wanna Be Like You, Cavern
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: There was no vocal jam in YEM, as the song melted into FEFY. SOAM included teases of Ice, Ice, Baby. Sanity was played for the first time since May 17, 1992 (198 shows).
My Pick Of The Day =
04/29/1993 (Le Spectrum - Montreal, Canada)
AND/OR
04/29/1994 (Boatyard Village Pavilion - Clearwater, FL)
32 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Fenway Park - Boston, MA
Great video of the '90 show floats around. I loves it.
04/30/1988
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Show Notes: This show may have been a fraternity party.
04/30/1989
Night Stage
Cambridge, MA
I Didn’t Know, You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Lizards, Divided Sky, Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Run Like an Antelope, Terrapin
Encore: Possum
Show Notes: This show was preceded by an introduction from Dionysian co-founder Ben Hunter.
04/30/1992
Barrymore Theatre
Madison, WI
Opening Act: The Aquarium Rescue Unit
Set I: The Curtain, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Maze, Reba, Uncle Pen, Stash, Rift, Esther, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Glide, Tweezer, The Squirming Coil, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Chalk Dust Torture, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Carolina, Cavern
Show Notes: Glide was preceded by an All Fall Down Signal. Tweezer featured Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone. YEM included a Me and My Arrow Signal, a Dave’s Energy Guide tease, and a Welcome Christmas tease in the vocal jam.
04/30/1993
University Of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Set I: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, Cavern, Lawn Boy, All Things Reconsidered, Possum
Set II: Wilson, Sparkle, Tweezer -> Walk Away -> Mound, Big Ball Jam, Harry Hood, HYHU > If I Only Had a Brain, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise
04/30/1994
The Edge
Orlando, FL
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Stash, Poor Heart, Sample in a Jar, Punch You in the Eye, Rift, Ginseng Sullivan, Sweet Adeline
Set II: Wilson, David Bowie, Wolfman’s Brother, Peaches en Regalia, Harry Hood, Axilla (Part II), McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Possum, Purple Rain, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Highway to Hell
Show Notes: Ginseng Sullivan and Sweet Adeline were performed acoustic without microphones. Lion Sleeps Tonight was teased throughout the show, including the Bowie intro. Possum included a tease jam that featured sections of all the songs from Wilson through McGrupp.
My Pick Of The Day = 04/30/1992 (Barrymore Theatre - Madison, WI)
If I have time I will probably also try to check out the '94 show as well…Set II: Wilson, David Bowie, Wolfman’s Brother, Peaches en Regalia, Harry Hood, Axilla (Part II), McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Possum*
*Possum included a tease jam that featured sections of all the songs from Wilson through McGrupp.
31 Days till Summer Tour 2009 - Fenway Park - Boston, MA
Hope everyone has a great weekend…The next Phish show is THIS month 
Here is the weekend superpost, it’s gonna be long as these three dates have produced quite a few shows…
05/01
05/01/1985
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Show Notes: In what must have been the busiest day in Phishtory, the band played four shows (three of which were fraternity parties).
05/01/1989
Pearl Street Ballroom
Northampton, MA
Set I: Dinner and a Movie, You Enjoy Myself, Esther, AC/DC Bag, Alumni Blues, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Golgi Apparatus, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, On Your Way Down, Possum, Icculus, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, David Bowie, Contact
Show Notes: It is possible that Contact was the encore at this show.
05/01/1992
The Rave
Central Park
Milwaukee, WI
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, The Landlady, NICU, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, It’s Ice, Horn, I Didn’t Know, Possum
Set II: Sanity, Buried Alive, Wilson, All Things Reconsidered, My Sweet One, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Mound, The Lizards, Llama, Cold as Ice > Terrapin, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Lawn Boy, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Rocky Top
Show Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on the Bag-Vac in what was the instrument’s last known appearance.
05/01/1993
Tower Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
Check: Poor Heart (a cappella), Odd Couple Jam, Brother
Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Rift, Sample in a Jar, It’s Ice, Glide > David Bowie
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead > My Friend My Friend, The Squirming Coil, Big Ball Jam > Halley’s Comet > Paul and Silas, Mike’s Song -> The Great Gig in the Sky -> Weekapaug Groove, Cavern
Encore: Carolina, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Mike’s Song included teases of what would become the riff to Simple, as well as a tease of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Fuckin’ Up.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/01/1989 (Pearl Street Ballroom - Northampton, MA)
05/02
05/02/1988
The Haunt
Ithaca, NY
No Setlist Available.
05/02/1991
The Chance
Poughkeepsie, NY
Opening Act: Skratch Baxter
Set I: Rocky Top, Drum Jam -> Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent, Llama, The Squirming Coil, Cavern > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Poor Heart > Divided Sky, Fee -> Split Open and Melt > Tela, My Sweet One > I Didn’t Know, Buried Alive, Possum
Encore: Harry Hood
Show Notes: Fishman’s drum solo before Foam was due to a broken bass string. Forbin’s featured guest Jamie Janover on didgeridoo. Fishman performed this show wearing a tight blue and red superhero costume, complete with cape and hood, that had been made for him.
05/02/1992
Cabaret Metro
Chicago, IL
Opening Act: The Aquarium Rescue Unit
Set I: Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Icculus > The Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle, Reba, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Squirming Coil, Llama
Set II: Glide, David Bowie -> Crew Football Theme Song -> David Bowie, Tela, Foam, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Cracklin’ Rosie, Cavern
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Show Notes: Both Forbin and Stash referenced the Los Angeles riots that ensued after the Rodney King verdict was announced. This incredibly fun Bowie included Fingerscrape, All Fall Down, Oom Pa Pa, Chaos, and Random Laugh Signals, as well as the return of the Crew Football Theme Song. During a hilarious Icculus, Trey extolled the virtues of the Helping Friendly Book and remarked jokingly that the Aquarium Rescue Unit “used to be a feeble bluegrass band until they read this great book!” Glide was a birthday dedication. BBFCFM featured some zany on-stage antics that found Trey on top of his stack and Mike singing from down on the floor. Bowie included “Wizard of Oz” theme teases and YEM included a strong Don’t Get Me Wrong tease.
05/02/1993
Tipitina’s
New Orleans, LA
Set I: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Stash, Reba, Sparkle, It’s Ice, Fee, All Things Reconsidered, Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, I Didn’t Know, David Bowie
Set II: My Friend My Friend, Uncle Pen, Tweezer, The Lizards, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Love You, It’s My Life, Loup Garou, Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie, Harry Hood, Amazing Grace
Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: It’s My Life through Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie featured Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes of Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots on washboard, harp, and lead vocals. During I Didn’t Know, Fishman wore a Madonna-like pointy boob washboard while Trey and Mike loaded Mardi Gras beads on his head.
05/02/1994
Five Points South Music Hall
Birmingham, AL
Set I: The Great Gig in the Sky -> Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Down with Disease, It’s Ice, Glide, Divided Sky, Suzy Greenberg, Foam, Sample in a Jar
Set II: Runaway Jim, Mound, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, The Lizards, Julius, Lawn Boy, Mike’s Song -> Bass Jam
Encore: Cavern
Show Notes: Oteil Burbridge and Stacy Starkweather both joined the band on bass for the jam out of Mike’s Song, during which the band members switched instruments. At one point, Trey wound up on drums while Fishman played Page’s organ.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/02/1992 (Cabaret Metro - Chicago, IL)
05/03
24 years ago on this date…Page made his debut with Phish!!!
05/03/1985
Last Day Party at UVM-Redstone
Burlington, VT
Set I: Slave to the Traffic Light, Mike’s Song, Dave’s Energy Guide, Big Leg Emma
Set II: Alumni Blues, Wild Child, Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’, Jam -> Cities, Bring it On Home
Set III: Scarlet Begonias > Eyes of the World, Whipping Post -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Makisupa Policeman -> Reggae Jam, Run Like an Antelope -> The Other One
Encore: Anarchy
Show Notes: This show marked Page’s debut with the band, as he guested during portions of the third set. In fact, Big Leg Emma was preceded by an announcement from Trey that “our friend Page, from Goddard, will sit in later.” Bring it On Home featured “Bobby Brown” (Tim Rogers) on harmonica. McGrupp was dedicated to Fishman.
05/03/1988
The Haunt
Ithaca, NY
No Setlist Available.
05/03/1989
The Orange Grove
Syracuse, NY
Show Notes: Though there was a show on this date, it was not at The Orange Grove. Tapes that circulate from that venue are actually mislabeled copies of May 13, 1989.
05/03/1989
Tent Party
Franklin & Marshal College
Lancaster, PA
No Setlist Available.
05/03/1990
The Pub House
Poultney, VT
No Setlist Available.
05/03/1991
Somerville Theater
Somerville, MA
Opening Act: Aquarium Rescue Unit
Set I: Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Divided Sky, Fee, Paul and Silas, Tweezer, The Lizards, Sweet Adeline
Set II: AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > The Sloth, The Landlady, Runaway Jim, Tela, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Take the ‘A’ Train -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Show Notes: Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Tweezer included a Sweet Emotion tease.
05/03/1992
Michigan State University Union Ballroom
East Lansing, MI
Set I: The Landlady, Possum, It’s Ice, Uncle Pen, Fee, Split Open and Melt, I Didn’t Know, Rift, Horn, Runaway Jim
Set II: Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Fluffhead, Guelah Papyrus, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song, Cracklin’ Rosie, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Memories, Sweet Adeline, Tweezer Reprise
05/03/1993
State Theatre
New Brunswick, NJ
Set I: Buried Alive, Rift, Weigh, Chalk Dust Torture, Esther, Split Open and Melt, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Lawn Boy, Cavern
Set II: AC/DC Bag, The Curtain, Tweezer -> Manteca -> Tweezer, Contact, It’s Ice, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Runaway Jim, Love You, My Sweet One, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Highway to Hell
Show Notes: Tweezer included an I Feel the Earth Move tease.
05/03/1994
Starwood Amphitheater
Antioch, TN
Set I: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Sparkle, Stash, The Squirming Coil, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, Sweet Adeline
Set II: David Bowie, If I Could, Fluffhead, Down with Disease, Harpua, Chalk Dust Torture, HYHU > I Wanna Be Like You > HYHU, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Nellie Kane, Fire
Show Notes: If I Could featured Alison Krauss on vocals. Sunshine of Your Love and Sunshine of My Life were both teased during Bowie. Adeline was performed unmiced. The venue is sometimes mislabeled as “The Veranda” at Starwood; the show was scheduled to be held there but was moved to the main stage due to rain. Interestingly, Hank Williams, Jr. had already set up his PA and light system for a tour rehearsal and allowed Phish to use his rig.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/03/1993 (State Theatre - New Brunswick, NJ)…Tweezer -> Manteca -> Tweezer
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05/04/1990
Colonial Theatre
Keene, NH
Check: Carolina (with alternate, “R”-rated lyrics)
Set I: Runaway Jim, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Tweezer, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Caravan, If I Only Had a Brain, Highway to Hell, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Whipping Post, Sweet Adeline, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Reba, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards
Encore: Contact
05/04/1991
Somerville Theater
Somerville, MA
Opening Act: The Aquarium Rescue Unit
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Cavern, Reba, My Sweet One, Split Open and Melt, Guelah Papyrus, Fluffhead, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Dog Gone Dog, Llama, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Buried Alive, Harry Hood, Horn, Rocky Top, Possum
Encore: Terrapin, Runaway Jim, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: Forbin featured a guest horn player dressed in a leopardskin toga and a huge orange Mohawk. Hood was played in support of the Vermont Dairy Farmers.
05/04/1994
State Palace Theatre
New Orleans, LA
Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sample in a Jar, It’s Ice, Sparkle, Axilla (Part II), Tweezer > Lifeboy, Rift > Tweezer Reprise
Set II: Run Like an Antelope, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Buried Alive > The Landlady, Julius, Wolfman’s Brother, Magilla, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Caravan
Show Notes: YEM through Caravan featured the Cosmic Country Horns: Michael Ray and Carl “Geerz” Gerhard on trumpet, Dave “The Truth” Grippo on alto sax, Tony Tate on tenor sax, Jerome Theriot on baritone sax, and Rick Trolsen on trombone. Suzy ended with a jazz jam involving a megaphone on Trey’s guitar and an electric screwdriver on Mike’s bass. Trey dedicated Antelope to his friend, who was, at that moment, giving birth. He recommended that she name the child “Marco Esquandolas.” It’s Ice included a tease of Right Off, a tune from Miles Davis’ Tribute to Jack Johnson album.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/04/1994 (State Palace Theatre - New Orleans, LA)
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Happy Cinco De Mayo folks…here are today’s shows :
05/05/1988
Slade Hall
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
No Setlist Available.
05/05/1989
Sigma Phi Fraternity
Hamilton University
Clinton, NY
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Alumni Blues, Donna Lee, Fee, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: I Didn’t Know, Take the ‘A’ Train, Good Times Bad Times, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
05/05/1992
Bogart’s
Cincinnati, OH
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, The Curtain, Sparkle, Stash, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, I Didn’t Know, It’s Ice -> Glide -> Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, All Things Reconsidered, Foam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Llama, Cold as Ice > Love You > Cold as Ice, The Squirming Coil, Cavern
Encore: Contact, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Guelah included use of the Secret Language.
05/05/1993
Palace Theatre
Albany, NY
Check: Give a Little Bit, Poor Heart Blues, Funky Bitch Blues, Brother
Set I: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice > Glide > Maze, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Runaway Jim > My Friend My Friend -> Manteca -> My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, Weigh -> Big Ball Jam, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself -> Jam
Encore: Amazing Grace, Cavern -> Take the ‘A’ Train -> Cavern
Show Notes: The jam after YEM featured The Aquarium Rescue Unit and the Dude of Life and was simply amazing. It also included a Who Knows tease. This show was full of anomalies, including variations on usually unchanged songs like My Friend and Cavern. A-Train was played for the first time since February 12, 1993 (58 shows). Trey dedicated Ya Mar to Sue on her birthday. Ya Mar subsequently included a Two Princes tease.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/05/1993 (Palace Theatre - Albany, NY) - YEM->Jam feat. Aquarium & The Dude Of Life!!!
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05/06/1989
Collis Center
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Set I: You Enjoy Myself, I Didn’t Know, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, The Sloth, Possum, Bold As Love, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, David Bowie
Set II: Donna Lee, Suzy Greenberg, Contact, Fire, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, Divided Sky
Show Notes: Suzy included a Linus and Lucy tease.
05/06/1990
Toad’s Place
New Haven, CT
Opening Act: Widespread Panic
Set I: Possum > Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Reba, Tweezer, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Fee, Harry Hood, Esther, David Bowie, HYHU > Terrapin > HYHU, Jagermeister, You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: Reba was dedicated to Widespread Panic. The jam out of Terrapin had a Spanish-style feel. The management stopped the band in the middle of YEM, so there was no vocal jam. During the tramps jam in YEM, though, Trey jumped off the stage.
05/06/1992
St. Andrew’s Hall
Detroit, MI
Set I: Llama, Foam, Reba, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Maze, Tela, Brother, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle, Cavern
Set II: My Sweet One, Stash, The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Cold as Ice, Chalk Dust Torture, HYHU > Terrapin > Cold as Ice, Take the ‘A’ Train, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Carolina, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: The vocal jam out of YEM included Shaggy Dog quotes.
05/06/1993
Palace Theatre
Albany NY
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, All Things Reconsidered, Llama, Fluffhead, Possum, Lawn Boy, Why You’ve Been Gone So Long, Tennessee Waltz, I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Tweezer, Tela, Uncle Pen, Big Ball Jam, The Squirming Coil, Mike’s Song -> Ob La Di Ob La Da Jam -> Rocky Top, HYHU > Cracklin’ Rosie, That’s Alright Mama
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Contact > Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Why You’ve Been Gone So Long, Rocky Top, and HYHU featured Dick Solberg on violin. Tennessee Waltz, Fast Train, and That’s Alright Mama featured Solberg on violin and Jeff Walton on acoustic guitar; the two also provided vocals on Tennessee Waltz… Why You’ve Been Gone So Long also featured Walton on vocals. Tweezer included a Sweet Emotion tease.
05/06/1994
Tower Theater
Houston, TX
Set I: Down with Disease, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Poor Heart, My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Stash, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture
Set II: Maze, Golgi Apparatus, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Reba, Axilla (Part II), Julius, Bike, David Bowie
Encore: Ginseng Sullivan, Freebird
Show Notes: The encores were performed without microphones.
My Pick Of The Day = 05/06/1993 (Palace Theatre - Albany NY)
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05/07/1985
Finbar’s
Burlington, VT
No Setlist Available.
05/07/1989
The Front
Burlington, VT
No Setlist Available.
05/07/1990
The Haunt
Ithaca, NY
Walk Away, Highway to Hell, La Grange, If I Only Had a Brain, Possum
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete and out of order. It is known, though, that these songs were definitely played.
05/07/1992
The Agora
Cleveland, OH
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, Poor Heart, Buried Alive, My Friend My Friend, Foam, Runaway Jim, Esther, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Possum
Set II: The Landlady, Sparkle, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Glide, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee > Cold as Ice > Bike, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Possum included Asshole, Fingerscrape, Random Laugh, and All Fall Down Signals. During Fee, a fake palm tree was lowered onto the stage behind Page. The prop seemed to surprise the band as much as it did the audience.
05/07/1993
Bangor Municipal Auditorium
Bangor, ME
Set I: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Caravan -> Manteca -> The Lizards, Horn, Divided Sky, I Didn’t Know, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Fee -> Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself, The Great Gig in the Sky, Harry Hood, Harpua, Highway to Hell
Encore: Amazing Grace, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: Harpua included pieces of Crossroads, which would debut the following day. YEM included a Who Knows jam.
05/07/1994
The Bomb Factory
Dallas, TX
Check: Jazz Jam, Dog Gone Dog (slow reggae version), Blues Jam
Set I: Llama, Horn, Divided Sky, Mound, Fast Enough for You, Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, If I Could, Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Loving Cup, Sparkle > Tweezer -> Sparks -> Makisupa Policeman -> Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Walk Away -> Cannonball Jam -> Purple Rain > HYHU Jam -> Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Sample in a Jar
Show Notes: The jam after Walk Away included a Page solo, teases of It’s Ice and McGrupp, and a Simpsons Signal. The second set is one of the most circulated tapes ever, as most fans love the “Tweezerfest.”
My Pick Of The Day = 05/07/1994 (The Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX)~~ Set II : TWEEZERFEST~~
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I haven’t listened to that BS factory in ages. Might need to give that a go this afternoon. A tight, well-played first set if memory serves.
^ I haven’t listened to the show in a while, but last time I did I liked the first better than the Tweezer fest. Amazing song variety.
^ I have to agree with you on that…but the Tweezerfest is quite good as well…it’s an all around SOLID show.
Indeed.