What a massive first set! I love the “Guyute” opener.
9-17-00 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
1: Guyute, Back on the Train, Bathtub Gin, Limb by Limb, The Moma Dance, Lawn Boy, Fluffhead, The Curtain With, Chalkdust Torture (1:42)
2: Rock and Roll > Theme from the Bottom > Dog Log > The Mango Song -> Free (1:02)
E: Contact, Rocky Top (0:10)
set up
07-21-96 The Forum, Nurnberg, Germany
1: Golgi Apparatus, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind’s Got a Mind of It’s Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song*, Fee-> Timber (Jerry)-> Johnny B. Goode
2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars, Free, Run Like an Antelope, Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
E: Harry Hood
*First time played.
this show has been a lot of fun so far. Nothing ultra-standout, but a nice consistent show with great balance. I really liked the Tweezer three songs in.
pretty sure I’ve listened to this at least once, but its been a while.
sick setlist, and an energetic show so far
11-27-96 Key Arena, Seattle, WA
1: Julius-> My Friend My Friend-> Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free-> Theme From the Bottom, Bold as Love
2: Down With Disease-> Jesus Just Left Chicago-> Scent of a Mule*, Tweezer**-> Down With Disease Jam, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
E: Waste, Tweezer Reprise
*Trey scats to the “Brady Bunch” theme for a few minutes amd includes a vacuum solo. **With “Sweet Emotion” (Aerosmith) quote.
I listened to that show a few months back and thought it was pretty damn good. Fall '96 is one of those tours that I just don’t seem to pay much attention to, for whatever reason.
12-08-95 CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH
1: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Simple-> Runaway Jim-> Fluffhead, It’s Ice, Acoustic Army, Prince Caspian, Good Times Bad Times*
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Tweezer-> Kung-> Tweezer-> Love You-> HYHU, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise, Run Like an Antelope
E: Come Together**#, A Day in the Life**
*Dedicated to “the man in the dragon pants” (Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin). **Encore played in remberance of John Lennon’s death on 12-08-80. #First time played.
12.30.94 MSG
I like this Tweezer quite a bit. Rockin’ hard at the 6 minute mark already. Page vs. Trey!!!
2: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart-> Tweezer, I’m Blue I’m Lonesome*, You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain-> HYHU, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
E: Frankenstein
*Acoustic.
^The tramps segment of that YEM is pretty damn crazy! Cool “Auld Lang Syne” teases by Trey right before “Boy Man God Shit” as well.
That was a great show.
Supposedly, it is Page’s favorite.
I was able to bring in about 15 cases of whippits in my backpack.
The dude lifted it up and it went CHANG! and just let me cruise in.
That shit doesn’t fly in NYC anymore.
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^Yeah I remember reading that was his Fav when Entertainment Weekly did those four issues with the bandmembers on the cover.
Yeah, the same Entertainment weekly that made the famous “urinating in the ears of the audience” comment in the review Trey reads in BM.
I just finished up “CTB.” Not bad. Like the trumpet addition. Other than that a standard first set so far. I don’t see the remaining three songs pushing it above the “average” category.
The second set looks a little better I suppose.
9-26-99 Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
1: Sweet Virginia*, First Tube > AC/DC Bag, Dirt, Guyute, Bouncin’ Around the Room, Cars Trucks Buses**, Funky Bitch**, Free Thought**, Cavern
2: Twist Around > Piper, Mountains in the Mist, Heavy Things, Birds of a Feather, Meat, Down with Disease
E: Meatstick#, Rocky Top
*First time played; Rolling Stones cover from the album “Exile on Main Street.” **With Michael Ray on trumpet and Tim Green on saxophone, both of the Cosmic Krewe. #Trey and Mike teach the crowd the Meatstick dance.
Well the “Twist” to open set II actually wasn’t bad. It contained a pretty upbeat, spirited jam. “Heavy Things” was about as mellow a version I’ve ever heard. As was “BOAF.” The “Twist” opener was the the definite highlight of the set for me.
I’ve never heard that one. The Sweet Virginia opener’s no good? I love that song, and I’ve really got to hear Phish play it.
Figured I’d revisit this show. It does, indeed, perhaps fall into the category of my “go to” shows when I can’t think of a specific show I want to listen to.
11-19-97 Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
1: Julius, Bathtub Gin-> Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee*-> Meatstick-> Run Like an Antelope
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Wolfman’s Brother**-> Makisupa Policeman#, Taste
E: Possum
*Trey looked around the stage for the megaphone, but didn’t find it. **With “Walk Away,” “Tweezer,” and “I Feel Free” (Cream) teases; and with “Crosseyed and Painless” jam. #With space jam.
^ that was my first show of Fall 97. The last i saw before it was 8-11 and that set left a bad taste in my mouth. Quickly as that Gin turned to serious funk that old great taste came back and did not leave for quite some time! That 2001 was tops for me and has since fallen to no 3 behind Gorge 98 and Memphis 99!
I really enjoy that “Bathtub -> Llama.”
Not to mention the “2001.”
Fuck yeah!
I’m going to do my best to get through both of these shows, back-to-back, all the way through, while at work this afternoon. I think I’ll have just enough time.
10-26-96 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
Soundcheck: Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman’s Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It’s Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
2: Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like An Antelope*
E: Fire
*Dedicated to Fish’s cousin, Jason Roberts, for winning a guitar competition; with “Spooky” and “Voodoo Chile” teases ("Voodoo Chile is what Jason Roberts played in the competition).
10-27-96 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Scent of a Mule-> Catapult*-> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk, Taste**, Suzy Greenberg
2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars, Tweezer Reprise
E: Possum, Carolina
*With Page on Theremin. **With “Norwegian Wood” tease.
I always loves me a good “AC/DC Bag” opener.
10-08-95 Adams Fieldhouse, U. of Montana, Missoula, MT
1: AC/DC Bag, Demand-> Sparkle, Wolfman’s Brother, Reba, I’m Blue I’m Lonesome, Prince Caspian, Uncle Pen, Free
2: Keyboard Army, Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself, Suspicious Minds, Dog Faced Boy, David Bowie, Keyboard Army Reprise
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top
The “Stash” is the obvious highlight of the first set.
Nothing really impressed me in the second set, especially not the 10-minute “Bathtub Gin.”
I definitely agree that “lackluster” was the perfect word to describe this show.
10-10-99 Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
1: Farmhouse, Gotta Jiboo, Heavy Things, First Tube, Dirt, Vultures, Stash* (1:10)
2: Jam > You Enjoy Myself** -> Prince Caspian** -> Train Song, Bathtub Gin, Character Zero# (1:07)
E: Contact, Misty Mountain Hop (0:14)
*Ended abruptly. **Unfinished. #Trey thanked family, crew, and fans.
I keep going back to 12/29/97. I have a ton of shows on the old iPod, but find myself at this smokin show!