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Watch Phish Kick Off Clifford Ball in Upstate New York – 8/16/1996 Video

Phish has returned to YouTube with a special Thanksgiving treat–footage from the Clifford Ball from 1996. The P-fish ventured to Plattsburgh Air Force Base in August of 1996 for their first festival—The Clifford Ball.

The festival passed their 25th anniversary this summer and Phish is sharing two three-set evenings from festival this Thanksgiving weekend. The first stream is from August 16, 1996.

SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley’s Comet > David Bowie

SET 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste[1], Talk[1], Train Song[1], Strange Design[1], Hello My Baby, Mike’s Song -> Simple -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove

SET 3: Makisupa Policeman > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease[2] -> NICU, Life on Mars? > Harry Hood -> Jam

ENCORE: Amazing Grace

Thanks to Phish for the stream!

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Instant Classic: Watch Phish Deliver a “Tweezer” for the Ages at MSG – 12/30/2019 AUD

After a “Never Miss a Sunday Show” Sunday evening at MSG, Phish returned to the Garden with high expectations. Who knows what they have in store for tomorrow night, but the boys delivered one of the best shows I have ever witnessed. Hands down.

From the “Wilson” opener, MSG knew it was in for a treat. First set highlights include a rocking “46 Days,” a bust-out of the Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic “Ballad of Curtis Lowe,” a great first set “Mike’s Song > Contact > Weekapaug Groove” and a searing “About to Run.”

After an awesome first set, no one was prepared for what was to come in set two. MSG roared as the opening chords of “Tweezer” rang through the arena. At the 7-minute mark, we knew we were in for something special. Over the next 30+ minutes, Phish took the Phans at MSG on a journey through peaks and valleys, and plenty of undiscovered territory. When it was all said and done, the “Tweezer” clocked in over 30 minutes.

The “Tweezer” ended with a skit based around the story of Phish’s first show at MSG 25 years ago. The comic relief was a welcome respite from the relentless “Tweezer” jams, but Phish roared back immediately with a solid “Ruby Waves” that showed the promise of the legendary Alpine Valley version from the summer. I funky “Steam” followed and reprised back into “Tweezer” and “Ruby Waves” before a gorgeous “Slave to the Traffic Light” to finish the set. Wow.

Trey saved the “Tweezer Reprise” for another day and encored a rip-roaring “Rock and Roll” to finish the evening.

Set 1
01.Intro
02.Wilson
03.The Final Hurrah
04.46 Days
05.Ballad Of Curtis Loew
06 Blaze On
07.Corinna
08.Mikes Song>
09.Contact>
10.Weekapaug Groove
11.About To Run
12.More

Set 2
01.Intro
02.Tweezer
03.Trey 12/30/94 Pan Story
04.Ruby Waves
05.Steam>
06.Tweezer>
07.Ruby Waves
08.Slave To The Traffic Light
09.Crowd
10.Rock N’ Roll

Thanks to Chris King for the recording!

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad

First Look: Watch New Footage of Phish’s 3rd Set on Night One of Big Cypress – 12/30/1999 Video

Phish’s quintessential festival, Big Cypress is coming up on it’s 20th birthday. The festival literally heard and scene around the world, is legendary for it’s NYE show that lasted until the the sun rose.

The first night of Big Cypress also packed quite the punch. The second set of 12/30 is as formidable a set as you will see in 90s Phishtory. Thanks to YouTube user Cleantones, we now have fan shot video footage of the set! According to the notes, the tape circulated around traders, but never made it’s way to YouTube. Thanks to Cleantones for cleaning up the footage and pairing it with a great audio source!

0:00:00 Chalk Dust Torture
0:07:58 The Moma Dance
0:16:59 Run Like an Antelope
0:32:38 The Sloth
0:36:35 When the Circus Comes
0:38:51 Mike’s Song
0:54:18 Simple
0:59:54 Weekapaug Groove
1:07:47 Encore
1:10:38 Boogie On Reggae Woman
1:15:56 Tweezer Reprise
1:19:49 Post Set

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Listen to Phish’s Tweezer-fest at the Met in Philly – 12/3/2019 SBD

Phish continued their fall tour at the Met in Philly last night. The gig was announced after the initial tour was planned and was billed as an Sirius XM special event. Aside from being a free show and broadcast exclusively on Phish’s XM radio station, the show was remarkable because it’s the smallest venue that Phish has played in decades.

Approaching showtime, there were tickets being sold in excess of $1,000. To say this was a hot ticket would be an understatement.

Phish opened the show in true Phish-phasion with an acapella rendition of “Hello My Baby.” After the Phish crooned the final notes of the 100+ year old tune, they took their places and settled into their first of many “Tweezers” of the evening. In all, “Tweezer” made an appearance four times before the night was capped off with a “Tweezer Reprise.”

SET 1: Hello My Baby, Tweezer > Free, The Moma Dance > Tweezer -> Blaze On, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Kill Devil Falls > Tweezer > Ya Mar, Drift While You’re Sleeping

SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Tweezer > Mike’s Song > Sparkle, Ass Handed > Weekapaug Groove, Miss You > Waves > Twist > A Day in the Life > Also Sprach Zarathustra[2] > More

ENCORE: Waste > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Fish on Marimba Lumina.

Thanks to u/Kernel_Forbin for the stream!

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad

Listen to Phish’s Full 2019 Run at Dicks – 8/30/2019 to 9/1/2019 AUD

One of the most anticipated weekends of the year for Phish fans is Labor Day and their annual three-night run at Dicks Sporting Park in Commerce Park outside of Denver, CO.

This year’s festivities were nearly sidelined by prairie dogs with the plague in the neighboring Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. While the shows went off without a hitch, camping and vending was canceled. The Phish community didn’t let this obscurity become a footnote, rather plague prairie dog memes and merch have flourished. Phish even got in on the action and kicked off night three with “Stray Dog” but changed the lyrics to “Plague Dog.”

Over the three nights, Phish shared rarities, deep jams, classic tunes, new Kasvot Vaxt and Ghosts of the Forest tunes. They made us laugh, cry and everything in between.

8/30 Setlist
Set 1
01.Can’t Always Listen
02.Free
03.No Men In No Man’s Land
04.555
05.Back On The Train
06.Rift
07.Steam
08.Poor Heart
09.Undermind
10.Train Song
11.Wingsuit
12.Blaze On

Set 2
01.Everything’s Right
02.Mercury
03.Shade
04.Light >
05.Party Time
06.Sand >
07.What’s The Use?
08.Harry Hood
09.Encore
10.Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

8/31/2019 Setlist
Set 1
01.The Moma Dance
02.The Final Hurrah
03.Gumbo
04.Access Me
05.Funky Bitch
06.Ghost
07.Tube
08.Mountains in the Mist
09.Drift While You’re Sleeping

Set 2
01.Mikes Song >
02.I Am Hydrogen >
03.Weekapaug Groove >
04.46 Days
05.Set Your Soul Free
06.Down With Disease
07.NICU
08.Bug
09.Wedge
10.Slave To The Traffic Light
11.Encore
12.Brian and Robert
13.Character Zero

9/1 Setlist
Set 1
01.Stray Dog
02.Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
03.Turtle In The Clouds
04.Wolfman’s Brother
05.Birds Of A Feather
06.We Are Come To Outlive Our Brains >
07.Taste
08.My Friend, My Friend
09.Twenty Years Later
10.Sparkle
11.Crazy Sometimes
12.Bathtub Gin

Set 2
01.Slightness Escape
02.Fuego>
03.Piper>
04.Tweezer>
05.2001>
06.Chalk Dust Torture >
07.Waste
08.Cavern
09.First Tube
10.Encore
11.Horse>
12.Silent In The Morning
13.Life Beyond A Dream
14.Tweezer Reprise

Thanks to Chris King for the recordings – 8/30, 8/31 and 9/1!

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad


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