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Listen to Phish Bust Out Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” in Fall Tour Opener – 11/29/2019 AUD

Phish’s long awaited fall tour is finally here. The night tour runs through Providence, Uniondale, Pittsburgh, North Charleston and a pop-up show in Philadelphia next week.

Last night, Phish opened the tour in Providence, RI at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Among the highlights was a bust-out of the Jimi Hendrix classic “Fire.” The short, but incendiary tune closed the first set. The last time the P-fish played “Fire” was at the Baker’s Dozen back in 2017 for a gap of 77 songs. While not played much in the last decade, “Fire” was a staple in the Phish 1.0 era and has been played by the band 136 times.

Phish also debuted “Maybe” which is one of the new tunes from Vida Blue’s album.

Set 1
01. First Tube
02. The Final Hurrah >
03. NICU
04. Steam >
05. Scent of a Mule
06. Bye Bye Foot
07. No Men in No Man’s Land
08. Gumbo >
09. My Soul
10. Maybe
11. Sand
12. Fire

Set 2
01. 46 Days >
02. Back on the Train
03. Plasma >
04. Farmhouse >
05. Light >(Plasma)>
06. Birds of a Feather
07. Joy
08. Simple
09. Set Your Soul Free
10. Walk Away
11. Encore Crowd
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12. Meatstick >
13. Sleep >
14. Driver >
15. Bug

Thanks to teefs for the recording!

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad

First Listen: Phish’s Epic Show in Atlanta – 8/6/1998 AUD

While Phish 3.0 is in full-effect this tour, the Phish from Vermont were melting faces over 20 years ago. A new taper recording from the 1998 summer tour recently surfaced.

While Phish setlists today are naturally more diverse (they have released a ton of new material in the last two decades), the setlist from August 6, 1998 was EPIC. Trey and the boys treated Atlanta to Ween’s “Roses are Free,” “Fluffhead,” “Wolfman’s Brother,” and a double “Runnin’ With the Devil” and “You Enjoy Myself” encore.

A few days later, Phish dropped one of their best encores of all time on the anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s Death—”Terrapin Station.”

SET One
The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony >
Suzy Greenberg
Roses Are Free
Roggae
Beauty Of My Dreams
Vultures
Train Song
Billy Breathes
Fluffhead
The Moma Dance
Cracklin’ Rosie
My Soul

SET TWO
Birds Of A Feather
Wolfman’s Brother
Talk
NICU >
Prince Caspian >
The Mango Song >
Down With Disease

ENCORE
Runnin’ With The Devil
You Enjoy Myself

Thanks to Matt “Lazy Lightning” Lazor for the incredible recording.

First Listen: Phish’s Killer Two Night Run at the Gorge – 7/16 & 7/17/1998 Full Shows AUD

Phish has a 20+ year history of playing at the Gorge—one of the world’s most breathtaking venues in Quincy, Washington. Trey and the boys played their second run there in July of 1998. Recently, gotfob posted a killer new FOB recording of the run and it sounds like a million bucks.

Highlights from 7/16 include a stellar “Reba” and an ultra funky “Moma Dance.” While Phish.net doesn’t give it status, I love the first set ending “Antelope.”

The 7/17 show is the more notorious of the run, specifically the monster four song second set. The first three jams—”Also Sprach Zarathustra,” and “Mike’s Song > Weekapaug Groove” clock in over 50 minutes! Definitely an all-time Phish set.

7/16/1998
Set I
t01 The Squirming Coil 
t02 NICU
t03 Stash*
t04 Reba >
t05 Fast Enough for You >
t06 When the Circus Comes To Town
t07 Run Like An Antelope

Set II
t08 Julius
t09 The Moma Dance >
t10 Piper
t11 Axilla >
t12 David Bowie 
t13 Tube**
t14 Slave to the Traffic Light 
Encore- 
t15 Sample in a Jar

*Stash included a Manteca tease.
**Trey’s mic goes out at the end of Tube.

7/17/1998
Set I
t01 Makisupa Policeman
t02 Ya Mar
t03 Gumbo
t04 The Divided Sky
t05 Waste
t06 My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own
t07 My Soul

Set II
t08 Also Sprach Zarathustra
t09 Mike’s Song > 
t10 Weekapaug Groove
t11 Character Zero
-Encore- 
t12 Punch You In The Eye
t13 Rocky Top

Thanks to gotfob for the new near-perfect AUDs!

Update: Watch Phish Bust Out Prince and Neil Young Covers at Night Five of Baker’s Dozen – 7/26/2017 Full Show AUD

Update: Thanks to Phish Rabbi for the full show AUD!

After the ultimate jam-filled show on Tuesday night, Phish took a much different approach to night five of Baker’s Dozen. The donut of the night was powdered and Phish threw everyone a curve ball with the Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal” cover for the opener of the evening. As they had done in the past, Phish sang the tune a cappella and nailed it.

The P-fish kept the first set (and the rest of the show) cover-heavy including “My Soul” and Ween’s “Roses are Free.”

The second set kicked off with a mean but blissful, jam-heavy Carini.

Phish went the extra mile and jammed on Prince’s “1999.” According to Phish.net, 1999 was played for the first time since December 31, 1998 (524 shows). Thanks to rdeal1999 for the footage (the sound is great!)

To put the icing on the cake (or the powder on the donut in this case), Phish took the opportunity to pay homage to the donut of the night one more time in the encore. It was hard for me to believe, but their cover of Neil Young’s “Powderfinger” was their first time playing the tune.

It’s hard to believe that Phish can keep these wild, surprise-filled, donut-themed shows going for another eight shows, but if any band can do it, it’s them!

Set One: 8:09 pm – 9:28 pm
01 White Winter Hymnal
02 Cars Trucks Buses
03 My Soul
04 Roses Are Free
05 The Very Long Fuse
06 Gumbo
07 Yarmouth Road
08 Pebbles & Marbles
09 Farmhouse
10 Tube

Set Two: 10:03 pm – 11:18 pm
11 Carini ->
12 Mr. Completely >
13 1999 >
14 Steam >
15 No Quarter
16 Character Zero

17 Encore 11:22 pm – 11:28 pm
18 Powderfinger

first “White Winter Hymnal” (Fleet Foxes) performed a capella
last “1999” – 12/31/98 | “Martian Monster” tease in “Character Zero”
first “Powderfinger” (Neil Young)

Thanks to Phishrabbi for the recording – http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=594310

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad

Listen to Phish Peak at the Pete in Pittsburgh – 7/19/2017 Full Show AUD

Phish made their last stop before hitting NYC and MSG for the Baker’s Dozen run. The show took place at one of Pittsburgh’s newer venues, the Petersen Events Center, which marks the first time Phish has played at the arena. Lenny Stubbe, the taper of this recording, reported that the venue was very lively and difficult to record in the space, but I think you’ll agree with me that Lenny did a fine job capturing this one.

The first set featured some great jams, but nothing more glorious than the “Prince Caspian” to end the set. The energy in the venue couldn’t be topped and Trey and the boys fed off the crowd for one of the best jams of the tour. Check out the multi-cam of phan footage put together by Tom Rowles –

“Divided Sky” was also a noteworthy jam in the first set with an incredibly loud pause, courtesy of the crowd.

The big bust out in the second set was “Mr. Completely” which was played for the first time since July 15, 2003 (380 shows). The jam clocked in at 20+ minutes which is incredible considering this was only the second time that Phish ever played the song!

Phish also debuted a pair of tunes, that were originals by Trey and Mike – “Marissa” and “Come Together.” And no, this is not the Beatles song.

The five gigs leading up to the MSG run have given Phish amply time to warm up and stretch out. In looking at the last five shows this summer, Phish has yet to play a repeat. Do they continue “no-repeats” into MSG? Can they play 18 shows without repeating a single tune? If any band can do it, I’m confident it’s Phish.

Set I: (1:14:26)
intro
My Soul
NICU
Halley’s Comet>
Undermind
Divided Sky
Marissa
Home>
Prince Caspian

Set II: (1:32:38)
intro
Punch You In the Eye>
Mr. Completely>
Mercury>
Come Together
Contact
Axilla>
Steam>
Backwards Down the Number Line

Encore
Things People Do
Bug
Rocky Top

Notes:
– Marissa and Come Together are first time played Phish debuts

Thanks again to Lenny Stubbe for the recording.

Photo credit: phishfromtheroad


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