1998 SETLISTS

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY
4/2/98
I: Tube, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, The Sloth, NICU, Stash,
Horn, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture
II: Punch You In the Eye > Simple, Birds of a Feather*,
The Wolfman's Brother > Sneaking Sally Through the Alley > Frankie Says**
Twist#> Sleeping Monkey, Rockytop
E: Guyute
* New song, Trey vocals
** New song, Page vocals (apparently this is the title, not "relax"
# reworked
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
4/3/98
I: Mike's Song > My Old Home Place, Weekapuag Groove*, Trainsong,
Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Reba, My Soul
II: Roses Are Free > Piper > Loving Cup > Run Like An Antelope**
E: Carini > Halley's Comet, Tweezer Reprise
* with jam over band "ooooooo"ing & Crosseyed & Painless groove
** Someone jumps on stage, runs across an stage dives as Pete Carini chases
him before Antelope. The band goofs with "Carini's gonna get you" in the
intro to Antelope
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
4/4/98
I: Tweezer > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan,
Limb by Limb, Lawn Boy, Character Zero
II: Birds of a Feather > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Brother, Brother Reprise*,
Ghost** > Lizards,
David Bowie
E: Harry Hood
* - then said going to play that again, played a 1 minute instrumental
version of Brother, then said that was the "single-edit radio friendly
version.. the next one is long and slow" then Ghost
** - with Can't Get You Started (Blues Brothers) tease/jam
Providence Civic Center, Providence RI
4/5/98
I: Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom,
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Bathtub Gin > Cities, Sparkle,
Split Open and Melt
II: Down With Disease > Ya Mar > Prince Caspian, Maze > Oblivous Fool* >
Possum** > Cavern***
Note: Basically none of the songs in the second set were finished, all
jammed out into some other song.
* - may be some other song, but had the lyrics to Oblivious Fool... or
at least included the phrase "oblivious fool" in the lyrics
** - funked out thing during which Trey said "This is for all those
that came down wanting to dance" and "we're gonna funk it out"
*** - funky version, almost Wolfman's Brother-y
6/30/98
The Grey Hall, Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen Denmark
Soundcheck: Moma Dance, Frankie Says, Ha Ha Ha, Birds Of A Feather,
Water In The Sky
I: Limb by Limb, Story of the Ghost, Water in the Sky#,
Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Stash > Cities, Roget*,
Gyute, Beauty of My Dreams, Funky Bitch, Train Song, David Bowie
II: Moma Dance**, Birds of a Feather, The Wolfman's Brother >
Frankie Says** > Run Like An Antelope, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar, Ha Ha Ha,
Mike's Song > Steep > Swept Away > Weekapaug Groove
E: Brian and Robert (Staring at the Wall)****
* First time played, a new song by Tom Marshall & Trey (Not what was played
4/2/98 dispite confusion)
** Musically a reworked Black-Eyed Katy, but with lyrics. Trey announced it
as 'Moma Dance' and taught the audience a dance move to go with it
*** This is the correct title for the song first played 4/2/98 from what
I've heard. Lyrics go "Relax, the world will spin beside itself and suck
you in with threats and hopes beyond compare"
**** new song, first time played
7/1/98
The Grey Hall, Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark
I: NICU, Sample in a Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of it's Own, Moma Dance#
Down with Disease > Dog Faced Boy > Piper, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture
II: Tweezer > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Loving Cup, My Soul, Sweet Adeline*
E: Harry Hood
# Was listed as "Llama Dance" yesterday. Has been confirmed by band
members to be a reworked "Black-Eyed Katy". "Moma Dance" is the correct
(current?) title
* no microphones
7/2/98
The Grey Hall, Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark
I: Birds of a Feather, Cars Trucks Buses, Theme from the Bottom,
Brian and Robert, Meat*, Ficus**, Shafty***, Fluffhead,
Ginseng Sullivan, Punch You In the Eye, Character Zero
II: Ghost^, Runaway Jim > Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself^^
E: Simple
* - new Mike song; really long title that no one caught
** - another new song; may be called "I, Ficus"
*** - reworked Oblivious Fool. The 4/5/98 version should also be properly
titled Shafty
^ - new version (same as 06/30/98) with funked out intro
^^ - with DEA and other things spoken instead of sung in the vocal jam
Thanks to Robert Johnson, Marcus Goldman and Jure Babnik for lists and song
names. for the prompt, trans-atlantic call
Here are the 7/2 and 7/3 setlists (all song titles and setlists are
confirmed by the band members)
7/3/98
Midtfyns Festival, Dyrskuepladsen, Ringe, Fyn, Denmark
Stash, Beauty Of My Dreams, Sample In A Jar, Gyute, Also Sprach
Zarathustra, Down With Disease, Limb By Limb, Water In The Sky*,
My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, A Day In The Life
* Old standard version only with new keyboard line which appears in the
new version first played 6/30/98
Thanks to Jure Babnik for the list
7/5/98
Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
I: Birds of a Feather, Taste, Cavern, Reba, Fee* > Water in the Sky,
Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture
II: Bathtub Gin > Moma Dance, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters >
Axilla pt I > Harry Hood, Rocky Top
E: Funky Bitch
Thanks to Saul E. Wertheimer for the setlist I: 60min, II + E was 67 min
7/6/98
Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
I: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag, Ghost, Cities, Limb by Limb,
Train Song, Rojet, Maze, Golgi
II: Julius > Meat > Julius Jam, Piper > Makisupa Policeman, David Bowie,
Loving Cup
E: Possum!
** music only, no lyrics
Bowie included solos by both Page and Fishman.
Thanks to "Hansel and Gretel" for the setlists
7/8/98
Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
I: Moma Dance, Bathtub Gin > Punch You in the Eye, Beauty of My Dreams,
Frankenstein, Gyute, Run Like an Antelope
II: Wilson, Birds of a Feather, Dirt, Piper, Sleeping Monkey*, Ghost >
Johnny B. Goode
E: Julius
* Played as a request for Beatriz "Esquandolas" as she had travelled from
Chile for the show. Trey spotted Beatriz in the crowd, brought her on
stage for the whole song and sang it to her.
7/9/98
Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
I: Carini, Boogie On Reggae Woman > NICU, Split Open and Melt, Meat,
Poor Heart, Tweezer, Hello My Baby*
II: Drowned, Theme from the Bottom, When the Circus Comes, Scent of a Mule >
Blister in the Sun > Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood** > Izabella
E: Chalk Dust Torture
* acapella w/o mic's. (really loud crowd!) Brad Sands makes an
announcement after the band leaves the stage that the next nights show will
start exactly at 9pm due to the 12:20 curfew (7/8 started at 10:10, 7/9 at
9:50)
** unfinished
The Blister in the Sun was not complete, but two or three verses, longer
than last summer
I: 60 min, II: 70 min
7/10/98
Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
I: Down with Disease, Dogs Stole Things#, Divided Sky#*, Mike's Song#**
II: Halley's Comet > Jam > Rojet, Sparkle#***, Mike's Song > Simple > Jam >
Weekapaug Groove, Sample in a Jar, Good Times Bad Times
E: Brian and Robert, Taste
# Loud PA problems in each of these songs
* Trey forgets some of the guitar parts, aborted after a particularly bad
PA glitch.
** aborted due to PA problems. Set I ends early (27 min) so the crew can
work on the PA. Trey promises a long second set, right up to the curfew.
*** aborted due to PA problems. Trey asks the road crew to turn the
monitors around to face the audience and just use them a PA, without the
mains. While they are working, there is a joke session. Trey, then Mike,
then Fish each tell a joke, Trey asks Fish to tell the Prison Joke but
(un?)fortunately the PA is set up and Trey says "Lets try this one again"
before Mike's Song starts. During Mike's Song, the road crew fixes the
monitors [parts of the PA were still working]
7/15/98
Portland Meadows, Portland OR
I: The Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, Moma Dance, Gyute*, Horn >
Jam > Chalk Dust Torture, Brian and Robert, Beauty of My Dreams,
Cars Trucks Buses, Roget, Birds of a Feather, Loving Cup
II: Limb by Limb, Simple, Tweezer** > Free, Meat, Harry Hood
E: Wilson, Tweezer Reprise
* With a repeated end so Trey could get it right
** 'California rap' in the middle
7/16/98
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
I: The Squirming Coil, NICU, Stash, Reba, Fast Enough For You,
When the Circus Comes, Run Like An Antelope
II: Julius, Moma Dance, Piper, Axilla Pt II, David Bowie*, Tube**,
Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Sample in a Jar
* 5 min spacy intro
** Trey messes up the end
I: 72 min, II+E: 86 min
7/17/98
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA
I: Makisupa Policeman, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Waste,
My Mind's Got a Mind of It's Own, My Soul
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Mike's Song > Weekapaug Groove,
Character Zero
E: Punch You In The Eye, Rockytop
I: 68 min, II: 64 min (doesn't include encore time?)
7/19/97
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mt. View CA
I: Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Gyute, Ghost,
Limby By Limb > Roget, You Enjoy Myself
II: Llama, The Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Tweezer >
Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters >
Down With Disease
E: Possum, Tweezer Reprise
I: 89 min, II+E: 91 min
7/20/98
Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura CA
I: Bathtub Gin*, Dirt, Poor Heart**, Lawn Boy, My Sweet One,
Birds of a Feather, Theme from the Bottom, Water in the Sky,
Moma Dance, Split Open and Melt
II: Drowned > Makisupa Policeman > Maze, Sea and Sand, Prince Caspian,
Harry Hood
E: Sexual Healing***, HYHU, Halley's Comet****
* Crosseyed & Painless tease
** with instrumental Free Bird ending
*** Marvin Gaye song, first time played, sung by Fishman
**** Delay loop ending continuing as band walks off stage
I: 75-80 min, II+E: 90 min
7/21/98
Desert Sky Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ
I: AC/DC Bag, Fluffhead, Roget, Tube, Sparkle, Cavern, Frankie Says >
Run Like An Antelope
II: Mike's Song > Simple > Bittersweet Motel* > Weekapaug Groove,
Brian and Robert, Ghost > She Caught the Katy** > Funky Bitch
E: Sleeping Monkey, Rockytop
* new cover? song, title uncertain
** last Katy 4/29/87, thanks to ZZYZX's phish stats
I: 72 min, II: 77 min
7/24/98
The Woodlands Pavillion, Houston TX
I: Moma Dance, Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, My Soul,
Taste, Golgi Apparatus, Loving Cup
II: The Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Scent of a Mule >
Ha Ha Ha > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light,
Chalk Dust Torture
E: Character Zero
7/25/98
South Park Meadows, Austin Texas
I: Roses Are Free, Down With Disease, Roget, Beauty of My Dreams,
Ya Mar, Gyute, Julius
II: Piper, Wilson > Frankenstein, Tweezer > When The Circus Comes >
Limb by Limb, Fee > Run Like An Antelope
E: Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
7/26/98
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas TX
I: Birds of a Feather, New Tune*, David Bowie**, Frankie Says, Reba,
Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times
II: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, New Tune 2*** > Simple, Bold as Love,
Sample in a Jar
E: Punch You in the Eye, Bittersweet Motel#
* Trey song, "pure rock-n-roll", with lyrics "too much cake and ice cream
... too much of everything" and a refrain of "Baby, I want you."
** A request from the front row for "A long song"
*** slow song; lyrics like "eating country ham" and "living the only
life I've known" or something in that vein. There was a refrain that was
repeated quite a few times that went "Iiiiiiiiiiii .... (something.)"
# this is an original, not a cover as listed for the Phoenix list, btw
7/28/98
Sandstone Ampitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas
I: Emotional Rescue > Down With Disease, Moma Dance, Tela,
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, It's Ice* > Lengthwise > It's Ice,
Sparkle, Funky Bitch
II: The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Mango Song, Brother, Contact**, Maze,
Prince Caspian*** > You Enjoy Myself
E: Camel Walk, The Squirming Coil
* vacuum solo during Page's solo
** "Mexican Love Style"; Trey met 2 people yesterday who had fallen in
love, and dedicated it to them
*** cut short before reprise portion, then segue into YEM
I: 67 min, II+E: 95 min
7/29/98
Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO
I: Bathtub Gin, Dog Log*, Foam, Ficus, Farmhouse, Vultures, Glide,
Birds of a Feather
II: Buried Alive, New Song**, AC/DC Bag, Lizards, Tube, Kung,
Run Like an Antelope
E: Waste, Golgi Apparatus, Bittersweet Motel
* dedicated to Paul
** new (?) song; quiet, country-like with lyrics "Call me if you ever
need a fool"
I: 64 min, II+E 82 min
7/31/98
Polaris Amphitheatre, Colombus OH
I: My Friend My Friend*, Ya Mar, Roget, Rift, Cities,
Water in the Sky, Stash
II: The Curtain > Free, If I Could > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >
Avenu Malkenu > Twist > Izabella, Julius, Cavern
E: Punch You in the Eye, Slave to the Traffic Light
* Gyute tease in the intro
And check out these statistics from ZZYZX's stats page:
last RIFT - 02/23/97 [93 shows]
last IF I COULD - 08/05/96 [149 shows]
8/1/98
Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
I: Ramble On* > Mike's Song > Esther > Weekapaug Groove, Gyute, Ficus,
Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Funky Bitch
II: Piper, Wilson > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Magilla > Tweezer, Fluffhead,
Brian and Robert, Albequerque**, Chalk Dust Torture > Frankenstein
E: Been Caught Stealin'*** > Tweezer Reprise
* Led Zeppelin cover
** Neil Young cover. Was listed as "New Song 2" on the Dallas list.
*** Jane's Addiction cover
8/2/98
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
I: Roget, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning,
Boogie on Reggae Woman, Reba, Weight, Too Much of Everything,
Birds of a Feather
II: Possum, Story of the Ghost > Lifeboy, David Bowie,
I Get a Kick Out of You*, Loving Cup
E: Harry Hood, Bittersweet Motel
* Cole Porter song, first time played, Mike on vocals
8/3/98
Deer Creek Music Theatre, Noblesville IN
I: Rhinoceros*, Halley's Comet, I Didn't Know**, Ride Captain Ride***,
Cars Trucks Buses, Moma Dance, Strange Design, Character Zero
II: Gumbo, Axilla Pt. 1, Limb by Limb, Meat, HYHU > Bike > HYHU, Tube,
The Wedge
E: When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope
* Smashing Pumpkins cover, first time played
** vacuum solo
*** Blues Image cover, last played 12/30/92
8/6/98
Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta GA
I: Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Roses Are Free, Roget,
Beauty of My Dreams, Vultures, Train Song, Billy Breathes,
Fluffhead, Moma Dance, HYHY > Cracklin' Rosie > HYHU, My Soul
II: Birds of a Feather, The Wolfman's Brother > Talk, NICU,
Prince Caspian, The Mango Song, Down With Disease
E: Runnin' With the Devil*, You Enjoy Myself
* Van Halen cover, first time played
I: 61 min, II: 83 min
8/7/98
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh NC
I: Water in the Sky > Drowned > Jam, Frankie Says, Stash, Brian and Robert,
Foam, Bittersweet Motel, Ghost, Col. Forbin's Ascent > Narration* >
Famous Mockingbird
II: Chalk Dust Torture > Mike's Song > Simple > Albequerque, Limb by Limb,
Waiting in a Velvet Sea, Weekapaug Groove
E: Funky Bitch
I: 91 min, II+E: 67 min
* Narration was about Col Forbin's lucid dream of eatin' til
his stomach swelled to enormous proportionns and eclipsed the moon
which was a full moon @ The Creek
8/8/98
Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia MO
I: The Wedge, NICU, Sneaking Sally Through the Allye > Gyute, Ficus,
Farmhouse, Possum, Sweet Jane*
II: Cavern, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tela > Piper, Sexual Healing**,
Harry Hood
E: Sabotage***
* Velvet Underground song
** Fishman singing
*** Beastie Boys cover
8/9/98
Virginia Beach Ampitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA
I: Punch You In The Eye, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, Moma Dance, Birds of a
Feather,
Esther, Roget, Bouncing Around The Room, David Bowie
II: AC/DC Bag > Jam > Sparkle, Antelope, Robert & Brian, Waste,
Somewhere Over The Rainbow*, You Enjoy Myself, Frankenstein,
Chalkdust Torture, Ragtime Gal
E: Terrapin Station**
* Instrumental only, no lyrics.
** Grateful Dead Cover, (1st time?)
(3rd Anniversary of Jerry Garcia's Death-8/9/95)
8/11/98
Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA
I: Trenchtown Rock* > Julius > Wolfman's Brother, Time Loves A Hero**,
Bittersweet Motel, Reba, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee, Maze,
Sample In A Jar
II: Runaway Jim > Meat, Limb By Limb, When The Circus Comes, Down With
Disease
E: Wilson, Golgi Apparatus
* - Bob Marley cover (1st time played?)
** - Little Feat Cover (Last Played 11/05/88 [840 shows] - thanks to ZZYZX's
stats page)
8/12/98
Vernon Downs Racetrack, Vernon NY
I: La Grange, Makisupa Policeman, Funky Bitch, Possum, Roget,
Character Zero, Ramble On, Slave to the Traffic Light
II: Mike's Song > Simple > Rift, Loving Cup, Sleeping Monkey,
Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil
E: Burning Down the House*, You Enjoy Myself**
* Talking Heads cover, first time played
** w/ HYHU and Mission Impossible Teases
8/15/98
The Lemonwheel, Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME
I: Mike's Song > Simple, Beauty of my Dreams, Roggae,
Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Moma Dance, Divided Sky,
Water in the Sky, Funky Bitch, Cities > Weekapaug Groove
II: The Wedge, Reba, Gumbo > Sanity > Tweezer > The Horse >
Silent in the Morning, Chalk Dust Torture,
Slave to the Traffic Light
III: NICU, David Bowie, Strange Design, Limb by Limb,
Brian and Robert, Loving Cup
E: Halley's Comet > Cavern, Tweezer Reprise
IV: Ambient Jam
I: 1:51, II: 1:25, III+E: 1:20, IV: 0:55
After Tweezer Reprise, Trey made a long announcement thanking people
for coming and announcing that they were going to take a halfhour and
light the stage only with candles made onsite that day by fans and play
some free form music. They kept the house lights down while setting up
the stage. The fourth set was then played to candlelight. I would
describe it as cool groove-oriented ambient jamming. I couldn't hear any
definite songs.
8/16/98
The Lemonwheel, Loring AFB, Limestone ME
I: Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Rift, Punch You In The Eye,
Lawn Boy, Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather,
Gyute, Possum
II: Down With Disease, Piper, Ghost, Fluffhead, When the Circus Comes,
Velvet Sea, HYHU > Sexual Healing > HYHU, Run Like an Antelope
III: Sabotage, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wilson, The Mango Song,
Character Zero, Bittersweet Motel, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
E: Harry Hood > Fuse Jam > Baby Elephant Walk
Fireworks after Harry Hood, lit by long fuse that ran around and above the
stage, then over to an elephant sculpture/float, which was walked around.
10/3/98
Farm Aid Benefit
World Music Theatre, Tinley Park IL
Birds of a Feather, Farmhouse, Moma Dance, Runaway Jim* >
Down By the River**, Moonlight In Vermont#, Will the Circle Be Unbroken##,
Amazing Grace##, An Uncloud Place###
* Neil Young enters toward the end
** with Neil Young
# With Neil, Willie Nelson & Paul Shaffer (Willie on lead vocals)
## With Neil, Willie, Paul & four native american singers
### everyone still on stage, Willie lead vocals
>Between Birds and Farmhouse, Trey encouraged donations and
>made mention of a recent success in Vermont against the expansion of
>a factory farm. Prior to Phish were: Hootie and the Blowfish (with >Paul Schaffer on keys, and Woody Harrelson on "Jailhouse Rock), The Del
>McCoury Band with Steve Earle, Brian Wilson (with Willie Nelson on
>"The Warmth of the Sun"), Wilco, Martina McBride, Willie Nelson
>with Danny Lanois, John Mellancamp (including rap during "Jack and
>Diance" and call-and-response during "The Authority Song"), and Neil
>Young (solo).
10/15/98
The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco CA
I: Ghost, Water in the Sky, The Wolfman's Brother, Gumbo, David Bowie,
Brian & Robert*,
Reba, Character Zero
II: My Soul, Chalk Dust Torture, Roggae, Moma Dance, Wading in the Velvet
Sea, Prince Caspian,
Frankie Sez, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Harry Hood
E: Dirt, Limb by Limb
* Trey tells how Fish hates yellow lights and the vowel "ooh" and has
Chris light Fish only
with a yellow light while he sings Brian and Robert
I: 80ish min, II+E: 100 min
10/17/98
Bridge Benefit, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Carolina*, Sleep***, Never***, Possum, Blue & Lonesome# Freebird**,
Driver***, Wading in a Velvet Sea, Harry Hood^ > Helpless^^
* Facing backwards toward the Bridge School children, who were on a raised
platform at the back of the stage
# Mike on banjo, Page on acoustic bass
** Acapella
*** New songs, first time played. Trey announced the title of Driver at
the show, the names of the first two songs were confirmed subsequently,
although all titles are provisional...
^ Unfinished, Neil Young joined Phish on stage for the jam at the end
^^ Neil Young Song, Neil sang
10/18/98
The Bridge Benefit, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Hello My Baby*, Billy Breathes, Piper, Roggae, Loving Cup, Albequerque,
My Old Home Place**, Gyute, Brian and Robert, Sad Lisa#, Four Strong Winds##,
I Shall Be Released###
* acapella, sung backwards facing the Bridge School children
** Mike on banjo, Page on acoustic bass
# With Sarah McLachlan on guitar and vocals (duet between Trey & Sarah).
Sad Lisa is a Cat Stevens song from the album "Tea for the Tillerman"
## With Neil Young on guitar and vocals, Sarah on vocals, an Ian
Tyson song on Neil Young's album "Comes a Time"
### Bob Dylan song (recorded by the Band and released on Music from the Big
Pink), Page, Neil and Trey each sang a verse, Sarah on backup vocals.
For both shows, the band played all acoustic instruments and set up
reversed from normal (Fish, Mike, Trey Page, instead of Page, Trey, Mike,
Fish).
10/29/98
The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles CA
I: Julius, Roggae, Llama, Limb by Limb, Driver*, Glisten*, Frankie Sez,
Birds of A Feather, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Character Zero
II: Possum > Moma Dance > Reba > Walk Away > Simple > Albequerque,
David Bowie
E: Something
* Trey on acoustic guitar, new songs first performed at the Bridge Benefit
Reba had an extended jam, first Walk Away since 5/7/94, first Something
(Beatles song from Abbey Road, Page on lead vocals).
10/30/98
The Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
I: Wilson, Meat > Scent of a Mule > Blues Jam* > Scent of a Mule,
Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)**, Run Like An Antelope,
Guelah Papyrus, Lizards, Cavern
II: Stash > Manteca, Tweezer > Nicu > Jam, Prince Caspian, Golgi Apparatus
E: Driver, Freebird***
* I've seen a bunch of names for this, nothing definitive though
** Hollies song originally, played in honor of the 15th anniversary of
their first show (10/30/83) where they opened with this song. Trey
commented after the song "Wow, that was a much better reception than the
first time, perhaps we should play it again?" and teased the intro.
*** acapella
Last Long Cool Woman 11/3/83, last Manteca 11/14/95, last Guelah Papyrus
8/11/97, thanks to ZZYZX's phish stats
I: 1:10, II+E: 1:00
10/31/98
The Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
I: Axilla pt 1, Punch You in the Eye, Roggae, Birds of a Feather,
Sneaking Sally Through the Alley > Chalk Dust Torture, Lawn Boy,
Mike's Song > Frankie Sez > Weekapaug Groove
II: "Loaded" by the Velvet Underground: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane,
Rock and Roll, Cool it Down, New Age, Head Held High,
Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend,
Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
III: The Wolfman's Brother > Jam > Piper, Ghost
E: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise
All of set II first time played except Sweet Jane (last was 8/8/98) and
Lonesome Cowboy Bill (last was 6/10/95)
I: 1:18, II: 1:16, III+E: 1:04
11/2/98 E Center, West Valley, UT
I: Tube > Drowned > Jam > Jesus Left Chicago, Driver*,
Bittersweet Motel**, Limb By Limb, Wading In Velvet Sea,
Sample In A Jar
II: Down with Disease, Mango Song, Moma Dance, You Enjoy Myself >
Harpua^ >
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon": Speak to Me,
Breathe in the Air, On The Run, Time, Great Gig in the Sky,
Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, brain Damage,
Eclipse > Harpua
E: Smells Like Teen Spirit#
* - acoustic; dedicated to Wendy and Lisa
** - acoustic; dedicated to the people at the Dead Goat Saloon where
Trey & Mike played an open mic night under the night before;
Trey was very chatty, talking about getting free drinks and karoake
^ - narration about Jimmy going to Vegas and finding it too crowded
and crazy, so he takes a cab to Salt Lake City, Utah and the cabbie is
listening to Dark Side of the Moon; Phish then proceeds to play the
entire album.
# - Nirvana cover; first time played, although it was teased in '92
11/4/98
McNichols Arena, Denver CO
I: Buried Alive, Character Zero, Guyute, Bathtub Gin > Ya Mar,
Birds of a Feather, Frankie Sez > David Bowie*
II: Runaway Jim, Moma Dance, Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra >
Chalk Dust Torture, Loving Cup
E: The Squirming Coil
* with Stash teases
11/6/98
Kohl Center, Madison, WI
I: Possum, Wilson > Roggae, Maze, Meat, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt
II: Makisupa Policeman8 > Funky Bitch, Simple > Jam > Prince Caspian**,
Fluffhead, HYHY > Bike*** > HYHU, Harry Hood****
E: Birds of a Feather, Hello Ma Baby
11/7/98
UIC Pavillion, Chicago IL
11/8/98
UIC Pavillion, Chicago IL
I: Taste, Carini*, Love Me**, Ride Captain Ride, Fee, Paul and Silas,
Roggae, Water in the Sky, Stash***, Cavern****
II: Chalk Dust Torture, Meat, Rock and Roll^, Down With Disease^^ >
Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope
E: Been Caught Stealing
* - Trey added verse about the streaker from the 11/06/98 Prince Caspian
** - Elvis Presley cover; also referred to as Treat Me Like a Fool;
last Love Me - 11/30/97 [60 shows]
*** - during spacey open jam at the end Mike played the Fikus bass riff
**** - Trey messed up the lyrics while tapping guitar pedals and laughs
through the rest of the verse at his mistake
^ - Velvet Underground Cover (from Loaded)
^^ - at at the end there was a 3 or 4 minute ambient jam with a Baba
O'Reily-type sequencing loop and Cold As Ice-intro spacey synths
^^^ - with trampolines
Last Paul and Silas - 02/28/97 [113 shows]
11/9/98
UIC Pavillion, Chicago IL
I: Llama, Horn, I Get a Kick Out of You*, Divided Sky, Frankie Sez,
Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Free, NICU, Bold as Love
II: Bathtub Gin, The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu >
The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday, Moma Dance,
Slave to the Traffic Light > You Enjoy Myself
E: Frankenstein, Freebird**
* Cole Porter song, second time played
** acapella
11/11/98
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids MI
I: Punch You in the Eye, Gumbo, Call Me if You Need a Fool*, Sleep**,
Tela, Birds of a Feather, Theme From the Bottom, Julius
II: Halley's Comet, Simple > Walk Away, Limb By Limb, When The Circus Comes,
Ghost
E: Contact, Rockytop, Funky Bitch
* second time played (last 7/29/98)
** electric, very slow, as were Gumbo and Simple
Halley's Comet was 24 min
I: 68 min, II: 73 min E: 15 min
11/13/98
CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH
I: Chalk Dust Torture, The Wolfman's Brother#, Roggae, Ginseng Sullivan,
It's Ice, Cars Trucks Buses, Farmhouse, Water in the Sky, The Sloth,
Run Like an Antelope*
II: Down with Disease, Sample in a Jar, Dirt, Birds of a Feather, Meat** >
Jam, Harry Hood
E: Good Times Bad Times
# Mind Left Body jam
* Lyrics something like "Set the gearshift for the side of this hole"
** delay loops
11/14/98
The Crown, Cincinnatti, OH
I: Funky Bitch, My Soul, Reba, Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer >
Moma Dance, Sparkle, Character Zero
II: David Bowie, Something, Piper, Guyute, Golgi Apparatus, HYHU >
Sexual Healing > HYHU, You Enjoy Myself, Julius, Hello Ma Baby
E: So Lonely > Tweezer Reprise
* Police cover from Outlandos D'amour, second time played (2/20/97)
according to zzyzx's Phish stats
11/15/98
MTSU Murphy Center, Mufreesboro, TN
I: My Friend My Friend, Ghost, Driver, Scent of a Mule, Cavern,
Limb by Limb, Roggae, La Grange
II: Runaway Jim, Stash, Mike's Song > Simple, Wading in the Velvet Sea,
Loving Cup, Weekapaug Groovve
E: Rocky Top
11/18/98
Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, SC
I: Back at the Chicken Shack, Birds of a Feather, Farmhouse, My Soul,
Guyute, Lawnboy, Love Me, David Bowie Carolina*
II: The Wolfman's Brother > jam > Lizards, Moma Dance, Albuquerque,
Slave to the Traffic Light, Fluffhead, Character Zero
E: Brian and Robert, Sleep**, Dog Faced Boy, The Squirming Coil
* acapella, with a choreographed dance (inc. snapping and kicking) which
had them laughing so much they almost didn't finish it. and, t'boot, page
messed up the beginning so it was the second take before the choreography
could take off.
** Trey announced the title
11/19/98
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC
I: Cities, The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, Ginseng Sullivan,
Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Something, Ghost, Golgi Apparatus
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Rock and Roll > Taste, Frankie Sez, Gumbo >
Chalk Dust Torture, Frankenstein, Been Caught Stealin'
E: You Enjoy Myself*
* with guest singer from Viper Room during the vocal jam
11/20/98
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA
I: Rock and Roll pt. Two*, Tube > Quinn the Eskimo** > Funky Bitch,
Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Meat > Stash, Trainsong, Possum, Roggae,
Driver, Split Open and Melt
II: Bathtub Gin > Piper#, Axilla pt. 1 > Roses Are Free, Farmhouse,
Get Jiggy With It##, Harry Hood#, Character Zero
E: Cavern###
* Gary Glitter song, first time played, although it was teased 12/31/94.
This version was about two minutes
** first since 4/29/87 (891 shows, thanks to zzyzx's Phish Stats)
# glowstick war
## Fishman sang, it's a rap song apparently popular on MTV
### with Carl "Gears" Gearhart on trumpet
11/21/98
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA
I: Wilson, Big Black Furry Creatures from Mars, Lawn Boy, Divided Sky*,
Cry Baby Cry, Boogie On Reggae Woman > NICU, Dogs Stole Things,
Nellie Cane, Foam, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Guyute, Bold as Love
II: Sabotage > Mike's Song > Simple > The Wedge > The Mango Song > Free >
Ha Ha Ha > Free, Weekapaug Groove
E: Tubthumping**
* Glowstick war during the pause in the middle
** Chumbawamba song, with Tom Marshall and Carl "Gears" Gearhart (first
time played)
I: 90 min, II+E: 70 min
11/24/98
New Haven Coliseum, New Haven CT
I: Down With Disease, Moma Dance, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Brian and Robert,
Limb by Limb, Sample in a Jar, Tela, Chalk Dust Torture
II: Ghost > Halley's Comet, Tweezer > Possum*, Wading in the Velvet Sea,
Character Zero
E: Suzie Greenberg**, Tweezer Reprise**
* Long spacy intro
** w/ the Dude of Life
Stash tease before DWD, soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, My Old
Home Place
I: 70 min, II: 70 min
11/25/98
Pepsi Arena, Albany NY
I: Punch You in the Eye, My Soul, Roggae, AC/DC Bag, Lifeboy, David Bowie, Sleep*, Driver*, Good Times Bad Times
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus, Drowned > Prince Caspian, Piper^, You Enjoy Myself, Been Caught Stealin' > Llama
E: Something, Guyute, Freebird+
I: 1:19, II:1:14
* - acoustic
^ - with glowstick war in which Trey, Page and Mike were all hit with
glowsticks
+ - a cappella
11/27/98
The Centrum, Worcerster MA
I: Funky Bitch, Ya Mar, Carini%, Runaway Jim, Meat, Reba, My Old Home Place,
Dogs Stole Things, Vultures*, When the Circus Comes, Birds of a Feather
II: Buried Alive, Wipe Out**, Chalk Dust Torture*** > Mirror in the Bathroom >
Chalk Dust Torture > Dog Log^ > Chalk Dust Torture > Sanity,
Buffalo Bill, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove*** >
Wipe Out > Weekapaug Groove# > Run Like an Antelope
E: Wading in the Velvet Seat, Golgi Apparatus > Wipe Out+
I: 1:23, II: 1:18, E: 0:13
% - With naked dude line (again)
* - New Arrangement
** - Fishman introduced by Trey
*** - with Wipe Out teases
**** - The English Beat cover (2 verses played);
from the album Gangsters; first time played
^ - very bluesy, no chorus
# - A Weekapuag Reprise & short ambient jam (total 9 min) leading into Antelope
+ - with Fishman drum solo before being introduced by Trey again and
finishing Wipe Out (and fishman's retort: "Ladies and gentlemen, the
lead guitarist of Phish, Trey Anastasio!")
11/28/98
The Centrum, Worcester MA
I: Gumbo, Tube, Down With Disease > Guyute, Albuquerque*, Foam, Moma Dance**, Split Open and Melt
II: Julius, The Wolfman's Brother, Timber Ho!, Loving Cup, Scent of a Mule#, Prince Caspian, Crossroads, Tweezer > Cavern
E: Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise
* - with Wish You Were Here tease in the beginning
** - with different lyrics
*** - with bass solo by Mike, and Muel Duel between Mike and Fish, with
Mike donning a horned viking helmet like Fish has been wearing for the past few shows
11/29/98
The Centrum, Worcester MA
I: Paul and Silas*, Axilla pt. 1, Theme from the Bottom, Sparkle, Horn,
Limb by Limb > Catapult > Kung > Maze, Blues Song** > Layla
II: Roses Are Free > Simple^, Makisupa Policeman^^, Possum > Wipe Out >
Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself
E: Roggae, Hello Ma Baby
I: 1:14, II: 1:25, E: 0:09
* - with alternate lyrics, dealing with an incident between Paul
Languadoc and the Worcester police some time after the show
the night before, where apparently Paul was arrested for loitering?
** - Trey briefly introduces the crew, mentioning that there are
too many people to name each one and then brings out Seth
Yacovone, a blues guitarist from Burlington before going into
a blues jam, possibly a song by the Seth Yacovone Blues Band;
12 minutes long, Seth on vocals
*** - Derek and the Dominoes/Eric Clapton cover, first time
played; with Seth Yacovone on guitar, Page on vocals
^ - 21 minutes; with glowsticks
^^ - keyword was "Hey Paul, can you pass the soap?"
^^^ - a cappella
12/28/98
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
I: Axilla Pt. 1, Stash, Farmhouse, Taste, Sleep*, Albequerque*, Driver*,
Tube, Golgi Apparatus, Good Times Bad Times
II: Carini > Jam > The Wolfman's Brother > ambient Jam , Birds of a Feather,
When the Circus Comes, The Mighty Quinn, David Bowie
E: Been Caught Stealin'**
* acoustic setup
** with tramps
12/29/98
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
I: Rock and Roll > Funky Bitch, Punch You in the Eye > Horn, Ginseng Sullivan,
Split Open and Melt, Brian and Robert, Guyute, My Soul, Freebird*
II: Free, Limb by Limb, Also Sprach Zarathustra**, Boogie On Reggae Woman,
You Enjoy Myself
E: Divided Sky
* acapella
** long (10 min) ambient jam at the beginning/intro. also dancers on stage
I: 68 min, II: 75 min e: 17 min
last Divided Sky encore 11/24/90
12/30/98
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Big Black Furry Creatures From Mars, Wilson,
Roggae, Sparkle, Moma Dance, My Old Home Playce, Sample in a Jar,
Frankie Sez, Maze*, Loving Cup, Reba
II: Down With Disease, Piper, Prince Caspian** > Jam, The Squirming Coil,
Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Grind***, Possum
* space jam intro
** white chiffon clad nymphs dancing on stage
*** a billy breathes-era song (original, short), first time played, sung by
Tom Marshall
12/31/98
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
I: 1999* > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost >
Ha Ha Ha, Cavern
II: Nicu > Character Zero > Tweezer > Cities > Wading in the Velvet Sea,
Run Like An Antelope, Frankenstein
III: Runaway Jim** > Auld Lang Syne, Simple > Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise,
Llama
E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
* Prince cover, first time played. With eight costumed (e. g.,
butterfly, suit, unicorn, spider, Vikingess) dancers onstage
(and thereafter dancing in the audience)
** with fireworks countdown to 12:00