1996
4/26/96 Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
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
E: Hello Ma Baby, Cavern
* With "When The Saints Come Marching In" tease. ** With Michael Ray
on trumpet. *** A capella intro.
6/6/96 Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
Sound Check: Funky Bitch, The Fog That Surrounds, Waste
1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch*, Theme
from the Bottom, BBFCFM, Scent of a Mule**, Highway to Hell
2: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash,
Waste#, Character Zero#, David Bowie, Fee-> Sample in a Jar
E: Ya Mar, Fire
Unannounced show billed as "The Third Ball." * With Wilson tease. **
With Cocaine tease and keyboard work by Trey. #1st time played.
7/2/96 Speedway Stadium, Lonigo, Italy
Opened for Santana.
Phish's set was rained out. They did, however, join Santana for a few
songs during Santana's set including the Bob Marley song "Exodus."
7/3/96 Stadia Brtamasco, Trento, Italy
Opened for Santana.
Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle, Taste*, Llama*
* With Carlos Santana and Carl Perazzo( percussionist from Santana's
band).
7/5/96 Stadio Olimpico, Curva Sud, Rome, Italy
Opened for Santana.
Funky Bitch*-> Chalk Dust Torture-> AC/DC Bag-> You Enjoy Myself,
Scent of a Mule, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline
* Funky Bitch was the sound check. During which the doors opened so
Phish went right into the rest of their set.
7/6/96 Duomo Square, Pistoia, Italy
Opened for Santana.
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reba, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Maze,
Harry Hood
7/7/96 Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy
Opened for Santana.
Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain->
Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope->
Suzie Greenberg
7/9/96 Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France
Opened for Santana.
Theme from the Bottom, Poor Heart, Taste, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's
Song, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
7/10/96 Le Zenith, Paris, France
Opened for Santana.
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste, David Bowie,
Hello Ma Baby, Good Times Bad Times
7/11/96 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
1: Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of
a Mule, Sample in a Jar
2: Harry Hood-> Bouncing Around the Room, Also Sprach Zarathustra->
Maze, Lizards, HYHU-> Terrapin-> HYHU, You Enjoy Myself, Hello Ma Baby
E: A Day in the Life
7/12/96 The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1: Wilson, Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open & Melt#, Ya Mar, Funky
Bitch*, Taste**, Theme from the Bottom, Tweezer-> Llama
2: It's Ice-> Prince Caspian, Mike's Song, Run Like an Antelope,
Purple Rain-> HYHU, G D E A- Minor Ska Groove***, NICU, Slave to the
Traffic Light, Suzie Greenberg****
3: David Bowie-> Free, Hello Ma Baby
E: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode
# With "The Landlady" tease. * After "Funky Bitch", Trey made a
comment about the lack of curfew. ** Trey announced that this will no
longer be called "The Fog That Surrounds" and that it will be "Taste"
from now on. ***Trey asked the audience to help make up a song. He
asked the audience to shout out keys and the band played them. Trey
then asked a guy in the front row for a groove, and he shout out
"ska." They start the GDEA-Minor (keys) Ska Groove but Trey said that
this is too weird and that they are going to play one of their own.
**** Trey unplugs and then plugs in his guitar, resulting in weird
noises. Fishman calls it, "It was cool when he plugged in his guitar
song."
7/13/96 The Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium
Sample in a Jar, Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, Poor Heart, Split Open and
Melt, Fire, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself
7/15/96 La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy
Sound Check: Jam, Funky Bitch, Character Zero*
1: My Friend My Friend**-> Punch You in the Eye-> Fast Enough for
You-> Guyute, Possum(((, I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern
2: Down With Disease-> Maze, Loving Cup, Makisupa Policeman-> It's
Ice-> Julius, HYHU-> Purple Rain-> HYHU, Uncle Pen, Run Like an
Antelope
E: Golgi Apparatus
* Several times. ** The lights went off during the beginning of "My
Friend" and came back on near the end of the song. *** With "Simpsons"
and "All Fall Down" language.
7/17/96 Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
Opened for Santana.
Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch
7/18/96 Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France
Nice Jazz Festival. Opened for Santana.
Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Hello Ma
Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself
7/19/96 Les Arenes, Arles, France
Opened for Santana.
Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, The Squirming Coil
7/21/96 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 Ho-> Johnny B. Goode
2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars, Free, Run Like an
Antelope, Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzie Greenberg
E: Harry Hood
* 1st time played.
7/22/96 Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
Opened for Santana.
Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room,
Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself
7/23/96 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1: AC/DC Bag-> Foam, Theme from the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule*->
Down With Disease-> McGrupp-> Stash, Hello Ma Baby
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle, Mike's
Song-> I am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove, Bike, Slave to the Traffic
Light
E: Rocky Top
* Contained an a capella solo by Trey.
7/24/96 Music Hall, Hannover, Germany
Opened for Santana.
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
7/25/96 Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
Opened for Santana.
Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice-> Run Like
an Antelope, Life on Mars, Harry Hood, Cavern
8/2/96 Wolf Mountain Ampitheater, Park City, UT
1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Ya Mar, Down With Disease, Guelah
Papyrus, Poor Heart, Foam, Theme from the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus,
Tweezer, Hello Ma Baby, Possum
2: Runaway Jim, Simple, Taste, Free, Fluffhead, Prince Caspian**, The
Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Run Like An Antelope
E: Punch You in the Eye
* Page, solo on Theremin. ** New arrangement.
8/4/96 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO
Sound Check: Character Zero, Poor Heart, Caravan, Jam
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt,
The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
2: AC/DC Bag-> Reba-> Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie,
Sweet Adeline*, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Star Trek Theme**, Rocky Top
* A capella, with mics. ** Page, solo on Theremin.
8/5/96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky*, Wolfman's
Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down With Disease->It's Ice, Halley's
Comet-> Somewhere Over the Rainbow**, Waste***, Talk***#, Train
Song***, Strange Design***, Amazing Grace****, Mike's Song-> I Am
Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove
E: Cavern
* During the silent part, everyone sat down by instruction of the
"Group Crowd Ideas at Red Rocks" flier. ** With Page, solo on
Theremin. *** Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike
on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. # 1st time
played. **** A capella, with mics.
8/6/96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Makisupa Policeman, Rift*, Suzie Greenberg, Simple, Theme from the
Bottom, Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like An Antelope
2: The Curtain-> Tweezer**, Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, BBFCFM,
Purple Rain, Harry Hood-> Tweezer Reprise
E: Johnny B. Goode
* Contained "This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge", by Trey. **With
"Norwegian Wood" jam.
8/7/96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Punch You in the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar*, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn
Boy, 99 Years**, Hold to a Dream**, Doin' My Time**
2: Runaway Jim***, Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird,
Possum, Life on Mars, You Enjoy Myself, Hello Ma Baby
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
* Trey thanks the audience, salutes two time Olympic gold medalist and
Colorado native swimmer John Olson and announces that a special guest
will come out later in the set. ** 1st time played and with Tim
O'Brien on mandolin, bouzouki and lead vocal. *** With "Gypsy Queen"
8/10/96 Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
1: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Reba, I Didn't
Know, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Rift, Bathtub Gin*, Cavern
2: Wilson, Down With Disease, Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead,
HYHU**-> Whipping Post-> HYHU, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life
E: Contact, Fire
* With "Gypsy Queen" jam. ** Extended jam. Last "Whipping Post",
4/20/93.
8/12/96 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
Sound Check: Punch You in the Eye
1: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh,
It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Taste, Oh Kee Pa Ceremonyh Ceremony-> Suzie
Greenberg
2: Timber Ho, Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian-> McGrupp, Run Like An
Antelope, Hello Ma Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum*
E: Sample in a Jar
* With "All Fall Down" and "Simpson's" language.
8/13/96 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
Sound Check: Jam-> Spooky, Jam
1: Divided Sky, Tube, Tela, Maze, Fast Enough for You, My Old Home
Place, Punch You in the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
2: AC/DC Bag, Lizards, Mike's Song-> Lifeboy-> Weekapaug Groove,
Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Waste**, Train Song**, Strange Design**,
Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
E: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
* Page, solo on Theremin. ** Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic
guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set.
8/14/96 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA
Sound Check: Funky Bitch, Tush
1: Wilson-> Jam-> Down With Disease, Fee-> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango
Song, Gumbo, Stash, Hello Ma Baby*
2: Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning,
Cars Trucks Buses, Tweezer, Theme from the Bottom, HYHU-> Cracklin'
Rosie > HYHU, Sample In a Jar-> Tweezer Reprise
E: Julius**
8/16/96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Sound Check: Jam*
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, Divided
Sky, Halley's Comet, David Bowie
2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste**,
Talk**, Train Song**, Strange Design**, Hello Ma Baby***, Mike's
Song-> Simple-> Contact-> Weekapaug Groove
3: Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Down With Disease,
NICU, Life on Mars, Harry Hood****-> Jam****
E: Amazing Grace**
The Clifford Ball. * 1.5 hour jam based on "HYHU" and including "Old
Home Place." ** Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike
on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. *** A capella.
**** With fireworks.
8/17/96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
1: My Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Cars Trucks Buses,
Lizards, Sample In a Jar, Taste, Fee, Maze, Suzie Greenberg
2: The Curtain, Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Brother*, Fluffhead, Run Like
an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light
3: Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule**, Tweezer, A Day in the
Life, Possum, Tweezer Reprise
E: Harpua***
The Clifford Ball. NOTE: Before the second set, the Clifford Ball
Orchestra played classical music by: Debussy: Nocturnes (2 movements),
Ravel: Pavane Pour une Enfante Defunte, Debussy: Claire de Lune,
Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (2 movements), Chavrier: Joyeux Muse,
Faure: Pelleas et Mellisandre (2 movements), Stravinsky: The Firebird
(2 movements). * With Ben & Jerry singing a verse. ** With a Fishman
solo instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. *** Without the "Ooom Pah
Pah" opening and cut short befor finishing.
10/16/96 Olympic Center, Lake Placid NY
I: Cars Trucks Buses, Down With Disease, Wilson, Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Billy
Breathes, Mound, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Character
Zero*
II: The Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Trainsong, Simple, Swept Away#, Steep#, Prince
Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode
E: Waste
* with a brief vocal jam to close
# first time played
10/17/96 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn. State University, State College PA
I: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Sparkle > Tweezer > Theme from the Bottom,
Talk, Punch You in the Eye, Character Zero, A Day in the Life, Tweezer Reprise
II: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, Lizards, The Star
Spangled Banner*, David Bowie
E: Golgi Apparatus
* acapella, in prepartion for singing it at a Lakers game when they come out west, first time
played.
10/18/96 Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
I: Runaway Jim, Geulah Papyrus, My Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash,
Strange Design, Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar
II: Suzie Greenberg, Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood
E: Julius
10/19/96 Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo NY
I: My Friend My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther, Llama, Gumbo, Down With Disease, Prince
Caspian, Frankenstein
II: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around The Room, Split
Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away, Steep, Run Like An Antelope Ragtime Gal
E: Fee, Rockytop
10/21/96 Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
I: The Star Spangled Banner*, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, Divided
Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum
II: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, The Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on
Mars, Simple, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
E: Funky Bitch
* acapella
10/22/96 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
I: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk*, Split Open
and Melt, Sparkle > Free, You Enjoy Myself
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down With Disease, Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy,
Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song > Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove**
E: All Along the Watchtower***
* Trey on acoustic
** With some circus dancers toward the end
*** With Buddy Miles on drums, Merl Saunders on keys (Fishman on Trey's drumkit) for
the whole song and the circus dancers again coming somewhere in the song.
10/23/96 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford CT
I: Punch You in the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Ragtime Gal*, Character Zero,
Rift, Theme From the Bottom, Run Like An Antelope
II: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Lizards, Llama, Suzie Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light,
Julius
E: Chalkdust Torture
Second set & encore with Bob Gullotti (from the Cosmic Krewe, Surrender to the Air and
other projects) on drums
* acapella
10/25/96 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
I: Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus,
I Didn't Know*, Stash, The Squirming Coil
II: Tube, Prince Caspian, Timber Ho!, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu
Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, NICU, Free, Strange Design, Harry
Hood, Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner**
E: Johnny B. Goode
* Fishman on vacuum & introduced as Morton Charleston Heston...
** acapella
10/26/96 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NC
I: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, The Wolfman's Brother, Reba*, Train Song, Character Zero,
It's Ice, Theme from the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
II: Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple**, McGrupp and the
Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like An Antelope***
E: Fire
* with whistling ending
** long jam
*** dedicated to Fishman's cousin Jason Roberts (14 yrs) for winning a guitar composition
also with a Star Spangled Banner tease & a Spooky tease
10/27/96 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston SC
I: 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**, Suzie Greenberg
II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead,
Life On Mars, Tweezer Reprise
E: Possum, Carolina
* Page on Theremin
** Norwegian Wood tease
10/29/96 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the
Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart, David Bowie
II: Rift, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug
Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds, Slave to the Traffic Light,
Ragtime Gal
E: Good Times Bad Times
Guest percussionist from the Santana Band played the entire show.
10/31/96 The Omni, Atlanta GA
I: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease > You Enjoy Myself > Prince Caspian,
Reba, Col Forbin's Ascent > narration* > Famous Mockingbird, Caracter Zero, The Star
Spangled Banner**
II: The Talking Heads: Remain In Light: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On),
Crosseyed and Painless, Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and
Not Seen, Listening Wind, Overload
III: Brother***, Also Sprach Zarathustra*** > Maze***, Simple*** > Swept Away >
Steep*** > Jesus Just Left Chicago****, Suzie Greenberg****
E: Frankenstein****
second set with Dave Grippo (sax), Gary Gazaway (trumpet)
second and third sets with Karl Perazza (percussion)
* narration something about an evil mockingbird
** acapella
*** w/Carl Perazzo
**** w/Carl Perazzo, Dave Grippo & Gary Gazaway
Comments and explanation from Joe Rioux:
Lead singers were as follows:
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Trey
Crosseyed and Painless - Fishman
Great Curve - Page
Once in a Lifetime - Trey
Houses in Motion - Page
Seen and Not Seen - Mike*
Listening Wind - Page
Overload - Fishman**
So as not to flog a dead horse, note that on almost every song other members sang
backup vocals.
* - At the end of Houses an armchair was brought out to the center of the stage and Mike
walked over to it and sat in it to sing the song. While he sang, Carl Perazzo drummed and
Trey played Bass.
** - This sequed into something pretty bizarre and almost impossible to describe. There
were 4 TV sets around the perimeter at the back of the stage displaying different images.
The rear speakers (suspended from the ceiling in the back of the building) were each
pumping out some mumbling muttering TV new-anchor like babble (IOW the left one had
something different coming out of it than the right one did). On stage was a whole bunch of
people doing random things. I'm really sorry that I can't describe it better but that about
sums it up. It looked like Trey was using a bellows on Fish's kick. Mike was on the floor
screwing around with Trey's guitar (it looked like). There was someone using a
jackhammer and a huge bald guy was pointing at everyone and yelling stuff. Two other
guys looked like they were trying to saw and pry open a coffin (was Page one of them?).
Basically very industrial-type stuff like that and people acting out things. This went on for
several minutes and then it just kind of faded out and ended the set. It was really hard to
tell *exactly* who was doing what because it was pretty much a WTF!? type of situation.
11/2/96 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL
I: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee, Cavern, Taste, Stash, Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode
II: Crosseyed and Painless*, Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood, A Day in the
Life, Sweet Adeline
E: Funky Bitch**
* long, jammed
** with Butch Trucks on drums, Fishman on Trey's drums
Karl Perazzo (percussion) played for the entire show
11/3/96 O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
I: My Friend, Runaway Jim, Billy Breathes, Sloth, NICU, Sample in a Jar, Theme From
the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
II: Timber Ho!, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle, Tweezer, Life on Mars,
Possum, Tweezer Reprise
E: Fire
11/6/96 Civic Center, Knoxville TN
I: Split Open and Melt, Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor
Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie
II: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song > Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove,
Scent of a Mule, Sample in A Jar, Funky Bitch
E: Rockytop
11/7/96 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
I: Chalkdust Torture, Weigh, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free, Tela,
Character Zero
II: Suzi Greenberg, Bathtub Gin, Bike, You Enjoy Myself
E: Frankenstein
11/8/96 Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
I: Runway Jim, Axilla*, All Things Reconsidered, Mound, Down with Disease, Prince
Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Antelope
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Simple, Loving Cup,
Mike's Song, Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
E: Theme from the Bottom
*Yes, it's Axilla and not Axilla II.
11/9/96 The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI
I: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk Split Open and Melt,
Lizards, Character Zero
II: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, YEM, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood
E: Julius
11/11/96 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids MI
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle,
Brother, Theme from the Bottom, Axilla Pt 1, Runaway Jim
II: Timber Ho!, Divided Sky*, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer, Swept
Away > Steep > Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Waste, Cavern
* w/ All Fall Down Signals
11/13/96 The Target Center, Minneapolis MN
I: Down With Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song,
Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzie Greenberg, Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself*,
Theme From The Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
E: Good Times Bad Times
* polka jam
11/14/96 Hilton Coliseum, Ames IA
I: AC/DC Bag > Uncle Pen, Yhe Wolfman's Brother, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things
Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius
II: Llama > Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars,
Demand > Run Like an Antelope, A Day in the Life
E: Stash, Hello Ma Baby
I: 55 min, II: 55 min
(show may have been cut short due to an ice storm)
11/15/96 Keil Center, St. Louis, MO
I: Wilson, Divided Sky, Bouncing Around The Room, Character Zero, Punch You in the
Eye, Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste, Cavern
II: Makisupa Policeman, Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Split Open and
Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind
of its Own, Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey, Mean Mr. Mustard*, Weekapaug Groove*
E: Funky Bitch*
*with John Popper
11/16/96 Civic Auditorium, Omaha NE
I: Poor Heart, Down With Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, My Old Home Place,
David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Sparkle, Frankenstein
II: La Grange, Runaway Jim, Kung*, Catapult, Axilla Pt. 1**, Harry Hood** Suzie
Greenberg***, Amazing Grace
E: We're an American Band****
* including the Vibration of Life, announced by Trey as "Written by God"
** Lyrics included something about Leigh Fordham (lighting technician)
*** La Grange teases
**** "by Homer Simpson's favorite band, Grand Funk Railroad", first time played
11/18/96 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis TN
I: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber Ho!, Poor Heart, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Chalk Dust
Torture, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple > Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule,
Tweezer*, Ragtime Gal*, Tweezer Reprise*, Llama*
E: Waste, Johnny B. Goode*
* with Gary Gazaway (trumpet)
11/19/96 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City MO
I: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme from the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee, Taste,
Loving Cup
II: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, Vibration of Life > You Enjoy Myself* >
Groove is in Your Heart** > You Enjoy Myself, The Star Spangled Banner***, Fire
E: The Squirming Coil
* Dedicated to the crew
** Dee-Lite song tease
*** acapella
11/22/96 Spokane Arena, Spokane WA
Soundcheck: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes
I: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, The Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan*, Sample in a
Jar, Fast Enough For You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
II: Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Maze, Billy Breathes, Swept Away, Steep,
Character Zero, Theme from the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Ragtime Gal
E: Julius**
* w/ "Thanks for making it through the ice" intro
** w/ thanks to the city of Spokane, a bar named Gabys & with a Cocaine tease
11/23/96 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Divided Sky, Punch You in
the Eye, Late Night On The Highway*, Split Open And Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
II: The Curtain, Mike's Song > Simple > Makisupa Policeman > Axilla I > Weekapaug
Groove > Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace**, Harry Hood
E: Good Times, Bad Times
* First time played, Mike sang, Trey introduced it as something they learned this morning
while getting hassled at the border.
** a capella
11/24/96 Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR
I. Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing around the Room, Reba,
Character Zero, Strange Design, Taste, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, Antelope
II. Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle, David Bowie, Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself,
Loving Cup, Suzie Greenberg
E: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern
11/27/96 Key Arena, Seattle WA
I: Julius > My Friend My Friend > Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen,
Free > Theme from the Bottom, Bold as Love
II: Down With Disease > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Scent of a Mule*, Tweezer** >
Down With Disease Jam, Star Spangled Banner, Fire
E: Waste, Tweezer Reprise
* Trey scats to the Brady Bunch theme for a few min & includes Vacuum solo
** Sweet Emotion tease & chorus
11/29/96 The Cow Palace, Daly City CA
I: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin,
Life on Mars, Maze, Suzie Greenberg
II: Wilson > Simple > Sparks > Sparkle, Taste, Swept Away > Steep, You Enjoy Myself,
Waste, Harry Hood
E: Sample in a Jar
11/30/96 Arco Arena, Sacramento CA
I: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the
Room, Stash, Fluffhead, My Old Home Place*, Uncle Pen*, Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust
Torture
II: La Grange, It's Ice, Glide, Brother, Contact, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Timber Ho!**,
Taste**, Funky Bitch**, Amazing Grace#, Amazing Grace Jam##
E: Possum##
* With John McEuen on Banjo
** With Peter Apfelbaum on Tenor Sax
# acapella
## with Peter Apfelbaum on Tenor Sax & John McEuen on lap slide Guitar
12/1/96 Pauley Pavillion, University of California, Los Angeles CA
I: Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Cavern, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The
Curtain, Down With Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a
Jar, Run Like an Antelope
II: Tweezer > Sparkle, Simple > A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away > Steep >
Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Highway to Hell
12/2/96 America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
I: Rocky Top > AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around The Room, You Enjoy Myself > I Didn't
Know, Theme From The Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
II: Ya Mar, Divided Sky, The Wolfman's Brother > Taste, Free, Scent Of A Mule >
Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline*
E: Fire
* acapella
12/4/96 Sports Arena, San Diego CA
I: My Friend My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber Ho!, Sample in a
Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, Lizards, David Bowie
II: Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song > Prince Caspian > Sparkle > Punch You in the Eye, Life on
Mars, Reba, Lawn Boy*, Weekapaug Groove**
E: Jesus Just Left Chicago
* Trey thanks the caterers & gets two of them on stage to dance to Lawn Boy
** Trey notes San Diego has been one of the last shows of the tour the past couple years
and they hope to continue this
12/6/96 The Alladin Theatre, Las Vegas NV
I: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy
Myself, Cars Trucks Buses, Down With Disease > Frankenstein
II: Julius, Sparkle, Mike's Song > Simple > Jam, Harry Hood > Weekapuag Groove,
Sweet Adeline*, Good Times Bad Times
E: Harpua** > Les Claypool rap > Harpua > Yodelling > Harpua > Suspicious Minds >
Harpua > Suzie Greenberg
Comments from Mikey Perrot
* acapella, no mic's
** umm, ok... Most of Harpua had Les Claypool & Larry LaLonde from Primus guesting.
After the opening, Les did a rap about some weed or something like that, could be a
Primus song. Then more Harpua, the Jimmy story (Jimmy & Posternutbag going to
Vegas). They stop & camp. At camp, they start yodelling, at which point John McEuen &
Heather and Anamiekl August (from Phoenix, AZ, who are friends of Trey) did a
country/yodel tune. The story continues, Jimmy & Poster meet up with four Elvis' on the
edge of Vegas and have a duel. The four elvis's sing the first few verses of Suspicious
Minds, then Fishman continues. Fishman/Jimmy is victorious! :-) Then the dog/cat fight,
Harpua wins & the song finishes as normal as it can get. At some point everyone returns
and the drummer for Primus (Brian Mantia) shows up for Suzie at least. During Suzie there
were 14 people on stage generally having a ball. There was a "Suzie Q" jam lead by one of
the Elvis' at the end of Suzie.
12/28/96 The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
I: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split
Open & Melt, Mango Song, Frankenstein
II: Makisupa Policeman > Maze, Bouncing Around The Room > The Man Who Stepped
Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, Mike's Song > Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove,
The Star Spangled Banner
E: Johnny B. Goode
12/29/96 The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
I: Poor Heart, Caravan, Cavern, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Trainsong, Rift, Free, The
Squirming Coil, La Grange
II: David Bowie*, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, You Enjoy Myself** > Sixteen
Candles*** > Vocal Jam, Harpua**** > Champagne Supernova# > Harpua
E: Rockytop
* Spacy Down With Disease type intro
** With a "Instrument Shift" jam. First: Trey on drums, Fish on
piano, Page on bass, Mike on guitar for a while. Then Fish switched to bass, Mike to
piano & Page on guitar (Trey still on drums).
*** Mike solo on piano (Elvis tune)
**** Story about everybody in town, Jimmy, Posternutbag, Harpua etc. going to Hell.
Where they all see the "Uber-Demon" which is Tom Marshall.
# Oasis song, sung by Tom Marshall, the Uber-Demon
12/30/96 Fleet Center, Boston MA
I: Yamar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk*, Funky Bitch**, Theme from the
Bottom, Good Times Bad Times
II: Timber Ho, Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer > Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule***,
Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Possum
*Trey on acoustic guitar
**Sound went out for 3:33 (could still hear monitors though) and band went into a silent
pantomime of a "sick jam" complete with Trey doing windmills, Page playing keyboards
backwards, and a silent Fishman drum solo.
***Keyboard solo by Page, vocal and bass solo by Mike, desk bell solo by Steven
Wright. (Wright performed with the desk bell in the same style he delivers jokes.)
12/31/96 Fleet Center, Boston MA
I: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse
> Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise
II: Chalkdust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple > Swept Away > Steep, Harry Hood >
Prince Caspian, Character Zero*
III: 2001 > Auld Lang Syne**, Down with Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Antelope, Bohemian
Rapsody#, Julius#
E: Amazing Grace##
*A remote controlled hot air balloon with videocam floated out and flew around during
setbreak
**About a bazillion ballons fell from the ceiling. The stage was buried and the floor was
solid balloons. It looked incredible!
#with a gospel choir (Boston Community Choir)
##sang by choir, accompanied instrumentally by Phish
Mikey Perrot
* acapella, no mic's
** umm, ok... Most of Harpua