1997 Tour Setlists
3/18/97 Flynn Theatre, Burlington, Vermont
I: Cinnamon Girl*, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye >
My Soul, Beauty of
my Dreams, Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses**, Suzie Greenberg**, Character
Zero**
II: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian, David Bowie, Treat Me Like A Fool,
I Told You
So#, Love Me Like A Man#, Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic
Light
E: Ragtime Gal, Funky Bitch**
*-Neil Young cover
**-with Dave Grippo-alto sax, James Harvey-trombone (CTB and Suzie w/ extended
horn solos)
#-with Tammy from the Disciples, Bluesy Gospely type songs ("unrehearsed"
according to Trey)
3/2/97 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
I: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, My Soul, Runaway
Jim > Gypsy
Queen > Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope* > Catapult > Life on
Mars, Chalk Dust
Torture, Ragtime Gal
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You
in the Eye,
Waste, Character Zero, Slave to the Traffic Light, Tweezer Reprise
E: You Enjoy Myself
* unfinished
3/1/97 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
I: Cities, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down With Disease, Weigh, Beauty Of My
Dreams,
Wolfman's Brother > Jesus Left Chicago > Reba, Ragtime Gal, Possum
II: Lucy with a Lumpy Face, Dinner And A Movie, Mike's Song > Arabic Jam*
> Lawn
Boy# > Weekapaug Groove, Mango Song, Billy Breathes, Theme From The Bottom
E: Taste, Sweet Adeline
* With "The End" and "Be careful with that Axe Eugene" teases
# With Bass solo.
2/28/97 Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
I: Lucy with a Lumpy Face, Paul & Silas, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses,
Peaches en
Regalia, Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar*, Character Zero
II: Taste, Drowned > Prince Caspian** > Frankenstein, David Bowie,
Treat Me Like a
Fool, Axilla I > Waste, Julius
E: A Day in the Life
* w/ Oh Kee Pah tease
** w/Page Solo
2/26/97 Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
I: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend, Harry Hood, My Soul, Tube, Song for Carini,
Rocko
William, Dog Log, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
II: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Ha Ha Ha, You Enjoy Myself > Kung >
Theme From the
Bottom, Scent of a Mule > Jazz Jam* > Magilla** > Scent, Slave to
the Traffic Light
E: Highway to Hell
* Trey's Duel Part
** Page's Duel, First Magilla Since 5/4/94, New Orleans
# Last Camel Walk, 7/2/95 Sugarbush, VT
2/25/97 Incognito, Munich, Germany
I: Runaway Jim, My Soul, One Meatball*, Little Red Rooster*, Got my Mojo
Workin',
Stash, Waste, Taste, Loving Cup
II: Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar > PYITE > Free, Fee, My Friend
My Friend#,
Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, La Grange
E: Chalk Dust Torture
* with special guest vocalist, Sydney Ellis (yep, same Rooster the Dead used
to do)
# aborted after a minute. Trey apologized and said he couldn't go on. Fishman
replied, "It
happens to the best of us."
2/23/97 Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy
I: Lucy with a Lumpy Face*, Axilla Pt. 1, All Things Reconsidered, Sloth,
Treat Me Like
a Fool**, Rift, Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie
II: Daniel***, Suzie Greenberg, Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning,
Peaches en
Regalia, Mike's Song > Why Don't We Do it In the Road# > HYHU##, Good
Times Bad Times###
E: Billy Breathes, Rockytop
* a new song (original) debuted in Amsterdam. Here, they started by playing
a
prerecorded soundcheck version, with Phish picking it up as they took the
stage in the
middle
** elvis cover, with switched instruments
*** last played 8/28/93 Greek Theater, University of California, Berkeley,
CA
# Trey on drums, Fishman singing
## extended, Trey announces the "Return of Henrietta" -- Fishman dons the
dress for the
first time on this tour
### Tweezer Reprise tease
2/22/97 Teatro Olympico, Rome, Italy
I: Walfredo, 2001 > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, NICU, When the Circus
Comes, Talk, Trainsong*, Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know**, Character Zero
II: Chalkdust Torture***, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle, Simple > Page Solo > Jesus Left
Chicago, Harry Hood, Free, Ragtime Gal
E: Johnny B. Goode
* Acoustic
** w/Fish on Vacuum
*** w/Bowie Teases
2/21/97, Tenax, Florence, Italy
I: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease, Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy
Myself
II: Ya Mar, Antelope*, Wilson, Oh Kee Pah>AC/DC Bag, Billy Breathes, Reba, Waste,
Prince Caspian
E: Character Zero
* unfinished
2/20/97 Teatro Smeraldo, Milan, Italy
I. Curtain, Tweezer, Soul Shakedown> Chalkdust Torture, So Lonely, Taste, Gumbo,
When the Circus Comes > David Bowie, Tweezer Reprise
II. Sample in a Jar, Cars, Trucks Buses, Character Zero, Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing
Around the Room, Free, Swept Away, Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet
Adeline
E. Julius
2/18/97 Bataclan, Paris, France
I: Beauty of my Dreams, Cavern, Punch You In The Eye, Runaway Jim, NICU, Stash,
Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero, Slave To The Traffic Light
II:Peaches En Regalia, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> My Soul, Maze, Wolfman's Brother,
Reba, Train Song, Harry Hood-> Frankenstein
E: Bold As Love*
*dedicated to Jimi Hendrix
2/17/97 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
I: Soul Shakedown Party* > Divided Sky, Wilson**, My Soul, Guyute, Timber Ho!, Billy
Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus
II: Squirming Coil > Down with Disease > Jam*** > Taste > Down with Disease, Suzy
Greenberg, Prince Caspian
E: Sleeping Monkey, Rockytop
* First time - Marley cover
** Trey flubs lyrics a few times
*** 10-15 minutes. Might have had a song called Lucy in it.
2/16/97 Wartesaal, Cologne, Germany
I: Beauty of my Dreams, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed
and Painless, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Tweezer, Waste, Cavern, Chalk Dust
Torture
II: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle, Simple > When the Circus Comes,
Swept Away > Steep > David Bowie, Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise
E: Theme from the Bottom, Johnny B. Goode
2/14/97, Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
I: Runaway Jim, NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Axilla Pt.1, It's Ice, Billy
Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like An Antelope
II: AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, Down With Disease, Funky Bitch, Reba, Walfredo, Rocko
William, Scent Of A Mule* > A Day In The Life
E: Character Zero
* unfinished
2/13/97 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo*,
Taste, Waste, Poor Heart Character Zero, Peaches en Regalia, Treat Me Like a Fool**,
David Bowie
II: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, My Soul**, Punch You in the Eye, Jam > Slave to the
Traffic Light, When the Circus Comes** Maze->Rocko William, Harry Hood,
Frankenstein
E: Prince Caspian, Johnny B. Goode
* new original song with instrument switching
** new cover songs. Treat Me Like a Fool might be called Creamy Blue.
6/13/97
The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland
I: Theme from the Bottom, Dogs Stole Things*, Beauty of My Dreams,
Billy Breathes, Limb by Limb, The Wolfman's Brother,
Wading in the Velvet Sea*, Taste
II: Stash**, Maze, Water in the Sky*, Vultures*, Slave to the Traffic Light,
Chalk Dust Torture > Ghost* > Oblivous Fool*, Character Zero
E: Stand# > Izabella+
* New song debuts (more on these later)
** Tequila tease at the beginning
# New cover, Sly and the Family Stone tune
+ New cover, Hendrix tune
6/14/97
The S.F.X Centre, Dublin, Ireland
I: Down With Disease, NICU, Dirt*, Talk, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses,
Limb by Limb, Bye Bye Foot*^, Free, Prince Caspian
II: Twist*, Piper*, I Saw It Again*, Fooled by Images?*,
Dogs Stole Things, Waste, David Bowie, Cavern
E: When the Circus Comes, Rockytop
* new tunes
^ fishman wrote and sings this new song, part of the lyrics appeared in a
spring newsletter
6/16/97
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
I: The Squirming Coil > Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Water in the Sky,
Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Theme from the Bottom,
Chalk Dust Torture, The Wolfman's Brother, Oblivious Fool
II: Limb by Limb, Ghost, I Don't Care > Reba, Wading in the Velvet Sea,
Dirt, Harry Hood
E: Cities, Poor Heart
6/19/97
Arena, Vienna, Austria
I: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From The Bottom >
Punch You In The Eye, Water In The Sky, Maze, Waste, Vultures,
Runaway Jim
II: Stash > Ghost > I Saw It Again, Wading In The Velvet Sea, Piper,
Jesus Just Left Chicago, Prince Caspian
E: Beauty Of My Dreams, Character Zero, Ragtime Gal*
* - acapella
6/20/97
Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
I: Taste, Jam > Cities > Horn > Funny As It Seems > Limb By Limb >
I Don't Care > Run Like An Antelope
II: David Bowie, Ghost, Bye Bye Foot, Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern, Twist,
Bouncing Around the Room, Julius
E: When the Circus Comes, Rockytop
6/21/97
Hurricane Festival, Eichenring, Scheessel, Germany
Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart, Taste, Dirt,
Theme From the Bottom, Swept Away > Steep, Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things,
Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture, Jam > Twist, Cavern
E: My Soul
Note: The show was 2 hours (one set)
6/22/97
WDR/Loreley Festival, Lorely, St. Goarschausem, Koblenz, Germany
Taste, Water in the Sky, Stash, Dirt, Uncle Pen, Character Zero,
Theme From the Bottom, Ragtime Gal, Ghost
E: Limb by Limb
(one set)
6/24/97
La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
I: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures,
Guelah Papyrus*, Runaway Jim**, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian, Rockytop
II: The Wolfman's Brother, Reba, NICU, Twist, Piper,
Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost
E: Loving Cup
* aborted
** Gypsy Queen Jam
6/25/97
L'Aeronef, Lille, France
I: Oblivious Fool, Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Billy Breathes,
AC/DC Bag, My Old Home Place, Theme from the Bottom,
Wading in the Velvet Sea, I Saw It Again, Limb by Limb, My Soul
II: Down With Disease > Jam > Piper > Down With Disease > Time ? >
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters# > Makisupa Policeman > Cecilia* >
HYHU > RockA William** > Run Like An Antelope***
E: Guyute
#Slow, reggae like version
*Simon & Garfunkel sung by Fish, while playing a towel
**With instrument switching,
***Trey introduced and thanks the crew and dedicates this song to Antelope Greg
Note: The show was 2 hours 45 minutes.
6/27/97
Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Taste,
Bouncing Around The Room, Character Zero
(one set)
6/29/97 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Bouncing Around The Room, Beauty of my Dreams,
Chalk Dust Torture, Theme from the Bottom, Character Zero
E: My Soul
Note: Show was 1 hour 13 minutes
(one set)
7/1/97
Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I: Ghost#, Horn, Ya Mar#, Limb by Limb > Funny as it Seems, I Saw It Again,
Dirt, Reba, Dogs Stole Things
II: Jam* > Timber Ho!, Bathtub Gin > Jam > Cities** >
Back of the Worm Jam#, Loving Cup, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: When the Circus Comes
# "You're on the back of the Worm" vocal references
* starts out with Fishman on the piano, then develops into a jam
which is distinct from Timber
** slower than normal tempo, almost a reggae beat
the show was 2:50 in length
7/2/97
Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I: Mike's Song > Simple > Maze, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan,
Vultures, Water in the Sky, Weekapaug Groove
II: Jam > Stash > Jam* > Llama > Wormtown** > Wading in the Velvet Sea
E1: Free
E2: David Bowie
* something like 30 min total
** the band was goofing with a Steve Miller tune (Swingtown) but with worms
in the lyrics, this went into a reprise of the Back of the Worm Jam from 7/1
Show was about 3 hours total. There were two separate encores, the band
left the stage after Free
7/3/97
Serenadenhof, Nuremberg, Germany
I: Piper, My Soul, Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Taste, Train Song,
Theme from the Bottom, Rockytop
II: Ghost*, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Sparkle,
Harry Hood, Cavern
E: Character Zero
* incl. some themes of the 7/2 Amsterdam set II instrumental jam and vocal
reprise.
I: 57 min, II: 64 min, E: 7 min
7/5/97
Piazza Risorgimento, Cernobbio (Como), Italy
Sound check: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan
I: Julius, Bouncing Around The Room, Uncle Pen, Sample In A Jar,
Theme From The Bottom, Prince Caspian, Twist*,
Piper, Harry Hood> Love You **, Poor Heart, Character Zero,
Good Times Bad Times#
E: The Squirming Coil
* - Groove is in the heart tease, Fluffhead tease
** - Vacuum solo by Fishman
# - Walk this way tease
7/6/97
Spiaggia di Rivoltana, Desenzano, Italy
Soundcheck: Jam, Oblivious Fool, Beauty of My Dreams, Hell's Bells (tease,
AC/DC), You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC - lead vocals by Fishman),
Um Bop (by Hansen - "Fishman singing his version of James Brown doing
Hansen's Um Bop")
The Soundcheck Limbo Karaoke Contest (sung by audience members):
Another One Bites the Dust (Queen), And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison),
Only Shallow (By My Bloody Valentine), Day-O (sung by Phish)
ca. 50 min, open to the public.
I: Runaway Jim, My Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Stash, The Horse >
Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule,
Chalk Dust Torture
II: Free, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Rockytop, Funky Bitch
E: My Soul
The show was about 3 hours long
7/9/97
Le Transbordeur, Lyon/Villeurbanne, France
I: Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan,
Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Taste, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood
II: Down with Disease > My Soul > Cars Trucks Buses > You Enjoy Myself*,
Ghost*, Poor Heart*
E: Ragtime Gal
* with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
7/10/97
Espace Julien, Marseille, France
I: Dogs Stole Things, Limb by Limb, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin,
Llama > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Lizards, Oblivious Fool
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Julius, Magilla > Ya Mar*, Ghost >
Jam > Take Me to The River
E: Funky Bitch**
* with duos: Fishman and "Leo", Trey and "Cactus" (Mike kind of looked like
one tonight), hi-hat and clavinet (Fishman and Page), bell and low guitar
(Mike and Trey), crash cymbal and Rhodes (Fishman and Page), footstomping
(band and audience); also Magilla tease,
** with members of Son Seals band (trumpet, guitar, bass and drums)
and Fishman dancing at the front of the stage (but apparently not
Son Seals himself).
7/11/97
Doctor Music Festival, Pyrenees, Spain
Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams,
Wolfman's Brother, Johnny B. Goode, You Enjoy Myself
E: Character Zero
One set
(The band that was to follow Phish on an adjacent stage was soundchecking
during Phish's set.)
7/25/97
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX
I: Beauty Of My Dreams, The Wolfman's Brother, Maze, Water In the Sky,
Bathtub Gin > Makisupa Policeman > AC/DC Bag
II: Chalk Dust Torture > Taste > Ya Mar > Drums* > Ghost > Character Zero
E: Theme from the Bottom
I: 70 min, II: 60 min, E: 10 min
*Drum solo w/ Fishman and guest drummer Bob Gulotti. Bob played through
the whole second set and encore.
7/26/97
South Park Meadows, Austin TX
I: Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Stash, Billy Breathes,
Cars trucks Buses, Dirt, You Enjoy Myself > Isabella
II: Timber Ho! > David Bowie, Harry Hood > Blister in the Sun* >
Harry Hood** > Free, Waste > Johnny B. Goode
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern
* Viloent Femmes Cover
** unfinished
with Bob Gulotti on drums the entire show
7/29/97
Desert Sky Pavillion, Phoenix AZ
I: Theme from the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle,
Ghost, Steep > Swept Away, Loving Cup
II: Oblivious Fool, Run Like an Antelope, Waiting in the Velvet Sea,
Twist Around, Taste, Sample in a Jar, Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil.
E: Possum
(I: 1:00)
(II + E: 1:34)
7/30/97
Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura CA
I: NICU, The Wolfman's Brother > Chalk Dust Torture, Water in the Sky,
Stash, Weigh, Piper, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero
II: Punch You in the Eye > Free > David Bowie > Cities > David Bowie,
Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian, Fire
E: My Soul
Interesting jam out of Wolfman's, think it was unfinished. Simpsons signal
in the intro to Bowie
I: 1:12, II+E: 1:20
7/31/97
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mt. View CA
I: Ghost > Ya Mar > Dogs Stole Things, Limb by Limb, Dirt, Maze, Glide,
Saw It Again, You Enjoy Myself
II: Runaway Jim* > When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the
Watchful Hosemasters > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapuag Groove**
E: Cinnamon Girl
* Sweet Home Alabama tease before Jim
** Happy Birthday quote late in the jam, right before the end Trey pays
a little homage to Jerry Garcia, born Aug 1.
8/2/97
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA
I: Theme from the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost, Dogs Stole Things,
Divided Sky, The Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky,
Split Open and Melt
II: Down With Disease > Tweezer > Down With Disease (reprise) >
Johnny B. Goode, Sparkle, Waiting in the Velvet Sea, The Loving Cup >
Tweezer Reprise
E: Harry Hood*
* Trey asks Chris to cut the lights in the middle of the song and the
band jams in darkness for about 5 min
8/3/97
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA
I: Bathtub Gin > Foam, Blow Wind Blow, Dirt, Vultures,
My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Twist Around,
Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb by Limb, Character Zero
II: Julius, Simple, Fluffhead, Lifeboy, Taste, Ragtime Gal, Frankenstein
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
Both 'Samson' and 'Blow Wind Blow' have been floated around as titles for
the instrumental in Set I, neither is particularly confirmed. First time
played as far as I know.
8/8/97
The World Music Theatre, Tinley Park IL
I: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo, Lizards, Dirt, It's Ice, Water in the Sky,
Character Zero
II: The Wolfman's Brother > Free, Limb by Limb, Loving Cup,
Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust Torture
E: Hootchie Coochie Man*, Messin' with the Kid*
* w/ Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals.
I: 58 min, II: 59 min, E: 20 min
Thanks to Mike Witt for the setlist
8/9/97
Alpine Valley East Troy, WI
I: Theme From the Bottom, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost > Taste,
Dogs Stole Things, Reba, Lawnboy, Crossroads
II: Wilson > Foam, Mike's Song > Funny As it Seems > Simple >
Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule**, Slave to the Traffic Light >
Weekapaug Groove
E: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
** Mike and Trey duet after intense Page solo. They both squared up face
to face and played off of each other, which turned into a crazy jam with
Mike and Trey laying on the ground kicking in the air and doing bicycle
motions with their feet
8/10/97
Deer Creek, Noblesville IN
I: Bathtub Gin > Sparkle, Down With Disease, Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses,
Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt, Bye Bye Foot, Ginseng Sullivan,
Harry Hood
II: Cities > Jam > Good Times Bad Times > Theremin Solo > Instrument Switch >
HYHU > Rocka William, David Bowie
E: Cavern
Set I was about 1:30, the HYHU was pretty brief, and Benjy gave my
voicemail a good description of the instrument switch that I forgot to
write down. Still, looks fun :-)
8/11/97
Deer Creek Amphitheatre, Noblesville IN
I: Makisupa Policeman > Maze, Water in the Sky, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus,
Limb by Limb, Horn, Run Like an Antelope
II: Timber Ho!, Piper, Vultures > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself,
Character Zero
E: The Squirming Coil
I: 75 min, II: 68, E: 11 min
8/13/97
Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown PA
I: Armenia*, Poor Heart, Stash, Water in the Sky, Gumbo > Jam >
The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Beauty of My Dreams,
Crosseyed and Painless > Wilson**, Sweet Adeline
II: Runaway Jim, Ghost > Izabella, Sleeping Monkey, McGrupp and the
Watchful Hosemasters > Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra >
Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein
E: Theme from the Bottom
* Elton John song, debut?
** Little Drummer Boy tease at end
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart > jam
I: 1:23
II+E: 1:20
8/14/97
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center NY
6:32 8:03
I: Ya Mar, Funky Bitch, Fluffhead, Limb by Limb, Free, Cars Trucks Buses,
Tela, Trainsong, Billy Breathes, Run Like An Antelope
8:41-9:59
II: Chalk Dust Torture, Treat Me Like A Fool, Sparkle, Harry Hood >
Col. Forbin's Ascent > Pranksters* > Jam** > Camelwalk > Taste
10:01-08
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Rockytop
* w/ Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs and other assorted Merry Pranksters.
There was a midget in costume as well as 5-6 monsters
strutting the stage. Ken Babbs was Frankenstein. The
Tin Man was also there. Phish played part of Frankenstein
as Babbs came out. Kesey went on about something about
the "bozos havn't been seen in two years." and this
skit was acted out onstage with the band jamming
behind them. Unreal.
** Trey "we're supposed to go into Famous Mockingbird now
but we can't: the funk's too deep"
** Trey (as the stage was cleared) "see what happens
when you take too much acid thirty years later..."
I: 91, II: 78, E: 7 min, soundcheck: Buffalo Bill, My Old Home Place, Funky
Bitch
thanks to Marcus Thunich & Chris W. for setlists
8/16/97
The Great Went, Limestone ME
I: Makisupa Policeman > Harpua*, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom,
Punch You in the Eye, Ghost, Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself,
Trainsong, Character Zero, The Squirming Coil
II: The Wolfman's Brother > Simple** > My Soul, ?? >
Slave to the Traffic Light, Rockytop, Julius
III: Halley's Comet > Cities > Llama > Lawn Boy, Limb by Limb, Funky Bitch***
E: Contact, Loving Cup
* starts with the theme and Jimmy story, picking up where the song stopped
last year at the Clifford Ball
** Theme from The Odd Couple tease/jam
?? is an instrumental I couldn't name. It might be the one from the Gorge
*** major fireworks are let off behind the stage during the song, culminating
in a great finale display as Funky Bitch winds up.
I: 115, II: 69, III+E: 76 min
8/17/97
The Great Went, Limestone ME
I: The Wedge, Beauty of my Dreams, Dogs Stole Things > Vultures,
Water in the Sky, Maze, Bouncing Around The Room > Tweezer* >
Taste, Carolina#
II: Down With Disease > Jam > Bathtub Gin > Uncle Pen,
Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Art Jam**> Harry Hood
III: Buffalo Bill > NICU > Weigh > Guyute > Dirt,
Scent of a Mule > Prince Caspian
E: When the Circus Comes, Tweezer Reprise**
* Cities jam
# acapella
**During The 2001-> Art Jam, the band members take turns painting large
designs at the side of the stage. Then, the crowd "carries" the pieces of
this design to the side of the venue where it is assembled and hoisted for
eveyone to see onto a tower. This wood tower is tall and covered in
painted plywood and has been built during the two shows.
As Harry Hood goes into the Jam, Trey again asks Chris to turn the lights off,
and the band jams while the front section has a gigantic Glow Stick War.
Trey tells the crowd at the end of the Jam to "go and get more of those,
because that was cool.",
**During Tweezer Reprise, they burned the entire assembled design to the
ground.
I: 77, II: 95, III: 57, E: 12 min
11/13/97
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas NV
I: Chalk Dust Torture, Black-Eyed Katy*, Theme from the Bottom, Trainsong,
Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, My Soul, You Enjoy Myself,
Character Zero (1:23)
II: Stash, Punch You in the Eye, Prince Caspian, Bouncing Around the Room,
Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
E: Loving Cup (1:25)
* New funky instrumental. No idea if this is the "real" title.
11/14/97
West Valley E Center, West Valley, UT
I: Runaway Jim, Gumbo, Maze*, Fast Enough For You,
Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Guyute**, Antelope***
II: Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Twist Around, Space Jam****,
Slave To The Traffic Light
E: Bold as Love
* Unfinished
** Dedicated to Paul Languedoc
*** "Marco Esquandolas" part was whistled.
**** Cool funky jam w/ lots of Trey soloing
11/16/97 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
I: NICU, My Soul, Black Eyed Katy, Farmhouse, My Old Home Place,
Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Busses, Scent of a Mule*,
Poor Heart*, Taste, Ragtime Gal
II: Timber Ho > Simple, Wilson > Harry Hood > Isabella
E: David Bowie
* w/ Pete "Dr. Banjo" Wernick - "local banjo legend" on Banjo
11/17/97 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
I: Tweezer, Reba*, Train Song, Ghost > Jam**, Fire
II: Down with Disease > Oblivious Fool > Johnney B. Goode > Jam*** >
Jesus Left Chicago, Circus Comes To Town, You Enjoy Myself
E: Character Zero
* No whistling
** Jammed out, "For your listening pleasure"
*** Included space jam
11/19/97
Assembly Hall, Champaign IL
I: Julius, Bathtub Gin > Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch,
Theme From The Bottom, Ginsing Sullivan, Fee >
Run Like an Antelope
II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother > Makisupa Policeman > Taste
E: Possum
Many long jams, especially in the second set
I: 1:29; II: 1:06, E: 14
11/21/97
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA
I: Emotional Rescue* > Split Open & Melt, Beauty Of My Dreams,
Dogs Stole Things, Punch You In The Eye, Lawn Boy**,
Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian***
II: Ghost**** > AC/DC Bag > Jam, Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup
E: Guyute
* Rolling Stones cover, Mike sang, very falsetto
** With anti-drum solo - an intentionally boring drum solo.
*** Delay loop ending played until after lights were brought up
**** Sparks, Guyute, Spooky teases in Ghost and ensuing jam
11/22/97
Hampton Colliseum, Hampton VA
I: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood,
Trainsong, Billy Breathes, Frankenstein, Isabella
II: Halley's Comet > Tweezer > Jam* > Piper > Run Like An Antelope
E: Bouncing Around The Room, Tweezer Reprise
* Instrumental w/ mumbled lyrics
11/23/97
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem NC
I: My Soul, Theme from the Bottom, Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Twist Around,
Stash > NICU, Fluffhead, Character Zero
II: Bathtub Gin, Down With Disease* > Low Rider > Down With Disease**,
Bold as Love
E: Julius
* Isabella tease
** Don't Stop Till You Get Enough tease
11/26/97
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford CT
I: Tweezer > Sparkle, Gumbo, My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters,
Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent In The Morning, Taste
II: Character Zero > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Cities > Ya Mar >
Punch You In The Eye, Prince Caspian, Poor Heart, Tweezer Reprise
E: Cavern*
* w/ alternate lyrics
11/28/97
Worcester Centrum, Worcester MA
I: The Curtain, You Enjoy Myself* > I Didn't Know**, Maze, Farmhouse,
Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top
II: Timber Ho!, Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light >
Ghost*** > Johnny B. Goode
Encore: My Soul
*-Crosseyed and Painless teases, no bass and drums or vocal jam
**-w/ vacuum solo
*** w/ Cities teases
11/29/97
Worcester Centrum, Worcester MA
I: The Wedge, Foam, Simple, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >
Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Sloth,
Ginsing Sullivan, I Saw It Again, Horn, Water in the Sky,
David Bowie
II: Runaway Jim* > Strange Design > Harry Hood, Prince Caspian,
Suzie Greenberg
E: Buffalo Bill*** > Moby Dick# > Fire
I: 1:20, II+E: 1:55
* Very extended, over an hour. Includes elements of Harry Hood & Weekapaug
among others
*** announced as Fishman's favorite song (?)
# Led Zeppelin cover, Trey imitating Robert Plant's intro from The Song
Remains the Same, last played 2/19/93
11/30/97
Worcester Centrum, Worcester MA
I: Guyute, Funky Bitch*, Wolfman's Brother** > Love Me,
The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup
II: NICU, Stash*** > Free, Piper#, When the Circus Comes,
Run Like An Antelope
E: Them Changes##
I: 80 min, II+E: 78 min
*-Funky Bitch was unfinished, 18min long and excellent!
**- w/ Heavy Metal Jam w/ quoted Sanity lyrics; Trey asks Chris to cut the
lights so they can jam in the dark for awhile (Wolfman's -> Metal was
~30min)
***-(Stash) unfinished, 20 min, great jamming
# Space jam before Piper
## Buddy Miles cover (Also done by Hendrix/Band of Gypsies), first time played
12/2/97
The Coreestates Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
I: Buried Alive > Down With Disease, Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture,
Ghost, Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, Star Spangled Banner
II: Mike's Song > Simple* > Dog Faced Boy > Ya Mar** >
Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around The Room, Character Zero
E: Ginseng Sullivan, Sample
* w/ a Trey & Page duet, fooling around with tempo
*"No Grand Pa" instead of "No Good Pa" and "Play it Leo for Grandpoodie"
said Trey
12/03/97
The Corestates Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
I: Punch You In The Eye, My Soul, Drowned, My Old Home Place,
Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
II: David Bowie > Possum > Black-Eyed Katy > Prince Caspian >
Frankenstein > Harry Hood
E: Crossroads
12/5/97
CSU Convention Center, Cleveland OH
I: Ghost, Wilson, Funky Bitch, Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Runaway Jim >
My Friend My Friend, Ginsing Sullivan, Limb by Limb, Character Zero
II: Stash, Bouncing Round the Room, Julius* > Slave to the Traffic Light,
Lizards, Loving Cup, Chalk Dust Torture
E: Bold as Love
* long jam
12/6/97
The Palace, Auburn Hills MI
I: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like An Antelope, Trainsong, Bathtub Gin > Foam,
Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern
II: Tweezer > Isabella > Twist > Piper > Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
E: Rockytop
12/7/97
Ervin J. Nutter Center, Dayton OH
I: AC/DC Bag > Psycho Killer@ > Jesus Just Left Chicago,
My Mind's Got a Mind of It's Own, It's Ice > Swept Away > Steep >
It's Ice, Theme from the Bottom, Tube > Jam* > Tube**, Jam* Reprise >
Slave to the Traffic Light
II: Timber Ho! > Wolfman's Brother > Boogie on Reggae Woman*** > Reba#,
Guyute##, Possum
E: A Day in the Life
@ Talking Heads cover
* Post-Isabella jam from Saturday 12/6/97. Slowed down, stopped, started
again - about five or six times. Then back into Tube.
** After Tube return, house lights off and they stop playing, then Jam*
reprised
***Stevie Wonder tune. Second time played. Last played 3-21-88 set one
12/9/97
Bryce Jordan Center, State College PA
I: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn,
Loving Cup
II: Julius, Simple > Jam > Timber Ho, Contact, Axilla Pt I, Harry Hood
E: Fire
12/11/97
Rochester War Memorial, Rochester NY
I: Punch You in the Eye > Down With Disease > Maze, Dirt,
Limb by Limb, Loving Cup, Rockytop
II: Drowned > Roses are Free* > Big Black Furry Creatures From Mars >
Ghost > Down With Disease Reprise** > Johnny B. Goode
E: Waste
I: 68 min, II: 58 min E: 6 min
* Ween cover
** no lyrics
12/12/97
The Pepsi Arena, Albany NY
I: Funky Bitch > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camelwalk, Taste,
Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer, Trainsong, Character Zero
II: Saw It Again > Piper, Swept Away > Steep, Prince Caspian * >
Isabella, Tweezer Reprise
E: Gyute, Run Like An Antelope
* Llama-like jam out of Caspian
I: 65 min, II: 65 min, E: 25 min
12/13/97
The Pepsi Arena, Albany NY
I: Ya Mar, Axilla Pt 1* > Theme From the Bottom, Ginsing Sullivan,
Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times
II: NICU > Punch You in the Eye > Ghost > Mike's Song** > Llama,
When the Circus Comes, Weekapuag Groove > Catapult >
Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood***
E: My Soul, The Squirming Coil
* w/ Axilla Pt II ending
** All 4 band members shouting "Bring on the Dude, Dude of Life, etc. at
various points. Maybe included Foxy Lady Jam, definite Funky Town tease.
*** = Trey says, "'Tofer, turn off the lights, while audience throws
glow sticks around........
12/28/97
USAir Arena, Landover MD
I: Julius, Cities > The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, My Old Home Place,
Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt,
Bouncing Around The Room, Character Zero
II: Axilla#, Simple* > Ghost, Drowned, Scent of A Mule**,
Halley's Comet, Slave to The Traffic Light, Rockytop, Cavern
E: Bold as Love
# Axilla Pt 2 ending
* w/ Trey talking about Feedback & Ghosts
** w/ slow jam instead of normal russian jam/duel.
12/29/97
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
I: NICU, Golgi Apparatus, Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song,
Theme From The Bottom, Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like An Antelope*
II: Down With Disease** > David Bowie*** > Possum****, Tube,
You Enjoy Myself
E: Good Times Bad Times
* w/ extended ending of Mike & Trey solos
** w/ Loving Cup Jam
*** w/ James Bond & Antelope Jams
**** w/ Blues Brothers Jam "I Can't Turn You Loose" by Otis Redding
12/30/97
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
I: Sneaking Sally Through The Alley > Taste, Water In The Sky,
Punch You In The Eye, Stash, Chalkdust Torture, A Day In The Life
II: AC/DC Bag*, McGrupp and The Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua >
Five Hundred Miles** > Harpua > Isabella > Harry Hood***, My Soul,
Sleeping Monkey, Guyute****
E: Carini# > Black Eyed Katy > Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (reprise) >
Frankenstein##
* w/ Crosseyed and Painless jam
** Proclaimers cover sung by Tom Marshall
*** w/ Glowstick War
**** Before Guyute, Trey said they were going to play one more song
and not encore. After Guyute, the lights did not go on, the band
came back except Trey, then Trey came on and explained that it was 10
minutes to midnight, so they would jam until it was New Years Eve. The
encore ended at 12:25!
# Pete Carini (Drum Tech) is called up to the stage during this
## vacuum solo
Last Sneaking Sally 7/24/88 [817 shows]
12/31/97
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
I: Emotional Rescue, Ya Mar*, My Sweet One, Beauty of My Dreams,
Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning,
The Sloth, Fire
II: Timber Ho!, Mike's Song > Piper > When the Circus Comes >
Roses Are Free** > Weekapaug Groove
III: Also Sprach Zarathustra# > Tweezer > Maze^ > Prince Caspian > Loving Cup
E: New York New York$ > Tweezer Reprise%
I: (75 min.) II: (60 min.) III: (60 min.)
There was a strange white ball in the center of the ceiling (covering the
MSG scoreboard), on which various images were projected during the show.
* With "Auld Lang Syne" tease(s).
** Ween cover
# During the song, fried eggs, udder balls, and olives were projected on
the ball (in reference/relating to last night's narration). This was
followed by the countdown and a balloon drop at midnight. The balloons
broke both Page's and Mike's mics.
^With a "Birdland" tease.
$ Page sang, Frank Sinatra cover (first time played).
% Before Fishman started the drums he walked to the front of the stage, poured a bottle of champaign on his head, then walked back to his drumkit and started playing. (A guy in the front row then reached across and grabbed)
Happy New Year!