Saturday, June 27, 2020

PHISH - 1995-06-19 - Deer Creek Music Center - Noblesville IN


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PHISH, MONDAY 06/19/1995 DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER Noblesville, IN

SET 1: Theme From the Bottom > Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag > Tela, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Strange Design, Rift > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope

SET 2: Simple -> David Bowie, The Mango Song, Loving Cup, Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself, Acoustic Army, Possum

ENCORE: A Day in the Life


This was Phish’s 1st show at Deer Creek – an amphitheater with a capacity of 21,118 at the time. Phish has played this venue 22 times to-date. Reserved tickets cost $20.00 and the show was sold out. Fish wore his blue and white banana dress with Tipitina’s-style banana print. The vocals of Rift were flubbed but quickly recovered. Set II marked the first time Simple segued into David Bowie. Trey teased Mind Left Body during David Bowie. Possum was played with a heavy metal-ish feel.


Friday, June 19, 2020

PHISH - 1998-08-01 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy WI


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PHISH, SATURDAY 08/01/1998
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE
East Troy, WI

SET 1: Ramble On[1] > Mike's Song -> Esther > Weekapaug Groove, Guyute, Fikus, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy > Funky Bitch

SET 2: Piper > Wilson > Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Magilla > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > Fluffhead, Brian and Robert > Albuquerque > Chalk Dust Torture, Frankenstein

ENCORE: Been Caught Stealing[1] > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Phish debut.

This show was webcast live and marked the Phish debuts of Ramble On and Been Caught Stealin’ as well as the breakout of Esther (first since October 19, 1996, or 139 shows). Page teased Gimme Some Lovin' in Weekapaug. 2001 contained Crosseyed and Painless teases from Trey. Chalk Dust included a Jean Pierre tease from Trey and a Shake a Tail Feather tease from Mike.

From LivePhish: "On August 1, 1998 Phish returned to Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI for their third show in America’s Dairyland in as many years. Alpine is a favorite venue – one of the largest amphitheaters on the circuit with a capacity of 37,000, sprawling parking lot, a steep-sloped lawn, and wooden roof. The rowdy Saturday night Alpine crowd was pumped but, even amidst the Summer of Covers, nobody could have predicted this show’s bookends.

Set I exploded out of the gate with a four-song opening sequence of Ramble On > Mike’s Song > Esther > Weekapaug Groove. The Led Zeppelin debut followed by Mike’s > Esther (the only such combination to-date) sent shockwaves through the audience. This was the first Esther in almost two years, and it resolved into a funky cowbell-driven Weekapaug. Other set I notables included Fikus, a rarity debuted earlier that summer in Copenhagen that appeared on ‘The Story of the Ghost’ album that fall, and a lively Funky Bitch set closer.

Set II highlights included Wilson > 2001 > (1998’s only) Magilla > 2001, a transcendent Tweezer > Fluffhead, and a blazing fast Chalk Dust Torture. The encore was another debut cover - Jane’s Addiction’s Been Caught Stealing > Tweezer Reprise, that put the exclamation point on this quintessential summer ‘98 show."