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4-26-96 Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA
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 My Baby, Cavern
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. *With "When The Saints Come Marching In" tease. **With Michael Ray on trumpet. ***A capella intro.
6-6-96 Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Fog That Surrounds, Waste
1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch*, Theme From the Bottom, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, 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
Unannounced show billed as "The Third Ball," played for locals in the area where "Billy Breathes" was recorded. *With Wilson tease. **With "Cocaine" (Eric Clapton) tease and keyboard work by Trey. **First time played.
7-2-96 Speedway Stadium, Lonigo, Italy
Phish was supposed to open for Santana, but their set was rained out. They did, however, join Santana for a few songs including the Bob Marley song "Exodus."
7-3-96 Stadia Brtamasco, Trento, Italy
Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle, Taste*, Llama*
Opened for Santana. *With Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana).
7-5-96 Stadio Olimpico, Curva Sud, Rome, Italy
Funky Bitch*, Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Scent of a Mule, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline
Opened for Santana. *Funky Bitch was the sound check. The doors opened while they were still playing, so they continued into their set.
7-6-96 Duomo Square, Pistoia, Italy
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reba, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Maze, Harry Hood
Opened for Santana.
7-7-96 Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy
Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain, Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope, Suzy Greenberg
Opened for Santana.
7-9-96 Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France
Theme From the Bottom, Poor Heart, Taste, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Opened for Santana.
7-10-96 Le Zenith, Paris, France
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste, David Bowie, Hello My Baby, Good Times Bad Times
Opened for Santana.
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 My Baby
E: A Day in the Life
7-12-96 The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1: Wilson, The 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, Suzy Greenberg****
3: David Bowie, Free, Hello Ma Baby
E: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode
**With "The Landlady" tease. *After the end, Trey made a comment about the lack of curfew. **Trey announced that this will no longer be "Fog That Surrounds" and 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 was too weird and that they were going to play one of their own. ****Trey unplugs and then plugs in his guitar, resulting in weird noises. Fish 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
Soundcheck: Jam, Funky Bitch, Character Zero*
1: My Friend My Friend**, Punch You in the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Gyute, 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 and came back on near the end of the song. **With "Simpsons" and "All Fall Down" language.
7-17-96 Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch
Opened for Santana.
7-18-96 Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France
Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself
Nice Jazz Festival. Opened for Santana.
7-19-96 Les Arenes, Arles, France
Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, The Squirming Coil
Opened for Santana.
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 (Jerry), Johnny B. Goode
2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars, Free, Run Like an Antelope, Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
E: Harry Hood
*First time played.
7-22-96 Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself
Opened for Santana.
7-23-96 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1: AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule*, Down With Disease, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Stash, Hello My 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
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Opened for Santana.
7-25-96 Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, Run Like an Antelope, Life on Mars, Harry Hood, Cavern
Opened for Santana.
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 My 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
Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart, Caravan, Jam
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Gyute, 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
*Page, solo on Theremin.
8-5-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, The 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. **Page, solo on Theremin. ^Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set (the "acoustic mini-stage"). **First time played.
8-6-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Makisupa Policeman, Rift*, Suzy 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, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, 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 audiencet. **First time played; with Tim O'Brien on mandolin, bouzouki, and lead vocal. O'Brian is a former member of Hot Rize (see 11-16-97). ***With "Gypsy Queen" jam.
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.
8-12-96 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Soundcheck: 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 KeePa Ceremony, Suzy Greenberg
2: Timber (Jerry), Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Run Like An Antelope, Hello My 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
Soundcheck: Jam, Spooky, Jam
1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela, Maze, Fast Enough for You, The 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. **Acoustic mini-stage.
8-14-96 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Tush
1: Wilson, Down With Disease, Fee, Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song, Gumbo, Stash, Hello My 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*
*Dedicated to Matty Sands, Brad Sands's brother.
8-16-96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Soundcheck: Jam*
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, The Divided Sky, Halley's Comet, David Bowie
2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste**, Talk**, Train Song**, Strange Design**, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song, Simple, Contact, Weekapaug Groove
3: Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down With Disease, NICU, Life on Mars, Harry Hood**
E: Amazing Grace
The Clifford Ball (Day One). *1.5 hour jam based on "HYHU" and including "The Old Home Place." **Acoustic mini-stage. **With fireworks.
8-17-96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
1: The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Cars Trucks Buses, Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee, Maze, Suzy 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 (Day Two). *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
1: 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
2: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple, Swept Away*,Steep*,
Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The
Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode
E: Waste
*First time played.
10-17-96 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA
1: 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
2: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner*, David Bowie
E: Golgi Apparatus
*A capella and first time played. Sung in prepartion for the L.A. Lakers game.
10-18-96 Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, The Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar
2: Suzy Greenberg, Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood
E: Julius
10-19-96 Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY
1: My Friend My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther, Llama, Gumbo, Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Frankenstein
2: 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, Hello My Baby
E: Fee, Rocky Top
10-21-96 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1: The Star Spangled Banner*, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum
2: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars, Simple, The Horse, Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
E: Funky Bitch
*A capella.
10-22-96 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1: The Curtain, Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, You Enjoy Myself
2: 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**
*With The Madison Scare Garden dancers towards the end. **With Buddy Miles on drums, Merl Saunders on keyboards, and Fish on Trey's mini-drum kit. The Madison Scare Garden dancers came on again during the end.
10-23-96 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
1: Punch You in the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Hello My Baby, Character Zero, Rift, Theme From the Bottom, Run Like An Antelope
2: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Lizards, Llama, Suzy Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light, Julius
E: Chalk Dust Torture
Set 2 and Encore with Bob Gullotti on drums.
10-25-96 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
1: Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know*, Stash, The Squirming Coil
2: Tube, Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry), TMWSIY, Avenu Malkenu, TMWSIY, NICU, Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood, Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner**
E: Johnny B. Goode
*Fish introduced as "Morton Charleston Heston". **A capella.
10-26-96 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
2: Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like An Antelope*
E: Fire
*Dedicated to Fish's cousin, Jason Roberts, for winning a guitar competition; with "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Spooky" teases.
10-27-96 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
1: 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**, Suzy Greenberg
2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars, Tweezer Reprise
E: Possum, Carolina
*With Page on Theremin. **With "Norwegian Wood" tease.
10-29-96 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart, David Bowie
2: 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, Hello My Baby
E: Good Times Bad Times
Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.
10-31-96 The Omni, Atlanta, GA
1: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent, Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner*
2: 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
3: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Maze, Simple, Swept Away, Steep, Jesus Just Left Chicago**, Suzie Greenberg**
E: Frankenstein**
Set 2 was Phish's annual "musical costume": Talking Heads "Remain in Light". Set 2 with DaveGrippo (saxophone), Gary Gazaway (trombone) and Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana). Set 3 and Encore with Karl Perazzo. **With Dave Grippo and Gary Gazaway.
11-2-96 Coral Sky Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
1: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee, Cavern, Taste, Stash, Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode
2: Crosseyed and Painless, Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life, Sweet Adeline
E: Funky Bitch*
Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show. *With Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers) on drums and Fish on Trey's mini-kit.
11-3-96 O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
1: My Friend My Friend, Runaway Jim, Billy Breathes, The Sloth, NICU, Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
2: Timber (Jerry), The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle, Tweezer, Life on Mars, Possum, Tweezer Reprise
E: Fire
Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.
11-6-96 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
1: 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
2: Wilson, The Curtain, Mike's Song, Swept Away, Steep, Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, Funky Bitch
E: Rocky Top
11-7-96 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Gyute, Free, Tela, Character Zero
2: Suzy Greenberg, Bathtub Gin, HYHU, Bike*, HYHU, You Enjoy Myself
E: Frankenstein
*With a Fish vac solo.
11-8-96 Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
1: Runaway Jim, Axilla, All Things Reconsidered, Mound, Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Simple*, Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
E: Theme From the Bottom
*Trey had equipment problems.
11-9-96 The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI
1: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Lizards, Character Zero
2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away, Steep, Harry Hood
E: Julius
11-11-96 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla, Runaway Jim
2: Timber (Jerry), The Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer, Swept Away, Steep, Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Waste, Cavern
11-13-96 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
1: Down With Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Suzy Greenberg, Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself, Theme From The Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
E: Good Times Bad Times
11-14-96 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
1: AC/DC Bag, Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius
2: 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 My Baby
11-15-96 Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO
1: Wilson, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You in the Eye, Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste, Cavern
2: Makisupa Policeman, Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Split Open and Melt, TMWSIY, Avenu Malkenu, TMWSIY, My Mind's Got a Mind of it's Own, Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey, Mean Mr. Mustard*, Weekapaug Groove**
E: Funky Bitch**
*First time played;Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter "M" and the number "420". **With John Popper (Blues Traveler) on harmonica.
11-16-96 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
1: Poor Heart, Down With Disease, Gyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Sparkle, Frankenstein
2: La Grange, Runaway Jim, Kung*, Catapult, Axilla**, Harry Hood**, Suzie Greenberg**, Amazing Grace
E: We're an American Band^
*Announced by Trey as "written by God." **Lyrics included something about Leigh Fordham. **With "La Grange" (ZZ Top) teases. ^"By Homer Simpson's favorite band, Grand Funk Railroad"; first time played.
11-18-96 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN
1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart, Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Simple, Swept Away, Steep, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer*, Hello My Baby*, Tweezer Reprise*, Llama*
E: Waste, Johnny B. Goode*
*With Gary Gazaway ("El Buho", or "The Owl") on trumpet.
11-19-96 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee, Taste, Loving Cup
2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself*, The Star Spangled Banner**, Fire
E: The Squirming Coil
*Dedicated to the crew and with "The Groove is in Your Heart" vocal jam. **A capella.
11-22-96 Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
Soundcheck: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes
1: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan*, Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough For You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
2: Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Maze, Billy Breathes, Swept Away, Steep, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
E: Julius**
*With "Thanks for making it through the ice" intro. **With thanks to the city of Spokane, a bar named Gaby's, and with a "Cocaine" (Eric Clapton) tease.
11-23-96 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, The Divided Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Mid-Highway Blues*, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
2: The Curtain, Mike's Song, Simple, Makisupa Policeman, Axilla, Weekapaug Groove, Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood
E: Good Times Bad Times
*First time played.
11-24-96 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
1: 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, Run Like An Antelope
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle, David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup, Suzy Greenberg
E: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern
*With "Because" (The Beatles) tease.
11-27-96 Key Arena, Seattle, WA
1: Julius, My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free, Theme From the Bottom, Bold as Love
2: Down With Disease, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Scent of a Mule*, Tweezer**, Down With Disease Jam, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
E: Waste, Tweezer Reprise
*Trey scats to the "Brady Bunch" theme for a few minutes amd includes a vacuum solo. **With "Sweet Emotion" (Aerosmith) quote.
11-29-96 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars, Maze, Suzy Greenberg
2: 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
1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place*, Uncle Pen*, Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust Torture
2: La Grange, It's Ice, Glide, Brother^, Contact, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Timber (Jerry)**, Taste**, Funky Bitch**, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam**
E: Possum**
*With John McEuen on banjo. ^Sung for Page's brother, who was to the side of the stage. **With Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax. **With Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax and John McEuen on lap slide guitar.
12-1-96 Pauley Pavillion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1: 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
2: 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
1: Rocky Top, AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around The Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From The Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
2: Ya Mar, The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Free, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline
E: Fire
12-4-96 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
1: My Friend My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry), Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Gyute, Character Zero, Lizards, David Bowie
2: 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 caterering crew and gets two of them on stage to dance.
12-6-96 Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
1: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses, Down With Disease, Frankenstein
2: Julius, Sparkle, Mike's Song, Simple, Harry Hood, Weekapaug Groove**, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times
E: Harpua* > "Wildwood Weed" Rap$* > Harpua* > I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart** > Harpua*, Suspicious Minds^, Harpua > Suzy Greenberg
**With vicious start/stop jamming. *Most of Harpua had Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde from Primus. After the opening, Les did a rap about a weed or something like that. Then more Harpua and the Jimmy story. They stop and camp. At the campsite, they start yodelling. $Based on the song from Jim Stafford's "Spiders and Snakes" album. **With yodelers.. ^The four "Elvii" sing the first few verses of "Suspicious Minds" and then Fish continues.
12-28-96 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein
2: Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Bouncing Around The Room*, TMWSIY, Avenu
Malkenu, Mike's Song, Strange
Design, Weekapaug Groove, The Star Spangled Banner
E: Johnny B. Goode
*With Digital Delay Loop Jam before "TMWSIY".
12-29-96 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
1: Poor Heart, Caravan, Cavern, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift, Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, You Enjoy Myself*, Sixteen Candles**, Vocal Jam, Harpua***, Champagne Supernova**, Harpua
E: Rockytop
*With rotation jam. (First: Trey on drums, Fish on piano, Page on bass, and Mike on guitar. Then Fish switched to bass, Mike to piano, Page to guitar, and Trey continued on drums.) **Mike solo on piano. ***Story about everybody in town. Jimmy, Poster Nutbag, Harpua, etc., go to hell, where they all see the "Uber-Demon" (Tom Marshall). ** Oasis cover, sung by Tom Marshall, the "Uber-Demon".
12-30-96 Fleet Center, Boston, MA
1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk*, Funky Bitch**, Theme From the Bottom, Good Times Bad Times
2: Timber (Jerry), Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Gyute, Tweezer, Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule***, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Possum
*With Trey on acoustic guitar. **The PA cuts out. The band continues playing for a few minutes while it is reconnected and end up miming playing. They restart at about the same point in the jam***Page first, then Mike solo in the "duel" part of the song, but it's not done as a duel.
12-31-96 Fleet Center, Boston, MA
1: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse, Silent in the Morning, The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise
2: Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple, Swept Away, Steep, Harry Hood, Prince Caspian, Character Zero
3 : Also Sprach Zarathustra*, Auld Lang Syne, Down With Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody**, Julius***
E: Amazing Grace***
*Started about 10 minutes into the countdown and ended at the New Year
. At the end, thousands upon thousands of balloons dropped from the ceiling.**First
time played. ***With the Boston Community Choir.