Phish - Split Open and Melt - 1998-11-06 - Kohl Center, Madison, WI

HIATUS IS OVER!  I have received a lot of feedback that this blog has been missed and have decided that I have the time now to keep it current.  Looking forward to this summer and there are tons of great videos to share, like this one fromSpaceTimeTeleportal for instance.

Phish - Sweet Jane - 10/31/98 - Las Vegas, NV

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11/06/1998 Kohl Center, Madison, WI Playlist

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Wilson > Roggae, Maze, Meat > Sparkle > Split Open and Melt
Funky Bitch, Simple, Fluffhead, Harry Hood, Birds of a Feather

12/31/1998 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

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Thursday, 12/31/1998
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: 1999^[1] > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen^[2] > Weekapaug Groove^[3], Ghost -> Ha Ha Ha > Cavern

Set 2: NICU > Character Zero > Tweezer -> Cities > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope > Frankenstein

Set 3: Runaway Jim^[4] -> Auld Lang Syne -> Simple^[5], Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise, Llama

Encore: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Albert teases from Trey.
[3] 1999 teases.
[4] 1999 and Auld Lang Syne teases.
[5] Magilla teases.

Notes: Prince’s 1999 made its Phish debut (appropriately) at this show and included dancers on stage and synchronized steps from Trey and Mike, who wound up lying on the stage with the dancers surrounding them. Weekapaug and Runaway Jim subsequently featured 1999 teases; Jim also included Auld Lang Syne teases. Hydrogen contained Albert teases from Trey and Simple included Magilla teases. For this show, the Holiday Run dancers’ costumes included a devil, a prostitute, and a pimp. The band jammed Runaway Jim until just before the New Year. The dancers reappeared throughout the crowd and handed out thousands of glowrings to the fans just before a grand balloon drop and pyrotechnics display at midnight. The band counted the crowd into the New Year before busting into Auld Lang Syne. While some fans used the glowrings to start a Glowstick War during Hood, others used them to create long chain links of rings in the arena.

10/20/1998 Sessions at West 54th

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Tuesday, 10/20/1998
Sony Music Studios, New York, NY

Set 1: Sleep^[1], Frankie Says > Ghost, Roggae, Guyute, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Driver^[1], Albuquerque^[1], Birds of a Feather, Piper, Taste

[1] Acoustic.

Notes: This single-set performance, a taping for the PBS television show Sessions at West 54th, was performed in front of roughly 200 fans and industry executives. The show was first broadcast the week of January 9, 1999. Sleep, Driver and Albuquerque were performed acoustic. Trey made jokes about the length of Guyute, remarking that the show could cut to four commercial breaks and the band would still be playing the same song. Taste was played after Trey took the crowd’s requests for the final song. When the show was aired, only Birds, Ghost, and Taste were broadcast, with interviews interspersed between songs.

11/08/1998 UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (Partial Playlist)

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Setlist via phish.net (Song included in playlist above in bold)

Sunday, 11/08/1998
UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Set 1: Taste, Carini^[1], Love Me, Ride Captain Ride, Fee, Paul and Silas, Roggae, Water in the Sky, Stash^[2], Cavern

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Meat > Rock and Roll > Down with Disease > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Been Caught Stealing

[1] Alternate lyrics referencing a streaker.
[2] Fikus teases from Mike.

Notes: Carini included a verse about the streaker from the show two nights earlier. Stash contained Fikus teases from Mike. Paul and Silas was played for the first time since February 28, 1997 (114 shows).

Selections From Week4paug.net's Youtube Gems Thread #2

Phil Lesh and Friends 4-15-1999 featuring Trey Anastasio and Page of Phish from gigpedia on Vimeo.

Viola Lee Blues 32:51
Big Rail Road Blues 7:16
Row Jimmy 8:06
Shakedown Street > Wheel > Not Fade Away 43:06
Mr. Tambourine Man 7:06

Some Tasty Tweezers

Here is the song history for Tweezer from phish.net
http://phish.net/song/tweezer/history/?artist=1

07/06/1998 Prague, Czech Republic, Lucerna Theatre

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Monday, 07/06/1998
Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic

Set 1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag -> Ghost -> Cities, Limb By Limb, Train Song, Roggae, Maze^[1], Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Julius > Meat > Piper -> Makisupa Policeman^[2], David Bowie, Loving Cup

Encore: Possum^[3]

[1] Jam halted while Trey thanked the crowd.
[2] Lyric changed to "Came to Vermont."
[3] Stash tease from Trey.

Notes: The Maze jam was halted while Trey humorously thanked the crowd. The last line in Makisupa changed to "came to Vermont." Trey called Page "Petroff" before he took a piano solo. Trey let Fishman take a drum solo, but told the crowd to whistle if he (Fish) went on too long. Trey added that they had a "band rule" that they all begin whistling if Fishman, who likes to ramble when he talks, ever talks for longer than two minutes. Fish took a boring "drum solo," which drew whistles from the crowd. Possum contained a Stash tease from Trey. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

Island Tour - 04/05/1998 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

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Setlist via phish.net

Sunday, 04/05/1998
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

Set 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Bathtub Gin -> Cities > Sparkle > Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Down with Disease, Ya Mar -> Prince Caspian > Maze -> Shafty^[1] -> Possum^[2] -> Jam -> Cavern^[3]

Encore: Bold As Love

[1] Debut.
[2] Brief Shafty teases from Trey and Mike.
[3] Slow, funky version with original lyrics.

Notes: This show included the debut of Shafty, which was then briefly teased by Mike and Trey in Possum. The funky jam in between Possum and Cavern featured some stage banter from Trey about the funk jams the band had been playing. Accordingly, Cavern was played in a slower, funkier manner than usual and included some of the older, alternate lyrics.

Island Tour - 04/04/1998 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

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setlist via phish.net

Saturday, 04/04/1998
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

Soundcheck: Jam, Shafty, Roggae

Set 1: Tweezer > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb, Lawn Boy, Character Zero

Set 2: Birds of a Feather > Also Sprach Zarathustra^[1] > Brother^[2], Ghost^[3] -> The Lizards, David Bowie

Encore: Harry Hood

[1] Unfinished.
[2] With short instrumental reprise; brief DEG tease.
[3] Can't Turn You Loose tease.

Notes: 2001 was unfinished. Brother included a brief Dave’s Energy Guide tease and was followed by a short instrumental reprise, which was announced as the “radio-friendly version.” Trey contrasted this with the normal version, which was deemed un-radio-friendly due to its length. Ghost, which Trey jokingly remarked was also not radio-friendly because it is long and slow, included a Can’t Turn You Loose tease.

Island Tour - 04/03/1998 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

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Setlist via phish.net

Friday, 04/03/1998
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Set 1: Mike's Song -> The Old Home Place > Weekapaug Groove^[1], Train Song > Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things > Reba, My Soul

Set 2: Roses Are Free > Piper > Loving Cup > Run Like an Antelope^[2]

Encore: Carini > Halley's Comet > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Crosseyed and Painless and Theme from Brazil teases, Mozambique jam, quick Nellie Kane tease from Trey.
[2] "Carini's gonna getcha" sung several times in intro. "Carini" spoken later in the song.

Notes: Weekapaug included a Crosseyed and Painless tease and a brief jam of the song that would eventually debut as Mozambique, as well as a tease of the theme from Brazil and a quick tease of Nellie Kane from Trey. A fan ran up on the stage during Loving Cup, prompting banter and subsequent singing of "Carini's gonna getcha" several times in the Antelope intro, as well as a Carini mention later in the song.

Island Tour - 04/02/1998 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

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Set List via phish.net

Thursday, 04/02/1998
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch -> Jam -> Birds of a Feather

Set 1: Tube, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Sloth, NICU, Stash^[1] > Horn > Waste > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Simple > Birds of a Feather^[2], Wolfman's Brother -> Sneakin' Sally through the Alley^[3] -> Frankie Says^[2] > Twist > Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top

Encore: Guyute

[1] Frankie Says quotes at end.
[2] Debut.
[3] No vocal jam.

Notes: This show marked the debut of Birds of a Feather and Frankie Says. After NICU, Trey commented on the brief “Island Tour,” remarking that the band was getting bored at home and wanted to play some shows. The end of Stash contained Frankie Says quotes. Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam.

Some Quality Ghosts

I figured I'd start this blog off with some videos of my favorite tune. Enjoy!

Ghost Song History available via phish.net:
http://phish.net/song/ghost/history/?artist=1