Trey teased Oye Como Va in Split Open and Melt. My Sweet One contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. Long Train Runnin' was teased in David Bowie. YEM included a Buried Alive tease from Trey. Before Sweet Adeline, Trey asked the audience for their help, as Phish was attempting to perform an a cappella number in their largest venue to date. Afterwards, he remarked that he’d like to see Metallica try that! Adeline was performed without microphones.
Antelope included a Spider-Man theme tease and All Fall Down, Simpsons, Random Note, Aw Fuck!, and Turn Turn Turn signals. Trey introduced the Aw Fuck! Secret Language signal and played a Simpsons signal before returning to Antelope. Shortly after the "Rye Rye Rocco" segment, Trey introduced the Simpsons, Random Note, Turn Turn Turn, All Fall Down, and Aw Fuck! Secret Language signals before Antelope concluded, ending with a second Simpsons signal. Page teased the theme from Speed Racer in Fluffhead. Weekapaug contained a Jimmy Crack Corn (aka Blue Tail Fly) tease and Wait contained Call to the Post teases from Trey. Possum contained an Aw Fuck! signal and a Dog Log tease.
This outdoor show was performed behind the Eben Holden Cafeteria. My Sweet One contained Aw Fuck! and Random Laugh signals. Trey teased Dixie in Possum. Trey and Mike teased the old AC/DC Bag intro in Bowie. Landlady was preceded by Misty Mountain Hop teases. YEM included an Oye Como Va jam.
This single-set show was part of the UMass âSpringFest.' Possum included Simpsons and All Fall Down signals and a Buried Alive tease from Trey. This was a free show that also featured the bands Rippopotamus, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, fIREHOSE, Fishbone, and Beastie Boys.
During the pause in Guelah Papyrus, a fan jumped on stage and hugged Mike. Security removed her and Trey commented "that was Mike's mother coming up so he could wish her a Happy Mother's Day." Mike responded with "Happy Mother's Day, Mom." Guelah subsequently included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals. Mimi Fishman joined Fish for a vacuum duet during I Didn’t Know and also sang a lyric. Antelope included a Random Note signal. Suzy included a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey, Tweezer contained DEG teases, and Harpua contained two Simpsons signals and included a brief Smells Like Teen Spirit tease. Fish dedicated Cracklin' Rosie to Mimi. Possum was teased prior to Golgi.
Bowie had All Fall Down, Simpsons, and Random Note signals. Memories was performed without microphones. Page teased the theme to Speed Racer in YEM. BBFCFM contained a Brady Bunch theme tease from Mike.
Possum was introduced by Mike as the song that Jeff wrote and included Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Me and My Arrow (Asshole), and Random Laugh signals and a Yield Not to Temptation tease from Trey. During Fee, a fake palm tree was lowered onto the stage behind Page. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
Trey teased Buried Alive in Maze. My Sweet One was preceded by a brief jam before the song proper started. YEM contained Brady Bunch theme and Flash Light teases from Mike. Shaggy Dog (first since November 3, 1988, or 452Â shows) was performed a cappella and emerged from the YEM vocal jam. The YEM vocal jam also contained quotes of the Frito Bandito jingle and Shaggy Dog ended in a quote of Magic (Pilot). Page teased Cold As Ice both before and during the intro to Chalk Dust. Trey teased Entrance of the Gladiators in Take the 'A' Train. Carolina was performed without microphones.
Guelah contained Oom Pa Pa and Simpsons signals. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Antelope included a Random Note signal. Weekapaug contained an On Broadway tease from Mike and references to Rhode Island. During Love You, there was "Don't try this at home" banter regarding Fish's vacuum. The joking was subsequently referenced in Contact. The soundcheck's Dog Log ended with a Misty Mountain Hop tease.
Both Mockingbird and Stash referenced the Los Angeles riots that ensued after the Rodney King verdict was announced. During Icculus, Trey extolled the virtues of the Helping Friendly Book and remarked jokingly that The Aquarium Rescue Unit âused to be a feeble bluegrass band until they read this great book!â Glide was a birthday dedication. Coil included a DEG tease. Bowie included Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Get Back, Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Up Up and Away, Random Laugh, and Oom Pa Pa signals as well as the return of the Band/Crew Football Theme Song (first since April 16, 1991, or 125 shows). Bowie also included Miss Gulch / Witch's theme teases. Mike's Song and Timber (Jerry the Mule) were teased before Tela. YEM included a Donât Get Me Wrong tease. BBFCFM featured some zany on-stage antics that found Trey on top of his stack and Mike singing from down on the floor. The Aquarium Rescue Unit was the opening act.
Fish played the David Bowie hi-hat intro at the start of It's Ice. Landlady contained a DEG tease. I Didn’t Know featured Fish on the Bag-Vac in what was the instrument’s last known appearance. Possum had Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down and Simpsons signals, Theme from Laverne & Shirley, Stash, and Rhapsody in Blue teases from Trey. Mike's Song contained additional lyrics in its intro.
Trey teased Dixie in Foam. 'A' Train contained Stash, Yield Not to Temptation, and Sailor's Hornpipe teases. Mike teased 'A'Train prior to the Secret Language Instructions. The Instructions contained a "Charge!" tease from Page and featured Simpsons, Turn Turn Turn, All Fall Down, and Random Note signal introductions. Bowie contained a Simpsons signal after the Instructions and Possum included a Random Note signal. Weekapaug included a Raspberry Beret tease.
Prior to the start of the first set, Mike teased the "I'm Stuck on Band-Aid" jingle. Page dedicated Tela to "Amy" on her birthday. Magilla contained an Entrance of the Gladiators tease from Trey. Antelope contained three Aw Fuck! signals and a brief Tweezer Reprise tease by Mike. Trey teased Oye Como Va and Lazy in Maze. Mike teased Wedding March at the start of Bathtub Gin. Trey teased Jean Pierre in YEM. The YEM vocal jam was based on the instrumental theme to the movie Chariots of Fire. During Fish's band and crew introductions in Terrapin, Chris Kuroda was introduced as Tommy Lasorda. Memories and Adeline were performed without microphones.
The Mockingbird narration started with references to The Wizard of Oz and also contained a tease of Miss Gulch / Witch's theme. Bowie had All Fall Down, Simpsons, Turn Turn Turn, and Random Note signals. Weekapaug contained a vocal jam, an On Broadway tease, and was unfinished. Love You featured a trombone solo, as Fish initially could not get the vacuum to work. BBFCFM featured Trey and Mike diving across the stage to flashing strobe lights. Jim was the opening act.
The Possum intro contained a full band Yield Not to Temptation tease and Simpsons, Aw Fuck!, Oom Pa Pa, and All Fall Down signals. Possum also contained Dixie, Rhapsody in Blue, and Lazy teases as well as a Simpsons signal at the end. Landlady was preceded by a Random Laugh signal. Lizards was played for "Liz." Fee's lyrics were changed to "have a cup of espresso." Fish was in the process of introducing Cracklin' Rosie as being by one of his favorite composers when feedback caused him to say "Jesus Christ," leading to some amusing banter.
This gig was part of the University of Oregon’s annual Earth Week celebration; to celebrate, inflatable globes were thrown around the audience. Page teased Dixie in Divided Sky. Antelope included Stash teases from Trey. Fish played trombone on Wilson prior to and during the Secret Language Instructions. The Simpsons, All Fall Down, Turn Turn Turn, and Random Note signals were introduced and Page teased Call to the Post during the Instructions, with the Random Note signal separately explained before the end of Wilson. YEM included a Simpsons signal and the vocal jam included a Sneakin' Sally through the Alley quote.
Trey teased Johnny B. Goode in Melt. Possum contained Simpsons, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Get Back, Oom Pa Pa, All Fall Down, Aw Fuck!, and Me and My Arrow signals, as well as strong Dave’s Energy Guide teases. Dinner and a Movie was preceded by a Colour My World (Chicago) tease and quote. Trey used an interesting voice effect during the Mockingbird narration as he spoke of the evil King Wilson. Mike's included a Hold Your Head Up jam. Hydrogen and Weigh were announced as written by baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski. Trey called Mike "Carl" prior to his Weigh bass solo. Weekapaug contained a Happy Birthday tease and dedication from Trey, as well as a Linus and Lucy tease from Mike. This only known Phish performance of Lively Up Yourself featured Trey on drums, Fish on bass, and Mike on guitar and his only known performance on vacuum. The Cold as Ice outro was followed by a brief vocal jam about the band's comments on their performance of Lively Up Yourself. Sanity contained Yastrzemski and Carl mentions from Mike and Trey respectively. Cavern was introduced by Mike as The Prison Joke.
Buried Alive, Stash, and possibly other parts of the first set included Cameron McKinney sitting in on “rhythm guitar (inaudible ukelele)." Trey introduced a freshly clean-shaven Fish before his trombone solo during I Didn't Know, saying "ladies and gentlemen, recovering from a horrible facial accident, would you please welcome Tommy Dorsey." The end of Weekapaug included a vocal jam. Trey dedicated his solo in Lawn Boy to Amy Skelton. Lively Up Yourself was teased in the Cold as Ice intro and outro and before Brain itself. Brain subsequently included an All Fall Down signal in the middle of Fish's vacuum solo.
This was a free outdoor show at Stanford. Possum included a Simpsons signal and Antelope included Frère Jacques teases. Page teased Entrance of the Gladiators in Llama. Avenu Malkenu included a “Happy Passover” bass solo from Mike. Harry Hood contained a Linus and Lucy jam; this theme was briefly reprised at the beginning of Contact. The encore featured guest Cameron McKinney on ukulele (unmiced). McKinney, seven years old at the time, also had the honor of counting off BBFCFM. It should be noted that the infamous “squirt gun breaks” during this show are in reference to a security guard (named Gary Herman) cooling off the audience with a Super Soaker, and not the band shooting each other. Manteca was played for the first time since March 16, 1991 (132 shows). Monitor engineer Pete Schall cracked his head open when he ran into a pole playing Band vs. Crew Football at this show, later referenced nine years later as "Pete threw a bomb and he rang the pole" in Trey's composition Push On 'Til The Day.
Trey teased Johnny B. Goode in Reba. Bowie included All Fall Down, Random Laugh, Simpsons, and Oom Pa Pa signals, as well as the debut performance of Catapult interwoven with Bowieâs closing segment. The curtain rose at the start of the second set to reveal Steve McConnell sitting in a large bathtub on stage. As the band played Brother, band friends and family (including Susan Gutkowski, Chip Hooper, and Mike's brother David) and crew members danced across the stage and jumped into the tub with him. The band gave the tub away at the end of the show. Trey teased Rhythm-A-Ning in YEM. Widespread Panic opened.
Possum included Random Laugh, Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and All Fall Down signals. Mockingbird contained Harpua teases from Mike. This version of Icculus (the first since April 6, 1991, or 118 shows) was, perhaps, the shortest version ever as it did not contain the usual build-up and screaming. Icculus was subsequently teased in the second Mockingbird. Antelope contained a We're Off to See the Wizard tease from Trey. Terrapin included band and crew introductions from Fish. Carolina through Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones. Widespread Panic opened.
Uncle Pen was played, according to Trey, “with all due respect to Bill Monroe.” It was also explained at this show that All Things Reconsidered is a variation on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. YEM included Groove Is in the Heart and Sunshine of Your Love teases and the vocal jam centered on a “rolling” theme, including the quote “Rolling on the River” from Proud Mary. YEM also included quotes from the theme to Rawhide. My Sweet One was announced by Trey as being written by the “third greatest songwriter of all time” while Fish took a bow of recognition. Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones. Widespread Panic opened.
Page teased Call to the Post in Foam. David Bowie featured teases of the old AC/DC Bag intro and 'A' Train and Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and Random Laugh signals in the intro. Smells Like Teen Spirit was teased before Llama and again during Mike's Song. Possum included Aw Fuck! and Random Note signals, Good Times Bad Times teases from Mike, and a We're Off to See the Wizard tease from Trey. Memories was performed without microphones.
Bowie contained Up Up And Away, Random Laugh, Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and Aw Fuck! signals and a Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque quote from Trey. Trey teased Moving in Stereo in Mike's Song. Terrapin featured Fish on bagpipes.
Trey teased Nellie Kane in Runaway Jim. Page teased the Speed Racer theme in YEM. The end of the YEM vocal jam was based on My Girl, with "Roger" being substituted for the "My Girl" lyric.
Sparkle was dedicated to “Donna.” Trey teased Rhythm-A-Ning in Antelope. Trey announced before Cavern that the band would play a bit more bluegrass; therefore, segments of Cavern were performed in a bluegrass style. Also, Trey altered the Cavern lyrics to “take care of your boots” and referenced a hoedown. BBFCFM included a We're Off to See the Wizard tease and a Make Your Own Guacamole jam, during which the audience made guacamole from band-supplied avocados because the band joked that their traditional post-show guacamole was not supplied.
Possum included a brief full-band Landlady jam and Rhapsody in Blue teases from Trey and Page as well as I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, Get Back, Oom Pa Pa, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Random Note, All Fall Down, Aw Fuck!, and Tritone Down signals. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Trey teased Rhytyhm-A-Ning in YEM and Bowie. YEM also contained several The Price of Love teases. Page teased Cold as Ice before HYHU. Trey teased Dixie in 'A' Train. This show was not originally scheduled as part of this tour and was only announced to the public at the previous evening’s show at CU’s Balch Fieldhouse.
Possum contained Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Get Back, Simpsons, Random Note, and Aw Fuck! signals. Page teased the theme to Speed Racer in YEM and Work Song in Hood. Suzy contained a brief We're Off to See the Wizard tease from Trey.
To commemorate April Fool’s Day, Fish got decked out in a black dress with a feather boa around his neck. During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced him as “Tommy Dorsey’s third cousin twice removed” prior to Fish taking a trombone solo. Bowie included Landlady teases as well as Oom Pa Pa, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Get Back, Aw Fuck!, and Random Note signals. Carolina was performed without microphones. Mike teased Heartbreaker in Good Times Bad Times.
This show featured the Phish debut of Lullaby of Birdland. Trey teased Amazing Grace before Runaway Jim. The Secret Language Instructions featured the introductions of the Simpsons, Random Note, Turn Turn Turn, and All Fall Down signals. David Bowie subsequently contained a Simpsons signal. The second set was performed a cappella and without microphones due to a small flood in the theatre. Authorities refused to allow the band to plug in their instruments, including the Bag-Vac. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.
The beginning of the show, as well as the Antelope jam, contained We're Off to See the Wizard teases. Mike’s Song was preceded by an Auld Lang Syne tease and subsequently contained a Stairway to Heaven tease. Weekapaug contained multiple mentions of Paul Languedoc in the form of "Roots!" My Sweet One contained Oom Pa Pa, Me And My Arrow, Simpsons, Random Note, and Aw Fuck! signals and featured the band squawking at Page. Fish referenced a fan's T-shirt during Hood and quoted Marvin the Martian. Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in Love You. After Love You, Fish continued to play the Bag-Vac during Cold As Ice. Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones.
Foam contained an All Things Reconsidered tease. Bowie included Simpsons and Oom Pa Pa signals. The second set was preceded by birthday wishes for a fan named "Amy" and a remark that Buried Alive was inspired by Jimmy Herring. Possum included a Random Note and two Aw Fuck! signals and a Long Tall Glasses tease from Trey. Harpua was set in the “teeming jungles of Brazil” and included a special guest appearance by Marley as “a vicious, flesh eating animal.” There were theme from Brazil teases, a brief full-band Fire tease, high-pitched “Brazil” squawks from Fish, and a preview of the Clifford Ball motto (four years early) as Trey introduced Page as “a beacon of light in the world of flight.” The Aquarium Rescue Unit was the opening act.
It's Ice contained Call to the Post teases from Page. YEM included a tease of We're Off to See the Wizard and several For the Love of Money teases from Mike. The YEM vocal jam was briefly based on a "white boys attack" theme.
The Mockingbird narration gave a brief recap of the Gamehendge saga and included Wilson teases. The Bowie intro included Take Five teases. Trey teased Moving in Stereo in Mike's Song. Weekapaug featured screaming band members and a Mainstreet tease. Brother and Cavern featured Carl Gerhard on cornet. Before I Didnât Know (which featured Fish on Bag-Vac), Trey introduced Fish as âClifford O'Sullivan, a beacon of light in the world of flight.â
âAâ Train included a Simpsons signal. Bowie's intro contained a teases of All Things Reconsidered and Spooky, Long Tall Glasses quotes from Fish, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken? and Get Back signals. Fish used both the cymbals and the Bag-Vac during Rosie. Three Blind Mice was teased in the YEM vocal jam.
At the beginning of Brother, Trey said "this is the alligator moat up here, so make sure you don't fall into it." and later the song's lyrics to reference the "alligator pit." Antelope contained a Jean Pierre tease from Trey. Fish was on trombone for parts of Antelope (which also included a Simpsons signal). Trey teased Roundabout before Mike’s Song and uttered the line, “Help me... I’m melting and I can’t solidify!” Weekapaug contained Long Tall Glasses vocals, Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals, and a brief On Broadway tease from Trey. Sanity's intro featured various nicknames of the band and crew being shouted, while the end contained a vocal jam with more names being called out. Fish used the Bag-Vac during Terrapin. The Secret Language Instructions featured introductions of the Simpsons, Random Note, Turn Turn Turn, and All Fall Down Signals with Bowie being played in the background and included a Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease from Trey. Possum subsequently contained two Simpsons signals and an All Fall Down signal.
The Bowie intro contained teases of All Things Reconsidered, Mockingbird, Dinner and a Movie, and Golgi, as well as Random Note and Simpsons signals. Trey teased Lazy and Buried Alive in Chalk Dust Torture. YEM contained a Simpsons signal. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Chalk Dust Torture Reprise was teased and quoted before the soundcheck's Lullaby of Birdland.
Trey teased Buried Alive in Split Open and Melt. Hood contained a We're Off to See the Wizard tease. Possum included Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals. The encore was performed with John Popper on harmonica.
During the pause in Divided Sky, some fans, mocking Treyâs comment two nights earlier, shouted out âPOSSUM!â Trey teased We're Off to See the Wizard at the end of Fluffhead and in the Antelope intro and Over the Rainbow both before and during Wilson. Antelope contained Simpsons signals in the intro and at the end of the song as well as a Groove is in the Heart tease from Mike and an Up Up and Away signal before BBFCFM. BBFCFM subsequently contained Hawaii (The Beach Boys) quotes, a Lullaby of Birdland tease, two Get Back signals, and I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart and Complete Stop signals. The second Antelope included BBFCFM lyrics from Mike. The BBFCFM sandwich is often referred to as the âBig Black Furry Antelope.â Page teased Misty before Wilson. The Secret Language Instructions featured the introductions of the Simpsons, All Fall Down, Turn Turn Turn, and Random Note signals and were preceded by an All Fall Down signal in Possum and Simpsons and Turn Turn Turn signals as well as a Lazy tease from Trey upon the return to Possum. Mike used an accordion on stage for the first known time during Contact. Trey also teased Lazy in Fire.
Trey teased Buried Alive in Stash. I Didn't Know featured Fish on Bag-Vac and was dedicated to Nectar, who was in attendance. Trey teased Lazy in Llama, Long Tall Glasses in Tweezer, and Long Train Runnin' in It's Ice. Bowie’s intro contained teases of the last eight songs played in the show in reverse order: Uncle Pen, Squirming Coil, Bouncing Around The Room, It's Ice, Eliza, Tweezer, Golgi, and YEM. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
Tey teased How High the Moon before Suzy. My Friend was dedicated to âSteve E.â who drove eighteen hours to the show. Jokingly, Trey subsequently called the bouncers over to throw him out! Before Maze, Page read an announcement from management asking fans not to smoke in the building. Many people shouted out requests during the pause in Divided Sky, prompting Trey to scream âPOSSUM!â into the microphone. The second set started with Page again requesting that fans not smoke, while Trey and Mike launched into a few bars of Smoke on the Water, which was then introduced by Trey as Cat Scratch Fever. NICU included a Simpsons signal. Page played the first few notes of HYHU before the first Cold As Ice. This show marked the Phish debut of Baby Lemonade and, along with it, the first appearance of Fishâs Bag-Vac. The end of Baby Lemonade featured a tease of On Broadway. Sanity and the theme to All Things Considered were teased before All Things Reconsidered. Lots of humor ensued over Mikeâs use of a cardboard cutout of Kathleen Turner from the movie V.I. Warshawski, which started out on top of his bass rig and ended up in front of him, giving the appearance of his head on her body. Sanity was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (342 shows). Memories and Carolina were performed without microphones.
This show included the debuts of The Horse, Silent in the Morning, and Weigh, as well as the Phish debuts of My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own and Cracklin’ Rosie (and, along with it, the “B” and “Ah” cymbals). Cold As Ice also made its Phish debut as the new “Henrietta” theme. Trey teased the Star Trek theme before Brother and Long Train Runnin' in Maze. Runaway Jim contained a Simpsons signal. Antelope contained.two Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signals and All Fall Down, Random Note, Aw Fuck!, Oom Pa Pa, Turn Turn Turn, Get Back, and Simpsons signals. Mike teased Paul and Silas in My Sweet One. Tweezer contained a Get Back tease from Page and an It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing signal. Page teased HYHU after the second Cold As Ice. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Golgi ended with a Simpsons signal.
Many debuts were played, including Maze, My Friend, Mound, NICU, and Sleeping Monkey. This show also marked the first performance of the ânewâ revised Rift (the last âoldâ Rift was May 19, 1990, or 202 shows previous) and presented the formal introduction of the Secret Language Instructions. With the band playing Bowie in the background, Trey introduced the Charlie Chan, Simpsons, Me and My Arrow (Asshole in the Front Row), It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing, Random Note, All Fall Down, and Turn Turn Turn signals. Mike also teased How High the Moon during the Instructions. Trey referred to NICU as âIn an Intensive Care Unit,â though that title was later changed, and referred to My Friend as âKnife.â Bowie contained a Milestones and Jeopardy! teases from Page and a Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signal,  two Get Back signals, Star Trek, Aw Fuck!, Up Up and Away, Tritone Down, and Me and My Arrow signals, two Complete Stop signals, and It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing and Simpsons signals. Possum included Simpsons, Turn Turn Turn, Aw Fuck!, and All Fall Down signals.