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Page teased Blue Monk in Suzy Greenberg and The Lizards, the theme from Speed Racer in Fluffhead, and Rhapsody in Blue in It's Ice. Mike teased Heartbreaker in Suzy Greenberg. Weekapaug contained a Boulevard tease from Mike and a vocal jam that contained Yodelittle quotes. The soundcheck's Dog Log was performed in a reggae style and Bang a Gong (Get It On) contained When the Whip Comes Down and Slave (Rolling Stones) quotes from Trey.


Guelah contained a Simpsons signal and a Lively Up Yourself tease from Mike. Trey dedicated Stash to "Mary." The ending of Fluffhead, all of The Horse, and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Bowie contained a Random Note signal in the intro, a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey, and Dueling Banjos and Jeopardy! theme teases from Page. In an attempt to request AC/DC Bag at the start of the second set, roughly twenty people in front donned shopping bags on their heads with the word AC/DC written on them. My Friend contained Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Pink Floyd) quotes. YEM contained a beehive (from the alternate "Water Your Team In A Beehive I'm A-sent You" lyrics) reference from Trey and a Low Rider tease from Page. Mike quoted You Sexy Thing in the YEM vocal jam. The HYHU outro contained Lengthwise teases from Mike. Danny Boy was quoted before Carolina.


Stash contained Sloth teases and Chalk Dust contained an Oye Como Va tease from Trey. Trey announced that Fish's trombone solo in I Didn't Know would be a "love trombone solo" for Mike at the Greenpeace table. Possum contained a Simpsons signal. Page teased the theme from Star Trek in I Am Hydrogen. Jesus Just Left Chicago was played for the first time since November 23, 1991 (153 shows).

Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. I Didn't Know featured Fish on the Madonna "sister" washboard. YEM contained an Oye Como Va tease and the vocal jam was based on Pete Schall.

Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The Mockingbird narration recalled the flood from Phish’s last Atlanta performance, on March 28, 1992. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. This show was performed on Fish’s birthday, which Trey made reference to during the Bowie intro. The Phish debut of Moby Dick featured Fish soloing on both drums and vacuum. The subsequent Bowie intro's continuation contained a Simpsons signal and Happy Trails and Jingle Jangle Jingle teases. Bowie later contained Moby Dick teases. Happy Birthday was teased in Bowie and Ya Mar and performed by Page during Love You. Mockingbird and Big Ball Jam contained "Charge!" teases. Lawn Boy was dedicated to Page’s parents. Funky Bitch through Llama featured Jimmy Herring sitting in on guitar. My Sweet One was unfinished. After the first HYHU, Trey tried unsuccessfully to convince Colonel Bruce Hampton to come out and jam on horns. Love You featured Fish on guitar and vacuum, as well as the delivery of a birthday cake. Trey also presented Fish with a clock necklace a la Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, so that Fish would never again be late for the bus. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones and was also dedicated to Page’s parents with Page saying it was one of his father's favorite songs. Page's father gave a standing ovation after the song's finish. AC/DC Bag was played for “Hack’s” 21st birthday, as he had evidently requested it at a party the night before. This show was released as part of the Phish At The Roxy box set.


The break in Guelah featured an Oom Pa Pa signal and the Esther intro included Simpsons and Random Note signals. Trey teased Jean Pierre and Take the 'A' in Antelope. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. During YEM, Phish sang "Water your team in a beehive I'm a-sent you" alternate lyrics. Harry Hood was played in response to chanting by a group in front. The Harpua narration included a Black or White jam as Jimmy was watching the halftime show of the Super Bowl and saw Michael Jackson. Poster then killed Harpua and then had a heart attack. During the show, Trey remarked that Fish is always late for the bus in the morning and that they have a $1,000 bet on whether he can be on time for the entire tour.


During PYITE (first since November 9, 1989, or 417 shows), Trey taught the crowd the "The Landlady/Punch You in the Eye storm dance." Bowie after The Vibration of Life included Random Note and All Fall Down signals. Tweezer featured several Funkytown teases. YEM contained "Water Your Team in a Beehive I'm a Sent You" lyrics. Squirming Coil was dedicated to Sofi Dillof. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace was performed with microphones.


During Guelah, Trey thanked the crowd for their support at the last American show of the tour. He also thanked Mike and Dana from Greenpeace for their help on the tour and wished Dana a happy birthday. Guelah also included Aw Fuck! and Simpsons signals and Trey calling Page “Page ‘The Savage’ McConnell.” David Bowie contained an All Fall Down signal and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Davy Crockett teases in the intro, and Misty Mountain Hop and Moby Dick jams at the end. "Dana Marie" was substituted for the "David Bowie" lyrics. Memories and Faht were performed without microphones. Faht also featured Fish on acoustic guitar. Page teased Call to the Post in Big Ball Jam. The soundcheck's No Quarter was performed as an instrumental.


The Mockingbird narration contained an Iron Man tease from Mike and a Wilson tease from Page. Bowie included Simpsons and All Fall Down signals and Hood contained an Aw Fuck! signal. Trey and Page teased Long Tall Glasses in Possum. Carolina was performed without microphones. Faht featured Fish on acoustic guitar. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.


Mike teased If I Only Had a Brain in Fly Famous Mockingbird. Memories was performed without microphones. Possum included Random Note and All Fall Down signals. Bowie included I Walk the Line and Ring of Fire teases. I Walk the Line was also teased in A Train. Faht was dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday and Trey called Jimi the “greatest electric guitarist ever” during the second set. Faht featured Fish on acoustic guitar. Cavern included Voodoo Child and Purple Haze teases as an obvious tribute to Jimi.


Trey mentioned the Dude of Life in Suzy. Stash contained Linus and Lucy teases. Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones. Trey called Mike "The Man in Black" after I Walk The Line. Bowie was unfinished and included multiple Ring of Fire teases as well as a Jimmy Olsen’s Blues tease from Trey, a Spooky tease from Page, and a Simpsons signal in the intro. Chalk Dust and Tube contained Buried Alive teases from Trey. After Lengthwise, Trey wished a happy birthday to "Curtis" and then briefly teased Curtis Loew. Self (first since November 8, 1991, or 118 shows) featured The Dude of Life on vocals.


This show was a New Music concert sponsored by WBCN in Boston and included The Levelers, Material Issue, Michael Penn, The Spin Doctors, and a comedy troupe that was booed off stage before their time expired as the impatient crowd clamored for Phish. After Cavern, Trey said that it was his childhood dream to play for the Boston Bruins and this (performing at the Boston Garden) was as close as he would ever get. YEM was preceded by an Over the Rainbow tease by Trey and a Simpsons signal and included a Jean Pierre tease from Trey.

This set was an opener for Santana. Sweet Adeline was performed while a broken piano string (busted during Stash) was replaced.

Prior to starting Suzy, the band sung the first line a cappella in a different manner than the rest of the song. This set was an opener for Santana.

This show was part of the H.O.R.D.E. tour that also featured Aquarium Rescue Unit, Blues Traveler, The Spin Doctors and Widespread Panic. Antelope contained Simpsons, Aw Fuck!, and All Fall Down signals.

This opening set for The Violent Femmes was Phish’s first show in Europe.

This small gig was a private party for record industry folk and friends. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.

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.


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.


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.


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 Bowie’s 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 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.


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.


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.


During the pause in Divided Sky, some fans, mocking Trey’s comment two nights earlier, shouted out “POSSUM!” 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 “Big Black Furry Antelope.” 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.


Many debuts were played, including Maze, My Friend, Mound, NICU, and Sleeping Monkey. This show also marked the first performance of the “new” revised Rift (the last “old” 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 “In an Intensive Care Unit,” though that title was later changed, and referred to My Friend as “Knife.” 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.

Soundcheck: Memories (x2), Dog Log, Blues Jam, Shaggy Dog, Makisupa Policeman

SET 1: Memories[1], Foam, Reba, Uncle Pen, The Squirming Coil > Magilla > The Landlady, Guelah Papyrus[2], I Didn't Know

SET 2: It's Ice > Eliza > Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself[3] > Horn > Divided Sky, Tela > Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post[4] > Hold Your Head Up, Possum -> Wait[5] -> Possum[6]

ENCORE: Wait, Lawn Boy > Rocky Top


Memories was performed without microphones. Magilla contained Dixie and Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered (Rogers and Hart) teases from Trey. Guelah was aborted due to problems with Trey’s guitar. YEM included Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals, while Wait included Charlie Chan and Simpsons signals. After Possum returned, Wait was introduced as The Weight and Page quoted The Weight. Possum eventually ended with a Charlie Chan signals. Whipping Post featured Fish on vocals and fretless guitar. During Lawn Boy, Trey, who was introduced by Page as Lawn Boy, teased The Christmas Song.

Prior to the start of the show, Trey teased We Wish You a Merry Christmas and Fish announced that Phish had changed their name to Mrs. Pizza Shit. Chalk Dust, Llama, Poor Heart, Harry Hood, and the conclusion of both sets (as well as the start of the second set) all featured references to Mrs. Pizza Shit. Poor Heart and Hood also had bandmembers calling each other "Mrs. Pizza Shit." Page teased Blue Monk during the Rhombus Narration. In Lawn Boy, Page referred to Trey as "Lawn Boy" prior to him taking a guitar solo. Before Love You, Fish apologized for not wearing his Zero Man outfit, explaining that he didn't have his jock strap with him. He said that the last time he was there some girl said "Hey you can see his balls!" and so that was it for Zero Man without the jock strap. Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals and Simpsons and Popeye signals (but, notably, the band responded to the Popeye signal by singing a random note, which is the Random Note signal's "secret language").


Divided Sky contained a tease of Dixie.  Self through Crimes of the Mind (including the Phish debuts of T.V. Show and Family Picture) featured The Dude of Life. Paul and Silas was dedicated to “Jason” on his birthday. Weekapaug included Charlie Chan and Simpsons signals and an adventurous, off-center jam segment culminating with Trey chanting “a slice of pizza!” and “a bucket of lard!” The final chorus was even sung as “I’m sharing in a bucket of lard.” During the soundcheck, The Dude of Life joined the band for Family Picture, T.V. Show, and Crimes of the Mind, and Camel Walk contained a Stash tease from Trey. This show was not at the College Station Theater; that show was on March 8, 1991.

Divided Sky was dedicated to Sun Ra. 'A' Train contained Dixie teases from Trey. Tweezer included Wait quotes from Trey. After Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield), Trey explained that Hold Your Head Up became the Henrietta theme (prompting teases of HYHU by Page and Mike) because Fish hates that song more than any song ever written except La Bamba (which was then also teased by Page and Mike); the Pusherman theme was offered because Fish likes that song. Trey noted that Stash was a request from some friends of theirs on the phish.net. Trey explained phish.net and that the band was honoring requests.

Trey said he wrote Foam under Ernie Stires's wing and that Ernie taught him to write in that particular style. He dedicated Foam to Ernie's two children Ernie and Liz (both in attendance) and to Ernie as well. Adeline was performed without microphones. Brother was dedicated to Page's brother and Mike's brother (who were standing somewhere in the room), with Trey joking that it was "written to sort of describe their personalities... sort of a combination of the two." Guelah was introduced as a song "about a mother." He explained that this was about Dave's (Dave Abrahams's) mother, Guelah, who used to come in when he and Dave were writing songs and that when "things were getting fun," she would knock on and open the door and pull Dave out into the hall, hence the line "and through the bedroom door intrude a fretful frown and spoiled the mood. And though I never really stand that tall, she tilt my frame, she watched me fall." Fish was introduced during I Didn't Know as "Filling in for Showboat Gertrude... Zero Man!" Walk Away was played for the first time since October 20, 1990 (123 shows). Mo' Better Blues was teased prior to Squirming Coil.

Chalk Dust contained Charlie Chan and Simpsons signals and the David Bowie intro contained two Charlie Chan signals as well as Simpsons and Oom Pa Pa signals. There was also a quick Dave's Energy Guide tease by Trey near the end of the song. The YEM vocal jam was based on "pubic hair in your coke," a reference to the day's earlier testimony by Anita Hill in the Clarence Thomas hearings. Adeline was performed without microphones.

Memories and Adeline were performed without microphones. During the pause in Guelah, Trey welcomed everyone to the Hemp Festival (“Free the weed!” Mike exclaimed). Magilla contained a Wedding March tease from Trey. After Runaway Jim, Trey introduced “a very famous person” in the audience, John Basili. “Stephen King was at a gig recently,” he noted, “but this is much more exciting.” Coil contained a Linus and Lucy tease.

This show marked the first performance of Glide. The final verse of Runaway Jim was omitted. Trey teased portions of Esther during the Buried Alive jam segment. The second set was preceded by an announcement that cars blocking the alley outside would be towed. It led to some humorous vocal interplay among the band members. Before his vacuum solo in I Didn’t Know, Fish was introduced as “The Earl of Sandwich.” The start of the YEM vocal jam contained many Homer Simpson "D'ohs." Fish quoted Setting Sail at the end of the vocal jam.

This show featured the Giant Country Horns on Suzy, Cavern, Avenu, Buried Alive through Funky Bitch, Tweezer, and Lizards through Melt. The Horns were introduced after Landlady. Stash was dedicated to a fan. YEM included a Chameleon tease by the Horns and Manteca quotes in the vocal jam. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. After Lizards, the band sang Happy Birthday to Chris Kuroda and played a short Happy Birthday jam with the horns. Tweezer Reprise started as Tweezer. In between Frankenstein and Melt, the Horns introduced the members of Phish. Page teased HYHU when Fish was introduced. Melt included a Munsters theme tease from Trey. The Aquarium Rescue Unit was the opening act.

This show featured the Giant Country Horns for all songs except Fee, Coil, I Didn't Know, My Sweet One, and Runaway Jim. The Bowie included Bouncing and Jeopardy! theme teases. YEM included Frankenstein teases as well as a Chameleon tease by the Horns. Gumbo featured Fish on trombone and Touch Me featured Fish on cowbell. Gumbo and BBFCFM included Giant Country Horn intros. After Touch Me, Page announced that they would be debuting the Esther animated film at the setbreak. I Didn’t Know featured Mimi Fishman on vacuum.  Magilla contained an Up on the House Top tease from Carl Gerhard. Tweezer featured impromptu rapping. BBFCFM included theme from Leave It to Beaver and William Tell Overture teases during the Horn introductions and a quick tease of the I Love Lucy theme. Lawn Boy featured Gerhard, who was introduced as "Lawn Boy," on trumpet. Runaway Jim was sung as “Runaway Yim.” This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

This show, officially released as Live Phish 19, featured The Giant Country Horns for all songs except Reba, Rocky Top, Golgi, The Squirming Coil, My Sweet One, Hydrogen, both HYHUs, Oh Kee Pa, Adeline, and Fee. It also marked the first Phish performance of Moose the Mooche, which contained a tease of Rhythm-A-Ning from Trey. Trey also teased the Woody Woodpecker theme before Golgi. During the band intros before Donna Lee, Page and Russ teased Killer Joe during Russ's introduction. Prior to Touch Me, Fish was introduced as the Lizard Queen. Touch Me featured Fish on trombone. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.


A blackout occurred during Chalk Dust. The drum solo and the ensuing Mr. P.C. featured Carl Gerhard on trumpet, who also performed on ‘A’ Train, Magilla, Cavern, and Lawn Boy. Mr. P.C. was performed for the first time since November 11, 1988 (338 shows) and included a Spider-Man theme tease from Gerhard. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday was introduced as “The Old Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday.” This show fell on Page’s 28th birthday, a point noted repeatedly throughout the gig. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Fluffhead was unfinished; the rest of the band sung Happy Birthday to Page first over the Fluffhead melody, followed by the Happy Birthday melody. Happy Birthday was performed for the first time since September 29, 1990 (105 shows). Possum contained Yield Not To Temptation and I Know a Little teases. Magilla contained a full-band Flintstones theme tease. Mississippi Queen was teased during Fish's vacuum solo in Bike. The pause in BBFCFM featured a final rendition of Happy Birthday and the presentation of a cake; Fish then responded to the “how old are you?” crowd chants by counting off BBFCFM: “I’ll tell you how old he is: 1-2-3-4!”

Ya Mar contained a tease of the Brazil theme. Page's solo in McGrupp was briefly accompanied by Fish on vacuum. "Bucket of lard" was said repeatedly in the Mike's Song intro.

Chalk Dust Torture and Fee were dedicated to Trey's hero, Boston Bruins star Cam Neely. Tweezer included a Sweet Emotion tease and vocals. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.  Harpua found Jimmy watching Cam and the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup and contained "Charge!" teases from Page. BBFCFM included a How High the Moon tease from Mike. The Aquarium Rescue Unit was the opening act.

BBFCFM contained a Leave it to Beaver theme tease from Mike and a joke from Fish. The joke basically went: "So there's this guy who's walking down the street, and he sees this dog laying there licking his balls, and he's talking to his friend and says 'boy, I sure wish I could do that,' and the friend says 'don't you think you ought to pet him first?'"

Mike teased Good Times (more popularly known as Rapper's Delight) in YEM. BBFCFM featured Fish on vacuum during one of the pauses and teases of the Leave It To Beaver theme (aka The Toy Parade) from Mike.

Trey teased Sailor's Hornpipe in 'A' Train and Heartbreaker in Good Times Bad Times. After Lizards, Trey congratulated the audience (“A lot of people have tried, but you’re the first to have done it!”) for clapping on the beat during the slow end solo. Before Fee, he repeated the compliment: “I hope you didn’t think I was making fun of you ... clapping on the upbeat – wow!”

Yield Not to Temptation was teased before Possum. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Trey teased Dave’s Energy Guide during the Tweezer, and Simple Gifts during BBFCFM. The second encore was played after a loud and passionate “Phish” chant by the audience.
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