Red Rocks:
When Phish last played Red Rocks in 1996, a way overblown confrontation between a few wooks and officers in the town of Morrison led to a supposed ban against the band ever playing the venue again. Thirteen years and a terrible economy later, the band will finally return to the gorgeous natural amphitheater carved into the rocks.
[All setlists via Phish.net]
08-20-93 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
1: The Divided Sky, Harpua, Poor Heart, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room-> It’s Ice-> The Wedge, Ginseng Sullivan, Rift, Run Like an Antelope
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Slave to the Traffic Light-> Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, My Friend My Friend-> Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself-> Purple Rain*-> HYHU, Cavern
E: The Mango Song, Freebird
*With Mimi Fishman (Fish’s mom) on vacuum.
06-10-94 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sample in a Jar, Nellie Cane, Demand-> David Bowie, Lizards, Cavern, Julius
2: Axilla [Part II], The Curtain-> Tweezer-> Lifeboy, Sparkle, Possum, HYHU-> I Wanna Be Like You-> HYHU, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
E: Sleeping Monkey-> Rocky Top
06-11-94 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, Rift, Down With Disease, It’s Ice, Tela, Stash
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Run Like an Antelope, Fluffhead, Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, Maze, Contact-> Frankenstein
E: Suzy Greenberg
Last “Frankenstein”, 07-26-91.
06-09-95 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: My Friend My Friend, The Divided Sky, Strange Design, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, AC/DC Bag, Theme From the Bottom, Taste, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope
2: Split Open and Melt, The Wedge, Scent of a Mule, Cavern, David Bowie, Acoustic Army, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: The Squirming Coil
06-10-95 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Makisupa Policeman-> Llama, Prince Caspian, It’s Ice, Free, Rift, You Enjoy Myself*, Lonesome Cowboy Bill-> Suzy Greenberg
2: Maze, Fee, Uncle Pen, Mike’s Song-> I Am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace, Sample in a Jar
E: A Day in the Life**
*Contained “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again” tease. **First time played.
08-04-96 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO
Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart, Caravan, Jam
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, 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.
08-05-96 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.
08-06-96 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” (referring to U2’s live album “Under a Blood Red Sky”), by Trey. **With “Norwegian Wood” jam. #First appearance of the “Hood!” chant after the band sings “Harry,” which was initiated by flyers passed out at the show.
08-07-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
1: Punch You in the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar*, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, 99 Years**, Ode to a Dream**, Doin’ My Time**
2: Runaway Jim***, Free, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
*Trey thanks the audience, salutes two-time Olympic gold medalist and Colorado native swimmer John Olson and announces that a special guest will come out later in the set. **First time played; with Tim O’Brien on mandolin, bouzouki, and lead vocals. O’Brian is a former member of Hot Rize (see 11-16-97). ***With “Gypsy Queen” jam.
- Video: 1996 News Report,
Shoreline:
Located in the San Francisco area, Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater was designed by impressario Bill Graham to resemble the Grateful Dead’s Steal Your Face logo and includes plenty of fan-friendly features including ample room to dance in each row. Ever since Phish first headlined at Shoreline during Fall Tour ’95, the band has made the venue a regular stop for outdoor shows in the Bay Area. Phish performed their first set of “final shows” at Shoreline in 2000.
08-29-92 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
Chalk Dust Torture, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, You Enjoy Myself
Opened for Santana.
09-30-95 Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA
1: My Friend My Friend, Cars Trucks Buses, Chess Intro*#, White Rabbit Jam*#, Reba, Uncle Pen, Horn, Run Like an Antelope, I’m Blue I’m Lonesome**, Sample in a Jar
2: Runaway Jim, Fog That Surrounds, If I Could, Scent of a Mule, Mike’s Song-> Keyboard Army, Weekapaug Groove, Suspicious Minds#, HYHU Jam, Cavern
E: Amazing Grace, Good Times Bad Times
*There is a large chessboard on the back of the stage. The band will be playing the audience during the tour, one move per show. The band’s collective move (white) will be made during the first set, the audience (black) decides on a move by group decision at the Greenpeace table during the setbreak and moves just before the second set. Page and a tourhead named Pooh (?) played a 3-4 move intro to set up the board during the White Rabbit jam in the first set. #First time played. **Dedicated to Jerry Garcia.
07-31-97 Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Soundcheck: The Old Home Place, Rift
1: Ghost-> Ya Mar, Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Dirt, Maze, Glide, I Saw It Again, You Enjoy Myself
2: Runaway Jim*-> When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Mike’s Song -> I Am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove^
E: Cinnamon Girl
*With “Sweet Home Alabama” tease at beginning. ^Trey thanks Bill Graham Productions and the Phish crew, talks about keeping the spirit of Jerry Garcia alive through music, and wishes a Happy Birthday to Jerry Garcia. Jerry and the Dead had played many a time at Shoreline, and Jerry’s birthday was the next day (teases of “Happy Birthday” and “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?” at the end).
07-19-98 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
1: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost, Limb by Limb, Roggae, You Enjoy Myself
2: Llama, Wolfman’s Brother -> Piper, Tweezer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Down with Disease (1:14)
E: Possum, Tweezer Reprise
09-16-99 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Soundcheck: new tune (?), Wading in the Velvet Sea (x3), It’s Ice
1: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Farmhouse, First Tube, Carini, Dirt, Vultures, Sparkle, On Your Way Down, Beauty of my Dreams, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Run Like an Antelope (1:45)
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Mountains in the Mist, Limb by Limb, Prince Caspian, Julius
E: Misty Mountain Hop* (2+E 1:30)
*With Warren Haynes on guitar.
09-17-99 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
1: Free Thought, Guyute, Ghost, Lawn Boy, Peaches en Regalia, The Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, When the Circus Comes, Get Back on the Train, David Bowie, The Squirming Coil
2: Runaway Jim, Sand, Piper, Roggae, You Enjoy Myself*# > Bass Duet*, Wolfman’s Brother*^ > Cold Rain and Snow*^
E: Viola Lee Blues*$
*With Phil Lesh on bass. #With Lesh on trampolines. ^With Lesh on vocals. $With Warren Haynes on guitar.
10-06-00 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
1: Carini, Stash > Boogie on Reggae Woman, Mellow Mood, Maze, The Moma Dance, Run Like an Antelope
2: Heavy Things, Down with Disease -> Spock’s Brain, The Inlaw Josie Wales*, Rift, Cities, Sand**, Golgi Apparatus, Brian and Robert, Bold as Love
E: El Paso^, Chalkdust Torture^ > West L.A. Fadeaway^
*Trey on acoustic guitar. **Trey on his keys. ^With Bob Weir.
10-07-00 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
1: First Tube, Mike’s Song -> I Am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Bathtub Gin, Glide, My Soul (1:03)
2: Twist > Also Sprach Zarathustra* > Tweezer*, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Meatstick** -> David Bowie > Tweezer Reprise (1:11)
E: You Enjoy Myself (0:23)
*With Trey on keys. *With Japanese lyrics; Trey and Mike doing the Meatstick dance. Pre-show music included the Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time,” which was interrupted to begin Set I. Post-show music was The Beatles’ “Let It Be.” The crowd did not leave, but stayed and gave the crew a standing ovation as they packed up.
07/09/03 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California
Set 1: You Enjoy Myself* -> Simple > Mist, Chalkdust Torture**, Bathtub Gin
Set 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman > AC/DC Bag, Piper^, Twist, Scents & Subtle Sounds, Mike’s Song^^ > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^^^
Encore: Loving Cup
* unfinished; ** followed by several vamp endings (inc. the final bit of Big Ball Jam); ^ segued into 2 or 3 distinct jams before ending; ^^ w/ heavy fog; ^^^ w/ Mike on foot bell
07/10/03 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California
Set 1: Spices > Waves, Reba, Lawn Boy, The Moma Dance, Run Like An Antelope*
Set 2: 46 Days, The Divided Sky **, Friday, Free, Seven Below, Wading in the Velvet Sea, 2001, Down With Disease
Encore: Rift, Character Zero
* keyword was “spike”; ** w/ spacey jam akin to one of Wed’s Piper jams
The Gorge
When the Glide Magazine staff got together in 2004 to pick their favorite outdoor venues, George, WA’s The Gorge took the top spot by a long shot..
With perhaps the most dramatic physical surroundings of any outdoor venue, The Gorge is almost a mini Grand Canyon. Nestled along the Columbia River in central Washington state, this destination is a surreal natural experience; put together with the unobstructed views, open air seating, natural stands and onsite camping. When the sun sets behind the stage over the river in the early evening with your favorite band playing, you’ll surely say to yourself –”it doesn’t get any better than this.” The now annual Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge, gives nearby Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival a run for its eclectic offerings.
08-02-97 The Gorge, Quincy (George), WA
1: Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, The Divided Sky, Wolfman’s Brother, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt
2: Down With Disease-> Tweezer-> Down with Disease-> Johnny B. Goode, Sparkle, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise
E: Harry Hood*
*Trey asks Chris [Kuroda] to turn the stage lights off; band jams in darkness to the stars.
08-03-97 The Gorge, Quincy (George), WA
1: Bathtub Gin-> Foam-> Samson Variation, Dirt, Vultures, My Mind’s Got a Mind of Its Own, Twist, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb By Limb, Character Zero
2: Julius, Simple-> Jam, Fluffhead, Lifeboy, Taste, Hello My Baby, Frankenstein
E: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
07-16-98 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
1: The Squirming Coil, NICU, Stash, Reba, Fast Enough for You, When the Circus Comes, Run Like An Antelope (1:12)
2: Julius, The Moma Dance, Piper, Axilla, David Bowie, Tube*, Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Sample in a Jar (2/E 1:26)
*Trey’s mic goes out at the end, giving the appearance that he messed up.
07-17-98 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
1: Makisupa Policeman, Ya Mar, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Waste, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, My Soul (1:08)
2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Mike’s Song -> Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero (1:04)
E: Punch You In The Eye, Rocky Top (0:11)
09-10-99 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
1: Farmhouse, First Tube, Twist Around, The Divided Sky, Ginseng Sullivan, Carini, What’s the Use, Will It Go Round In Circles*
2: Down With Disease > The Moma Dance > Piper -> Fee -> Gotta Jiboo*, I Saw It Again, Split Open and Melt, Cavern, David Bowie
E: The Squirming Coil
*First time played (by Phish; Trey played it on his May 1999 solo tour).
09-11-99 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
1: Tube > Funky Bitch > Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Punch You in the Eye, Billy Breathes, Heavy Things*, Guyute, Free (1:09)
2: Wolfman’s Brother -> Sand*, Meatstick, Maze, Prince Caspian, Harry Hood (1:24)
E: When the Circus Comes (0:05)
*First time played (by Phish; Trey played it on his May 1999 solo tour).
07/13/03 – Gorge Amphitheatre – George, Washington
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Scents > Subtle Sounds, Axilla, Carini, Dog Faced Boy, Round Room, Halley’s Comet*, Guyute*, You Enjoy Myself
Set 2: Llama, Wolfman’s Brother > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Seven Below*, Harry Hood, Chalkdust Torture
Encore: First Tube
* with Mike on electronic bagpipes
07/12/03 – Gorge Amphitheatre – George, Washington
Set 1: Taste, Mexican Cousin, Stash, NICU, Heavy Things, Mock Song*, Army of One**, Maze
Set 2: Piper, Two Versions of Me*, Tweezer***, Dogs Stole Things, Water in the Sky, Ghost, David Bowie
Encore: Frankenstein, Tweezer Reprise
* debut; ** first time played by Phish, Vida Blue original; *** ?
The Meadows
06-30-00 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT
1: Ha Ha Ha, AC/DC Bag, Tweezer -> Runaway Jim, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Ginseng Sullivan, Guyute, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise, Possum (1:23)
2: Halley’s Comet, The Mango Song > Twist, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Back on the Train > Makisupa Policeman*, Farmhouse, Sleeping Monkey, David Bowie (1:10)
E: Cavern** (0:07)
*Key phrase was “1 bourbon, 1 scotch, 1 big fat doob.” **Trey teased “Tweezer” between verses; also with a “Moby Dick” (Led Zeppelin) tease/call-out.
07-01-00 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT
1: Buried Alive, Wolfman’s Brother, Axilla > Poor Heart, Sample in a Jar, Tube*, Beauty of My Dreams**, Roggae, Vultures, Dirt, Split Open and Melt (1:11)
2: Gotta Jibboo*, Bug, First Tube, Mike’s Song > Swept Away > Steep > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Nellie Kane, Ghost
E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (0:08)
*With Trey on keys. **Page and Mike both took solos; Trey’s solo included parts of “New River Train.” *** With lyrics from Trey about “Lew”, “Toph” (lighting director Chris Kuroda), and “Sam too” at the end of later verses.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
07-27-92 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Golgi Apparatus, All Things Reconsidered, David Bowie, Horn, Suzy Greenberg, Llama, Sweet Adeline
Opened for Santana.
07-10-94 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Soundcheck: Jive Talkin’
1: Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Peaches en Regalia, Rift, Stash, If I Could, My Friend My Friend, Julius, Cavern
2: Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Glide, Ya Mar, Mike’s Song*-> I Am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, The Squirming Coil, Crimes of the Mind**
E: Golgi Apparatus, Rocky Top
*With “Low Rider” (War) jam. **With the Dude of Life on vocals.
06-26-95 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
1: My Friend My Friend, Don’t You Wanna Go, Bathtub Gin, NICU-> The Sloth, My Mind’s Got a Mind of It’s Own, It’s Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Tela, Possum
2: Down With Disease-> Free-> Poor Heart-> You Enjoy Myself, Strange Design, Run Like An Antelope
E: Sleeping Monkey-> Rocky Top
06/19/04 – Saratoga Peforming Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
1: Reba, Runaway Jim, NICU -> Scents and Subtle Sounds, Wolfman’s Brother, Walls of the Cave -> David Bowie
2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Piper -> Tweezer Reprise Jam -> Gotta Jibboo > Limb By Limb, Cavern
E: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Notes: “Harpua” was teased toward the end of the “Piper” jam. Trey forgot all of the words to the third verse of “Cavern,” only just pulling it together in time for “deadly ice calm” line. He then eked out a quite self-referential “Purple Haze” tease before coming back in with the fourth verse. “Limb by Limb” may have contained some “Disease”-type jamming.
06/20/04 – Saratoga Peforming Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
1: Rift, Julius, Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home?, Waves, Gumbo, Water in the Sky, Horn, Poor Heart, Drowned
2: Seven Below, Ghost -> Twist, You Enjoy Myself Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Trey broke a string during “Julius” for the first time since November 29, 1996. Dr. Jack McConnell sat in with his son Page on piano for “Bill Bailey,” at the end of which he also tap-danced a bit on stage.
13 Responses
hey phish, we’re broke.
There is hope…
Merriweather seems to have “we’ll bust out for you suckers who drove all this way” written all over it.
WOW
SO EXCITED TO SEE MY FAVORITE BAND AT MY FAVORITE VENUE! My phirst show was 6/9/95, I can’t WAIT to see them at my home venue again!!
Wow, definitely made the East Coast part hard to hit all of the shows, but I’m easily putting in for Red Rocks and maybe Gorge as well with hopes of a late summer trip out West to see some epicness.
hahaha, nothing nice to say about Hartford?
yeah SPAC! gotta love that place
THIS IS RED ROCKS, THIS IS THE EDGE!!!
See ya at Hartford and SPAC!
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