Phish - October 6th, 1991
Cochran Lounge, Student Union, Macalester College · St. Paul · MN
1 Fish on trombone.
2 Fish told a Siamese twin joke; Fish trombone solo.
3 Without microphones.
4 Two Charlie Chan signals as well as Simpsons and Random Laugh signals in intro.
5 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Sandwich: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday bookended Avenu Malkenu in Set 1 - the 26th on record, the first since July 27th, 1991.
6 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Terrapin in Set 1 - the 42nd on record, the first since October 4th, 1991.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'8917
- '90-'949
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- A Picture of Nectar5
- Lawn Boy4
- Junta3
- The White Tape2
- Covers5
- No studio album7
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-216
- 3-56
- 6-154
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original21
- Argent1
- Artie Shaw1
- Osborne Brothers1
- Syd Barrett1
- Traditional1
A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Although it starts off a little tamely, this version quickly kicks into gear with all the elements of great early versions - wild jamming, exotic texture, and dissonance with a capital "D."
Nice bubbly flow to the beginning of the jam. Trey adds some great soloing, then the jam builds up to a solid peak.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
This show featured some great stage banter. Brother was dedicated to “the guy who offered us $10,000 to play a different song.” In the HYHU intro, Fish said “I hate this fucking song,” that the only reason the band plays the song is because he hates it and added “All I have do in this band is say I hate something, and it’ll be done forever.” Trey told the crowd that HYHU is the Henrietta theme precisely because Fish hates it. “It used to be ‘La Bamba,’” he noted, prompting Mike to play a bit of La Bamba. The HYHU outro featured Fish on trombone and later telling the crowd "you paid for this, this is what you bought." Trey said "If you only knew what a nightmare that was for poor Fish, having to listen to that song" and Fish responded with “they just do it out of HATE.” Trey asked who could tell him who wrote that song, and a fan answered correctly. Trey said the fan won the $10,000 the other guy was going to give them to a play a song and Page said the fan won a date with Fish, with Trey adding "and you can guarantee that he'll be late." After Golgi, Trey thanked the crowd, saying "we'll be right back with more songs that Fish hates, more songs that we love, and more songs that people are willing to pay $10,000 to hear." Trey introduced Page as Leon before his piano solos in My Sweet One and Rocky Top. Before Fish's trombone solo in I Didn't Know, Trey mentioned the last time they played in the area (see 4/11/91), they made Fish get up and tell a joke (The Prison Joke) that was "absolutely the stupidest joke ever" and that he (Trey) wasn't going tell the punchline. Trey went on to explain that most people around here thought Fish was a pretty bad joke teller and he wanted to give him a chance to redeem himself. Fish's joke was "Why did the Siamese twins go to England? To let the other one drive for a while." Page also teased HYHU while Trey talked. Adeline was sung from the balcony without microphones to open the encore. Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals as well as Simpsons and Random Laugh signals in its intro and subsequently contained Rock On (David Essex) teases.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.