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Phish - August 17th, 1993

Memorial Hall · Kansas City · KS

Tuesday1993 Summer Tour1993-08-17
Songs played
22
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (11)
Average gap
4.0
rarer than 17% of all shows, 39% of 1993
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
6 covers played
Rotation23% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1993-08-16
Gamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge2/11

1 Oom Pa Pa signal.

2 Trey on acoustic guitar.

3 Without microphones.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:56:03 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.

26:3713:19SET 1SET 2ENCOREWilson - 7:25 (Set 1)Llama - 4:32 (Set 1)Guelah Papyrus - 6:00 (Set 1)Divided Sky - 14:22 (Set 1)Weigh - 5:39 (Set 1)Maze - 10:39 (Set 1)Fluffhead - 15:04 (Set 1)Fast Enough for You - 6:41 (Set 1)Daniel Saw the Stone - 3:33 (Set 1)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 4:18 (Set 2)David Bowie - 18:52 (Set 2)The Horse - 1:50 (Set 2)Silent in the Morning - 5:04 (Set 2)Rift - 5:56 (Set 2)Suzy Greenberg - 6:08 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 26:37 (Set 2)Purple Rain - 7:04 (Set 2)My Sweet One - 2:22 (Set 2)Cavern - 7:02 (Set 2)Memories - 1:22 (Encore)Fire - 4:24 (Encore)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 26:37 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.

  • '83-'899
  • '90-'9413
Album representation

The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.

  • Rift6
  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Junta2
  • The White Tape2
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album2
Gap since last played

Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.

  • 1-24
  • 3-513
  • 6-155
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original16
  • Argent1
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Prince1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • Traditional1
  • Van Alstyne and Kahn1
Rarity board

A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.

Jam chart entries
Divided Sky

Within the context of "Divided Sky," this has a very improvisational, well-played jam with excellent Fish and Trey.

Maze

After some cool whispering/mumbling by Trey in the intro section, the jam starts off with a strong, Page B-3 solo, which turns into a little jam of its own, with solid support from the others. Page cranks it up into the usual high energy frenzy, leading to a smooth handoff to Trey. From there, we get a reminder of why he earned the nickname "Machine Gun" as an apt prefix to Trey. The play towards the end is locked in, with all four bandmates in sync as the froth begins to boil. Great early version.

Fluffhead

Brushing past a wobble or two in The Chase, things really coalesce in Who Do? We Do! Being that it's August '93, you can expect flourishes of improvisation, even in a highly composed song like "Fluffhead." Clod has inventive playing by both Trey and Page. And this Arrival is not to be missed, as Trey and Fish together lead the band into some creatvie musical territory, a trilling, ripping peak, and great cool down, which then reverts to the formal "Fluffhead" ending.

Fast Enough for You

Trey's solo tells a beautiful, soulful story start to finish, before peaking triumphantly. An incredible, transcendent version.

David Bowie

Incredible, extremely "Type II" improvisation which also flows together remarkably well musically. Powerful ending to this masterpiece.

You Enjoy Myself

Long jam segment.

Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.

Soundcheck

Jam -> Shock The Monkey -> In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Jam

Setlist notes

Mike dropped a few vocal references to Wilson in Llama. Divided Sky contained Call to the Post teases. Guelah Papyrus included an Oom Pa Pa signal. The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar and began with a Bowie tease. Trey teased the Speed Racer theme and Frankenstein in YEM. The vocal jam in YEM was based on Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Memories was performed without microphones. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.

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