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Phish - August 21st, 1993

Saltair Pavilion · Salt Lake City · UT

Saturday1993 Summer Tour1993-08-21
Songs played
27
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (15)
Average gap
13.6
rarer than 68% of all shows, 88% of 1993
Biggest bustout
194
Mind Left Body Jam - shows since last played
Debuts
0
8 covers played
Rotation22% fresh vs previous 5 shows4 repeats from 1993-08-20 - Poor Heart, Rift, Hold Your Head Up, Hold Your Head Up
Gamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge1/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals.

2 Fish on washboard.

3 Béla Fleck on electric banjo, Victor Wooten on bass, Roy “Future Man” Wooten on drumitar.

4 Without microphones.

5 Béla Fleck on electric banjo.

6 David Bowie Sandwich: David Bowie bookended Mind Left Body Jam in Set 2 - the 20th on record, the first since July 25th, 1993.

7 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended If I Only Had a Brain in Set 2 - the 140th on record, the first since August 8th, 1993.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:21:00 of music

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

15:327:46SET 1SET 2ENCOREBuried Alive - 1:58 (Set 1)Poor Heart - 2:30 (Set 1)Foam - 9:13 (Set 1)Guelah Papyrus - 6:04 (Set 1)Rift - 5:42 (Set 1)Stash - 15:04 (Set 1)Sparkle - 3:42 (Set 1)The Landlady - 3:14 (Set 1)I Didn't Know - 3:16 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 10:48 (Set 1)Possum - 10:34 (Set 2)Horn - 3:49 (Set 2)Uncle Pen - 3:56 (Set 2)Fee - 6:55 (Set 2)Llama - 5:22 (Set 2)Lawn Boy - 3:40 (Set 2)David Bowie - 15:32 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 1:42 (Set 2)If I Only Had a Brain - 4:48 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 0:29 (Set 2)Jam - 2:09 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 9:38 (Set 2)Daniel Saw the Stone - 5:03 (Set 2)Amazing Grace - 2:12 (Encore)Nellie Kane - 3:39 (Encore)
Longest: David Bowie 15:32 · 25 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8911
  • '90-'9414
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar5
  • Junta3
  • Rift3
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Covers7
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-28
  • 3-511
  • 6-153
  • 16-502
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original18
  • Traditional2
  • Argent1
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Hot Rize1
  • Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and David Freiberg1
  • Ray Bolger (as “The Scarecrow”)1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Stash

Extremely improvisational, with multiple movements. Perhaps lacking the melodic grandeur of 8/15/93, it is nonetheless stunning, fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants exploration.

Runaway Jim

Very improvisational, dissonant and chaotic version.

Possum

Still August '93, so "Possum" is still exploratory as far as "Possums" go. The jam starts off a little odd, then comes back to a more "normal" mode. Has a cool slow down section plus Mike singing falsetto/extra low. (*skip in tape, timing inexact).

Fee

With Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, who add some extra flavor to this outro. > to "Llama."

Llama

> from a terrific "Fee," and featuring Bela Fleck on electric banjo, Victor Wooten on bass, and Roy "Future Man" Wooten on drumitar, here's one of the coolest versions you've "ever heard." While sticking close to "Llama" proper, the musicians gel wonderfully, offering up a wonderful passage of chill improvisation, which offsets traditional fire play.

David Bowie

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. "Bowie" -> "MLB" Jam -> "Bowie." Very improvisational version, really no surprise given the month and year. And the Flecktones are no slouches when it comes to improvisation. Nothing like Victor Wooten and Mike going at it, or Bela and Trey.

Mind Left Body Jam

-> in from "DB." Phish and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones team up for a little "Mind Left Body" jamming. -> back to "DB."

David Bowie

-> in from "MLB" Jam. Returns to "Bowie" to conclude this dynamic, exploratory version with Phish and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones teaming up for group improvisation.

Jam

With Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Fish and Future Man play around with rhythm, then the others join in a low-key jam.

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

Setlist notes

This show marked the first Mind Left Body Jam since April 18, 1992 (194 shows), I Didn’t Know featured Fish on washboard. Possum contained Fire (Ohio Players teases from Trey and a Blue Monk teases from Page. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Fee through Daniel Saw the Stone featured The Flecktones (Béla Fleck on electric banjo, Victor Wooten on bass, and Roy “Future Man” Wooten on drumitar) and Nellie Kane featured Béla Fleck. Guelah included Oom Pa Pa and Random Note signals, and Bowie included a Simpsons signal. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Page and Trey teased Blue Monk in Nellie Kane. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones were the opening act.

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

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