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Phish - December 31st, 1993

Worcester Centrum Centre · Worcester · MA

Friday1993 NYE Run1993-12-31
Songs played
29
4 sets · longest: Set 3 (11)
Average gap
8.1
rarer than 94% of all shows, 78% of 1993
Biggest bustout
111
Auld Lang Syne - shows since last played
Debuts
1
Down with Disease
Rotation28% fresh vs previous 5 shows2 repeats from 1993-12-30 - Hold Your Head Up, Hold Your Head Up
Gamehendge2/9Related to Gamehendge2/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, Page on piano and Fish on Madonna washboard.

2 Tom Marshall on vocals.

3 Random Note signal.

4 Trey sang verses through megaphone.

5 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Cracklin' Rosie in Set 3 - the 144th on record, the first since December 29th, 1993.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:11:31 of music

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

22:2611:13SET 1SET 2SET 3ENCORELlama - 4:14 (Set 1)Guelah Papyrus - 6:12 (Set 1)Stash - 10:26 (Set 1)Ginseng Sullivan - 3:26 (Set 1)Reba - 13:31 (Set 1)Peaches en Regalia - 3:11 (Set 1)I Didn't Know - 3:06 (Set 1)Run Like an Antelope - 9:49 (Set 1)Tweezer - 12:16 (Set 2)Halley's Comet - 7:26 (Set 2)It's Ice - 14:14 (Set 2)Possum - 12:52 (Set 2)Lawn Boy - 2:55 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 22:26 (Set 2)Auld Lang Syne - 5:04 (Set 3)Split Open and Melt - 10:06 (Set 3)The Lizards - 10:02 (Set 3)Sparkle - 3:55 (Set 3)Suzy Greenberg - 6:25 (Set 3)Hold Your Head Up - 5:52 (Set 3)Harry Hood - 13:21 (Set 3)Tweezer Reprise - 3:31 (Set 3)Golgi Apparatus - 4:44 (Encore)Amazing Grace - 2:29 (Encore)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 22:26 · 24 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8917
  • '90-'9411
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar6
  • Lawn Boy3
  • Junta2
  • Rift2
  • The White Tape2
  • Hoist1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-28
  • 3-512
  • 6-156
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original22
  • Traditional2
  • Argent1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Neil Diamond1
  • Norman Blake1
Rarity board

A deep-cut night - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Reba

Phish caps 1993 with a fan favorite. Trey dazzles, his playing incredibly fun and infectious, matched by Fish on his blocks. A festive, celebratory groove ensues, before building to a shredding peak. An exclamation point on a terrific year for "Reba."

Tweezer

Trey repetitively hits a lot of notes in staccato-fashion in this jam (that Mbird Board and Working Group member Drew Hitz adores, and thinks I'm an idiot for underrating in '94 when I reviewed this version). While definitely an above "average-great" version (it sure ends well!), this jam IMO just isn't competitive with versions I've rated 7/10 and higher in the legacy jam chart. It's listed in this current jam chart in Drew Hitz's honor.

It's Ice

"Peaches En Regalia" teases and Random Note signal in this version.

Possum

"Peaches en Regalia" teases, good on-the-spot variation, a great rhythmic breakdown midway, and a fiery ending add up to another top notch '93 "Possum."

You Enjoy Myself

Sweet theme in the jam.

Down with Disease

Jam segment only following "Auld Lang Syne" (Released on Live Bait Volume 3).

Harry Hood

The jam starts with an "Auld Lang Syne" tease and delicate soloing, which builds into a frenzied guitar-led jam.

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

Soundcheck

Peaches en Regalia (x2), Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Blues Jam

Setlist notes

Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Stash and Tweezer. Ginseng Sullivan featured Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on upright bass, Page on piano, and Fish on Madonna washboard and was preceded by a Roundabout tease. Antelope featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Tweezer contained an I Feel the Earth Move tease from Page and The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) and Jean Pierre teases from Trey. It's Ice contained a Random Note signal. Peaches en Regalia was teased in It’s Ice, Possum, Suzy Greenberg, at the end of the second HYHU (by Trey on drums), and Golgi Apparatus. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Possum contained an Earache My Eye tease. The band put on wet suits during the end of the YEM vocal jam, which contained a HYHU tease. The third set was preceded by bubble noises through the PA and the band “diving” into the aquarium on stage. Auld Lang Syne was teased in the DWD Jam and Hood. Suzy also contained a Smoke on the Water tease and Hood also contained a brief Odd Couple theme tease from Page. The entire show was broadcast live (and rebroadcast the following day) on Boston's WBCN 104.1 FM and 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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