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Phish - October 22nd, 1996

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

TuesdayNight 2 at this venue1996 Fall Tour1996-10-22
Songs played
20
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (10)
Average gap
15.3
rarer than 75% of all shows, 91% of 1996
Biggest bustout
228
All Along the Watchtower - shows since last played
Debuts
0
2 covers played
Rotation30% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1996-10-21
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:39:48
Set 1
The Curtain6:50 > Runaway Jim8:52,Bouncing Around the Room3:37,It's Ice8:47,Talk3:14,Split Open and Melt11:51,Sparkle4:04 > Free7:45 > You Enjoy Myself21:42
Set 2
Also Sprach Zarathustra5:11 > Down with Disease12:26 > Taste7:14,The Mango Song7:22,Lawn Boy3:00,Scent of a Mule12:35,Mike's Song9:08 -> Swept Away3:03 > Steep > Weekapaug Groove9:04
Encore
All Along the Watchtower114:04
Mike's Groove2/3bustout50+ show gap

1 Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fish on Trey's percussion rack.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:39:48 of music

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

21:4210:51SET 1SET 2ENCOREThe Curtain - 6:50 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 8:52 (Set 1)Bouncing Around the Room - 3:37 (Set 1)It's Ice - 8:47 (Set 1)Talk - 3:14 (Set 1)Split Open and Melt - 11:51 (Set 1)Sparkle - 4:04 (Set 1)Free - 7:45 (Set 1)You Enjoy Myself - 21:42 (Set 1)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 5:11 (Set 2)Down with Disease - 12:26 (Set 2)Taste - 7:14 (Set 2)The Mango Song - 7:22 (Set 2)Lawn Boy - 3:00 (Set 2)Scent of a Mule - 12:35 (Set 2)Mike's Song - 9:08 (Set 2)Swept Away - 3:03 (Set 2)Weekapaug Groove - 9:04 (Set 2)All Along the Watchtower - 14:04 (Encore)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 21:42 · 19 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'897
  • '90-'948
  • '95-'005
Album representation

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

  • Billy Breathes5
  • Lawn Boy3
  • Hoist2
  • Rift2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers2
  • No studio album4
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-28
  • 3-56
  • 6-155
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original18
  • Bob Dylan1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

All Along the Watchtowergap 228
Lawn Boygap 12
The Mango Songgap 8
Mike's Songgap 7
Weekapaug Groovegap 7
The Curtaingap 6
It's Icegap 5
Talkgap 4

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

Jam chart entries
Scent of a Mule

Guitar/vocal response by Trey in jazz style. Combined piano and guitar/vocal response to Trey's jazz work, which gets really nuts at the end. Klezmer, chanting and finale.

Weekapaug Groove

The "Freakapaug," as the band is joined on stage by circus dancers and Mimi Fishman, and the music rises to a fittingly celebratory peak.

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

Setlist notes

This Weekapaug, often referred to as the “Freakapaug,” included a Nellie Kane tease from Trey, circus dancers, and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 228 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fish on Trey’s percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.

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

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