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Phish - November 30th, 1996

ARCO Arena · Sacramento · CA

Saturday1996 Fall Tour1996-11-30
Songs played
22
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (11)
Average gap
7.1
rarer than 40% of all shows, 48% of 1996
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
8 covers played
Rotation36% fresh vs previous 5 shows1 repeat from 1996-11-29 - Taste
Gamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge1/11

1 James Brown antics from Fish.

2 John McEuen on banjo.

3 Lyrics included reference to Steve McConnell.

4 Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone.

5 Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone, slowed down intro

6 Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and John McEuen on lap slide guitar.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:37:20 of music

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

15:167:38SET 1SET 2ENCORERunaway Jim - 8:17 (Set 1)Punch You in the Eye - 8:22 (Set 1)All Things Reconsidered - 2:50 (Set 1)Bouncing Around the Room - 3:39 (Set 1)Stash - 11:31 (Set 1)Fluffhead - 15:16 (Set 1)The Old Home Place - 3:58 (Set 1)Uncle Pen - 4:41 (Set 1)Prince Caspian - 7:43 (Set 1)Chalk Dust Torture - 7:07 (Set 1)La Grange - 6:34 (Set 2)It's Ice - 10:26 (Set 2)Glide - 3:59 (Set 2)Brother - 6:12 (Set 2)Contact - 5:33 (Set 2)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 8:00 (Set 2)Timber (Jerry the Mule) - 10:19 (Set 2)Taste - 8:05 (Set 2)Funky Bitch - 9:11 (Set 2)Amazing Grace - 1:39 (Set 2)Amazing Grace - 4:05 (Set 2)Possum - 9:56 (Encore)
Longest: Fluffhead 15:16 · 22 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'897
  • '90-'9412
  • '95-'002
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • Junta2
  • Rift2
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Covers7
  • No studio album4
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-25
  • 3-58
  • 6-155
  • 16-503
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original14
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Son Seals1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • The Dillards1
  • Traditional1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Fluffhead

A few, very minor glitches in The Chase and elsewhere, but otherwise the playing is intense and tight. How about a little Moog action in Clod? Page's piano solo later in Clod benefits from great backing from Trey, Mike and Fish. Arrival is powerful, driven by Mike and Fish, and by Trey's confident, rocking soloing, including some sick trilling near the peak.

It's Ice

After a cacophony of noisy effects, nice crescendo building by Trey and Page.

Also Sprach Zarathustra

James Brown galore. Fish pretends to be James, tons of "Super Bad" riffs from Trey. Second jam is straight funk filth. You will laugh and dance.

Timber (Jerry the Mule)

Excellent discordant version greatly enhanced by Peter Apfelbaum's incendiary sax and some wicked counterpointing accompaniment from Trey.

Taste

Remarkable version which includes a unique slowed down intro and Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone who takes over the soloing duties from Trey.

Funky Bitch

With Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax.

Amazing Grace

A soulful set-closing instrumental played straight with Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and John McEuen on lap slide guitar.

Possum

Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and John McEuen on lap slide guitar. Sweet jam with back and forth between Trey and McEuen, then Apfelbaum takes the lead followed by Page on the organ and piano, and then they all rock out together.

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

Soundcheck

Dog Log > Melissa, The New Teller (incomplete), Trey percussion jam, The Old Home Place, work on Uncle Pen, Uncle Pen, Taste

Setlist notes

The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone. Taste included an intro jam that was basically a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye, Chalk Dust Torture, and 2001 featured Get Up Offa That Thing quotes and James Brown antics from Fish. 2001 also contained Super Bad teases from Trey. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell. 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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