Phish - July 9th, 1997
Le Transbordeur · Lyon/Villeurbanne · Auvergne-Rhône · France
1 Béla Fleck and The Flecktones; Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike's bass simultaneously. No vocal jam.
2 Béla Fleck and The Flecktones.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'895
- '90-'943
- '95-'008
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Billy Breathes3
- A Picture of Nectar1
- Hoist1
- Lawn Boy1
- The Story of the Ghost1
- The White Tape1
- Covers6
- No studio album2
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-26
- 3-54
- 6-154
- 16-501
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original10
- Artie Shaw1
- Bela Fleck and The Flecktones1
- Clifton Chenier1
- Howard and Emerson1
- New York!1
- Norman Blake1
A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Good combination of a nice intro, varied and interesting soloing by Trey, then a chill-out Page section before the closing.
Powerful Page solo. Like 7/3/97, very good Trey/Page interplay, similar to a good "LxL". And strong Trey. One of the first versions where the "NICU" riff appears immediately preceding the closing sequence.
In one of the longest YEMs since 1995, Phish jam with jazz/fusion quartet Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. The jam consists primarily of individual solos from each guest, eventually culminating into an ensemble -> to a jam on "Trane to Conamarra." Phish may not have found Pierre, but they found their soul. (For another excellent Flecktones collab, check out 8/21/93.)
A magnificent "YEM" jam with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones continues -> with elements of their tune and funkily works itself -> to "Ghost".
Two bands join in deftly dealing with each other's newest material when Trey calls an audible in the midst of the Flecktones informed segue jam, counting off the guest-studded ensemble into a highly improvisational take on Ghost. Featuring, in the first place, Victor Wooten's virtuosic bass work accented by Jeff Coffin's horn stabs and gradually developing into a tightly focused dual-band conversation, the jam moves through both start/stop and call-and-response sections before deconstructing into a soupy play of effects that > to an excellent Poor Heart.
Featuring the Flecktones including solos from Bela and Jeff, a bunch of false endings and teases, a big "Freebird" style ending, and Pierre chanting.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Funky Bitch, Jam
YEM through Poor Heart featured Béla Fleck and The Flecktones (Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and Victor Wooten), who were announced during the bass and drums segment of YEM and bounced along during the tramps jam. YEM contained Disease and Palmetto Quickstep teases, as well as Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike’s bass simultaneously. Victor teased The Fishin' Hole in Ghost. Poor Heart included a Sanford and Son theme tease from, a Yakety Sax tease, a Rhapsody in Blue tease by Page, and a Free Bird-style ending. Pierre, a local Häagen-Dazs employee who the band met the day before, was repeatedly called-out by the band and was brought up on stage and serenaded during the encore.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.