Phish - November 21st, 1997
Hampton Coliseum · Hampton · VA
1 Phish debut.
2 "Anti-drum solo."
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-'005
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Lawn Boy2
- The Story of the Ghost2
- The White Tape2
- A Picture of Nectar1
- Billy Breathes1
- Covers3
- No studio album2
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-21
- 3-58
- 6-153
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original10
- The Rolling Stones2
- The Del McCoury Band1
A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
A dark and stormy groove with Fall '97's unique sound. Funk is the predominant style initially but the jam becomes more ambient and throbbing towards the end and taps into that same enveloping power found in the next night's "Halley's" jam.
Jam is well played but typical - then there is a long digital delay loop fade out instead of the usual closing chords.
> in from "Ghost." The band dexterously weaves together layers of hard rock, funk, and delicate, ambient space almost imperceptibly, as the transitions are so fluid. Difficult to break into easily defined sections or movements, it's more like a dynamically evolving life form. -> to "Slave To The Traffic Light." Simply must-hear.
-> in from a monster "Bag." '94 and '97: Great years for Phish and for "Slave." But the styles (for both) are very different. This "Slave," like many '97s, has a feeling of gradual building, rather than skyrocketing from valley to peak.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Dog Log, Jam
Emotional Rescue made its Phish debut at this show and included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Rescue was subsequently quoted at the end of Melt and Lawn Boy. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an “anti-drum solo” - an intentionally boring one. The third verse of Chalk Dust Torture was omitted by Trey. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up. Trey teased Yours Is No Disgrace and Call to the Post prior to Guyute. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 box set.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.