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1997-11-281997-11-30

Phish - November 29th, 1997

Worcester Centrum Centre · Worcester · MA

SaturdayNight 2 at this venue1997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997-11-29
Songs played
20
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (12)
Average gap
44.2
rarer than 95% of all shows, 95% of 1997
Biggest bustout
437
Moby Dick - shows since last played
Debuts
0
4 covers played
Rotation90% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1997-11-28
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in3:09:20
Set 1
The Wedge7:06,Foam11:44,Simple10:46 -> 🍞The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday34:19 > Avenu Malkenu3:14 > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday🍞1:37,The Sloth3:54,Ginseng Sullivan3:53,Saw It Again5:35,Horn4:19,Water in the Sky3:02,David Bowie19:15
Set 2
Runaway Jim158:49 > Strange Design3:03 > Harry Hood16:31 > Prince Caspian10:16,Suzy Greenberg7:16
Encore
Buffalo Bill3:05,Moby Dick22:39 > Fire7:12
Gamehendge2/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Almost an hour long.

2 Trey imitated Robert Plant's intro to Moby Dick from the album The Song Remains the Same.

3 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Sandwich: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday bookended Avenu Malkenu in Set 1 - the 53rd on record, the first since October 25th, 1996.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:09:20 of music

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

58:4929:25SET 1SET 2ENCOREThe Wedge - 7:06 (Set 1)Foam - 11:44 (Set 1)Simple - 10:46 (Set 1)The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday - 4:19 (Set 1)Avenu Malkenu - 3:14 (Set 1)The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday - 1:37 (Set 1)The Sloth - 3:54 (Set 1)Ginseng Sullivan - 3:53 (Set 1)Saw It Again - 5:35 (Set 1)Horn - 4:19 (Set 1)Water in the Sky - 3:02 (Set 1)David Bowie - 19:15 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 58:49 (Set 2)Strange Design - 3:03 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 16:31 (Set 2)Prince Caspian - 10:16 (Set 2)Suzy Greenberg - 7:16 (Set 2)Buffalo Bill - 3:05 (Encore)Moby Dick - 2:39 (Encore)Fire - 7:12 (Encore)
Longest: Runaway Jim 58:49 · 20 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'898
  • '90-'947
  • '95-'004
Album representation

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

  • Junta2
  • Rift2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • Covers4
  • No studio album9
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-21
  • 3-51
  • 6-159
  • 16-504
  • 51+ · bustout4
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original15
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Norman Blake1
  • Traditional1
Rarity board

A deep-cut night - 4 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Moby Dickgap 437
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterdaygap 67
Avenu Malkenugap 67
The Slothgap 55
Suzy Greenberggap 49
Strange Designgap 36
Saw It Againgap 22
Foamgap 17

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

Jam chart entries
The Wedge

Slow and deliberate show-opener, featuring that signature Fall 1997 sound. Cool keys give way to soaring Trey. Fish drives great syncopation and full-band play. Great dynamics, as the sound is textured and nuanced, producing subtle and musical shifts in intensity.

Foam

No free-form improvisation like a big "Ghost" or "Tweezer," but within a self-imposed, rigorous construct, there is a hell of a lot of musical creativity going on in this characteristically '97-style stretched-out version.

Runaway Jim

Longest single Phish jam to date. Contains many different sections, and has been nicknamed the "Jim Symphony." Contains a thrilling "Weekapaug" jam.

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

Setlist notes

This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played by Phish. It ran slightly under an hour and included Beauty of My Dreams and Super Bad teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fish’s favorite song. Moby Dick was performed for the first time since February 19, 1993 (437 shows) and featured Trey imitating Robert Plant’s intro to Moby Dick from the album The Song Remains the Same.

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

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