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Phish - December 12th, 1997

Pepsi Arena · Albany · NY

Friday1997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997-12-12
Songs played
18
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (8)
Average gap
5.4
rarer than 28% of all shows, 23% of 1997
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
3 covers played
Rotation28% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1997-12-11
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:32:46
Set 1
Funky Bitch6:55 -> Also Sprach Zarathustra10:51 > Camel Walk5:16,Taste11:11 > Bouncing Around the Room4:37,Tweezer15:56 > Train Song2:59 > Character Zero7:20
Set 2
Saw It Again112:01 -> Piper19:37 > Swept Away1:16 > Steep2:18 > Prince Caspian18:24 > Jam -> Izabella5:22 > Tweezer Reprise3:36
Encore
Guyute10:42,Run Like an Antelope14:26

1 Extended jam.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:32:46 of music

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

19:379:48SET 1SET 2ENCOREFunky Bitch - 6:55 (Set 1)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 10:51 (Set 1)Camel Walk - 5:16 (Set 1)Taste - 11:11 (Set 1)Bouncing Around the Room - 4:37 (Set 1)Tweezer - 15:56 (Set 1)Train Song - 2:59 (Set 1)Character Zero - 7:20 (Set 1)Saw It Again - 12:01 (Set 2)Piper - 19:37 (Set 2)Swept Away - 1:16 (Set 2)Steep - 2:18 (Set 2)Prince Caspian - 18:24 (Set 2)Izabella - 5:22 (Set 2)Tweezer Reprise - 3:36 (Set 2)Guyute - 10:42 (Encore)Run Like an Antelope - 14:26 (Encore)
Longest: Piper 19:37 · 17 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'894
  • '90-'945
  • '95-'009
Album representation

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

  • Billy Breathes6
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Farmhouse1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers3
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 3-514
  • 6-153
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original15
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Son Seals1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
Rarity board

A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

Camel Walkgap 22
Saw It Againgap 9
Tastegap 7
Also Sprach Zarathustragap 6
Funky Bitchgap 5
Character Zerogap 5
Prince Caspiangap 5
Bouncing Around the Roomgap 4

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

Jam chart entries
Taste

The Chairman of the Boards leads the way, but Big Red is no slouch either.

Tweezer

Another stellar fall 1997 version.

Saw It Again

"Saw It Again" rocks along in full power mode for a good 5 1/2 minutes before mellowing into '97-style ambient space and -> to a high quality "Piper."

Piper

-> in from "Saw It Again." Very improvisational version that modulates back and forth between hard rocking bursts and quiet, pensive moments. Includes a "BOAF" tease and beautiful space before > into "Swept Away."

Prince Caspian

-> in from "Swept Away > Steep." Straightforward until 10:07, when the band launches into a post closing chord, rocking, funky, and cerebral "Jam." Great Fall '97 improvisation here with a -> to "Izabella."

Jam

-> in from "Prince Caspian." A rocking, funky and cerebral jam emerges at the conclusion of "Caspian." Great Fall '97 jamming with similarities to "Llama." -> to "Izabella."

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

Soundcheck

Blues Jam > Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Esther tune up, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Soundcheck Tear

Setlist notes

Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Saw It Again contained an extended jam. Antelope contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey. The Dog Log soundcheck was mashed up with the preceding blues jam, the Born Under Punches was a partial rendition played to the Ya Mar rhythm, and Soundcheck Tear lamented life off tour (without soundchecks).The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.

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

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