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Phish - December 29th, 1997

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

Monday1997 NYE Run1997-12-29
Songs played
18
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
6.1
rarer than 28% of all shows, 32% of 1997
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
2
I Can't Turn You Loose, I Can't Turn You Loose
Rotation56% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1997-12-28
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:43:46
Set 1
NICU6:08 > Golgi Apparatus4:42 > Crossroads5:07,Cars Trucks Buses5:33,Train Song3:02,Theme from the Bottom12:29 > Fluffhead16:33,Dirt4:07,Run Like an Antelope15:59
Set 2
Down with Disease123:19 -> David Bowie19:48 > 🍞Possum210:31 -> 🍞I Can't Turn You Loosedebut3 > Possum🍞 > I Can't Turn You Loosedebut🍞,Tube10:56,You Enjoy Myself18:27
Encore
Good Times Bad Times7:07
Gamehendge1/9

1 Unfinished.

2 Possum Sandwich: Possum bookended I Can't Turn You Loose in Set 2 - the 9th on record, the first since December 6th, 1992.

3 I Can't Turn You Loose Sandwich: I Can't Turn You Loose bookended Possum in Set 2 - the first one on record. No I Can't Turn You Loose sandwich has ever held more.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:43:46 of music

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

23:1911:40SET 1SET 2ENCORENICU - 6:08 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 4:42 (Set 1)Crossroads - 5:07 (Set 1)Cars Trucks Buses - 5:33 (Set 1)Train Song - 3:02 (Set 1)Theme from the Bottom - 12:29 (Set 1)Fluffhead - 16:33 (Set 1)Dirt - 4:07 (Set 1)Run Like an Antelope - 15:59 (Set 1)Down with Disease - 23:19 (Set 2)David Bowie - 19:48 (Set 2)Possum - 10:31 (Set 2)Tube - 10:56 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 18:27 (Set 2)Good Times Bad Times - 7:07 (Encore)
Longest: Down with Disease 23:19 · 15 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'897
  • '90-'944
  • '95-'005
Album representation

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

  • Billy Breathes3
  • Junta3
  • The White Tape2
  • Hoist1
  • Covers4
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-24
  • 3-55
  • 6-155
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original12
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • New York!1
  • Otis Redding1
  • Robert Johnson1
Rarity board

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

Cars Trucks Busesgap 20
Fluffheadgap 15
Crossroadsgap 9
David Bowiegap 9
You Enjoy Myselfgap 8
Golgi Apparatusgap 7
Possumgap 5
Train Songgap 3

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

Jam chart entries
Theme from the Bottom

Blistering, high octane version with nice concluding transition space and a > to "Fluffhead."

Run Like an Antelope

Straightforward but well played jam, followed by some downright filthy funk jamming in the "Rocco" section.

Down with Disease

Fearsome but exploratory jam. Moments of quiet settle are repeatedly upended by intense funk rocking. This legitimate monster "Disease" finally gives up a little belligerence only to -> into a very strong "David Bowie."

David Bowie

Excellent and thrilling version with strong musicianship. Mode shift out of typical (but very well played) "Bowie" at 13:55 into a great groove which peaks and returns to "Bowie" by 17:00.

Possum

> in from a strong "Bowie". Fun version with two "I Can't Turn You Loose" jams, one at the onset of the jam and the other appearing after the last chorus.

I Can't Turn You Loose

-> from "Possum". The first "I Can't Turn You Loose" section pops up early in "Possum's" jam and then > back to "Possum".

Possum

The main "Possum" jamming occurs here and includes extended Page lead sections on organ and piano, before Trey gets his licks in later on.

I Can't Turn You Loose

Another round of "I Can't Turn You Loose" puts a cap on a solid "Possum".

Tube

Absolutely locked-in version with seamless interplay, breakdown solos by Trey, Page, and Mike, and "I Feel the Earth Move" teasing. One of the greats.

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

Soundcheck

I Can't Turn You Loose, Funky Bitch -> Jam

Setlist notes

Disease was unfinished. Bowie included a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. The return to Possum included a Long Tall Glasses tease from Page. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in YEM. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals. 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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