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Phish - April 4th, 1998

Providence Civic Center · Providence · RI

Saturday1998 Island Tour1998-04-04
Songs played
15
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (8)
Average gap
11.7
rarer than 65% of all shows, 56% of 1998
Biggest bustout
89
Brother - shows since last played
Debuts
0
3 covers played
Rotation53% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1998-04-03
Gamehendge1/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Unfinished.

2 With short instrumental reprise.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:57:22 of music

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

19:139:36SET 1SET 2ENCORETweezer - 16:40 (Set 1)Taste - 11:19 (Set 1)Bouncing Around the Room - 3:50 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 6:58 (Set 1)Ginseng Sullivan - 4:39 (Set 1)Limb By Limb - 10:07 (Set 1)Lawn Boy - 2:57 (Set 1)Character Zero - 8:43 (Set 1)Birds of a Feather - 15:20 (Set 2)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 16:41 (Set 2)Brother - 14:45 (Set 2)Ghost - 16:02 (Set 2)The Lizards - 13:21 (Set 2)David Bowie - 19:13 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 16:48 (Encore)
Longest: David Bowie 19:13 · 15 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'895
  • '90-'945
  • '95-'005
Album representation

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

  • The Story of the Ghost3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • Lawn Boy2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Junta1
  • Covers3
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-23
  • 3-55
  • 6-155
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original12
  • Norman Blake1
  • Son Seals1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Tweezer

Some wonderful space-funk evolves into stellar, full-band, magnificent improv. Another version I underrated in the 1990s.

Taste

Mike doesn't get a lot of mention on this chart, but he is really rock solid here, underpinning the harmonic base off of which Trey and Page shine. Still, this version doesn't have quite the "extra mustard" of many '97 versions.

Birds of a Feather

Elongated and groovy version suggests several possible future jamming directions while never straying too far from "Birds" itself.

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Haunting intro and a grooving minimalist first jam. Trey pounces at the 9 minute mark and another Island Tour masterpiece is created.

Brother

> in from "2001." About 4:38 into the conventional "Brother," this one departs into a great, funky jam. Way beyond the standard, it nonetheless builds in tension and dissonance as the jam progresses. Includes a brief "DEG" tease. After the song, the band played a brief "radio friendly" reprise.

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

Soundcheck

Jam, Shafty, Roggae

Setlist notes

In a nod to the previous show, Trey said "Carini's gonna get you" in Lawn Boy. 2001 contained a Long Train Runnin' tease from Trey and was unfinished. Brother included a brief Dave’s Energy Guide tease and was followed by a short instrumental reprise, which was announced as the “radio-friendly version.” Trey contrasted this with the normal version, which was deemed un-radio-friendly due to its length. Ghost, which Trey jokingly remarked was also not radio-friendly because it is long and slow, included an I Can’t Turn You Loose tease. 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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