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1998-07-191998-07-21

Phish - July 20th, 1998

Ventura County Fairgrounds · Ventura · CA

Monday1998 Summer U.S. Tour1998-07-20
Songs played
19
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (10)
Average gap
18.4
rarer than 81% of all shows, 73% of 1998
Biggest bustout
166
Sea and Sand - shows since last played
Debuts
1
Sexual Healing
Rotation68% fresh vs previous 5 shows1 repeat from 1998-07-19 - The Moma Dance
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:42:19
Set 1
Bathtub Gin21:32,Dirt4:00 > Poor Heart13:59,Lawn Boy3:05,My Sweet One3:30,Birds of a Feather6:01,Theme from the Bottom9:31,Water in the Sky2:47,The Moma Dance10:01,Split Open and Melt13:33
Set 2
Drowned13:33 -> Makisupa Policeman29:01 > Maze12:14,Sea and Sand3:17,Prince Caspian12:08 > Harry Hood14:48
Encore
Sexual Healingdebut39:08 > Hold Your Head Up,Halley's Comet10:11
bustout50+ show gap

1 Several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending.

2 Long, atypical jam.

3 Phish debut.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:42:19 of music

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

21:3210:46SET 1SET 2ENCOREBathtub Gin - 21:32 (Set 1)Dirt - 4:00 (Set 1)Poor Heart - 3:59 (Set 1)Lawn Boy - 3:05 (Set 1)My Sweet One - 3:30 (Set 1)Birds of a Feather - 6:01 (Set 1)Theme from the Bottom - 9:31 (Set 1)Water in the Sky - 2:47 (Set 1)The Moma Dance - 10:01 (Set 1)Split Open and Melt - 13:33 (Set 1)Drowned - 13:33 (Set 2)Makisupa Policeman - 9:01 (Set 2)Maze - 12:14 (Set 2)Sea and Sand - 3:17 (Set 2)Prince Caspian - 12:08 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 14:48 (Set 2)Sexual Healing - 9:08 (Encore)Halley's Comet - 10:11 (Encore)
Longest: Bathtub Gin 21:32 · 18 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'899
  • '90-'941
  • '95-'009
Album representation

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

  • Lawn Boy4
  • The Story of the Ghost3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Rift1
  • Covers5
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-22
  • 3-55
  • 6-158
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout2
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original14
  • The Who2
  • Argent1
  • Marvin Gaye1
  • New York!1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Sea and Sandgap 166
Hold Your Head Upgap 66
My Sweet Onegap 18
Prince Caspiangap 10
Lawn Boygap 9
Mazegap 8
Bathtub Gingap 7
Dirtgap 6

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

Jam chart entries
Bathtub Gin

The customarily great '98 "Gin" jam breaks into a funky groove at 13:45 and then gradually works back to "Gin."

Makisupa Policeman

This funky version segues out of a funky "Drowned." There's a breakdown for Mike and a sweet little solo around 4:40 from Trey, and a spacey ambient jam for about a minute at the end.

Prince Caspian

Great combination of rocking yet slightly ambient sound from Trey mixed with bluesy piano stylings from Page. > to "Harry Hood."

Halley's Comet

In the encore slot, the band extends the jam out into a nice, upbeat groove, and finishes the show by gradually cycling down their instruments, leaving only a Digital Delay Loop whirling away.

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

Soundcheck

Jam

Setlist notes

Mike teased Low Rider in Bathtub Gin. Poor Heart featured several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending. Makisupa included a long, atypical jam. Sea and Sand (first since NYE 1995, or 166 shows) was an appropriate choice, given the venue’s location near the beach. Sexual Healing made its Phish debut at this show with Fish reading the lyrics off the back of a show poster. As delay loops built to end Halley’s Comet, the band left the stage one by one. The soundcheck's jam contained several quotes of Venus (Shocking Blue). This show was released as part of the Ventura box set.

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

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