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Phish - August 8th, 1998

Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia · MD

Saturday1998 Summer U.S. Tour1998-08-08
Songs played
16
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (8)
Average gap
5.3
rarer than 28% of all shows, 15% of 1998
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
2
Sweet Jane, Sabotage
Rotation44% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1998-08-07
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:20:31
Set 1
The Wedge6:08,NICU5:30,Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley1 -> Guyute10:11,Fikus2:59,Farmhouse5:41,Possum10:31 > Sweet Janedebut26:54
Set 2
Cavern5:59 > Also Sprach Zarathustra11:54 > Tela6:52 > Piper15:45,Sexual Healing7:14 > Hold Your Head Up,Harry Hood15:31
Encore
Sabotagedebut24:25
Gamehendge2/9

1 No vocal jam.

2 Phish debut.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:20:31 of music

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

15:457:53SET 1SET 2ENCOREThe Wedge - 6:08 (Set 1)NICU - 5:30 (Set 1)Guyute - 10:11 (Set 1)Fikus - 2:59 (Set 1)Farmhouse - 5:41 (Set 1)Possum - 10:31 (Set 1)Sweet Jane - 6:54 (Set 1)Cavern - 5:59 (Set 2)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 11:54 (Set 2)Tela - 6:52 (Set 2)Piper - 15:45 (Set 2)Sexual Healing - 7:14 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 15:31 (Set 2)Sabotage - 4:25 (Encore)
Longest: Piper 15:45 · 14 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'895
  • '90-'945
  • '95-'006
Album representation

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

  • Farmhouse2
  • The Story of the Ghost2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Rift1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album4
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-22
  • 3-58
  • 6-154
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original10
  • Argent1
  • Beastie Boys1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Marvin Gaye1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • The Velvet Underground1
Rarity board

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

Sexual Healinggap 13
Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alleygap 8
Telagap 8
Farmhousegap 7
Guyutegap 5
Fikusgap 5
Caverngap 5
Also Sprach Zarathustragap 5

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

Jam chart entries
Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley

A really great funky, but low key, jam emerges on the back end of "Sally." -> to "Guyute."

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Trey in his full 1998 guitar mastery glory. A nice visit to Nastytown in the second jam as Mike is liquid beast.

Piper

Not your typically pumped up "Piper," this awesome jam, driven by Mike and Page, is spacious but has real legs. "Sparks"-like tease at about 14:30. A fan favorite.

Harry Hood

Very strong Page/Trey interplay, some good variation by Trey, and uniquely '98 sound combine for a quality '98 "Hood."

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

Soundcheck

If You Need a Fool, Shafty

Setlist notes

Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. This show marked the Phish debuts of Sweet Jane and Sabotage. The soundcheck's Shafty contained a Fire (Ohio Players) tease from Trey and Maze quotes from Trey and Fish sung to the tune of Shafty.

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

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