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Phish - August 12th, 1998

Vernon Downs · Vernon · NY

Wednesday1998 Summer U.S. Tour1998-08-12
Songs played
17
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (8)
Average gap
7.0
rarer than 39% of all shows, 30% of 1998
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
1
Burning Down the House
Rotation59% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1998-08-11
Mike's Groove2/3Gamehendge1/9

1 Phish debut; lyrics changed to "Vernon down the house."

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:51:59 of music

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

20:0410:02SET 1SET 2ENCORELa Grange - 6:01 (Set 1)Makisupa Policeman - 5:28 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 8:45 (Set 1)Possum - 10:33 (Set 1)Roggae - 7:43 (Set 1)Character Zero - 7:35 (Set 1)Ramble On - 12:30 (Set 1)Slave to the Traffic Light - 11:50 (Set 1)Mike's Song - 18:04 (Set 2)Simple - 13:51 (Set 2)Rift - 6:06 (Set 2)Loving Cup - 9:00 (Set 2)Sleeping Monkey - 5:59 (Set 2)Weekapaug Groove - 10:14 (Set 2)The Squirming Coil - 12:16 (Set 2)Burning Down the House - 6:01 (Encore)You Enjoy Myself - 20:04 (Encore)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 20:04 · 17 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'898
  • '90-'945
  • '95-'004
Album representation

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

  • The White Tape2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Rift1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • Covers5
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-23
  • 3-54
  • 6-158
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original12
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Son Seals1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Rolling Stones1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Ramble On

After extending the normal outro, Trey brings back the bridge riff to usher in a calming, cyclical groove in vintage '98 style until -> "Slave".

Slave to the Traffic Light

-> in from "Ramble On." "Those Were The Days" and "Ramble On" teases. Page is great on the Fender-Rhodes before shifting back to piano with Trey leading a spirited finale that has a bit more gusto than most '97s.

Mike's Song

Opening with a thick, soupy groove, this long single jam has several sections. The basic groove builds up until 7:15, when things settle down into more ambient/funky terrain. Around 12:00, led by Fish, the guys bring the big guns back out for a few minutes, before closing out with a grundge-like, repetive theme.

Simple

A bluesy jam emerges at 9:00 on the back end of the standard outro. An unusual version which > to "Rift."

Loving Cup

The band rocked so hard in this mid-second-set version that they needed to cool down and segued promptly after it into "Sleeping Monkey." No joke.

You Enjoy Myself

"HYHU" and "Mission: Impossible" teases. "Who's Your Daddy?" VJ. (No B&D.)

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

Setlist notes

Possum was dedicated to its author, Jeff Holdsworth, and Fish’s band in high school, Frodo. Ramble On was played in honor of Fish seeing a Led Zeppelin concert at age eleven and contained Cocaine teases; Slave subsequently included Ramble On teases, as well as Those Were the Days teases from Trey and Mike. The Phish debut of Burning Down the House contained alternate lyrics ("Vernon down the house"). HYHU was teased in the banter between Burning Down the House and YEM. YEM included HYHU and Mission: Impossible theme teases. 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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