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1998-08-151998-10-03

Phish - August 16th, 1998

Loring Commerce Centre · Limestone · ME

SundayNight 2 at this venue1998 Summer U.S. Tour1998-08-16
Songs played
31
4 sets · longest: Set 1 (11)
Average gap
25.4
rarer than 88% of all shows, 79% of 1998
Biggest bustout
516
MAJOR bustout: Baby Elephant Walk - shows since last played
Debuts
0
10 covers played
Rotation32% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1998-08-15
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in4:46:07
Set 1
Ginseng Sullivan3:44,Bathtub Gin13:50 -> Rift5:59,Punch You in the Eye9:06,Lawn Boy3:18,Ya Mar10:39 > AC/DC Bag8:42 > Frankie Says6:51,Birds of a Feather8:59,Guyute10:33,Possum15:31
Set 2
Down with Disease119:21 > Piper10:20,Ghost18:15 > Fluffhead15:44,When the Circus Comes5:40 > Wading in the Velvet Sea7:56,🍞Hold Your Head Up43:42 > Sexual Healing6:11 > Hold Your Head Up🍞2:11,Run Like an Antelope212:45
Set 3
Sabotage4:38 -> Also Sprach Zarathustra17:01 > Wilson7:57 > The Mango Song7:24 > Character Zero8:27 > Bittersweet Motel3:58,While My Guitar Gently Weeps10:26
Encore
Harry Hood21:19 -> Jam3 -> Baby Elephant Walk5:37
Gamehendge3/9Related to Gamehendge1/11MAJOR bustout500+ show gapbustout50+ show gap

1 Unfinished.

2 Alternate lyrics referring to "Bob Weaver."

3 Fish on trombone.

4 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Sexual Healing in Set 2 - the 194th on record, the first since August 6th, 1998.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
4:46:07 of music

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

21:1910:40SET 1SET 2SET 3ENCOREGinseng Sullivan - 3:44 (Set 1)Bathtub Gin - 13:50 (Set 1)Rift - 5:59 (Set 1)Punch You in the Eye - 9:06 (Set 1)Lawn Boy - 3:18 (Set 1)Ya Mar - 10:39 (Set 1)AC/DC Bag - 8:42 (Set 1)Frankie Says - 6:51 (Set 1)Birds of a Feather - 8:59 (Set 1)Guyute - 10:33 (Set 1)Possum - 15:31 (Set 1)Down with Disease - 19:21 (Set 2)Piper - 10:20 (Set 2)Ghost - 18:15 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 15:44 (Set 2)When the Circus Comes - 5:40 (Set 2)Wading in the Velvet Sea - 7:56 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 3:42 (Set 2)Sexual Healing - 6:11 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 2:11 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 12:45 (Set 2)Sabotage - 4:38 (Set 3)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 17:01 (Set 3)Wilson - 7:57 (Set 3)The Mango Song - 7:24 (Set 3)Character Zero - 8:27 (Set 3)Bittersweet Motel - 3:58 (Set 3)While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10:26 (Set 3)Harry Hood - 21:19 (Encore)Baby Elephant Walk - 5:37 (Encore)
Longest: Harry Hood 21:19 · 30 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8913
  • '90-'947
  • '95-'0010
Album representation

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

  • The Story of the Ghost5
  • Lawn Boy2
  • The White Tape2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Farmhouse1
  • Hoist1
  • Junta1
  • Rift1
  • Covers9
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-24
  • 3-516
  • 6-157
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout2
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original21
  • Argent1
  • Beastie Boys1
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Henry Mancini1
  • Los Lobos1
  • Marvin Gaye1
  • Norman Blake1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • The Beatles1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Baby Elephant Walkgap 516 · MAJOR
While My Guitar Gently Weepsgap 103
Jamgap 19
Ya Margap 11
Lawn Boygap 10
Fluffheadgap 7
The Mango Songgap 7
Frankie Saysgap 6

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

Jam chart entries
Possum

This extended jam is vintage '98 Phish sound, with technically astute, but patient playing, and with contributions by all band members. None of the frenetic, guitar dominated fury of '92 - '95. But also lacking any real improvisational elements.

Down with Disease

Around 12:00, the jam breaks from the standard into 6 minutes of heavy funk-based jamming. > to "Piper."

Ghost

Relaxing cerebral massage with glow sticks and a "Foxy Voodoo" outro. [The jam here is ripe with iconic and lush '98-style ambient grooving. The most purely ambient of all versions, the band later molded "Ghost" to match its musical focus.]

Also Sprach Zarathustra

First jam is cohesive funkiness and a clinic on full brand improv. "Crosseyed" and "Super Bad" with Trey on fire throughout. One of the greats.

Wilson

Unique ambient interlude ripe with feedback before BLAT BOOM and then continues after until > "Mango".

Jam

-> in from "Hood." A spacey jam follows "Harry" to accompany fireworks marking the conclusion of the Lemonwheel Festival. Fish plays the trombone for a portion of the jam, which -> to "Baby Elephant Walk" (last performed 12/1/92).

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

Setlist notes

This was the second show of the Lemonwheel festival. Trey teased Jean Pierre in Possum. Disease was unfinished. Fish alluded to Terrapin (“a love song about a turtle”) after a long HYHU intro but instead led the band into Sexual Healing. Antelope included Sexual Healing teases in the intro and a reference to “Bob Weaver” instead of Marco Esquandolas in the lyrics. 2001 contained Crosseyed and Painless and Super Bad teases from Trey. WMGGW returned for its first appearance since February 26, 1997 (103 shows). A fireworks display took place behind the stage in the jam out of Hood. The jam also featured Fish on trombone. Baby Elephant Walk was played for the first time since December 1, 1992 (516 shows).

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

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