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Phish - February 21st, 2003

U.S. Bank Arena · Cincinnati · OH

Friday2003 Winter Tour2003-02-21
Songs played
16
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (8)
Average gap
15.3
rarer than 75% of all shows, 67% of 2003
Biggest bustout
135
Lifeboy - shows since last played
Debuts
0
3 covers played
Rotation63% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2003-02-20
Mike's Groove1/3Gamehendge2/9bustout50+ show gap
(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:37:20 of music

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

18:149:07SET 1SET 2ENCOREWilson - 6:12 (Set 1)Frankenstein - 5:30 (Set 1)Down with Disease - 18:14 (Set 1)Lifeboy - 8:54 (Set 1)Boogie On Reggae Woman - 6:56 (Set 1)Run Like an Antelope - 14:56 (Set 1)I Didn't Know - 5:39 (Set 1)Mike's Song - 15:12 (Set 2)Free - 9:04 (Set 2)Waste - 7:03 (Set 2)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 11:25 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 17:32 (Set 2)All of These Dreams - 4:24 (Set 2)Possum - 10:49 (Set 2)Cavern - 6:26 (Set 2)Wading in the Velvet Sea - 9:02 (Encore)
Longest: Down with Disease 18:14 · 16 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'898
  • '90-'944
  • '95-'003
  • '03-'041
Album representation

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

  • Billy Breathes2
  • Hoist2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Round Room1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers3
  • No studio album5
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-21
  • 3-55
  • 6-158
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original13
  • Stevie Wonder1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • The Edgar Winter Group1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Down with Disease

Nothing too deep, just a nice "feel good" jam that bops along with sprinkles of improvisation from Trey and Page before returning to "DwD" to close.

Boogie On Reggae Woman

Breakdown jamming.

Mike's Song

The jam begins with a semi-dark tone, includes some nice Trey/Page interplay, and Trey makes it more interesting by varying the melodic lines away from standard "Mike's.". Around 10:00, the jam settles into more spacey, effects-heavy play, where it remains until a -> "Free."

Wading in the Velvet Sea

Rough, rugged, and raw, a glimpse (the video is up on YouTube) of the band - Page included - at their most vulnerable. But boy, man. It's Phish. Pouring it on through an incredibly difficult point in their history. Listen to Trey's sustain. Then stick around for the closing coda. It's almost too much.

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

Setlist notes

Lifeboy was played for the first time since November 25, 1998 (135 shows). During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Henrietta, the world’s finest vacuum player.” I Didn't Know also included some dancing antics from Trey, Page, and Mike while Fish took his vacuum solo. 2001 included teases of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Simple Gifts, and Stash from Trey.

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

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