Phish - December 30th, 2003
American Airlines Arena · Miami · FL
1 Unfinished.
2 Phish debut.
3 George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic; Medley included Butt-a-Butt, Get Low, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), and One Nation Under a Groove. Fish on vacuum.
4 L.A. Woman Sandwich: L.A. Woman bookended Birds of a Feather in Set 2 - the first one on record. No L.A. Woman sandwich has ever held more.
5 Makisupa Policeman Sandwich: Makisupa Policeman bookended P-Funk Medley in Set 2 - the 3rd on record, the first since July 25th, 1999.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'895
- '90-'947
- '95-'004
- '03-'042
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Hoist2
- The Story of the Ghost2
- Junta1
- Lawn Boy1
- Rift1
- Covers6
- No studio album5
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-21
- 3-56
- 6-154
- 16-503
- 51+ · bustout2
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original12
- Parliament-Funkadelic1
- Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
- Talking Heads1
- The Beatles1
- The Doors1
- Trey Anastasio1
Rarer than most - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Lots of teases and some serious funk goodness. Oh and a full "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" breakdown jam that absolutely rules.
Start-stop jamming before Trey takes the lead in a rocking jam. Eventually veers into an eerie "type 2" jam and segues into "L.A. Woman." This version is unfinished and was completed at the following show.
-> in from "Tube." Debut of this Doors' classic and part of a thematic sequence. > to "BOAF."
Unusual and very good version that is bookended "L.A. Woman." "Birds" itself has a lengthy "L.A. Woman" tease, a crescendo semi-finish, and then segues back to "L.A. Woman."
> in from "BOAF." Continues the "L.A. Woman"-type jamming. -> to "Makisupa."
A short version that precedes the "P-Funk Medley." It comes to a full stop, as Trey banters about Fish singing "Touch Me" and then invites P-Funk on stage.
"Makisupa" is reprised after P-Funk leaves the stage. Fish sings a line from "Touch Me."
A nice and very different low intensity, melodic Trey-led jam emerges that is almost delicate before rebuilding to conclude.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Wilson contained War Pigs teases from Mike and was unfinished. The song may have been played as an opener in memoriam of actor Earl Hindman, best known as “Wilson” from the television series Home Improvement, who passed away earlier in the day. NICU contained Shafty teases from Mike. Weigh was played for the first time since August 2, 1998 (202 shows). Gin included Show Biz Kids teases. 2001 included a P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) jam containing some brief lyrics, as well as Gin, Auld Lang Syne, and The Little Drummer Boy teases. Tube was unfinished. L.A. Woman was a Phish debut; Birds included L.A. Woman teases. During Makisupa, Trey noted that they were going to play Touch Me, but decided not to because Fish couldn't remember the words and they didn't know how have a horn section. To make it up to the crowd for letting them down, Trey brought out George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic (also known as The P. Funk All-Stars). Trey commented “and that’s even better than Touch Me!” Page teased Touch Me while Trey was talking. The ensuing P. Funk Jam moved through pieces of several classic Parliament/Funkadelic tunes including Butt-a-Butt, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), and One Nation Under A Groove. Get Low (Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz) was also part of the medley. By the end of the jam, Fish was alone on stage playing vacuum. Fish then exited, leaving the stage empty. Phish returned alone to finish Makisupa; to prove that P. Funk was better than Fish singing Touch Me, Makisupa closed with Fish singing the first line of Touch Me a cappella. During the last chorus of Contact, Trey sang lines like “L.A. Woman” and “Make my funk the P. Funk” in place of his usual harmonies.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.