Phish - July 23rd, 2017
Madison Square Garden · New York · NY
1 Phish debut. Trey on drums.
2 Unfinished.
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-'892
- '90-'944
- '95-'005
- '09-'141
- '15-'194
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Big Boat2
- A Picture of Nectar1
- Billy Breathes1
- Farmhouse1
- Hoist1
- Rift1
- Round Room1
- The Story of the Ghost1
- The White Tape1
- Covers5
- No studio album2
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 3-52
- 6-159
- 16-503
- 51+ · bustout2
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original12
- The Velvet Underground2
- Mike Gordon1
- Stevie Wonder1
- Trey Anastasio1
Rarer than most - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Super summertime version finds Trey channeling some sunshine to warm the Garden. Following a great groove - which slowly builds to gain serious traction - "Streets of Cairo" teasing functions as a change of sorts, with Trey skipping through a sweet little set of notes before shaping his tone and taking what amounts to a second solo. Bright and shimmering, this soon yields to a "simple," yet euphoric, release.
An absolutely outstanding version. Right out of the gate, Mike pushes the jam into a darker mode, and the band slides into a seductive groove, Lil' Punkin meshing beautifully with Trey's effects-laden playing while Mike and Fish hold down the fort. Trey fires off some lovely trills as a fog creeps over the proceedings, with Mike really stepping up his game in the latter half. The jam winds down into noise, then returns neatly to the "It's Ice" theme. Longest version to date.
At the jam's onset, Trey takes the lead and pours it on for a powerful peak, after which there is some "Type II" exploration, including a beautiful and stylistically refreshing spacious segment. Out of this space, the jam rebuilds for a nice finish and transitions to "Twist".
Page's synthesizer gets a workout in this jam which goes from pleasant major key playing to boisterous rocking before returning home to close.
A delicate but somewhat perfunctory customary jam is followed by an outro jam which shifts from soothing piano play to more dissonant, eerie outer space exploration.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
This show was night three of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and consisted of a red velvet donut theme. Red velvet donuts with cream cheese frosting were given to fans arriving at the venue and the show featured the Phish debut of Sunday Morning with Trey on drums and Fish on vocals. Fish came out on stage for Sunday Morning wearing a stole and mitre. He also lifted a censer with burning incense at one point and even sprinkled "holy water" on the crowd. The venue was draped in red lights for the "velvet" themed songs: Sunday Morning and Sweet Jane (both Velvet Underground covers) and Wading in the Velvet Sea. Trey teased Streets of Cairo in Back on the Train and Super Bad in It's Ice. Wolfman's Brother was unfinished. Sweet Jane was played for the first time since June 29, 2012 (193 shows).
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.