Phish - July 30th, 2017
Madison Square Garden · New York · NY
1 With donut references.
2 Phish debut.
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-'897
- '90-'943
- '95-'002
- '03-'041
- '15-'194
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Junta3
- Big Boat2
- The Story of the Ghost1
- Undermind1
- Covers4
- No studio album6
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 6-1511
- 16-501
- 51+ · bustout4
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original13
- Hot Rize1
- Jimi Hendrix Experience1
- Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
- The Who1
A deep-cut night - 4 songs shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Moving beyond The Who classic, the jam initially settles into some mellow, synth-infused grooving. Around 12:30, the sentiment brightens, and as the power builds, Trey unleashes some effects and trilling which recall the unique style and tone of '00. The jam gradually mellows into probing space.
After a nice low-key standard jam, the music dissolves into a delicate guitar scratch/minimal percussion duet, almost like King Crimson's "Moonchild". Page and Mike jump in and add color to the proceedings, then Page and Trey hit on a repeating pattern that reignites the jam. The band wallows in odd '94-style atonality, weird vocals and Mike's envelope filter and all, then a pitch-black late night groove emerges with Page's electric piano at the forefront and Fish adding a militaristic edge. Exceptionally deep music.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
This show was night eight of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and consisted of a jimmies donut theme. Donuts with a rainbow jimmies were given to fans arriving at the venue. Page teased Long Tall Glasses in Home. Trey quoted The Squirming Coil and Glass Onion during Fly Famous Mockingbird. During Harpua, Trey and Mike sat on chairs at the front of the stage, the entire band discussed cosmology, and eventually decided that the universe was in the shape of a donut. Trey mentioned donuts and teased Harpua in 2001. This show featured the Phish debut of The Wind Cries Mary.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.