Phish - December 31st, 2019
Madison Square Garden · New York · NY
1 Contained Axilla II ending.
2 Phish debut; with lyrics changed to "Send in the clones" and performed a cappella.
3 Clone dancers on additional vocals.
4 Debut; only Trey.
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-'946
- '95-'005
- '09-'142
- '15-'196
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Rift2
- The White Tape2
- A Picture of Nectar1
- Billy Breathes1
- Farmhouse1
- Hoist1
- Junta1
- Sigma Oasis1
- The Siket Disc1
- Covers8
- No studio album7
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 3-54
- 6-1519
- 16-501
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original18
- Trey Anastasio5
- Ghosts of the Forest1
- Glynis Johns1
- Traditional1
A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Featuring wonderful interplay between Trey and Mike in particular, eventually the jam's key modulates and Trey solos melodically, and then the jam grooves and concludes in an "On Broadway" -esque fashion before "Caspian" abruptly begins.
Funk-driven groove emerges on the back of Mike's slap bass. Page switches from plinko Clavinet to Hammond to drive the groove home.
Quickly drops into a low-boil minor-key zone, then heads into more upbeat waters. Swerves into a swaggering and funkier zone with Page doing work on the keys, then delves into a sprightly calypso-adjacent jam thanks to Mike's strong work. Trey takes the jam into more anthemic territory, and this blistering rockout ends with a nice peak. A compact version that still finds multiple moods. > into a ferocious "Twist".
A massive runaway freight train that builds up power from out of the verses (thanks to Mike's muscular basslines) and then picks up the pace at Fish's urging, with Trey hitting on a cool repeating chord pattern, before exploding into a flash of improvisational pyrotechnics. Some real heavy duty jamming in this NYE "Twist".
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Axilla featured the Axilla II ending and was followed by banter from all four band members continuing the pan story from the previous night’s show and ending with a mention of pan flute extraordinaire Zamfir. Richard Glasgow (a.k.a. Dickie Scotland) then came onstage appearing as Zamfir, holding both a pan flute and a pan. The third set opened with the Phish debut of Send in the Clowns, sung a cappella and with lyrics changed to Send in the Clones. For First Tube through Tweezer Reprise, each band member performed on separate moving platforms hoisted above the stage as dancers dressed as their clones performed onstage and provided additional vocals throughout the set and encore. Trey's platform became stuck for the majority of the set and he had to be rescued after Tweezer Reprise. Given that the band (Trey) could not leave the stage after You Enjoy Myself, there was no encore break and Tweezer Reprise was announced as the start of the encore. Rescue Squad was performed Trey solo (singing and playing Fish's drum set) while he was waiting to return to the stage.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.