Phish - February 21st, 2020
Moon Palace · Cancun · Quintana Roo · Mexico
1 Performed over Plasma.
2 Lyrics changed to "you'll be dancing on the beach."
3 Shafty Sandwich: Shafty bookended Plasma, Plasma, The Lizards and 1 more in Set 1 - the first one on record. No Shafty sandwich has ever held more.
4 Plasma Sandwich: Plasma bookended Shafty in Set 1 - the 3rd on record, the first since November 29th, 2019.
5 Bathtub Gin Sandwich: Bathtub Gin bookended Shafty in Set 1 - the 4th on record, the first since May 28th, 2011.
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-'942
- '95-'004
- '09-'141
- '15-'196
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Big Boat3
- Farmhouse1
- Hoist1
- Lawn Boy1
- The Story of the Ghost1
- Covers7
- No studio album4
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-25
- 3-56
- 6-154
- 16-501
- 51+ · bustout2
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original11
- Trey Anastasio3
- Ghosts of the Forest1
- Led Zeppelin1
- Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
- The Who1
A deep-cut night - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
An early key change signals this won't be a typical rendition, and the jam takes on a relaxed pace providing lots of room for an easy-going groove to unfold. After 10:30 the momentum picks up with some rapidly repeating delays from Trey and gets heavier from there until -> "Shafty".
Trey works "Shafty" into the height of "Gin's" jam for a quick run-through before -> back to "Gin".
-> from "Shafty" to wrap up with "Gin's" closing riff.
Trey pivots the band into a major key jam as warm as the Mexico waters, layering on the effects to really add ambiance. Page's synths take center stage and help bring some weirdness into the proceedings, with Mike going to the envelope filter and Fish neatly holding down the form. The jam gets darker and nastier as Mike takes center stage, then gently winds down before Page starts up "Sea and Sand". A very strong first set version.
> from "Sigma Oasis." Another year in Mexico features another huge "2001." Mercifully, only one round of "Woos" are heard before the band breaks into a funky-as-hell "Another One Bites The Dust" jam. > to "Drift While You're Sleeping."
After some nice "NMINML" vocal quoting, the jam takes on a relaxed, more groovy vibe than the typical high energy "Weekapaug." At 7:00, the jam breaks just beyond the norm, exploring some percussive, rocking terrain before veering, unfinished, into "Shafty."
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Shafty was last played on June 10, 2012 (302 shows) and Sea and Sand on July 20, 1998 (672 shows). The second Shafty was performed over Plasma. Page teased the theme from Speed Racer in The Lizards. Bathtub Gin was dedicated to the people at CID who organized the event and in honor of the fact that everyone had a hot tub in their room and also included a Gimme Some Lovin' tease from Page before transitioning back into Shafty. Blaze On's lyrics were changed to "you'll be dancing on the beach." Blaze On also included Plasma teases. Possum contained Back on the Train and Shafty teases and ended with a Plasma tease. Trey teased Another One Bites the Dust in Also Sprach Zarathustra. Trey teased L.A. Woman in I Always Wanted It This Way. No Men In No Man's Land included Shafty and Woman from Tokyo teases. Weekapaug Groove contained No Men In No Man's Land quotes as well as a Smoke on the Water tease from Trey.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.