Phish - April 21st, 2022
Madison Square Garden · New York · NY
1 Dedicated to the “hero of the song,” Suzy Greenberg, who was attending her first Phish show.
2 Unfinished.
3 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Sandwich: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday bookended Avenu Malkenu in Set 1 - the 63rd on record, the first since December 1st, 2019.
4 Tweezer Sandwich: Tweezer bookended Also Sprach Zarathustra, Maze, About to Run and 3 more in Set 2 - the 30th on record, the first since October 29th, 2021. No Tweezer sandwich has ever held more.
5 Character Zero Sandwich: Character Zero bookended Tweezer in Set 2 - the first one on record. No Character Zero sandwich has ever held more.
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-'896
- '90-'946
- '95-'002
- '03-'041
- '09-'141
- '15-'192
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- A Picture of Nectar4
- Billy Breathes1
- Hoist1
- Junta1
- Rift1
- Round Room1
- The Story of the Ghost1
- Covers5
- No studio album3
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-26
- 3-55
- 6-153
- 16-504
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original13
- Ghosts of the Forest2
- Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
- Traditional1
- Trey Anastasio1
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.
Straightforward in structure, this version builds momentum by way of clever full band interplay. Trey makes his intentions known right away by shifting through multiple effects, toggling between lead playing and funk-oriented rhythm comping. The rest of the band follows suit, as the jam develops into a laid back, conversational groove session. This then patiently builds to the classic, spirited "Wolfman's" ending.
The jam begins with an upbeat tempo anchored by cool playing from Trey. Later, the tempo slows as Mike takes the lead with deft work on the bass. Just when you think the chunky notes of the song from Trey are leading to the end of the jam, the rest of the band isn't quite ready to let things go, which leads to a maelstrom of a peak, before finally returning to end the song.
Heads into low-key psychedelia-tinged jamming out of the song proper thanks to Trey's thick and goopy effects, then Page suggests major key and a pleasant groove emerges with Mike steadily holding down the fort. The jam gets more delicate and dreamy, even as Fish keeps his usual rock-solid tempo, then builds to a marvelous rock-out climax and a big-time peak thanks once again to Mike's efforts. -> into a great "Tweezer".
Although "average-lengthed" among all versions e'er performed, this gem-of-a-version shines, with the first few minutes of the jam featuring steady, intermittent, "Your Pet Cat"-esque chording and comping by Trey, and a melodically charming/glittering section during which Trey sustains a note for many measures (a modest peak) over excellent accompaniment (that's never dark), before the version concludes atypically with a single chord from Trey that is sustained into the first note > of "2001."
Trey loves MSG, a fact made clear here, when, in lieu of capping the set with a typical "Hood," he elects to floor the Garden, moving from zero to sixty in split seconds, bouncing around the room with typically rocking play (featuring a "Heartbreaker" tease) which, surprisingly, breaks for "Tweezer."
Your Pet "Tweezer" returns, buzzing, if not quite purring, for a few more minutes.
-> from "Tweezer" to cap a fun, inspired close to a set rearranged and redefined.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
This was the rescheduled date for the show that had been postponed due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surge in New York City in December of 2021. Suzy Greenberg was dedicated to “the hero of the song,” Suzy Greenberg, who was attending her first Phish show. Trey teased Jean Pierre in 46 Days. Chalk Dust Torture was unfinished. 2001 contained Super Bad and Martian Monster teases. Mike quoted Kung and teased Plasma in Harry Hood. Trey teased Heartbreaker in the first Character Zero and Tweezer in the second Character Zero.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.