Phish - August 30th, 2024
Dick's Sporting Goods Park · Commerce City · CO
1 Unfinished.
2 Trey sang verses through megaphone.
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-'894
- '90-'943
- '95-'004
- '09-'141
- '15-'193
- '20-now2
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- A Picture of Nectar2
- The White Tape2
- Big Boat1
- Hoist1
- Junta1
- Sigma Oasis1
- The Siket Disc1
- Covers6
- No studio album2
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-22
- 3-59
- 6-153
- 51+ · bustout3
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original11
- Trey Anastasio6
Rarer than most - 3 songs shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
This installment of the annual Dick's "CDT" is a big winner. This massive, multi-sectioned jam is must-hear. It searches for a bit, but the band locks in around 11:30 and takes the listener on a journey that culminates with a nice peak before finishing with a return to the chorus.
Less Sand (although, astonishingly, the band keeps the song's signature line - mostly - running throughout) and more method of critical analysis of philosophical and musical language, one which emphasizes the internal workings of expression and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in Phish-forms of expression. > "Ruby Waves".
Act One: Listen for Fish playing with the rhythm of Trey's feet. Act Two: Enjoy .... Intermit. Act Three: Listen to Trey listen to Page's melody (11:14-ish), follow the line, and go CRAZY. For a bit, it sounds something like "Guyute" chasing "David Bowie" around "Esther's" cemetery before... Well, while there is a conclusion, the whole thing is better off listening to, rather than reading about. It is that cool.
After a rather laid-back opening, the jam reaches its customary end point with the Bass and Drums section and vocal jam, after which the band kicks back in with more "YEM"-like grooving and builds to a ferocious peak punctuated by "Wash Uffizi Drive me to Firenze" vocals to close out a tremendous show.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Jam, Jam, "Bruno"
Guelah Papyrus was played for the first time since July 22, 2022 (105 shows). Strange Design was played for the first time since July 29, 2022 (100 shows). Ruby Waves was unfinished. Fee featured Trey on megaphone. At the end of the vocal jam, the band went back into the main YEM jam, concluding with additional "Wash Uffizi drive me to Firenze" lyrics. The soundcheck's "Bruno" was an improvised song about Phish monitor mixer Mark "Bruno" Bradley and had lyrics centering around "1,000 shows."
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.