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1996 Setlists:

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04-26-96 Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA

Ya Mar*, AC/DC Bag-> Sparkle-> Stash, Cars Trucks Buses**, You Enjoy Myself-> Wolfman's Brother***, Scent of a Mule, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life, David Bowie

E: Hello My Baby, Cavern

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.  *With "When The Saints Come Marching In" tease. **With Michael Ray on trumpet. ***A capella intro.

06-06-96 Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Fog That Surrounds, Waste

1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch*, Theme From the Bottom, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, Scent of a Mule**, Highway to Hell

2: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash, Waste#, Character Zero#, David Bowie, Fee-> Sample in a Jar

E: Ya Mar > Fire

Unannounced show billed as "The Third Ball," played for locals in the area where "Billy Breathes" was recorded. *With Wilson tease. **With "Sunshine of Your Love" (Cream) tease and keyboard work by Trey.  #First time played.

07-02-96 Speedway Stadium, Lonigo, Italy

Phish was supposed to open for Santana, but their set was rained out. They did, however, join Santana for a few songs including the Bob Marley song "Exodus."

07-03-96 Stadia Brtamasco, Trento, Italy

Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle, Taste*, Llama*

Opened for Santana.  *With Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana).

07-05-96 Stadio Olimpico, Curva Sud, Rome, Italy

Funky Bitch*-> Chalk Dust Torture-> AC/DC Bag-> You Enjoy Myself, Scent of a Mule, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline

Opened for Santana.  *Funky Bitch was the sound check.  The doors opened while they were still playing, so they continued into their set.

07-06-96 Duomo Square, Pistoia, Italy

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reba, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Maze, Harry Hood

Opened for Santana.

07-07-96 Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy

Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain-> Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope-> Suzy Greenberg

Opened for Santana.

07-09-96 Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France

Theme From the Bottom, Poor Heart, Taste, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Opened for Santana.

07-10-96 Le Zenith, Paris, France

Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste, David Bowie, Hello My Baby, Good Times Bad Times

Opened for Santana.

07-11-96 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England

1: Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar

2: Harry Hood-> Bouncing Around the Room, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Maze, Lizards, HYHU-> Terrapin-> HYHU, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby

E: A Day in the Life

07-12-96 The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1: Wilson, The Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open & Melt#, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch*, Taste**, Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer-> Llama

2: It's Ice-> Prince Caspian, Mike's Song, Run Like an Antelope, Purple Rain-> HYHU, G D E A- Minor Ska Groove***, NICU, Slave to the Traffic Light, Suzy Greenberg****

3: David Bowie-> Free, Hello Ma Baby

E: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode

 #With "The Landlady" tease. *After the end, Trey made a comment about the lack of curfew. **Trey announced that this will no longer be "Fog That Surrounds" and will be "Taste" from now on. ***Trey asked the audience to help make up a song. He asked the audience to shout out keys and the band played them. Trey then asked a guy in the front row for a groove, and he shout out "ska." They start the GDEA-Minor (keys) Ska Groove but Trey said that this was too weird and that they were going to play one of their own. ****Trey unplugs and then plugs in his guitar, resulting in weird noises. Fish calls it, "It was cool when he plugged in his guitar song."

07-13-96 The Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium

Sample in a Jar, Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Fire, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself

07-15-96 La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy

Soundcheck: Jam, Funky Bitch, Character Zero*

1: My Friend My Friend**-> Punch You in the Eye-> Fast Enough for You-> Guyute, Possum, I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern

2: Down With Disease-> Maze, Loving Cup, Makisupa Policeman-> It's Ice-> Julius, HYHU-> Purple Rain#-> HYHU, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope

E: Golgi Apparatus

*Several times. **The lights went off during the beginning and came back on near the end of the song.  #With "Simpsons" and "All Fall Down" language.

07-17-96 Theatre Antique, Vienne, France

The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch

Opened for Santana.

07-18-96 Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France

Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself

Nice Jazz Festival. Opened for Santana.

07-19-96 Les Arenes, Arles, France

Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, The Squirming Coil

Opened for Santana.

07-21-96 The Forum, Nurnberg, Germany

1: Golgi Apparatus, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of It's Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song*, Fee-> Timber (Jerry)-> Johnny B. Goode

2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars, Free, Run Like an Antelope, Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg

E: Harry Hood

*First time played.

07-22-96 Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany

Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself

Opened for Santana.
 
07-23-96 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany

1: AC/DC Bag-> Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule*-> Down With Disease-> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters-> Stash, Hello My Baby

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle, Mike's Song-> I Am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove, Bike, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Rocky Top

*Contained an a capella solo by Trey.

07-24-96 Music Hall, Hannover, Germany

Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus

Opened for Santana.

07-25-96 Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany

Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice-> Run Like an Antelope, Life on Mars, Harry Hood, Cavern

Opened for Santana.

08-02-96 Wolf Mountain Ampitheater, Park City, UT

1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Ya Mar, Down With Disease, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Possum

2: Runaway Jim, Simple, Taste, Free, Fluffhead, Prince Caspian**, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Run Like An Antelope

E: Punch You in the Eye

*Page, solo on Theremin. **New arrangement.

08-04-96 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO

Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart, Caravan, Jam

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup

2: AC/DC Bag-> Reba-> Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Star Trek Theme*, Rocky Top

*Page, solo on Theremin.

08-05-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO

1: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, The Divided Sky*, Wolfman's Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down With Disease-> It's Ice, Halley's Comet-> Somewhere Over the Rainbow**, Waste^, Talk^#, Train Song^, Strange Design^, Amazing Grace, Mike's Song-> I Am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove

E: Cavern

*During the silent part, everyone sat down by instruction of the "Group Crowd Ideas at Red Rocks" flier. **Page, solo on Theremin. ^Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set (the "acoustic mini-stage").  #First time played.

08-06-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO

1: Makisupa Policeman, Rift*, Suzy Greenberg, Simple, Theme From the Bottom, Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like An Antelope

2: The Curtain-> Tweezer**, Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, Purple Rain, Harry Hood#-> Tweezer Reprise

E: Johnny B. Goode

*Contained "This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge" (referring to U2's live album "Under a Blood Red Sky"), by Trey. **With "Norwegian Wood" jam. #First appearance of the "Hood!" chant after the band sings "Harry," which was initiated by flyers passed out at the show.

08-07-96 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO

1: Punch You in the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar*, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, 99 Years**, Ode to a Dream**, Doin' My Time**

2: Runaway Jim***, Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby

E: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus

*Trey thanks the audience, salutes two-time Olympic gold medalist and Colorado native swimmer John Olson and announces that a special guest will come out later in the set. **First time played; with Tim O'Brien on mandolin, bouzouki, and lead vocals. O'Brian is a former member of Hot Rize (see 11-16-97). ***With "Gypsy Queen" jam.

08-10-96 Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI

1: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Reba, I Didn't Know, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Rift, Bathtub Gin*, Cavern

2: Wilson, Down With Disease, Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead, HYHU**-> Whipping Post-> HYHU, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life

E: Contact, Fire

*With "Gypsy Queen" jam. **Extended jam.

08-12-96 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Soundcheck: Punch You in the Eye

1: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Taste, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony -> Suzy Greenberg

2: Timber (Jerry), Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian-> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Run Like An Antelope, Hello My Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum*

E: Sample in a Jar

*With "All Fall Down" and "Simpsons" language.

08-13-96 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Soundcheck: Jam-> Spooky, Jam

1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela, Maze, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light

2: AC/DC Bag, Lizards, Mike's Song-> Lifeboy-> Weekapaug Groove, Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Waste**, Train Song**, Strange Design**, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie

E: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

*Page, solo on Theremin. **Acoustic mini-stage.

08-14-96 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Tush

1: Wilson-> Down With Disease, Fee-> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song, Gumbo, Stash, Hello My Baby

2: Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses, Tweezer, Theme From the Bottom, HYHU-> Cracklin' Rosie > HYHU, Sample In a Jar-> Tweezer Reprise

E: Julius*

*Dedicated to Matty Sands, Brad Sands's brother.

08-16-96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Soundcheck: Jam*

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, The Divided Sky, Halley's Comet, David Bowie

2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste**, Talk**, Train Song**, Strange Design**, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song-> Simple-> Contact-> Weekapaug Groove

3: Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Down With Disease, NICU, Life on Mars, Harry Hood#

E: Amazing Grace

4: Flatbed Truck Jam##

The Clifford Ball (Day One). *1.5 hour jam based on "HYHU" and including "The Old Home Place." **Acoustic mini-stage.  #With fireworks. ##Played driving through the parking lot.

08-17-96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

1: The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Cars Trucks Buses, Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee, Maze, Suzy Greenberg

2: The Curtain, Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Brother*, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light

 3: Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule**, Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum, Tweezer Reprise

E: Harpua#

The Clifford Ball (Day Two).  NOTE: Before the second set, the Clifford Ball Orchestra played classical music by: Debussy: Nocturnes (2 movements), Ravel: Pavane Pour une Enfante Defunte, Debussy: Claire de Lune, Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (2 movements), Chavrier: Joyeux Muse, Faure: Pelleas et Mellisandre (2 movements), Stravinsky: The Firebird (2 movements). *With Ben & Jerry singing a verse. **With a Fishman solo instead of the typical Page/Trey duel.  #Without the "Ooom Pah Pah" opening and cut short befor finishing.

10-16-96 Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY

1: Cars Trucks Buses, Down With Disease, Wilson, Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Billy Breathes, Mound, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Character Zero

2: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple, Swept Away*->Steep*, Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode

E: Waste

*First time played.

10-17-96 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA

1: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Funky Bitch, Sparkle-> Tweezer-> Theme From the Bottom, Talk, Punch You in the Eye, Character Zero, A Day in the Life, Tweezer Reprise

2: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner*, David Bowie

E: Golgi Apparatus

 *A capella and first time played. Sung in prepartion for the L.A. Lakers game.

10-18-96 Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, The Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar

2: Suzy Greenberg, Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood

E: Julius

10-19-96 Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY

1: My Friend My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther, Llama, Gumbo, Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Frankenstein

2: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away-> Steep, Run Like An Antelope, Hello My Baby

E: Fee, Rocky Top

10-21-96 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: The Star Spangled Banner*, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum

2: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars, Simple, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, David Bowie

E: Funky Bitch

*A capella.

10-22-96 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: The Curtain-> Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle-> Free, You Enjoy Myself

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Down With Disease, Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Weekapaug Groove*

E: All Along the Watchtower**

*With The Madison Scare Garden dancers towards the end. **With Buddy Miles on drums, Merl Saunders on keyboards, and Fish on Trey's mini-drum kit. The Madison Scare Garden dancers came on again during the end.

10-23-96 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

1: Punch You in the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Hello My Baby, Character Zero, Rift, Theme From the Bottom, Run Like An Antelope

2: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Lizards, Llama, Suzy Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light, Julius

E: Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2 and Encore with Bob Gullotti on drums.

10-25-96 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

1: Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know*, Stash, The Squirming Coil

2: Tube, Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry), TMWSIY-> Avenu Malkenu-> TMWSIY, NICU, Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood, Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner**

E: Johnny B. Goode

*Fish introduced as "Morton Charleston Heston". **A capella.

10-26-96 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

Soundcheck: Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch

1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar

2: Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like An Antelope*

E: Fire

*Dedicated to Fish's cousin, Jason Roberts, for winning a guitar competition; with "Spooky" and "Voodoo Chile" teases ("Voodoo Chile is what Jason Roberts played in the competition).

10-27-96 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC

1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Scent of a Mule-> Catapult*-> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk, Taste**, Suzy Greenberg

2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars, Tweezer Reprise

E: Possum, Carolina

*With Page on Theremin. **With "Norwegian Wood" tease.

10-29-96 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart, David Bowie

2: Rift, Mike's Song-> I Am Hydrogen-> The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby

E: Good Times Bad Times

Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.

10-31-96 The Omni, Atlanta, GA

1: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease-> You Enjoy Myself-> Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner* (1:30)

2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Crosseyed and Painless, Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, Overload (1:02)

3: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Maze, Simple-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Jesus Just Left Chicago#, Suzie Greenberg# (0:57)

E: Frankenstein#

Set 2 was the "musical costume", the album "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads. Set 2 with Dave Grippo (saxophone), Gary Gazaway (trombone) and Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana). Set 3 and Encore with Karl Perazzo. #With Dave Grippo and Gary Gazaway.

11-02-96 Coral Sky Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL

1: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee, Cavern, Taste, Stash, Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode

2: Crosseyed and Painless-> Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life, Sweet Adeline

E: Funky Bitch*

Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.  *With Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers) on drums and Fish on Trey's mini-kit.

11-03-96 O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL

1: My Friend My Friend, Runaway Jim, Billy Breathes, The Sloth, NICU, Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

2: Timber (Jerry), The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle, Tweezer, Life on Mars, Possum, Tweezer Reprise

E: Fire

Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.

11-06-96 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

1: Split Open and Melt, Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor Heart, Punch You in the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie

2: Wilson, The Curtain-> Mike's Song-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, Funky Bitch

E: Rocky Top

11-07-96 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh-> Rift-> Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free-> Tela, Character Zero

2: Suzy Greenberg-> Bathtub Gin-> HYHU > Bike* > HYHU, You Enjoy Myself

E: Frankenstein

*With a Fish vac solo.

11-08-96 Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL

1: Runaway Jim-> Axilla-> All Things Reconsidered-> Mound, Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Simple*, Loving Cup, Mike's Song-> The Star Spangled Banner-> Weekapaug Groove

E: Theme From the Bottom

*Trey had equipment problems.

11-09-96 The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI

1: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Lizards, Character Zero

2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away-> Steep-> Harry Hood

E: Julius

11-11-96 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla, Runaway Jim

2: Timber (Jerry), The Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer, Swept Away-> Steep-> Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Waste, Cavern

11-13-96 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

1: Down With Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Suzy Greenberg, Prince Caspian-> You Enjoy Myself, Theme From The Bottom, Golgi Apparatus

E: Good Times Bad Times

11-14-96 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA

1: AC/DC Bag-> Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius

2: Llama-> Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away-> Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars, Demand-> Run Like an Antelope, A Day in the Life

E: Stash, Hello My Baby

11-15-96 Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO

1: Wilson, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You in the Eye, Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste, Cavern

2: Makisupa Policeman, Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Split Open and Melt, TMWSIY-> Avenu Malkenu-> TMWSIY, My Mind's Got a Mind of it's Own, Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey, Mean Mr. Mustard*, Weekapaug Groove#

E: Funky Bitch#

*First time played;Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter "M" and the number "420".  #With John Popper (Blues Traveler) on harmonica.

11-16-96 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE

1: Poor Heart, Down With Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Sparkle, Frankenstein

2: La Grange, Runaway Jim, Kung*, Catapult, Axilla#, Harry Hood#, Suzie Greenberg**, Amazing Grace

E: We're an American Band^

*Included the Vibration of Life, which Trey said was "written by God." #Lyrics included something about Leigh Fordham. **With "La Grange" (ZZ Top) teases. ^"By Homer Simpson's favorite band, Grand Funk Railroad"; first time played.

11-18-96 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart, Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Simple-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Scent of a Mule, Tweezer*, Hello My Baby*, Tweezer Reprise*, Llama*

E: Waste, Johnny B. Goode*

*With Gary Gazaway ("El Buho", or "The Owl") on trumpet.

11-19-96 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee, Taste, Loving Cup

2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself*, The Star Spangled Banner**, Fire

E: The Squirming Coil

*Dedicated to the crew and with "The Groove is in Your Heart" vocal jam. **A capella.

11-22-96 Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA

Soundcheck: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes

1: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan*, Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough For You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern

2: Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Maze, Billy Breathes, Swept Away, Steep, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby

E: Julius**

*With "Thanks for making it through the ice" intro. **With thanks to the city of Spokane, a bar named Gaby's, and with a "Cocaine" (written by J.J. Cale, made famous by Eric Clapton) tease.

11-23-96 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, The Divided Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Mid-Highway Blues*, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch

2: The Curtain-> Mike's Song-> Simple-> Makisupa Policeman-> Axilla-> Weekapaug Groove-> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood

E: Good Times Bad Times

*First time played.

11-24-96 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

1: Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba, Character Zero, Strange Design-> Taste, I Didn't Know*, Sample in a Jar, Run Like An Antelope

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Sparkle-> David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup, Suzy Greenberg

E: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern

*With "Because" (The Beatles) tease.

11-27-96 Key Arena, Seattle, WA

1: Julius-> My Friend My Friend-> Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free-> Theme From the Bottom, Bold as Love

2: Down With Disease-> Jesus Just Left Chicago-> Scent of a Mule*, Tweezer**-> Down With Disease Jam, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire

E: Waste, Tweezer Reprise

*Trey scats to the "Brady Bunch" theme for a few minutes amd includes a vacuum solo. **With "Sweet Emotion" (Aerosmith) quote.

11-29-96 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA

1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars, Maze, Suzy Greenberg

2: Wilson-> Simple-> Sparks-> Sparkle, Taste, Swept Away-> Steep, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Harry Hood

E: Sample in a Jar

11-30-96 Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA

1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place*, Uncle Pen*, Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust Torture

2: La Grange, It's Ice, Glide, Brother^, Contact, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Timber (Jerry)**, Taste**, Funky Bitch**, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam#

E: Possum#

*With John McEuen on banjo. ^Sung for Page's brother, who was to the side of the stage. **With Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax. #With Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax and John McEuen on lap slide guitar.

12-01-96 Pauley Pavillion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

1: Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Cavern, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain, Down With Disease, Train Song, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope

2: Tweezer-> Sparkle, Simple-> A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away-> Steep-> Tweezer Reprise-> Johnny B. Goode, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Highway to Hell

12-02-96 America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ

1: Rocky Top-> AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around The Room, You Enjoy Myself-> I Didn't Know, Theme From The Bottom, Gumbo, Julius

2: Ya Mar, The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother-> Taste, Free, Scent of a Mule-> Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline

E: Fire

12-04-96 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

1: My Friend My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry), Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, Lizards, David Bowie

2: Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song-> Prince Caspian-> Sparkle-> Punch You in the Eye, Life on Mars, Reba, Lawn Boy*, Weekapaug Groove

E: Jesus Just Left Chicago

*Trey thanks the caterering crew and gets two of them on stage to dance.

12-06-96 Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV

1: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses, Down With Disease-> Frankenstein

2: Julius, Sparkle, Mike's Song-> Simple, Harry Hood-> Weekapaug Groove#, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times

E: Harpua* > "Wildwood Weed" Rap$* > Harpua* > I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart# > Harpua*-> Suspicious Minds^-> Harpua > Suzy Greenberg**

#With vicious start/stop jamming. *Most of Harpua had Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde from Primus. After the opening, Les did a rap about a weed or something like that. Then more Harpua and the Jimmy story (Jimmy and Poster Nutbag going to Vegas). They stop and camp. At the campsite, they start yodelling.  $Based on the song from Jim Stafford's "Spiders and Snakes" album.  #With yodelers.  John McEuen and Heather and Anamiekl August did a country/yodel tune. The story continues, Jimmy & Poster meet up with four "Elvii" on the edge of Las Vegas and have a duel.  ^The four "Elvii" sing the first few verses of "Suspicious Minds" and then Fish continues. Jimmy (Fish?) is victorious. Then the dog/cat fight. Harpua wins and the song finishes.  At some point everyone returns and then Brian Mantia, the drummer for Primus, shows up for "Suzie Greenberg". **All of the above musicians; with "Suzie Q" jam lead by one of the Elvii.

12-28-96 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein

2: Makisupa Policeman-> Maze, Bouncing Around The Room*-> TMWSIY-> Avenu Malkenu, Mike's Song-> Strange Design-> Weekapaug Groove, The Star Spangled Banner (1:14)

E: Johnny B. Goode (5:50)

*With Digital Delay Loop Jam before "TMWSIY".

12-29-96 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

1: Poor Heart, Caravan, Cavern, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift, Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange

2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, You Enjoy Myself*-> Sixteen Candles**-> Vocal Jam, Harpua***-> Champagne Supernova#-> Harpua (1:27)

E: Rocky Top (0:02)

*With rotation jam. (First: Trey on drums, Fish on piano, Page on bass, and Mike on guitar. Then Fish switched to bass, Mike to piano, Page to guitar, and Trey continued on drums.) **Mike solo on piano. ***Story about everybody in town. Jimmy, Poster Nutbag, Harpua, etc., go to hell, where they all see the "Uber-Demon" (Tom Marshall). # Oasis cover, sung by Tom Marshall, the "Uber-Demon".

12-30-96 Fleet Center, Boston, MA

1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk*, Funky Bitch**, Theme From the Bottom, Good Times Bad Times (1:02)

2: Timber (Jerry), Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer-> Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule#, Slave to the Traffic Light (1:17)

E: Possum (0:12)

*With Trey on acoustic guitar. **The PA cuts out. The band continues playing for a few minutes while it is reconnected and end up miming playing. They restart at about the same point in the jam. It was all quite hilarious. #Page first, then Mike solo in the "duel" part of the song, but it's not done as a duel. After that, comedian Steven Wright came out and rang a bell twice.

12-31-96 Fleet Center, Boston, MA

1: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise (1:02)

2: Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Harry Hood-> Prince Caspian, Character Zero (0:57)

 3 : Also Sprach Zarathustra*-> Auld Lang Syne-> Down With Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody**#, Julius# (0:56)

E: Amazing Grace# (0:03)

*Started about 10 minutes into the countdown and ended at the New Year . At the end, thousands upon thousands of balloons dropped from the ceiling.**First time played. #With the Boston Community Choir.


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