|
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 |
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2008 2009 |
| Setlist Credits | |
Phish.net is a non-commercial project run by and for Phish fans under the auspices of the all-volunteer, non-profit Mockingbird Foundation. This project serves to compile, preserve, and protect encyclopedic information about Phish and their music. But we need your help!
This new beta site represents a huge advance over the circa-1994 site that www.phish.net has been for almost 16 years. The back-end is tremendous. But the UI needs mad skillz that we don't have. Please contact us if you can help!
Saturday, 02/24/1990
The Bayou, Washington, DC
Set 1: Carolina, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, The Divided Sky, Esther > Possum, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope, Take the 'A' Train[1]
Set 2: The Sloth, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Fee, The Squirming Coil > La Grange, Bathtub Gin, Lawn Boy, Contact, The Lizards, Caravan
[1] Flintstones and Popeye teases.
Notes: After YEM, Fish noted apologetically that they didn't have a chance to do a soundcheck, but once they got it together, "we promise to kill ya.". During I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "Phil Collins." 'A' Train contained teases of the Flintstones and Popeye themes. Trey introduced Tom Marshall before Lawn Boy, encouraging the audience to "think of him as the fifth member." Contact featured Fish crying in the background during the "I woke up one morning..." section. Exit Only was the opening act.
This show was part of the "1990 Tour."
See an error? Submit a correction!
3 Phish.netters attended.
So we had been listening to the copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a partial tape of Junta for a couple of months, when word came down that Phish was going to be at the Bayou. Finally, a chance to see this amazing music played live...SWEET!
It was hard to get a crew together in those days when most of those around me had never heard any Phish. I dragged Ray down to the Bayou, and saw only one or two familiar faces inside...the floor inside the small club was empty, and there were still open tables on the wraparound balcony above when the boys hit the stage. The lights didn't even go down!
What's this? A Capella? I think I knew "Carolina" best from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon...and was immediately impressed with the boldness of such an opening, unamplified over a few catcalls to GET ROCKIN'! Then, the opening notes of "You Enjoy Myself" and we're OFF...
Standing in the middle of the nearly empty floor in front of the stage as the coda to "Esther" plays, thinking to myself, "but...but...but, SHE DIED!"
Cracking up at "Possum" and marveling at the deftness of "A-Train", losing it again over "Fee" ("slice you on the nipple"? Ah-hahaha!)
Page's beautiful outro to "Squirming Coil", him bent over a tiny Fender Rhoades keyboard tickling the most heavenly strains from the keys.
Ray's bemused face during their rollicking "La Grange" - I don't think he ever saw them again after that...oh well, not for everybody I guess! More for me!
The utter silliness of "Bathtub Gin" and "Contact", the punchy "Lizards" and tremendous "Cavern" beseeching us to TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHOES, whatever you do. OK! I was hooked...the first of many nights of fun, Fun, FUN!
I finally, in 2002, found *1* person who had a copy of a partial soundboard of this show in his collection, tracked him down and set up a trade. It never shows up even today, and I may never hear it again in its entirety, but I'll never forget that night!
An all-volunteer project of the