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Link Saturday, 11/02/1996 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL

Set 1: Ya Mar[1], Julius[1], Fee[1] -> Taste[1], Cavern[1], Stash[1], The Lizards[1], Free[1], Johnny B. Goode[1]

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless[1] -> Run Like an Antelope[2], Waste[1], Harry Hood[1], A Day in the Life[1], Sweet Adeline

Encore: Funky Bitch[3]

[1] Karl Perazzo on percussion.
[2] Karl Perazzo on percussion. “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas.”
[3] Karl Perazzo on percussion, Butch Trucks on drums, Fishman on Trey's percussion rack.

Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fishman played Trey’s percussion rack. The lyric “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas” in Antelope. Portions of this performance (Ya Mar, Crosseyed/Antelope, Waste, Hood, and ADITL) were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network.

This show was part of the "1996 Fall Tour."

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waxbanksThis is one of the best-known shows of 1996, partly because high-quality FMSBD copies circulated not long after it went down. The Crosseyed > Antelope sequence is the important part, but in the wake of the band's ambient/trance/funk/space experiments of of 1997-99 it probably isn't an essential recording anymore. That said, it's still a party, Perazzo's still ridiculous, and its' exciting to hear the boys so fired up over the possibilities of their new Talking Heads material post-Halloween. So if you're digging into Phish '96 be sure to hear this one.

posted by waxbanks Score: 0

tweezerThis is my original review (typos and all) from rec.music.phish titled "West Palm Beach Crosseyed and Painless" posted November 6, 1996 at 3 am:

Hello everyone,
I have recently returned from a rather hellacious roadtrip in
which I enjoyed every second (you know the kind). Almost 3,000 miles
roundtrip from Chicago->Atlanta->Fort Meyers->West Palm Beach->Chicago.
But oh was it worth it...

I have a lot to say about Haloween but so does everyone else. I
have only seen commentary by Saul and Alan on the West Palm Beach show so
I thought I would add my own.

First of all, south Florida is just an amazing place. If you read
Saul's review, we traveled together and had a splendid time. Before the
show on Saturday we went to Sanibel and Captiva islands and went swimming
and it was truly cleansing of the soul. Staring at my computer screen on
this shitty day in the Midwest is a far cry from my weekend.

Getting on to the Phish, the Crosseyed and Painless jam was just
phenomenal. It is a very hard jam to describe since I don't have any
tapes. The jam itself lasted 25 minutes and was just bliss. Carl on
percussion adds so much to the Phish sound that it makes it so much more
dense. He is quite a treat to listen to. This jam was not like many
other long, incredible jams I've seen in the last year (12/9, 6/26, 6/14,
12/29, etc). I don't remember it having a really huge climax. It was
just raw permagroove. I felt like I was at a dance party (even though
I've never been to one;) with the most amazing music conceivable
surrounding me. I had no choice but to dance. And the Antelope was just
spectacular. I have seen some of the greats (10/24, 12/12, 8/12) recently
and this one measured up in every sense.

And to close, two very funny moments that occured during this
show:

1. In the middle of Waste, some drunk guy in front of my didn't yell the
usual "Trey" or "Fishman". He just yelled "PHISH" at the top of his
lungs. This was even during the beginning with just Trey singing and
playing. Wow!

and 2. During Sweet Adeline, THE CROWD STARTED CLAPPING. Try and invision
this inside of your head. I don't think I could if I hadn't witnessed it
myself. I remember people complaining about clapping during the MSG Hood.
How about Sweet Adeline???

Get this set. You will not be disappointed.

Drew

PS Palm trees...

posted by tweezer Score: 0