SET 1: Jump Monk[1], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > The Lizards > Tela[2] > Wilson > AC/DC Bag > Colonel Forbin's Ascent[2] > Fly Famous Mockingbird > The Sloth > Possum, Run Like an Antelope
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March 27, 1993
25 years ago
Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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Review by kipmat
Check out the jam-ending to the Sloth in an 11/16 time signature! Each member of the band plays a repeated figure, all with different rhythmic accents, and ascending diminished chords. It strikes me as a kind of theoretical bridge between Dave's Energy Guide and the "Fishman Dance" section of It's Ice. Before they start The Sloth, it sounds like the band is trying to remember this part, which excites an audience member or two into thinking that Phish might play the Grateful Dead's "Eleven". Probably another example of the band messing with their audience's "GD cover band" expectations.
I hear background music on the spreadsheet version as well, although it sounds to me like a dub over another recording on a deck with a faulty erase head. Even if I am wrong, I still hope a better source for this show becomes available.
I disagree on the date of this show: it is my personal opinion that Phish would not schedule a gig on the same night as a local Frank Zappa concert, as the band (Trey and Fish particularly) would have made attending the concert a priority. I think the debut of Tela on 5/21 is correct, and therefore the date of the first Gamehenge show would be after 5/21. My guess is Sunday 5/22/88, for which there is no setlist. However, as with many things Phish, the element of mystery makes it more interesting.