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(Note that this setlist document derives from an old version of our book;
the most up-to-date data can be found in the Second Edition of The Phish Companion.)

Wednesday, January 18, 1989
Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT
Dear Mrs. Reagan
Show Notes: The setlist is incomplete. Dear Mrs. Reagan was played to commemorate George Bush's impending inauguration and Nancy Reagan's departure from the White House.

Thursday, January 19, 1989
Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date; it occurred the night before at Gallagher's.

Friday, January 20, 1989
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

Saturday, January 21, 1989
The Oronoko, University of Maine, Orono, ME

Wednesday, January 25, 1989
Penny Post, Old Town, ME
Fee, Fluffhead
Show Notes: The setlist is incomplete.

Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Check: The Sloth
Set I: I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Take the 'A' Train, Sanity, Divided Sky, Fee, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Icculus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Sloth, Possum, Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Foam, David Bowie
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Fire

Saturday, January 28, 1989
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Wednesday, February 1, 1989
Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT

Sunday, February 5, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Monday, February 6, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Suzy Greenberg, The Curtain > Wilson, Peaches en Regalia > Fee > La Grange, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: All Blues -> Sanity, Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, On Your Way Down, I Didn't Know
Set III: Good Times Bad Times, Walk Away, Harry Hood, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Whipping Post, Corrine Corrina
Encore: David Bowie
Show Notes: 'A' Train included a tease of the "Woody Woodpecker" theme.

Tuesday, February 7, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Esther, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Foam, The Sloth -> Possum, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Makisupa Policeman, Dinner and a Movie, AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Timber (Jerry), Contact, Alumni Blues, Fee, Run Like an Antelope
Set III: Sanity, Fluffhead, Suzy Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light, Bike, Whipping Post
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: Check out the great segue from Sloth into Possum. This version of Sanity was the rare, fast version.

Friday, February 10, 1989
University of Massachusetts Student Union, Amherst, MA

Saturday, February 11, 1989
Sheehan's, Northampton, MA
The Sloth, Take the 'A' Train
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete.

Friday, February 17, 1989
The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH
AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Fee, Divided Sky, Split Open and Melt, Golgi Apparatus, Take the 'A' Train, Alumni Blues, Run Like an Antelope, Fluffhead
Show Notes: This show contained the first known version of SOAM.

Saturday, February 18, 1989
The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH
Whipping Post, Corrine Corrina, Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag, Fire, Divided Sky, Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Contact

Thursday, February 23, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Friday, February 24, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, The Curtain, Foam, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Run Like an Antelope > Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Set II: On Your Way Down, AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself -> Camel Walk
Show Notes: This second set listing may be incomplete, as tapes that circulate cut during Camel Walk.

Saturday, February 25, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Wednesday, March 1, 1989
Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT

Friday, March 3, 1989
Living and Learning Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Set I: Wilson, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, You Enjoy Myself, Foam, AC/DC Bag, The Curtain > Run Like an Antelope, I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Possum, Walk Away, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, The Lizards, Split Open and Melt, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
Encore: Golgi Apparatus

Saturday, March 4, 1989
The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
Set I: Take the 'A' Train, I Didn't Know, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Golgi Apparatus, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Possum, Fluffhead, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope, Contact
Show Notes: The second set listing is incomplete.

Saturday, March 11, 1989
Sheehan's, Northampton, MA

Sunday, March 12, 1989
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, If I Only Had a Brain, Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, Foam
Show Notes: Alumni Blues featured a local band, Eyeburn, trading off punk rock jams. This setlist is incomplete.

Monday, March 13, 1989
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Tuesday, March 14, 1989
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: The Curtain, Ya Mar, Mike's Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fluffhead, Contact, AC/DC Bag > Wilson, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua, Foam
Set II: Wilson, Fluffhead
Set III: Fire, Sneaking Sally Through the Alley, Alumni Blues, The Lizards, La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Halley's.
Show Notes: One tape in circulation contains the first set, as listed above. Another contains the above list for sets II (incomplete) and III. Since songs are repeated within the list, it is likely that one is mislabeled. This was the last Phish show at Nectar's and the master copy of sets II and III is specifically labeled as such; the tape circulating as the first set may be from the night before or from another show entirely. Also, the band wished the audience good night after Harpua and made several references to it being the "last song" so this is likely a final set from another show where Foam may have been the encore. Since an exact date can not be ascertained, we will continue to list as is.

Friday, March 17, 1989
Bear Trap Road, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of July 23, 1988, set I.

Friday, March 24, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Possum, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag, If I Only Had a Brain, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete and may be out of order.

Saturday, March 25, 1989
Tree Café, Portland, ME

Thursday, March 30, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Bold as Love, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Divided Sky, The Price of Love, On Your Way Down, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: The Mango Song, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, You Enjoy Myself, Undun, La Grange, Golgi Apparatus
Set III: Peaches en Regalia, Foam, AC/DC Bag, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Satin Doll, Rocky Top
Encore: Makisupa Policeman
Show Notes: This is another fun Burlington show that featured a decent version of YEM with some fun teasing and quoting of You're No Good. This show marked Chris Kuroda's first full show as light technician and included the first known versions of The Mango Song and Undun.

Wednesday, March 31, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Saturday, April 1, 1989
10 Below, Northampton, MA
Show Notes: The venue for this show is sometimes mislabeled as The U-Joint.

Sunday, April 2, 1989
The Nightshift, Naugatuck, CT

Friday, April 7, 1989
The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH

Thursday, April 13, 1989
Valley Club Café, Rutland, VT

Friday, April 14, 1989
Chez Pierre, Johnson, VT
Check: Time Loves A Hero
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Foam, Walk Away, Fluffhead, Fee, Halley's Comet, Run Like an Antelope, Contact, Fire
Set II: You Enjoy Myself, Bold as Love, The Lizards, The Sloth, Possum, If I Only Had a Brain, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther

Saturday, April 15, 1989
Billings Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Benefit for VPIRG
Check: Time Loves a Hero
Set I: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, You Enjoy Myself > Wilson -> Peaches en Regalia, On Your Way Down, Alumni Blues, I Didn't Know, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Foam, David Bowie
Set II: Funky Bitch, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, The Mango Song, Divided Sky, Split Open and Melt, Suzy Greenberg, Fluffhead, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: McGrupp included some strange special effects. SOAM included a nice drum solo, as well as an audience participation contest where the gag prize was a date with Fishman.

Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Johnny D's, Somerville, MA

Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Shows that circulate under this date are mislabeled copies of March 12, 1988.

Thursday, April 20, 1989
Full Moon at The Zoo, Humphries House, Amherst, MA
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Fluffhead, You Shook Me All Night Long Jam -> Fluff's Travels, Fire, Esther, Suzy Greenberg, The Sloth, Possum, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Foam, David Bowie
Set II: Divided Sky, Walk Away, You Enjoy Myself, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Love You, Harpua
Show Notes: Bowie included a brief Frosty the Snowman jam in the intro, as well as a Santa Claus is Coming to Town tease. A fire alarm sounded as Fluffhead moved into Fluff's Travels, which caused the building to be evacuated. When the band retook the stage, they started up a humorous pass at You Shook Me All Night Long and then dove back into Fluff's Travels. Fire was dedicated to the "brave men" who turned off the fire alarm.

Friday, April 21, 1989
The Rock Rumble "
" "The Front, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: While a setlist for this show is not known, Fishman recalls getting naked on-stage during this "Battle of the Bands" competition.

Saturday, April 22, 1989
The Rock Rumble "
" "The Front, Burlington, VT

Thursday, April 27, 1989
Memorial Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Golgi Apparatus, String Changing Nature, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Sanity, I Didn't Know, Alumni Blues, The Lizards, Whipping Post
Encore: Contact, David Bowie
Show Notes: String Changing Nature was not really a song, but rather a jam that arose while the band tuned their instruments and included some funny stage banter. Whipping Post was well-jammed and Sanity was the fast version.

Friday, April 28, 1989
Moulton Union, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Saturday, April 29, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI

Sunday, April 30, 1989
Night Stage, Cambridge, MA
I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Lizards, Divided Sky, Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Run Like an Antelope, Terrapin
Encore: Possum
Show Notes: This show was preceded by an introduction from Dionysian co-founder Ben Hunter.

Monday, May 1, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA
Set I: Dinner and a Movie, You Enjoy Myself, Esther, AC/DC Bag, Alumni Blues, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Golgi Apparatus, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, On Your Way Down, Possum, Icculus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, David Bowie, Contact
Show Notes: It is possible that Contact was the encore at this show.

Wednesday, May 3, 1989
The Orange Grove, Syracuse, NY
Show Notes: Though there was a show on this date, it was not at The Orange Grove. Tapes that circulate from that venue are actually mislabeled copies of May 13, 1989.

Wednesday, May 3, 1989
Tent Party, Franklin & Marshal College, Lancaster, PA

Friday, May 5, 1989
Sigma Phi Fraternity, Hamilton University, Clinton, NY
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Alumni Blues, Donna Lee, Fee, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: I Didn't Know, Take the 'A' Train, Good Times Bad Times, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

Saturday, May 6, 1989
Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Set I: You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, The Sloth, Possum, Bold As Love, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, David Bowie
Set II: Donna Lee, Suzy Greenberg, Contact, Fire, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, Divided Sky
Show Notes: Suzy included a Linus and Lucy tease.

Sunday, May 7, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Monday, May 8, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Tuesday, May 9, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Wilson > Peaches en Regalia, Ya Mar, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Sloth, Possum, Divided Sky
Set II: You Enjoy Myself, La Grange, If I Don't Be There by Morning, Slave to the Traffic Light, Esther, Run Like an Antelope, I Didn't Know -> Nowhere Fast -> I've Turned Bad -> I Didn't Know, The Lizards, Bold as Love, Harpua, Whipping Post
Show Notes: Nowhere Fast and I've Turned Bad featured Sofi Dillof on vocals. Phish celebrated this show with the release of the original Junta cassette. It is believed that this was the last Phish show at Nectar's.

Thursday, May 11, 1989
Paulis Hotel, Albany, NY
Show Notes: The venue may have been Polly's.

Friday, May 12, 1989
Copperfield's, Syracuse, NY
Bike, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, AC/DC Bag, David Bowie, Buried Alive, The Asse Festival, You Enjoy Myself, Slave to the Traffic Light, The Sloth, Possum, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope
Show Notes: This date is mislabeled, as Buried Alive did not debut until the fall of 1990. Still, the tape circulates under this date and information to ascertain the correct date is, unfortunately, not available.

Saturday, May 13, 1989
Hungry Charlie's, Syracuse, NY
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, La Grange, Fluffhead, Possum, Foam, Walk Away, Take the 'A' Train, Split Open and Melt > David Bowie
Set II: Suzy Greenberg > Bold As Love, The Lizards, Harry Hood, If I Only Had a Brain, Contact, Fire
Encore: Whipping Post
Show Notes: This show featured more fun stage banter, as Trey referred to Fishman as "the hometown boy" and Fish commented about embarrassing himself in front of his entire class. Also, Trey commented that his mother was in the audience, "all the way from Ireland." After AC/DC Bag, Trey referenced that day's graduation events. Possum included Fishing Hole Theme teases. This version of Whipping Post was really jammed out. The Bowie hi-hat intro included 'A' Train and SOAM teases. The venue is often listed as Orange Grove but, according to those in attendance, was actually Hungry Charlie's.

Sunday, May 14, 1989
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Show Notes: This was a show where Phish opened for Canned Heat.

Thursday, May 18, 1989
The Tree Café, Portland, ME

Friday, May 19, 1989
The Blue Pelican, Newport, RI
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Friday, May 19, 1989
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: Tapes that circulate from this date are mislabeled copies of May 9, 1989.

Saturday, May 20, 1989
Northfield/Mt. Herman School Gymnasium, Northfield, MA
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Wilson, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Possum
Set II: Bold as Love, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Foam, Contact, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Good Times Bad Times

Sunday, May 21, 1989
320 Spear Street, Burlington, VT
Harry Hood, Foam, Contact, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Split Open and Melt, Dazed and Confused, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself -> Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky
Show Notes: Before Contact, the band announced that the police were towing cars out on Spear Street. Check out this version of Mike's Song (also known as "Molly's Song") for some alternate lyrics and YEM for a Godzilla vocal jam. This show marked the first known Dazed and Confused. Some tapes that circulate are mislabeled as The Front.

Friday, May 26, 1989
Valley Club, Rutland, VT
Set I: Bold as Love, AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sanity, Halley's Comet, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: David Bowie, The Mango Song, Split Open and Melt, Bathtub Gin, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus
Set III: Slave to the Traffic Light, Funky Bitch, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Possum
Encore: The Practical Song
Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Bathtub Gin. Nancy Taube provided guest vocals on Halley's Comet. Bowie was announced as, dedicated to, and sung as "Lazy Lester." This show also included some rarities, such as the fast version of Sanity, The Practical Song, and a strange ending to The Sloth. Trey compared Antelope to his life-long dream of playing hockey and dedicated the song to "all you pro hockey players out there." The first set ended with yet another great early YEM.

Saturday, May 27, 1989
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Trinity College, West Hartford, CT
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Funky Bitch, Fee, You Enjoy Myself, Take the 'A' Train, Fluffhead, Bathtub Gin, Good Times Bad Times

Sunday, May 28, 1989
Ian McLean's Party, Connie Condon's Farm, Hebron, NY
Set I: Divided Sky, Run Like an Antelope, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Fee > Slave to the Traffic Light, Esther, Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Fire, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bathtub Gin, Sanity, Ride Captain Ride, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train, Possum, Contact, Funky (Breakdown) -> The Price of Love, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Harry Hood
Set III: Jam -> La Grange Jam, The Sloth, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley > Ya Mar, Jesus Just Left Chicago
Show Notes: Trey dedicated the Divided Sky opener to "the spirit of the pig." This YEM featured the infamous "Poop Vocal Jam," followed by a set-stopping keg run. Antelope included the word "spliff" instead of "spike" in the lyrics and Mike's Song included a tease of the HBO theme song. Funky (Breakdown) and Price of Love featured guest appearances by Ninja Mike (vocals) and Magoo (guitar). Fishman intermittently played trombone and vacuum during the latter.

Tuesday, May 30, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA

Wednesday, May 31, 1989
Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of May 31, 1990.

Saturday, June 3, 1989
The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY

Thursday, June 8, 1989
The Quad, Hobart College, Geneva, NY
Show Notes: Phish played an outdoor party, complete with a beer moat. One fan in attendance recalls hearing Peaches en Regalia, as well as a Zeppelin cover (possibly Good Times Bad Times).

Saturday, June 10, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI

Wednesday, June 14, 1989
Private Party, Stone High School Graduation, Burlington, VT

Friday, June 16, 1989
The Tree Café, Portland, ME

Saturday, June 17, 1989
The Tree Café, Portland, ME

Friday, June 23, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Set I: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Donna Lee, Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: The Sloth, Fluffhead, Harry Hood, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Possum, David Bowie
Encore: Contact, Good Times Bad Times

Thursday, June 29, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Friday, June 30, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA
Set I: Funky Bitch, You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Possum, Donna Lee, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Walk Away, AC/DC Bag, The Curtain, Slave to the Traffic Light, Bathtub Gin, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Saturday, July 1, 1989
Les Fou Founes Electriques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Show Notes: This show was part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Tuesday, July 11, 1989
Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show at Sam's on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of July 11, 1988.

Wednesday, July 12, 1989
Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show at Sam's on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of July 12, 1988.

Friday, August 11, 1989
Tree Café, Portland, ME
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Saturday, August 12, 1989
Burlington Boat House, Burlington, VT
Set I: Blue Sky, Suzy Greenberg, AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, Rocky Top, On Your Way Down, Night and Day, Blue Monk, I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, Possum
Set II: Icculus, Run Like an Antelope, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Contact
Show Notes: This show was at the wedding reception of Beth and Steven Drebber (the latter of The Joneses fame). Blue Sky, a debut, was dedicated to the newlyweds and sung by the groom. Antelope featured Steven on drums and Fishman on trumpet and trombone. During Suzy, some of the attendees got on the trampolines! The band actually played an earlier set of jazz standards at the reception but a setlist is unknown. On Your Way Down was preceded by La Grange teases. This show included the first known version of The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony.

Sunday, August 13, 1989
Circuit Ave. in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Thursday, August 17, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Ya Mar, Suzy Greenberg, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Sloth, Rocky Top, Harry Hood, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Walk Away, AC/DC Bag, The Mango Song, Fee, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards
Set III: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Bold as Love, Punch You in the Eye, Possum, Halley's Comet > Alumni Blues, Contact, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Fire
Show Notes: Halley's featured Nancy Taube on vocals. At the show, Nancy announced that it was the last time he'd ever sing it. Rocky Top was played for the Drebbers, who had just gotten married (see August 12, 1989). This show included the first known version of PYITE.

Friday, August 18, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA

Saturday, August 19, 1989
Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, AC/DC Bag, Punch You in the Eye, Rocky Top, Bold As Love, The Mango Song, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Split Open and Melt, Take the 'A' Train, Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin
Show Notes: This show is often mislabeled as August 19, 1987 and August 19, 1988 but is definitely from 1989. This second set listing is most likely incomplete.

Wednesday, August 23, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI
Set II: Run Like an Antelope, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Good Times Bad Times

Friday, August 25, 1989
The Blue Pelican, Newport, RI
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Saturday, August 26, 1989
Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT
Set I: Fluffhead, Colonel Forbin's Ascent -> The Famous Mockingbird, Harry Hood, Split Open and Melt, Divided Sky, You Enjoy Myself -> Possum
Set II: Theme from Andy Griffith, Bold as Love, Ya Mar, Slave to the Traffic Light, AC/DC Bag, Donna Lee, Funky Bitch, Foam, David Bowie
Set III: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, Suzy Greenberg, Dinner and a Movie, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Contact, The Lizards, La Grange
Show Notes: Apparently Fishman got a speeding ticket on the way to the show and someone else had to set up his drum set. The Hood intro featured an "Odd Couple" theme tease from Page. The Andy Griffith theme jam that opened the second set started with the band whistling and ended with the audience whistling to the band's accompaniment! Slave was introduced by Mike as being written by Pete Rose; Avenu Malkenu was subsequently announced as a song written by "Pete Rose and God." Antelope included a Paint it Black tease.

Friday, September 1, 1989
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Saturday, September 2, 1989
The Wetlands, New York, NY
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Wednesday, September 6, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI

Thursday, September 7, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Friday, September 8, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Saturday, September 9, 1989
Dining Commons, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Set I: Foam, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Suzy Greenberg, Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Bathtub Gin, Punch You in the Eye, Wilson, My Sweet One, David Bowie
Set II: Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself -> Alumni Blues, Split Open and Melt, Harry Hood, Walk Away, Possum
Show Notes: This show contained the first known version of My Sweet One.

Wednesday, September 13, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI

Thursday, September 14, 1989
MacPhie Pub, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, Foam, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, La Grange, Fee, David Bowie
Set II: Harry Hood, Bathtub Gin
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete.

Saturday, September 16, 1989
The Tree Café, Portland, ME

Wednesday, September 20, 1989
The Living Room, Providence, RI

Thursday, September 21, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Fee, Alumni Blues, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! > David Bowie
Set II: Divided Sky -> The Chase -> Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy -> Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself, If I Only Had a Brain, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Good Times Bad Times

Sunday, October 1, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Alumni Blues, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! -> Golgi Apparatus, Harry Hood -> The Chase, Wilson > Foam, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Reba, Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy -> Possum, You Enjoy Myself -> HYHU > If I Only Had a Brain > HYHU, Contact, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards
Encore: Highway to Hell
Show Notes: This show featured the first known performance of Reba.

Friday, October 6, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Timber (Jerry), Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Sloth, Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, Dinner and a Movie, Happy Birthday, Harry Hood, Possum, Highway to Hell, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: Fishman performed Happy Birthday on the vacuum for his brother David.

Saturday, October 7, 1989
Chase Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Ya Mar, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg, Fee, La Grange, Makisupa Policeman, Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Dinner and a Movie > Bundle of Joy -> Possum, Happy Birthday, The Lizards, AC/DC Bag, David Bowie, Contact > Highway to Hell
Encore: You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: The Bowie intro included a brief Fly Like an Eagle jam.

Tuesday, October 10, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Thursday, October 12, 1989
Mabel Brown Room, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, You Enjoy Myself > Possum, Divided Sky, La Grange
Set II: Fee, Mike's Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Esther, Walk Away, The Lizards
Encore: Highway to Hell

Friday, October 13, 1989
Clement's, Syracuse, NY
Set I: David Bowie, Slave to the Traffic Light, The Sloth, Possum
Set II: Bike, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent
Show Notes: While this show might have taken place, it also might be confused with the May 13, 1989 show at Hungry Charlie's. Tapes with the above list circulate, though it is unclear if they are from this show. Home videos were shown both before and during this humorous, early Bike. Trey jokingly referred to TMWSIY as "The Man Who Stepped Into Dog Log." It is believed that this show was actually at Clement's and not at The Orange Grove or Copperfield's, as it is usually listed.

Saturday, October 14, 1989
Hobart College, Geneva, NY
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Makisupa Policeman, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Anarchy, Highway to Hell, Possum, Harpua
Show Notes: This setlist may be incomplete.

Friday, October 20, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Harpua -> Bundle of Joy > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Reba, Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: No Dogs Allowed, Walk Away, Dinner and a Movie, I Didn't Know, AC/DC Bag, Donna Lee, Split Open and Melt, Harry Hood, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot), In a Hole
Encore: La Grange, Slave to the Traffic Light
Show Notes: Antelope featured Old McDonald Had a Farm and "Benny Hill" theme teases in the intro and Mockingbird included a "Jeopardy" theme tease from Page. SOAM (which had to be started a second time after the lights went out before the a cappella segment of the first attempt) through the debut of Hole featured Dave Grippo and Russ Remington on horns. Hole also included a tease of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme from Page and the horns. No Dogs Allowed was dedicated to Dave.

Saturday, October 21, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Fee, Ya Mar, In a Hole, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! -> Foam, AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Dog Gone Dog, David Bowie
Set II: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Wilson, Possum, Reba, The Sloth, La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, Highway to Hell, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: The Lizards
Show Notes: It appears as though one of the two sets that circulates is labeled incorrectly, since Lizards probably would not have appeared twice in the same show.

Sunday, October 22, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: La Grange, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, You Enjoy Myself > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Ya Mar, Foam, Rocky Top, Split Open and Melt, Tela > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Harry Hood, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, In a Hole, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Fee > Possum
Encore: Undun, Run Like an Antelope
Show Notes: Suzy included Purple Haze teases from Trey. SOAM included an extended drum solo from Fishman. Fishman explained some of his vacuum parts before launching into a vacuum solo during I Didn't Know. Members of the Ninja Custodians visited the stage before and during the encore, leading to some funny stage banter. Undun was subsequently dedicated to Sofi (likely Sofi Dillof) on her 22nd birthday and the lyrics to the song were changed to reference the event and the Ninja Custodians' hijinks. The setlist might be incomplete, as the tapes that circulate cut during Antelope.

Thursday, October 26, 1989
The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself -> Fee > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Wilson > The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Who Knows Jam > Dinner and a Movie, Who Do? We Do! > AC/DC Bag, Reba > Walk Away, Bathtub Gin > The Sloth, The Chase -> Possum, Punch You in the Eye, In a Hole, Fishman's Gull Poem, No Dogs Allowed, David Bowie
Show Notes: The YEM vocal jam moved nicely into the drum intro for Fee. PYITE, described by Trey as a recently debuted "love song," was introduced under its original title, "Punch Me in the Eye." In a Hole was introduced as having no title, until the band members jokingly decided to call it "What You Will." Vocals were provided by Page "Tex" McConnell. No Dogs Allowed was introduced by Trey as a song he co-wrote with his mother for the children's musical "Gus the Christmas Dog." The Bowie intro contained teases of David Bowie's Space Oddity.

Saturday, October 28, 1989
The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY
I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, Colonel Forbin's Ascent, Highway to Hell, Good Times Bad Times, Dinner and a Movie, Reba, Divided Sky, Harpua
Show Notes: This setlist is out of order and incomplete.

Tuesday, October 31, 1989
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Opening Act: Ninja Custodians
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky, Fee, Walk Away, Bathtub Gin, Possum
Set II: David Bowie, Wilson, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Alumni Blues, The Lizards, Highway to Hell
Encore: Contact, Run Like an Antelope -> Kung -> Run Like an Antelope
Show Notes: This show was a Halloween extravaganza! The band's costumes included Trey wearing devil horns, latex pants, and strap-on breasts (which he ran around fondling during the Ninja Custodians' set) and Mike wearing a dog-faced mask. The band distributed boxes of macaroni and cheese for audience use during the Bowie intro. This Bowie, at over 20 minutes, was, at the time, one of the longest versions ever. The show closed with Trey returning to the Kung theme, as he promised to stage another runaway golf cart marathon this time next year.

Thursday, November 2, 1989
Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Set I: Bathtub Gin, Foam, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, The Curtain > Reba, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself -> Kung, Rhombus Narration -> Divided Sky, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! > AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Highway to Hell
Show Notes: Mike's Song was dedicated to Matt Hawke.

Friday, November 3, 1989
The Tree Café, Portland, ME
Set I: Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Bathtub Gin, My Sweet One, Split Open and Melt -> Bundle of Joy -> You Enjoy Myself, Punch You in the Eye, Reba, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: David Bowie > No Dogs Allowed, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, The Sloth, Foam
Show Notes: Bowie included a "Sesame Street" theme tease and some Manteca teases, as well as an Antelope-style jam segment. The listing for the second set is most likely incomplete.

Saturday, November 4, 1989
College Auditorium, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Thursday, November 9, 1989
Mission Park Dining Hall, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Check: In a Hole
Set I: I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus, Ya Mar, The Curtain, My Sweet One, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself, Take the 'A' Train, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, AC/DC Bag, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! -> Punch You in the Eye, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Highway to Hell

Friday, November 10, 1989
Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Set I: Split Open and Melt, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Fee, Divided Sky -> AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself > La Grange
Set II: Harry Hood, Bathtub Gin, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! -> Clod -> The Sloth, The Lizards, If I Only Had a Brain, Possum
Encore: Harpua, Highway to Hell
Encore: Take the 'A' Train, Run Like an Antelope
Show Notes: The vocal jam in YEM included My Girl quotes. Harpua included Sunshine of Your Love teases. The second two encores may be filler from another show.

Saturday, November 11, 1989
Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Golgi Apparatus, Bathtub Gin, AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, You Enjoy Myself, If I Only Had a Brain, Frankenstein
Show Notes: Frankenstein included a guest horns appearance. This set was an opening set for Max Creek and Third World.

Thursday, November 16, 1989
Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA
Set I: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bathtub Gin, Foam, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, My Sweet One, Reba, You Enjoy Myself -> Frankenstein
Set II: The Sloth > AC/DC Bag, Tela > David Bowie
Show Notes: The show was stopped after Bowie due to a window breaking in the building.

Saturday, November 18, 1989
23 East Cabaret, Ardmore, PA
You Enjoy Myself, Take the 'A' Train, AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, My Sweet One, Possum, Divided Sky, Wilson, Reba, David Bowie, Contact
Show Notes: This listing may be one set of a two-set show.

Thursday, November 30, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Set I: Bathtub Gin, Divided Sky, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Foam, The Lizards, My Sweet One, Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Frankenstein
Set II: Reba, Possum, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Undun, Fee, Split Open and Melt, Take the 'A' Train, Suzy Greenberg, Contact, David Bowie
Encore: In a Hole, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Lawn Boy, which Trey announced as a world premiere. SOAM included DEG teasing and Bowie included a Mr. P.C. tease. Suzy included a tease of the Brady Bunch theme.

Friday, December 1, 1989
The Paradise, Boston, MA
Set I: I Didn't Know, La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Dinner and a Movie, Bathtub Gin, My Sweet One, Harry Hood, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Alumni Blues, Rocky Top, Divided Sky, Walk Away, The Lizards, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, If I Only Had a Brain, Highway To Hell, Possum

Sunday, December 3, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT
Set I: Bathtub Gin, Funky Bitch, Ya Mar, Reba, Divided Sky, My Sweet One, Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Frankenstein
Set II: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > AC/DC Bag, Esther, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Split Open and Melt, In a Hole, Fee, Possum, Love You, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: I Didn't Know, Golgi Apparatus

Monday, December 4, 1989
The Front, Burlington, VT

Wednesday, December 6, 1989
The Roxy, Washington, D.C.
Show Notes: While it is believed this show was played, confirmation could not be found.

Thursday, December 7, 1989
8x10 Club, Baltimore, MD
Set I: I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, Take the 'A' Train, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Alumni Blues, Rhombus Narration -> Divided Sky
Set II: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Rocky Top, Ya Mar, Walk Away, The Lizards, Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Possum, Undun, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: Listen to the Weekapaug bass intro to hear Mike tease Joe Walsh's Life's Been Good.

Friday, December 8, 1989
Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
Set I: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Reba, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Who Do? We Do! > AC/DC Bag, My Sweet One, Bathtub Gin, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Harry Hood, Tela, Timber (Jerry), Slave to the Traffic Light, I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself -> Possum
Encore: Lawn Boy, Fire

Saturday, December 9, 1989
Bomeseen, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
Set I: Dinner and a Movie, La Grange, The Lizards, Foam, In a Hole, Rocky Top, David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Bathtub Gin, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Take the 'A' Train, Fluffhead, Esther, Alumni Blues, Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Show Notes: This Bowie included Wipeout teases.

Friday, December 15, 1989
Ukranian National Home, New York, NY
Set I: Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus, Mike's Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Possum, Run Like an Antelope, Funky Bitch, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Contact, David Bowie
Show Notes: Phish shared this gig with Blues Traveler. John Popper guested on harmonica for Bitch and JJLC. Listen to this Contact for some Low Rider teases by Page. The listed second set is definitely from this show and has been in circulation for quite some time. The listed first set recently came into circulation under this date as an early set played by Phish.

Saturday, December 16, 1989
Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington, VT
Burlington Community Boathouse Benefit
The Curtain, AC/DC Bag, Lawn Boy, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Lizards, In a Hole, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Possum

Wednesday, December 20, 1989
The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Reports are likely confusing this date with the Wetlands show ten days later.

Sunday, December 24, 1989
Christmas Party, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of May 28, 1989, set II.

Friday, December 29, 1989
23 East Cabaret, Ardmore, PA
Opener: The Modern Beatniks
Set I: Rhombus Narration -> Divided Sky, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Lawn Boy, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete.

Saturday, December 30, 1989
The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
Opening Act: Indecision
Set I: Fluff's Travels -> David Bowie
Set II: Bathtub Gin, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Suzy Greenberg, Foam, My Sweet One, La Grange, Lawn Boy, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Auld Lang Syne -> Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Show Notes: The setlist for the first set is incomplete.

Sunday, December 31, 1989
Boston World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Boston, MA
Opening Act: The Ululators
Set I: I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Run Like an Antelope, Bathtub Gin, The Lizards, Satin Doll, Highway to Hell
Set II: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Divided Sky, Fee
Encore: Contact
Show Notes: Trey and Mike wore tuxedos and top hats to commemorate the New Year. Fishman came out for I Didn't Know wearing a top hat and a g-string with tuxedo tails. Antelope began with a countdown to the New Year.

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