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This setlist document derives from the first edition of The Phish Companion.
The updated second edition data, as well as shows since that edition, are in the Phish.net HPB.

Friday, April 26, 1996
JazzFest at the Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA
Check: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart, Blues Jam, Wolfman's Brother
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
Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern
Show Notes: Listen for the obvious When the Saints Go Marching In tease in Ya Mar. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman's Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam.

Thursday, June 6, 1996
Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
Check: Funky Bitch, Taste, Waste
Set I: 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
Set II: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash, Waste, Character Zero, David Bowie, Fee > Sample in a Jar
Encore: Ya Mar, Fire
Show Notes: This show was performed under the name "Third Ball." BBFCFM featured Trey using a Rolling Rock beer bottle as a slide. Scent of a Mule included a Sunshine of Your Love tease and saw Trey on keys for portions. Waste and Character Zero debuted at this show.

Tuesday, July 2, 1996
Ville Minan, Italy
Show Notes: Phish's set on this date was rained out. Trey did, however, jam with Santana during their set that evening.

Wednesday, July 3, 1996
Stadia Brtamasco, Trento, Italy
Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle, Taste -> Llama
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo guested on Taste and Llama, during which Trey flubbed lyrics to both songs. Santana jumped in to help out during Llama, singing a verse.

Friday, July 5, 1996
Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Funky Bitch -> Chalk Dust Torture -> AC/DC Bag -> You Enjoy Myself, Scent of a Mule, David Bowie
Encore: Sweet Adeline
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Saturday, July 6, 1996
Duomo Square, Pictoia, Italy
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reba, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Maze, Harry Hood
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Sunday, July 7, 1996
Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy
Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain > Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope -> Suzy Greenberg
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Tuesday, July 9, 1996
Centre International de Deauville, France
Theme From the Bottom, Poor Heart, Taste, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Wednesday, July 10, 1996
Le Zenith, Paris, France
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste, David Bowie, Hello My Baby, Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Thursday, July 11, 1996
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Set I: Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar
Set II: Harry Hood, Bouncing Around the Room, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Maze, The Lizards, Terrapin, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: A Day in the Life
Show Notes: Terrapin was played for the first time since June 13, 1995 (84 shows).

Friday, July 12, 1996
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set I: Wilson, Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch, Taste, Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer, Llama
Set II: It's Ice -> Prince Caspian -> Mike's Song -> Run Like an Antelope -> Purple Rain > HYHU, Jam, NICU -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Suzy Greenberg
Set III: David Bowie -> Free, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: The reworked Taste debuted at this show, and Trey announced that the song would be performed like this (the Billy Breathes album version) from now on. Slave, Bowie, and Free were all unfinished. The jam before NICU was interactive, as the band jammed on chords yelled out by the fans.

Saturday, July 13, 1996
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

Monday, July 15, 1996
La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy
Check: Character Zero
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Punch You in the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Guyute, Possum, I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern
Set II: Down with Disease, Maze, Loving Cup > Makisupa Policeman, It's Ice, Julius, Purple Rain, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Golgi Apparatus

Wednesday, July 17, 1996
Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Thursday, July 18, 1996
Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France
Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > Bouncing Around the Room > Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana at the Nice Jazz Festival.

Friday, July 19, 1996
Les Arenes in Arles, France
Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture, The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Sunday, July 21, 1996
The Forum, Nuremberg, Germany
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song, Fee > Timber (Jerry) > Johnny B. Goode
Set II: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars?, Free, Run Like an Antelope > Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Harry Hood
Show Notes: Train Song debuted at this show and was dedicated to the fans who were following the band around Europe via the rails.

Monday, July 22, 1996
Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Tuesday, July 23, 1996
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Set I: 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
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bike, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Rocky Top
Show Notes: Hydrogen was played for the first time since October 19, 1995 (60 shows).

Wednesday, July 24, 1996
The Music Hall in Hannover, Germany
Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Thursday, July 25, 1996
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
Show Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

Friday, August 2, 1996
Wolf Mountain, Park City, UT
Check: The Old Home Place, Character Zero, Guelah Papyrus
Set I: 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
Set II: Runaway Jim, Simple, Taste, Free > Fluffhead, Prince Caspian, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Punch You in the Eye
Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Page's theremin. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin in response to the huge rainbow that appeared over the venue just before the show started. Antelope included a tease from a Star Wars song.

Sunday, August 4, 1996
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
Check: Character Zero, Poor Heart (half speed), Caravan, Jam
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
Set II: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Theme to Star Trek: The Original Series, Rocky Top
Show Notes: The Star Trek theme was performed solo by Page on the theremin.

Monday, August 5, 1996
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
Check: Strange Design (several times)
Set I: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil
Set II: 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
Encore: Cavern
Show Notes: As urged in flyers handed out by Phish.netters, many fans sat down during the silent part of Divided Sky. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed with Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. This show marked the first performance of Talk and featured an excellent It's Ice. Listen for Barracuda tease from Mike before the second set.

Tuesday, August 6, 1996
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
Set I: Makisupa Policeman, Rift, Suzy Greenberg > Simple, Theme From the Bottom, The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: The Curtain > Tweezer, Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, HYHU > Purple Rain > HYHU, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: Note the "This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge" quote from Trey during the break in Rift! The quote was a reference to the both band U2's Live: Under a Blood Red Sky album and Trey's similar remarks on the Junta-released version of Icculus. Suzy included a Simple tease. The phrase "21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas" was substituted for "Marco Esquandolas" during Antelope in reference to a fan's quote in a newspaper article on the disturbance in Morrison the day before. Tweezer included a Norwegian Wood jam. Harry Hood featured the debut of the "Hood" response chant, initiated by Phish.netters and advertised on flyers handed out at the Red Rocks shows. Among other ideas, the flyers encouraged fans to shout "Hood" after the band sings "Harry." It began to rain in the second set and the band responded with Purple Rain. Chris played along by showering the stage in purple lights.

Wednesday, August 7, 1996
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
Set I: Punch You in the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, 99 Years, Hold to a Dream, Doin' My Time
Set II: Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars?, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: During Ya Mar, Trey thanked the audience, saluted a Colorado swimmer who won two gold medals at the Olympics, and announced that a special guest would come out later in the set. The last three songs of the first set featured Tim O'Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals. During the Forbin's narration, a giant iguana took the crowd to Mars to view the life there. This version of Mockingbird, unfortunately, was botched badly.

Saturday, August 10, 1996
Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
Check: Character Zero, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
Set I: 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
Set II: Wilson, Down with Disease, Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead, HYHU > Whipping Post > HYHU, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life
Encore: Contact, Fire
Show Notes: Listen for an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Page during the Mule Duel. Whipping Post was played for the first time since April 20, 1993 (284 shows). My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide.

Monday, August 12, 1996
Deer Creek Amphitheater, Noblesville, IN
Check: Jam, Lean on Me (instrumental), The Old Home Place, Ain't Too Proud To Beg -> Jam
Set I: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Taste, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Show Notes: Possum included All Fall Down and Simpsons Signals. Weigh was played for the first time since October 22, 1995 (66 shows).

Tuesday, August 13, 1996
Deer Creek Amphitheater, Noblesville, IN
Check: Talk (intro, acoustic, twice), Waste (acoustic), Spooky -> Jam
Set I: 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
Set II: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike's Song -> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train Song, Strange Design, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. In the soundcheck jam, Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky while the band jammed. Glide was played for the first time since November 21, 1995 (51 shows).

Wednesday, August 14, 1996
Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA
Check: Funky Bitch, Tush
Set I: Wilson -> Jam -> Down with Disease, Fee -> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song, Gumbo, Stash, Hello My Baby
Set II: 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
Encore: Julius
Show Notes: Julius was dedicated to Brad Sands' brother, Matty. This show is underrated; some fans speculate that it is because many tourheads were too tired to enjoy the show after the long drive from Deer Creek. Cracklin' Rosie was played for the first time since November 12, 1995 (58 shows).

Friday, August 16, 1996
The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie
Set II: 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
Set III: Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> NICU, Life on Mars?, Harry Hood -> Fireworks Jam
Encore: Amazing Grace
Show Notes: Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Great, solid show from top to bottom. Disease was unfinished. Listen for Mary Had a Little Lamb teases at the start of the second set.

Saturday, August 17, 1996
The Clifford Ball Flatbed Jam, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Show Notes: The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd, playing for those who were awake. The performance was one long open-ended jam.

Saturday, August 17, 1996
The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Set I: The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Reba > Cars Trucks Buses, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee -> Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set II: The Curtain, Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Brother, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set III: Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Harpua
Show Notes: Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein of Syracuse, who was front row center for every show of the tour. The first Brother since August 2, 1993 (257 shows) featured Ben and Jerry on guest vocals. Wilson included a Heartbreaker tease. Antelope featured a female acrobat twirling in the rigging, suspended above the stage in a circus-like fashion. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. Tweezer had big trampolines on each side of the stage and more circus shenanigans. A stunt plane circled overhead during Tweezer Reprise. The plane trailed above during Harpua (first since Halloween 1995, or 64 shows), which was unfinished.

Saturday, August 17, 1996
The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY
Orchestral Set: The Clifford Ball Orchestra
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)
Show Notes: This orchestral set followed Phish's first set at the Ball.

Wednesday, October 16, 1996
Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY
Check: Billy Breathes
Set I: 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
Set II: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple, Swept Away > Steep -> Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode
Encore: Waste
Show Notes: Swept Away and Steep debuted at this show.

Thursday, October 17, 1996
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA
Set I: 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
Set II: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, The Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner, David Bowie
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Show Notes: The Star Spangled Banner debuted at this show.

Friday, October 18, 1996
Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Check: My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Billy Breathes
Set I: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Maze, You Enjoy Myself, Reba, Waste, Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Show Notes: YEM included teases of Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like We Do. This Maze was fantastic and remains a fan favorite.

Saturday, October 19, 1996
Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY
Check: Billy Breathes
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther, Llama, Gumbo, Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, Frankenstein
Set II: 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
Encore: Fee, Rocky Top
Show Notes: The second set started with a Wish You Were Here tease.

Monday, October 21, 1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set I: The Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum
Set II: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars?, Simple -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie
Encore: Funky Bitch
Show Notes: Ginseng was played for the first time since June 23, 1995 (103 shows).

Tuesday, October 22, 1996
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set I: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: All Along the Watchtower
Show Notes: This Weekapaug, often referred to as the "Freakapaug," included circus dancers and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 226 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fishman on Trey's percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.

Wednesday, October 23, 1996
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Set I: 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
Set II: Brother, Ya Mar, Tweezer, The Lizards, Llama, Suzy Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light, Julius
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture
Show Notes: The entire second set and encore featured Bob Gulotti on a second drum set. Ya Mar included a long drum jam between Fishman and Gulotti.

Friday, October 25, 1996
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set I: Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know, Stash, The Squirming Coil
Set II: Tube, Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry), The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, NICU, Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood, Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fishman on vacuum.

Saturday, October 26, 1996
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
Set I: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar
Set II: Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: Antelope was dedicated by Trey to Fishman's 14-year old cousin, Jason Roberts, for winning a guitar competition, and included Star Spangled Banner and Voodoo Chile teases.

Sunday, October 27, 1996
North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Set I: 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
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars?, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Possum, Carolina
Show Notes: Catapult (first since December 1, 1995, or 57 shows) was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease. Carolina was played for the first time since November 21, 1995 (64 shows).

Tuesday, October 29, 1996
Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart > David Bowie
Set II: Rift > Mike's Song > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, Character Zero, Suspicious Minds > HYHU, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fishman as "Norton Charlton Heston." The Wedge was played for the first time since November 14, 1995 (70 shows).

Thursday, October 31, 1996
The Omni, Atlanta, GA
Set I: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > The Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner
Set II: The Talking Heads' Remain in Light: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) > Crosseyed and Painless > The Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime > Houses in Motion -> Seen and Not Seen -> Listening Wind -> Overload
Set III: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Simple -> Swept Away > Steep, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Frankenstein
Show Notes: All of the Remain in Light songs were debuts; the set featured Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on sax, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Perazzo also played during the entire third set. Jesus Just Left Chicago (first since Halloween 1995,

Saturday, November 2, 1996
Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL
Set I: Ya Mar, Julius, Fee -> Taste, Cavern, Stash, The Lizards, Free, Johnny B. Goode
Set II: Crosseyed and Painless -> Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Funky Bitch
Show Notes: Special guest Karl Perazzo played the entire show. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fishman played Trey's percussion rack. This show is known for the incredible jamming out of Crosseyed and Painless. The lyric "Norton Charleton Heston" replaced "Marco Esquandolas" in Antelope.

Sunday, November 3, 1996
O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
Set I: 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
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle, Tweezer, Life on Mars?, Possum, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: Special guest Karl Perazzo played percussion the entire show.

Wednesday, November 6, 1996
Civic Center, Knoxville, TN
Set I: 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
Set II: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, Funky Bitch
Encore: Rocky Top
Show Notes: SOAM included In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida teases.

Thursday, November 7, 1996
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free > Tela, Character Zero
Set II: Suzy Greenberg > Bathtub Gin -> HYHU > Bike > HYHU, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Frankenstein
Show Notes: Character Zero was performed without the ending vocal jam. This version of Bathtub Gin ranks among the best ever. Fishman humorously stumbled through Bike, which was played by request.

Friday, November 8, 1996
Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
Set I: Runaway Jim -> Axilla -> All Things Reconsidered -> Mound, Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Simple, Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Theme From the Bottom
Show Notes: Trey had equipment problems in Simple, so Loving Cup ("I know I play a bad guitar") was played next. This second set featured a sweet Simple, which included a tease of Cecilia, and a show-stopping Maze. ATR was played for the first time since July 1, 1995 (108 shows) and Axilla was played for the first time since October 16, 1994 (170 shows).

Saturday, November 9, 1996
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI
Set I: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zero
Set II: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood
Encore: Julius
Show Notes: Hood contained a Steep tease.

Monday, November 11, 1996
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla, Runaway Jim
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer, Swept Away > Steep, Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Waste, Cavern
Show Notes: Divided Sky included All Fall Down Signals.

Wednesday, November 13, 1996
The Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Set I: Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Jam, Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: The second set was highlighted by a strong jam that arose from Suzy.

Thursday, November 14, 1996
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
Set I: AC/DC Bag, Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius
Set II: Llama, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Steep, Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars?, Demand -> Run Like an Antelope, A Day in the Life
Encore: Stash, Hello My Baby
Show Notes: Demand was played for the first time since December 7, 1995 (64 shows).

Friday, November 15, 1996
Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO
Set I: Wilson, Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste, Cavern
Set II: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Split Open and Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey, Mean Mr. Mustard, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Funky Bitch
Show Notes: Mimi Fishman addressed the crowd before the show and noted that the band was donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to charity. After Sleeping Monkey, Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter M (referencing all the second-set songs with "m"-titles) and the number 420. This show marked the debut of Mean Mr. Mustard, complete with a John Popper (cloaked in a cape and hobbling with a cane to the roar of the audience) cameo as the dirty old man. Popper stayed on stage to lend his harmonica to a very short Weekapaug closer and Funky Bitch encore.

Saturday, November 16, 1996
Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
Set I: Poor Heart, Down with Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Sparkle, Frankenstein
Set II: La Grange, Runaway Jim -> Kung -> Catapult, Axilla > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg, Amazing Grace
Encore: American Band
Show Notes: Kung (first since December 30, 1995, or 55 shows) included The Vibration of Life, which was announced by Trey as "Written by God." The Hood lyrics were altered slightly to include a bit about Lee Fordham, a member of Phish's light crew. The light crew also received a bizarre tribute at the end of Axilla. Suzy Greenberg included La Grange (first since December 29, 1995, or 56 shows) and Axilla teases. American Band made its debut in the city referenced in its lyrics.

Monday, November 18, 1996
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN
Set I: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart, Taste, Billy Breathes, Guelah Papyrus, Chalk Dust Torture, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Tweezer Reprise, Llama
Encore: Waste, Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: Tweezer through Llama, as well as Johnny B. Goode, featured Gary Gazaway on trumpet.

Tuesday, November 19, 1996
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
Set I: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee, Taste, Loving Cup
Set II: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: Trey announced the first-ever The Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general but, more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band's Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove is in the Heart jam that even included lyrics. This Bathtub Gin is amazing, clocking in at over 20 minutes long.

Friday, November 22, 1996
Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
Check: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes
Set I: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough for You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern
Set II: 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
Encore: Julius
Show Notes: Julius included a Cocaine tease and a thank you to the city of Spokane.

Saturday, November 23, 1996
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, Divided Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Midnight on the Highway, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch
Set II: The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Makisupa Policeman -> Axilla -> Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: This show included the first performance of Midnight on the Highway, which was learned while the band was stopped at the American/Canadian border.

Sunday, November 24, 1996
Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
Set I: 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
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle, David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern
Show Notes: Reba was unfinished. I Didn't Know included a Fishman vacuum solo and a tease of The Beatles' Because.

Wednesday, November 27, 1996
Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Set I: Julius > My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free > Theme From the Bottom, Bold as Love
Set II: Down with Disease -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Down with Disease, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire
Encore: Waste, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Listen for "Brady Bunch" theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fishman during the Mule Duel. Fire and Bold as Love were dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. The Disease and Tweezer combo has led some fans to refer to this as the "Diseezer." The Disease Reprise contained a Can't You Hear Me Knockin' ending. Bold as Love was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (67 shows).

Friday, November 29, 1996
The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
Set I: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, Maze, Suzy Greenberg
Set II: Wilson > Simple -> Sparks -> Sparkle, Taste, Swept Away > Steep, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Harry Hood
Encore: Sample in a Jar
Show Notes: This version of Taste is well worth hearing. Trey broke a string in YEM, leading to some odd jamming. Sparks was broken out at this show; it had not been heard since October 29, 1994 (173 shows).

Saturday, November 30, 1996
Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
Set I: 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
Set II: La Grange, It's Ice > Glide, Brother, Contact, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Timber (Jerry), Taste, Funky Bitch, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam
Encore: Possum
Show Notes: The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax. Taste included an intro jam that was, basically, a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor sax and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye and Also Sprach featured James Brown teases and antics from Fishman. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell. A fantastic Possum closed the show.

Sunday, December 1, 1996
Pauley Pavilion, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Set I: 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
Set II: Tweezer, Sparkle, Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away > Steep, Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Highway to Hell
Show Notes: This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows).

Monday, December 2, 1996
America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Set I: Rocky Top, AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Julius
Set II: Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother -> Taste, Free, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Fire

Tuesday, December 3, 1996
The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
The Star Spangled Banner
Show Note: Phish performed the national anthem before a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game.

Wednesday, December 4, 1996
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry), Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, The Lizards, David Bowie
Set II: Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song -> Prince Caspian -> Sparkle, Punch You in the Eye, Life on Mars?, Reba, Lawn Boy, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Jesus Just Left Chicago
Show Notes: During Lawn Boy, Trey thanked the caterers and brought two of them on stage to dance.

Friday, December 6, 1996
The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Check: Peaches en Regalia, The Wedge, Cowboy's Sweetheart
Set I: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease > Frankenstein
Set II: Julius, Sparkle, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Jam, Harry Hood, Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Harpua -> Wildwood Weed -> Cowboy's Sweetheart -> Harpua -> Suspicious Minds -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
Show Notes: Also Sprach included a tease of James Brown's Get on the Good Foot. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature, as opposed to its usual 6/4 signature. The encore featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus, John McEuen, the Yodeling Cowgirls, and a host of Elvis impersonators. Suzy Greenberg also featured actor Courtney Gains on Trey's percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg.

Saturday, December 28, 1996
Corestates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set I: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein
Set II: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song -> Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove, The Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: Makisupa Policeman included the cryptic lyrics "Stink, Stank, Stunk," which may have been a reference to the theme song in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Weekapaug Groove ended with a long Page solo. The Star Spangled Banner was dedicated to Kate Smith, who used to sing God Bless America at Flyers' home hockey games. Other highlights included the first jamming version of Wolfman's and the beautiful jam before TMWSIY.

Sunday, December 29, 1996
Corestates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set I: Poor Heart, Caravan, Cavern, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift, Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
Set II: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam -> Sixteen Candles -> Vocal Jam, Harpua -> Champagne Supernova -> Harpua
Encore: Rocky Top
Show Notes: Sixteen Candles was performed by Mike, solo, on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the Uber Demon and the evil sound of hell. This show featured the breakout of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).

Monday, December 30, 1996
The Fleet Center, Boston, MA
Set I: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba, Talk, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Possum
Show Notes: Reba was unfinished. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch. The band played on for a few minutes while the crew tried to fix the problem. Fishman took an "air drum" solo, Trey performed Townsend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still "playing" Funky Bitch. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a bell once.

Tuesday, December 31, 1996
The Fleet Center, Boston, MA
Set I: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian, Character Zero
Set III: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody, Julius
Encore: Amazing Grace
Show Notes: Also Sprach ended as the clock turned forward into the new year. At this point, tens of thousands of balloons fell from the rafters. This show marked the first performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. Also Sprach included Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough (Michael Jackson) teases.

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