August 10th, 1996
Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy · WI
1 Trey sang verses through megaphone.
2 No whistling.
3 Fish on vocals.
4 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Whipping Post in Set 2 - the 189th on record, the first since August 6th, 1996.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'8913
- '90-'947
- '95-'002
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Rift4
- Junta3
- A Picture of Nectar2
- Hoist2
- Lawn Boy2
- Billy Breathes1
- The White Tape1
- Covers4
- No studio album3
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-25
- 3-511
- 6-153
- 16-502
- 51+ · bustout1
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original18
- Argent1
- Jimi Hendrix Experience1
- The Allman Brothers Band1
- The Beatles1
Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Excellent, wide-open, and groove-oriented jamming leaves all sorts of space for soloing, and Trey leads with beauty and grace, his phrasing measured and ripe with shimmery, summertime aplomb. Fish's accents are instrumental in creating a notable contrast, as the version coasts to a soaring, trill-filled peak.
Has a really good but brief breakdown jam from 8:15 - 11:15 before returning to "DwD" to conclude. Several other '96 versions have a similar 3 or so minute rhythmic jams that return to "DwD" (10/19/96, 10/22/96, and 12/31/96).
"Sunshine Of Your Love" tease by Page during solo. Guitar/vocal response by Trey. He gets pretty crazy, screaming. A lot of noise - percussion, guitar - during Page's second solo. Chanting.
Jam includes a beautiful and tear jerking Page and Trey duet from 6:40 - 9:55. The rest is predictable but solid "Hood."
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Scent of a Mule contained a Sunshine of Your Love tease from Page during the Mule Duel and later in the song, Mike sang part of Hatzi Kaddish. Whipping Post was played for the first time since April 20, 1993 (286 shows) and featured Fish on vocals.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.
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