Today is a triple ticket special, Red Rocks, 1996. If anyone has an image of a stub from 8/5, please let me know. I’d love to add it!
Sunday, 08/04/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart (half speed), Caravan, Jam
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee[1] > Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Theme From Star Trek[2], Rocky Top
[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[2] Phish debut; performed solo by Page on theremin.
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. The Theme from Star Trek made its Phish debut at this show and was performed by Page solo on the theremin.
Tuesday, 08/06/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Makisupa Policeman, Rift, Suzy Greenberg[1] > Simple, Theme From the Bottom, The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope[2]
Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer[3], Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood[4] > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
[1] Simple tease.
[2] “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas.”
[3] Norwegian Wood jam.
[4] Debut of “Hood” response chant.
Notes: Note the “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge” quote from Trey during the break in Rift. The quote was a reference both to 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; the band responded with Purple Rain, and Chris Kuroda showed the stage in purple lights. The performance of Simple from this gig appears on the Carved in Stone CD benefiting The Rocks Fund, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Wednesday, 08/07/1996
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, Ninety-Nine Years (and One Dark Day)[1], Hold to a Dream[1], Doin’ My Time[1]
Set 2: Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Free, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent[2] > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars?, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus
[1] Phish debut; Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals.
[2] Narration had Trey tell of giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.
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 were all Phish debuts and featured Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals. During the Forbin’s narration, Trey told of a giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.
Setlists courtesy of Phish.net
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