08/29/1987 THE RANCH South Burlington, VT

SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
Great, rocking version with an extended vocal jam that includes crazy, animal-like screaming.
, Makisupa Policeman, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Flat Fee, Lushington, Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > Suzy Greenberg, Mustang Sally, Ya Mar, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

SET 2: Clod, Slave to the Traffic Light, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, The Curtain With, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Possum, Harry Hood, Timber (Jerry the Mule), AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky, Harpua > Bundle of Joy > Harpua

SET 3: La Grange, Corinna, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen[1] > Who Do? We Do!, Shaggy Dog, David Bowie[2] -> Jesus Just Left Chicago

ENCORE: She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride

[1] First known “I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever” lyrics.
[2] Unfinished.

This show was dedicated to Eric Larson, who took care of Trey’s dog Marley over the summer. Alumni contained a Wilson tease. HYHU was teased before Suzy. Suzy contained HYHU teases and a Sussudio quote from Trey. Surfin’ Bird was teased after Mustang Sally. Ya Mar was dedicated to Marley and included a Call to the Post tease by Trey. This show featured the first known Hydrogen to contain the lyrics “I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever.” Bowie contained a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey and was unfinished.

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08/10/1987 NECTAR’S Burlington, VT

SET 1: Peaches en Regalia, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, Wilson, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), Divided Sky > Good Times Bad Times

SET 2: Fire, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, Fluffhead, Fee, The Curtain With, I Know a Little, Mustang Sally, You Enjoy Myself, La Grange

SET 3: Icculus, David Bowie, Jesus Just Left Chicago[1], Whipping Post, Anarchy, Tush, Dear Mrs. Reagan

[1] First known Phish performance.

Icculus was dedicated to Paul Languedoc’s mother on her birthday. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Jesus Just Left Chicago.

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08/09/1987 NECTAR’S Burlington, VT

SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, La Grange[1], Lushington[2] -> Possum, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Good Times Bad Times, AC/DC Bag, Shaggy Dog, Funky Bitch

SET 2: The Curtain With
The debut includes both the highly composed section we now think of as The Curtain, as well as the flowing and spriralling instrumental section familiar to us as the With jam. Melodies and musical ideas from this classic would later be incorporated into “Reba” and “Rift,” while songs which debuted subsequently, especially “Mockingbird” and “Esther,” both seem to draw inspiration from With.
[3], Halley’s Comet > The Sloth[3], Light Up Or Leave Me Alone -> Skin It Back, Peaches en Regalia, Fluffhead, Fee[3], Harry Hood, Harpua, Suzy Greenberg

SET 3: David Bowie, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Flat Fee[3], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Corinna

[1] First known Phish performance.
[2] No lyrics.
[3] First known performance.

This show marked the first known performances of The Curtain With, The Sloth, Fee, and Flat Fee, as well as the first known Phish performance of La Grange. Lushington did not contain any lyrics.

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