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am adding paint spatters to get along with different Phish jams. I am a colour-graphic symbol synesthete, and while that is non a form of synesthesia straight correlated to music or sound, I subconsciously acquaintance colors with jam sequences, and will often remember a jam by its color. These ink spatters are my try to visualize the color combinations of these jams.

This is a long list, but the most of import thing to sympathise about this listing is how it is organized. This listing, which updates and changes oftentimes, places my most love Phish jams at the summit. The jams towards the superlative of this listing are so coveted by my ears that I purposely spend more time listening to the jams at the lesser of this list. As I acquire new jams or abound in my appreciation for those that have already fabricated this list, they toggle their way up for down the list. Of grade, as with all jam music, there is no actual best version of whatsoever one vocal. Rather, the joy is in that subjective journey of learning your favorites.

1998-07-29 Bathtub GinRiverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Missouri

Many consider the Riverport Gin to be Phish's most impressive jam. I call back it's the best piece of improvised music ever created live by anybody. All cylinders are firing for this jam.

1997-eleven-22 Halley's CometHampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

This Phish masterpiece is one of the near unique jams. It goes mode out there into deep space. The jam is so intense that the quiet, eight minute MIDI-horns outro is almost needed.

1999-07-xviii Runaway JimOswego County Airport, Volney, New York

This twenty-4 minute Runaway Jim grooves and is a dandy example of a sound invented by Trey that is often referred to as whale call.

2000-06-14 Twist -> JamDrum Logos Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

Towards the terminate of 1998, Phish started experimenting with deep ambient segments. This Twist from a simple, unadorned small-scale venue in Japan may be the most well known case of that ambience era, and for good reason. The soundscape is sublime, and unlike anything else Phish has ever created. 1 of the keys to the best Phish is the word patient. This jam defines patience in Phish, one of the best qualities of their music.

1998-07-06 Piper -> Makisupa PolicemanLucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Commonwealth

This Piper, played in a tiny theater in Prague, blisters with energy. The key to good Pipers, say Phish fans, is a ho-hum build on the opening rhythm. This one is a great example of that slow build, merely the pay-off to is when it gains steam into intense 'Automobile-gun Trey' style jamming.

2000-07-04 Gotta Jibboo -> Saw it Once more -> Magilla ->
Twist -> Slave to the Traffic LiteE Centre, Camden, New Jersey

At that place are many great spacey ambient jams of 1998-2000, only I'm ever fatigued to this sublime Jibboo, the longest i ever, and the way this far-reaching Twist culminates into a fine power jam. These 5 songs stand for the unabridged second set from this evening'due south testify, and yous tin slice this ready together through two Live Allurement releases: vol. four and vol. 14.

2000-09-14 RebaDarien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Heart, New York

Reba is beloved by Phish fans for its inimitable and blissful jam. This version contains i of the most unusual jams of all Reba'southward, and is known equally the 'Melancholy Reba' for its mournful Trey tones. I cannot sing higher praises for any one piece of music. The sadness in the improvised section of the Reba spills out into an amazing and haunting peak.

1999-12-31 Sand -> Quadraphonic TopplingsBig Cypress Semiole Indian Reservation, Florida

Phish's millenium bear witness was the highest attended concert of the millenium. The idea was that Phish would play all dark until the sun came upwards. They took this challenge and so seriously that they installed bathrooms on stage and hired security guards who were ordered to go along them from leaving the phase. The upshot is Phish's finest performance. This segment from early morning in the new millenium is vicious, dark and ambient at the same fourth dimension.

2003-07-15 Mr. CompletelyUsana Amphitheatre, Due west Valley Metropolis, Utah

Phish's debut of the Trey Anastasio Band song roars for xxx minutes before going into a seguefest. When trying to describe this jam to my son while driving on a mountain road, I told him to imagine wings were popping out of the side of the Jeep, and we were flight above the road.

1998-08-11 Runaway JimStar Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, Pennslyvania

A unique, patient Delinquent Jim. This song has a elementary premise. A dog has run away from his principal, and is vehement across the globe. At it's best, Runaway Jim puts you in the place of that runaway dog, filled with joy and incertitude as he tastes freedom.

2000-09-14 Drowned > Crosseyed and Painless >
Domestic dog Faced Boy, Prince Caspian > Loving Loving cupDarien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Heart, New York

The Drowned that opens this stunning set up is a masterpiece of weird, spacey improvisation. Trey Anastasio holds back in this thirty-one infinitesimal jam, adding texture while the other bandmembers create a challenging, merely ethereal soundscape that, once yous become information technology, is a atypical feel. To me, this jam evokes a giant generation ship, decorated with the whir of machines and androids. The residue of the set carries the tone and tenor of Drowned throughout.

2003-08-02 Ya Mar -> Runaway Jim -> Reba -> Birds of a FeatherLoring Commerce Centre, Limestone, Maine

A huge and creative Ya Mar, the 2d vocal of the first nighttime of the Information technology Festival, sets the tone for one of Phish's best festival weekends. The balance of this segment oozes with inventiveness, especially the Reba.

1997-07-23 Ghost > SampleLakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia

This Ghost encapsulates Phish'south transition into fall 1997 cowfunk. Information technology features elements of all the jam styles Phish has worked up to, and ends with an extended midi outro.

2003-07-xxx Scents and Subtle Sounds, TwistTweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, New Jersey

This first-set, 29-infinitesimal Scents and Subtle Sounds is exactly what I look for: wandering, free-form jamming with whale-call textures and a repetetive, ii.0 era vanquish. The Twist, from the second set, is equally mesmerizing.

1999-07-10 Chalk Dust TortureE Center, Camden, New Jersey

This showtime-set Chalk Dust sounds standard its its opening notes, but unfolds into a tight celebratory jam that drifts into a really unique rhythmic ending.

2021-08-04 Mr. Completely -> Birds of a Feather > Ghost -> Bathtub Gin -> 2001-> Split Open and MeltAscend Amphitheatre, Nashville, Tennessee

This mid-summer 2022 second set is a Phish masterpiece of any era. It is wild, and while no song jams beyond the twenty-infinitesimal mark, the entire prepare exemplifies the soupy starfunk sound so prevalent this year.

2014-08-29 SimpleDick's Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, CO

This twenty-ii minute percussive Elementary has an optimistic and euphoric groove, unusually percussive and vivid.

2003-02-28 Tweezer -> Soul Shakedown Party ->
David Bowie -> Tweezer RepriseNassau Veteran'southward Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

The stunning Tweezer, the centerpiece of this outstanding jam segment, is one of the finest Phish jams of all fourth dimension. The style the Nassau Tweezer catches onto a melody and accept information technology to its ultimate conclusion as a 'hose jam' makes it singularly glorious. I oftentimes wake up in the morning with this tune itching to be played.

1997-12-xxx AC/DC BagMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

This enormous Air conditioning/DC Bag, filled with grooves and funk, takes forays into Jimi Hendrix's 3rd Stone from the Sunday and Talking Heads' Psycho Killer.

1999-07-fifteen Separate Open and Melt -> Kung-> JamPNC Bank Arts Centre, Holmdel, New Bailiwick of jersey

Experimental, loose jamming with ambient segments and wild peaks.

2019-07-14 Mercury -> Ruby Waves -> TwistAlpine Valley Music Theatre, Elkhorn, Wisconsin

At the end of a summer bout known mostly for Phish's foray into two album'due south worth of brand new material, the simulated prog-stone Kasvot Växt songs and Trey Anastasio'due south new Ghosts of the Forest material, Phish fans were wary of the summer's focus on this new material, which often meant less jamming and awkward set constructions. But at the summertime'due south last evidence, Phish played a beautiful testify that upended how Phish fans thought about the new material. In the third quarter of the show, Phish brought the Ghosts of the Forest song, Cherry Waves, on a 38 minute ride. The jam goes through several movements, beginning with virtually seventeen minutes of wandering, and then a plough towards a, can I even say this? - a reggae-infused death metallic segment. This Red Waves became the longest jam in the band's 3.0 menstruation and the seventh longest in the band's entire history.

2004-06-nineteen Song I Heard the Ocean Sing -> Piper ->
Gotta Jibboo -> Limb by LimbSaratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York

An near thirty-three minute Piper, surrounded by other bully jams.

2021-08-06 Blaze On -> Wilson -> Simple Ruoff Music Eye, Noblesville, Indiana

A vivid, flowery 20-seven minute Blaze On and a nighttime, twisted and brilliant Simple sandwich a curt Wilson. Possibly the most inspired third-quarter in summer 2021.

1997-07-02 Weekapaug GrooveParadiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

This standalone Weekapaug is a total-ring funk-fest and a sign that the cowfunk era was already commencement in summer of 1997. Must-mind Phish.

2019-06-xxx Mr. Completely -> Xx Years Later ->
Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> TweezerBB&T Pavilion, Camden, New Jersey

This 3rd quarter segment from Phish'southward 2022 summer tour features strong playing throughout, but an particularly triumphant 20 Years Later, which moved effortlessly through Allman-esque grooves, funk and space ambient jamming.

1997-07-22 Downwardly with Disease -> Mike's SongWalnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC

This segment features some of Phish'due south deepest cowfunk jamming, and a flawless, creative segue from Down with Illness into Mike's Song.

2012-09-02 SandDick's Sporting Good Park, Commerce Urban center, Colorado

This Sand, the all-time version ever played, moves effortlessly betwixt funk and ambient jams.

2009-eleven-28 Seven Beneath -> GhostTimes Spousal relationship Middle, Albany, New York

Fire and darkness prevail in this huge jam from Phish's comeback yr.

1997-07-02 StashParadiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

This 30-infinitesimal Stash, from one of Phish's nigh recognized shows, is pure, spontaneous adventure.

1997-12-29 Tube, You lot Enjoy MyselfMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

This Tube and Y'all Enjoy Myself from the end of the second ready are pure and heavy cowfunk. I take never been able to get plenty of this sound that was really unique to the second half of 1997.

1997-08-17 Down with Disease -> Bathtub GinLoring Commerce Centre, Limestone, Maine

This Bathtub Gin from The Great Went festival is described by Phish fans as the superlative instance of hose; that point where the band is playing a major-cardinal jam so well that they appear to be hosing the audience with musical euphoria. Simply I'm specially fatigued to this Downwardly with Disease, which jumps effortlessly through several of Phish's 97 jamming styles.

2017-07-15 Simple -> WinterqueenHuntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Isle, Chicago, Illinois

A stunning jam, one of the longest of the entire iii.0 era, this Simple is my favorite of 2017, and one of the best examples of Phish spontaneous limerick in whatever era. Different the other long Simple of 2017, this one explores more creative and night spaces.

1999-12-07 Halley's CometCumberland County Borough Auditorium, Portland, Maine

This nearly twenty-eight infinitesimal Halley's Comet from December 1999 features a slow-build euphoric groove that, to my ears anyway, is reminiscent of the Went Gin.

2018-12-30 Everything's Right -> Plasma ->
Light, Split up Open and CookMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

Phish's creativity and free energy has been growing since summertime 2017, a welcome surprise after uneven tours in years before. Merely the newfound strength of 2022 and 2022 were in total forcefulness at the New Years Eve 2022 Madison Square Garden run. Listen to how the band treats newer songs as centerpieces, and puts newfound energy into classics.

2014-07-13 Chalk Dust Torture -> Light -> TweezerRandall'due south Island, New York, New York

The Chalk Dust Torture takes center stage in this mindblowing jam segment from 2014. This jam soars for 28:thirty minutes, and alternate between major-key soloing and chordwork by Anastasio.

2015-08-12 Twist, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Harry HoodThe Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

One of the most highly regarded quarters of Phish's spectacular late summer run in 2015, this fix of three songs begins with a twenty-ii minute Twist, which is a magnificent and often dark soundscape. The Scents and Subtle Sounds builds on that darkness with a unique peak. But my favorite of this fourth quarter is This Harry Hood. Information technology might be considered standard by many, but the low-cal plinko fingerwork past Trey Anastasio makes this ane of the most unique Harry'southward to my ears.

1999-07-31 2001 -> David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea -> Prince CaspianNaeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Japan

The 10-minute Prince Caspian on this amazing set just flies. Information technology's Trey in both shred mode and underwater-whale call fashion. Information technology's a short jam for this listing, but packs a punch of energy.

1997-12-06 Tweezer-> Izabella -> Twist -> PiperThe Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn, Michigan

This long segment of four songs is like a single idea, even though it pulses through cowfunk, ambient space grooves and Hendrix-era Rock.

1997-07-thirty David Bowie -> Cities -> David BowieVentura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California

This David Bowie sandwich is a testament to the strength of Phish'due south blazon I jamming in 1997, where the jam doesn't stray too far from the main themes of the song, just manages to rise into exhilarating territory nonetheless.

1998-11-11 Halley'due south Comet -> Elementary -> Walk Away ->
Limb past Limb -> When the Circus Comes to Town -> GhostGrand Rapids, Michigan

An outstanding second set from late 1998 begins with i of the greatest Halley'southward of all time. Driving energy flows into funk in a 24-minute version that sets the tone for a high-free energy prepare.

2018-10-19 Carini -> Sand -> Golden Age ->
Twist -> Mountains in the MistHampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

Throughout Phish's iii.0 era, the ring has been working towards a very different audio than earlier eras; one that relies equally on all 4 band members. This segment from the Hampton Coliseum is a dark space voyage that is exactly what Phish's musically voyage in 3.0 has been leading towards. The centerpiece of this jam is the unusual Golden Historic period, which sounds like a walk through a deep, dark woods.

1997-xi-22 Mike's Song -> I am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove, Harry HoodHampton Coliseum, Hampton, New York

The opening four songs of set one from a groundbreaking bear witness for Phish are exquisite. Lots of 1997 funk, and lots of space.

2019-02-22 Prepare your Soul Free -> MercuryRiviera Maya, Mexico

2018 was a big year for Phish'due south sound, merely in the kickoff concerts of 2019, something changed: more confidence, more fire. The Fix your Soul Free from United mexican states has an free energy and creativity that makes it a contender for biggest jam of the year.

2011-08-05 Roggae, Rock & Whorl -> Meatstick ->
Boogie on Reggae Adult femaleGorge Amphitheater, George, Washington

Beautiful jams from the northwest. The first set Roggae is tight and vivid, but the Stone & Coil is deep and dark, with Page McConnell keeping it weird on the theremin. The beauty in this jam is hearing a slow, funky groove evolve out of the darkness.

2003-08-03 Mellow Mood, GhostLimestone, Maine

The 2d night of Phish'southward It Festival featured an extensive, celebratory Ghost that ascends into hose territory.

1999-07-15 You Enjoy MyselfPNC Banks Art Centre, Holmdel, New Bailiwick of jersey

This is my get-to You Enjoy Myself for its funky speed. It sounds great on solo hikes.

1996-12-06 Mike's Song -> Simple ->
Harry Hood -> Weekapaug GrooveThe Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada

A stellar Mike's Groove from 1996 features soaring jamming and an early on introduction to the changes to Phish's sound that would evolve in 1997.

2017-07-28 Chalk Dust Torture-> You Sexy Thing ->
Mercury -> You Sexy ThingMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

The sixth night at the xiii-night Baker's Dozen residency had the theme: chocolate donut. They celebrated that theme with Hot Chocolate's You Sexy Thing, which followed a dark and intense Chalk Dust Torture. In an amazing residency, this may be the unmarried best jam segment.

1997-xi-23 Black-eyed KatyLawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, Due north Carolina

This instrumental, which Phish only played for a curt fourth dimension before shelving and replacing it with a similar song with lyrics, was e'er a great medium for improvisation.

2016-10-28 Aureate Historic period -> Simple -> LightMGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Las Vegas

I had always been waiting for Phish's cover of TV On the Radio'south Aureate Age to go somewhere. It always sounded like it had the potential. Finally, in 2016, information technology went there. The jam, which explores darkness and brilliant, ambient space, was the best Phish jam of 2016.

2019-07-09 Beneath a Sea of Stars, Part IMohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut

This Beneath a Sea of Stars, ane of the first ever played by Phish, bankrupt out of its shell as Trey led the band through melodic, spacey themes that made this xvi minute jam one of the standouts of the summertime. While Phish fans have compared this jam to the Dead's Dark Star, I see it equally having more than similarities to Reba, Wingsuit and The Pall With; a jamming way that is ever in short supply and thoroughly welcomed here.

2012-08-31 UndermindDicks Sporting Goods Park, Commcerce Metropolis, Colorado

This Undermind, from one of Phish's all-time early 3.0 shows, is pinnacle-shelf Phish from whatever era, and it has a special, propulsive quality that is actually unique. I really discover myself waking up some mornings and but hear bits of this jam in my brain.

2012-08-xv Rock and Coil -> GhostLong Beach Loonshit, Long Beach, California

This 20-five infinitesimal Rock and Roll doesn't go a lot of attending, only it's a mellow beauty, and i of my become-to jams. The Ghost that follows shares the tonal themes and finishes with a stunning peak.

2010-08-07 Calorie-freeWilliam Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California

This Light has an almost Pink Floyd-esque ambient quality to it. It is a beautiful jam, and a great example of why Trey'southward textural tones are so important to Phish'southward sound.

2000-09-17 The Curtain WithMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

The Pall, an early Phish composition which often, but not always, includes an improvisational element at its end, is referred to as The Curtain With only when this department appears. This version, released in a Live Allurement mix, features melancholy and transcendent underwater tones; information technology reminds me of the Melancholy Reba from 2000-09-fourteen.

2000-05-22 GhostRadio City Music Hall, New York, New York

This Ghost, from the pocket-size six,000 seat Radio Metropolis Music Hall, is among Phish'due south most revered jams. This xx-vii minute Ghost personifies the authentication ambient-groove sound of the 1998-2000 era.

2019-12-30 TweezerRadio City Music Hall, New York, New York

What is the best jam of 2019? Throughout the yr, a 38 minute Ruby Waves was a shoe-in for this perennial prize. But in the last moments of 2019, equally if to requite the Blood-red Waves a run for its coin, Phish performed a stunning Tweezer. Different the multi-exclusive Reddish Waves, this Tweezer's jam sticks to one theme. Information technology is worth listening to these two 2022 monsters together, as they illustrate the polar opposites of where Phish can take a jam in 2019.

1998-04-05 Ya Mar -> Prince Caspian -> Maze -> ShaftyProvidence, Rhode Island

Bright, sharp playing from the unabridged band on the last night of the famous Isle Tour.

2021-09-04 Everything'due south RightDick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado

This Everything's Right is a 2022 outlier: information technology has a patient, ethereal tedious build that is reminiscent of Japan 2000 style jamming. The end consequence is a unique jam masterpiece.

2017-07-25 Sample -> Backyard Boy -> My Friend, My FriendMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

Lawn Boy is known as one of Phish'southward shortest songs. I had ever wondered if information technology could e'er be taken places. On night 4 of Phish's donut-themed residency at Madison Square Garden, Phish proved to their audience that they were serious well-nigh the themes of each night's donut. This night was jam-filled donuts, and Phish took Lawn Boy into outer space. Page McConnell used his Moog Liberation keytar (formerly endemic by James Brown) to take Lawn Boy on a 30-minute funk voyage.

2015-07-31 Kill Devil FallsAaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, Georgia

This Impale Devil Falls was ane of the highlights from Phish'southward glorious summer 2022 run. Part dark Phish, office rocker, function funkytown, this Impale Devil Falls works patiently through xx-three minutes towards a cute peak.

2021-07-30 CariniAmeris Banking concern Amphitheatre, Pelham, Alabama

The 2d nighttime after Phish'southward seventeen-month pandemic-induced haitus, known by Phish fans as the beginning of the 4.0 era featured this interstellar Carini, the longest even so played. Listen for Page's spacey synth jams, and Trey wrapping around those notes with his new koa guitar.

2000-07-03 Runaway JimE Middle, Camden, New Bailiwick of jersey

This well-nigh 34 infinitesimal Runaway Jim is a monster of intense jamming, with weird, spacey furnishings and milennial-jamming loops. One of the great Jim'southward.

1997-12-07 Theme from the Bottom, Tube ->
Slave to the Traffic Calorie-freeIrvin J. Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio

The improv highlight of i of Phish's well-nigh historic shows is this first gear up Theme and Tube into Slave. This Theme from the Bottom doesn't waste time moving into pure hose. Simply what follows is a showstopper. The Tube is easily one of the best from 1997, only it has a false-stop, and starts all over again equally a lyric-free jam.

1998-04-05 You Relish MyselfProvidence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Isle

The funk is laid heavy on this classic Y'all Enjoy Myself on the concluding dark of the celebrated Island Tour. And then-called for iv shows in Long Island and Rhode Island, the Island Bout is considered one of Phish'southward most successful runs.

2013-07-31 TweezerLake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Stateline, Nevada

The Tahoe Tweezer is a big, evil and triumphant jam with complex segments and intriguing twists. It's thirty minute length goes past fast. Highly recommended for long route trips.

2004-06-20 Waves, Drowned, Vii Beneath -> Ghost -> TwistSaratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York

A few months from this show would exist Phish's nearly demise and 5-year haitus. These amazing segments get-go and second-set segments, including a brilliant drawn-out Drowned, are amid the best live textile earlier Phish called information technology quits.

2021-08-31 Soul PlanetShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, California

Phish's third longest jam is nearly forty-seven minutes of 2021-style robot-funk jamming. Several of the few Phish jams that achieve this length plod forth. Just this Soul Planet jam, despite the challenging song its attached to, soars with creativity.

1998-04-04 Tweezer -> Taste, Birds of a Plumage -> 2001 -> Brother Providence Civic Centre, Providence, Rhode Island

Segments from the offset and 2nd sets of this night of the Island Tour are twin masterpieces. This show represents the audible decision by Phish to first veering away from cowfunk, and to brainstorm experimenting heavily with space and ambience jamming. Possibly this show is the bookend between 1997 funk and 1998-1999 ambient jamming.

2019-06-25 Down with Disease -> Play by Play -> Simple -> PiperDarling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor, Maine

This segment from Maine features patient jamming with spectacular results. The Down with Disease especially soars, and the fact that the band finds no desire to attain a crescendo or top makes the jam all that more than compelling.

2017-07-26 TubeMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

Subsequently years of unspectacular three.0 Tubes, Phish starts to let loose with this straight-to-jamming jam. Merely this is not your 1997 Tube. It's synth-ey, spacey and weird, and a first-set heavyweight.

1997-11-17 Ghost -> Johnny B Goode -> Jesus Just Left ChicagoMcNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado

This jam segment is a favorite of Phish fans: creative, singular, smashing and spacey.

2021-08-01 Tweezer -> Twist -> PiperAmeris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, Georgia

The kickoff of two over-thirty-minute Tweezer'south of summer 2021. But the jamming that begins in this Tweezer carries over into the Twist and Piper. Equally a tryptich, this is a powerhouse, must-hear jam.

2017-12-31 A Song I Heard the Ocean SingMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

This 3rd set up New Years jam was tied to the dark's oceanic gag theme, in which the fix was turned into a ship, and synchronized wristbands on the audition turned the venue into a rolling bounding main. This ASIHTOS is spellbinding and information technology exemplifies a new audio the band is toying with in the second half of 2017.

1995-10-25 RebaSt. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

This is an unusually long Reba, clocking in over 17 minutes. Information technology is also ane of the best, going deep and taking Reba to new places.

2017-12-3 Down with Disease->Steam->Calorie-freeMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

The noon jam of New Years 2017, this monstrous jam segment has deep, dark segments and broad open up improvisation.

2003-12-29 PiperAmerican Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida

This 16-infinitesimal Piper is packed with Automobile-Gun Trey and a tight sound from the entire band.

1997-12-thirty Blackness-eyed KatyMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

This instrumental jam, which somewhen developed into The Moma Dance, packs a punch every bit a tight, little jam. This version has great textures and a beautiful build.

1998-07-20 Bathtub GinVentura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California

A firestorm of a gin, this is one of the iii most well regarded Bathtub Gins. To many, this is the most flawless and intense.

2017-12-28 No Men in No Homo's Land -> TwistMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

A 24 minute No Men in No Human being'south Country and a 16 minute Twist in the third quarter of nighttime one at this MSG run puts together all the new directions Phish took their music in 2022 and showcased it in the beautiful two-vocal jam, which includes night themes and ambient bliss.

2012-09-01 Aureate Historic period -> Prince Caspian -> LightDick's Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, Colorado

The second set of this historic run begins with iii stunners, but the highlight of this iii-song jam is the twenty-three minute Dick's Light, which evolves from a heavy-effects-filled wandering tune into a beautiful Blazon II groove.

1999-07-20 GhostMolson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario

A spectacular, sixteen minute groove and funk Ghost from 1999 features some of the key changes in Phish's sound from this era.

1999-09-14 AC/DC Bag -> GumboLoring Commerce Center, Limestone, Maine

This Air-conditioning/DC Bag is a dark, venomous flight into very new territory for Phish and the song itself. This exquisite Pocketbook resolves into a beautiful funk-jam Gumbo with overtones of Queen'due south Some other One Bites the Grit.

2017-08-06 Simple -> Rise/Come Together ->
Starman->Yous Enjoy MyselfMadison Foursquare Garden, New York, New York

Every show of Phish's xiii-night run at Madison Square Garden in summer 2022 had a donut theme. This last night, centered effectually a Glazed Donut theme, featured an astonishing Simple, which featured weird and funky synth furnishings past Page McConnell, as well as the rare utilise of his Soviet theramin instrument.

1998-04-03 Mike'south Vocal -> Weekapaug Groove, Reba,
Roses are Gratis -> PiperNassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

A standout funky Weekapaug Groove, a sublime Reba and a twenty-seven infinitesimal Ween comprehend, Roses are Free, that develops into a wonderful mellow groove. I am partial to the Piper, however, which is nighttime and ambient and perhaps the most unique Piper to engagement.

2019-06-11 StashChaifetz Loonshit, St. Louis, Missouri

Phish's 2022 tour opener begins with this mellow and melodic Stash, ane of the about magical jams from this tour.

2020-02-23
Everything's RightMoon Palace, Cancun, United mexican states

If you listened to soundcheck on the beginning afternoon of Phish's four nighttime stint at the Moon Palace, you could hear that Trey had a new tone he was going to try out. You could hear it at various moments on each night, but on the last night, while the dominicus was setting in this sublime beach setting, he brought that new tone to full effect in this wonderful Everything's Right.

2012-08-31 Delinquent JimDick's Sporting Practiced Park, Commerce Urban center, Colorado

A dark-tinged foray on a show known for its upbeat, major-cardinal jams. This Runaway Jim goes places, and in its final moments, settles into a beautiful groove reminiscent of the 2.0 era.

2003-08-02 Downwardly with Disease, WavesLoring Air Force Base of operations, Limestone, Maine

Two stellar jams from the second set of Phish's first night of the IT Festival. Downwardly with Disease is all gasoline and matches, but the Waves, which dissolves into soundscape, is i of the best e'er. This was the aforementioned dark Phish played a four set bear witness which included the famous Tower Jam.

2015-08-21 Bathtub Gin Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York

While Phish's mail haitus era, which began in 2009, had its share of detractors, the shows of the Magnaball issue, however, signalled a new intensity for the band. This commencement fix closer Bathtub Gin, from the first dark of Magnaball, defines that intensity.

1998-08-12 Mike'due south Vocal-> Simple -> RiftVernon Downs, Vernon, New York

I had never heard this set until LivePhish released this show as an archival release. This Mike's Vocal and Unproblematic knocked me out. Not bad, forceful and driving.

2003-two-16 PiperThomas & Mack Eye, Las Vegas, Nevada

This Piper evolves into an upbeat jam with exquisite, bright interplay from the band.

2015-08-22 Tweezer -> Prince CaspianWatkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York

A unique Tweezer dissolves into a Tweezer-infused Prince Caspian that is just a thing of pure dynamite beauty. I've sometimes heard this referred to as the Tweespian, other times equally the Magna Caspian. Either style, the ring lights upwardly Watkins Glen with a jam for the ages.

1999-09-18 Boogie On Reggae Adult femaleCoors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, California

Information technology's pretty easy to say y'all can stick with the original Stevie Wonder studio cut, but the strength of this 21-minute cover is a mellow percussive rhythm that climaxes into firey melodic playing. This version of Boogie On is too one of the all-time representatives of Phish'due south 'millenial style jamming'- hypnotic, droning layers of audio and darker guitar work. This show was recently released as an archival release past Phish.

1998-04-02 Stash -> HornNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Phish's Island Bout shows of jump 1998 are filled with highlights. Don't miss this epic Stash, which features darkness jamming and a wonderful ambience outro.

2015-08-22 Drive-In JamWatkin Glen International, Watkin Glen, New York

Phish had a lot of proficient vibes on their 2022 summer bout, following Trey Anastasio'southward demonstration on lead guitar on the Fare Thee Well bout. Phish fans, eternally conflicted by associations and comparisons with that other band, seemed really proud of Trey, and they wanted to hear if his practicing Garcia licks would influence Phish'due south audio. Those positive vibes culminated in Phish's most successful mail-haitus run. But this last night of their late summertime Magnaball Festival ended with a secret 4th set, in which Phish played a near hr-long instrumental jam. There are but a handful of these long festival jams, but they are made to be played on long road trips on lonely roads.

1995-06-14 TweezerMud Island Amphitheatre, Memphis, Tennessee

The l-minute 'Mud Island Tweezer', infused with Santana Gypsy Queen segments and Sonic Youth/Pink Floyd inspired ambient moments, is an outlier for Phish, especially for this stage in their career. It is worth the ride.

2017-07-25 Fuego -> Thread ->
Crosseyed and Painless -> Makisupa PolicemanMadison Square Garden, New York, New York

An epic Crosseyed and Painless is the centerpiece of this well-played opening of set II on the famous Jam-filled Donut night of the Bakery's Dozen. This thirty-3 minute Talking Heads cover is rich with warm hues and interesting segues. Prior to this nighttime of the Bakers' Dozen, Phish had extended songs past the xxx minute range fewer than xx times in their xxx-year history; this jewel stays intriguing throughout, equally the band shifts effortlessly through varied themes.

2003-07-xix PiperTall Valley Music Center, East Troy, Wisconsin

2003 was a cracking year for big Piper'south. Heed to Folio'south brilliant pianoforte work and Trey's slow-build rhythmic jamming before the song dissolves into night chaos.

2000-07-03 SandE Centre, Camden, New Jersey

This compact thirteen minute Sand from the 2000 summer tour stands among the other finest Sand'southward for its unique groove-based jam.

1998-07-17 2001 -＞ Mike's Song -＞ Weekapaug Groove -＞Graphic symbol ZeroGorge Amphitheatre, George, Washington

The longest 2001 of all time, which opened a iv song second set in one of the most beautiful of all Phish venues, is twenty-iv minutes of fire and space funk. A must-listen. The remainder of the set represents the all-time sound of 1998.

2018-08-03 GhostVerizon Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, Georgia

This Ghost, the third song of the first set, shows the focus of the ring in 2018. This Alpharetta testify was perhaps the strongest of the entire summertime, and this blistering improvisational Ghost is i of the big reasons why.

2000-07-06 RebaMolson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rather than pursue a classic Reba superlative, this version, the 2d longest Reba of all time, wanders beautifully.

2003-02-28 Bathtub GinNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

This twenty-one minute melodic, wide-reaching Bathtub Gin, from 1 of Phish'southward highest rated shows, is amid the best. Listen for the Trey and Page interplay in the final four minutes.

2013-10-20 Tweezer -> Gilded AgeHampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

This testify at the Mothership was a turning signal for Phish's three.0 era; suggesting a robust future for the band. This duo goes dark and vehement, with amazing ambient segments in Golden Age. I of the greatest moments of Phish's post haitus reincarnation.

2018-08-04 Crosseyed and Painless -> Soul Planet ->
A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing -> PiperVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, Georgia

The frequently unpopular Soul Planet is at the middle of this brilliant second fix segment from i of the best runs of Summer 2018.

1999-12-16 Sand -> The Mango Song -> Wading in the Velvet Sea -> TweezerRaleigh, North Carolina

Remastered and released past Live Phish, this segment from 2 weeks before Phish's most enduring concert features similar themes. Unless similar the Cypress Sand from 1999-12-31, this i comes in the course of a crisp soundboard; so of import for the droning sounds emanating from the band.

2018-08-03 Tweezer -> Blaze On -> Prince Caspian -> CariniVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, Georgia

An energetic 3rd-quarter at this stellar bear witness crescendos with a multi-faceted Carini - peaks, ambient infinite and darkness abound.

1998-04-02 TwistNassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

This Twist is an early incarnation of Phish's evolving textural ambience-infinite sound that would accept full shape in 1999 and 2000.

1997-07-21 Ghost, Bathtub GinVirginia Embankment Amphitheatre, Virginia Embankment, Virginia

In this early on Ghost, the show opener for the night, you can hear Phish's cowfunk sound in its early development. Bathtub Gin, which appears later in the first set up, continues the cowfunk sound. Both of these jams feature a sound honey by Phish fans, but in an early form, and an official, remastered version exists, which is still missing on much of the cowfunk from later in 1997.

1999-12-02 Bathtub Gin -> 2001 -> You lot Bask MyselfThe Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan

This quaternary quarter segment, less than a month away from Large Cypress, is a masterful segment. Although most known for the Little Drummer Boy themed You lot Savour Myself, there is stunning jamming in the Gin, and spectacular bass-driven space grooves aplenty in the 2001.

2014-ten-31 SandMGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

If the Sand'south of 1999 epitomized Phish'south millenium-jamming and ambient drones of that era, this Sand, an equal to the greats of other eras, shows off Phish's total band audio of the era.

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2015-08-01 TweezerAaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, Georgia

The issue of practicing for Fare Thee Well is axiomatic in Trey's melodic, wandering leads in this beautiful, mellow Tweezer.

2004-06-24 TubeVerizon Wireless Music Heart, Noblesville, Indiana

This thirteen-minute Tube features bass and drums as the stars. Features some big, fat Mike bass lines and 2.0-era style textures from Trey and Page.

2004-08-10 Birds of a PlumageTweeter Eye, Mansfield, Massachusetts

This 21-minute Birds of a Plumage, which airtight set i, is a genuine work of sometimes weird, sometimes dense and sometimes euphoric improvisation.

2015-08-07 Chalk Grit Torture -> TweezerBlossom Music Center, Cuyagoga Falls, Ohio

Late summer Phish in 2022 is spectacular. Few sequences encapsulate that every bit well equally this exciting and melodic pairing.

2003-07-09 Bathtub GinShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, California

A magnificent xx-5 minute Gin, which is a great example of 2.0 era jamming. The second half of this Gin gets into warm, ambient spaces without focus.

2004-08-10 Weekapaug GrooveTweeter Eye, Mansfield, Massachusetts

Yes, there are plenty of loftier-energy, driving, funky Weekapaug's. This Weekapaug Groove jam has a actually different, spontaneous feel to it, with Trey adding a unique vocal jam midway through.

1996-eleven-02 Ya MarCoral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida

This Mustangs comprehend, which is featured on the Phish live album Coral Sky, opens the show, and is notable for how it sets the tone for a Calypso-fueled show. Latin American percussionist and Santana bandmember Karl Perazzo helped fuel that Caribbean area exploration.

2018-10-21 SimpleHampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

This 20-one infinitesimal Simple locks into a bright and mean melody afterward some early wandering exploration.

1997-11-23 Bathtub GinLawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

A heavy-punching Gin from Phish's most lauded bout contains celebratory jamming, cowfunk and motorcar-gun Trey.

2017-12-31 Gotta JibbooMadison Square Gardens, New York, New York

This Gotta Jibboo explores some funky grounds earlier departing into major key jamming.

1998-11-07 Air-conditioning/DC Bag -> GhostUIC Pavilion, Unversity of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

The centepiece of this extraordinary jam from 1998 is the spacey, ambient Bag which builds up towards a audio Ghost.

2020-02-23 Simple -> Golden AgeMoon Palace, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, United mexican states

In a year where a pandemic meant few jams, this third-quarter segment is 1 of the MVPs of the yr. Heed to Page'southward synths in Simple, and Trey'south soaring melodies in Golden Age.

2012-08-31 Chalk Dust TortureDick's Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, Colorado

Lots of energy laid over an ethereal and unique 2012 audio. A must listen jam from a top show.

1998-xi-27 Weekapaug GrooveWorcester Centrum Eye, Worcester, Massachussetts

This Weekapaug contains a unique Wipe Out jam - that niggling surf jam from the Surfaris from 1963. Merely to me, this Weekeapaug jam actually shines in its space-laden outro, a completely dissimilar space for this rarely introspective song.

2011-06-03 Down with DiseaseDTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston, Michigan

One of the brightest moments of Phish's three.0 era, this Down with Affliction, sometimes called the Disease Supreme for its John Coltrane Love Supreme quotes, is packed with melody and an understated just powerful meridian.

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