The “E” Center
West Valley City, UT
- Tube ->RMSTRJamcharts14:00
- Drowned ->RMSTRJamchartsTeaseCover · The Who15:40
- Jesus Just Left Chicago,RMSTRJamchartsCover · ZZ Top11:29
- Driver¹,RMSTRAcousticAlt Rig💬 Banter4:38
- Bittersweet Motel¹,RMSTRAcousticTeaseAlt Rig💬 Banter4:53
- Limb By Limb,RMSTRJamcharts15:31
- Wading in the Velvet Sea >RMSTR5:57
- Sample in a JarRMSTR5:13
- Down with Disease,RMSTR9:09
- The Mango Song >RMSTR8:20
- The Moma Dance,RMSTRTease8:42
- You Enjoy Myself,RMSTRJamcharts24:01
- Harpua² >RMSTRNarration6:00
- Speak to Me³ ->RMSTRCostumeDebutBustoutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever0:35
- Breathe³ >RMSTRCostumeDebutBustout · 230-show gapCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 2 plays ever2:12
- On The Run³,RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever4:21
- Time³ >RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever7:12
- The Great Gig in the Sky >RMSTRCostumeBustout · 333-show gapCover · Pink Floyd4:40
- Money³ >RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever7:11
- Us and Them³ ->RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever7:06
- Any Colour You Like³ ->RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever3:32
- Brain Damage³ ->RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever4:01
- Eclipse³ >RMSTRCostumeDebutCover · Pink Floyd💎 Rare · 1 play ever1:43
- HarpuaRMSTR6:07
- Smells Like Teen Spirit³RMSTRDebutCover · Nirvana💎 Rare · 1 play ever4:40
¹ Trey on acoustic guitar.
² Narration picked up where December 6, 1996 Harpua ended; Jimmy hitched a ride from Vegas to Salt Lake City and the driver was playing Dark Side of the Moon.
³ Phish debut.
“TREY: Hello everyone, we're happy to be here at the E Center. What a good place to be. I love this place, like, I'm in love with this place. I love everyone here. I love everything. It feels so warm and full of love. The E …”
Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Drowned. Driver was dedicated to “Wendy and Lisa,” and Bittersweet Motel was dedicated to the folks at The Dead Goat Saloon (the site of an open mic night appearance by Trey and Mike one night earlier). Driver and Bittersweet Motel featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Bittersweet Motel also contained a Free Bird-style ending. Moma Dance included Monkey Man (Rolling Stones) teases. The Harpua narration picked up where the December 6, 1996 Harpua ended; Jimmy hitched a ride from Vegas to Salt Lake City and the driver was playing Dark Side of the Moon . Dark Side was reportedly chosen the day of the show, partially based on sluggish ticket sales for this one venue compared to the rest of the tour. All the Dark Side songs were Phish debuts except for Great Gig (last played July 5, 1994, or 333 shows), although the original album version of Speak to Me was piped through the P.A. on Halloween, 1994 and Breathe was jammed on October 25, 1995. Smells Like Teen Spirit was also a Phish debut.
It’s so stupendous, living in this tube
Bustouts and debuts are Phish.net’s gap on the row. Version rankings and “hot this year” are counted over the shows in THIS archive — not all of history until the backfill finishes — and lengths are phish.in’s timings. Rarities use Phish.net’s all-time play count; long odds are shows played since the song’s debut divided by its plays (see the rarity index on LizardStats).
- You Enjoy Myself · Set 224:01
- Drowned · Set 115:40
- Limb By Limb · Set 115:31
- Tube · Set 114:00
- Jesus Just Left Chicago · Set 111:29
- Down with Disease · Set 29:09
Straight off the phish.in timings, longest first. What this can’t tell you yet is whether any of these is a big version — that needs each song’s own history to compare against, which is the next thing to pull in. After that: phish.in publishes a jam-start marker per track, so the composed section and the improvisation can be separated and measured properly. That’s what belongs in this tube.
When it debuted
Tonight’s songs by the era Phish first played them.
- ’83–’894
- ’90–’944
- ’95–’0016
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- Covers13
- No studio album3
- The Story of the Ghost3
- Hoist2
- Not in the song file yet2
- Junta1
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation10
- 3–53
- 6–156
- 16–503
- 51+ · bustout2
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original11
- Pink Floyd10
- Nirvana1
- The Who1
- ZZ Top1
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Cover13
- Anastasio / Marshall3
- Anastasio / Fishman2
- Anastasio solo2
- Not in the song file yet2
- Full band1
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- With Tom Marshall5
- Without Marshall4
14 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.