Ryan recently posted a link to bt.etree.org, which features endless amounts of incredible recordings of all your favorite jam bands. This is the first in what will be a monthly feature of our favorite downloads from the site.
Up first…Phish‘s famed three-night run at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO in the fine year of 1996. These shows were made famous by getting Phish banned from Red Rocks because of the Phan “riots” that ensued! Of course, what eyewitnesses say actually happened is some local community members were angered at the influx of people and the cops overreacted. Watch the video below for some coverage of the event. It seems that Phish has terrible luck at this venue considering this year the Ticketmaster mishap had lots of Phans thinking they had secretly snuck tickets a week before the tickets actually went on sale.
Anyways, this is a great run of shows and you should check it out.
The Shows!
Set I: Chalkdust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
Set II: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Star Trek Theme1, Rocky Top1 Page solo
Set I: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, The Divided Sky, Wolfman’s Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, Squirming Coil
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down With Disease> It’s Ice, Halley’s Comet> Somewhere Over the Rainbow1, Waste2, Talk2 3, Train Song2, Strange Design2, Amazing Grace, Mike’s Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Cavern1 Page solo
2 Acoustic side-stage
3 First time played
Set I: Makisupa Policeman, Rift1, Suzy Greenberg> Simple, Theme from the Bottom, The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: The Curtain, Tweezer, Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, HYHU> Purple Rain> HYHU, Harry Hood2> Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Johnny B Goode1 “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge!!”
2 First “Hood” with audience chanting
These shows included many memorable events, such as the first appearance of the “Hood” chant during “Harry Hood,” as well as various “group crowd ideas” and a mini acoustic stage at one point in time.
ENJOY!
And of course, we can’t escape putting up some funny videos of the event.
2 Comments
What an awesome show! Brings back some good memories…
I wish I was there! I wasn’t hooked yet…..