Phish — August 13 (from 8/13/08)

August 13th has historically been good to Phish. Wait… or is it, Phish has been good to August 13th? Confusion setting in… must focus… and continue.

Anyway, two of these mid-August  shows have been deemed worthy of archival release.

08/13/96 Deer Creek, Noblesville, IN
Set I: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela, Maze, Fast Enough For You, Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set II: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike’s Song> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove> Somewhere Over the Rainbow¹, Waste², Train Song², Strange Design², Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

¹ Page solo
² Acoustic mini-stage

And…

08/13/93 Murat Theater, Indianapolis, IN
Set I: Lengthwise, Llama, Makisupa Policeman> Foam, Stash¹, Ginseng Sullivan, Fluffhead, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Horn, David Bowie
Set II: Buried Alive, Rift, Bathtub Gin²> Ya Mar, Mike’s Song³> Lifeboy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony> Suzy Greenberg, Amazing Grace
Encore: Highway to Hell

¹ With “Weekapaug” teases
² “Phenomenal”
³ With “Strangehold” teases

Unfortunately I can’t offer you a download of either of these, as they are official releases, but I can tell you that they are both fantastic releases and are indeed worthy of release.

Here are their links if you want to purchase:

8/13/93 & 8/13/96