Phish — Happy Halloween (Musical Costume Years: 1994, 1995, 1996 & 1998)
Does anyone miss the good old days when we could bank on Phish playing a Halloween show, displaying their chops and their take on a legendary album? Well, I do. Maybe ’09 will bring us another musical costume. Time will tell and we shall see. If they do play another Halloween show, what album would you like to see them cover? Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti? Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage? Neutral Milk Hotel’s In An Aeroplane Over The Sea? Leave us a comment with your desired album.
We’ve decided to put together some videos of Halloween’s past. Here they are in 1994 playing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”:
Next up is “Born Under Punches” from 1996′s show in Atlanta where the band covered The Talking Heads’ Remain In Light.
Here’s “Lonesome Cowboy Bill” from 1998′s performance of the Velvet Underground’s Loaded:
Here are the setlists from the musical costume years:
10/31/94 Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY
Set I: Frankenstein, Sparkle, Simple, The Divided Sky, Harpua, Julius, The Horse> Silent in the Morning, Reba, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air> Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie, Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do it in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday Jam, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution, Good Night
Set III: David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light, Rift, Sleeping Monkey, Poor Heart, Run Like An Antelope
Encore: Amazing Grace, Costume Contest Jam, The Squirming Coil
10/31/95 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL
Set I: Icculus, The Divided Sky, Wilson, Ya Mar, Sparkle, Free, Guyute, Run Like An Antelope, Harpua
Set II: I am the Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk and the Godfather, I’m One, The Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It In My Head, I’ve Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O’er Me
Set III: You Enjoy Myself, Jesus Just Left Chicago, A Day in the Life, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: My Generation1
1 acoustic
10/31/96 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA
Set I: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner
Set II: Born Under Punches, Crosseyed and Painless, The Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, The Overload
Set III: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra> Maze, Simple> Swept Away> Steep> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Frankenstein
10/31/98 Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Set I: Axilla, Punch You in the Eye, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Sneaking Sally Through the Alley> Chalkdust Torture> Lawn Boy, Mike’s Song> Frankie Says> Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll, Cool it Down, New Age, Head Held High, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
Set III: Wolfman’s Brother> Piper> Ghost
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise
