Live Phish Volume 6
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Live Phish Vol. 6 was recorded live on the first night of a three night stand at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts
, on November 27, 1998.
The show is best known for its repeated relapses into the classic Surfaris favorite "Wipeout," which made two appearances by itself during the concert and one during the middle of "Weekapaug Groove." The band was extremely loose and playful on this night, launching into a spontaneous version of the ska
classic "Mirror in the Bathroom" while still in the middle of "Chalkdust Torture," and also breaking out the only blues
version of "Dog Log" in the song's history.
Also, the band extended the ending of "Weekapaug Groove" into its own individual jam, resulting in the entire "Weekapaug Groove" segment clocking in at over twenty minutes.
This concert remains one of Phish
's most popular performances from the 1998 fall tour.
Friday, 27 November 1998 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
SET 1: Funky Bitch, Ya Mar, Carini, Runaway Jim, Meat, Reba*, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, When the Circus Comes, Birds of a Feather (1:23)
SET 2: Buried Alive, Wipe Out+, Chalk Dust Torture** > Mirror in the Bathroom# > Chalk Dust Torture > Dog Log## > Chalk Dust Torture > Sanity, Buffalo Bill, Mike's Song^ > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^^, Run Like an Antelope (1:18)
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea, Golgi Apparatus > Wipe Out+ (0:13)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
, on November 27, 1998.
The show is best known for its repeated relapses into the classic Surfaris favorite "Wipeout," which made two appearances by itself during the concert and one during the middle of "Weekapaug Groove." The band was extremely loose and playful on this night, launching into a spontaneous version of the ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
classic "Mirror in the Bathroom" while still in the middle of "Chalkdust Torture," and also breaking out the only blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
version of "Dog Log" in the song's history.
Also, the band extended the ending of "Weekapaug Groove" into its own individual jam, resulting in the entire "Weekapaug Groove" segment clocking in at over twenty minutes.
This concert remains one of Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
's most popular performances from the 1998 fall tour.
Disc one
- "Funky Bitch" (SealsSon SealsFrank "Son" Seals was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.-Career:He was born in Osceola, Arkansas where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small juke joint. He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk, and later as a guitarist...
) - 6:56 - "Ya Mar" (Ferguson) - 10:40
- "Carini" (AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
, FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
, GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
, McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
) - 5:51 - "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams, Anastasio) - 9:21
- "Meat" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, MarshallTom Marshall (singer)Tom Marshall is a lyricist, keyboardist and singer/songwriter best known for his association with Trey Anastasio and the rock band Phish...
, McConnell) - 4:52 - "Reba" (Anastasio) - 15:48
- "Old Home Place" (Jayne, Weeb) - 3:58
- "Dogs Stole Things" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:39
Disc two
- "Vultures" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 7:13
- "When the Circus Comes" (HidalgoDavid HidalgoDavid Hidalgo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. He is also a member of the supergroup Los Super Seven and of the Latin Playboys, a side project band made up of some of the members of Los Lobos...
, PérezLouie PérezLouie Pérez is an American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for Los Lobos, and Latin Playboys....
) - 5:29 - "Birds of a Feather" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 9:01
- "Buried Alive" (Anastasio) - 3:37 ->
- "Wipeout" (BerryhillBob BerryhillBob Berryhill is a founding member of The Surfaris and co-writer, recording artist of "Wipe Out" and other Surfaris' hits. In 1960, when Bob was 13 he took a trip to the Hawaiian Islands and learned to surf and play ukulele. On returning to California, he began working seriously on guitar and two...
, ConnollyPat ConnollyPat Connolly was the bass guitarist for the Californian surf group The Surfaris from 1962-1965. They had a #2 U.S./#5 UK hit with Wipe Out. He left the band in 1965, for personal reasons.-References:*...
, Fuller, WilsonRon Wilson (drummer)Ron Wilson was an American musician and recording artist, best known as an original member and drummer of The Surfaris, an early surf rock group of the 1960s...
) - 2:01 -> - "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:33 ->
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" (CharleryRanking RogerRanking Roger is an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s two-tone band, The Beat and General Public...
, CoxAndy CoxAndy Cox is a British guitarist, who along with Dave Wakeling, founded The Beat in 1978.The Beat achieved eight Top 40 singles and three hit albums in the UK before announcing their break up in 1983...
, MortonEverett MortonEverett Morton is a drummer and percussionist from Birmingham, England, most notable as the drummer for the early 1980s ska band The Beat. Originally from the West Indies, Morton is known for his distinctive drumming style that includes syncopation and polyrhythm in a rock beat...
, SteeleDavid Steele (musician)David "Shuffle" Steele is an English musician who was a member of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals.-Career:...
, WakelingDave WakelingDave Wakeling is an English rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-Tone band The Beat and also General Public.-Career:...
) - 0:58 -> - "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:09
- "Dog Log" (Anastasio) - 2:46
- "Sanity" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell, PollakThe Dude of LifeSteve Pollak, best known by his stage name The Dude of Life, is a musician and lyricist, who has co-written numerous Phish songs, including "Suzy Greenberg", "Fluffhead", "Slave to the Traffic Light", "Run like an Antelope", "Sanity", "Crimes of the Mind", "Dinner and a Movie", and most recently,...
) - 4:52 - "Buffalo Bill" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:35
Disc three
- "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 10:28 ->
- "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio, DaubertMarc DaubertMarc Daubert was the percussionist for the rock band Phish for a brief time in their early history, joining the band in September 1984 and leaving the band in February 1985....
, Marshall) - 6:48 -> - "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 20:13
- "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 15:47
- "Wading in the Velvet Sea" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:47
- "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 4:33
- "Wipeout" (Berryhill, Connolly, Fuller, Wilson) - 2:02
Personnel
- Trey AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
- guitars, vocals - Page McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
- piano, organ, vocals - Mike GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
- bass, vocals - Jon FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
- drums, vocals
Setlist from the 'Helping Phriendly Book'
- 'The Helping Phriendly Book' (HPB) is a detailed setlist archive maintained by fans at phish.net.
Friday, 27 November 1998 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
SET 1: Funky Bitch, Ya Mar, Carini, Runaway Jim, Meat, Reba*, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, When the Circus Comes, Birds of a Feather (1:23)
SET 2: Buried Alive, Wipe Out+, Chalk Dust Torture** > Mirror in the Bathroom# > Chalk Dust Torture > Dog Log## > Chalk Dust Torture > Sanity, Buffalo Bill, Mike's Song^ > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^^, Run Like an Antelope (1:18)
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea, Golgi Apparatus > Wipe Out+ (0:13)
- With whistling. +Trey introduced Fish. **With "Wipe Out" teases. #First time played (The Beat (later known as The English Beat) cover from their debut LP "I Just Can't Stop It"); two verses played. ##Possibly inspired by a dog show taking place next door to the Centrum; very bluesy. ^With ambient jamming. ^^With recurring "Wipe Out" jamming and ambient jamming (especially in the latter portion). +After a drum solo by Fish, Trey introduced him again and then they finished "Wipe Out."