PHISH, TUESDAY 02/18/1997
BATACLAN
Paris, France

SET 1:

Beauty of My Dreams: Standard. >

Cavern: Standard. >

Punch You in the Eye: Standard. >

Runaway Jim: They try to open this one up, but it doesn’t go much of anywhere. >

NICU: Standard. >

Stash: Pretty good Stash. They build the tension nicely. The first release is solid.

Waste: Standard.

Walfredo: Standard.

Character Zero: Standard. >

Slave to the Traffic Light: Guess they just didn’t want to get off the stage just yet. Is Don Wright still taping shows? How bad was he hurt? Solid Slave right here for sure.

SET 2:

Peaches en Regalia: Standard. >

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Standard. >

My Soul: Standard. >

Maze: Pretty darn good.

Wolfman's Brother: >

Reba[1] I like how in the mid to late 7’s and briefly into the 8’s – they try and jam in a minor chord. This seems driven mostly by Mike and Page? Other than that this is sort of a run of the mill type version.

Train Song: Standard.

Harry Hood: Good jam but basically has no peak where it needs to be. >

Frankenstein: Standard.

ENCORE:

Bold As Love: Standard.

Summary: Very meh show. 3/5.

Replay Value: None.

[1] No whistling.

Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright) who had been hit by a car earlier in the day. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
JAM CHART VERSIONS
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Harry Hood
TEASES
Super Bad tease in Also Sprach Zarathustra