From: shell@gandalf.Berkeley.EDU (Shelly Culbertson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
Subject: Re: Magic at the Coach House
Date: 21 Aug 1992 04:29:27 GMT
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Dan Goodin was right, I did keep a setlist at the show (as difficult
as it was to momentarily turn my attention from the music in order to
write the songs down!).  The setlist which Todd Kushnir produced 
courtesy of his friend was fundamentally correct, with two additions
 - Buried Alive before Poor Heart (good memory, Dan!), and All Things
Reconsidered before Foam.  Oh, just to make it easy, here's the whole
thing again:

Phish at the Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, August 17, 1992
--------------------------------------------------------------
(Ninja Custodian opened; I don't know what they played, but it
was fun!)

I                                  II
Buried Alive                       Suzy Greenberg
Poor Heart                         It's Ice
The Landlady                       Tweezer
Reba                               Esther
Rift                               Mike's Song....
Wilson (!yes!)                     Horn
All Things Reconsidered            Hold Your Head
Foam                               Terrapin
My Friend, My Friend               The Flintstones Theme (30 seconds or so)
Bouncing Around the Room           Take the A-Train
David Bowie                        Somewhere Over the Rainbow (4-5 minutes)
				   Cavern

				   Encore - The Squirming Coil

I think others have already shared most of the highlights, but I'll still
add a few.  Wilson was great; I *always* love Wilson :-).  Someone tossed
a balloon onstage, and Trey popped it in the air with his guitar absolutely
in time with the song, it fit perfectly.  I remember the same thing happening
in Somerville last November, except there it was four or five balloons - you
can hear it on the tape if you've got it.  It fit in with the song so well,
Wilson without bursting balloons just isn't the same! ;-)

During Mike's Song, on the trampolines, Trey was holding one note for an
amazingly long time.  He started playing his guitar with his teeth (I think).
Suddenly the clip on his guitar strap popped open!  Incredibly, he managed to
fasten it again, while jumping on the trampoline, and without breaking the
sustain of the note...then it popped open again!  After it popped open twice
more, Brad brought him a new one, which he attached (and tossed the old one
to whoever caught it); but he never stopped playing, or jumping.  Wow.

Ninja Mike played drums during Terrapin (instead of Trey).  Whoa!  The best
part was during the vacuum solo - Ninja Mike was producing vocalizations
that sounded just like what Fish was doing on the vacuum, but using nothing
but his own mouth!  Incredible.

After Terrapin, there was a group of people calling out "Flintstones!" for
some reason.  The band looked confused, but they jammed on the theme for
a couple bars, then Page slid seamlessly into A-Train (nice!), which
incorporated the Flintstones theme, among other musical quotes, one of which
was Somewhere Over the Rainbow - which the band spontaneously moved straight
into from A-Train.  I was blown away...it was played very sweetly, with no
vocals, but lots of emotion.  Trey told me this afterwards:  a few months
ago he was in Provincetown (I think) and went with a friend on an impulse
to see a female impersonater performing.  S/he played several characters
including Marilyn Monroe and Liza Minelli, and culminating with a performance
of Somewhere Over the Rainbow as Judy Garland, dedicated to all the people
who have died of aids.  That performance is what inspired him to do the
song.  He also mentioned that the band had _never_once_ played it together
before that.  (Unbelievable {but I believe him}).

Finally, Page's solo at the end of the Squirming Coil (encore) was particularly
sweet and the crowd was *quiet* (perhaps since the rest of the band had left
the stage).  A beautiful finish to an amazing evening....

Shelly

ps.  once again...someone ripped off Andrew's tapes out of the truck.  It'll be
a long drive home for him and Brad and Chris (I think they're the ones who
get to drive the truck from Sacramento to Burlington) with no tunes, so if
you'll be seeing them and have any to spare....thanks.

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