# Vegas 96

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Vegas 96 is a triple live album from the American jam band Phish, recorded live at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 1996. In addition to the 3-CD set, a limited edition box version also includes a DVD with archival footage from the show and an extensive 40-page bound-book featuring photos and notes.
The show features a large amount of extended improvisation on Phish classics such as "Harry Hood" and "Weekapaug Groove", as well as a cover of Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia". The encore features a half-hour version of "Harpua" with guest appearances from Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of the band Primus, actor Courtney Gains from Children of the Corn, a group of Elvis impersonators, and a pair known as the "Yodeling Cowgirls", who performed "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", accompanied by John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on a pedal-steel guitar.
The Yodeling Cowgirls, from Phoenix, Arizona, are Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza, who had met Phish at their Phoenix concert days earlier.
In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com. Selected songs are available for MPEG-4 download.

## Track listing

Disc one
Set one:
* "Wilson" (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall, Aaron Woolf) – 6:22
* "Peaches en Regalia" (Frank Zappa) – 3:10 →
* "Poor Heart" (Mike Gordon) – 3:18 →
* "2001" (Eumir Deodato) – 9:27 →
* "Llama" (Anastasio) – 5:26
* "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) – 26:00
* "Cars Trucks Buses" (Page McConnell) – 4:09 →
* "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 11:04 →
* "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 4:55
Disc two
Set two:
* "Julius" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 9:34
* "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:37 →
* "Mike's Song" (Gordon) – 10:53 →
* "Simple" (Gordon) – 18:33 →
* "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Gordon, McConnell, Brian Long) – 15:40 →
* "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 11:35
* "Sweet Adeline" (Henry W. Armstrong, Richard Gerard) – 1:54
* "Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 7:18
Disc three
Encore:
* "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:03 →
* "Wildwood Weed" (Don Bowman) – 2:43 →
* "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:21
* "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) – 2:17 →
* "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 1:55 →
* "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) – 4:28 →
* "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 8:47 →
* "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Steve Pollak) – 6:52 →
* "Susie Q" (Dale Hawkins, Robert Chaisson, Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) – 2:47

### Bonus disc - Road to Vegas

* "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 11:04
** recorded November 9, 1996
* "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 16:58
** recorded November 3, 1996
* "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 26:31
** recorded November 7, 1996
* "Simple" (Gordon) - 16:37
** recorded November 18, 1996
* "Amazing Grace" (Traditional) - 6:07
** recorded November 30, 1996

## Personnel

Phish
* Trey Anastasio - guitars, lead vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
* Page McConnell - keyboards, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
* Mike Gordon - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Poor Heart" and "Mike's Song", acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
* Jon Fishman - drums, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"

### Guests

* Les Claypool - bass guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q", lead vocals on "Wildwood Weed"
* Larry LaLonde - guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q"
* John McEuen - slide guitar on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
* Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza - vocals on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
* Courtney Gains - percussion on "Suzy Greenberg"

### Guests on Road to Vegas

* Karl Perazzo - percussion on "Tweezer"
* Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone on "Amazing Grace"
* John McEuen - slide guitar on "Amazing Grace"