August 1, 1998
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI
Set One
Ramble On 6:49
Mike's Song > 12:32
Esther 9:31
Weekapaug Groove 13:16
Guyute 10:13
Fikus 2:55
Birds of a Feather 6:27
Lawn Boy 3:05
Funky Bitch 7:12
Set Two
Piper 8:11
Wilson 7:51
2001 > 9:34
Magilla 2:20
2001 0:08
Tweezer 18:31
Fluffhead 15:19
Brian and Robert 3:40
Albuquerque 4:02
Chalk Dust Torture 6:59
Frankenstein 5:41
Encore
Been Caught Stealing 3:52
Tweezer Reprise 3:48
Notes
On August 1, 1998 Phish returned to Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI for their third show in America’s Dairyland in as many years. Alpine is a favorite venue – one of the largest amphitheaters on the circuit with a capacity of 37,000, sprawling parking lot, a steep-sloped lawn, and wooden roof. This was the thirteenth show of a 23-date U.S. summer tour. Tickets and parking cost $27.75, and the show was sold out. The rowdy Saturday night Alpine crowd was pumped but, even amidst the Summer of Covers, nobody could have predicted this show’s bookends.
Set I exploded out of the gate with a four-song opening sequence of Ramble On > Mike’s Song > Esther > Weekapaug Groove. The Led Zeppelin debut followed by Mike’s > Esther (the only such combination to-date) sent shockwaves through the audience. This was the first Esther in almost two years, and it resolved into a funky cowbell-driven Weekapaug. Other set I notables included Fikus, a rarity debuted earlier that summer in Copenhagen that appeared on ‘The Story of the Ghost’ album that fall, and a lively Funky Bitch set closer. Set II highlights included Wilson > 2001 > (1998’s only) Magilla > 2001, a transcendent Tweezer > Fluffhead, and a blazing fast Chalk Dust Torture. The encore was another debut cover - Jane’s Addiction’s Been Caught Stealing > Tweezer Reprise, that put the exclamation point on this quintessential summer ‘98 show.
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