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HarborSeal There were a few other "Water Your Team" YEMs in 1993, no? (Re: the 93 CD at the end.)

Anyway, just to play along, here are a couple of passes:

1997
Song: 2/17/97 Carini
Why: Tiny European venue, deep exploratory jamming with a funk flavor that set the tone for the year, and
Length: About 10 minutes

Song: 3/1/97 Wolfman's
Why: identified by the band as a key moment by the SSP release; opens up the funk sound in a new way that would be audible in many jams throughout 97 and 98 especially and afterwards
Length: about 5 minutes

Song: 7/1/97 Ghost, from the "Back of the Worm" part
Why: This run and the Worm jamming are both legendary; Ghost was the song Phish used to conquer the world
Length: about 5 minutes

Song: 7/22/97 Taste
Why: legendary version; every version after affected by this
Length: oh, probably the whole 9 minutes, though I'm going to run out of time soon, won't I

Song: 7/29/97 Gumbo
Why: another jam that the band identified (in some interview? in the Phish Book?) as important for developing the free, open, arena style rock they played a lot that year. Paradigmatic funk jam.
Length: maybe 4-5 minutes

Song: 8/17/97 Gin
Why: Explosive jam from one of the best sets of the year at the event where Phish really established what a Phish Festival means; could easily replace with the glowstick Hood
Length: 4-5 minutes

Song: 11/13/97 Black Eyed Katy
Why: Shows how the funk influenced Phish's songwriting, and it's kind of the anthem for the fall
Length: 7 minutes

Song: 11/13/97 Weekapaug
Why: the ending is the first of the upping-the-ante tempo games Trey and Fish would play all tour; also an amazing beginning to a huge tour; could replace with something from 11/17 Wolfman's or 12/11 JBG or elsewhere
Length: 3 minutes

Song: 11/17/97 Ghost
Why: the band apparently listened to this on the tour bus for the rest of the Fall. It was the paradigmatic space funk jam, influenced everything else they played all fall, and is one of the truly legendary jams in Phishtory.
Length: 8 minutes maybe

Song: 11/22/97 Halley's
Why: The extended jam at the end is some of the most beautiful, meditative improv Phish has ever produced. It's subtle and profound and simple perfection to my ears. Not really funky, but shows a brand new space to which the funk could carry the band. From maybe the best 3 show weekend run the band ever played (counting 11/23 even though it's a a different venue). Could replace w/some of 11/21 Bag or 11/23 Gin.
Length: 6 minutes or so

Song: 11/29/97 Jim
Why: longest jam in Phish history! Also I'm tickled by the idea of the shortest track in this selection being taken from the longest jam
Length: 2 minutes (just the slide into the Paug jam)

Song: 12/6/97 Tweezabella; the last couple of minutes -> Izabella, some of the Izabella funk
Why: Arguably the culmination of the funk jams;
Length: 10 minutes

Song: 12/30/97 Carini -> BEK
Why: from the epic encore to the classic 12/30 show. Carinis bookending the whole selection seemed appropriate. The slowed-down BEK as a complement to the faster versions from the fall anticipates some directions the band would take in 98.
Length: 9 minutes

OK that's kind of close to 100 minutes.


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