08/01/98 Alpine Valley Music Theatre , East Troy, WI

Setlist

Set One
Ramble On 409
Mike's Song 752
Esther 571
Weekapaug Groove 796
Guyute 613
Fikus 175
Birds of a Feather 387
Lawn Boy 185
Funky Bitch 432
Set Two
Piper 491
Wilson 471
2001 574
Magilla 140
2001 8
Tweezer 1111
Fluffhead 919
Brian and Robert 220
Albuquerque 242
Chalk Dust Torture 419
Frankenstein 341
Encore
Been Caught Stealing 232
Tweezer Reprise 228
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Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI
Aug 1, 1998
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Setlist

Set One
Ramble On 409
Mike's Song 752
Esther 571
Weekapaug Groove 796
Guyute 613
Fikus 175
Birds of a Feather 387
Lawn Boy 185
Funky Bitch 432
Set Two
Piper 491
Wilson 471
2001 574
Magilla 140
2001 8
Tweezer 1111
Fluffhead 919
Brian and Robert 220
Albuquerque 242
Chalk Dust Torture 419
Frankenstein 341
Encore
Been Caught Stealing 232
Tweezer Reprise 228
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Show Notes

1st Ramble On and Been Caught Stealing played1st Esther since 10/19/96 Production Credits: Recorded by Paul LanguedocMastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian MasteringPost-Production by Kevin ShapiroOn 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. 8/1/98 Alpine Valley was recorded by Paul Languedoc to soundboard DAT and was mastered by Fred Kevorkian.
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Reviews

Tim — 4/1/2025 10:06:33 PM

"Walking into Ramble On with some of the most influential people in my life…Dan, Potter, Matt "

JHS — 2/19/2025 8:29:35 PM

"Maybe the most beautiful Tweezer ever. My favorite version."

DPD — 1/13/2025 2:07:08 AM

"Jordy took me to my first PH show after a five year Jerry COMA and now he had retuned the 1989 Tinley park solid That launched out friendship Ramble Into MIkes Esther and Weekapaw And then 2001 disco Into the FREEZER and I have been hooked line and sunk for life thanks to my BFF the Jordacious one him self "

Peter Schaeve — 1/9/2025 10:10:15 PM

"My first show ever of 125. I got a Tweezer and Chalk Dust. 2001 too! I immediately felt at home in the lot. Who knew it was the first of many times being at home in the lot. I was 15, summer before sophomore year. My older brother got pulled over twice on the way there."

Simple81.0 — 11/22/2024 5:28:33 PM

"This was a true gem of a show! "

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