On June 14, 1995 Phish played Mud Island Amphitheatre in Memphis, TN. It was Phish’s only Mud Island show and the third Memphis show of five to-date. Mud Island is a 5,000 seat outdoor amphitheater that has hosted a summer concert series for over two decades. The venue is located on a peninsula between the Mississippi River and Wolf River Harbor within the Mud Island River Park, which is accessible by monorail, footpath, ferry, or automobile. Tickets cost $21.00 and the show was sold out. Mike was quoted in the Mud Island show program, “I’ve always been interested in the transcendent possibility music has. I think our ideal is to have music be an experience that can transform consciousness, to spark imagination, to put people in a groove. It should make people realize that life is a thing worth celebrating.” The program concluded, “Just remember to take the train after the show: swimming to shows is not allowed.” Mud Island set I kicked off with the summer ’95 classic Don’t You Want To Go? followed by a hot Gumbo > NICU. Other highlights included Mound, Possum, All Things Reconsidered, and the set closing Spock’s Brain > Split Open And Melt. Set II was a five-song affair that featured the Mud Island Tweezer, a 50-minute multidimensional psychedelic tour de force and the longest Tweezer ever played. The electric atmosphere continued with a three-song encore, Simple with clap-along a cappella ending into (State of Tennessee and UT fight song) Rocky Top > Tweezer Reprise, to cap a magical Memphish evening on the river. Mud Island ’95 was recorded by Paul Languedoc to 2-track digital and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. PRODUCTION CREDITS •Recorded by Paul Languedoc •Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering •Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro •Technical Assistance by Ben Collette SHOW NOTES •Stairway To Heaven tease before Don’t You Want To Go •Amazing Grace was sung without microphones