PHISH “Hurricane Recovery” Along with these two benefit releases, the WaterWheel Foundation has launched a donation sweepstakes to support Hurricane and Flood Recovery for a chance to win a stage-worn and autographed Fishman dress and a trip to see Phish at MSG on 12/30 and 12/31. You can donate to win and find out more details at fandiem.com/phish. 10/26/94 Varsity Gym, Appalachian State University – Boone, NC On October 26, 1994 Phish played at the Appalachian State University Varsity Gym - a small basketball gymnasium with a capacity of 3,500 for this show. It was their only show on the ASU campus. Tickets cost $12 for students and $18 for the public, and the Wednesday night show was sold out. Boone was the 16th show on a 46-stop national tour that stretched from early October to mid-December and included Phish’s first modern Halloween show where they would introduce their first “musical costume”. Here, just five shows removed from Halloween, fan excitement to guess the musical costume was at a peak and the band stoked suspense and misdirection by playing Led Zeppelin’s The Rover during the Boone soundcheck. Set I was strong, with a unique and fiery opening (Simple, It’s Ice > NICU > Run Like An Antelope) and closing (The Oh Kee Pa > Suzy Greenberg > Runaway Jim). Trey teased Dixie during Run Like An Antelope, and Guyute included the early/alternative lyric "dancing like a newborn elf,” while Dog Faced Boy had a brief guitar outro that led to Scent Of A Mule. Set II contained a soaring Reba and shapeshifting You Enjoy Myself with The Vibration Of Life, and a vocal jam that melted into a Fish-sung Catapult as well as a full band "Greenpeace Mike" chant. David Bowie's intro included the Fish vocalization "the cows come out to play" with some moo'ing and other utterances throughout. Before the encore, Trey thanked the crowd and compared the town of Boone to the band's home state of Vermont. Nellie Kane and Beaumont Rag (the latter of which was a rarity that contained what Trey pointed out was Page’s first-ever bass solo) were performed acoustic with Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on banjo, Page on upright bass and Fish on mandolin. Foreplay/Long Time was performed acoustic with the same setup except Fish on Madonna washboard. Trey introduced the Boston cover as "a little northern bluegrass...asphaltgrass.” The show was selected, along with 8/2/93 Tampa, as a pair of ‘Hurricane Recovery’ archival releases to benefit recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton in Southeast states as well as summer flooding in Vermont. Order both together and save! SET I: * Simple > (5:17) * It’s Ice > (9:50) * NICU > (5:35) * Run Like An Antelope (13:00) * Guyute (10:57) * Dog Faced Boy (2:30) * Scent Of A Mule (9:12) * The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > (1:44) * Suzy Greenberg > (5:36) * Runaway Jim (7:57) SET II: * Rift (6:55) * Bouncing Around The Room (3:49) * Reba (15:15) * Axilla [Part II] (4:31) * You Enjoy Myself > (2:27) * Vibration Of Life > (2:05) * You Enjoy Myself > (15:51) * Catapult > (1:20) * You Enjoy Myself (1:05) * Hold Your Head Up > (1:11) * Cracklin’ Rosie > (2:50) * Hold Your Head Up (0:52) * David Bowie (13:22) ENCORE: * Nellie Kane (5:10) * Beaumont Rag (3:12) * Foreplay/Long Time (7:42) * Amazing Grace (2:44) NOTES: * Trey teased Dixie during Run Like An Antelope * You Enjoy Myself included a bass/drums Simple tease/jam – and “Greenpeace Mike” vocal jam * Nellie Kane and Beaumont Rag were performed acoustic (Trey acoustic guitar, Mike banjo, Page upright bass, Fish mandolin) * Foreplay/Long Time was performed acoustic (Trey acoustic guitar, Mike banjo, Page upright bass, Fish Madonna washboard) PRODUCTION CREDITS: * Recorded by Paul Languedoc * Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering * Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro