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Vegas 96

Vegas 96 is a triple live album from the American jam band Phish, recorded live at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 1996. In addition to the 3-CD set, a limited edition box version also includes a DVD with archival footage from the show and an extensive 40-page bound-book featuring photos and notes.

The show features a large amount of extended improvisation on Phish classics such as "Harry Hood" and "Weekapaug Groove", as well as a cover of Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia". The encore features a half-hour version of "Harpua" with guest appearances from Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of the band Primus, actor Courtney Gains from Children of the Corn, a group of Elvis impersonators, and a pair known as the "Yodeling Cowgirls", who performed "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", accompanied by John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on a pedal-steel guitar.

The Yodeling Cowgirls, from Phoenix, Arizona, are Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza, who had met Phish at their Phoenix concert days earlier.

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com. Selected songs are available for MPEG-4 download.

Track listing

Disc one

Set one:

  1. "Wilson" (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall, Aaron Woolf) – 6:22
  2. "Peaches en Regalia" (Frank Zappa) – 3:10 →
  3. "Poor Heart" (Mike Gordon) – 3:18 →
  4. "2001" (Eumir Deodato) – 9:27 →
  5. "Llama" (Anastasio) – 5:26
  6. "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) – 26:00
  7. "Cars Trucks Buses" (Page McConnell) – 4:09 →
  8. "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 11:04 →
  9. "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 4:55

Disc two

Set two:

  1. "Julius" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 9:34
  2. "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:37 →
  3. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) – 10:53 →
  4. "Simple" (Gordon) – 18:33 →
  5. "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Gordon, McConnell, Brian Long) – 15:40 →
  6. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 11:35
  7. "Sweet Adeline" (Henry W. Armstrong, Richard Gerard) – 1:54
  8. "Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 7:18

Disc three

Encore:

  1. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:03 →
  2. "Wildwood Weed" (Don Bowman) – 2:43 →
  3. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:21
  4. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) – 2:17 →
  5. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 1:55 →
  6. "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) – 4:28 →
  7. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 8:47 →
  8. "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Steve Pollak) – 6:52 →
  9. "Susie Q" (Dale Hawkins, Robert Chaisson, Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) – 2:47

Bonus disc - Road to Vegas

  1. "Split Open and Melt" <small>(Anastasio)</small> - 11:04
  2. *recorded November 9, 1996
  3. "Tweezer" <small>(Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell)</small> - 16:58
  4. *recorded November 3, 1996
  5. "Bathtub Gin" <small>(Anastasio, Goodman)</small> - 26:31
  6. *recorded November 7, 1996
  7. "Simple" <small>(Gordon)</small> - 16:37
  8. *recorded November 18, 1996
  9. "Amazing Grace" <small>(Traditional)</small> - 6:07
  10. *recorded November 30, 1996

Personnel

Phish

  • Trey Anastasio - guitars, lead vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
  • Page McConnell - keyboards, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
  • Mike Gordon - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Poor Heart" and "Mike's Song", acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
  • Jon Fishman - drums, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"

Guests

  • Les Claypool - bass guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q", lead vocals on "Wildwood Weed"
  • Larry LaLonde - guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q"
  • John McEuen - slide guitar on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
  • Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza - vocals on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
  • Courtney Gains - percussion on "Suzy Greenberg"

Guests on Road to Vegas

  • Karl Perazzo - percussion on "Tweezer"
  • Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone on "Amazing Grace"
  • John McEuen - slide guitar on "Amazing Grace"

References