It Was 20 Years Ago Today: Phish, Live at the Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA. June 24th, 1995

     Hello everyone. Hope all is good in your hood. This is another entry in my 20 Years Ago series, but this one is a rather unique as I had the opportunity to see Phish one night and then the Grateful Dead the next when they both were doing two night runs in their respective cities. This is the first night. It Was 20 Years Ago Today: Phish, Live at the Mann Music Center In Philadelphia, PA, June 24^th, 1995.
      By the Summer of 1995, I had moved back to Hanover after graduating from Penn State with my BA in American Studies (my PhD in Rock and Roll came later). I do remember being conflicted about missing a Dead show on June 24 at RFK stadium, but Phish really had a hold on me and I didn't want to miss what they were doing.

Saturday, 06/24/1995 The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Fee^[1] > Rift, Spock's Brain, Julius, Glide, Mound, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Halley's Comet > David Bowie, Lifeboy, Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Acoustic Army, Sweet Adeline, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Bold As Love
[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
Teases:
· Lifeboy tease in Suzy Greenberg
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Suzy contained a Lifeboy tease from Trey. After Acoustic Army, Trey thanked the crowd for being so quiet. The band then proceeded to don surgical masks for Adeline. The masks were provided by a fan in the front – Trey thanked him for the “hats.” The encore was preceded by Random Note and Simpsons signals.

You can stream it here

http://www.jamstreams.net/phish/1995/1995-06-24

      Don't remember much but Spock's Brain was awesome. The Stash is long but not as long as the Bowie, over 25 minutes of prime time Phish. This is the only time they did 2001>Halley's. I read it somewhere and through journalism, confirmed it. Nad told me he was walking to his seat in the balcony and it was bouncing in time to 2001.
      Pretty sure we camped that night and then made the trek south, to our nation's capital to see my boys one final time in the House Joe Gibbs Built, RFK Stadium.



Dave Kemp
BA American Studies
PhD Rock and Roll