SET 1: Poor Heart: Great energy coming out of the gate. You can tell Fishman is in high spirits based on him improv vocals >

Down with Disease: Well played, lots of fire.

Guyute: Nailed. Sounds great.

Gumbo: Maple Leaf Rag tease by Scott Joplin @ 5:25 through the end. Solid Gumbo, Page rules.

Rift: Standard.

Free: Standard.

The Old Home Place: Tad bit sloppy.

David Bowie: Trippy intro with loops and some note bending that is pretty cool. This is a rocking version with a fiery climax. Would relisten!

Lawn Boy: Standard >

Sparkle: Standard >

Frankenstein: Great set closer. They must have taken notice as the next three times they played it – they did so with the same placement: 11.29, 12.6, 12.28.

SET 2: La Grange: Solid bust out – LTP 12.29.95 – 56 show gap. Just a bit sloppy at the beginning but they more than make up for it as they burn the house down with this one and the stage is now set for what will be an outrageous set II. >

Runaway Jim: Huge clap along in that interlude after the 'Cause he took all the money that I saved for rent – makes sense as Chicago is not that far from Omaha – so all the Chicago clappers must have made the trip. 9:59 here comes that funk that has been creeping into sets ever since Remain in Light and would become so prominent the following year. Things get decidedly darker after the funk jam. Hold on to your hats, things are about to get very weird… ->

The Vibration of Life: Performed for the first time since November 30, 1994 (148 shows). Trey “This was written by God” -> Kung -> Catapult:

Axilla LOLs are a plenty with all the yelling at Kuroda and Leigh Fordham and Fish and Trey saying they want to go on a trip to Cuba with Leigh: > Harry Hood: All-timer! The antics (Leigh!!!Fordham!!!). THE Note! The way they rip it up after that. Crazy good Hood. Check out the YouTube’s to see how incredibly pumped Trey is. >

Suzy Greenberg: La Grange tease at 1:09 – Axilla tease at 2:37 – this is a fun Suzy.

Amazing Grace

ENCORE: We're an American Band: Debut. Face melter and obviously perfect for this town/venue.

Summary: The rewarded those that made the extremely dangerous drive to this show. Weather conditions were incredibly bad. Lots of altercations with cops on horseback outside before the show. Replay value: Bowie, Runaway Jim, and Hood. The whole show is ridiculous – the ‘standard’ stuff is on point and tight. The one and only time they played Omaha, they destroyed it. Phish loves crushing towns in the Midwest and this evening was no different.