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SET ONE
La Grange 6:23
Makisupa Policeman 5:26
Funky Bitch 7:38
Possum 11:40
Roggae 7:43
Character Zero 7:35
Ramble On 12:24
Slave to the Traffic Light 12:10
SET TWO
Mike's Song 18:27
Simple 13:49
Rift 6:06
Loving Cup 9:00
Sleeping Monkey 5:57
Weekapaug Groove 10:13
The Squirming Coil 10:18
ENCORE
Burning Down the House 6:02
You Enjoy Myself 20:42
NOTES
On August 12, 1998 Phish played outdoors at Vernon Downs – a harness racetrack in the town of Vernon, NY. This was the last regular show of 23 U.S. dates leading up to Lemonwheel, a tour dubbed the Summer Of Covers due to near-nightly bustouts of new cover songs. It was Phish’s only Vernon show and a homecoming for Jon Fishman, who grew up in nearby Syracuse. Vernon’s general admission, open field set the stage for a pre-festival barnburner.
Among set I highlights were the La Grange > Makisupa Policeman > Funky Bitch opening sequence, Possum dedicated to Jeff Holdsworth, and a transcendent Ramble On > Slave To The Traffic Light set closer. Set II was a set-long Mike’s Groove, from a potent Mike’s Song > Simple > Rift through a fiery Loving Cup > Sleeping Monkey > Weekapaug Groove. The Encore featured summer’s last new cover - Phish’s only Burning Down The House (sung as “Vernon Down the House”) followed by You Enjoy Myself at Fish’s request. All in all this was an old-school, rowdy rocker with some serious jams throughout.
8/12/98 Vernon was recorded by Paul Languedoc to 2-track soundboard DAT and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. The show is available 2/13/18 via: the LivePhish+ App and as MP3, FLAC and FLAC HD downloads at LivePhish.com.
- First time played: Burning Down The House
- PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Recorded by Paul Languedoc
Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering