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1997-11-16

MCNICHOLS ARENA · Denver, CO · Fall Tour 1997 Era 1.0

Set 1: NICU [5:34] > My Soul [7:29], Black-Eyed Katy [8:30], Farmhouse [5:46] notes ↗, The Old Home Place [3:15], Billy Breathes [7:01], Cars Trucks Buses [5:03], Scent of a Mule [5:27], Poor Heart [7:34], Taste [11:48], Hello My Baby [1:24]
Set 1 total: 1:08:51

Set 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) [16:21] notes ↗ -> Simple [8:55] -> Wilson [5:04] > Harry Hood [17:55] notes ↗ > Izabella [8:02]
Set 2 total: 56:17

Encore: David Bowie [17:39] notes ↗
Encore total: 17:39

Show total: 2:22:47 across 17 songs.

Soundcheck

Billy Breathes, Saw It Again, Beauty of My Dreams, Olivia's Pool, Bluegrass Jam, Bluegrass Jam, Scent of a Mule

A soundcheck isn't part of the show and counts toward no song's play total or gap.

Notes

Mule and Poor Heart featured Pete Wernick on banjo. Mule also included a brief Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease. Harry Hood was unfinished. Farmhouse was played in concert for the first time. The two bluegrass jams from the soundcheck also featured Pete on banjo.

Gap chart

How long each of tonight's songs had been on the shelf, across all Phish shows. The gap is always as of this date.

Song	Times played	Last played (overall)	Last played before this show	Gap
NICU	163	2026-07-27	1997-08-17	3
My Soul	96	2026-04-25	1997-11-13	1
Black-Eyed Katy	7	1997-12-30	1997-11-13	1
Farmhouse	95	2026-07-15	1997-11-07	2
The Old Home Place	51	2026-07-14	1997-07-06	25
Billy Breathes	68	2026-07-27	1997-08-14	5
Cars Trucks Buses	89	2025-07-20	1997-08-14	5
Scent of a Mule	139	2026-07-27	1997-08-17	3
Poor Heart	312	2024-12-28	1997-08-13	6
Taste	156	2026-09-06	1997-08-17	3
Hello My Baby	56	2019-12-03	1997-08-03	12
Timber (Jerry the Mule)	110	2026-07-27	1997-08-11	7
Simple	212	2026-07-25	1997-08-16	4
Wilson	306	2026-07-27	1997-08-13	6
Harry Hood	445	2026-09-04	1997-08-17	3
Izabella	23	2026-07-17	1997-08-13	6
David Bowie	481	2026-07-22	1997-08-10	8

gold = bustout (long gap) · red = jam chart · [m:ss] = phish.in duration (click it to listen) · hover a song for its gap.

Jam-chart marks are curated by hand and lag the shows — the most recent months are sparsely marked because nobody has written them up yet, not because the jams were weak. See coverage →