A 6-disc CD box set containing two live Phish concerts from 1993. 4/14/93 & 8/16/93 from the American Theater in St. Louis, MO. In 1993, Phish was touring following the release of their fourth album Rift, and rapidly expanding into colleges and theaters as word spread about their renowned live performances. St. Louis ’93 captures the band at two standout shows on consecutive tours at the 1,750-seat Beaux Arts style American Theatre.
APR 14 1993 AMERICAN THEATRE - ST. LOUIS, MO
SET ONE
- Buried Alive 2:37
- Poor Heart 2:27
- Maze 9:33
- Bouncing Around the Room 3:38
- It's Ice 8:07
- Stash 10:22
- Kung 3:50
- Stash 1:34
- Kung 2:11
- The Horse 2:27
- Silent in the Morning 5:05
- Divided Sky 14:51
- I Didn't Know 3:48
- Golgi Apparatus 4:45
SET TWO
- Roger's Proposal 2:26
- AC/DC Bag 6:00
- My Sweet One 2:03
- Tweezer 12:43
- Mound 5:44
- Big Ball Jam 2:42
- You Enjoy Myself 13:34
- Spooky 1:58
- You Enjoy Myself 10:43
- Harpua 15:49
- Runaway Jim 7:49
ENCORE
- Lengthwise 1:38
- Contact 6:08
- Tweezer Reprise 3:36
AUG 16 1993 AMERICAN THEATRE - ST. LOUIS, MO
SET ONE
- Axilla 4:27
- Possum 13:09
- Horn 4:16
- Reba 19:26
- Sparkle 3:57
- Foam 11:49
- I Didn't Know 5:51
- Split Open And Melt 12:15
- The Squirming Coil 10:50
SET TWO
- Mike's Song 13:44
- Faht 2:41
- Weekapaug Groove 15:45
- Mound 5:50
- It's Ice 8:43
- My Friend, My Friend 7:00
- Poor Heart 2:24
- Big Ball Jam 2:48
- Take The A-Train 4:42
- Good Times, Bad Times 6:16
ENCORE
- Amazing Grace 2:29
- Rocky Top 2:45
In 1993, Phish was touring following the release of their fourth album Rift, and rapidly expanding into colleges and theaters as word spread about their renowned live performances. St. Louis ’93 captures the band at two standout shows on consecutive tours at the 1,750-seat Beaux Arts style American Theatre.
The first of the two American Theatre shows was April 14, 1993 - dubbed the “Roger Proposal” show when Trey’s old friend Roger Holloway decided to propose to his girlfriend Jennifer onstage. Trey and Roger conspired to make the proposal. Highlights of the April show included a creative Stash/Kung/Horse mash-up, Roger’s Proposal to open set II (she said “Yes”!) followed by AC/DC Bag and My Sweet One for the newly-engaged couple, You Enjoy Myself > Spooky > You Enjoy Myself, and a dreamy Harpua > Runaway Jim. The encore was dedicated to Roger and Jen “on the road of life.” Phish’s second show at the American took place August 16, 1993 during the legendary summer ’93 tour, which found the band taking exponentially bigger risks while exploring the outer limits of their repertoire. The August show kicked off with a non-stop sequence of Axilla > Possum > Horn > Reba > Sparkle. During I Didn’t Know, Fish used Voodoo and his Madonna washboard in an attempt to push back the waters of the Great Flood of 1993. Unique interstitial jams connected many of the songs in set I and added an extra element of mystery. The St. Louis Reba was an improvisational masterpiece. Possum, Foam and Split Open And Melt were all superb as was the only Mike’s Song > Faht > Weekapaug Groove combination ever played.
St. Louis ’93 was recorded in stereo from the soundboard by Paul Languedoc and mastered by Fred Kevorkian.
CREDITS
- Recorded by Paul Languedoc
- Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering
- Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro
- Technical Assistance by Ben Collette
- Illustrations/Design by Dan Mumford
- Art Direction by Julia Mordaunt
- Phish Inc. is Beth Montuori Rowles, Kevin Shapiro,
- Julia Mordaunt, Ben Collette
- Management by Coran Capshaw for Red Light Management
- with Jason Colton and Patrick Jordan
- Business Management by Burton Goldstein & Co., LLC:
- Burton Goldstein, Danyael Brand and Valerie Erbstein
1993 SPRING & SUMMER TOURING CREW
Andrew Fischbeck, Paul Languedoc, Chris Kuroda, Peter Schall , Stuart Weissman, Brad Sands, Mark Vincent, Bob Neumann, Amy Skelton, Marley, Mike Hayes, Mike Frelone, Grant McAree, Dave Lawler, Paul Charette, Larry Frazer, Don Townshend, Rob Cane, Ron Morley
1993 Management by Dionysian Productions: John Paluska, Shelly Culbertson
All songs published by Who Is She? Music Inc (BMI) except for: Take The ‘A’ Train (Strayhorn) Tempo Music (ASCAP), Good Times Bad Times (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) Flames of Albion Music (ASCAP), Rocky Top (Bryant/Bryant) House of Bryant Publications (BMI)