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. It was performed on July 22, 1997, at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in

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during a stormy night, the second show of their 1997 U.S. summer tour. During the first set, lightning struck the stage three different times, hitting the stage during the band's rendition of "Taste," forcing the group to cut the set short and leave the stage. After a one-hour intermission (purposely extended in order to let the storm pass), the group returned to the stage for an additional 90 minutes of music. The DVD footage is taken from the venue jumbo screen video feed displayed in concert during the show. This concert is also available as a download in

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formats at LivePhish.com. As a bonus, the download includes

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recorded at Walnut Creek on June 16, 1995, with guest

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of the

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on violin. It was given a rating of seven by ''

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Track listing

Disc one

# "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams,

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) - 10:10 -> # "My Soul" (

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) - 5:36 # "Water in the Sky" (Anastasio,

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) - 2:46 # "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 12:33 # "

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" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:44 # "Vultures" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 7:09 # "Bye Bye Foot" ( Fishman) - 3:59 # "Taste" (Anastasio, Fishman,

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, Marshall, McConnell) - 10:19

Disc two

# "

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" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 20:17 -> # "

Mike's Song "Mike's Song" is a song by the rock band Phish. Originally written in 1985, and debuting that year on March 16, the song written and named after bass player/singer Mike Gordon has been played a total of 488 times (appearing in 28.26% of all of Phi ...

" (Gordon) - 14:35 -> # "Simple" (Gordon) - 9:30 -> # "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio,

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, Marshall) - 3:02 # "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 11:16 # " Hello My Baby" (Emerson, Howard, Singer) - 2:02 # "When the Circus Comes" (

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) - 5:04 # " Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 11:32

Left Nuts Bonus Disc

All songs recorded June 16, 1995 except "Reba," which was recorded June 29, 1994. # "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams, Anastasio) - 31:00 -> # "Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:35 # "Reba" (Anastasio) - 15:36 # "Dog Faced Boy" (Anastasio, Fishman, Marshall, McConnell) - 2:14 -> # "Catapult" (Gordon) - 0:48 -> # "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 15:11 # "Carolina" (Traditional) - 1:42

Personnel

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 ...

- guitars, lead vocals, acapella vocals on "Hello My Baby" *

Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963) is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. McConnell joined Phish in 1985, and is the only member of its long-standing quartet li ...

- keyboards, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Hello My Baby" *

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker ('' Rising Low'', '' Outs ...

- bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Mike's Song", acapella vocals on "Hello My Baby" *

Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit. Early life Fishman was born in Ph ...

- drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Bye Bye Foot", co-lead vocals on "Taste", acapella vocals on "Hello My Baby"

References

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