''Live Phish Vol. 17'' was recorded live at

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, on July 15, 1998. It was the first of a series of four concerts picked by

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to release. Except for Live Phish Volume 20, the releases include his journal entries about the shows in the booklet. This was the first concert on the band's US leg of their 1998 summer tour. The bonus track is a very popular version of "Bathtub Gin" recorded live at the Riverport Amphitheater in

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, a suburb of

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Track listing

Disc one

:''Set one:'' #"Wolfman's Brother" (

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, Fishman,

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, McConnell) – 9:26 #"Water in the Sky" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:15 #"The Moma Dance" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 10:33 #"Guyute" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 12:46 #"Horn" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:00 #"Portland Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 6:19 #"

Chalk Dust Torture "Chalk Dust Torture" is a 1992 song by the American band Phish. It is the thirteenth track from their 1992 album ''A Picture of Nectar'' and was also released as their first promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a riff-based, fast-p ...

" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 8:51 #"Brian and Robert" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:35 #"Beauty of My Dreams" ( McCoury) – 3:20 #"Cars Trucks Buses" (McConnell) – 5:30

Disc two

:''Set one, continued:'' #"Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 9:26 #" Birds of a Feather" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 9:03 #"

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" (

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) – 7:50 :''Set two:'' #

"Limb by Limb" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 14:05 #"Simple" (Gordon) – 9:37 #"Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 6:19 #"

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" ( Cocker, Cunningham, Durham, Hooks, Hudson, Stainton, Troutman) – 1:51 #"Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 7:16 #"Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 11:26

Disc three

:''Set two, continued:'' #"Meat" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 5:04 #" Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) – 14:22 :''Encore:'' #

"Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) – 7:03 #"Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 4:02 :''Filler (July 29, 1998,

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):'' #

"Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) – 23:57

Personnel

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and 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 Phish o ...

– guitars, lead vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae" and "Meat" *

Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. In addition to having been a member of Phish since 1985, ...

– piano, organ, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae", "Loving Cup" and "Meat" *

– bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae" and "Meat" *

Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer known for his work with the band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983, and which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo cr ...

– drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Moma Dance", co-lead vocals on "Roggae" and "Meat"

References

{{Authority control 17 2003 live albums Elektra Records live albums