This upcoming Phish New Years Eve run will mark my 15th anniversary seeing them play live. My first show was on December 28th, 1996 at the Spectrum in Philly (may it rest in peace). Below are a list of songs that I am predicting and wishing that they play, starting first with a list of songs that I’ve never seen. Thanks to my stats over at Phish.net for helping me to compile this first batch. Make sure to check out the Youtube Playlist that I made at the bottom of this post.

For ever Phish fan, except for those that have trust funds and go on every tour and see every show, there’s always a few classics that seem to elude you at every show. The following list are my white whales.

• “Oh Kee Pa Ceremony” –> “Suzy Greenberg” (have seen Suzy multiple times just not with this classic one-two punch)
• “Alumni Blues”–>”Letter to Jimmy Page”–>”Alumni Blues”
• “McGrupp & The Watchful Hoasmaster”
• “Peaches En Regalia”
• “Weigh”
• “Rocky Top”

This next group consists of some of Phish’s more recent material that has been dawning the live stage. Notice I say “live” stage. “Undermind” was written several years ago, however, they are just now starting to play it live. On the other hand “Pigtail” was written in the past year but has only been played once – a crying shame in my opinion.

• “Pigtail”
• “Steam”
• “Undermind”
• “Halfway to the Moon”
• “Burn that Bridge”

Below are songs that were played at my first show in ’96 that I hope get busted out this New Years run.

• “Strange Design”
• “Split Open and Melt”
• “Ginseng Sullivan”
• “Johnny B. Goode”
• “TMWSIY” –> “Avenu Malkenu” –> “TMWSIY”

Cover songs have played a major role in Phish’s career. Some may even go as far as calling them the most successful rock cover band ever. Below are cover songs that I either haven’t heard in awhile or wouldn’t mind hearing a hundred times over because of how well they play the tune.

• “Jesus Left Chicago” (ZZ top)
• “Sneakin Sally Through the Alley” (Robert Palmer)
• “Soul Shakedown Party” (Bob Marley)
• “Light Up or Leave me Alone” (Traffic)
• “Crosseyed and Painless” (Talking Heads)

Finally, these are songs that I’ve seen before but it’s been quite awhile. Thanks once again to the stats over at Phish.net for helping me find my noticeable gaps.

• “Sand” (20 show gap)
• “Esther” (57 show gap)
• “Tela” (58 show gap)
• “Train Song” (33 show gap)
• “The Curtain” (20 show gap)
• “Buried Alive” (30 show gap)