Bob Weir Guests With Phish For The First Time On This Date In 2000
By Scott Bernstein Oct 6, 2016 • 10:00 am PDT
On October 6 and 7 Phish brought Fall Tour 2000 and the first era of their career to a close with a pair of shows at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. The band was set to begin a hiatus after the Shoreline shows and at the time a spokesperson for Phish told the New York Times “The plan is that there is no plan.” The first concert took place on October 6 and ended with an encore that featured Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir‘s debut appearance with Phish.
The collaborative encore started with Weir leading Phish on a cover of Marty Robbins’ “El Paso,” a staple of the Grateful Dead’s live repertoire. Phish has yet to play “El Paso” a second time. The cowboy song was highlighted by guitarist Trey Anastasio’s inventive flourishes. Next up was particularly revved-up “Chalk Dust Torture” featuring Weir hanging on for dear life. All these years later it remains a bizarre song choice. A more conventional selection ended the collaboration and encore as Bobby fronted Phish on the Garcia/Hunter gem “West L.A. Fadeaway.” Bob Weir sat-in for a second time with Phish on October 18, 2016 in Nashville.
Stream an audience recording of Phish’s October 6, 2000 concert at Shoreline shared by nognuisagoodgnu with Bob Weir emerging at the 2:24:00 mark:
Set 1: Carini, Stash, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Mellow Mood, Maze, The Moma Dance, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Heavy Things > Down with Disease [1] -> Spock's Brain, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Rift, Cities > Sand > Golgi Apparatus, Brian and Robert, Bold As Love
Encore: El Paso [2], Chalk Dust Torture [3] > West L.A. Fadeaway [4]
Glide was teased before the Carini opener and Jibboo was teased before Heavy Things. Disease was unfinished. The encore featured Bob Weir on guitar as well as vocals for the Phish debuts of El Paso and West L.A. Fadeaway. Trey teased Chalk Dust after West L.A. Fadeaway.
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