Full Show Audio: Pink Talking Fish Hold 4 Special Cruise Shows

Over the past two weekends Pink Talking Fish held four separate boat cruise performances that saw the Pink Floyd/Talking Heads/Phish tribute act joined by a number of guests. The special performances also saw a first-ever full album re-creation set among many other highlights.

On Friday, July 8 PTF held a pair of Rocks Off Concert Cruises off the coast of New York City. The early performance included their debut complete performance of Dark Side Of The Moon marking the first time the band has dedicated an entire set to one of the bands they honor. Vocalist Elise Testone joined the rendition of “Great Gig In The Sky” and returned to augment the more typically structured second set. The subsequent late night cruise performance was augmented by the Turkuaz horn section throughout the two set show. Horn parts for favorites “Suzy Greenberg” and “Wolfman’s Brother” were charted to precisely match the Phish arrangements.

This past Saturday, July 16 PTF cruised out on Lake Champlain near Burlington, Vermont for two set performance. The show saw Seth Yacavone Band bassist Alex Budney sit-in for a version of “Houses In Motion.” Yesterday, Pink Talking Fish hit the waters off the coast of Boston for a Rock On! Concert Cruise with Tom Hamilton’s American Babies supporting the late afternoon show. Tom Hamilton joined PTF for “Pull Up The Roots” and “Young Lust.” The single set show also featured PTF bassist Eric Gould’s 4-year-old daughter Zia Mei joining in on “Quinn The Eskimo.”

An audience recording of both the early and late cruises from July 8 posted by taper Keith Litzenberger can be streamed below.

Setlists

July 8 Rocks Off Concert Cruise, New York City

Early Cruise

Set One: Dark Side Of The Moon: Speak To Me > Breathe > On The Run > Time > Great Gig In The Sky* > Money > Us And Them** > Any Colour You Like > Brain Damage > Eclipse

Set Two: Lengthwise***, Moma Dance > Wild Wild Life, Have A Cigar* > If I Could*, Take Me To The River*, Dogs > Mike’s Song > This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)*, Fearless**** > Simple > Life During Wartime* > Weekapaug Groove

• *w/ Elise Testone on vocals
• **w/ Waste tease
• ***performed accapella while the boat was rocking particularly hard due to big waves
• ****w/ Roggae and Prince Caspian teases

Late Cruise (Entire Show featured Turkuaz Horns)

Set One: In The Flesh* > Bathtub Gin* > Burning Down The House, Run Like Hell, Gumbo, Nothing But Flowers, One Of These Days > Kung** > One Of These Days > Wolfman’s Brother > Crosseyed And Painless

Set Two: 2001*** > Another Brick In The Wall > Psycho Killer > Another Brick In The Wall > Tweezer > Houses In Motion**** > Young Lust > Suzy Greenberg > Girlfriend Is Better > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Quinn The Eskimo > Character Zero

Encore: Cities

• *No Horns
• **”Kuaz” instead of Kung
• ***w/ Manteca tease
• ****w/ Stash tease

July 16 Lake Champlain Concert Cruise, Burlington Vermont

Set One: Waves > Run Like Hell > Slippery People > Moma Dance > Slippery People, Have A Cigar > This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Shine On You Crazy Diamond > Divided Sky > Once In A Lifetime > Divided Sky > Somewhere Over The Rainbow > Divided Sky

Set One: Nothing But Flowers* > My Friend My Friend, Dogs > Pull Up The Roots > Time > Carini > Houses In Motion**, Dogs > Character Zero

• *w/ Ass Handed tease
• **w/ Alex Budney on bass; w/ Fiyo On The Bayou tease

July 17 Rock On! Concert Cruise, Boston Massachusetts

Setlist: Punch You In The Eye > Life During Wartime > Breathe, Quinn The Eskimo*, Take Me To The River, Fearless** > The Curtain > Pull Up The Roots*** > Young Lust***, Waves > Psycho Killer > Pigs (3 Different Ones) > Bug > Crosseyed And Painless > Eclipse

• *w/ Zia Mei Gould on guitar and vocals
• **w/ Prince Caspian tease
• ***w/ Tom Hamilton on guitar