Phish began 1997 by touring Europe in February and March, during which they debuted the first three new originals of what would be a total of 18 to come out that year. The tour also saw Fish donning a tailored all-black dress suit instead of his iconic donut mumu dress, which he would wear onstage through the summer.
The majority of the new material Phish introduced in 1997 came in June during the band’s European Summer Tour. “Bye Bye Foot” was one of those new originals that was first played abroad, as its first time making a setlist came on the second night of the tour, on June 14, 1997, in Dublin, Ireland.
By: Eric Renner Brown
Beacon of HopeTrey Anastasio performs at Manhattan s Beacon Theatre during The Beacon Jams.
Five weeks into The Beacon Jams, Trey Anastasio’s eight-week fall residency at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre, the jam luminary faced a dilemma.
For the fifth installment of the weekly Friday livestreaming series on Nov. 6, Anastasio had coaxed Phish drummer Jon Fishman from Maine to New York, where the two musicians, joined by several of Anastasio’s solo collaborators, had recreated
Ghosts of the Forest, a 2019 album and tour that honored his late friend Chris Cottrell.
Anastasio already had his eyes set on week six and a set full of Phish songs he couldn’t dream of playing live without Fishman by his side. But Fishman, a father of five, had to return to Maine for family reasons.