08/01/98 Alpine Valley Music Theatre , East Troy, WI

Setlist

Set One
Ramble On 409
Mike's Song 752
Esther 571
Weekapaug Groove 796
Guyute 613
Fikus 175
Birds of a Feather 387
Lawn Boy 185
Funky Bitch 432
Set Two
Piper 491
Wilson 471
2001 574
Magilla 140
2001 8
Tweezer 1111
Fluffhead 919
Brian and Robert 220
Albuquerque 242
Chalk Dust Torture 419
Frankenstein 341
Encore
Been Caught Stealing 232
Tweezer Reprise 228
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Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI
Aug 1, 1998
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Setlist

Set One
Ramble On 409
Mike's Song 752
Esther 571
Weekapaug Groove 796
Guyute 613
Fikus 175
Birds of a Feather 387
Lawn Boy 185
Funky Bitch 432
Set Two
Piper 491
Wilson 471
2001 574
Magilla 140
2001 8
Tweezer 1111
Fluffhead 919
Brian and Robert 220
Albuquerque 242
Chalk Dust Torture 419
Frankenstein 341
Encore
Been Caught Stealing 232
Tweezer Reprise 228
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Show Notes

1st Ramble On and Been Caught Stealing played1st Esther since 10/19/96 Production Credits: Recorded by Paul LanguedocMastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian MasteringPost-Production by Kevin ShapiroOn August 1, 1998 Phish returned to Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI for their third show in America’s Dairyland in as many years. Alpine is a favorite venue – one of the largest amphitheaters on the circuit with a capacity of 37,000, sprawling parking lot, a steep-sloped lawn, and wooden roof.  This was the thirteenth show of a 23-date U.S. summer tour.  Tickets and parking cost $27.75, and the show was sold out.  The rowdy Saturday night Alpine crowd was pumped but, even amidst the Summer of Covers, nobody could have predicted this show’s bookends. Set I exploded out of the gate with a four-song opening sequence of Ramble On > Mike’s Song > Esther > Weekapaug Groove.  The Led Zeppelin debut followed by Mike’s > Esther (the only such combination to-date) sent shockwaves through the audience.  This was the first Esther in almost two years, and it resolved into a funky cowbell-driven Weekapaug.  Other set I notables included Fikus, a rarity debuted earlier that summer in Copenhagen that appeared on ‘The Story of the Ghost’ album that fall, and a lively Funky Bitch set closer.  Set II highlights included Wilson > 2001 > (1998’s only) Magilla > 2001, a transcendent Tweezer > Fluffhead, and a blazing fast Chalk Dust Torture. The encore was another debut cover - Jane’s Addiction’s Been Caught Stealing > Tweezer Reprise, that put the exclamation point on this quintessential summer ‘98 show. 8/1/98 Alpine Valley was recorded by Paul Languedoc to soundboard DAT and was mastered by Fred Kevorkian.
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Reviews

Subtle Sounds — 10/11/2025 8:30:24 AM

"Tweezer is so good they wrote Scents and Subtle Sounds"

Bobo97forever — 9/7/2025 1:51:02 AM

"My only magilla ever.. in the summer of covers. Hit every show starting in my hometown of the rose city. Slept in my Mazda the whole way with my first grade friend. Life changing pilgrimage to limestone Mecca. No cell phone, no credit card, just all my mail order tix (all great seats 10 rows away fro fishman) and some home grown. Woke up the day after the last show with 40$, 3 Heinekens, a dead car battery, and two little nugs to get me home 3500 miles away. Drove straight after I popped the clutch- never turning off my engine. 61 hrs (58) to get back home.., barely time to lick my wounds and get ready for fall 98 (loaded, dark side)… magic time. Thx phish "

Jess — 7/21/2025 8:34:49 PM

"This was my first show and finally coming back to listening to it again after all these years of attending shows and having LP. Can’t wait! At the time as a junior in high school, I really had no idea what I was experiencing at the time. So special looking back on it and this setlist. "

Tim — 4/1/2025 10:06:33 PM

"Walking into Ramble On with some of the most influential people in my life…Dan, Potter, Matt "

JHS — 2/19/2025 8:29:35 PM

"Maybe the most beautiful Tweezer ever. My favorite version."

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