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Set Two: Backwards Down the Number Line, Halley's Comet > Light, Fluffhead > Have Mercy, Light Up or Leave Me Alone > Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, The Squirming Coil, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Boogie On Reggae Women

Notes: This show featured the first Time Loves a Hero since December 31, 2002 (127 shows), the first Have Mercy since December 12, 1999 (189 shows), and the first Light Up Or Leave Me Alone since December 30, 1999 (181 shows).

Musically, Phish is to the trained ear much different from The Dead. Both bands play a type of freeform rock ’n’ roll, with elements from rock, folk, jazz and country. You could say Phish is more adherent to improvisational jazz in terms of style, whereas the Grateful Dead holds closer to the standards of its folk roots. However, Phish is a product of a generation that grew up listening to great music like the Dead and Jimi Hendrix, while at the same time watching MTV in the ’80s. Sort of like the jam band scene’s Lebron James (Phish) and Michael Jordan (The Dead), they are simply products of different time periods; it is senseless to compare the two.