From a Phish weekend rich with musical highlights, one particular song stood out: “Bathtub Gin”. Played during an incredible first night at Magnabll festival in Watkins Glen, NY, the noteworthy version featured some excellent interplay between all four members of the band.
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Fortunately, thanks to the work of LazyLightning55a, we have high quality footage of this tune:
If you’re not satisfied with just one song, you can watch and stream the entirety of night one below, though we’re guessing this may get pulled from YouTube after a short while:
Setlist: Phish at Magnaball, Watkins Glen, NY – 8/21/15
Set 1: Simple > The Dogs > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Free, The Wedge, Mock Song, Roggae > Rift, Bathtub Gin
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Ghost -> Rock and Roll > Harry Hood ->Waste > No Men In No Man’s Land -> Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Farmhouse, First Tube
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and was the first show of the Magnaball festival. TMWSIY and Avenu Malkenu were played for the first time since July 4, 2012 (124 shows). After Free, Trey asked the crowd to sing Happy Birthday to his daughter, Eliza, who briefly joined him onstage. Mock Song was played for the first time since July 12, 2003 (320 shows), and featured a lyric change to “Clifford, Super, Magnaball.” CDT and Ghost both contained What’s the Use? teases. Hood contained a CTB tease from Mike.Â