1995‐06‐14: Mud Island Amphitheatre, Memphis, TN, USA

On June 14, 1995 Phish played Mud Island Amphitheatre in Memphis, TN. It was Phish’s only Mud Island show and the third Memphis show of five to-date. Mud Island is a 5,000 seat outdoor amphitheater that has hosted a summer concert series for over two decades. The venue is located on a peninsula between the Mississippi River and Wolf River Harbor within the Mud Island River Park, which is accessible by monorail, footpath, ferry, or automobile. Tickets cost $21.00 and the show was sold out. Mike was quoted in the Mud Island show program, “I’ve always been interested in the transcendent possibility music has. I think our ideal is to have music be an experience that can transform consciousness, to spark imagination, to put people in a groove. It should make people realize that life is a thing worth celebrating.” The program concluded, “Just remember to take the train after the show: swimming to shows is not allowed.”

Mud Island set I kicked off with the summer ’95 classic Don’t You Want To Go? followed by a hot Gumbo > NICU. Other highlights included Mound, Possum, All Things Reconsidered, and the set closing Spock’s Brain > Split Open And Melt. Set II was a five-song affair that featured the Mud Island Tweezer, a 50-minute multidimensional psychedelic tour de force and the longest Tweezer ever played. The electric atmosphere continued with a three-song encore, Simple with clap-along a cappella ending into (State of Tennessee and UT fight song) Rocky Top > Tweezer Reprise, to cap a magical Memphish evening on the river.