Slip Stitch and Pass

Slip Stitch and Pass
Live album by Phish
Released	October 28, 1997 (US)
Recorded	March 1, 1997, Markthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Jam rock, prog rock, jazz-rock, neo-psychedelia, funk rock
Length	72:46
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bryce Goggin
Phish chronology
Billy Breathes (1996) Slip Stitch and Pass (1997) The Story of the Ghost (1998) LivePhish.com Downloads series chronology Live Phish Downloads: Billy Breathes (2009) Live Phish Downloads: Slip Stitch and Pass (2009) Live Phish Downloads: The Story of the Ghost (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	"B+"[3]

Slip Stitch and Pass is the second official live album by the American rock band Phish. It was released on October 28, 1997, by Elektra Records and has nine tracks from the band's March 1, 1997, show at the Markthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, which was part of Phish's 1997 European Tour.

Three of the album's nine songs are cover songs: "Cities" from Talking Heads, "Jesus Just Left Chicago" from ZZ Top and the traditional a cappella standard "Hello My Baby".

In addition, during the final jam segment of "Mike's Song", the band quotes (or 'teases') Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" and elements and lyrics from The Doors song "The End". The close of "Weekapaug Groove" interpolates the end section of the Rolling Stone's "Can't You Hear Me Knocking".

The jam on "Wolfman's Brother" is indicative of the band's foray into funk music, which dominated the group's improvisation over the next several years. The song also includes a tease of the band's own instrumental tune "Dave’s Energy Guide."

Renowned graphic artist Storm Thorgerson designed the album cover.

Track listing

1. "Cities" (David Byrne) - 5:18
2. "Wolfman's Brother" (Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Tom Marshall, Page McConnell) - 13:50
3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" (Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill) - 12:58
4. "Weigh" (Gordon) - 5:29
5. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 13:52
6. "Lawn Boy" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:56
7. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 8:20
8. "Hello My Baby" (Joseph E. Howard, Ida Emerson, Louis C. Singer) - 1:19
9. "Taste" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:44

Full Setlist[4]
Set 1	Cities > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba, Hello My Baby, Possum
Set 2	Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike's Song -> Lawn Boy > Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song > Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom
Encore	Taste, Sweet Adeline
Notes	The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows). Wolfman’s included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. The jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End (The Doors), Peace Frog, and Careful with That Axe, Eugene; The End (The Doors) was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam.

Personnel

Phish

Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals

Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals

Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals

Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Slip, Stitch and Pass - Phish | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
2. Rolling Stone review
4. http://phish.net/setlists/?d=1997-03-01

External links

• Phish's official website
• Phish.net Setlists: 1997-03-01 - Full setlist and notes for the March 1, 1997 show