Phish kicked off their highly anticipated run at The Gorge on Friday, Aug. 27, immediately honoring the late Charlie Watts with a cover of The Rolling Stones “Torn and Frayed”

From there, Phish dotted Friday’s first set with some significant bust-outs, namely “Leaves” – last seen on 9/3/17, show gap: 102 – and “Ha Ha Ha,” last seen on the final night of the band’s Baker’s Dozen run, 8/6/17, show gap: 105. (As for the jamming, Friday’s second set “Camel Walk” was also a point of much conversation, clocking in around 17-minutes.)

From there, Phish continued the bustout trend on Saturday.

After opening night two with a rocking “Carini”> “Maze”> “46 Days,” setlist statisticians rejoiced at the band’s first “Esther” since July 30, 2017 (show gap: 111).

Night two also featured a nice “Scents and Subtle Sounds”> “Bug”> “Possum” run to end the second half, as well as a three-part encore of “Bittersweet Motel”> “Heavy Things” and “About to Run.”

Phish will close their Gorge run on Sunday, Aug. 29.

Check out each night’s setlist via Phish.net and Friday’s standout “Camel Walk” below:

Phish
Aug. 27, 2021
The Gorge, George, Wash.

Set I: Torn and Frayed, No Men In No Man’s Land, Leaves*, Split Open and Melt, Tube, I Been Around, Ha Ha Ha^, Mull, Shade, Alaska > Golgi Apparatus

Set II: Sigma Oasis > What’s the Use?, Blaze On > Lifeboy > Camel Walk -> Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Slave to the Traffic Light

Enc: Drift While You’re Sleeping

Notes:
[1] Unfinished.
*LTP: September 3, 2017 (102 shows)
^LTP: August 6, 2017 (105 shows)

Phish
Aug. 28, 2021
The Gorge, George, Wash.

Set I: Carini > Maze > 46 Days, Esther*, 555 > Divided Sky, Swept Away > Steep, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

Set II: Sand > Down with Disease[1] > Prince Caspian > Mountains in the Mist, Scents and Subtle Sounds > Bug > Possum

Enc: Bittersweet Motel > Heavy Things, About to Run

Notes:
[1] Unfinished.
*LTP July 30, 2017 (111 show gap)