The Baker's Dozen (concert series)


The Baker's Dozen was a series of thirteen concerts performed by Vermont-based jam band Phish between July 21 and August 6, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Each night featured a completely unique setlist with no songs repeated throughout the event, with the band playing 237 songs in total. The full set of shows was released as a box set entitled The Complete Baker's Dozen, alongside a three-disc live album of highlights, The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden.

Background

Phish had planned to perform a Baker's Dozen themed concert series since before their 2004 breakup. Keyboardist Page McConnell told Relix in 2007 that the original plan was to hold 13 concerts at either Madison Square Garden or the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. McConnell said the reason the shows were not held when originally planned because, "Even if creatively it made sense to the four of us, the management – I don't want to say they wouldn’t let us do it, but really, they just wouldn't let us do it."
Phish announced the Baker's Dozen shows on their website on January 31st, 2017, and held the residency at the conclusion of their Summer Tour, following shows in Chicago, Dayton, and Pittsburgh.
Each night of the residency was themed around a different variety of doughnut – and this played into the band's song selection for that night. Examples include their performance of Junior Senior's "Shake Your Coconuts" on the opening "coconut" night and covering The Velvet Underground on the "red velvet" night, both of which were debuts.
Each show also featured a special doughnut served each night to the audience by Federal Donuts of Philadelphia.
Arguably the most well-received night of the run was July 25, the "jam-filled" night, which had extended improvisation on songs that typically did not feature them, the most infamous of which being a 30-minute version of "Lawn Boy", a track which usually does not exceed four minutes. During the "Boston Cream" night on August 5, the band performed a medley of songs by the bands Boston and Cream.

''The Complete Baker's Dozen''

A box set of all thirteen shows was released as The Complete Baker's Dozen as a limited release on November 30, 2018.

Track listing

July 21 – Coconut

Disc one
Set I:
  1. "Shake Your Coconuts" – 3:54
  2. "Martian Monster" – 6:02 →
  3. "Timber" – 8:25 →
  4. "555" – 6:36
  5. "Pigtail" – 8:37
  6. "Halfway to the Moon" – 9:06
  7. "Reba" – 12:53
  8. "Moonage Daydream" – 6:07
  9. "Walls of the Cave" – 11:47
Disc two
Set II:
  1. "Tweezer" – 16:01 →
  2. "Seven Below" – 13:14 →
  3. "Billy Breathes" – 5:24
  4. "Sparkle" – 4:09
  5. "Everything's Right" – 11:41 →
  6. "Slave to the Traffic Light" – 9:24 →
  7. "Suzy Greenberg" – 8:06
  8. "Coconut" – 2:50
Disc three
Encore:
  1. "The Mango Song" – 8:11
  2. "Good Times Bad Times" – 5:49

July 22 – Strawberry

Disc four
Set I:
  1. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:55
  2. "Halley's Comet" – 6:23 →
  3. "The Moma Dance" – 17:30 →
  4. "Breath and Burning" – 10:07 →
  5. "Funky Bitch" – 7:09
  6. "Mound" – 6:12
  7. "Foam" – 8:49
  8. "Roggae" – 10:39
Disc five
Set I, continued:
  1. "The Squirming Coil" – 11:14
Set II:
  2. "Down with Disease" – 19:02 →
  3. "Strawberry Letter 23" – 5:21 →
  4. "Birds of a Feather" – 6:29
  5. "I Always Wanted it This Way" – 10:01 →
  6. "All of These Dreams" – 4:08
  7. "Split Open and Melt" – 11:18 →
  8. "Down with Disease" – 7:04 →
  9. "Shine a Light" – 5:03
Disc six
Encore:
  1. "Peaches en Regalia" – 3:33
  2. "Cities" – 4:45
  3. "My Sweet One" – 3:53

July 23 – Red Velvet

Disc seven
Set I:
  1. "Sunday Morning" – 5:35
  2. "Axilla" – 3:27
  3. "Your Pet Cat" – 5:32 →
  4. "Back on the Train" – 10:50
  5. "How Many People Are You" – 9:30
  6. "Glide" – 4:43 →
  7. "Theme from the Bottom" – 9:26 →
  8. "It's Ice" – 15:08 →
  9. "More" – 7:41
Disc eight
Set II:
  1. "AC/DC Bag" – 7:39 →
  2. "Wolfman's Brother" – 14:54 →
  3. "Twist" – 16:04 →
  4. "Waves" – 11:11 →
  5. "Miss You" – 7:37
  6. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" – 7:50
  7. "Wading in the Velvet Sea" – 8:38
Encore:
  2. "Sweet Jane" – 5:46

July 25 – Jam Filled

Disc nine
Set I:
  1. "Sample in a Jar" – 10:49
  2. "Lawn Boy" – 30:02 →
  3. "My Friend, My Friend" – 11:31 →
  4. "Stash" – 11:28
  5. "Bathtub Gin" – 13:06
Disc ten
Set II:
  1. "Fuego" – 19:36 →
  2. "Thread" – 6:35 →
  3. "Crosseyed and Painless" – 33:07 →
  4. "Makisupa Policeman" – 4:09 →
  5. "End of Session" – 7:00 →
  6. "Tuesday" – 5:21
  7. "Cavern" – 5:21
Disc eleven
Encore:
  1. "Julius" – 9:04 →
  2. "Lawn Boy" – 1:56

July 26 – Powdered

Disc twelve
Set I:
  1. "White Winter Hymnal" – 3:57
  2. "Cars Trucks Buses" – 6:11
  3. "My Soul" – 7:00
  4. "Roses are Free" – 5:30 →
  5. "The Very Long Fuse" – 7:59 →
  6. "Gumbo" – 7:58
  7. "Yarmouth Road" – 7:25
  8. "Pebbles and Marbles" – 10:44
  9. "Farmhouse" – 7:44
  10. "Tube" – 14:30
Disc thirteen
Set II:
  1. "Carini" – 16:32 →
  2. "Mr. Completely" – 13:54 →
  3. "1999" – 14:38 →
  4. "Steam" – 13:38 →
  5. "No Quarter" – 6:47
  6. "Character Zero" – 10:40
Disc fourteen
Encore:
  1. "Powderfinger" – 7:08

July 28 – Double Chocolate

Disc fifteen
Set I:
  1. "Chocolate Rain" – 3:35
  2. "Ass Handed" – 1:08
  3. "Free" – 11:12
  4. "Weigh" – 5:21 →
  5. "Undermind" – 8:54 →
  6. "The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony" – 1:58
  7. "The Dogs" – 5:47
  8. "Destiny Unbound" – 7:50
  9. "The Divided Sky" – 17:00
  10. "Things People Do" – 4:17
  11. "Sand" – 11:43
Disc sixteen
Set II:
  1. "Have Mercy" – 6:22
  2. "Chalk Dust Torture" – 24:24
  3. "You Sexy Thing" – 10:52 →
  4. "Mercury" – 13:16 →
  5. "You Sexy Thing" – 3:09 →
  6. "Backwards Down the Number Line" – 9:33
  7. "Rock & Roll" – 7:49
Disc seventeen
Encore:
  1. "Fee" – 7:28
  2. "Space Oddity" – 5:18

July 29 – Cinnamon

Disc eighteen
Set I:
  1. "Llama" – 6:08
  2. "Wilson" – 9:11 →
  3. "Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan" – 8:25
  4. "Ya Mar" – 9:48
  5. "Tela" – 7:21
  6. "The Birds" – 4:20 →
  7. "The Line" – 7:13
  8. "Water in the Sky" – 4:48
  9. "Vultures" – 7:32 →
  10. "Train Song" – 2:53 →
  11. "Horn" – 3:48
  12. "I Am the Walrus" – 7:08
Disc nineteen
Set II:
  1. "Blaze On" – 23:44 →
  2. "Twenty Years Later" – 11:10 →
  3. "Alumni Blues" – 3:32 →
  4. "Letter to Jimmy Page" – 1:21 →
  5. "Alumni Blues" – 3:09
  6. "Meatstick" – 9:56 →
  7. "Dirt" – 4:35 →
  8. "Harry Hood" – 17:48
Encore:
  2. "Cinnamon Girl" – 4:43

July 30 – Jimmies

Disc twenty
Set I:
  1. "The Curtain With" – 14:10 →
  2. "Runaway Jim" – 10:37
  3. "Waking Up Dead" – 7:04
  4. "Esther" – 9:42
Disc twenty-one
Set I, continued:
  1. "Home" – 9:04
  2. "Brian and Robert" – 3:19
  3. "Nellie Kane" – 3:09
  4. "Colonel Forbin's Ascent" – 5:43 →
  5. "Fly Famous Mockingbird" – 7:52 →
  6. "David Bowie" – 11:48
Disc twenty-two
Set II:
  1. "Drowned" – 21:47 →
  2. "A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing" – 18:12
  3. "Harpua" – 17:17 →
  4. "2001" – 8:29 →
  5. "Golgi Apparatus" – 5:51
  6. "In the Good Old Summertime" – 3:58
Encore:
  2. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:56

August 1 – Maple

Disc twenty-three
Set I:
  1. "O Canada" – 2:42 →
  2. "Crowd Control" – 5:34
  3. "Sugar Shack" – 6:28
  4. "When the Circus Comes" – 5:25
  5. "Daniel Saw the Stone" – 3:44
  6. "Army of One" – 4:47
  7. "The Wedge" – 7:33
  8. "Guelah Papyrus" – 4:25
  9. "Maple Leaf Rag" – 0:39
  10. "Guelah Papyrus" – 1:30
  11. "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" – 8:23
  12. "Limb by Limb" – 9:14 →
  13. "Walk Away" – 7:23
Disc twenty-four
Set II:
  1. "Golden Age" – 20:39
  2. "Leaves" – 9:19
  3. "Swept Away" – 0:56 →
  4. "Steep" – 12:37 →
  5. "46 Days" – 12:07
  6. "Piper" – 12:59 →
  7. "Possum" – 10:35
Disc twenty-five
Encore:
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 4:03

August 2 – Holes

Disc twenty-six
Set I:
  1. "Way Down in the Hole" – 5:08
  2. "Buried Alive" – 3:38
  3. "Kill Devil Falls" – 9:35
  4. "Guyute" – 11:26
  5. "I Didn't Know" – 4:14
  6. "NICU" – 5:46
Disc twenty-seven
Set I, continued:
  1. "Meat" – 9:41 →
  2. "Maze" – 10:40
  3. "Ginseng Sullivan" – 3:18
  4. "Waiting All Night" – 6:25
  5. "Heavy Things" – 6:06
  6. "Run Like an Antelope" – 11:32
Disc twenty-eight
Set II:
  1. "Mike's Song" – 22:15 →
  2. "O Holy Night" – 3:01 →
  3. "Taste" – 18:32 →
  4. "Wingsuit" – 11:01 →
  5. "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" – 6:56 →
  6. "Weekapaug Groove" – 10:30
Encore:
  2. "A Day in the Life" – 5:57

August 4 – Lemon

Disc twenty-nine
Set I:
  1. "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" – 6:45
  2. "Punch You in the Eye" – 8:22 →
  3. "Party Time" – 8:41
  4. "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars" – 4:45
  5. "Dinner and a Movie" – 3:47
  6. "Ocelot" – 9:30
  7. "Poor Heart" – 2:44
  8. "Winterqueen" – 9:43
  9. "Bold as Love" – 6:03 →
  10. "First Tube" – 10:47
Disc thirty
Set II:
  1. "Dem Bones" – 3:03
  2. "No Men in No Man's Land" – 13:48
  3. "Everything in its Right Place" – 7:09
  4. "What's the Use?" – 6:41
  5. "Scents and Subtle Sounds" – 16:34
  6. "Prince Caspian" – 10:05
  7. "Fluffhead" – 17:43
Disc thirty-one
Encore:
  1. "Frankenstein" – 8:12

August 5 – Boston Cream

Disc thirty-two
Set I:
  1. "Soul Shakedown Party" – 6:11
  2. "Uncle Pen" – 4:42
  3. "The Sloth" – 4:05
  4. "Gotta Jibboo" – 14:09
  5. "Fuck Your Face" – 3:05
  6. "Sunshine of Your Feeling" – 6:51
  7. "Frost" – 6:19 →
  8. "Scent of a Mule" – 10:29
  9. "Fire" – 4:10
  10. "Alaska" – 8:07 →
  11. "Plasma" – 10:50
Disc thirty-three
Set II:
  1. "Ghost" – 21:10 →
  2. "Petrichor" – 16:48 →
  3. "Light" – 12:53 →
  4. "The Lizards" – 10:43
  5. "The Horse" – 1:03 →
  6. "Silent in the Morning" – 5:04 →
  7. "Quinn the Eskimo" – 5:44 →
  8. "Rocky Top" – 3:24
Disc thirty-four
Encore:
  1. "Joy" – 7:14

August 6 – Glazed

Disc thirty-five
Set I:
  1. "Dogs Stole Things" – 6:09
  2. "Rift" – 6:25
  3. "Ha Ha Ha" – 1:37 →
  4. "Camel Walk" – 6:18
  5. "Crazy Sometimes" – 7:41 →
  6. "Saw it Again" – 6:05 →
  7. "Sanity" – 5:32 →
  8. "Bouncing Around the Room" – 4:01
  9. "Most Events Aren't Planned" – 11:38
  10. "Bug" – 7:06
  11. "I Been Around" – 3:49
  12. "Izabella" – 6:39
Disc thirty-six
Set II:
  1. "Simple" – 26:04 →
  2. "Rise/Come Together" – 7:24
  3. "Starman" – 5:31
  4. "You Enjoy Myself" – 23:59
  5. "Loving Cup" – 8:11
Encore:
  2. "On the Road Again" – 2:29 →
  3. "Lawn Boy Reprise" – 1:31
  4. "Bass Solo" – 0:30
  5. "Tweezer Reprise" – 4:08

''The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden''

The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden is an album collecting highlights from the entire run. It was released on November 30, 2018 as a triple CD and six-disc LP.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Blaze On" – 23:35
  2. *July 29 – Cinnamon
  4. "Roggae" – 10:31
  5. *July 22 – Strawberry
  7. "Simple" – 25:10
  8. *August 6 – Glazed
  10. "More" – 7:38
  11. *July 23 – Red Velvet
Disc two
  1. "Twist" – 20:50
  2. *July 23 – Red Velvet
  3. "Waves" – 11:05
  4. *July 23 – Red Velvet
  5. "Everything's Right" – 11:30
  6. *July 21 – Coconut
  7. "Chalk Dust Torture" – 24:06
  8. *July 28 – Double Chocolate
  9. "Miss You" – 7:28
  10. *July 23 – Red Velvet
Disc three
  1. "No Men in No Man's Land" – 13:45
  2. *August 4 – Lemon
  3. "Scents and Subtle Sounds" – 16:31
  4. *August 4 – Lemon
  5. "Ghost" – 20:45
  6. *August 5 – Boston Cream
  7. "Most Events Aren't Planned" – 11:13
  8. *August 6 – Glazed

Personnel

  • Trey Anastasio – guitar, lead vocals, acapella vocals on "Strawberry Fields Forever", "White Winter Hymnal", "Chocolate Rain", "Space Oddity", "In the Good Old Summer Time", "O Holy Night", and "Dem Bones", marimba lumba on "I Always Wanted It This Way" and "46 Days", narration on "Fly Famous Mockingbird" and "Harpua".
  • Mike Gordon – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "555", "Funky Bitch", "Mound", "How Many People Are You", "Yarmouth Road", "Weigh", "Destiny Unbound", "You Sexy Thing", "Ya Mar", "Train Song", "Waking Up Dead", "Nellie Kane", "Drowned", "Sugar Shack", "Ginseng Sullivan", "Mike's Song", "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars", "Poor Heart", "Uncle Pen", "Fuck Your Face", "Scent of a Mule", "Rocky Top", "Crazy Sometimes", and "Starman", acapella vocals on "Strawberry Fields Forever", "White Winter Hymnal", "Chocolate Rain", "Space Oddity", "In the Good Old Summer Time", "O Holy Night", and "Dem Bones", co-lead vocals on "My Sweet One", "1999", and "Everything In Its Right Place", narration on "Harpua", percussion on "46 Days".
  • Jon Fishman – drums, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Strawberry Fields Forever", "White Winter Hymnal", "Chocolate Rain", "Space Oddity", "In the Good Old Summer Time", "O Holy Night", and "Dem Bones" co-lead vocals on "The Moma Dance", and "Everything In Its Right Place" lead vocals on "Sunday Morning", "Crosseyed and Painless", and "Ass Handed", narration on "Harpua", vacuum cleaner on "I Didn't Know".
  • Page McConnell – keyboards, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Halfway to the Moon", "I Always Wanted It This Way", "It's Ice", "Wading in the Velvet Sea", "Sweet Jane", "Lawn Boy", "No Quarter", "Things People Do", "Rock and Roll", "Tela", "Home", "Army of One", "Walk Away", "Bold as Love", "Silent in the Morning", "Most Events Aren't Planned", and "I Been Around", co-lead vocals on "Seven Below", "My Sweet One", "1999", "A Day in the Life", and "Everything In Its Right Place", acapella vocals on "Strawberry Fields Forever", "White Winter Hymnal", "Chocolate Rain", "Space Oddity", "In the Good Old Summer Time", "O Holy Night", and "Dem Bones", keytar on "Lawn Boy" and "Frankenstein", MIDI controller on "Chocolate Rain", narration on "Harpua", percussion on "46 Days", theremin on "Simple".