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From: Andrew Gadiel 
Subject: Re: 7-6-97
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 03:22:47 -0500

I posted the sound-check description to my phish page
(http://www.cps.msu.edu/~gadielan/phish) <-- Shameless plug, as was
e-mailed to me:

7/6/97
Spiaggia Di Rivoltana, Desenzano (Brescia), Italy

the soundcheck, as with the night before, was open to everyone because the
shows were just out in the open, not in "Concert Venues"

SOUNDCHECK:
started with the band on stage taking pictures of each other with the
breathtaking vies of the Swiss Alps in the background beyone the
neautiful lake where the show was held (on the beach).
Soundchecked Songs: Jam, Oblivious Fool, Beauty of My Dreams, 
HELL'S BELLS TEASE by Trey (as some church bells went off in a church on
a hill above the beach), 
YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (the whole tune, with jams and everything,
sung by Fishman in a voice to imitate the AC/DC version.  Trey sand
background),
UM BOP (Trey made a joke and said Page would have to sing that one.
Then they started playing the chordes, and Trey announced:"Fish will now
do his version of James Brown singing hansen's Um Bop."  It was
halarious!  Fish was singing things like "I'm an 11 year old sex
machine", and "Too hot in the hot tub.")
Now Trey announces that they are going to invite people up on stage and
have a LIMBO KARYOKE CONTEST.  He bends over a mic stand as the limbo
stick.  People came up to limbo, and some people came up and sang:
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST (except the guy sang it as "Another One Rides
The Bus")
STONED ME (Van morrison.  Sung by a kid who apparently sings in a band.
It was really beautiful, and Fish sang backgroung vocals)
ONLY SHALLOW (by My Bloody Valentine.  Trey said this was one of his
favorite tunes, and he was rockin out.  This was the only tune sung by a
girl)
By this time they were down to 2 girls in the limbo contest, so Trey
announces the finals were about to begin:
DAY-O (no guest vocalist.  This one sung by Phish until one of the girls
dropped)
The whole thing was around 45-50 minutes, and only about 75-100 people
were there watching it.

I:  Runaway Jim, Old Home Place, Dog Stole Things, Stash, The Horse >
    Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks & Busses, Scent of A Mule,
    Chalkdust

II: Free, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Rocky Top, Funky Bitch

E:  My Soul


Peace,
Andrew Gadiel