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The two-night run on 6/13 and 6/14/97 in Dublin, Ireland witnessed the live performance debut of no less than thirteen Phish originals including future repertoire workhorses “Ghost,” “Piper,” and “Limb By Limb”. While easy to get lost in the shuffle of such significant original debuts, the encore on 6/13/97 also yielded two debut covers with a nod to a pair of musical and cultural powerhouses of the late 1960s. 

Watch Stand! on YouTube Sly and the Family Stone ”Stand!” –.Live. Video by Shout FactoryVEVO.

The title track to the hit 1968 album Stand!, this Sly and the Family Stone cover was an exhilarating early example of the funky grooves that defined much of Phish’s sound in 1997, and beyond. 1960s San Francisco Psychedelic Funk meets 1990s Vermont Cow Funk… in Ireland, of all places. This spirited cover included “start-stop” jamming and a genuine and fluid transition into the Jimi Hendrix rocker, “Izabella.” 

While “Stand” was only performed by Phish in public on that one occasion to date, Phish members paired it with “Izabella” two previous times: first Trey and Mike in the one-show-only band New York! on 5/21/97 at Burlington’s now-defunct Club Toast, and then Phish as a whole on 6/6/97 at the private rehearsal gig and keg party commonly known as “Bradstock.”

(Stewart)
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Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere (ooh)
Stand
For the things you know are right
It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand, stand, stand
Stand, stand, ooh
Ooh
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And a giant beside him about to fall
Stand, stand, ooh
Stand, stand, ooh
Ooh
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free?
Well, at least in your mind if you want to be
Everybody
Stand, stand
Stand
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Stand
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Stand
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Stand
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Stand
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na