Pivotal Moments in Phishtory

[WhatstheUse?]

What are some of the biggest turning points in the history of Phish?  What shows/events/songs changed the future of Phish, or marked a pivotal point in the bands progress?

Some examples off the top of my head:

-- First show played @ the Paradise in Boston (1989)

-- Page gets his Baby Grand (Spring 93)

-- First show @ Madison Square Garden (12-30-94)

-- The Clifford Ball

-- Big Cypress

-- Vegas 04 (pivotal in the sense that it showed the end was imminent)

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-boggling jamz!!!!) 

[Marmar]

-- Colorado 88

-- First musical Costume

-- Gamehoist

-- 1995

-- Phish discovers the Cow Phunk (spring 97)

EDIT TO ADD:

-- Santana '92

[birdman]

10/31/96 belongs on this list.

[WhatstheUse?]

10/31/96 belongs on this list.

For sure.

[gainesvillegreen]

For better or worse, the Island Tour of 1998 does as well.

Like the mention of the upgrade for Page in Spring 1993 WTU. +k

[WhatstheUse?]

For better or worse, the Island Tour of 1998 does as well.

I think the Island Tour solidified that the groove orientated jamming that flourished in 97 was here to stay

[mbw]

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-boggling jamz!!!!) 

[GBL]

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-boggling jamz!!!!) 

jamz?

[WhatstheUse?]

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-boggling jamz!!!!) 

jamz?

It's 2010 broski, anything could happen.  :-o

[rowjimmy]

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-bottling jamz!!!!) 

fyp

[G. Augusto]

The drugs and lack of practice?

[postjack]

-- Summer tour 2010 (Where Phish melts face on a nightly basis again w/ psychedelic, shredadelic, mind-boggling jamz!!!!) 

:rockout:

in all seriousness, the trey show last saturday gave me hope.  :-)

[justjezmund]

Fall 95 is pretty pivotal imo

[jasonsobel]

I'll add:
Great Woods '93 - first time they sold out a large summer amphitheater
Fall '94 - they made a conscious decision to really stretch things out.  This resulted in them being very comfortable with group improvisation, and laid the groundwork for the awe inspiring shows in 1995.

[birdman]

Amy's Farm and Sugarbush 94 were both forerunners to the big campouts in later years.