Phish bassist Mike Gordon has created a LivePhish playlist comprised of his favorite tracks from the 2021 summer and fall tours. The eight-song playlist pulls from seven different shows, ranging from older Farmhouse classics to brand new tunes.

“Getting ready for Mexico and wanted to share a playlist of my favorite tracks from Phish’s 2021 Summer and Fall Tours,” Gordon wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday afternoon. “For this list, I decided to lean more toward the funky rather than the mesmerizing.”

The first cut on Mike’s playlist came from the band’s fourth show of the tour at Alpharetta, GA’s Ameris Bank Amphitheatre on August 1st. Many will remember the exhaustive, 34-minute “Tweezer” that followed “More” to open the second set. One of Gordon’s favorite live tracks from all of 2021 was the “Twist” that immediately followed that historic “Tweezer”. Without giving fans a chance to cool down from the half-hour jam, Trey Anastasio dropped into the familiar chords of “Twist” and Phish took it for an 11-minute ride that eventually linked up with “Piper”.

Gordo chose “The Moma Dance” from Ruoff Music Center (formerly Deer Creek) in Noblesville, IN as the second song on his playlist. The night-two, August 7th performance in Noblesville continued Phish’s jam-heavy tour and saw the band open with “Crowd Control” and “Poor Heart” before falling into this solid first set mainstay.

Two songs from night one in Atlantic City, NJ (8/13) made it on the 73-minute playlist, both the mid-set “Wolfman’s Brother” and the “Funky Bitch” that came just two tracks later. The fifth and final song from summer tour was the “No Men In No Man’s Land” from August 27th at The Gorge in George, WA.

The first fall tour track, “Mull”, came from October 26th at Santa Barbara Bowl in California. Originally debuted just a few months earlier at Ascend Amphitheater in downtown Nashville, TN, this Mike Gordon-sung tune came towards the end of the first set in Santa Barbara. After playing it at The Gorge at the end of the summer, Phish had the new tune dialed in and stretched it for nearly ten minutes before linking up with “Set Your Soul Free” to close out the first frame.

The remaining two songs on the Mike Gordon “Phish 2021 Best” playlist came during the band’s Halloween run at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. First, “Olivia’s Pool”, which arrived on October 29th and marked only the second play since November 17th, 1997 (per phish.net). This rare, homonymous rock and roll track opened the show and eventually set up another rarity, “Axilla Part II”. Finally, Gordon’s playlist closed with the Sci-Fi Soldier debut of “Something Living Here”. Initially played on Halloween night, this 10-minute jaunt contained some of Gordon’s funkiest riffs and came towards the end of a second set rife with anxiety-inducing production issues.

Mike Gordon’s new playlist is available exclusively through the LivePhish app. Head here to listen and for more information.