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Nectar's

Burlington, VT

24
Songs
3
Sets
36:34
Timed
The Curtain With
Longest
1
Sandwiches
4
Notes
Set 19 songs
  1. Funky Bitch,Cover · Son Seals
  2. Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley,Cover · Lee Dorsey
  3. Alumni Blues >
  4. Letter to Jimmy Page¹ >
  5. Alumni Blues,
  6. You Enjoy Myself,
  7. St. Thomas²,Cover · Sonny Rollins💎 Rare · 1 play ever
  8. Golgi Apparatus,
  9. FireCover · Jimi Hendrix Experience
Set 29 songs
  1. La Grange,Cover · ZZ Top
  2. Possum,
  3. The Lizards,
  4. Timber (Jerry the Mule),Cover · Josh White and Sam Gary
  5. Tela,
  6. Happy Birthday to You,Cover · Traditional
  7. Fluffhead,
  8. Bike³,Cover · Pink Floyd
  9. Good Times Bad TimesCover · Led Zeppelin
Set 36 songs · 36:34 timed
  1. Big Leg Emma,Bustout · 106-show gapCover · The Mothers of Invention💎 Rare · 7 plays ever4:22
  2. Rocky Top,Cover · Osborne Brothers2:46
  3. Cities,Bustout · 65-show gapCover · Talking Heads4:54
  4. Take the 'A' Train,Cover · Duke Ellington5:42
  5. The Curtain With,13:35
  6. Suzy Greenberg5:15

¹ First played by Phish, then played only by Fish.

² First known Phish performance.

³ Fish trombone solo.

Sandwiches & fests1 shape
🥪 Alumni Blues sandwich
Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues · Set 1

This show included the first known Phish performance of St. Thomas. Sneakin' Sally contained DEG teases. Prior to Letter to Jimmy Page, Trey announced that per "Del's" request, they were going to play Letter to Jimmy Page as a band, and then Fish would play it by himself (telling the crowd that Fish didn't know it). YEM was dedicated to Del and La Grange was dedicated to Mike. Bike featured a Fish trombone solo. The date for this show may be incorrect; note that Trey referred to Tela as a debut at this show, though it actually debuted on 3/12/88.

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Noteworthy
DebutsAlumni Blues first time played · St. Thomas first time played
BustoutsBig Leg Emma first in 106 shows · debuted April 6, 1985 at Finbar's, Burlington, VT · Cities first in 65 shows · debuted December 1, 1984 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT
RaritiesSt. Thomas 1 play ever · debuted May 22, 1988 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · Big Leg Emma 7 plays ever · debuted April 6, 1985 at Finbar's, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearAlumni Blues 50× in 1988 · Alumni Blues 50× in 1988 · You Enjoy Myself 33× in 1988 · The Lizards 33× in 1988 · Golgi Apparatus 32× in 1988 · Fluffhead 31× in 1988
CoversFunky Bitch Son Seals · Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley Lee Dorsey · St. Thomas Sonny Rollins · Fire The Jimi Hendrix Experience · La Grange ZZ Top · Timber (Jerry the Mule) Josh White and Sam Gary · Happy Birthday to You Traditional · Bike Pink Floyd · Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin · Big Leg Emma The Mothers of Invention · Rocky Top The Osborne Brothers · Cities Talking Heads · Take the 'A' Train Duke Ellington

Bustouts and debuts are Phish.net’s gap on the row. Version rankings and “hot this year” are counted over the shows in THIS archive — not all of history until the backfill finishes — and lengths are phish.in’s timings. Rarities use Phish.net’s all-time play count; long odds are shows played since the song’s debut divided by its plays (see the rarity index on LizardStats).

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Longest of the night
  • The Curtain With · Set 313:35
  • Take the 'A' Train · Set 35:42
  • Suzy Greenberg · Set 35:15
  • Cities · Set 34:54
  • Big Leg Emma · Set 34:22
  • Rocky Top · Set 32:46

Straight off the phish.in timings, longest first. What this can’t tell you yet is whether any of these is a big version — that needs each song’s own history to compare against, which is the next thing to pull in. After that: phish.in publishes a jam-start marker per track, so the composed section and the improvisation can be separated and measured properly. That’s what belongs in this tube.

When it debuted

Tonight’s songs by the era Phish first played them.

’83–’89 — 2323SONGS
  • ’83–’8923

Album representation

The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.

Covers — 13Junta — 3No studio album — 3Not in the song file yet — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 223SONGS
  • Covers13
  • Junta3
  • No studio album3
  • Not in the song file yet2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)2

Gap since last played

Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.

1–2 · rotation — 1416–50 — 751+ · bustout — 223SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation14
  • 16–507
  • 51+ · bustout2

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 10Duke Ellington — 1Josh White and Sam Gary — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Lee Dorsey — 1Pink Floyd — 1Son Seals — 1Sonny Rollins — 1Talking Heads — 1The Jimi Hendrix Experience — 1The Mothers of Invention — 1The Osborne Brothers — 1Traditional — 1ZZ Top — 123SONGS
  • Phish original10
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Pink Floyd1
  • +8 more

Who wrote it

Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.

Cover — 13Anastasio solo — 4Anastasio + friends — 3Not in the song file yet — 2Holdsworth — 123SONGS
  • Cover13
  • Anastasio solo4
  • Anastasio + friends3
  • Not in the song file yet2
  • Holdsworth1

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.

Without Marshall — 7With Tom Marshall — 18ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall7
  • With Tom Marshall1

9 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.

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Data: Phish.net · Lengths: phish.in · What’s new