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Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT

17
Songs
2
Sets
79:13
Timed
Fluffhead
Longest
0
Sandwiches
4
Notes
Set 18 songs
  1. Cities,Cover · Talking Heads
  2. The Lizards,
  3. Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley,Cover · Lee Dorsey
  4. Good Times Bad Times,Cover · Led Zeppelin
  5. Happy Birthday to You¹ >Cover · Traditional
  6. Peaches en Regalia,Cover · Frank Zappa
  7. You Enjoy Myself,
  8. I Didn't Know²
Set 29 songs · 79:13 timed
  1. Blue Bossa³,SBDCover · Joe Henderson💎 Rare · 2 plays ever8:25
  2. Take the 'A' Train >SBDCover · Duke Ellington8:47
  3. Timber (Jerry the Mule),SBDCover · Josh White and Sam Gary10:35
  4. Fluffhead >SBD13:43
  5. Jesus Just Left Chicago,SBDCover · ZZ Top9:09
  6. Makisupa Policeman,
  7. Slave to the Traffic Light,SBDJamcharts8:43
  8. AC/DC Bag >SBD6:13
  9. Roll Like a CantaloupeBustout · 101-show gapSBD💎 Rare · 4 plays ever13:38

¹ Sung for "Jen."

² Fish on trombone.

³ First known Phish performance.

Happy Birthday was sung to "Jen" and was subsequently sung in multiple parts of Peaches. YEM contained Flash Light teases and the vocal jam was based on "why should I feed you?." I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Blue Bossa. Roll Like a Cantaloupe was performed for the first time since October 15, 1986 (103 shows).

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The Lab

It’s so stupendous, living in this tube

Noteworthy
DebutsBlue Bossa first time played
BustoutsRoll Like a Cantaloupe first in 101 shows · debuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Top 5 versionTake the 'A' Train #3 of 62
Top 10 versionTimber (Jerry the Mule) #6 of 82
RaritiesBlue Bossa 2 plays ever · debuted July 12, 1988 at Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT · Roll Like a Cantaloupe 4 plays ever · debuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Long oddsRoll Like a Cantaloupe 💎💎💎 1 in 27 shows
Hot this yearYou Enjoy Myself 33× in 1988 · The Lizards 33× in 1988 · Fluffhead 31× in 1988 · Take the 'A' Train 29× in 1988 · Good Times Bad Times 26× in 1988 · AC/DC Bag 25× in 1988
CoversCities Talking Heads · Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley Lee Dorsey · Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin · Happy Birthday to You Traditional · Peaches en Regalia Frank Zappa · Blue Bossa Joe Henderson · Take the 'A' Train Duke Ellington · Timber (Jerry the Mule) Josh White and Sam Gary · Jesus Just Left Chicago ZZ Top
On the recordingSlave to the Traffic Light Jamcharts

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
  • Fluffhead · Set 213:43
  • Roll Like a Cantaloupe · Set 213:38
  • Timber (Jerry the Mule) · Set 210:35
  • Jesus Just Left Chicago · Set 29:09
  • Take the 'A' Train · Set 28:47
  • Slave to the Traffic Light · Set 28:43

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 — 1717SONGS
  • ’83–’8917

Album representation

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

Covers — 9Not in the song file yet — 3Junta — 2The White Tape — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 117SONGS
  • Covers9
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Junta2
  • The White Tape2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)1

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 13–5 — 46–15 — 916–50 — 251+ · bustout — 117SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation1
  • 3–54
  • 6–159
  • 16–502
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 8Duke Ellington — 1Frank Zappa — 1Joe Henderson — 1Josh White and Sam Gary — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Lee Dorsey — 1Talking Heads — 1Traditional — 1ZZ Top — 117SONGS
  • Phish original8
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Joe Henderson1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • +4 more

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 9Anastasio solo — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Anastasio + friends — 217SONGS
  • Cover9
  • Anastasio solo3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Anastasio + friends2

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 55ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall5

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