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Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT

14
Songs
2
Sets
77:16
Timed
Harry Hood
Longest
0
Sandwiches
3
Notes
Set 14 songs · 22:32 timed
  1. Shaggy Dog,Cover · Sam Hopkins3:49
  2. Take the 'A' Train,TeaseCover · Duke Ellington5:59
  3. Fee,5:22
  4. Bold As LoveCover · Jimi Hendrix Experience7:22
Set 210 songs · 54:44 timed
  1. Timber (Jerry the Mule),Cover · Josh White and Sam Gary7:37
  2. Satin Doll >Cover · Duke Ellington4:40
  3. The Lizards,6:51
  4. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >2:47
  5. Avenu Malkenu >Cover · Traditional3:05
  6. Bundle of Joy >Bustout · 74-show gap💎 Rare · 10 plays ever1:45
  7. Camel Walk,5:02
  8. The Practical Song¹,💎 Rare · 2 plays ever0:56
  9. Harry Hood,12:42
  10. Esther¹JamchartsDebutAlt Lyric9:19

¹ First known performance.

This show included the first known performances of The Practical Song and the old version of Esther (with different lyrics). 'A' Train contained London Bridge Is Falling Down teases. The listing for the first set is probably incomplete.

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Noteworthy
DebutsThe Practical Song first time played · Esther first time played
BustoutsBundle of Joy first in 74 shows · debuted May 11, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Top 10 versionBold As Love #7 of 73
RaritiesBundle of Joy 10 plays ever · debuted May 11, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · The Practical Song 2 plays ever · debuted September 12, 1988 at Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearThe Lizards 33× in 1988 · Take the 'A' Train 29× in 1988 · Fee 24× in 1988 · Bold As Love 14× in 1988 · Satin Doll 10× in 1988 · Harry Hood 9× in 1988
CoversShaggy Dog Sam Hopkins · Take the 'A' Train Duke Ellington · Bold As Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Timber (Jerry the Mule) Josh White and Sam Gary · Satin Doll Duke Ellington · Avenu Malkenu Traditional
On the recordingTake the 'A' Train Tease · Esther 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).

You’ll never win a major only shooting par
Longest of the night
  • Harry Hood · Set 212:42
  • Esther · Set 29:19
  • Timber (Jerry the Mule) · Set 27:37
  • Bold As Love · Set 17:22
  • The Lizards · Set 26:51
  • Take the 'A' Train · Set 15:59

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 — 1414SONGS
  • ’83–’8914

Album representation

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

Covers — 6Not in the song file yet — 3Junta — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 2No studio album — 114SONGS
  • Covers6
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Junta2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)2
  • No studio album1

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 23–5 — 16–15 — 416–50 — 651+ · bustout — 114SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation2
  • 3–51
  • 6–154
  • 16–506
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 8Duke Ellington — 2Josh White and Sam Gary — 1Sam Hopkins — 1The Jimi Hendrix Experience — 1Traditional — 114SONGS
  • Phish original8
  • Duke Ellington2
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Sam Hopkins1
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Traditional1

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 6Anastasio solo — 4Not in the song file yet — 3Full band — 114SONGS
  • Cover6
  • Anastasio solo4
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Full band1

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 55ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall5

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

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