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Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT

23
Songs
3
Sets
85:50
Timed
You Enjoy Myself
Longest
3
Sandwiches
3
Notes
Set 18 songs · 46:30 timed
  1. Walk Away,SBDCover · The James Gang3:52
  2. Funky Bitch,SBDCover · Son Seals5:42
  3. You Enjoy Myself,SBD19:03
  4. Flat Fee,SBD2:08
  5. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters >SBD8:41
  6. Wilson >SBD3:49
  7. Peaches en Regalia,SBDCover · Frank Zappa3:15
  8. Good Times Bad TimesCover · Led Zeppelin
Set 27 songs · 39:20 timed
  1. Ride Captain Ride,SBDBustout · 113-show gapCover · Blues Image7:38
  2. Boogie On Reggae Woman,Bustout · 65-show gapSBDCover · Stevie Wonder4:26
  3. Cities >SBDTeaseCover · Talking Heads4:37
  4. Dave's Energy Guide >SBD1:12
  5. Cities,SBDCover · Talking Heads0:43
  6. Run Like an Antelope,SBD10:51
  7. FluffheadSBD9:53
Set 38 songs
  1. Jam,Cover
  2. Andy's Chest¹ ->Cover · Lou Reed💎 Rare · 1 play ever
  3. Big Black Furry Creature from Mars ->
  4. Dave's Energy Guide ->
  5. Big Black Furry Creature from Mars,
  6. Sanity ->
  7. Jam²,Cover
  8. FireCover · Jimi Hendrix Experience

¹ First known Phish performance.

² Fish on vacuum; first known public occurrence of Fish playing the vacuum.

Sandwiches & fests3 shapes
🥪 Cities sandwich
Cities > Dave's Energy Guide > Cities · Set 2
🥪 Jam sandwich
Jam > Andy's Chest, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Dave's Energy Guide, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Sanity > Jam · Set 3
🥪 Big Black Furry Creature from Mars sandwich
Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Dave's Energy Guide > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars · Set 3

The second set listing might be incomplete, as the recordings that circulate cut during Fluffhead. Cities contained teases of DEG (both before and after DEG was performed). The jam out of Sanity was around ten minutes long, and may have been the first time Fish used the vacuum on stage. This show also marked the only known Phish performance of Andy’s Chest. Ride Captain Ride was played for the first time since March 23, 1987 (114 shows).

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Noteworthy
DebutsCities first time played · Andy's Chest first time played · Dave's Energy Guide first time played · Big Black Furry Creature from Mars first time played · Jam first time played
BustoutsRide Captain Ride first in 113 shows · debuted March 23, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · Boogie On Reggae Woman first in 65 shows · debuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Longest versionRide Captain Ride 8 min — longest of 16 archived
RaritiesAndy's Chest 1 play ever · debuted September 13, 1988 at Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearYou Enjoy Myself 33× in 1988 · Fluffhead 31× in 1988 · Good Times Bad Times 26× in 1988 · Fire 23× in 1988 · Peaches en Regalia 21× in 1988 · Wilson 19× in 1988
CoversWalk Away James Gang · Funky Bitch Son Seals · Peaches en Regalia Frank Zappa · Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin · Ride Captain Ride Blues Image · Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder · Cities Talking Heads · Cities Talking Heads · Jam Unknown artist · Andy's Chest Lou Reed · Jam Unknown artist · Fire The Jimi Hendrix Experience
On the recordingCities Tease

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
  • You Enjoy Myself · Set 119:03
  • Run Like an Antelope · Set 210:51
  • Fluffhead · Set 29:53
  • McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters · Set 18:41
  • Ride Captain Ride · Set 27:38
  • Funky Bitch · Set 15:42

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 — 1919SONGS
  • ’83–’8919

Album representation

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

Covers — 10Not in the song file yet — 3Junta — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 2Lawn Boy — 1No studio album — 119SONGS
  • Covers10
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Junta2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)2
  • Lawn Boy1
  • 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 — 13–5 — 66–15 — 516–50 — 551+ · bustout — 219SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation1
  • 3–56
  • 6–155
  • 16–505
  • 51+ · bustout2

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 9Blues Image — 1Frank Zappa — 1James Gang — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Lou Reed — 1Son Seals — 1Stevie Wonder — 1Talking Heads — 1The Jimi Hendrix Experience — 1Unknown artist — 119SONGS
  • Phish original9
  • Blues Image1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • James Gang1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lou Reed1
  • +5 more

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 10Anastasio + friends — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Anastasio / Marshall — 1Anastasio solo — 1Gordon — 119SONGS
  • Cover10
  • Anastasio + friends3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Anastasio / Marshall1
  • Anastasio solo1
  • Gordon1

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 3Without Marshall — 36ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall3
  • Without Marshall3

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