The Front
Burlington, VT
- Ya Mar,SBDCover · Cyril Ferguson6:08
- Suzy Greenberg,SBD4:50
- McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters¹ >SBDAlt Rig8:49
- The Sloth,SBD4:43
- Rocky Top,SBDCover · Osborne Brothers2:56
- Harry Hood,SBD10:20
- Mike's Song >SBD6:21
- I Am Hydrogen >SBD2:14
- Weekapaug GrooveSBD5:41
- Walk Away,SBDCover · The James Gang3:55
- AC/DC Bag,SBD5:57
- The Mango Song,SBD8:22
- Fee >SBD5:06
- You Enjoy Myself,SBD13:52
- The LizardsSBDTease9:39
- The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony,
- Bold As Love,Cover · Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Punch You in the Eye²,
- Possum,
- Halley's Comet³ >
- Alumni Blues >
- Letter to Jimmy Page >
- Alumni Blues,
- Contact >
- Run Like an Antelope
- Golgi Apparatus,SBD4:33
- FireSBDCover · Jimi Hendrix Experience4:19
¹ Fish on trumpet.
² First known version.
³ Richard Wright on vocals.
This show included the first known version of PYITE. McGrupp featured Fish on trumpet. Lizards contained a theme from I Dream of Jeannie tease from Page. Halley’s featured Richard Wright on vocals. Richard announced that it was the last time he’d ever sing it. Rocky Top was played for the Drebbers, who had just gotten married (see August 12, 1989).
It’s so stupendous, living in this tube
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 Enjoy Myself · Set 213:52
- Harry Hood · Set 110:20
- The Lizards · Set 29:39
- McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters · Set 18:49
- The Mango Song · Set 28:22
- Mike's Song · Set 16:21
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–’8926
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- No studio album8
- Not in the song file yet6
- Covers5
- Junta3
- TMWSIY (Gamehendge)3
- Lawn Boy1
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation10
- 3–57
- 6–154
- 16–505
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original21
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience2
- James Gang1
- The Mustangs1
- The Osborne Brothers1
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Anastasio solo6
- Not in the song file yet6
- Cover5
- Anastasio + friends4
- Full band2
- Anastasio / Marshall1
- +1 more
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- Without Marshall11
- With Tom Marshall4
7 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.