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Variety Playhouse

Atlanta, GA

18
Songs
2
Sets
71:31
Timed
David Bowie
Longest
2
Sandwiches
8
Notes
Set 114 songs · 71:31 timed
  1. Runaway Jim,Tease7:23
  2. Foam,8:11
  3. Sparkle,4:15
  4. Stash,8:31
  5. Rift,8:05
  6. Bouncing Around the Room,3:53
  7. The Landlady >3:38
  8. David Bowie ->Signal0:40
  9. Lullaby of Birdland¹ >DebutCover · Ella Fitzgerald💎 Rare · 1 play ever1:23
  10. David Bowie >0:38
  11. Secret Language Instructions² >💬 BanterSignal💎 Rare · 10 plays ever6:01
  12. David Bowie³,10:09
  13. Glide >4:02
  14. Cavern4:42
Set 24 songs
  1. Memories⁴,A CappellaCover · Van Alstyne and Kahn
  2. Carolina⁴,A CappellaCover · Traditional
  3. I Didn't Know⁵,Alt RigA Cappella
  4. Sweet Adeline⁴A CappellaCover · Artie Shaw

¹ Phish debut.

² Simpsons, Random Note, Turn Turn Turn, and All Fall Down signals introduced.

³ Simpsons signal.

⁴ Without microphones.

⁵ Without microphones; Fish on trombone.

Sandwiches & fests1 shape
🥪 David Bowie fest
David Bowie played 3× in Set 1, re-jammed around Lullaby of Birdland, Secret Language Instructions.

This show featured the Phish debut of Lullaby of Birdland. Trey teased Amazing Grace before Runaway Jim. The Secret Language Instructions featured the introductions of the Simpsons, Random Note, Turn Turn Turn, and All Fall Down signals. David Bowie subsequently contained a Simpsons signal. The second set was performed a cappella  and without microphones due to a small flood in the theatre. Authorities refused to allow the band to plug in their instruments, including the Bag-Vac. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.

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Noteworthy
DebutsLullaby of Birdland first time played · David Bowie first time played · David Bowie first time played
Top 10 versionRift #7 of 260
RaritiesLullaby of Birdland 1 play ever · debuted March 28, 1992 at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA · Secret Language Instructions 10 plays ever · debuted March 6, 1992 at The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
Hot this yearSparkle 67× in 1992 · Cavern 63× in 1992 · Rift 56× in 1992 · Foam 56× in 1992 · Bouncing Around the Room 56× in 1992 · Stash 55× in 1992
CoversLullaby of Birdland Ella Fitzgerald · Memories Van Alstyne and Kahn · Carolina Traditional · Sweet Adeline Barbershop standard
On the recordingRunaway Jim 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
  • David Bowie · Set 110:09
  • Stash · Set 18:31
  • Foam · Set 18:11
  • Rift · Set 18:05
  • Runaway Jim · Set 17:23
  • Secret Language Instructions · Set 16:01

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 — 3’90–’94 — 1316SONGS
  • ’83–’893
  • ’90–’9413

Album representation

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

Covers — 4A Picture of Nectar — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Junta — 2Rift — 2Lawn Boy — 1No studio album — 116SONGS
  • Covers4
  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Junta2
  • Rift2
  • Lawn Boy1
  • +1 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 133–5 — 16–15 — 216SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation13
  • 3–51
  • 6–152

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 12Barbershop standard — 1Ella Fitzgerald — 1Traditional — 1Van Alstyne and Kahn — 116SONGS
  • Phish original12
  • Barbershop standard1
  • Ella Fitzgerald1
  • Traditional1
  • Van Alstyne and Kahn1

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio / Marshall — 4Cover — 4Anastasio + friends — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Anastasio solo — 216SONGS
  • Anastasio / Marshall4
  • Cover4
  • Anastasio + friends3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Anastasio solo2

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 6Without Marshall — 39ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall6
  • Without Marshall3

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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