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Bender Arena, American University

Washington, DC

21
Songs
2
Sets
144:12
Timed
You Enjoy Myself
Longest
0
Sandwiches
5
Notes
Soundcheck Dream On, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Leprechaun, Daniel Saw the Stone (several times), My Friend My Friend Intro, Punch You in the Eye (x3), The Squirming Coil (x3), Stash, My Friend My Friend, Horn (x2), 2001 (x2), Split Open and Melt, You Enjoy Myself, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, The Horse, Fluffhead Intro, Divided Sky Intro, Silent in the Morning, Reba, Fee, Kashmir
Set 110 songs · 67:09 timed
  1. Peaches en Regalia >Bustout · 562-show gapCover · Frank Zappa3:11
  2. Poor Heart >2:24
  3. Split Open and Melt,Tease9:53
  4. Esther >8:57
  5. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony >1:37
  6. Suzy Greenberg >Tease5:48
  7. Ya Mar,TeaseCover · Cyril Ferguson8:56
  8. It's Ice >8:22
  9. Fee¹ >Alt Rig5:47
  10. PossumTeaseJamcharts12:14
Set 29 songs · 72:15 timed
  1. Sample in a Jar,4:53
  2. You Enjoy Myself,Jamcharts20:51
  3. My Friend, My Friend² ->AcousticAlt RigUnfinished6:01
  4. The Lizards,10:31
  5. The Sloth,3:47
  6. Fast Enough for You >6:32
  7. Uncle Pen,Cover · Bill Monroe4:12
  8. Harry Hood³,Signal11:50
  9. Highway to HellCover · AC/DC3:38
Encore2 songs · 4:48 timed
  1. Memories⁴,A CappellaCover · Van Alstyne and Kahn
  2. Golgi Apparatus4:48

¹ Trey sang verses through megaphone.

² Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar. No "Myfe" ending.

³ Simpsons signal.

⁴ Without microphones.

For the entire New Year’s Run, the stage was set up as an aquarium, complete with sand, seaweed, rocks, and a giant clam. Peaches en Regalia (last played June 23, 1989, or 562 shows) was likely played in memory of Frank Zappa, who passed away a few weeks before. Subsequently, Split Open and Melt included Peaches teases. Suzy contained a Tweezer Reprise tease. Auld Lang Syne was teased in Ya Mar. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Possum included Kashmir and Jean Pierre teases. My Friend started out with Trey on acoustic guitar and did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Hood included a Simpsons signal. Memories was performed without microphones.

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Noteworthy
BustoutsPeaches en Regalia first in 562 shows · debuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearYou Enjoy Myself 61× in 1993 · Poor Heart 57× in 1993 · It's Ice 56× in 1993 · Golgi Apparatus 47× in 1993 · Split Open and Melt 42× in 1993 · My Friend, My Friend 40× in 1993
CoversPeaches en Regalia Frank Zappa · Ya Mar The Mustangs · Uncle Pen Bill Monroe · Highway to Hell AC/DC · Memories Van Alstyne and Kahn
On the recordingSplit Open and Melt Tease · Suzy Greenberg Tease · Ya Mar Tease · Possum Tease, Jamcharts · You Enjoy Myself Jamcharts · My Friend, My Friend Unfinished

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
  • You Enjoy Myself · Set 220:51
  • Possum · Set 112:14
  • Harry Hood · Set 211:50
  • The Lizards · Set 210:31
  • Split Open and Melt · Set 19:53
  • Esther · Set 18:57

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 — 15’90–’94 — 621SONGS
  • ’83–’8915
  • ’90–’946

Album representation

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

Covers — 5Junta — 4No studio album — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Rift — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 2Hoist — 1Lawn Boy — 121SONGS
  • Covers5
  • Junta4
  • No studio album3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Rift2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)2
  • +2 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 83–5 — 76–15 — 551+ · bustout — 121SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation8
  • 3–57
  • 6–155
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 16AC/DC — 1Bill Monroe — 1Frank Zappa — 1The Mustangs — 1Van Alstyne and Kahn — 121SONGS
  • Phish original16
  • AC/DC1
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • The Mustangs1
  • Van Alstyne and Kahn1

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio solo — 6Cover — 5Anastasio / Marshall — 3Not in the song file yet — 3Anastasio + friends — 2Full band — 1Holdsworth — 121SONGS
  • Anastasio solo6
  • Cover5
  • Anastasio / Marshall3
  • Not in the song file yet3
  • Anastasio + friends2
  • Full band1
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 9With Tom Marshall — 413ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall9
  • With Tom Marshall4

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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Data: Phish.net · Lengths: phish.in · What’s new