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Cal Expo Amphitheater

Sacramento, CA

18
Songs
2
Sets
132:42
Timed
David Bowie
Longest
0
Sandwiches
8
Notes
Soundcheck Funky Bitch (one and a half times), Jam, The Fog That Surrounds
Set 19 songs · 60:28 timed
  1. Wolfman's Brother,Bustout · 89-show gap5:05
  2. Rift >5:54
  3. Free,9:12
  4. It's Ice >8:07
  5. I Didn't Know¹,A CappellaAlt Rig3:43
  6. The Fog That Surrounds²,Debut💎 Rare · 8 plays ever6:37
  7. Strange Design,2:51
  8. Chalk Dust Torture,7:17
  9. The Squirming Coil💬 Banter11:42
Set 28 songs · 61:19 timed
  1. Cars Trucks Buses²,Debut3:40
  2. AC/DC Bag,8:08
  3. David Bowie,Tease16:47
  4. Billy Breathes²,Debut5:26
  5. Keyboard Army²,DebutAlt Rig4:10
  6. Harry Hood³,JamchartsUnfinished16:14
  7. Hello My Baby⁴,DebutA Cappella💬 BanterCover · Howard and Emerson1:42
  8. A Day in the LifeCover · The Beatles5:12
Encore1 song · 10:55 timed
  1. PossumTeaseJamcharts10:55

¹ Fish on trombone.

² Debut.

³ Unfinished.

⁴ Phish debut.

From the stage1 moment
Hello My Baby · Dedicated to Pete Schall
transcript: phish.in

This tour opener brought the first performances of The Fog That Surrounds, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Keyboard Army, and the Phish debut of Hello My Baby (which was dedicated to Pete Schall). I Didn’t Know featured Fish on trombone. Trey teased Slipknot! in David Bowie. Harry Hood was unfinished. Possum contained Johnny B. Goode teases from Trey.

← Previous showJul 13 · Ed Sullivan TheaterNext show →Sep 28 · Summer Pops, Embarcadero Center
The Lab

It’s so stupendous, living in this tube

Noteworthy
DebutsThe Fog That Surrounds first time played · Cars Trucks Buses first time played · Billy Breathes first time played · Keyboard Army first time played · Hello My Baby first time played
BustoutsWolfman's Brother first in 89 shows · debuted April 4, 1994 at The Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT
Top 5 versionKeyboard Army #3 of 8
Top 10 versionThe Squirming Coil #10 of 285
RaritiesThe Fog That Surrounds 8 plays ever · debuted September 27, 1995 at Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA
Hot this yearFree 32× in 1995 · Strange Design 29× in 1995 · David Bowie 27× in 1995 · Chalk Dust Torture 24× in 1995 · A Day in the Life 23× in 1995 · Harry Hood 21× in 1995
CoversHello My Baby Howard and Emerson · A Day in the Life The Beatles
On the recordingDavid Bowie Tease · Harry Hood Jamcharts, Unfinished · Possum Tease, 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
  • David Bowie · Set 216:47
  • Harry Hood · Set 216:14
  • The Squirming Coil · Set 111:42
  • Possum · Encore10:55
  • Free · Set 19:12
  • AC/DC Bag · Set 28:08

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 — 5’90–’94 — 5’95–’00 — 818SONGS
  • ’83–’895
  • ’90–’945
  • ’95–’008

Album representation

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

Not in the song file yet — 7No studio album — 3Billy Breathes — 2Covers — 2A Picture of Nectar — 1Junta — 1Lawn Boy — 1Rift — 118SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet7
  • No studio album3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • Covers2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Junta1
  • +2 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 153–5 — 251+ · bustout — 118SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation15
  • 3–52
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 16Howard and Emerson — 1The Beatles — 118SONGS
  • Phish original16
  • Howard and Emerson1
  • The Beatles1

Who wrote it

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

Not in the song file yet — 7Anastasio / Marshall — 5Anastasio solo — 2Cover — 2Full band — 1Holdsworth — 118SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet7
  • Anastasio / Marshall5
  • Anastasio solo2
  • Cover2
  • Full band1
  • Holdsworth1

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 5Without Marshall — 49ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall5
  • Without Marshall4

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

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