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FleetCenter

Boston, MA

18
Songs
2
Sets
151:45
Timed
Tweezer
Longest
0
Sandwiches
5
Notes
Set 19 songs · 62:30 timed
  1. Ya Mar,Cover · Cyril Ferguson8:59
  2. The Sloth,3:43
  3. Llama,4:36
  4. Gumbo,5:55
  5. Reba¹,JamchartsUnfinished13:09
  6. Talk²,AcousticAlt Rig3:37
  7. Funky Bitch³,Cover · Son Seals7:55
  8. Theme from the Bottom >8:36
  9. Good Times Bad TimesCover · Led Zeppelin6:00
Set 28 songs · 77:15 timed
  1. Timber (Jerry the Mule) >Cover · Josh White and Sam Gary5:35
  2. Uncle Pen,Cover · Bill Monroe4:07
  3. AC/DC Bag,9:25
  4. Guyute,10:10
  5. Tweezer ->Jamcharts14:59
  6. Lifeboy >8:15
  7. Scent of a Mule⁴,Jamcharts13:19
  8. Slave to the Traffic Light11:25
Encore1 song · 12:00 timed
  1. PossumJamcharts12:00

¹ No whistling.

² Trey on acoustic guitar.

³ P.A. cut out.

⁴ Page/Mike Mule Duel and Steven Wright ringing a desk bell three times.

Sandwiches & fests1 shape
⁉ Tweezer, no Reprise
Tweezer tonight, no Tweezer Reprise. The Reprise came the next night, December 31, 1996 at FleetCenter.

Reba did not have the whistling ending. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fish took an “air drum” solo, Trey performed Townshend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still “playing” the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.

← Previous showDec 29 · CoreStates SpectrumNext show →Dec 31 · FleetCenter
The Lab

It’s so stupendous, living in this tube

Noteworthy
Top 5 versionTalk #5 of 14 · Scent of a Mule #3 of 129
Hot this yearTheme from the Bottom 20× in 1996 · Ya Mar 19× in 1996 · Reba 19× in 1996 · Scent of a Mule 18× in 1996 · AC/DC Bag 17× in 1996 · Tweezer 16× in 1996
CoversYa Mar The Mustangs · Funky Bitch Son Seals · Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin · Timber (Jerry the Mule) Josh White and Sam Gary · Uncle Pen Bill Monroe
On the recordingReba Jamcharts, Unfinished · Tweezer Jamcharts · Scent of a Mule Jamcharts · Possum 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
  • Tweezer · Set 214:59
  • Scent of a Mule · Set 213:19
  • Reba · Set 113:09
  • Possum · Encore12:00
  • Slave to the Traffic Light · Set 211:25
  • Guyute · Set 210:10

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 — 9’90–’94 — 7’95–’00 — 218SONGS
  • ’83–’899
  • ’90–’947
  • ’95–’002

Album representation

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

Covers — 5No studio album — 3A Picture of Nectar — 2Hoist — 2Billy Breathes — 1Lawn Boy — 1Not in the song file yet — 1TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 1The Story of the Ghost — 1The White Tape — 118SONGS
  • Covers5
  • No studio album3
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Hoist2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • +4 more

Gap since last played

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

3–5 — 116–15 — 516–50 — 218SONGS
  • 3–511
  • 6–155
  • 16–502

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 13Bill Monroe — 1Josh White and Sam Gary — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Son Seals — 1The Mustangs — 118SONGS
  • Phish original13
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Son Seals1
  • The Mustangs1

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 5Anastasio solo — 3Anastasio / Marshall — 2Full band — 2Anastasio + friends — 1Anastasio / Fishman — 1Gordon — 1Holdsworth — 1Not in the song file yet — 117SONGS
  • Cover5
  • Anastasio solo3
  • Anastasio / Marshall2
  • Full band2
  • Anastasio + friends1
  • Anastasio / Fishman1
  • +3 more

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 9With Tom Marshall — 312ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall9
  • With Tom Marshall3

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

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