Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
- Carolina,Bustout · 64-show gapA CappellaCover · Traditional2:04
- Sleep¹,AcousticDebut2:11
- Never¹,AcousticDebut💎 Rare · 1 play ever1:54
- Possum²,Acoustic8:11
- I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome³,AcousticAlt RigBustout · 195-show gapCover · Bill Monroe3:28
- Free Bird,A CappellaBustout · 339-show gapCover · Lynyrd Skynyrd4:24
- Driver¹,AcousticDebut3:46
- Wading in the Velvet Sea²,Acoustic5:31
- Harry Hood⁴ >AcousticTeaseGuestUnfinished13:00
- Helpless⁵AcousticDebutGuestCover · Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young💎 Rare · 1 play ever7:29
¹ Debut; acoustic.
² Acoustic.
³ Acoustic; Mike on banjo, Page on acoustic bass.
⁴ Acoustic; unfinished; Neil Young on guitar.
⁵ Phish debut; acoustic; Neil Young on guitar and vocals.
This single-set performance was part of the 12th annual Bridge School benefit that also included R.E.M., Neil Young, and Barenaked Ladies. This was an acoustic performance, with a unique stage setup that had Fish stage right, with Page on the far left. Carolina was performed with the band facing toward the Bridge School children, who were on a raised platform at the back of the stage. Sleep, Never, and Driver also debuted at this show. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome (first since December 12, 1995, or 195 shows) was performed in the bluegrass setup of 1994, with Mike on banjo and Page on acoustic bass. Free Bird was played for the first time since June 19, 1994 (339 shows). Hood included a tease of Work Song by Page and was unfinished; Neil Young joined in during the Hood jam, and then sang lead on the Phish debut of his own composition, Helpless.
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).
- Harry Hood · Set 113:00
- Possum · Set 18:11
- Helpless · Set 17:29
- Wading in the Velvet Sea · Set 15:31
- Free Bird · Set 14:24
- Driver · Set 13:46
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–’893
- ’90–’942
- ’95–’005
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- Covers4
- Not in the song file yet3
- No studio album2
- The Story of the Ghost1
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation6
- 3–51
- 51+ · bustout3
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original6
- Bill Monroe1
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young1
- Lynyrd Skynyrd1
- Traditional1
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Cover4
- Not in the song file yet3
- Anastasio / Marshall1
- Full band1
- Holdsworth1
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- Without Marshall2
- With Tom Marshall1
7 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.