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Empire Polo Club

Indio, CA

41
Songs
3
Sets
176:56
Timed
Light
Longest
0
Sandwiches
20
Notes
Set 115 songs
  1. Water in the Sky¹,
  2. Back on the Train¹,
  3. Brian and Robert¹,
  4. Invisible²,💎 Rare · 1 play ever
  5. Strange Design¹,
  6. Mountains in the Mist¹,Bustout · 59-show gap
  7. The Curtain With¹,
  8. Army of One¹,
  9. Sleep Again²,💎 Rare · 6 plays ever
  10. My Sweet One³,
  11. Let Me Lie¹,💎 Rare · 10 plays ever
  12. Bouncing Around the Room¹,
  13. Train Song¹,
  14. Wilson¹ >
  15. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters¹
Set 210 songs · 80:01 timed
  1. AC/DC Bag >7:21
  2. Rift,6:22
  3. Gotta Jibboo,10:46
  4. Heavy Things,6:23
  5. Reba⁴,Unfinished12:37
  6. The Wedge,6:43
  7. Guelah Papyrus,5:45
  8. Undermind,Jamcharts7:52
  9. Sparkle,4:02
  10. Split Open and Melt12:10
Set 310 songs · 96:55 timed
  1. Tweezer ->14:36
  2. Maze,10:43
  3. Free,9:03
  4. Sugar Shack,5:18
  5. Limb By Limb,7:54
  6. Theme from the Bottom >8:14
  7. Mike's Song >8:43
  8. Also Sprach Zarathustra >Cover · Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato6:23
  9. Light >Jamcharts15:27
  10. Slave to the Traffic Light10:34
Encore6 songs
  1. Driver¹,
  2. Talk¹,Bustout · 83-show gap
  3. Secret Smile¹Bustout · 50-show gap💎 Rare · 9 plays ever
  4. Grind,
  5. Esther,
  6. Tweezer Reprise

¹ Acoustic.

² Acoustic; Phish debut.

³ Acoustic. Fish whistled his solo.

⁴ No whistling.

This show was part of the three-show Festival 8 . The first set, which started at noon, was billed as Phish's "first full-length acoustic set" (complete with complimentary coffee and Festival 8 themed donuts). The first set featured Trey and Mike on acoustics, Page solely on piano, and a unique stage setup that had Fish stage right with Page on the far left. Before Brian and Robert, Trey encouraged the crowd to sit down due to the "mellow" nature of the set; he added that they had never before played to a crowd that was sitting. Whether the crowd should stand up or sit down became a running joke throughout the set, until Trey confessed during Wilson that he only asked the crowd to sit down at the request of the crew and, in fact, he hates telling people what to do (and also hates sitting down). This show marked the Phish debuts of Invisible and Sleep Again. Fish performed a whistle solo on My Sweet One. The band briefly left the stage after McGrupp, returning to encore with Driver, Talk, and Secret Smile. The second and third sets were played later that evening. Reba lacked the whistling ending. Trey took a moment before Tweeprise to thank those who helped put on the festival.

← Previous showOct 31 · Empire Polo ClubNext show →Nov 18 · Cobo Arena
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Noteworthy
DebutsInvisible first time played · Sleep Again first time played
BustoutsMountains in the Mist first in 59 shows · debuted July 3, 1999 at Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA · Talk first in 83 shows · debuted August 5, 1996 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO · Secret Smile first in 50 shows · debuted July 8, 2003 at Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
RaritiesInvisible 1 play ever · debuted November 1, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · Sleep Again 6 plays ever · debuted November 1, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · Let Me Lie 10 plays ever · debuted June 6, 2009 at Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA · Secret Smile 9 plays ever · debuted July 8, 2003 at Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
Long oddsThe Curtain With 💎💎💎 1 in 30 shows · Talk 💎💎💎 1 in 27 shows
Hot this yearTweezer 14× in 2009 · Tweezer Reprise 14× in 2009 · Wilson 12× in 2009 · Slave to the Traffic Light 12× in 2009 · Mike's Song 12× in 2009 · AC/DC Bag 12× in 2009
CoversAlso Sprach Zarathustra Eumir Deodato
On the recordingReba Unfinished · Undermind Jamcharts · Light 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).

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Longest of the night
  • Light · Set 315:27
  • Tweezer · Set 314:36
  • Reba · Set 212:37
  • Split Open and Melt · Set 212:10
  • Gotta Jibboo · Set 210:46
  • Maze · Set 310:43

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 — 10’90–’94 — 9’95–’00 — 142.0 (’02–’04) — 23.0 (’09–’20) — 641SONGS
  • ’83–’8910
  • ’90–’949
  • ’95–’0014
  • 2.0 (’02–’04)2
  • 3.0 (’09–’20)6

Album representation

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

Not in the song file yet — 12No studio album — 4Rift — 4A Picture of Nectar — 3Farmhouse — 3Lawn Boy — 3The Story of the Ghost — 3Billy Breathes — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 2Covers — 1Joy — 1Junta — 1The White Tape — 1Undermind — 141SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet12
  • No studio album4
  • Rift4
  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Farmhouse3
  • Lawn Boy3
  • +8 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 23–5 — 106–15 — 2216–50 — 551+ · bustout — 241SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation2
  • 3–510
  • 6–1522
  • 16–505
  • 51+ · bustout2

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 40Eumir Deodato — 141SONGS
  • Phish original40
  • Eumir Deodato1

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio / Marshall — 16Not in the song file yet — 12Anastasio solo — 4Full band — 3Anastasio + friends — 2Anastasio / Fishman — 1Cover — 139SONGS
  • Anastasio / Marshall16
  • Not in the song file yet12
  • Anastasio solo4
  • Full band3
  • Anastasio + friends2
  • Anastasio / Fishman1
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 19Without Marshall — 928ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall19
  • Without Marshall9

12 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