1989, counted
Setlists from Phish.net, timings and tags from phish.in, albums and writing credits hand-curated. Numbers marked “all time” are Phish.net’s across every show ever played; everything else is counted from the shows in this scope. For official play counts and gap charts, Phish.net is the authority.
The road
Where the 127 shows in this scope happened.
Every city, 1989
Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.
1989 Tour
45 stops · 125 shows
- 1Waitsfield, VT3 nights
- 2Bar Harbor, ME2 nights
- 3Orono, ME1 night
- 4Old Town, ME1 night
- 5Boston, MA7 nights
- 6Hanover, NH3 nights
- 7Burlington, VT34 nights
- 8Amherst, MA3 nights
- 9Northampton, MA9 nights
- 10Newmarket, NH3 nights
- 11New York, NY6 nights
- 12Portland, ME7 nights
- 13Naugatuck, CT1 night
- 14Rutland, VT2 nights
- 15Johnson, VT1 night
- 16Somerville, MA1 night
- 17Durham, NH2 nights
- 18Brunswick, ME2 nights
- 19Providence, RI6 nights
- 20Cambridge, MA1 night
- 21Lancaster, PA1 night
- 22Clinton, NY2 nights
- 23Albany, NY1 night
- 24Syracuse, NY2 nights
- 25Newport, RI2 nights
- 26Northfield, MA1 night
- 27Hartford, CT1 night
- 28Hebron, NY1 night
- 29Geneva, NY2 nights
- •Montréal, Quebec1 night
- •Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, MA1 night
- 30Townshend, VT1 night
- 31Bennington, VT1 night
- 32Medford, MA1 night
- 33Lewiston, ME1 night
- 34Keene, NH1 night
- 35Poughkeepsie, NY1 night
- 36Plainfield, VT1 night
- 37Williamstown, MA1 night
- 38Ardmore, PA2 nights
- 39Lyndonville, VT1 night
- 40Washington, DC1 night
- 41Baltimore, MD1 night
- 42Poultney, VT1 night
- 43Castleton, VT1 night
Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Lyndonville, VT → Washington, DC, roughly 466 miles. Every stop is on the map; a city the map could not place is still listed under it.
The basics
Counted from every setlist in this scope.
The songs
What they played, what they led with, what they left you with.
Most played
Performances in this scope · the second number, where shown, is the song’s all-time count on Phish.net.
Show openers
First song of the night.
Second-set openers
What they came back out with.
Set closers
Last song of a set, encores excluded.
Encores
Every song played in an encore slot.
Rare and new
Bustouts, debuts, and songs almost nobody has heard live.
Biggest bustouts
Songs that came back after the longest absence. The gap is Phish.net’s, counted in shows.
First times
Songs played for the first time ever in this scope, per Phish.net’s gap.
+38 more
Rarities
Songs with ten or fewer performances ever, per Phish.net — and they played them here.
The jams
Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 60 of 88 shows here are timed.
Longest performances
Timed from phish.in’s recordings.
Longest on average
Mean length, songs with three or more timed versions in scope.
Show lengths
Every fully-timed show, in order. Hover for the night, click for the setlist. Untimed shows are absent, not zero.
The covers
Whose songs they borrowed.
Originals vs covers
305 of 1412 performances were covers.
- Originals1107
- Covers305
Most covered
Counted per performance.
Shapes of a night
How the songs were stitched together.
Longest segue runs
Consecutive songs joined by “>” without a full stop. Four or more.
Deeper cuts
For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.
Where songs land
Performances by set.
- Set 1752
- Set 2520
- Set 374
- Encore64
- Encore 22
Where the time goes
Timed minutes by set.
- Set 12832
- Set 22203
- Encore227
- Set 3218
- Encore 217
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, banded. Far right is a bustout.
When it debuted
Performances by the era Phish first played the song.
What they played, by album
Hand-curated album membership per performance.
What the recording was tagged
phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.
Day of the week
Shows by weekday.
Rooms played
Shows per venue, every show in scope.
The odd stuff
Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.
Songwriters, by credits
Over 712 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.
- Without Marshall612
- With Tom Marshall155
Who wrote it
Originals by writing-credit bucket.
The rarity index
How rare a song really is: not how many times it has been played, but how often the band reaches for it relative to how long they have had it.
Odds are shows Phish has played since the song’s debut, divided by its all-time play count — “1 in 40” means it turns up once every forty shows on average. Every input is Phish.net’s: the debut date, the play count, and the full show list since. A rotation song sits near 1 in 3; a once-a-tour song near 1 in 30; the unicorns at 1 in 200 and up. 💎💎 1 in 10 · 💎💎💎 1 in 20 · 💎💎💎💎 1 in 50 · 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 100. Ranked over the songs played in this scope.
- 💎💎💎💎💎St. Thomasdebuted May 22, 1988 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played May 22, 19881 in 21131 plays in 2,113 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)debuted February 23, 1989 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played February 23, 19891 in 20321 plays in 2,032 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Green Onionsdebuted March 1, 1989 at Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT · last played March 1, 19891 in 20291 plays in 2,029 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎American Womandebuted March 1, 1989 at Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT · last played March 1, 19891 in 20291 plays in 2,029 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Le Freakdebuted April 13, 1989 at Valley Club Cafe, Rutland, VT · last played April 13, 19891 in 20141 plays in 2,014 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎If I Don't Be There By Morningdebuted May 9, 1989 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played May 9, 19891 in 19971 plays in 1,997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Nowhere Fastdebuted May 9, 1989 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played May 9, 19891 in 19971 plays in 1,997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎I've Turned Baddebuted May 9, 1989 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played May 9, 19891 in 19971 plays in 1,997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Dazed and Confuseddebuted May 21, 1989 at 320 Spear Street, Burlington, VT · last played May 21, 19891 in 19901 plays in 1,990 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Funky (Breakdown)debuted May 28, 1989 at Ian McLean's Party, Connie Condon's Farm, Hebron, NY · last played May 28, 19891 in 19871 plays in 1,987 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Autumn Leavesdebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎My Favorite Thingsdebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎On Green Dolphin Streetdebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎In a Mellow Tonedebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Fourdebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Lucky Sevendebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Blue Skydebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Night and Daydebuted August 12, 1989 at Burlington Boathouse, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 19741 plays in 1,974 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Gaul Swerves and the Rest is Everything Elsedebuted October 26, 1989 at The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY · last played October 26, 19891 in 19451 plays in 1,945 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Fluff's Travelsdebuted December 30, 1989 at The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY · last played December 30, 19891 in 19221 plays in 1,922 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Blue Monkdebuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 10942 plays in 2,188 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎The Practical Songdebuted September 12, 1988 at Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT · last played May 26, 19891 in 10342 plays in 2,067 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎The Fishin' Holedebuted March 1, 1989 at Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT · last played August 26, 19891 in 10142 plays in 2,029 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎The Price of Lovedebuted March 30, 1989 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played May 28, 19891 in 10102 plays in 2,019 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎You Shook Me All Night Longdebuted April 20, 1989 at Humphries House (The Zoo), Amherst College, Amherst, MA · last played September 29, 20001 in 10052 plays in 2,010 shows