1991, 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 133 shows in this scope happened.
Every city, 1991
Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.
1991 Winter/Spring Tour
54 stops · 62 shows
- 1Providence, RI2 nights
- 2Lewiston, ME1 night
- 3Burlington, VT5 nights
- 4Killington, VT1 night
- 5Portsmouth, NH1 night
- 6Northampton, MA1 night
- 7Ithaca, NY1 night
- 8Keene, NH1 night
- 9New York, NY2 nights
- 10Washington, DC1 night
- 11Richmond, VA1 night
- 12Charlottesville, VA1 night
- 13Chapel Hill, NC1 night
- 14Greenville, NC1 night
- 15Salem, VA1 night
- 16Knoxville, TN1 night
- 17Nashville, TN1 night
- 18Athens, GA1 night
- 19Atlanta, GA1 night
- 20Memphis, TN1 night
- 21Oxford, MS1 night
- 22Tuscaloosa, AL1 night
- 23New Orleans, LA1 night
- 24Boulder, CO1 night
- 25Englewood, CO1 night
- 26Breckenridge, CO1 night
- 27Aspen, CO1 night
- 28Steamboat Springs, CO2 nights
- 29Durango, CO1 night
- 30Santa Cruz, CA1 night
- 31San Francisco, CA1 night
- 32Berkeley, CA1 night
- 33Arcata, CA1 night
- 34Ashland, OR1 night
- 35Eugene, OR1 night
- 36Portland, OR1 night
- 37Olympia, WA1 night
- 38Northfield, MN1 night
- 39Madison, WI1 night
- 40Chicago, IL1 night
- 41Evanston, IL1 night
- 42Oberlin, OH1 night
- 43Buffalo, NY1 night
- 44Rochester, NY1 night
- 45Potsdam, NY1 night
- 46Durham, NH1 night
- 47Plymouth, NH1 night
- 48Port Chester, NY1 night
- 49Poughkeepsie, NY1 night
- 50Somerville, MA2 nights
- 51Portland, ME1 night
- 52Waterville, ME1 night
- 53New Britain, CT1 night
- 54Salisbury, CT1 night
Not Part of a Tour
9 stops · 9 shows
- 1Breckenridge, CO1 night
- 2Durango, CO1 night
- 3Ann Arbor, MI1 night
- 4New York, NY1 night
- 5Auburn, ME1 night
- •Unknown, NJ1 night
- 6Austin, TX1 night
- 7Port Chester, NY1 night
- 8Worcester, MA1 night
1991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour
13 stops · 14 shows
- 1Burlington, VT1 night
- 2Keene, NH1 night
- 3Lenox, MA1 night
- 4Townshend, VT1 night
- 5New York, NY1 night
- 6Hampton Beach, NH1 night
- 7Somerville, MA1 night
- 8Parksville, NY2 nights
- 9Washington, DC1 night
- 10Charlottesville, VA1 night
- 11Chapel Hill, NC1 night
- 12Athens, GA1 night
- 13Atlanta, GA1 night
1991 Fall Tour
46 stops · 48 shows
- 1Keene, NH1 night
- 2Ithaca, NY1 night
- 3Rochester, NY1 night
- 4Buffalo, NY1 night
- 5Cleveland, OH1 night
- 6Athens, OH1 night
- 7Chicago, IL1 night
- 8Champaign, IL1 night
- 9Madison, WI1 night
- 10Minneapolis, MN1 night
- 11St. Paul, MN1 night
- 12Eugene, OR1 night
- 13Seattle, WA1 night
- 14Portland, OR1 night
- 15Olympia, WA1 night
- 16Arcata, CA1 night
- 17San Francisco, CA2 nights
- 18Santa Cruz, CA1 night
- 19Tempe, AZ1 night
- 20Prescott, AZ1 night
- 21Santa Fe, NM1 night
- 22Telluride, CO2 nights
- 23Boulder, CO1 night
- 24Colorado Springs, CO1 night
- 25Englewood, CO1 night
- 26Fort Collins, CO1 night
- 27Dallas, TX1 night
- 28New Orleans, LA1 night
- 29Tuscaloosa, AL1 night
- 30Atlanta, GA1 night
- 31Charleston, SC1 night
- 32Athens, GA1 night
- 33Davidson, NC1 night
- 34Chapel Hill, NC1 night
- 35Charlottesville, VA1 night
- 36Washington, DC1 night
- 37New Britain, CT1 night
- 38Providence, RI1 night
- 39Somerville, MA1 night
- 40Portland, ME1 night
- 41Barre, VT1 night
- 42Hanover, NH1 night
- 43Plattsburgh, NY1 night
- 44Greenfield, MA1 night
- 45Middlebury, VT1 night
- 46Portsmouth, NH1 night
Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Olympia, WA → Northfield, MN, roughly 1,440 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.
+10 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 — 114 of 124 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
454 of 2949 performances were covers.
- Originals2495
- Covers454
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 11356
- Set 21290
- Encore254
- Encore 232
- Set 326
Where the time goes
Timed minutes by set.
- Set 16514
- Set 23800
- Encore945
- Set 3175
- Encore 2137
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 1825 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 Marshall1212
- With Tom Marshall675
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.
- 💎💎💎💎💎Moose the Moochedebuted July 12, 1991 at The Colonial Theatre, Keene, NH · last played July 12, 19911 in 17031 plays in 1,703 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Bitchin' Againdebuted August 3, 1991 at Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy’s Farm, Auburn, ME · last played August 3, 19911 in 16891 plays in 1,689 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Pushermandebuted November 1, 1991 at Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO · last played November 1, 19911 in 16611 plays in 1,661 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎T.V. Showdebuted November 8, 1991 at Ivory Tusk, Tuscaloosa, AL · last played November 8, 19911 in 16561 plays in 1,656 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Family Picturedebuted September 30, 1990 at Unknown Venue, Unknown · last played November 8, 19911 in 9062 plays in 1,813 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Rocky Mountain Waydebuted February 16, 1991 at The Marquee, New York, NY · last played July 23, 19971 in 8802 plays in 1,760 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎The Prison Jokedebuted April 11, 1991 at The Cave, Carleton College, Northfield, MN · last played March 24, 19931 in 8642 plays in 1,728 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Band/Crew Football Theme Songdebuted April 16, 1991 at Rick's Café, Ann Arbor, MI · last played May 2, 19921 in 8622 plays in 1,724 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Mr. P.C.debuted July 30, 1988 at The Roma, Telluride, CO · last played May 17, 19911 in 6963 plays in 2,088 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Costume Contestdebuted October 29, 1988 at Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT · last played October 31, 19941 in 6873 plays in 2,061 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Waitdebuted October 31, 1991 at Armstrong Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO · last played May 14, 19921 in 5543 plays in 1,662 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Roll Like a Cantaloupedebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played November 14, 19911 in 5504 plays in 2,201 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Wipe Outdebuted April 15, 1991 at The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL · last played November 29, 19981 in 4314 plays in 1,725 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Setting Saildebuted April 20, 1991 at Douglass Dining Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY · last played July 15, 19941 in 4304 plays in 1,721 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Whole Lotta Lovedebuted June 9, 1990 at The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY · last played October 30, 20101 in 3665 plays in 1,831 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Selfdebuted September 13, 1990 at The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY · last played November 20, 19921 in 3655 plays in 1,825 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Let's Godebuted February 4, 1991 at The Front, Burlington, VT · last played March 22, 19911 in 2946 plays in 1,766 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Crimes of the Minddebuted August 3, 1991 at Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy’s Farm, Auburn, ME · last played October 28, 20161 in 2118 plays in 1,689 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Drumsdebuted November 3, 1984 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played August 2, 20091 in 20411 plays in 2,246 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Touch Medebuted July 11, 1991 at Battery Park, Burlington, VT · last played December 3, 19941 in 1899 plays in 1,704 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Rhombus Narrationdebuted September 9, 1989 at Dining Commons, Bennington College, Bennington, VT · last played November 15, 19911 in 16312 plays in 1,961 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Mantecadebuted November 4, 1990 at Fort Ram, Fort Collins, CO · last played February 22, 20201 in 11915 plays in 1,788 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Dave's Energy Guidedebuted April 6, 1985 at Finbar's, Burlington, VT · last played June 28, 19951 in 11220 plays in 2,235 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Flat Feedebuted August 9, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played July 27, 19911 in 10421 plays in 2,175 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Happy Birthday to Youdebuted December 2, 1983 at Harris-Millis Cafeteria - University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played July 23, 20231 in 10222 plays in 2,249 shows
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