Phish - April 6th, 1985

Finbar's · Burlington · VT

Saturday1985 Tour1985-04-06

Songs played

3 sets · longest: Set 1 (17)

Average gap

6.2

rarer than 56% of all shows, 60% of 1985

Biggest bustout

no 50+ gap songs

Debuts

I Am Hydrogen, Letter to Jimmy Page, Dave's Energy Guide, Big Leg Emma, Revolution, I Wish, Run Like an Antelope, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

Rotation70% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1985-03-29

Setlist

Set 1

I Am Hydrogen^debut¹,Don't Want You No More,Cities,Wild Child,Slave to the Traffic Light,Jam,🍞Alumni Blues⁵ > Letter to Jimmy Page^debut¹ > Alumni Blues🍞 > Mike's Song² > Dave's Energy Guide^debut¹,Big Leg Emma^debut³,Revolution^debut¹,Anarchy,I Wish^debut³,Camel Walk,Run Like an Antelope^debut¹

Set 2

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters^debut⁴ > Makisupa Policeman

Set 3

Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)^debut³

Mike's Groove2/3Related to Gamehendge1/11

¹ First known performance.

² Vocal section at the end with lyrics to the effect of "Life is not what it seems."

³ First known Phish performance.

⁴ First known performance. Narrated rather than sung.

⁵ Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 1 - the first one on record. No Alumni Blues sandwich has ever held more.

When it debuted

Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.

'83-'8919

Album representation

The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.

The White Tape4
Covers6
No studio album9

Gap since last played

Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.

1-23
3-52
6-155

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original13
Bob Dylan1
Lou Reed1
Spencer Davis Group1
Stevie Wonder1
Talking Heads1
The Mothers of Invention1

Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

Don't Want You No Moregap 10

Wild Childgap 10

Makisupa Policemangap 10

Citiesgap 9

Slave to the Traffic Lightgap 9

Anarchygap 4

Camel Walkgap 4

Jamgap 2

Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.

Jam chart entries

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

Debut. The lyrics are narrated by Trey, rather than sung, and Page had not yet joined the band. A fairly intense, mostly straightforward Jeff and Trey guitar jam follows the lyrical section. (Circulates as filler on 3/4/85 Hunt's).

Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.

Setlist notes

This show was a benefit for Tools for Peace and Justice in Central America and featured the first known performances of Hydrogen, Revolution, and McGrupp and the first known Phish performances of Big Leg Emma and Quinn the Eskimo. The jam after Slave may have been Back Porch Boogie Blues. The end of Mike's Song contained a vocal section with lyrics to the effect of "Life is not what it seems." Revolution was dedicated to Anne Labrusciano and Trey explained it used to be entitled "Leunig’s Sucks" but now it’s entitled “Revolution”. Run Like An Antelope was introduced by Trey as “Run Like an Antelope Out of Control”. McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters was narrated rather than sung. If the 2/1/85 setlist is not correct for that date, then this show featured the first known performances of Letter to Jimmy Page, Dave's Energy Guide, and Run Like an Antelope.

Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.

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