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Phish - May 11th, 1987

Nectar's · Burlington · VT

MondayNight 2 at this venue1987 Tour1987-05-11
Songs played
22
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (12)
Average gap
3.7
rarer than 80% of all shows, 16% of 1987
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
7
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Avenu Malkenu, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Divided Sky, Harpua, Bundle of Joy, Harpua
Rotation45% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1987-05-10
HarpualegendaryGamehendge2/9Related to Gamehendge2/11

1 No lyrics.

2 First known performance.

3 First known Phish performance.

4 Keyword referenced dioxin and Gaddafi.

5 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Sandwich: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday bookended Avenu Malkenu in Set 1 - the first one on record. No The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday sandwich has ever held more.

6 Harpua Sandwich: Harpua bookended Bundle of Joy in Set 2 - the first one on record. No Harpua sandwich has ever held more.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
1:24:46 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.

13:456:52SET 1SET 2You Enjoy Myself - 13:45 (Set 1)Lushington - 2:36 (Set 1)Possum - 7:07 (Set 1)Slave to the Traffic Light - 6:19 (Set 1)Peaches en Regalia - 3:14 (Set 1)The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday - 1:46 (Set 1)Avenu Malkenu - 3:02 (Set 1)The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday - 2:15 (Set 1)Makisupa Policeman - 7:38 (Set 1)Divided Sky - 4:26 (Set 2)Funky Bitch - 4:11 (Set 2)Harpua - 1:53 (Set 2)Bundle of Joy - 1:45 (Set 2)Harpua - 2:52 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 11:23 (Set 2)Good Times Bad Times - 4:43 (Set 2)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 13:45 · 16 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8920
Album representation

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

  • The White Tape4
  • Junta2
  • Covers7
  • No studio album7
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-28
  • 3-54
  • 6-153
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original13
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Son Seals1
  • Taj Mahal1
  • Traditional1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 5 songs shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Makisupa Policeman

Slow, slow tempo. What sounds like a harmonica is played in the early part of the jam, maybe by Page? The jam then gets spacey with echo effects employed; it's kind of a dumb jam but enjoyable nevertheless, and in that sense, captures the spirit of "Makisupa" beautifully.

Divided Sky

First known performance. All performances until 9/24/88 were short, about 4 1/2 minutes long, and contained most, but not all of the composed portions of the complete version.

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

Setlist notes

This show included some funny stage banter, including Trey’s announcement after TMWSIY: “That was called ‘The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday... and I’m going to get my head sharpened.” Lushington did not contain any lyrics. A set break was announced after Ya Mar, so this is the complete first set. The songs listed as in the second set are believed to have been performed in that set, though it is unknown whether more songs were also performed in the second set, and if there was a third set as well. This show featured the first known performances of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Divided Sky, Harpua, and Bundle of Joy, as well as the first known Phish performance of Avenu Malkenu. The keyword for Makisupa was "Woke up in the morning, dioxin on my head / Woke up in the afternoon Gaddafi in my bed."

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

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