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Phish - August 9th, 1987

Nectar's · Burlington · VT

Sunday1987 Tour1987-08-09
Songs played
29
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (11)
Average gap
6.1
rarer than 78% of all shows, 53% of 1987
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
5
La Grange, The Curtain With, The Sloth, Fee, Flat Fee
Rotation48% fresh vs previous 5 shows5 repeats from 1987-05-20 - Golgi Apparatus, Lushington, Possum, Harry Hood, You Enjoy Myself
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in1:11:51
Set 1
Golgi Apparatus5:19 > Slave to the Traffic Light6:13,La Grangedebut13:20,Lushington2 -> Possum,Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley,Timber (Jerry the Mule)4:46,Good Times Bad Times5:00,AC/DC Bag,Shaggy Dog3:39,Funky Bitch5:01
Set 2
The Curtain Withdebut311:15,Halley's Comet5:18 > The Slothdebut32:16,Light Up Or Leave Me Alone8:17 -> Skin It Back4:44,Peaches en Regalia,Fluffhead,Feedebut3,Harry Hood,Harpua,Suzy Greenberg
Set 3
David Bowie,You Enjoy Myself,Ya Mar,Divided Sky,Flat Feedebut3,McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters,Corinna
HarpualegendaryGamehendge3/9Related to Gamehendge3/11

1 First known Phish performance.

2 No lyrics.

3 First known performance.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
1:11:51 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song.

11:155:38SET 1SET 2Golgi Apparatus - 5:19 (Set 1)Slave to the Traffic Light - 6:13 (Set 1)La Grange - 3:20 (Set 1)Timber (Jerry the Mule) - 4:46 (Set 1)Good Times Bad Times - 5:00 (Set 1)Shaggy Dog - 3:39 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 5:01 (Set 1)The Curtain With - 11:15 (Set 2)Halley's Comet - 5:18 (Set 2)The Sloth - 2:16 (Set 2)Light Up Or Leave Me Alone - 8:17 (Set 2)Skin It Back - 4:44 (Set 2)
Longest: The Curtain With 11:15 · 12 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8929
Album representation

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

  • Junta4
  • The White Tape4
  • Covers11
  • No studio album10
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-25
  • 3-512
  • 6-155
  • 16-502
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original18
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Little Feat1
  • Sam Hopkins1
  • Son Seals1
  • Taj Mahal1
  • Traffic1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 5 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Shaggy Doggap 19
Light Up Or Leave Me Alonegap 19
Suzy Greenberggap 12
David Bowiegap 8
Halley's Cometgap 6
Skin It Backgap 6
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemastersgap 6
Timber (Jerry the Mule)gap 5

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

Jam chart entries
The Curtain With

The debut includes both the highly composed section we now think of as The Curtain, as well as the flowing and spriralling instrumental section familiar to us as the With jam. Melodies and musical ideas from this classic would later be incorporated into "Reba" and "Rift," while songs which debuted subsequently, especially "Mockingbird" and "Esther," both seem to draw inspiration from With.

Fee

Debut. No recording available.

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

Setlist notes

This show marked the first known performances of The Curtain With, The Sloth, Fee, and Flat Fee, as well as the first known Phish performance of La Grange. Lushington did not contain any lyrics.

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

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