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Phish - May 22nd, 1988

Nectar's · Burlington · VT

Sunday1988 Tour1988-05-22
Songs played
24
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
18.6
rarer than 85% of all shows, 96% of 1988
Biggest bustout
106
Big Leg Emma - shows since last played
Debuts
1
St. Thomas
Rotation42% fresh vs previous 5 shows14 repeats from 1988-05-15 - Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Alumni Blues, Letter to Jimmy Page, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Fire, Possum, The Lizards, Fluffhead, Good Times Bad Times, Take the 'A' Train, The Curtain With, Suzy Greenberg
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:46:18
Set 1
Funky Bitch4:40,Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley,🍞Alumni Blues48:36 > Letter to Jimmy Page1 > Alumni Blues🍞,You Enjoy Myself15:22,St. Thomasdebut26:28,Golgi Apparatus6:33,Fire6:00
Set 2
La Grange3:48,Possum5:49,The Lizards10:57,Timber (Jerry the Mule)8:37,Tela14:07,Happy Birthday to You1:14,Fluffhead15:38,Bike35:36,Good Times Bad Times7:10
Set 3
Big Leg Emma4:22,Rocky Top2:46,Cities4:54,Take the 'A' Train5:42,The Curtain With13:35,Suzy Greenberg5:15
Gamehendge3/9bustout50+ show gap

1 First played by Phish, then played only by Fish.

2 First known Phish performance.

3 Fish trombone solo.

4 Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 1 - the 25th on record, the first since May 15th, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:46:18 of music

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

15:387:49SET 1SET 2SET 3Funky Bitch - 4:40 (Set 1)Alumni Blues - 8:36 (Set 1)You Enjoy Myself - 15:22 (Set 1)St. Thomas - 6:28 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 6:33 (Set 1)Fire - 6:00 (Set 1)La Grange - 3:48 (Set 2)Possum - 5:49 (Set 2)The Lizards - 10:57 (Set 2)Timber (Jerry the Mule) - 8:37 (Set 2)Tela - 14:07 (Set 2)Happy Birthday to You - 1:14 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 15:38 (Set 2)Bike - 5:36 (Set 2)Good Times Bad Times - 7:10 (Set 2)Big Leg Emma - 4:22 (Set 3)Rocky Top - 2:46 (Set 3)Cities - 4:54 (Set 3)Take the 'A' Train - 5:42 (Set 3)The Curtain With - 13:35 (Set 3)Suzy Greenberg - 5:15 (Set 3)
Longest: Fluffhead 15:38 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8923
Album representation

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

  • The White Tape3
  • Junta2
  • Covers13
  • No studio album5
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-213
  • 16-507
  • 51+ · bustout2
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original10
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • Pink Floyd1
  • Son Seals1
  • Sonny Rollins1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Mothers of Invention1
  • Traditional1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 3 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Big Leg Emmagap 106
Citiesgap 65
Rocky Topgap 49
Bikegap 30
La Grangegap 27
Telagap 22
Happy Birthday to Yougap 20
Funky Bitchgap 19

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

Setlist notes

This show included the first known Phish performance of St. Thomas. Sneakin' Sally contained DEG teases. Prior to Letter to Jimmy Page, Trey announced that per "Del's" request, they were going to play Letter to Jimmy Page as a band, and then Fish would play it by himself (telling the crowd that Fish didn't know it). YEM was dedicated to Del and La Grange was dedicated to Mike. Bike featured a Fish trombone solo. The date for this show may be incorrect; note that Trey referred to Tela as a debut at this show, though it actually debuted on 3/12/88.

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

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