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Phish - May 24th, 1988

Nectar's · Burlington · VT

TuesdayNight 3 at this venue1988 Tour1988-05-24
Songs played
26
3 sets · longest: Set 3 (12)
Average gap
9.3
rarer than 53% of all shows, 73% of 1988
Biggest bustout
60
I Know a Little - shows since last played
Debuts
0
11 covers played
Rotation27% fresh vs previous 5 shows4 repeats from 1988-05-23 - Rocky Top, Peaches en Regalia, Golgi Apparatus, I Didn't Know
HarpualegendaryGamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge1/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Jah Roy on vocals.

2 Richard Wright on vocals.

3 Richard Wright on drums, Fish on trombone.

4 Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 1 - the 26th on record, the first since May 22nd, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:09:58 of music

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

26:0313:01SET 1SET 2SET 3The Curtain With - 14:25 (Set 1)Rocky Top - 2:51 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 5:15 (Set 1)Alumni Blues - 6:14 (Set 1)Peaches en Regalia - 3:19 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 5:22 (Set 1)Suzy Greenberg - 5:16 (Set 1)Fire - 6:43 (Set 1)Jesus Just Left Chicago - 15:17 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 15:19 (Set 2)Whipping Post - 26:03 (Set 2)Ya Mar - 18:51 (Set 3)Halley's Comet - 7:28 (Set 3)I Didn't Know - 4:51 (Set 3)La Grange - 3:43 (Set 3)Fee - 5:09 (Set 3)I Know a Little - 3:11 (Set 3)Big Black Furry Creature from Mars - 3:01 (Set 3)Corinna - 4:32 (Set 3)Harpua - 10:59 (Set 3)Run Like an Antelope - 15:00 (Set 3)
Longest: Whipping Post 26:03 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8925
Album representation

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

  • Junta3
  • The White Tape3
  • Covers11
  • No studio album8
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-213
  • 3-55
  • 6-153
  • 16-503
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original14
  • ZZ Top2
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Lee Dorsey1
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd1
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • Son Seals1
  • Taj Mahal1
  • The Allman Brothers Band1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
The Curtain With

A well-executed Curtain - not spotless, but few, if any, are. This With jam is evocative and captures a sense of weigtlessness, soaring above the musical clouds. Many of these early With jams move beyond this uplifting section, exploring more dissonant, rocking terrain. Not so here, as the band seems content to let this one gracefully recede, following a soaring peak.

Jesus Just Left Chicago

Preceding the famed Slip Stitch and Pass version by 9 years, and longer by more than 2 minutes, this jammed out version includes Page rocking first the piano, then the B-3, and a great Trey solo leading to an extended band-wide blues rocker. Part of a 3 song set! ("JJLC", "Fluffhead" > "Whipping Post").

Whipping Post

The straightforward first jam section is very extended, to 17:00, and includes great modulation of intensity and lots of Trey shredding. The second jam features Page on the B-3, followed by solid, rocking, but much more in-the-box jamming than some of these versions.

Ya Mar

Awesome version which transitions to a reggae party with Jah Roy.

Jam

With Jah Roy n vocals. An excellent reggae medley is led by Jah.

Run Like an Antelope

The first truly "Type II" version (beginning about 10:00) has a settled section with some "DEG"-like jamming. This version also has sections of intense, chaotic dissonance and great Machine Gun Trey action.

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

Setlist notes

Ya Mar and the ensuing jam featured vocals from Jah Roy; the jam contained One Love quotes from Jah Roy and Trey. Halley’s Comet featured vocals from Richard Wright. I Didn't Know featured Wright on drums and Fish on trombone. BBFCFM contained Flintstones theme teases from Trey. The master recordings confirm this listing as the correct performance order. Many recordings of this show circulate with an incorrect song order, an incorrect date (May 25, 1988) and an incorrect venue (Ian’s Farm, Hebron, NY).

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

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