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Phish - July 23rd, 1988

Pete's Phabulous Phish Phest · Underhill · VT

Saturday1988 Tour1988-07-23
Songs played
35
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (15)
Average gap
12.6
rarer than 86% of all shows, 85% of 1988
Biggest bustout
69
Terrapin - shows since last played
Debuts
3
Weekapaug Groove, Walk Away, No Dogs Allowed
Rotation49% fresh vs previous 5 shows7 repeats from 1988-07-12 - The Lizards, AC/DC Bag, Blue Bossa, Peaches en Regalia, You Enjoy Myself, Slave to the Traffic Light, Good Times Bad Times
Mike's GrooveHIT ✦Gamehendge7/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Unknown additional percussionist.

2 First known performance; Unknown additional percussionist.

3 First known Phish performance; Unknown additional percussionist.

4 First known performance.

5 Peter Danforth and Dave Grippo on horns.; lyric changed to "Move over, Rover, and let Cameron take over."

6 Fish trombone solo.

7 Peter Danforth and Dave Grippo on horns.

8 Peter Danforth and Dave Grippo on horns, "Vincent" on trumpet.

9 Peter Danforth on saxophone.

10 The Curtain With Sandwich: The Curtain With bookended Dave's Energy Guide in Set 2 - the first one on record. No The Curtain With sandwich has ever held more.

11 Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 2 - the 31st on record, the first since July 11th, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
4:06:34 of music

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

21:0910:35SET 1SET 2SET 3Jam - 5:37 (Set 1)Colonel Forbin's Ascent - 6:51 (Set 1)Fly Famous Mockingbird - 7:10 (Set 1)Mike's Song - 8:44 (Set 1)I Am Hydrogen - 2:30 (Set 1)Weekapaug Groove - 6:38 (Set 1)The Lizards - 7:52 (Set 1)On Your Way Down - 6:05 (Set 1)AC/DC Bag - 7:46 (Set 1)Possum - 8:40 (Set 1)Walk Away - 3:42 (Set 1)Bold As Love - 6:14 (Set 1)No Dogs Allowed - 13:16 (Set 1)The Sloth - 4:12 (Set 1)Fire - 6:06 (Set 1)The Curtain With - 21:09 (Set 2)Wilson - 7:07 (Set 2)Terrapin - 5:04 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 13:00 (Set 2)Satin Doll - 6:05 (Set 2)Blue Bossa - 11:50 (Set 2)La Grange - 5:38 (Set 2)Alumni Blues - 6:05 (Set 2)Peaches en Regalia - 2:53 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 20:27 (Set 3)Contact - 6:20 (Set 3)Harry Hood - 13:53 (Set 3)Dinner and a Movie - 4:01 (Set 3)Slave to the Traffic Light - 9:27 (Set 3)The Ballad of Curtis Loew - 5:25 (Set 3)Good Times Bad Times - 6:50 (Set 3)
Longest: The Curtain With 21:09 · 31 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8933
Album representation

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

  • The White Tape6
  • Junta2
  • Covers11
  • No studio album14
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-216
  • 6-1510
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout3
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original22
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience2
  • Allen Toussaint1
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Joe Henderson1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd1
  • Syd Barrett1
  • The James Gang1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 6 songs shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Jam

A really good and rocking stand-alone jam opens the show. Almost has an Allman Brothers or Grateful Dead-like vibe.

Mike's Song

With an unknown percussionist, there's a cool little intro section. The jam is really the first version that starts to sound similar to the modern "Mike's" jam. There's decent improvisation within the jam section, as well as a nice spirited peak leading to the closing.

Weekapaug Groove

Debut. First version is played at a slightly slower tempo and includes an additional, unknown percussionist. Nice Trey shredding on the first go around, plus a "Mike's Song" vocal refrain and jazzy ending.

Possum

Unknown additional percussionist. The jam begins in a low-key manner, with nice added texture from the percussionist.

The Curtain With

An unprecedented and highly improvisational version, which includes an unknown additional percussionist. Following a strong run through The Curtain section, the band breaks into the familiar With jam. However, this jam quickly takes on a more dissonant and frenetic character, with "DEG"-like undertones, although it retains some semblance of With through about the 15:00 mark. After this point, the band breaks for "DEG," followed by some abstract and crazed jamming, a testament to the band's nascent improvisational nature. Eventually, the playing returns to the customary With ending.

Dave's Energy Guide

With an additional percussionist. -> in from "The Curtain With." Includes both "DEG" and a lot dissonant, "DEG"-like jamming that makes up a good chunk of this unique, jammed-out version of the "The Curtain With."

The Curtain With

-> in from "Dave's Energy Guide" to wrap up this stunning, improvisational version.

Harry Hood

Great version with strong communication and interplay among the four band mates. This one really lifts off after 10:30.

Slave to the Traffic Light

Great quiet interplay at first between Trey, Mike, and Page. Then at 5:15, Pete Danforth kicks in on saxophone, and the result is a super and unexpected combination, with an impressive and fiery peak.

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

Setlist notes

This gig was a party at the home of local Burlington musician Peter Danforth and included the first known performance of Weekapaug and No Dogs Allowed as well as the first known Phish performance of Walk Away. This version and the next known version of No Dogs Allowed (released by the band on Colorado ’88) concluded with a substantial section of Divided Sky. Fire, Satin Doll and Blue Bossa featured Danforth and Dave Grippo on horns. Blue Bossa also featured "Vincent" on trumpet and Slave also featured Danforth on saxophone. Forbin's through Bold As Love, The Curtain With through Wilson, Antelope, Alumni, Letter To Jimmy Page, YEM, and Contact all featured an unknown additional percussionist. After Weekapaug, Fish teased both Weekapaug and Peaches on the drums. Lizards included a Mockingbird tease from Page. Fire's lyrics were changed to "move over, Rover, and let Cameron take over." Terrapin contained a Fish trombone solo.

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

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