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1989-05-211989-05-27

Phish - May 26th, 1989

Valley Club Cafe · Rutland · VT

Friday1989 Tour1989-05-26
Songs played
20
4 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
14.6
rarer than 87% of all shows, 91% of 1989
Biggest bustout
74
The Practical Song - shows since last played
Debuts
1
Bathtub Gin
Rotation40% fresh vs previous 5 shows8 repeats from 1989-05-21 - AC/DC Bag, Mike's Song, I Am Hydrogen, Weekapaug Groove, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself, Split Open and Melt, Possum
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:26:39
Set 1
Bold As Love4:54,AC/DC Bag6:56,Mike's Song ✦6:37 > I Am Hydrogen ✦2:21 > Weekapaug Groove ✦6:38,Sanity16:35,Halley's Comet25:30 > The Sloth3:56,You Enjoy Myself19:15
Set 2
David Bowie321:01,The Mango Song5:06,Split Open and Melt3:47,Bathtub Gindebut45:57,Run Like an Antelope10:43,Golgi Apparatus4:35
Set 3
Slave to the Traffic Light8:27,Funky Bitch6:46,The Ballad of Curtis Loew5:09 > Possum11:19
Encore
The Practical Song1:07
Mike's GrooveHIT ✦Gamehendge3/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Fast version.

2 Richard Wright on vocals.

3 Alternate "Lazy Lester" lyrics.

4 First known version.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:26:39 of music

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

21:0110:31SET 1SET 2SET 3ENCOREBold As Love - 4:54 (Set 1)AC/DC Bag - 6:56 (Set 1)Mike's Song - 6:37 (Set 1)I Am Hydrogen - 2:21 (Set 1)Weekapaug Groove - 6:38 (Set 1)Sanity - 6:35 (Set 1)Halley's Comet - 5:30 (Set 1)The Sloth - 3:56 (Set 1)You Enjoy Myself - 19:15 (Set 1)David Bowie - 21:01 (Set 2)The Mango Song - 5:06 (Set 2)Split Open and Melt - 3:47 (Set 2)Bathtub Gin - 5:57 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 10:43 (Set 2)Golgi Apparatus - 4:35 (Set 2)Slave to the Traffic Light - 8:27 (Set 3)Funky Bitch - 6:46 (Set 3)The Ballad of Curtis Loew - 5:09 (Set 3)Possum - 11:19 (Set 3)The Practical Song - 1:07 (Encore)
Longest: David Bowie 21:01 · 20 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
  • Junta3
  • Lawn Boy2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Covers3
  • No studio album7
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-211
  • 3-51
  • 6-151
  • 16-505
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original17
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd1
  • Son Seals1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 2 songs shelved 50+ shows.

The Practical Songgap 74
The Ballad of Curtis Loewgap 48
Halley's Cometgap 24
The Mango Songgap 23
Funky Bitchgap 23
Sanitygap 18
Slave to the Traffic Lightgap 8
Run Like an Antelopegap 5

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

Jam chart entries
You Enjoy Myself

No bass & drums ("B&D") section. TREY IS ON FIRE!!!

David Bowie

Very long intro with hilarious banter from Trey, this is the infamous LAZY LESTER BOWIE, with incredible playing by all. Hear it for yourself!

Bathtub Gin

Debut. No real jam at all. Instead, the "Bathtub Gin" vocal refrain is extended slightly, and then the song abruptly ends.

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

Setlist notes

Sanity was the fast version. Richard Wright provided guest vocals on Halley’s Comet. Sweet Georgia Brown was teased before and in the Bowie intro. Linus and Lucy was also teased in the intro. Bowie was subsequently announced as, dedicated to, and sung as “Lazy Lester.” This show contained the first known version of Bathtub Gin. Trey compared Antelope to his life-long dream of playing hockey and dedicated the song to “all you pro hockey players out there.” Curtis Loew contained teases of Sailor's Hornpipe and Fishin' Hole from Trey. Possum contained Johnny B. Goode teases.

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

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