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Phish - December 9th, 1989

Huden Dining Hall, Castleton State College · Castleton · VT

Saturday1989 Tour1989-12-09
Songs played
22
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (10)
Average gap
6.6
rarer than 35% of all shows, 49% of 1989
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
3 covers played
Rotation32% fresh vs previous 5 shows2 repeats from 1989-12-08 - Lawn Boy, Bathtub Gin
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:15:28
Set 1
Dinner and a Movie4:02 > La Grange5:31,The Lizards11:06,Foam8:52,In a Hole5:02,Rocky Top2:39,David Bowie12:18,Lawn Boy3:23,Bathtub Gin6:37,Golgi Apparatus5:00
Set 2
Take the 'A' Train5:59 > Fluffhead15:39,Esther9:22 > 🍞Alumni Blues14:07 > Letter to Jimmy Page0:41 > Alumni Blues🍞,Fee5:38,Mike's Song ✦8:23 > I Am Hydrogen ✦2:36 > Weekapaug Groove ✦8:17
Encore
Contact6:49 > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars3:26
Mike's GrooveHIT ✦Gamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge1/11

1 Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 2 - the 64th on record, the first since December 7th, 1989.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:15:28 of music

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

15:397:50SET 1SET 2ENCOREDinner and a Movie - 4:02 (Set 1)La Grange - 5:31 (Set 1)The Lizards - 11:06 (Set 1)Foam - 8:52 (Set 1)In a Hole - 5:02 (Set 1)Rocky Top - 2:39 (Set 1)David Bowie - 12:18 (Set 1)Lawn Boy - 3:23 (Set 1)Bathtub Gin - 6:37 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 5:00 (Set 1)Take the 'A' Train - 5:59 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 15:39 (Set 2)Esther - 9:22 (Set 2)Alumni Blues - 4:07 (Set 2)Letter to Jimmy Page - 0:41 (Set 2)Fee - 5:38 (Set 2)Mike's Song - 8:23 (Set 2)I Am Hydrogen - 2:36 (Set 2)Weekapaug Groove - 8:17 (Set 2)Contact - 6:49 (Encore)Big Black Furry Creature from Mars - 3:26 (Encore)
Longest: Fluffhead 15:39 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8921
Album representation

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

  • Junta8
  • Lawn Boy2
  • The White Tape2
  • Covers3
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-212
  • 3-52
  • 6-155
  • 16-502
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original18
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • ZZ Top1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

Fluffheadgap 41
Big Black Furry Creature from Marsgap 28
Foamgap 8
David Bowiegap 8
Contactgap 8
Dinner and a Moviegap 7
La Grangegap 7
In a Holegap 5

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

Jam chart entries
Mike's Song

This is a really awesome early version, very different from almost all other versions from late '88 to late '91. Trey's playing is much more melodic and less dissonant. The jam builds to a great peak, and then the short little 2nd jam features sick trilling by Trey.

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

Setlist notes

Bowie included Rocky Top, Donna Lee, and Wipe Out teases. Wipe Out was also teased by Page in Bathtub Gin. Contact contained a Low Rider tease from Page. BBFCFM contained Sailor's Hornpipe and Brady Bunch theme teases from Trey.

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

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