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Phish - May 17th, 1991

Campus Club · Providence · RI

Friday1991 Winter/Spring Tour1991-05-17
Songs played
33
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (16)
Average gap
21.7
rarer than 81% of all shows, 98% of 1991
Biggest bustout
338
Mr. P.C. - shows since last played
Debuts
0
10 covers played
Rotation30% fresh vs previous 5 shows5 repeats from 1991-05-16 - Chalk Dust Torture, The Landlady, Magilla, Cavern, Golgi Apparatus
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:30:40
Set 1
Chalk Dust Torture4:04,Drums16:07 -> Mr. P.C.1,Reba10:54,Poor Heart2:59 > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony1:41 > Suzy Greenberg5:19,🍞The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday43:41 > Avenu Malkenu4:37 > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday🍞,Stash8:03,I Didn't Know23:02,Mike's Song ✦5:57 > I Am Hydrogen ✦2:34 > Weekapaug Groove ✦6:53,Take the 'A' Train15:53
Set 2
Possum8:43 > Guelah Papyrus5:46,Rocky Top2:45,The Landlady3:38 > Fluffhead314:20 -> 🍞Happy Birthday to You55:22,Magilla15:11,Cavern14:38,Harry Hood10:57,🍞Hold Your Head Up67:49 > Bike > Hold Your Head Up🍞 > 🍞Big Black Furry Creature from Mars72:06,Happy Birthday to You🍞 > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars🍞
Encore
Lawn Boy12:39,Golgi Apparatus5:01
Mike's GrooveHIT ✦Gamehendge2/9Related to Gamehendge1/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Carl Gerhard on trumpet.

2 Fish on trombone.

3 Unfinished.

4 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Sandwich: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday bookended Avenu Malkenu in Set 1 - the 20th on record, the first since May 3rd, 1991.

5 Happy Birthday to You Sandwich: Happy Birthday to You bookended Magilla, Cavern, Harry Hood and 4 more in Set 2 - the first one on record. No Happy Birthday to You sandwich has ever held more.

6 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Bike in Set 2 - the 35th on record, the first since May 10th, 1991.

7 Big Black Furry Creature from Mars Sandwich: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars bookended Happy Birthday to You in Set 2 - the 2nd on record, the first since September 13th, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:30:40 of music

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

14:207:10SET 1SET 2ENCOREChalk Dust Torture - 4:04 (Set 1)Drums - 6:07 (Set 1)Reba - 10:54 (Set 1)Poor Heart - 2:59 (Set 1)The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony - 1:41 (Set 1)Suzy Greenberg - 5:19 (Set 1)The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday - 3:41 (Set 1)Avenu Malkenu - 4:37 (Set 1)Stash - 8:03 (Set 1)I Didn't Know - 3:02 (Set 1)Mike's Song - 5:57 (Set 1)I Am Hydrogen - 2:34 (Set 1)Weekapaug Groove - 6:53 (Set 1)Take the 'A' Train - 5:53 (Set 1)Possum - 8:43 (Set 2)Guelah Papyrus - 5:46 (Set 2)Rocky Top - 2:45 (Set 2)The Landlady - 3:38 (Set 2)Fluffhead - 14:20 (Set 2)Happy Birthday to You - 5:22 (Set 2)Magilla - 5:11 (Set 2)Cavern - 4:38 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 10:57 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 7:49 (Set 2)Big Black Furry Creature from Mars - 2:06 (Set 2)Lawn Boy - 2:39 (Encore)Golgi Apparatus - 5:01 (Encore)
Longest: Fluffhead 14:20 · 27 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8923
  • '90-'946
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar7
  • Lawn Boy3
  • Junta2
  • Covers8
  • No studio album9
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-213
  • 3-58
  • 6-155
  • 51+ · bustout3
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original21
  • Traditional3
  • Argent1
  • Duke Ellington1
  • John Coltrane1
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • Pink Floyd1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 3 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Mr. P.C.gap 338
Happy Birthday to Yougap 105
Bikegap 75
Lawn Boygap 12
Drumsgap 8
I Didn't Knowgap 8
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterdaygap 7
Avenu Malkenugap 7

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

Jam chart entries
Chalk Dust Torture

A brief blackout occurs during this version. Fishman continues playing, and is joined by Carl Gerhard on trumpet. Power comes back and a jazzy jam ensues.

Magilla

Carl Gerhard on trumpet. The sound of a trumpet is qualitatively different than saxophone, but both sound terrific with "Magilla." Fun "Flintstones Theme" teasing by Gerhard is icing on the cake, and Fish has some great action too.

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

Setlist notes

A blackout occurred during Chalk Dust. The drum solo and the ensuing Mr. P.C. featured Carl Gerhard on trumpet, who also performed on ‘A’ Train, Magilla, Cavern, and Lawn Boy. Mr. P.C. was performed for the first time since November 11, 1988 (338 shows) and included a Spider-Man theme tease from Gerhard. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday was introduced as “The Old Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday.” This show fell on Page’s 28th birthday, a point noted repeatedly throughout the gig. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Fluffhead was unfinished; the rest of the band sung Happy Birthday to Page first over the Fluffhead melody, followed by the Happy Birthday melody. Happy Birthday was performed for the first time since September 29, 1990 (105 shows). Possum contained Yield Not To Temptation and I Know a Little teases. Magilla contained a full-band Flintstones theme tease. Mississippi Queen was teased during Fish's vacuum solo in Bike. The pause in BBFCFM featured a final rendition of Happy Birthday and the presentation of a cake; Fish then responded to the “how old are you?” crowd chants by counting off BBFCFM: “I’ll tell you how old he is: 1-2-3-4!”

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

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