Phish - October 18th, 1991
Great American Music Hall · San Francisco · CA
1 Without microphones.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'8914
- '90-'9410
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Lawn Boy4
- A Picture of Nectar3
- Junta3
- Rift1
- The White Tape1
- Covers4
- No studio album8
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-210
- 3-59
- 6-154
- 51+ · bustout1
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original20
- Artie Shaw1
- Bill Monroe1
- Josh White1
- The James Gang1
A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
The Great American Music Hall provides the stage for one of the greatest examples of an emerging Phish staple, the affectionately labeled: "Runaway Foam". First, Fish is awesome. Second, Trey makes a number of subtle and savvy moves that lay the foundation - or at least functions as illustration - for "Jim's" inevitable groundbreaking potential.
Once this one kicks into overdrive, it's really excellent with chaos and screaming guitar sounds.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
Trey said he wrote Foam under Ernie Stires's wing and that Ernie taught him to write in that particular style. He dedicated Foam to Ernie's two children Ernie and Liz (both in attendance) and to Ernie as well. Adeline was performed without microphones. Brother was dedicated to Page's brother and Mike's brother (who were standing somewhere in the room), with Trey joking that it was "written to sort of describe their personalities... sort of a combination of the two." Guelah was introduced as a song "about a mother." He explained that this was about Dave's (Dave Abrahams's) mother, Guelah, who used to come in when he and Dave were writing songs and that when "things were getting fun," she would knock on and open the door and pull Dave out into the hall, hence the line "and through the bedroom door intrude a fretful frown and spoiled the mood. And though I never really stand that tall, she tilt my frame, she watched me fall." Fish was introduced during I Didn't Know as "Filling in for Showboat Gertrude... Zero Man!" Walk Away was played for the first time since October 20, 1990 (123 shows). Mo' Better Blues was teased prior to Squirming Coil.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.