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1991-12-071992-03-06

Phish - December 31st, 1991

Worcester Memorial Auditorium · Worcester · MA

TuesdayNot Part of a Tour1991-12-31
Songs played
30
4 sets · longest: Set 1 (10)
Average gap
12.8
rarer than 66% of all shows, 93% of 1991
Biggest bustout
274
Auld Lang Syne - shows since last played
Debuts
0
2 covers played
Rotation10% fresh vs previous 5 shows13 repeats from 1991-12-07 - Foam, Sparkle, Stash, The Lizards, Golgi Apparatus, Brother, Buried Alive, Runaway Jim, Reba, Cavern, My Sweet One, Run Like an Antelope, Wilson
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in3:12:59
Set 1
Possum8:25,Foam8:11,Sparkle14:33,Stash9:00,The Lizards10:04,Guelah Papyrus5:46,Divided Sky12:42,Esther19:49 > Llama4:47,Golgi Apparatus4:56
Set 2
Brother6:12,Bouncing Around the Room3:43,Buried Alive2:28 > Auld Lang Syne0:52 > Runaway Jim7:37,The Landlady3:27 > Reba11:30,Cavern4:53,My Sweet One2:28,Run Like an Antelope10:35
Set 3
Wilson16:50 > The Squirming Coil7:33 > Tweezer13:13 > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters8:10 > Mike's Song ✦7:42 > I Am Hydrogen ✦3:04 > Weekapaug Groove ✦6:25
Encore
Lawn Boy2:30 > Rocky Top2:36 > Tweezer Reprise3:00
Mike's GrooveHIT ✦Gamehendge3/9Related to Gamehendge5/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Voice box that uttered curses.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:12:59 of music

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

13:136:36SET 1SET 2SET 3ENCOREPossum - 8:25 (Set 1)Foam - 8:11 (Set 1)Sparkle - 4:33 (Set 1)Stash - 9:00 (Set 1)The Lizards - 10:04 (Set 1)Guelah Papyrus - 5:46 (Set 1)Divided Sky - 12:42 (Set 1)Esther - 9:49 (Set 1)Llama - 4:47 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 4:56 (Set 1)Brother - 6:12 (Set 2)Bouncing Around the Room - 3:43 (Set 2)Buried Alive - 2:28 (Set 2)Auld Lang Syne - 0:52 (Set 2)Runaway Jim - 7:37 (Set 2)The Landlady - 3:27 (Set 2)Reba - 11:30 (Set 2)Cavern - 4:53 (Set 2)My Sweet One - 2:28 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 10:35 (Set 2)Wilson - 6:50 (Set 3)The Squirming Coil - 7:33 (Set 3)Tweezer - 13:13 (Set 3)McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters - 8:10 (Set 3)Mike's Song - 7:42 (Set 3)I Am Hydrogen - 3:04 (Set 3)Weekapaug Groove - 6:25 (Set 3)Lawn Boy - 2:30 (Encore)Rocky Top - 2:36 (Encore)Tweezer Reprise - 3:00 (Encore)
Longest: Tweezer 13:13 · 30 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8917
  • '90-'9413
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar7
  • Lawn Boy5
  • Junta3
  • The White Tape2
  • Rift1
  • Covers2
  • No studio album10
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-224
  • 3-53
  • 6-151
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original28
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • Traditional1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

Auld Lang Synegap 274
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemastersgap 35
Esthergap 9
Mike's Songgap 3
I Am Hydrogengap 3
Weekapaug Groovegap 3
Guelah Papyrusgap 2
Divided Skygap 2

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

Jam chart entries
Stash

Another great early version that stretches the "Type I" boundary and is well-played and loaded with tension.

Llama

> in from "Esther." Page is sick; Trey is very demented.

Runaway Jim

Eons before there was life upon a "Soul Planet", there was "Runaway Jim". > from "ALS", this New Year's rocker blends some imaginative aspects of the year's strongest versions, before, as was so often the case, bleeding into crazy, frenzied play from Fish and Trey. A fitting finale for one of 1991's finest songs.

Tweezer

Highly praised, this version's jam features Trey mellifluously leading on his 'doc.

Mike's Song

The first jam is solid but typical for this period. But the 2nd jam, which breaks into a great percussive and rocking groove is really the first noteworthy instance of the 2nd jam. In nearly all prior versions, the 2nd jam had been little more than chaotic, dissonant playing.

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

Soundcheck

It's Ice, Reba

Setlist notes

Divided Sky was dedicated to Chris Gainty, who was seeing his first show since a car accident had left him in a coma five months earlier. Trey played with a voice box on stage that uttered curses during Sparkle, Esther, and Wilson. Trey teased Auld Lang Syne in Buried Alive. Antelope contained an Earache My Eye tease from Page and Nellie Kane teases from Mike. Weekapaug included Lion Sleeps Tonight teases. Prior to the encore, Trey mentioned the new Minkin painting Mike's mom had given to the band. Per Fish's request, Chris Kuroda subsequently used different lights on the painting. Lawn Boy featured Trey playing The Christmas Song during his solo. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.

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

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