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Phish - May 17th, 1994

The Arlington Theatre · Santa Barbara · CA

Tuesday1994 Spring Tour1994-05-17
Songs played
23
3 sets · longest: Set 2 (13)
Average gap
4.9
rarer than 95% of all shows, 33% of 1994
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
1
Earache My Eye
Rotation26% fresh vs previous 5 shows1 repeat from 1994-05-16 - Sample in a Jar
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:07:39
Set 1
Suzy Greenberg5:29 > Maze11:40,Mound6:02,If I Could6:11 -> Scent of a Mule8:51,Ginseng Sullivan14:16,Dog Faced Boy22:44,Split Open and Melt10:23,The Squirming Coil7:03
Set 2
Runaway Jim8:33,Glide5:25 > 🍞Tweezer411:20 -> Earache My Eyedebut3 -> Tweezer🍞 > Lifeboy8:36,Uncle Pen4:00,Big Ball Jam2:31 > Sample in a Jar4:56,🍞Hold Your Head Up56:51 > Love You > Hold Your Head Up🍞,Slave to the Traffic Light8:48
Encore
Highway to Hell3:59

1 Acoustic and without microphones. Fish on washboard.

2 Acoustic and without microphones.

3 Phish debut.

4 Tweezer Sandwich: Tweezer bookended Earache My Eye in Set 2 - the 10th on record, the first since August 12th, 1993.

5 Hold Your Head Up Sandwich: Hold Your Head Up bookended Love You in Set 2 - the 149th on record, the first since May 12th, 1994.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:07:39 of music

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

11:405:50SET 1SET 2ENCORESuzy Greenberg - 5:29 (Set 1)Maze - 11:40 (Set 1)Mound - 6:02 (Set 1)If I Could - 6:11 (Set 1)Scent of a Mule - 8:51 (Set 1)Ginseng Sullivan - 4:16 (Set 1)Dog Faced Boy - 2:44 (Set 1)Split Open and Melt - 10:23 (Set 1)The Squirming Coil - 7:03 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 8:33 (Set 2)Glide - 5:25 (Set 2)Tweezer - 11:20 (Set 2)Lifeboy - 8:36 (Set 2)Uncle Pen - 4:00 (Set 2)Big Ball Jam - 2:31 (Set 2)Sample in a Jar - 4:56 (Set 2)Hold Your Head Up - 6:51 (Set 2)Slave to the Traffic Light - 8:48 (Set 2)Highway to Hell - 3:59 (Encore)
Longest: Maze 11:40 · 19 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'896
  • '90-'9415
Album representation

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

  • Hoist5
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Lawn Boy2
  • Rift2
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-23
  • 3-514
  • 6-152
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original15
  • AC/DC1
  • Argent1
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Cheech and Chong1
  • Norman Blake1
  • Syd Barrett1
Rarity board

A deep-cut night - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

Big Ball Jamgap 16
Highway to Hellgap 12
Glidegap 11
Tweezergap 6
Dog Faced Boygap 5
The Squirming Coilgap 5
Mazegap 4
Lifeboygap 4

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

Jam chart entries
Runaway Jim

More great tone with Trey quickly breaking to solo, alternating between rapid-fire play and measured blasts of sustain. Fish picks up the pattern, with the musicians swapping ideas. Trey then really, really, leans into his pedal to shape his sound, with the band breaking to peak before the song's closing refrain. Cool version, and a sign of things to come.

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

Soundcheck

Jam, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own

Setlist notes

Maze included Call to the Post and Happy Birthday teases. Ginseng Sullivan and Dog Faced Boy were performed acoustic without microphones. Ginseng also featured Fish on washboard. Page’s piano solo in The Squirming Coil was cut short when Trey brought out a birthday cake for Page and attempted to lead the audience in a round of Happy Birthday. Tweezer included the Phish debut of Earache My Eye.

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

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