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Phish - December 28th, 1997

USAir Arena · Landover · MD

Sunday1997 NYE Run1997-12-28
Songs played
21
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (11)
Average gap
6.5
rarer than 36% of all shows, 39% of 1997
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
6 covers played
Rotation48% fresh vs previous 5 shows3 repeats from 1997-12-13 - Sample in a Jar, Axilla, Ghost
Related to Gamehendge1/11

1 Contained Axilla II ending.

2 The Mule Duel contained a slow jam instead of the traditional duel.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:11:07 of music

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

14:167:08SET 1SET 2ENCOREJulius - 11:05 (Set 1)Cities - 8:16 (Set 1)The Curtain - 6:29 (Set 1)Sample in a Jar - 5:32 (Set 1)The Old Home Place - 3:47 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 14:12 (Set 1)Farmhouse - 5:29 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 7:00 (Set 1)Split Open and Melt - 13:07 (Set 1)Bouncing Around the Room - 3:44 (Set 1)Character Zero - 8:29 (Set 1)Axilla - 9:37 (Set 2)Simple - 13:37 (Set 2)Ghost - 14:16 (Set 2)Drowned - 11:30 (Set 2)Scent of a Mule - 11:45 (Set 2)Halley's Comet - 12:49 (Set 2)Slave to the Traffic Light - 13:12 (Set 2)Rocky Top - 2:37 (Set 2)Cavern - 4:49 (Set 2)Bold As Love - 7:12 (Encore)
Longest: Ghost 14:16 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'898
  • '90-'949
  • '95-'004
Album representation

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

  • Hoist3
  • Lawn Boy2
  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Farmhouse1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album5
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-27
  • 3-55
  • 6-158
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original15
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Osborne Brothers1
  • Son Seals1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Dillards1
  • The Who1
Rarity board

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

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

Jam chart entries
Julius

Nice mellow groovy jam that has some decent stylistic variation.

Cities

Mike and Page add a lot to the richly funky jam that becomes very repetitious, with Trey playing in a staccato manner.

Runaway Jim

The jam breaks into a nice funky groove around 8:00 and gradually winds down into space with delay effects.

Axilla

A low-key and at times melodic and serene outro jam emerges from the standard before > to a solid "Simple."

Simple

Jam begins in traditional fashion but eventually there's a somewhat inexplicable key modulation from Trey. A very unusual version that also includes Page on clavinet for a stretch.

Scent of a Mule

Guitar and piano jam with "Roundabout" teases instead of traditional Mule Duel. Eventually the whole band joins in quiet but suspenseful jam that is quality music.

Halley's Comet

A crisp, tight, high energy jam - the band is really locked in on this one. Shorter than some, but well worth the visit!

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

Soundcheck

See Your Boat?, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Black-Eyed Katy, Funky Bitch

Setlist notes

The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the “ghosts in the machine.”

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

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