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Phish - August 14th, 2009

The Comcast Theatre · Hartford · CT

Friday2009 Late Summer Tour2009-08-14
Songs played
22
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (11)
Average gap
37.5
rarer than 95% of all shows, 90% of 2009
Biggest bustout
284
Psycho Killer - shows since last played
Debuts
0
3 covers played
Rotation64% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2009-08-13
IcculuslegendaryGamehendge4/9Related to Gamehendge2/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Unfinished.

2 Narration centered on the fact that "you crazy kids" just don't read anymore.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:54:33 of music

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

18:309:15SET 1SET 2ENCOREPunch You in the Eye - 9:22 (Set 1)AC/DC Bag - 6:51 (Set 1)NICU - 6:16 (Set 1)Colonel Forbin's Ascent - 6:06 (Set 1)Fly Famous Mockingbird - 8:21 (Set 1)Birds of a Feather - 9:56 (Set 1)Lawn Boy - 3:25 (Set 1)Stash - 13:55 (Set 1)I Didn't Know - 4:22 (Set 1)Middle of the Road - 5:00 (Set 1)Character Zero - 7:27 (Set 1)Down with Disease - 13:22 (Set 2)Wilson - 4:55 (Set 2)Slave to the Traffic Light - 10:08 (Set 2)Piper - 13:02 (Set 2)Water in the Sky - 3:33 (Set 2)Ghost - 10:44 (Set 2)Psycho Killer - 2:09 (Set 2)Catapult - 4:53 (Set 2)Icculus - 5:28 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 18:30 (Set 2)While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 6:50 (Encore)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 18:30 · 22 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8910
  • '90-'946
  • '95-'005
  • '09-'141
Album representation

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

  • The Story of the Ghost3
  • The White Tape3
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Farmhouse1
  • Hoist1
  • Junta1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Covers3
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-22
  • 3-56
  • 6-157
  • 16-503
  • 51+ · bustout4
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original19
  • Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Beatles1
Rarity board

A deep-cut night - 4 songs shelved 50+ shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Birds of a Feather

Similar to 11/13/98 in that this version mostly stays "in bounds," but likewise pushes the envelope. A quality version.

Down with Disease

Atypically soulful soloing from Trey, with a strong "Reba"-like jam, shortly before the ending segue into "Wilson."

Piper

Once past 3 minutes of somewhat unpleasant string bending from Trey, the jam becomes quite improvisational and multi-faceted with some great Mike and Page contributions, including a "Spill The Wine" Page tease.

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

Soundcheck

"Lamp Post Song"

Setlist notes

This show featured the first versions of Forbin’s and Mockingbird since September 30, 2000 (96 shows), which were performed without narration. During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Recent Julliard Master’s Vacuum Program graduate, the one and only, Jon Moses Quagmire DeWitt Hampton.” DWD was unfinished. Piper included a Spill the Wine tease from Page. This show featured the first Psycho Killer since December 7, 1997 (284 shows). Psycho Killer was unfinished and disintegrated into a self-described, electronic “Pong” jam. During the post-Psycho Killer “Pong” jam, Trey initiated a dance contest saying that whoever could best dance to that music would “win something.”  After Catapult (while continuing the “Pong” jam), Trey asked, “Does everybody else love this song as much as I do?” and said that he was “waiting for the day when they play stuff like this on the radio.”  Icculus was last performed on July 18, 1999 (195 shows). The Icculus narration centered on the fact that “you crazy kids” just don’t read anymore.  The “Pong” jam reappeared during the YEM jam. The soundcheck included a jam with lyrics that were made up on the fly with Trey on bass (so that Mike could check on bass sounds from the audience) and Fish on drums. Trey briefly quoted Spill the Wine and The Pendulum during the soundcheck jam.

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

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