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Phish - July 28th, 2017

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

FridayNight 6 at this venue2017 Summer Tour2017-07-28
Songs played
20
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (11)
Average gap
18.4
rarer than 79% of all shows, 56% of 2017
Biggest bustout
74
Weigh - shows since last played
Debuts
3
Chocolate Rain, You Sexy Thing, You Sexy Thing
Rotation100% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2017-07-26
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:44:13
Set 1
Chocolate Raindebut13:01,Ass Handed1:08,Free11:13,Weigh5:22 > Undermind8:54 > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony1:56,The Dogs5:49 > Destiny Unbound7:55,Divided Sky16:54,Things People Do4:18,Sand11:54
Set 2
Have Mercy5:49,Chalk Dust Torture224:21,🍞You Sexy Thingdebut3510:57 > Mercury16:21 -> You Sexy Thingdebut🍞 > Backwards Down the Number Line9:35 > Rock and Roll6:53
Encore
Fee46:54,Space Oddity5:00
Related to Gamehendge1/11bustout50+ show gap

1 Phish debut; a cappella, with Page on a midi controller keyboard.

2 Unfinished.

3 Phish debut.

4 Trey sang verses through megaphone. Lyrics changed to "have a chocolate donut and catch your breath."

5 You Sexy Thing Sandwich: You Sexy Thing bookended Mercury in Set 2 - the first one on record. No You Sexy Thing sandwich has ever held more.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:44:13 of music

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

24:2112:11SET 1SET 2ENCOREChocolate Rain - 3:01 (Set 1)Ass Handed - 1:08 (Set 1)Free - 11:13 (Set 1)Weigh - 5:22 (Set 1)Undermind - 8:54 (Set 1)The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony - 1:56 (Set 1)The Dogs - 5:49 (Set 1)Destiny Unbound - 7:55 (Set 1)Divided Sky - 16:54 (Set 1)Things People Do - 4:18 (Set 1)Sand - 11:54 (Set 1)Have Mercy - 5:49 (Set 2)Chalk Dust Torture - 24:21 (Set 2)You Sexy Thing - 10:57 (Set 2)Mercury - 16:21 (Set 2)Backwards Down the Number Line - 9:35 (Set 2)Rock and Roll - 6:53 (Set 2)Fee - 6:54 (Encore)Space Oddity - 5:00 (Encore)
Longest: Chalk Dust Torture 24:21 · 19 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'894
  • '90-'943
  • '95-'003
  • '09-'143
  • '15-'196
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar1
  • Big Boat1
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Junta1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Rift1
  • Sigma Oasis1
  • The White Tape1
  • Covers8
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 3-51
  • 6-159
  • 16-506
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original11
  • Trey Anastasio3
  • David Bowie1
  • Hot Chocolate1
  • Tay Zonday1
  • The Mighty Diamonds1
  • The Velvet Underground1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

Weighgap 74
The Oh Kee Pa Ceremonygap 38
Feegap 38
Destiny Unboundgap 21
The Dogsgap 19
Have Mercygap 19
Space Odditygap 18
Rock and Rollgap 15

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

Jam chart entries
Divided Sky

After a sluggish start, Trey settles in nicely, employing huge, warm blasts of sustain. Play cools to enter a quiet passage rich with texture and great full-band play, before Trey, toying with the song's familiar meter, altering his phrasing and timing - akin to 11/9/95's sublime version - works the jam to an inspired conclusion.

Chalk Dust Torture

A sweeping "Type II" masterpiece brimming with inspired thematic jamming capped off with an outstanding peak. Unfinished.

You Sexy Thing

Hot Chocolate cover (befitting that night's "Double Chocolate" theme), with Mike using every last bit of his vocal range to sing it. Just like "1999", it turns into a surprising improv vehicle, with a weird Page-led groove emerging from the back end as Trey goes to the wah-wah and utilizes his effects. The jam grows in power, then gets deep and dark, with Mike really pushing things forward. > into a great version of "Mercury", which this song actually sandwiches.

You Sexy Thing

Hilarious -> out of "Mercury". Trey takes a soaring guitar solo, then things move into brief punchy funkiness. > into "BDTNL".

Backwards Down the Number Line

Finds its footing on the outset by way of near-telepathic melodic interplay from Trey and Mike, spring boarding a ride that takes us from warm-breeze chill-mode play to inspired, spirited classic rock riffing to close.

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

Setlist notes

This show was night six of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and consisted of a chocolate donut theme. Donuts with a dark chocolate glaze with chocolate cookie crumb were given to fans arriving at the venue and the show featured the Phish debuts of Chocolate Rain and You Sexy Thing. Chocolate Rain was performed a cappella and featured Page on a midi controller keyboard. Chalk Dust Torture was unfinished. Fee featured Trey on megaphone. Fee's lyrics were changed to "have a chocolate donut and catch your breath."

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

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