Phish - August 21st, 1987

Ian McLean's Farm · Hebron · NY

Friday1987 Tour1987-08-21

Songs played

3 sets · longest: Set 2 (13)

Average gap

5.8

rarer than 67% of all shows, 42% of 1987

Biggest bustout

Low Rider - shows since last played

Debuts

Hold Your Head Up, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Stir It Up

Rotation42% fresh vs previous 5 shows7 repeats from 1987-08-10 - Peaches en Regalia, Divided Sky, The Curtain With, Wilson, Golgi Apparatus, Fee, David Bowie

Setlist

Set 1

Dog Log,Peaches en Regalia,Divided Sky,Funky Bitch,Harry Hood,Clod,The Curtain With,Light Up Or Leave Me Alone

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night

3:42:37 of music

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

Longest: David Bowie 16:34 · 31 songs with recorded lengths

When it debuted

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

'83-'8930

Album representation

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

Junta4
The White Tape2

Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 4 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Low Ridergap 50

Sanitygap 15

Camel Walkgap 11

Mike's Songgap 11

Dog Loggap 8

Sparksgap 8

Swing Low, Sweet Chariotgap 8

Clodgap 6

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

Jam chart entries

Harry Hood

Strong early "Hood" includes a long, slow-tempo intro (to 3:50) with dogs barking in the background, and a soaring and unusually long (for this period) Trey-led jam, prompting Fishman to comment "that's why I'm in the band."

Setlist notes

This show is mislabeled on many recordings as 8/27/87. Teases were everywhere, including a Trench Town Rock quote from Trey before Hood, a Whipping Post tease from Fish and a Jingle Jangle Jingle tease from Trey after HYHU, a full band Sneakin' Sally tease before Golgi, a Smoke on the Water tease after Sparks, La Bamba lyrics in the Low Rider Jam, as well as a full band HYHU tease and a Slipknot! tease from Trey before McGrupp. Harpua was played by request and was restarted after the opening lyric, which was repeated. The intro to Sparks was extended while Fish relieved himself. McGrupp was introduced as "The Gala Event." The third set was heavy on jamming and light on lyrics. Trey delivered some freestyle reggae rapping before and during the Makisupa Jam that some fans have labeled the “Mouse House Rap.” Mike's included a DEG tease from Trey. David Bowie contained a Tom Sawyer tease and was unfinished. This show contained the first known performance of BBFCFM and the first known Phish performance of HYHU.

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

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