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37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

Score formula

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37,025Tracks

2,012Shows

1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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Best Back Porch Boogie Blues Versions - Every Phish Back Porch Boogie Blues Ranked | Foul Domain

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LIVE · 9 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Max Creek

Back Porch Boogie Blues

9 performances since 1985, with 4 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 58 on 1987-02-21.

DEBUT · 1985-09-27 · Burlington·LAST · 1987-10-31 · Plainfield·LONGEST GAP · 7 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–1987INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’87

BEST · 1987-02-21 · 58LONGEST · 8:30 · 1987-02-21SHORTEST · 4:20YEARS · 2

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN4 OF 9 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 7 plays58

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 0 plays—

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 4 OF 4 · BY SCORE4 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0158#1 / 4Slade Hall, University of VermontBurlington, VT

1987-02-218:30

#0253#2 / 4Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1986-10-314:26

#0345#3 / 4Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1987-10-314:20

#0438#4 / 4The RanchShelburne, VT

1986-12-066:45

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0145#3 / 4Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1987-10-314:20

#0258#1 / 4Slade Hall, University of VermontBurlington, VT

1987-02-218:30

#0338#4 / 4The RanchShelburne, VT

1986-12-066:45

#0453#2 / 4Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1986-10-314:26

#05—Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-05-24—

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS9

DEBUT1985

LAST1987

AVG LEN6:00

CHARTED0

GAP MAX7

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–1987 · 8 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'85'86'87

TOTAL · 9 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESS

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE4 VERSIONS

125m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 4–5m (2)RANGE · 4–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–1987

5:306:006:30

SHORTEST · 5:36 · 1986LONGEST · 6:25 · 1987

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE9 PLAYS

SET 1 · 67%SET 2 · 33%

SET 1 6SET 2 3

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

1232369

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield · VT2 02Slade Hall, University of VermontBurlington · VT2 03Ian McLean's FarmHebron · NY1 04The RanchSouth Burlington · VT1 05The RanchShelburne · VT1 06Hunt'sBurlington · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 2

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Peaches en Regalia5 02Camel Walk5 03David Bowie4 04McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters4 05Swing Low, Sweet Chariot4 06Golgi Apparatus4 07Dog Log4 08Alumni Blues4 09Halley's Comet4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN3 TOURS · 9 PLAYS · 9 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011986 Tour44May 17, 1986·Dec 6, 1986 021987 Tour44Feb 21, 1987·Oct 31, 1987 031985 Tour11Sep 27, 1985

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 0

No charted versions

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 4

Halley's Comet38% OF FOLLOW-UPS

3

Camel Walk13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Blue Monk13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Lushington13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

Halley's Comet38% OF LEAD-INS

3

Golgi Apparatus13% OF LEAD-INS

1

Camel Walk13% OF LEAD-INS

1

Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley13% OF LEAD-INS

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

No venue data

SONG ID · 63· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Back Porch Boogie Blues

Cover of Max Creek·debuted 09.27.85·Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington

9 PLAYS·4 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

58BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 9

02.21.87Slade Hall, University

Burlington, VT · 8:30

Year by year3 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1987 · 57.9

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19872 VERS · BEST 57.9

By era4 ERAS · 7 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST48·58

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions4 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

02.21.87 Slade Hall, University · Burlington, VT

10.31.86 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

10.31.87 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

12.06.86 The Ranch · Shelburne, VT

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS9across 1 eras

ANALYZED444% of all

AVG DURATION6:00duration

LONGEST8:3002.21.87 SLADE HALL, UNIVERSITY

SHORTEST4:2010.31.87 SCULPTURE ROOM, GODDAR

LONGEST GAP7 SH.1987 → 1987

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT09.27.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–19879 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'87

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 9

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS8 PERFS

LONGEST · 9 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE4 VERSIONS

4m9m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–1987

SHORT · 5:36 · 1986·LONG · 6:25 · 1987

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX9 PLAYS

S1 67%S2 33%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#2#12

TRANSITION OUT9 PLAYS

33%56%

STOP · 3SEGUE · 5HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield · VT2 02Slade Hall, University of VermontBurlington · VT2 03Ian McLean's FarmHebron · NY1 04The RanchSouth Burlington · VT1 05The RanchShelburne · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 2

VT8NY1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN0

MON0

TUE0

WED1

THU0

FRI3

SAT5

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Peaches en Regalia5 02Camel Walk5 03David Bowie4 04McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters4 05Swing Low, Sweet Chariot4 06Golgi Apparatus4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

I Wan'na Be Like You9 Love Me9 I Been Around9 Crazy Sometimes9 Lonesome Cowboy Bill9 Crossroads9 Back at the Chicken Shack9 Mustang Sally9

By tour3 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS9 TOTAL

011986 Tour1986 · 4 sh4 021987 Tour1987 · 4 sh4 031985 Tour1985 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BACK PORCH BOOGIE BLUESSWIPE →

37.5%Halley's Comet3× →→12.5%Camel Walk1× →→12.5%Blue Monk1× →→12.5%Lushington1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE BACK PORCH BOOGIE BLUESSWIPE →

37.5%Halley's Comet3× ←→12.5%Golgi Apparatus1× ←→12.5%Camel Walk1× ←→12.5%Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley1× ←→

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GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 8 TOTAL

5

LONGEST · 9 SHOWSMEDIAN · 3 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

12

TRANSITION OUT9 PLAYS

STOP · 33%SEGUE · 56%HARD · 11%

STOP ( , ) 3SEGUE ( > ) 5HARD SEGUE ( → ) 1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN0

MON0

TUE0

WED1

THU0

FRI3

SAT5

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.7%(9/1243)

I Wan'na Be Like You9

Crazy Sometimes9

Lonesome Cowboy Bill9

Back at the Chicken Shack9