How many times has Phish played Daniel Saw the Stone?

Phish has performed "Daniel Saw the Stone" 24 times since July 15, 1993.

What is the longest version of Daniel Saw the Stone by Phish?

The longest version of "Daniel Saw the Stone" was 8:35 long, performed at William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA on August 28, 1993.

When was the last time Phish played Daniel Saw the Stone?

Phish last played "Daniel Saw the Stone" on June 27, 2025. The current gap is 44 shows.

When did Phish first play Daniel Saw the Stone?

"Daniel Saw the Stone" debuted on July 15, 1993 at Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Daniel Saw the Stone?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Daniel Saw the Stone" are: Hold Your Head Up, Rift, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle, The Horse.

← BACK·SONGS·Daniel Saw the Stone

LIVE · 24 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Traditional

Daniel Saw the Stone

24 performances since 1993, with 24 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 72 on 1993-08-28.

DEBUT · 1993-07-15 · Weedsport·LAST · 2025-06-27 · Austin·LONGEST GAP · 311 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1993–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’93’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1993-08-28 · 72LONGEST · 8:35 · 1993-08-28SHORTEST · 2:43YEARS · 32

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN24 OF 24 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 15 plays72

v2.02002–2004 · 2 plays39

v3.02009–2020 · 6 plays58

v4.02021–present · 1 play57

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 24 · BY SCORE24 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0172#1 / 24William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

1993-08-288:35

#0270#2 / 24Nautica StageCleveland, OH

1993-08-084:15

#0358#3 / 24Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TX

2016-10-253:12

#0457#4 / 24Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-273:46

#0556#5 / 24Tennessee TheatreKnoxville, TN

1993-07-293:14

#0655#6 / 24Saltair PavilionSalt Lake City, UT

1993-08-215:03

#0755#7 / 24Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2011-06-112:43

#0853#8 / 24The Filene Center at Wolf TrapVienna, VA

1993-07-173:17

#0952#9 / 24The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

1993-07-164:04

#1051#10 / 24Orange County FairgroundsMiddletown, NY

1993-07-213:36

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0157#4 / 24Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-273:46

#0236#19 / 24Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-08-013:44

#0358#3 / 24Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TX

2016-10-253:12

#0450#14 / 24Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA

2016-07-183:16

#0534#21 / 24Xcel Energy CenterSt. Paul, MN

2016-06-223:20

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS24

DEBUT1993

LAST2025

AVG LEN3:44

CHARTED0

GAP MAX311

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1993–2025 · 12 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE24 VERSIONS

510155m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (19)RANGE · 2–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–2025

2:303:003:304:00’95’00’05

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

SET MIX & ROLE24 PLAYS

SET 1 · 54%SET 2 · 33%ENCORE · 13%

SET 1 13SET 2 8ENCORE 3

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE2

ENCORE2

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 3

246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moody CenterAustin · TX1 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 03Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie · TX1 04Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA1 05Xcel Energy CenterSt. Paul · MN1 06Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY4 02TX

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Hold Your Head Up13 02Rift12 03Also Sprach Zarathustra11 04Sparkle10 05The Horse9 06Divided Sky9 07Chalk Dust Torture9 08Good Times Bad Times9 09Silent in the Morning9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN9 TOURS · 24 PLAYS · 24 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Summer Tour1414Jul 15, 1993·Aug 28, 1993 022016 Summer Tour22Jun 22, 2016·Jul 18, 2016 032003 Summer Tour22Jul 29, 2003·Aug 3, 2003 042012 Early Summer Tour11Jun 30, 2012 052016 Fall Tour11Oct 25, 2016 062017 Summer Tour11Aug 1, 2017 072025 Early Summer Tour11Jun 27, 2025 081997 Winter European Tour11Feb 23, 1997 092011 Early Summer Tour11Jun 11, 2011

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 956· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Daniel Saw the Stone

Cover of Traditional·debuted 07.15.93·Cayuga County Fairgrounds, Weedsport

24 PLAYS·24 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

72BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 24

08.28.93William Randolph Hears

Berkeley, CA · 8:35

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Year by year8 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1993–2026v3.2

1993 · 71.5

'93'01'09'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199314 VERS · BEST 71.5

By era4 ERAS · 24 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS15

AVG · BEST50·72

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST38·39

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS6

AVG · BEST44·58

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST57·57

BEST VERSION→

Versions24 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.28.93 William Randolph Hears · Berkeley, CA

—8:3572 #02

08.08.93 Nautica Stage · Cleveland, OH

—4:1570 #03

10.25.16 Verizon at Grand Prair · Grand Prairie, TX

—3:1258 #04

06.27.25 Moody · Austin, TX

—3:4657 #05

07.29.93 Tennessee · Knoxville, TN

—3:1456 #06

08.21.93 Saltair · Salt Lake City, UT

—5:0355 #07

06.11.11 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—2:4355 #08

07.17.93 The Filene at Wolf Tra · Vienna, VA

—3:1753 #09

07.16.93 The Mann for the Perfo · Philadelphia, PA

—4:0452 #10

07.21.93 Orange County Fairgrou · Middletown, NY

—3:3651

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS24across 4 eras

ANALYZED24100% of all

AVG DURATION3:44duration

LONGEST8:3508.28.93 WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARS

SHORTEST2:4306.11.11 MERRIWEATHER POST

LONGEST GAP311 SH.1997 → 2003

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT07.15.93WEEDSPORT

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1993–202524 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'93'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 24

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS23 PERFS

LONGEST · 311 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE24 VERSIONS

2m9m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–2025

SHORT · 2:43 · 2011·LONG · 3:59 · 1993

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX24 PLAYS

S1 54%S2 33%ENCORE 13%

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE2

ENCORE2

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT24 PLAYS

46%21%33%

STOP · 11END · 5SEGUE · 8

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY4TX2CA2PA2MN1WI1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN3

MON1

TUE4

WED3

THU2

FRI3

SAT8

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.2%

v2.02.9%

v3.01.3%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Hold Your Head Up13 02Rift12 03Also Sprach Zarathustra11 04Sparkle10 05The Horse9 06Divided Sky9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 124 The Asse Festival24 Life on Mars?23 Crowd Control23 Buffalo Bill23 Devotion to a Dream23 I Always Wanted It This Way23 Johnny B. Goode23

By tour9 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS24 TOTAL

011993 Summer Tour1993 · 14 sh14 022016 Summer Tour2016 · 2 sh2 032003 Summer Tour2003 · 2 sh2 042012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1 052016 Fall Tour2016 · 1 sh1 062017 Summer Tour2017 · 1 sh1 072025 Early Summer Tour2025 · 1 sh1 081997 Winter European Tour1997 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DANIEL SAW THE STONESWIPE →

33.33%Good Times Bad Times3× →→22.22%AC/DC Bag2× →→11.11%Army of One1× →→11.11%Divided Sky1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE DANIEL SAW THE STONESWIPE →

45.45%Hold Your Head Up5× ←→18.18%Amazing Grace2× ←→9.09%Harry Hood1× ←→9.09%My Soul1× ←→

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