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37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

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1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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LIVE · 23 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Dave's Energy Guide

23 performances since 1985, with 13 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 77 on 1995-06-28.

DEBUT · 1985-02-01 · Burlington·LAST · 1995-06-28 · Wantagh·LONGEST GAP · 487 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–1995INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’90’95

BEST · 1995-06-28 · 77LONGEST · 30:48 · 1995-06-28SHORTEST · 1:26YEARS · 10

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN13 OF 23 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 18 plays77

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· 10 OF 13 · BY SCORE13 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#1 / 13Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh, NY · #1

1995-06-2830:48

#0266#2 / 13College Station TheaterTuscaloosa, AL · #2

1991-03-0810:18

#0362#3 / 13Finbar'sBurlington, VT

1985-10-173:41

#0461#4 / 13The RomaTelluride, CO · #3

1988-08-051:26

#0550#5 / 13Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1987-03-233:58

#0649#6 / 13University of VermontBurlington, VT

1985-05-035:01

#0743#7 / 13Billings Lounge, University of VermontBurlington, VT

1987-04-243:34

#0842#8 / 13Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VT

1987-02-132:12

#0941#9 / 13Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1985-11-233:43

#1039#10 / 13Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1987-04-296:01

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#1 / 13Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh, NY · #1

1995-06-2830:48

#0266#2 / 13College Station TheaterTuscaloosa, AL · #2

1991-03-0810:18

#03—Gallagher'sWaitsfield, VT

1989-03-01—

#04—Sam's TavernBurlington, VT

1988-09-13—

#05—Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-08-22—

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS23

DEBUT1985

LAST1995

AVG LEN6:08

CHARTED3

GAP MAX487

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–1995 · 18 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE12 VERSIONS

1234

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

SET MIX & ROLE23 PLAYS

SET 1 · 52%SET 2 · 35%SET 3 · 13%

SET 1 12SET 2 8SET 3 3

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

246246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 02Hunt'sBurlington · VT3 03Sam's TavernBurlington · VT2 04Finbar'sBurlington · VT2 05Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh · NY1 06College Station TheaterTuscaloosa · AL1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

01VT20 02NY1 03

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Slave to the Traffic Light13 02Alumni Blues13 03You Enjoy Myself11 04Letter to Jimmy Page11 05McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters10 06Run Like an Antelope10 07Fluffhead10 08Mike's Song10 09Cities9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN8 TOURS · 23 PLAYS · 22 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour65Jul 23, 1988·Sep 13, 1988 021985 Tour66Feb 1, 1985·Nov 23, 1985 031987 Tour55Feb 13, 1987·Oct 14, 1987 041986 Tour22Feb 3, 1986·Apr 1, 1986 05Not Part of a Tour11Sep 26, 1985 061989 Tour11Mar 1, 1989 071991 Winter/Spring Tour11Mar 8, 1991 081995 Summer Tour11Jun 28, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 3

1995-06-28Jones Beach Amphitheater · Wantagh

-> in from "Tweezer." "DEG" is sandwiched inside the "Tweezer" jam.

1991-03-08College Station Theater · Tuscaloosa

-> in from "Tweezer." "DEG" is sandwiched inside "Tweezer" with ARU playing alongside.

1988-08-05The Roma · Telluride

-> in from "Cities" and -> back to "Cities."

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 4

Cities36% OF FOLLOW-UPS

5

You Enjoy Myself14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

2

Big Leg Emma14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

2

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

Mike's Song33% OF LEAD-INS

6

Cities28% OF LEAD-INS

5

SONG ID · 31· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Dave's Energy Guide

Phish original·debuted 02.01.85·Doolin's, Burlington

23 PLAYS·13 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

77BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 23

06.28.95Jones Beach

Wantagh, NY · 30:48

Year by year7 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1995 · 77

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19951 VERS · BEST 77

By era4 ERAS · 18 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST48·77

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions13 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

06.28.95 Jones Beach · Wantagh, NYCHARTED

03.08.91 College Station · Tuscaloosa, ALCHARTED

10.17.85 Finbar's · Burlington, VT

08.05.88 The Roma · Telluride, COCHARTED

03.23.87 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

05.03.85 University of Vermont · Burlington, VT

04.24.87 Billings Lounge, Unive · Burlington, VT

02.13.87 Johnson State College · Johnson, VT

11.23.85 Goddard College · Plainfield, VT

04.29.87 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS23across 1 eras

ANALYZED1357% of all

AVG DURATION6:083 charted

LONGEST30:4806.28.95 JONES BEACH

SHORTEST1:2608.05.88 THE ROMA

LONGEST GAP487 SH.1991 → 1995

JAM CHART3CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT02.01.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–199523 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'87'89'91'93'95

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 23

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS21 PERFS

LONGEST · 487 SH.·MEDIAN · 2 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE12 VERSIONS

1m31m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–1995

SHORT · 1:26 · 1988·LONG · 30:48 · 1995

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX23 PLAYS

S1 52%S2 35%S3 13%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#2#11

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

52%26%17%

STOP · 12END · 1SEGUE · 6HARD · 4

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 02Hunt'sBurlington · VT3 03Sam's TavernBurlington · VT2 04Finbar'sBurlington · VT2 05Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh · NY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

VT20NY1AL1CO1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN0

MON3

TUE3

WED4

THU3

FRI7

SAT3

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Slave to the Traffic Light13 02Alumni Blues13 03You Enjoy Myself11 04Letter to Jimmy Page11 05McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters10 06Run Like an Antelope10

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Howling22 Eliza22 Happy Birthday to You22 Izabella22 The Vibration of Life22 Wombat22 Flat Fee21 Crowd Control23

By tour8 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS23 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 5 sh6 021985 Tour1985 · 6 sh6 031987 Tour1987 · 5 sh5 041986 Tour1986 · 2 sh2 05Not Part of a Tour1985 · 1 sh1 061989 Tour1989 · 1 sh1 071991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 1 sh1 081995 Summer Tour1995 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances3 TOTAL →

06.28.95·Jones Beach · Wantagh

-> in from "Tweezer." "DEG" is sandwiched inside the "Tweezer" jam.

03.08.91·College Station · Tuscaloosa

-> in from "Tweezer." "DEG" is sandwiched inside "Tweezer" with ARU playing alongside.

08.05.88·The Roma · Telluride

-> in from "Cities" and -> back to "Cities."

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DAVE'S ENERGY GUIDESWIPE →

35.71%Cities5× →→14.29%You Enjoy Myself2× →→14.29%Big Leg Emma2× →→14.29%McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE DAVE'S ENERGY GUIDESWIPE →

33.33%Mike's Song6× ←→27.78%Cities5× ←→11.11%Run Like an Antelope2× ←→11.11%Melt the Guns2× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

44 Hunt'sBURLINGTON, VT

SONG ●/songs/daves-energy-guideSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

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TOTAL · 23 PLAYSMAX · 3 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 21 TOTAL

150300450’90’95

LONGEST · 487 SHOWSMEDIAN · 2 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

5m

10m

15m

20m

25m

30m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (4)RANGE · 1–31m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–1995

—3:006:009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0024:0027:0030:0033:00’85’90’95

SHORTEST · 1:26 · 1988LONGEST · 30:48 · 1995

8

10

11

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

STOP · 52%SEGUE · 26%HARD · 17%

STOP ( , ) 12END OF SET 1SEGUE ( > ) 6HARD SEGUE ( → ) 4

AL

1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN0

MON3

TUE3

WED4

THU3

FRI7

SAT3

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.8%(22/1243)

Happy Birthday to You22

The Vibration of Life22

Crowd Control23

Run Like an Antelope11% OF LEAD-INS

2

Melt the Guns11% OF LEAD-INS

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 2

Nectar'sBurlington, VT · 3 plays

Hunt'sBurlington, VT · 3 plays