How many times has Phish played Dog Faced Boy?

Phish has performed "Dog Faced Boy" 56 times since April 14, 1994.

What is the longest version of Dog Faced Boy by Phish?

The longest version of "Dog Faced Boy" was 8:07 long, performed at University of Central Florida Arena in Orlando, FL on November 14, 1995.

When was the last time Phish played Dog Faced Boy?

Phish last played "Dog Faced Boy" on January 28, 2026. The current gap is 12 shows.

When did Phish first play Dog Faced Boy?

"Dog Faced Boy" debuted on April 14, 1994 at Beacon Theatre in New York, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Dog Faced Boy?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Dog Faced Boy" are: Sample in a Jar, Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself, It's Ice, Bouncing Around the Room.

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LIVE · 56 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Dog Faced Boy

56 performances since 1994, with 56 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 89 on 1997-12-02.

DEBUT · 1994-04-14 · New York·LAST · 2026-01-28 · Cancun, Quintana Roo·LONGEST GAP · 193 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1994–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’94’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1997-12-02 · 89LONGEST · 8:07 · 1995-11-14SHORTEST · 2:01YEARS · 32

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN56 OF 56 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 44 plays89

v2.02002–2004 · 2 plays53

v3.02009–2020 · 8 plays59

v4.02021–present · 2 plays74

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 56 · BY SCORE56 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0189#1 / 56CoreStates SpectrumPhiladelphia, PA · #2

1997-12-024:55

#0289#2 / 56University of Central Florida ArenaOrlando, FL · #3

1995-11-148:07

#0375#3 / 56AmSouth AmphitheatreAntioch, TN · #1

2000-06-222:14

#0474#4 / 56Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-282:37

#0568#5 / 56Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AuditoriumChattanooga, TN

1994-10-166:43

#0668#6 / 56Vogue TheatreVancouver, British Columbia

1994-05-224:07

#0762#7 / 56Beacon TheatreNew York, NY

1994-04-143:36

#0862#8 / 56BI-LO CenterGreenville, SC

1998-11-183:04

#0961#9 / 56Paolo Soleri AmphitheatreSanta Fe, NM

1994-05-103:22

#1060#10 / 56Adams Fieldhouse, University of MontanaMissoula, MT

1995-10-082:12

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0174#4 / 56Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-282:37

#0246#44 / 56MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2021-10-302:24

#0354#18 / 56Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-282:36

#0459#11 / 56Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TX

2016-10-242:30

#0544#50 / 56The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

2015-08-112:34

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS56

DEBUT1994

LAST2026

AVG LEN2:45

CHARTED3

GAP MAX193

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1994–2026 · 32 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE54 VERSIONS

102030405m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (43)RANGE · 2–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1994–2026

2:002:303:003:304:004:305:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE56 PLAYS

SET 1 · 63%SET 2 · 34%

SET 1 35SET 2 19ENCORE 2

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 7

51013

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV2 02Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien Center · NY2 03Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo1 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 05Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie · TX1 06The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia · PA1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY8

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Sample in a Jar22 02Down with Disease20 03You Enjoy Myself19 04It's Ice18 05Bouncing Around the Room18 06Split Open and Melt17 07Divided Sky16 08Run Like an Antelope16 09Julius15

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Destiny Unbound

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN27 TOURS · 56 PLAYS · 56 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011994 Spring Tour1010Apr 14, 1994·May 26, 1994 021995 Fall Tour77Oct 8, 1995·Dec 16, 1995 031994 Fall Tour66Oct 9, 1994·Nov 17, 1994 041994 Summer Tour66Jun 16, 1994·Jul 15, 1994 052000 Summer U.S. Tour33Jun 22, 2000·Jul 14, 2000 062000 Fall Tour22Sep 14, 2000·Oct 4, 2000 071995 Summer Tour22Jun 16, 1995·Jun 26, 1995 081997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)11Dec 2, 1997 091998 Fall Tour11Nov 18, 1998 101998 Summer European Tour11Jul 1, 1998

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 1063· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Dog Faced Boy

Phish original·debuted 04.14.94·Beacon Theatre, New York

56 PLAYS·56 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

89BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 56

12.02.97CoreStates Spectrum

Philadelphia, PA · 4:55

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Year by year18 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1994–2026v3.2

1997 · 89.3

'94'02'10'18'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19971 VERS · BEST 89.3

By era4 ERAS · 56 PLAYS

1.0 · 442.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS44

AVG · BEST53·89

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST52·53

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST50·59

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST60·74

BEST VERSION→

Versions56 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

12.02.97 CoreStates Spectrum · Philadelphia, PACHARTED

—4:5589 #02

11.14.95 University of Central · Orlando, FLCHARTED

—8:0789 #03

06.22.00 AmSouth · Antioch, TNCHARTED

—2:1475 #04

01.28.26 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—2:3774 #05

10.16.94 Soldiers and Sailors M · Chattanooga, TN

—6:4368 #06

05.22.94 Vogue · Vancouver, British Columbia

—4:0768 #07

04.14.94 Beacon · New York, NY

—3:3662 #08

11.18.98 BI-LO · Greenville, SC

—3:0462 #09

05.10.94 Paolo Soleri · Santa Fe, NM

—3:2261 #10

10.08.95 Adams Fieldhouse, Univ · Missoula, MT

—2:1260

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS56across 4 eras

ANALYZED56100% of all

AVG DURATION2:453 charted

LONGEST8:0711.14.95 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL

SHORTEST2:0106.18.94 THE LOOP 97.9 STUDIOS

LONGEST GAP193 SH.2021 → 2026

JAM CHART3CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT04.14.94NEW YORK

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1994–202656 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'94'96'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'26

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 56

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS54 PERFS

LONGEST · 193 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE54 VERSIONS

2m9m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1994–2026

SHORT · 2:15 · 1996·LONG · 4:55 · 1997

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX56 PLAYS

S1 63%S2 34%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #8

#1#12

TRANSITION OUT56 PLAYS

77%16%

STOP · 43END · 1SEGUE · 9HARD · 3

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY8NC5PA4IN3CA3OH3

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN7

MON5

TUE9

WED8

THU9

FRI11

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.03.5%

v2.02.9%

v3.01.8%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Sample in a Jar22 02Down with Disease20 03You Enjoy Myself19 04It's Ice18 05Bouncing Around the Room18 06Split Open and Melt17

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Destiny Unbound56 Halfway to the Moon56 Beauty of My Dreams57 Brian and Robert55 Hello My Baby57 More54 Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.54 Waves58

By tour27 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS56 TOTAL

011994 Spring Tour1994 · 10 sh10 021995 Fall Tour1995 · 7 sh7 031994 Fall Tour1994 · 6 sh6 041994 Summer Tour1994 · 6 sh6 052000 Summer U.S. Tour2000 · 3 sh3 062000 Fall Tour2000 · 2 sh2 071995 Summer Tour1995 · 2 sh2 081997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances3 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

06.22.00·AmSouth · Antioch

-> in from the intro to "Hood." Robbie McCoury on banjo, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Sam Bush on fiddle. "Dog Faced Boy" is played in entirety in the intro. > back to &quo…

→CHRT#2

12.02.97·CoreStates Spectrum · Philadelphia

-> in from "Simple." A beautiful and inspiring "DFB" follows a gorgeous "Simple" jam, and is part of a HUGE "Mike's Groove." -> to "Ya Mar" as t…

→CHRT#3

11.14.95·University of Central · Orlando

-> in from "Stash." A haunting version of "DFB" adds a psychological twist as this epic "Stash" begins to head home. -> back to "Stash."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DOG FACED BOYSWIPE →