How many times has Phish played Dog Log?

Phish has performed "Dog Log" 30 times since September 26, 1985.

What is the longest version of Dog Log by Phish?

The longest version of "Dog Log" was 6:39 long, performed at Wendell Recording Studio in Wendell, MA on June 17, 1990.

When was the last time Phish played Dog Log?

Phish last played "Dog Log" on September 1, 2024. The current gap is 69 shows.

When did Phish first play Dog Log?

"Dog Log" debuted on September 26, 1985 at WRUV Radio in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Dog Log?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Dog Log" are: Possum, Mike's Song, Fluffhead, Slave to the Traffic Light, Run Like an Antelope.

← BACK·SONGS·Dog Log

LIVE · 30 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Dog Log

30 performances since 1985, with 32 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 65 on 1989-10-21.

DEBUT · 1985-09-26 · Burlington·LAST · 2024-09-01 · Commerce City·LONGEST GAP · 343 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–2024INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’24

BEST · 1989-10-21 · 65LONGEST · 7:10 · 1995-10-14SHORTEST · 1:15YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN32 OF 30 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 28 plays65

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play37

v3.02009–2020 · 4 plays55

v4.02021–present · 1 play49

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 32 · BY SCORE32 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0165#1 / 32The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-10-216:07

#0263#2 / 32Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1985-10-305:11

#0361#3 / 32University of VermontBurlington, VT

1986-04-254:35

#0461#4 / 32Austin Music HallAustin, TX

1995-10-147:10

#0560#5 / 32Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester, MA · #1

1998-11-271:51

#0660#6 / 32Loring Commerce CentreLimestone, ME

1998-08-144:01

#0755#7 / 32Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-066:36

#0855#8 / 32The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-08-044:44

#0955#9 / 32Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland, ME

1995-12-111:46

#1055#10 / 32The Vic TheatreChicago, IL

1992-12-052:49

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0149#21 / 32Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2024-09-014:06

#0250#18 / 32Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2016-09-043:32

#0355#7 / 32Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-066:36

#0430#32 / 32Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at HarveysStateline, NV

2013-07-301:50

#0543#27 / 32nTelos PavilionPortsmouth, VA

2012-06-205:21

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS30

DEBUT1985

LAST2024

AVG LEN4:27

CHARTED1

GAP MAX343

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–2024 · 29 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE25 VERSIONS

5105m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 4–5m (14)RANGE · 1–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2024

1:002:003:004:005:006:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE30 PLAYS

SET 1 · 60%SET 2 · 27%SET 3 · 10%

SET 1 18SET 2 8SET 3 3ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN6

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

369

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Loring Commerce CentreLimestone · ME2 02Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland · ME2 03The FrontBurlington · VT2 04Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 05Hunt'sBurlington · VT2 06Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT11 02ME4

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum13 02Mike's Song11 03Fluffhead10 04Slave to the Traffic Light9 05Run Like an Antelope9 06Suzy Greenberg9 07AC/DC Bag9 08Weekapaug Groove9 09Harry Hood9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

About to Run29

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN19 TOURS · 30 PLAYS · 29 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011987 Tour44Feb 21, 1987·Sep 21, 1987 02Not Part of a Tour44Sep 26, 1985·Feb 23, 2022 031991 Winter/Spring Tour22Apr 2, 1991·May 4, 1991 041989 Tour22Mar 1, 1989·Oct 21, 1989 051990 Tour22Mar 9, 1990·Jun 17, 1990 061986 Tour22May 24, 1986·Dec 6, 1986 071995 Fall Tour21Dec 11, 1995 082000 Fall Tour11Sep 17, 2000 092003 Summer Tour11Aug 2, 2003 102009 Early Summer Tour11Jun 11, 2009

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 61· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Dog Log

Phish original·debuted 09.26.85·WRUV Radio, Burlington

30 PLAYS·32 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

65BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 30

10.21.89The Front

Burlington, VT · 6:07

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Year by year20 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1989 · 64.6

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19892 VERS · BEST 64.6

By era4 ERAS · 34 PLAYS

1.0 · 282.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS28

AVG · BEST51·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST37·37

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST45·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST49·49

BEST VERSION→

Versions32 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.21.89 The Front · Burlington, VT

—6:0765 #02

10.30.85 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—5:1163 #03

04.25.86 University of Vermont · Burlington, VT

—4:3561 #04

10.14.95 Austin Music Hall · Austin, TX

—7:1061 #05

11.27.98 Worcester Centrum · Worcester, MACHARTED

—1:5160 #06

08.14.98 Loring Commerce · Limestone, ME

—4:0160 #07

09.06.15 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—6:3655 #08

08.04.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—4:4455 #09

12.11.95 Cumberland County Civi · Portland, ME

—1:4655 #10

12.05.92 The Vic · Chicago, IL

—2:4955

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS30across 4 eras

ANALYZED32107% of all

AVG DURATION4:271 charted

LONGEST7:1010.14.95 AUSTIN MUSIC HALL

SHORTEST1:1512.11.95 CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVI

LONGEST GAP343 SH.2012 → 2022

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT09.26.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–202430 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'24

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 30

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS28 PERFS

LONGEST · 343 SH.·MEDIAN · 45 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE25 VERSIONS

1m7m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2024

SHORT · 1:15 · 1995·LONG · 6:18 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX30 PLAYS

S1 60%S2 27%

S1 OPEN6

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT30 PLAYS

73%23%

STOP · 22SEGUE · 7HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Loring Commerce CentreLimestone · ME2 02Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland · ME2 03The FrontBurlington · VT2 04Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 05Hunt'sBurlington · VT2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT11ME4MA3CO2VA2TN1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · WED

SUN3

MON4

TUE1

WED7

THU3

FRI5

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.9%

v2.01.5%

v3.00.4%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum13 02Mike's Song11 03Fluffhead10 04Slave to the Traffic Light9 05Run Like an Antelope9 06Suzy Greenberg9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

About to Run29 Auld Lang Syne29 Shine a Light30 Donna Lee28 Army of One28 Free Bird28 Icculus30 Corinna31

By tour19 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS30 TOTAL

011987 Tour1987 · 4 sh4 02Not Part of a Tour1985–2022 · 4 sh4 031991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 2 sh2 041989 Tour1989 · 2 sh2 051990 Tour1990 · 2 sh2 061986 Tour1986 · 2 sh2 071995 Fall Tour1995 · 1 sh2 082000 Fall Tour2000 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

11.27.98·Worcester Centrum · Worcester

-> in from "CDT." A bluesy rendering of "Dog Log" -> back to "CDT."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DOG LOGSWIPE →

20%The Mango Song2× →→20%Tube2× →→20%Llama2× →→20%Possum2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE DOG LOGSWIPE →

28.57%Divided Sky2× ←→14.29%Bathtub Gin1× ←→14.29%Chalk Dust Torture1× ←→14.29%Cities1× ←→

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