How many times has Phish played Fly Famous Mockingbird?

Phish has performed "Fly Famous Mockingbird" 142 times since February 7, 1988.

What is the longest version of Fly Famous Mockingbird by Phish?

The longest version of "Fly Famous Mockingbird" was 13:20 long, performed at The Sting in New Britain, CT on May 16, 1991.

When was the last time Phish played Fly Famous Mockingbird?

Phish last played "Fly Famous Mockingbird" on April 18, 2026. The current gap is 6 shows.

When did Phish first play Fly Famous Mockingbird?

"Fly Famous Mockingbird" debuted on February 7, 1988 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Fly Famous Mockingbird?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Fly Famous Mockingbird" are: Colonel Forbin's Ascent, Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie.

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LIVE · 142 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Fly Famous Mockingbird

142 performances since 1988, with 108 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 74 on 1993-02-25.

DEBUT · 1988-02-07 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-04-18 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 161 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1993-02-25 · 74LONGEST · 13:20 · 1991-05-16SHORTEST · 1:11YEARS · 38

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN108 OF 142 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 115 plays74

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 8 plays71

v4.02021–present · 3 plays66

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 108 · BY SCORE108 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0174#1 / 108The Cameo TheatreMiami Beach, FL

1993-02-2513:12

#0272#2 / 108Tennessee TheatreKnoxville, TN

1993-07-2912:50

#0371#3 / 108Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2015-08-0911:02

#0467#4 / 108The InfernoSteamboat Springs, CO

1990-04-1412:42

#0566#5 / 108SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-187:57

#0665#6 / 108The StingNew Britain, CT

1991-05-1613:20

#0764#7 / 108The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-299:15

#0863#8 / 108The FrontBurlington, VT

1990-01-286:06

#0961#9 / 108Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-302:29

#1058#10 / 108Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien Center, NY

1993-08-076:24

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#5 / 108SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-187:57

#0258#12 / 108Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-317:08

#0350#43 / 108Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA

2021-08-316:08

#0461#9 / 108Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-302:29

#0571#3 / 108Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2015-08-0911:02

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS142

DEBUT1988

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:35

CHARTED0

GAP MAX161

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2026 · 72 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE116 VERSIONS

102030405060705m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (72)RANGE · 1–14m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

3:006:009:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE142 PLAYS

SET 1 · 75%SET 2 · 24%

SET 1 106SET 2 34SET 3 2

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE4

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 7

5101520

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT10 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 04Old Stone ChurchNewmarket · NH4 05The ChancePoughkeepsie · NY3 06Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien Center · NY2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT24 02NY22

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Colonel Forbin's Ascent128 02Possum65 03You Enjoy Myself64 04Golgi Apparatus57 05David Bowie53 06Mike's Song53 07Weekapaug Groove50 08Divided Sky46 09Suzy Greenberg45

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Colonel Forbin's Ascent

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN33 TOURS · 142 PLAYS · 130 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour2020Feb 7, 1988·Dec 17, 1988 021989 Tour1818Jan 26, 1989·Nov 30, 1989 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1512Feb 7, 1993·May 3, 1993 041990 Tour1414Jan 28, 1990·Dec 28, 1990 051992 Spring Tour129Mar 19, 1992·May 17, 1992 061991 Winter/Spring Tour1010Feb 8, 1991·May 16, 1991 071994 Fall Tour95Oct 14, 1994·Nov 30, 1994 081991 Fall Tour77Sep 30, 1991·Dec 7, 1991 091994 Summer Tour43Jun 16, 1994·Jul 8, 1994 101992 Fall Tour44Nov 21, 1992·Dec 8, 1992

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 258· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Fly Famous Mockingbird

Phish original·debuted 02.07.88·Nectar's, Burlington

142 PLAYS·108 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · COMMON

74BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 142

02.25.93The Cameo

Miami Beach, FL · 13:12

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Year by year20 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1993 · 73.8

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199317 VERS · BEST 73.8

By era4 ERAS · 126 PLAYS

1.0 · 1152.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS115

AVG · BEST48·74

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST50·71

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST58·66

BEST VERSION→

Versions108 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

02.25.93 The Cameo · Miami Beach, FL

—13:1274 #02

07.29.93 Tennessee · Knoxville, TN

—12:5072 #03

08.09.15 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WI

—11:0271 #04

04.14.90 The Inferno · Steamboat Springs, CO

—12:4267 #05

04.18.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—7:5766 #06

05.16.91 The Sting · New Britain, CT

—13:2065 #07

07.29.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—9:1564 #08

01.28.90 The Front · Burlington, VT

—6:0663 #09

07.30.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:2961 #10

08.07.93 Darien Lake Performing · Darien Center, NY

—6:2458

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS142across 3 eras

ANALYZED10876% of all

AVG DURATION6:35duration

LONGEST13:2005.16.91 THE STING

SHORTEST1:1112.31.95 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

LONGEST GAP161 SH.1998 → 2000

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT02.07.88BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–2026142 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'26

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 142

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS129 PERFS

LONGEST · 161 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE116 VERSIONS

1m14m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

SHORT · 2:29 · 2017·LONG · 11:02 · 2015

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX142 PLAYS

S1 75%S2 24%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE4

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #7

#2#14

TRANSITION OUT142 PLAYS

41%51%

STOP · 58END · 5SEGUE · 72HARD · 7

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT10 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 04Old Stone ChurchNewmarket · NH4 05The ChancePoughkeepsie · NY3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT24NY22CO11CA10MA10NH9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN26

MON15

TUE10

WED10

THU29

FRI30

SAT22

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.09.6%

v3.01.8%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Colonel Forbin's Ascent128 02Possum65 03You Enjoy Myself64 04Golgi Apparatus57 05David Bowie53 06Mike's Song53

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Colonel Forbin's Ascent129 Gumbo127 The Wedge134 Big Black Furry Creature from Mars134 Kill Devil Falls125 Light135 Guyute136 Esther137

By tour33 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS142 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 20 sh20 021989 Tour1989 · 18 sh18 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 12 sh15 041990 Tour1990 · 14 sh14 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 9 sh12 061991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 10 sh10 071994 Fall Tour1994 · 5 sh9 081991 Fall Tour1991 · 7 sh7

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER FLY FAMOUS MOCKINGBIRDSWIPE →

23.68%Sparkle9× →→18.42%The Sloth7× →→18.42%Possum7× →→13.16%Rift5× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE FLY FAMOUS MOCKINGBIRDSWIPE →

90.78%Colonel Forbin's Ascent128× ←→3.55%The Vibration of Life5× ←→2.84%Icculus4× ←→1.42%The Lizards2× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The ChancePOUGHKEEPSIE, NY

PLAYSAVG354

54 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG449

49 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG1049

49 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG747

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