How many times has Phish played Jesus Just Left Chicago?

Phish has performed "Jesus Just Left Chicago" 82 times since August 10, 1987.

What is the longest version of Jesus Just Left Chicago by Phish?

The longest version of "Jesus Just Left Chicago" was 15:17 long, performed at Nectar's in Burlington, VT on May 24, 1988.

When was the last time Phish played Jesus Just Left Chicago?

Phish last played "Jesus Just Left Chicago" on July 12, 2025. The current gap is 37 shows.

When did Phish first play Jesus Just Left Chicago?

"Jesus Just Left Chicago" debuted on August 10, 1987 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Jesus Just Left Chicago?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Jesus Just Left Chicago" are: You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Possum, Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg.

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← BACK·SONGS·Jesus Just Left Chicago

LIVE · 82 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · ZZ Top

Jesus Just Left Chicago

82 performances since 1987, with 76 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 90 on 1997-03-01.

DEBUT · 1987-08-10 · Burlington·LAST · 2025-07-12 · North Charleston·LONGEST GAP · 215 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1997-03-01 · 90LONGEST · 15:17 · 1988-05-24SHORTEST · 4:21YEARS · 38

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN76 OF 82 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 70 plays90

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play56

v3.02009–2020 · 10 plays77

v4.02021–present · 1 play56

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 76 · BY SCORE76 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0190#1 / 76MarkthalleHamburg · #10

1997-03-0112:02

#0289#2 / 76Nectar'sBurlington, VT · #19

1988-07-2414:49

#0387#3 / 76McNichols ArenaDenver, CO · #8

1997-11-1714:06

#0487#4 / 76Nectar'sBurlington, VT · #22

1988-05-2415:17

#0586#5 / 76Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State UniversityDayton, OH · #7

1997-12-0710:41

#0685#6 / 76Nectar'sBurlington, VT · #20

1988-06-2111:38

#0782#7 / 76Arlene Schnitzer Concert HallPortland, OR · #15

1993-08-2610:17

#0881#8 / 76Ian McLean's Party, Connie Condon's FarmHebron, NY · #18

1989-05-289:56

#0979#9 / 76Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA · #9

1997-08-0312:02

#1079#10 / 76Veterans Memorial AuditoriumColumbus, OH · #14

1994-06-2210:08

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0156#31 / 76North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2025-07-127:59

#0238#63 / 76Met PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

2019-12-038:19

#0337#66 / 76Santa Barbara BowlSanta Barbara, CA

2014-10-228:13

#0430#75 / 76Boardwalk HallAtlantic City, NJ

2013-11-018:34

#0570#22 / 76Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA · #1

2013-08-039:26

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS82

DEBUT1987

LAST2025

AVG LEN9:29

CHARTED23

GAP MAX215

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2025 · 58 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE75 VERSIONS

510155m10m15m

MEDIAN · 9:30PEAK · 8–9m (17)RANGE · 4–16m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2025

7:008:009:0010:0011:0012:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE82 PLAYS

SET 1 · 28%SET 2 · 51%SET 3 · 10%ENCORE · 11%

SET 1 23SET 2 42SET 3 8ENCORE 9

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE13

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

510

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT6 02The FrontBurlington · VT3 03Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA2 04Fly Me to the Moon SaloonTelluride · CO2 05Gallagher'sWaitsfield · VT2 06The RomaTelluride · CO2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT16 02CO10 03

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself36 02Mike's Song35 03Possum35 04Weekapaug Groove32 05Suzy Greenberg31 06Golgi Apparatus31 07I Am Hydrogen26 08Divided Sky25 09Reba24

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

La Grange82 Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN34 TOURS · 82 PLAYS · 82 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour1717Jan 26, 1990·Dec 29, 1990 021988 Tour1313Jan 27, 1988·Aug 13, 1988 031991 Fall Tour55Sep 25, 1991·Nov 23, 1991 041996 Fall Tour33Oct 31, 1996·Dec 4, 1996 051994 Fall Tour33Oct 25, 1994·Dec 6, 1994 061989 Tour33Mar 1, 1989·Dec 15, 1989 071993 Winter/Spring Tour33Mar 5, 1993·Apr 3, 1993 081991 Winter/Spring Tour33Feb 3, 1991·Apr 6, 1991 091987 Tour22Aug 10, 1987·Aug 29, 1987 101994 Summer Tour22Jun 13, 1994·Jun 22, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 202· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Jesus Just Left Chicago

Cover of ZZ Top·debuted 08.10.87·Nectar's, Burlington

82 PLAYS·76 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

90BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 82

03.01.97Markthalle

Hamburg · 12:02

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Year by year22 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1997 · 89.8

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19976 VERS · BEST 89.8

By era4 ERAS · 82 PLAYS

1.0 · 702.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS70

AVG · BEST56·90

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST56·56

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS10

AVG · BEST48·77

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST56·56

BEST VERSION→

Versions76 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

03.01.97 Markthalle · HamburgCHARTED

—12:0290 #02

07.24.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—14:4989 #03

11.17.97 McNichols Arena · Denver, COCHARTED

—14:0687 #04

05.24.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—15:1787 #05

12.07.97 Ervin J. Nutter , Wrig · Dayton, OHCHARTED

—10:4186 #06

06.21.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—11:3885 #07

08.26.93 Arlene Schnitzer Conce · Portland, ORCHARTED

—10:1782 #08

05.28.89 Ian McLean's Party, Co · Hebron, NYCHARTED

—9:5681 #09

08.03.97 Gorge · George, WACHARTED

—12:0279 #10

06.22.94 Veterans Memorial Audi · Columbus, OHCHARTED

—10:0879

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS82across 4 eras

ANALYZED7693% of all

AVG DURATION9:2923 charted

LONGEST15:1705.24.88 NECTAR'S

SHORTEST4:2105.15.88 BEECHER HILL FARM

LONGEST GAP215 SH.2019 → 2025

JAM CHART23CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT08.10.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–202582 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'25

MAX · 5 /MO·TOTAL · 82

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS81 PERFS

LONGEST · 215 SH.·MEDIAN · 11 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE75 VERSIONS

4m16m

MEDIAN · 9:30·PEAK · 8–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2025

SHORT · 6:52 · 1987·LONG · 11:42 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX82 PLAYS

S1 28%S2 51%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE13

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#19

TRANSITION OUT82 PLAYS

71%18%

STOP · 58END · 8SEGUE · 15HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT6 02The FrontBurlington · VT3 03Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA2 04Fly Me to the Moon SaloonTelluride · CO2 05Gallagher'sWaitsfield · VT2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT16CO10CA6NY5WA5IL4

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN12

MON10

TUE9

WED14

THU9

FRI13

SAT15

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.05.6%

v2.01.5%

v3.02.2%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself36 02Mike's Song35 03Possum35 04Weekapaug Groove32 05Suzy Greenberg31 06Golgi Apparatus31

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

La Grange82 Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan83 Walls of the Cave81 Dirt81 All Things Reconsidered81 Avenu Malkenu84 Bold As Love85 Carolina85

By tour34 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS82 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 17 sh17 021988 Tour1988 · 13 sh13 031991 Fall Tour1991 · 5 sh5 041996 Fall Tour1996 · 3 sh3 051994 Fall Tour1994 · 3 sh3 061989 Tour1989 · 3 sh3 071993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 3 sh3 081991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 3 sh3

Charted appearances23 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.03.13·Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco

All around, a rock solid version played with great intensity by all, including Page's vocals between verses.

→CHRT#2

08.15.11·UIC , University of Il · Chicago

Page rocks the B-3 big time for the hometown, Chicago crowd.

→CHRT#3

10.19.10·Augusta Civic · Augusta

Spirited piano action from Page is matched by electric and rocking playing by Trey.

→CHRT#4

07.08.99·GTE Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach

Very easy going and relaxed feel to this version until the ending when the band cranks it up.

→CHRT#5

11.02.98·The "E" · West Valley City

-> in from "Drowned." Contrasting with 7/19/98, this version has a genuine blues sentiment to it, enhanced by Page's organ playing.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGOSWIPE →

22.22%My Sweet One4× →→22.22%Divided Sky4× →→16.67%Big Black Furry Creature from Mars3× →→16.67%The Lizards3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGOSWIPE →

19.05%Reba4× ←→19.05%Weekapaug Groove4× ←→19.05%Divided Sky4× ←→14.29%David Bowie3× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG675

75 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG344

SONG ●/songs/jesus-just-left-chicagoSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/jesus-just-left-ch · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

TOTAL · 82 PLAYSMAX · 5 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 81 TOTAL

100200’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

LONGEST · 215 SHOWSMEDIAN · 11 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

SHORTEST · 6:52 · 1987LONGEST · 11:42 · 1999

TRANSITION OUT82 PLAYS

STOP · 71%END · 10%SEGUE · 18%

STOP ( , ) 58END OF SET 8SEGUE ( > ) 15HARD SEGUE ( → ) 1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN12

MON10

TUE9

WED14

THU9

FRI13

SAT15

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.05.6%(70/1243)

v2.01.5%(1/68)

v3.02.2%(10/452)

v4.00.4%(1/244)

The Lizards17% OF FOLLOW-UPS