How many times has Phish played Lawn Boy?

Phish has performed "Lawn Boy" 223 times since November 30, 1989.

What is the longest version of Lawn Boy by Phish?

The longest version of "Lawn Boy" was 5:49 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 31, 2012.

When was the last time Phish played Lawn Boy?

Phish last played "Lawn Boy" on July 25, 2025. The current gap is 28 shows.

When did Phish first play Lawn Boy?

"Lawn Boy" debuted on November 30, 1989 at The Paradise in Boston, MA.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Lawn Boy?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Lawn Boy" are: Possum, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself.

← BACK·SONGS·Lawn Boy

LIVE · 223 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Lawn Boy

223 performances since 1989, with 212 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 94 on 2017-07-25.

DEBUT · 1989-11-30 · Boston·LAST · 2025-07-25 · Saratoga Springs·LONGEST GAP · 58 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1989–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’89’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 2017-07-25 · 94LONGEST · 29:59 · 2017-07-25SHORTEST · 1:30YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN212 OF 223 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 147 plays72

v2.02002–2004 · 9 plays55

v3.02009–2020 · 57 plays94

v4.02021–present · 8 plays62

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 212 · BY SCORE212 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0194#1 / 212Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #1

2017-07-2529:59

#0282#2 / 212Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · charted

2017-07-251:54

#0372#3 / 212Palace TheatreAlbany, NY

1993-05-063:24

#0469#4 / 212Withey Hall Dining Room, Green Mountain CollegePoultney, VT

1989-12-083:16

#0562#5 / 212Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-253:44

#0661#6 / 212Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2014-08-313:07

#0760#7 / 212Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2016-07-154:43

#0860#8 / 212Austin360 AmphitheaterDel Valle, TX

2015-07-283:05

#0960#9 / 212The BayouWashington, DC

1990-06-073:01

#1059#10 / 212Oak Mountain AmphitheatrePelham, AL

2012-08-244:48

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0162#5 / 212Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-253:44

#0249#108 / 212Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2024-07-313:12

#0356#26 / 212Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront ParkWilmington, NC

2023-07-193:07

#0454#44 / 212William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

2023-04-193:32

#0549#109 / 212Budweiser StageToronto, Ontario

2022-08-102:59

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS223

DEBUT1989

LAST2025

AVG LEN2:58

CHARTED2

GAP MAX58

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1989–2025 · 123 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE211 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (117)RANGE · 1–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1989–2025

2:002:303:003:304:004:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE223 PLAYS

SET 1 · 57%SET 2 · 24%ENCORE · 17%

SET 1 128SET 2 53SET 3 3ENCORE 39

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE3

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE36

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

102030

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY12 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI6 03The FrontBurlington · VT5 04Ascend AmphitheaterNashville · TN3 05Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY3 06American Airlines ArenaMiami · FL3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY37 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum92 02Mike's Song91 03Weekapaug Groove89 04Bouncing Around the Room84 05You Enjoy Myself83 06Cavern77 07Suzy Greenberg70 08Chalk Dust Torture69 09I Am Hydrogen66

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN75 TOURS · 223 PLAYS · 222 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour3030Jan 20, 1990·Dec 29, 1990 021993 Winter/Spring Tour2020Feb 4, 1993·May 6, 1993 031991 Winter/Spring Tour1616Feb 2, 1991·May 17, 1991 041991 Fall Tour1212Sep 26, 1991·Dec 6, 1991 051989 Tour99Nov 30, 1989·Dec 30, 1989 061992 Spring Tour88Mar 20, 1992·May 17, 1992 07Not Part of a Tour77Aug 3, 1991·Apr 26, 2014 082013 Summer Tour55Jul 10, 2013·Aug 30, 2013 091992 Fall Tour44Nov 27, 1992·Dec 8, 1992 101993 Summer Tour44Jul 18, 1993·Aug 21, 1993

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 445· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Lawn Boy

Phish original·debuted 11.30.89·The Paradise, Boston

223 PLAYS·212 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

94BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 223

07.25.17Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 29:59

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Year by year31 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1989–2026v3.2

2017 · 93.8

'89'98'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20174 VERS · BEST 93.8

By era4 ERAS · 221 PLAYS

1.0 · 1472.03.0 · 574.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS147

AVG · BEST48·72

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS9

AVG · BEST48·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS57

AVG · BEST52·94

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST53·62

BEST VERSION→

Versions212 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.25.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—29:5994 #02

07.25.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—1:5482 #03

05.06.93 Palace · Albany, NY

—3:2472 #04

12.08.89 Withey Hall Dining Roo · Poultney, VT

—3:1669 #05

07.25.25 Broadview Stage at SPA · Saratoga Springs, NY

—3:4462 #06

08.31.14 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—3:0761 #07

07.15.16 Gorge · George, WA

—4:4360 #08

07.28.15 Austin360 · Del Valle, TX

—3:0560 #09

06.07.90 The Bayou · Washington, DC

—3:0160 #10

08.24.12 Oak Mountain · Pelham, AL

—4:4859

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS223across 4 eras

ANALYZED21295% of all

AVG DURATION2:582 charted

LONGEST29:5907.25.17 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST1:3008.06.17 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

LONGEST GAP58 SH.2024 → 2025

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT11.30.89BOSTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1989–2025223 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'89'94'99'04'09'14'19'24'25

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 223

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS221 PERFS

LONGEST · 58 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE211 VERSIONS

1m6m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1989–2025

SHORT · 2:10 · 2017·LONG · 4:20 · 2012

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX223 PLAYS

S1 57%S2 24%ENCORE 17%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE3

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE36

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#29

TRANSITION OUT223 PLAYS

71%26%

STOP · 158END · 6SEGUE · 59

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY37CA17MA13CO12VT11WI9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN32

MON12

TUE24

WED22

THU30

FRI41

SAT62

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.012.0%

v2.011.8%

v3.012.4%

v4.03.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum92 02Mike's Song91 03Weekapaug Groove89 04Bouncing Around the Room84 05You Enjoy Myself83 06Cavern77

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony220 The Landlady216 The Moma Dance215 Good Times Bad Times231 Uncle Pen213 Piper212 Guelah Papyrus210 Ghost234

By tour75 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS223 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 30 sh30 021993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 20 sh20 031991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 16 sh16 041991 Fall Tour1991 · 12 sh12 051989 Tour1989 · 9 sh9 061992 Spring Tour1992 · 8 sh8 07Not Part of a Tour1991–2014 · 7 sh7 082013 Summer Tour2013 · 5 sh5

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.25.17·Madison Square Garden · New York

Page keytar solo + sharp and funky groove + dark and lovely Mike-driven minor-key rocking + smooth turn into major-key bliss featuring a sustained note from Trey and excellent piano from Page + blasto…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER LAWN BOYSWIPE →

16.67%Rocky Top8× →→16.67%Mike's Song8× →→16.67%Possum8× →→16.67%Chalk Dust Torture8× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE LAWN BOYSWIPE →

26%Run Like an Antelope13× ←→18%David Bowie9× ←→18%Divided Sky9× ←→14%Reba7× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG1161

61 Ascend AmphitheaterNASHVILLE, TN

PLAYSAVG356

56 Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG352

52 Loring Commerce CentreLIMESTONE, ME

PLAYSAVG349

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