How many times has Phish played Letter to Jimmy Page?

Phish has performed "Letter to Jimmy Page" 99 times since February 1, 1985.

What is the longest version of Letter to Jimmy Page by Phish?

The longest version of "Letter to Jimmy Page" was 9:36 long, performed at Nectar's in Burlington, VT on July 24, 1988.

When was the last time Phish played Letter to Jimmy Page?

Phish last played "Letter to Jimmy Page" on July 12, 2023. The current gap is 142 shows.

When did Phish first play Letter to Jimmy Page?

"Letter to Jimmy Page" debuted on February 1, 1985 at Doolin's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Letter to Jimmy Page?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Letter to Jimmy Page" are: Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Possum, Suzy Greenberg.

← BACK·SONGS·Letter to Jimmy Page

LIVE · 99 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Letter to Jimmy Page

99 performances since 1985, with 44 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 70 on 1988-05-24.

DEBUT · 1985-02-01 · Burlington·LAST · 2021-09-04 · Commerce City·LONGEST GAP · 629 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–2021INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’21

BEST · 1988-05-24 · 70LONGEST · 9:36 · 1988-07-24SHORTEST · 0:22YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN44 OF 99 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 41 plays70

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 9 plays46

v4.02021–present · 1 play33

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 44 · BY SCORE44 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0170#1 / 44Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-05-246:14

#0268#2 / 44Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1990-05-156:28

#0367#3 / 44Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-07-249:36

#0460#4 / 44Molly's CafeBoston, MA

1988-11-036:07

#0558#5 / 44Myskyn'sCharleston, SC

1990-02-055:36

#0658#6 / 44Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1989-10-311:28

#0756#7 / 44Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-04-016:53

#0854#8 / 44Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VT

1987-02-131:25

#0952#9 / 44The RanchSouth Burlington, VT

1987-08-291:03

#1049#10 / 44The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-08-041:02

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0133#36 / 44Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2021-09-041:01

#0246#13 / 44North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-081:15

#0339#21 / 44Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2018-12-300:59

#0436#30 / 44Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-291:23

#0546#12 / 44Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA

2016-07-201:05

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS99

DEBUT1985

LAST2021

AVG LEN1:51

CHARTED0

GAP MAX629

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–2023 · 56 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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE44 VERSIONS

5101520250m5m

MEDIAN · 1:30PEAK · 1–2m (25)RANGE · 0–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2021

0:301:001:302:002:303:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE99 PLAYS

SET 1 · 61%SET 2 · 29%ENCORE · 8%

SET 1 60SET 2 29SET 3 2ENCORE 8

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

51015

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT13 02The FrontBurlington · VT6 03Hunt'sBurlington · VT5 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 05Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA2 06The ParadiseBoston · MA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT46 02MA13 03

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Alumni Blues96 02You Enjoy Myself58 03Golgi Apparatus53 04Possum51 05Suzy Greenberg48 06AC/DC Bag44 07The Lizards42 08David Bowie40 09Mike's Song40

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Boogie On Reggae Woman98

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN23 TOURS · 99 PLAYS · 99 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour2424Jan 27, 1988·Dec 10, 1988 021989 Tour2323Jan 26, 1989·Dec 9, 1989 031987 Tour1212Feb 13, 1987·Nov 19, 1987 041990 Tour1212Feb 5, 1990·Dec 7, 1990 051985 Tour44Feb 1, 1985·Oct 30, 1985 061991 Winter/Spring Tour33Feb 1, 1991·Apr 20, 1991 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour33Jul 13, 1991·Jul 18, 1991 081986 Tour22Feb 3, 1986·Apr 1, 1986 091994 Summer Tour22Jul 5, 1994·Jul 15, 1994 102018 NYE Run11Dec 30, 2018

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 34· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Letter to Jimmy Page

Phish original·debuted 02.01.85·Doolin's, Burlington

99 PLAYS·44 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

70BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 99

05.24.88Nectar's

Burlington, VT · 6:14

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Year by year16 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1988 · 69.7

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 198812 VERS · BEST 69.7

By era4 ERAS · 51 PLAYS

1.0 · 412.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS41

AVG · BEST44·70

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS9

AVG · BEST37·46

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST33·33

BEST VERSION→

Versions44 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

05.24.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—6:1470 #02

05.15.90 Hamilton College · Clinton, NY

—6:2868 #03

07.24.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—9:3667 #04

11.03.88 Molly's Cafe · Boston, MA

—6:0760 #05

02.05.90 Myskyn's · Charleston, SC

—5:3658 #06

10.31.89 Goddard College · Plainfield, VT

—1:2858 #07

04.01.86 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—6:5356 #08

02.13.87 Johnson State College · Johnson, VT

—1:2554 #09

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VT

—1:0352 #10

08.04.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—1:0249

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS99across 3 eras

ANALYZED4444% of all

AVG DURATION1:51duration

LONGEST9:3607.24.88 NECTAR'S

SHORTEST0:2206.15.88 THE FRONT

LONGEST GAP629 SH.1994 → 2010

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT02.01.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–202399 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'23

MAX · 5 /MO·TOTAL · 99

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS98 PERFS

LONGEST · 629 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE44 VERSIONS

0m10m

MEDIAN · 1:30·PEAK · 1–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2021

SHORT · 0:31 · 2013·LONG · 2:54 · 1986

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX99 PLAYS

S1 61%S2 29%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#1#17

TRANSITION OUT99 PLAYS

99%

END · 1SEGUE · 98

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT13 02The FrontBurlington · VT6 03Hunt'sBurlington · VT5 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 05Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT46MA13NY12CO7NH5MD2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN11

MON12

TUE9

WED8

THU11

FRI21

SAT27

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.06.9%

v3.02.2%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Alumni Blues96 02You Enjoy Myself58 03Golgi Apparatus53 04Possum51 05Suzy Greenberg48 06AC/DC Bag44

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Boogie On Reggae Woman98 Fuego100 Blaze On98 My Soul101 Rock and Roll97 Sleeping Monkey97 Big Ball Jam102 Bug102

By tour23 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS99 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 24 sh24 021989 Tour1989 · 23 sh23 031987 Tour1987 · 12 sh12 041990 Tour1990 · 12 sh12 051985 Tour1985 · 4 sh4 061991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 3 sh3 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 3 sh3 081986 Tour1986 · 2 sh2

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER LETTER TO JIMMY PAGESWIPE →

97.96%Alumni Blues96× →→1.02%David Bowie1× →→1.02%If I Could1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE LETTER TO JIMMY PAGESWIPE →

97.96%Alumni Blues96× ←→1.02%Corinna1× ←→1.02%The Curtain1× ←→

Top venues3 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG1346

46 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG640

40 Hunt'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG538

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