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37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

Score formula

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37,025Tracks

2,012Shows

1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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Best Lonesome Cowboy Bill Versions - Every Phish Lonesome Cowboy Bill Ranked | Foul Domain

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LIVE · 9 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · The Velvet Underground

Lonesome Cowboy Bill

9 performances since 1995, with 5 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 81 on 1998-10-31.

DEBUT · 1995-05-14 · Burlington·LAST · 2016-12-28 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 281 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1998–2016INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’98’00’05’10’15’16

BEST · 1998-10-31 · 81LONGEST · 10:06 · 1998-10-31SHORTEST · 3:05YEARS · 18

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN5 OF 9 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 1 play81

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play46

v3.02009–2020 · 3 plays52

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 5 OF 5 · BY SCORE5 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0181#1 / 5Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas, NV · #1

1998-10-3110:06

#0252#2 / 5Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2011-06-123:05

#0350#3 / 5Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2012-07-015:40

#0448#4 / 5Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2016-12-283:11

#0546#5 / 5Tweeter Center at the WaterfrontCamden, NJ

2003-07-304:08

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0148#4 / 5Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2016-12-283:11

#0250#3 / 5Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2012-07-015:40

#0352#2 / 5Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2011-06-123:05

#0446#5 / 5Tweeter Center at the WaterfrontCamden, NJ

2003-07-304:08

#0581#1 / 5Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas, NV · #1

1998-10-3110:06

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS9

DEBUT1995

LAST2016

AVG LEN5:14

CHARTED1

GAP MAX281

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1995–2016 · 7 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE5 VERSIONS

125m10m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 3–4m (2)RANGE · 3–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1998–2016

3:004:005:006:007:008:009:0010:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE9 PLAYS

SET 1 · 78%SET 2 · 22%

SET 1 7SET 2 2

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

123246810

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI1 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD1 04Tweeter Center at the WaterfrontCamden · NJ1 05Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas · NV1 06Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Ha Ha Ha4 02Sample in a Jar4 03Free4 04Spock's Brain4 05Wolfman's Brother3 06Hold Your Head Up3 07You Enjoy Myself3 08Strange Design3 09Maze3

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

I Wan'na Be Like You9

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN7 TOURS · 9 PLAYS · 9 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011995 Summer Tour22Jun 7, 1995·Jun 10, 1995 02Not Part of a Tour22May 14, 1995·May 16, 1995 032003 Summer Tour11Jul 30, 2003 042012 Early Summer Tour11Jul 1, 2012 052016 NYE Run11Dec 28, 2016 062011 Early Summer Tour11Jun 12, 2011 071998 Fall Tour11Oct 31, 1998

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 1

1998-10-31Thomas & Mack Center · Las Vegas

Fiery jam segues into a magnificently enchanting, psychedelic horizon.

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 4

Hold Your Head Up38% OF FOLLOW-UPS

3

Ha Ha Ha13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Free13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

I'll Come Running13% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

Hold Your Head Up38% OF LEAD-INS

3

Glide II13% OF LEAD-INS

1

Head Held High13% OF LEAD-INS

1

Buried Alive13% OF LEAD-INS

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

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SONG ID · 1201· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Lonesome Cowboy Bill

Cover of The Velvet Underground·debuted 05.14.95·Fish's House, Burlington

9 PLAYS·5 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

81BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 9

10.31.98Thomas & Mack

Las Vegas, NV · 10:06

Year by year5 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1995–2026v3.2

1998 · 81.4

'95'02'10'18'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19981 VERS · BEST 81.4

By era4 ERAS · 5 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST81·81

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST46·46

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST50·52

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions5 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

10.31.98 Thomas & Mack · Las Vegas, NVCHARTED

06.12.11 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

07.01.12 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WI

12.28.16 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

07.30.03 Tweeter at the Waterfr · Camden, NJ

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS9across 3 eras

ANALYZED556% of all

AVG DURATION5:141 charted

LONGEST10:0610.31.98 THOMAS & MACK

SHORTEST3:0506.12.11 MERRIWEATHER POST

LONGEST GAP281 SH.1995 → 1998

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT05.14.95BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1995–20169 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'16

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 9

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS8 PERFS

LONGEST · 281 SH.·MEDIAN · 96 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE5 VERSIONS

3m11m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1998–2016

SHORT · 3:05 · 2011·LONG · 10:06 · 1998

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX9 PLAYS

S1 78%S2 22%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#2#10

TRANSITION OUT9 PLAYS

44%56%

STOP · 4SEGUE · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI1 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD1 04Tweeter Center at the WaterfrontCamden · NJ1 05Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas · NV1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY1WI1MD1NJ1NV1CO1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN3

MON0

TUE1

WED3

THU0

FRI0

SAT2

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.4%

v2.01.5%

v3.00.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Ha Ha Ha4 02Sample in a Jar4 03Free4 04Spock's Brain4 05Wolfman's Brother3 06Hold Your Head Up3

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

I Wan'na Be Like You9 Love Me9 Back at the Chicken Shack9 I Been Around9 Crazy Sometimes9 Back Porch Boogie Blues9 Crossroads9 Mustang Sally9

By tour7 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS9 TOTAL

011995 Summer Tour1995 · 2 sh2 02Not Part of a Tour1995 · 2 sh2 032003 Summer Tour2003 · 1 sh1 042012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1 052016 NYE Run2016 · 1 sh1 062011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 1 sh1 071998 Fall Tour1998 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

10.31.98·Thomas & Mack · Las Vegas

Fiery jam segues into a magnificently enchanting, psychedelic horizon.

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER LONESOME COWBOY BILLSWIPE →

37.5%Hold Your Head Up3× →→12.5%Ha Ha Ha1× →→12.5%Free1× →→12.5%I'll Come Running1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE LONESOME COWBOY BILLSWIPE →

37.5%Hold Your Head Up3× ←→12.5%Glide II1× ←→12.5%Head Held High1× ←→12.5%Buried Alive1× ←→

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TOTAL · 9 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 8 TOTAL

100200’00’05’10’15

LONGEST · 281 SHOWSMEDIAN · 96 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

’00

’05

’10

’15

SHORTEST · 3:05 · 2011LONGEST · 10:06 · 1998

TRANSITION OUT

9 PLAYS

STOP · 44%SEGUE · 56%

STOP ( , ) 4SEGUE ( > ) 5

1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN3

MON0

TUE1

WED3

THU0

FRI0

SAT2

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.4%(5/1243)

v2.01.5%(1/68)

v3.00.7%(3/452)

Back at the Chicken Shack9

Crazy Sometimes9

Back Porch Boogie Blues9