How many times has Phish played McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters?

Phish has performed "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" 123 times since April 6, 1985.

What is the longest version of McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters by Phish?

The longest version of "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" was 15:35 long, performed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on July 19, 1998.

When was the last time Phish played McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters?

Phish last played "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" on May 1, 2026. The current gap is 1 shows.

When did Phish first play McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters?

"McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" debuted on April 6, 1985 at Finbar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" are: Possum, AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Run Like an Antelope.

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LIVE · 123 PERFORMANCES

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McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

123 performances since 1985, with 113 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 90 on 1998-07-19.

DEBUT · 1985-04-06 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-05-01 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 102 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1998-07-19 · 90LONGEST · 15:35 · 1998-07-19SHORTEST · 3:48YEARS · 41

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN113 OF 123 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 101 plays90

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play73

v3.02009–2020 · 13 plays79

v4.02021–present · 8 plays73

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 113 · BY SCORE113 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0190#1 / 113Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA · #9

1998-07-1915:35

#0290#2 / 113L'AeronefLille · #14

1997-06-2513:52

#0388#3 / 113Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls, OH · #6

2000-09-1813:08

#0488#4 / 113Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien Center, NY · #20

1993-08-0710:56

#0586#5 / 113MarkthalleHamburg · #15

1996-07-2310:44

#0685#6 / 113Hunt'sBurlington, VT · #23

1987-11-199:54

#0784#7 / 113Greek TheatreLos Angeles, CA · #8

1998-10-2911:45

#0884#8 / 113Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY · #7

1999-10-0711:09

#0984#9 / 113Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #12

1997-12-309:50

#1083#10 / 113The RanchSouth Burlington, VT · #24

1987-08-298:30

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0173#26 / 113SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-0110:51

#0265#31 / 113Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-295:52

#0363#33 / 113United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-199:36

#0436#104 / 113Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-049:05

#0542#91 / 113Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-315:25

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS123

DEBUT1985

LAST2026

AVG LEN9:05

CHARTED31

GAP MAX102

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–2026 · 90 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE112 VERSIONS

102030405m10m15m

MEDIAN · 9:30PEAK · 8–9m (41)RANGE · 3–16m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2026

7:008:009:0010:0011:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE123 PLAYS

SET 1 · 45%SET 2 · 45%SET 3 · 8%

SET 1 55SET 2 55SET 3 10ENCORE 3

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE3

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE2

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

51015

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT9 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT8 03Hunt'sBurlington · VT4 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 05Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo2 06Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT37 02NY15

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum54 02AC/DC Bag47 03You Enjoy Myself46 04Mike's Song45 05Run Like an Antelope43 06Golgi Apparatus43 07David Bowie42 08Divided Sky39 09Suzy Greenberg39

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

The Curtain123 Take the 'A' Train

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN54 TOURS · 123 PLAYS · 123 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011989 Tour2020Feb 7, 1989·Dec 8, 1989 021988 Tour1414Feb 7, 1988·Sep 22, 1988 031987 Tour77Apr 29, 1987·Nov 19, 1987 041990 Tour66Feb 25, 1990·Sep 20, 1990 051994 Summer Tour55Jun 18, 1994·Jul 8, 1994 061994 Spring Tour55Apr 8, 1994·May 29, 1994 07Not Part of a Tour44Sep 26, 1985·Jul 2, 2011 081985 Tour44Apr 6, 1985·Oct 17, 1985 091986 Tour33Apr 1, 1986·Dec 6, 1986 101995 Fall Tour33Oct 11, 1995·Dec 11, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 52· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

Phish original·debuted 04.06.85·Finbar's, Burlington

123 PLAYS·113 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

90BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 123

07.19.98Shoreline

Mountain View, CA · 15:35

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Year by year32 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1998 · 90.3

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19984 VERS · BEST 90.3

By era4 ERAS · 123 PLAYS

1.0 · 1012.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS101

AVG · BEST57·90

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST73·73

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS13

AVG · BEST52·79

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST51·73

BEST VERSION→

Versions113 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.19.98 Shoreline · Mountain View, CACHARTED

—15:3590 #02

06.25.97 L'Aeronef · LilleCHARTED

—13:5290 #03

09.18.00 Blossom Music · Cuyahoga Falls, OHCHARTED

—13:0888 #04

08.07.93 Darien Lake Performing · Darien Center, NYCHARTED

—10:5688 #05

07.23.96 Markthalle · HamburgCHARTED

—10:4486 #06

11.19.87 Hunt's · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—9:5485 #07

10.29.98 Greek · Los Angeles, CACHARTED

—11:4584 #08

10.07.99 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NYCHARTED

—11:0984 #09

12.30.97 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—9:5084 #10

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VTCHARTED

—8:3083

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS123across 4 eras

ANALYZED11392% of all

AVG DURATION9:0531 charted

LONGEST15:3507.19.98 SHORELINE

SHORTEST3:4810.14.87 HUNT'S

LONGEST GAP102 SH.2018 → 2021

JAM CHART31CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT04.06.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–2026123 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25'26

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 123

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS122 PERFS

LONGEST · 102 SH.·MEDIAN · 8 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE112 VERSIONS

3m16m

MEDIAN · 9:30·PEAK · 8–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1985–2026

SHORT · 7:21 · 2023·LONG · 13:08 · 2000

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX123 PLAYS

S1 45%S2 45%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE3

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE2

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT123 PLAYS

33%58%

STOP · 41END · 5SEGUE · 71HARD · 6

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT9 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT8 03Hunt'sBurlington · VT4 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 05Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT37NY15MA9CA8CO5IN4

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN24

MON9

TUE12

WED14

THU22

FRI22

SAT20

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.08.1%

v2.01.5%

v3.02.9%

v4.03.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum54 02AC/DC Bag47 03You Enjoy Myself46 04Mike's Song45 05Run Like an Antelope43 06Golgi Apparatus43

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Curtain123 Take the 'A' Train122 Kill Devil Falls125 Mound119 Gumbo127 Roggae119 Colonel Forbin's Ascent129 Fly Famous Mockingbird130

By tour54 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS123 TOTAL

011989 Tour1989 · 20 sh20 021988 Tour1988 · 14 sh14 031987 Tour1987 · 7 sh7 041990 Tour1990 · 6 sh6 051994 Summer Tour1994 · 5 sh5 061994 Spring Tour1994 · 5 sh5 07Not Part of a Tour1985–2011 · 4 sh4 081985 Tour1985 · 4 sh4

Charted appearances31 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.26.12·Verizon Wireless - Cha · Charlotte

A very strong composed section features great Trey. Then Page's forceful piano soloing is matched by a bit of full-band improvisation, with Trey coloring the jam with a few scattershot notes before se…

→CHRT#2

06.28.12·Klipsch Music · Noblesville

The rest of the band, particularly Trey, plays along during Page's solo, and there is some nice interplay between the two. Stepping into the lead, Trey migrates from the melodic to some mildly dissona…

→CHRT#3

07.02.11·Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen

Strong vocals and snappy playing by Mike in the composed section give way to a great Page-led jam. Backed by the band, and with some inspired contributions from Trey, a nice little "McGrupp"…

→CHRT#4

11.01.09·Empire Polo Club · Indio

Gorgeous acoustic version from Festival 8.

→CHRT#5

07.29.03·Post-Gazette at Star L · Burgettstown

In the only version from 2.0, the others join in with Page for more of a rocking jam, with great Mike and Fish. There is also a sense of back and forth between Page and the others, giving the jam ener…

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