How many times has Phish played Paul and Silas?

Phish has performed "Paul and Silas" 92 times since September 13, 1990.

What is the longest version of Paul and Silas by Phish?

The longest version of "Paul and Silas" was 4:41 long, performed at The Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL on December 6, 1992.

When was the last time Phish played Paul and Silas?

Phish last played "Paul and Silas" on June 24, 2025. The current gap is 45 shows.

When did Phish first play Paul and Silas?

"Paul and Silas" debuted on September 13, 1990 at The Wetlands Preserve in New York, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Paul and Silas?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Paul and Silas" are: You Enjoy Myself, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern, Runaway Jim.

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LIVE · 92 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Josh White

Paul and Silas

92 performances since 1990, with 87 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 68 on 1991-02-04.

DEBUT · 1990-09-13 · New York·LAST · 2025-06-24 · Pittsburgh·LONGEST GAP · 333 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1990–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1991-02-04 · 68LONGEST · 4:41 · 1992-12-06SHORTEST · 2:18YEARS · 35

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN87 OF 92 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 86 plays68

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays59

v4.02021–present · 1 play36

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 87 · BY SCORE87 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0168#1 / 87The FrontBurlington, VT

1991-02-044:00

#0266#2 / 87Nietzsche'sBuffalo, NY

1991-04-194:32

#0365#3 / 87Symphony HallSpringfield, MA

1992-12-302:53

#0465#4 / 87Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland, ME

1993-12-304:19

#0564#5 / 87The Colonial TheatreKeene, NH

1990-09-154:38

#0661#6 / 87The Cave, Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN

1991-04-113:13

#0759#7 / 87Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2013-10-203:49

#0858#8 / 87Paramount TheatreSeattle, WA

1993-08-254:03

#0957#9 / 87East Gym, Humboldt State UniversityArcata, CA

1993-03-282:44

#1057#10 / 87Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront ParkPortland, OR

1993-04-013:55

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0136#71 / 87Petersen Events CenterPittsburgh, PA

2025-06-243:37

#0250#27 / 87The ForumInglewood, CA

2016-07-222:51

#0359#7 / 87Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2013-10-203:49

#0442#51 / 87Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2012-07-062:31

#0545#42 / 87Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore ParkAlpharetta, GA

2011-06-152:23

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS92

DEBUT1990

LAST2025

AVG LEN3:19

CHARTED0

GAP MAX333

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2025 · 37 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE85 VERSIONS

1020304050

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (58)RANGE · 2–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2025

2:002:303:003:304:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE92 PLAYS

SET 1 · 58%SET 2 · 36%

SET 1 53SET 2 33ENCORE 6

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE3

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

51015

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Paul Wright Gym, Western State CollegeGunnison · CO2 02Roxy TheatreAtlanta · GA2 03The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY2 04The Colonial TheatreKeene · NH2 05Campus ClubProvidence · RI2 06Cat's CradleChapel Hill · NC2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY13 02CO9

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself47 02Llama47 03Bouncing Around the Room47 04Cavern45 05Runaway Jim44 06The Squirming Coil44 07Foam42 08Stash42 09The Landlady40

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Jam93 Love You93

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN23 TOURS · 92 PLAYS · 92 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Fall Tour1717Sep 27, 1991·Dec 5, 1991 021990 Tour1515Sep 13, 1990·Nov 26, 1990 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1515Feb 5, 1993·May 1, 1993 041991 Winter/Spring Tour1212Feb 4, 1991·May 18, 1991 051992 Spring Tour66Mar 11, 1992·May 16, 1992 061993 Summer Tour44Jul 22, 1993·Aug 25, 1993 071992 Fall Tour33Nov 28, 1992·Dec 11, 1992 081994 Spring Tour33Apr 15, 1994·Apr 24, 1994 091998 Fall Tour22Nov 8, 1998·Nov 29, 1998 101992 Summer U.S. Tour22Jul 14, 1992·Jul 16, 1992

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 548· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Paul and Silas

Cover of Josh White·debuted 09.13.90·The Wetlands Preserve, New York

92 PLAYS·87 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

68BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 92

02.04.91The Front

Burlington, VT · 4:00

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Year by year14 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

1991 · 68.1

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199130 VERS · BEST 68.1

By era4 ERAS · 92 PLAYS

1.0 · 862.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS86

AVG · BEST45·68

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST50·59

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST36·36

BEST VERSION→

Versions87 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

02.04.91 The Front · Burlington, VT

—4:0068 #02

04.19.91 Nietzsche's · Buffalo, NY

—4:3266 #03

12.30.92 Symphony Hall · Springfield, MA

—2:5365 #04

12.30.93 Cumberland County Civi · Portland, ME

—4:1965 #05

09.15.90 The Colonial · Keene, NH

—4:3864 #06

04.11.91 The Cave, Carleton Col · Northfield, MN

—3:1361 #07

10.20.13 Hampton · Hampton, VA

—3:4959 #08

08.25.93 Paramount · Seattle, WA

—4:0358 #09

03.28.93 East Gym, Humboldt Sta · Arcata, CA

—2:4457 #10

04.01.93 Gov. Tom McCall Waterf · Portland, OR

—3:5557

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS92across 3 eras

ANALYZED8795% of all

AVG DURATION3:19duration

LONGEST4:4112.06.92 THE VIC

SHORTEST2:1802.21.93 ROXY

LONGEST GAP333 SH.2016 → 2025

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT09.13.90NEW YORK

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–202592 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 7 /MO·TOTAL · 92

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS91 PERFS

LONGEST · 333 SH.·MEDIAN · 4 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE85 VERSIONS

2m5m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2025

SHORT · 2:22 · 1997·LONG · 3:49 · 2013

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX92 PLAYS

S1 58%S2 36%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE3

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #3

#1#14

TRANSITION OUT92 PLAYS

52%45%

STOP · 48END · 2SEGUE · 41HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Paul Wright Gym, Western State CollegeGunnison · CO2 02Roxy TheatreAtlanta · GA2 03The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY2 04The Colonial TheatreKeene · NH2 05Campus ClubProvidence · RI2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY13CO9MA7CA5GA5VA4

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN13

MON7

TUE8

WED11

THU14

FRI24

SAT15

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.06.9%

v3.01.1%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself47 02Llama47 03Bouncing Around the Room47 04Cavern45 05Runaway Jim44 06The Squirming Coil44

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Jam93 Love You93 Tela93 Walk Away93 Farmhouse94 Frankenstein94 Golden Age89 Cars Trucks Buses89

By tour23 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS92 TOTAL

011991 Fall Tour1991 · 17 sh17 021990 Tour1990 · 15 sh15 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 15 sh15 041991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 12 sh12 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 6 sh6 061993 Summer Tour1993 · 4 sh4 071992 Fall Tour1992 · 3 sh3 081994 Spring Tour1994 · 3 sh3

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER PAUL AND SILASSWIPE →

20.59%It's Ice7× →→20.59%Stash7× →→17.65%Tweezer6× →→17.65%Mike's Song6× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE PAUL AND SILASSWIPE →

20%Fee6× ←→20%Stash6× ←→16.67%Reba5× ←→16.67%My Friend, My Friend5× ←→

SONG ●/songs/paul-and-silasSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

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