How many times has Phish played Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)?

Phish has performed "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" 39 times since April 6, 1985.

What is the longest version of Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) by Phish?

The longest version of "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" was 9:14 long, performed at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, NY on July 1, 2011.

When was the last time Phish played Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)?

Phish last played "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" on June 28, 2019. The current gap is 270 shows.

When did Phish first play Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)?

"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" debuted on April 6, 1985 at Finbar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" are: Harry Hood, Possum, Wilson, You Enjoy Myself, Cavern.

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LIVE · 39 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Bob Dylan

Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

39 performances since 1985, with 38 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 69 on 1986-10-15.

DEBUT · 1985-04-06 · Burlington·LAST · 2019-06-28 · Camden·LONGEST GAP · 1068 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1985–2019INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’85’90’95’00’05’10’15’19

BEST · 1986-10-15 · 69LONGEST · 9:14 · 2011-07-01SHORTEST · 4:25YEARS · 34

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN38 OF 39 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 13 plays69

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 26 plays55

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 38 · BY SCORE38 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0169#1 / 38Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-10-158:33

#0259#2 / 38Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VT

1987-02-136:07

#0356#3 / 38University of VermontBurlington, VT

1986-04-255:46

#0455#4 / 38Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2011-07-019:14

#0555#5 / 38Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1987-03-069:07

#0654#6 / 38Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-04-016:43

#0750#7 / 38Oswego County AirportVolney, NY

1999-07-185:37

#0848#8 / 38Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

1998-12-287:51

#0945#9 / 38Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2013-10-195:37

#1045#10 / 38Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel, NY

2011-05-286:13

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0126#38 / 38BB&T PavilionCamden, NJ

2019-06-284:49

#0237#21 / 38Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-08-055:44

#0339#18 / 38Ascend AmphitheaterNashville, TN

2016-10-185:10

#0430#34 / 38The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

2016-06-285:14

#0544#14 / 38Matthew Knight ArenaEugene, OR

2014-10-174:40

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS39

DEBUT1985

LAST2019

AVG LEN5:51

CHARTED0

GAP MAX1068

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1985–2019 · 32 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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE38 VERSIONS

5105m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (13)RANGE · 4–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2019

4:305:005:306:006:307:007:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE39 PLAYS

SET 1 · 36%SET 2 · 23%ENCORE · 36%

SET 1 14SET 2 9SET 3 2ENCORE 14

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE4

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE21

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

510

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY4 02Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2 03Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore ParkAlpharetta · GA2 04Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI2 05Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 06Hunt'sBurlington · VT2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY8 02VT

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Harry Hood14 02Possum12 03Wilson11 04You Enjoy Myself10 05Cavern10 06Fluffhead10 07Cities9 08Bathtub Gin9 09Runaway Jim9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

A Wave of Hope40 Kung38 Party Time

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN24 TOURS · 39 PLAYS · 39 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011987 Tour44Feb 13, 1987·Aug 10, 1987 022012 Early Summer Tour44Jun 7, 2012·Jul 4, 2012 03Not Part of a Tour33Apr 25, 1986·Jul 1, 2011 042010 Late Summer Tour22Aug 9, 2010·Aug 14, 2010 051986 Tour22Apr 1, 1986·Oct 15, 1986 062012 Late Summer Tour22Aug 15, 2012·Aug 28, 2012 072010 Fall Tour22Oct 16, 2010·Oct 24, 2010 082011 Early Summer Tour22May 28, 2011·Jun 14, 2011 092013 Fall Tour22Oct 19, 2013·Oct 31, 2013 102013 Summer Tour22Jul 17, 2013·Aug 4, 2013

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 54· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

Cover of Bob Dylan·debuted 04.06.85·Finbar's, Burlington

39 PLAYS·38 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

69BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 39

10.15.86Hunt's

Burlington, VT · 8:33

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Year by year13 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1985–2026v3.2

1986 · 68.5

'85'95'05'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19863 VERS · BEST 68.5

By era4 ERAS · 39 PLAYS

1.02.03.0 · 264.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS13

AVG · BEST49·69

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS26

AVG · BEST37·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions38 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.15.86 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—8:3369 #02

02.13.87 Johnson State College · Johnson, VT

—6:0759 #03

04.25.86 University of Vermont · Burlington, VT

—5:4656 #04

07.01.11 Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen, NY

—9:1455 #05

03.06.87 Goddard College · Plainfield, VT

—9:0755 #06

04.01.86 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—6:4354 #07

07.18.99 Oswego County Airport · Volney, NY

—5:3750 #08

12.28.98 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:5148 #09

10.19.13 Hampton · Hampton, VA

—5:3745 #10

05.28.11 Bethel Woods for the A · Bethel, NY

—6:1345

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS39across 2 eras

ANALYZED3897% of all

AVG DURATION5:51duration

LONGEST9:1407.01.11 WATKINS GLEN INTERNATI

SHORTEST4:2510.31.13 BOARDWALK HALL

LONGEST GAP1068 SH.1987 → 1998

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT04.06.85BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1985–201939 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'85'87'89'91'93'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'19

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 39

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS38 PERFS

LONGEST · 1068 SH.·MEDIAN · 8 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE38 VERSIONS

4m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2019

SHORT · 4:48 · 2010·LONG · 7:06 · 1987

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX39 PLAYS

S1 36%S2 23%ENCORE 36%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE4

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE21

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#13

TRANSITION OUT39 PLAYS

18%44%31%

STOP · 7END · 17SEGUE · 12HARD · 3

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY8VT8NJ3CA3VA2GA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN4

MON4

TUE5

WED6

THU3

FRI8

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.0%

v3.05.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Harry Hood14 02Possum12 03Wilson11 04You Enjoy Myself10 05Cavern10 06Fluffhead10

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

A Wave of Hope40 Kung38 Party Time38 While My Guitar Gently Weeps38 Plasma38 The Line37 If I Only Had a Brain41 Driver41

By tour24 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS39 TOTAL

011987 Tour1987 · 4 sh4 022012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 4 sh4 03Not Part of a Tour1986–2011 · 3 sh3 042010 Late Summer Tour2010 · 2 sh2 051986 Tour1986 · 2 sh2 062012 Late Summer Tour2012 · 2 sh2 072010 Fall Tour2010 · 2 sh2 082011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 2 sh2

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER QUINN THE ESKIMO (THE MIGHTY QUINN)SWIPE →

25%Tweezer Reprise2× →→25%Harry Hood2× →→12.5%Chalk Dust Torture1× →→12.5%Divided Sky1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE QUINN THE ESKIMO (THE MIGHTY QUINN)SWIPE →

22.22%Gumbo2× ←→22.22%Sleeping Monkey2× ←→22.22%Slave to the Traffic Light2× ←→11.11%Funky Bitch1× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG440

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