How many times has Phish played Rocky Top?

Phish has performed "Rocky Top" 207 times since September 21, 1987.

What is the longest version of Rocky Top by Phish?

The longest version of "Rocky Top" was 9:12 long, performed at The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, Northwestern University in Evanston, IL on April 15, 1991.

When was the last time Phish played Rocky Top?

Phish last played "Rocky Top" on July 23, 2025. The current gap is 29 shows.

When did Phish first play Rocky Top?

"Rocky Top" debuted on September 21, 1987 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Rocky Top?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Rocky Top" are: Cavern, You Enjoy Myself, Suzy Greenberg, Possum, Golgi Apparatus.

← BACK·SONGS·Rocky Top

LIVE · 207 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Osborne Brothers

Rocky Top

207 performances since 1987, with 194 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 77 on 1990-06-01.

DEBUT · 1987-09-21 · Burlington·LAST · 2025-07-23 · Forest Hills·LONGEST GAP · 205 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1990-06-01 · 77LONGEST · 9:12 · 1991-04-15SHORTEST · 1:03YEARS · 38

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN194 OF 207 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 181 plays77

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play34

v3.02009–2020 · 22 plays70

v4.02021–present · 2 plays63

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 194 · BY SCORE194 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#1 / 194The Cotton ClubAtlanta, GA

1990-06-014:00

#0275#2 / 194The FrontBurlington, VT · #1

1990-12-022:52

#0371#3 / 194The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-294:36

#0470#4 / 194Matthew Knight ArenaEugene, OR

2014-10-176:02

#0568#5 / 194Stowe Performing Arts CenterStowe, VT

1993-07-224:18

#0664#6 / 194Burlington BoathouseBurlington, VT

1989-08-125:06

#0764#7 / 194The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-08-044:19

#0863#8 / 194Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-232:44

#0962#9 / 194Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY

1998-04-026:03

#1061#10 / 194Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-05-233:12

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0163#8 / 194Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-232:44

#0255#14 / 194Folsom FieldBoulder, CO

2025-07-032:41

#0335#127 / 194Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-283:08

#0434#131 / 194Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2018-12-302:40

#0547#42 / 194Times Union CenterAlbany, NY

2018-10-173:07

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS207

DEBUT1987

LAST2025

AVG LEN2:57

CHARTED1

GAP MAX205

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2025 · 94 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE194 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (133)RANGE · 1–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2025

2:003:004:005:006:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE207 PLAYS

SET 1 · 19%SET 2 · 20%ENCORE · 57%

SET 1 40SET 2 41SET 3 7ENCORE 119

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE16

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE17

ENCORE122

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

255075

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT6 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 04Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland · ME3 05Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY3 06Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY35 02VT

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Cavern81 02You Enjoy Myself80 03Suzy Greenberg79 04Possum78 05Golgi Apparatus75 06Mike's Song74 07Foam73 08Divided Sky72 09Bouncing Around the Room72

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Guelah Papyrus210 Simple

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN60 TOURS · 207 PLAYS · 207 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Winter/Spring Tour2020Feb 4, 1991·May 17, 1991 021991 Fall Tour1818Sep 27, 1991·Dec 6, 1991 031992 Spring Tour1818Mar 11, 1992·May 18, 1992 041990 Tour1313Feb 10, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 051993 Winter/Spring Tour1313Feb 9, 1993·May 6, 1993 061989 Tour99Mar 30, 1989·Dec 9, 1989 071988 Tour88May 22, 1988·Aug 4, 1988 081994 Summer Tour66Jun 10, 1994·Jul 15, 1994 091993 Summer Tour66Jul 18, 1993·Aug 25, 1993 101995 Fall Tour66Oct 3, 1995·Dec 4, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 209· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Rocky Top

Cover of Osborne Brothers·debuted 09.21.87·Nectar's, Burlington

207 PLAYS·194 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

77BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 207

06.01.90The Cotton Club

Atlanta, GA · 4:00

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Year by year26 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1990 · 76.9

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199013 VERS · BEST 76.9

By era4 ERAS · 206 PLAYS

1.0 · 1812.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS181

AVG · BEST40·77

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST34·34

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS22

AVG · BEST40·70

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST59·63

BEST VERSION→

Versions194 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

06.01.90 The Cotton Club · Atlanta, GA

—4:0077 #02

12.02.90 The Front · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—2:5275 #03

07.29.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—4:3671 #04

10.17.14 Matthew Knight Arena · Eugene, OR

—6:0270 #05

07.22.93 Stowe Performing Arts · Stowe, VT

—4:1868 #06

08.12.89 Burlington Boathouse · Burlington, VT

—5:0664 #07

08.04.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—4:1964 #08

07.23.25 Forest Hills · Forest Hills, NY

—2:4463 #09

04.02.98 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NY

—6:0362 #10

05.23.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—3:1261

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS207across 4 eras

ANALYZED19494% of all

AVG DURATION2:571 charted

LONGEST9:1204.15.91 THE GATHERING PLACE, N

SHORTEST1:0310.28.91 ELK BALLROOM

LONGEST GAP205 SH.2019 → 2025

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT09.21.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–2025207 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'25

MAX · 9 /MO·TOTAL · 207

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS206 PERFS

LONGEST · 205 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE194 VERSIONS

1m10m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2025

SHORT · 2:30 · 2013·LONG · 6:02 · 2014

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX207 PLAYS

S1 19%S2 20%ENCORE 57%

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE16

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE17

ENCORE122

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#1#19

TRANSITION OUT207 PLAYS

19%69%

STOP · 39END · 142SEGUE · 26

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY35VT21CO15CA14MA10PA9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN34

MON19

TUE21

WED26

THU29

FRI42

SAT36

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.014.6%

v2.01.5%

v3.04.9%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Cavern81 02You Enjoy Myself80 03Suzy Greenberg79 04Possum78 05Golgi Apparatus75 06Mike's Song74

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Guelah Papyrus210 Simple210 Tube203 Piper212 Uncle Pen213 Theme from the Bottom201 The Moma Dance215 The Landlady216

By tour60 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS207 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 20 sh20 021991 Fall Tour1991 · 18 sh18 031992 Spring Tour1992 · 18 sh18 041990 Tour1990 · 13 sh13 051993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 13 sh13 061989 Tour1989 · 9 sh9 071988 Tour1988 · 8 sh8 081994 Summer Tour1994 · 6 sh6

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

12.02.90·The Front · Burlington

Dave Grippo and Russ Remington on saxophone. No recording available.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER ROCKY TOPSWIPE →

29.41%Cavern5× →→17.65%Funky Bitch3× →→17.65%Tweezer Reprise3× →→11.76%Good Times Bad Times2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE ROCKY TOPSWIPE →

29.63%Sleeping Monkey16× ←→20.37%Sweet Adeline11× ←→14.81%Lawn Boy8× ←→12.96%Amazing Grace7× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG851

51 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG646

46 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG540

40 Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG336

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