How many times has Phish played The Ballad of Curtis Loew?

Phish has performed "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" 48 times since April 29, 1987.

What is the longest version of The Ballad of Curtis Loew by Phish?

The longest version of "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" was 12:05 long, performed at Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Big Cypress, FL on December 29, 1999.

When was the last time Phish played The Ballad of Curtis Loew?

Phish last played "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" on December 30, 2019. The current gap is 245 shows.

When did Phish first play The Ballad of Curtis Loew?

"The Ballad of Curtis Loew" debuted on April 29, 1987 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with The Ballad of Curtis Loew?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" are: Possum, Mike's Song, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Suzy Greenberg.

← BACK·SONGS·The Ballad of Curtis Loew

LIVE · 48 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Ballad of Curtis Loew

48 performances since 1987, with 42 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 65 on 1988-07-29.

DEBUT · 1987-04-29 · Burlington·LAST · 2019-12-30 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 528 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2019INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’19

BEST · 1988-07-29 · 65LONGEST · 12:05 · 1999-12-29SHORTEST · 4:21YEARS · 32

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN42 OF 48 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 35 plays65

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 14 plays58

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 42 · BY SCORE42 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0165#1 / 42The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-296:18

#0263#2 / 42Big Cypress Seminole Indian ReservationBig Cypress, FL

1999-12-2912:05

#0358#3 / 42Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2011-12-285:39

#0458#4 / 42CMAC Performing Arts CenterCanandaigua, NY

2010-06-296:02

#0556#5 / 42The ParadiseBoston, MA

1990-02-165:11

#0656#6 / 42Gallagher'sWaitsfield, VT

1988-01-275:26

#0756#7 / 42Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, FL

2016-10-165:02

#0855#8 / 42The RanchSouth Burlington, VT

1987-08-294:45

#0955#9 / 42The Base Lodge, Stearns Hall, Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VT

1988-03-115:12

#1054#10 / 42Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2013-10-194:57

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0150#22 / 42Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-305:03

#0256#7 / 42Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, FL

2016-10-165:02

#0338#38 / 42Lakeview AmphitheaterSyracuse, NY

2016-07-105:24

#0443#32 / 42Amphitheater at the WharfOrange Beach, AL

2014-08-015:23

#0554#10 / 42Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2013-10-194:57

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS48

DEBUT1987

LAST2019

AVG LEN5:23

CHARTED0

GAP MAX528

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2019 · 40 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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE41 VERSIONS

510152025305m10m

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

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2019

5:006:007:008:009:0010:0011:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE48 PLAYS

SET 1 · 38%SET 2 · 42%SET 3 · 19%

SET 1 18SET 2 20SET 3 9ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 03The FrontBurlington · VT2 04Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville · FL1 05Lakeview AmphitheaterSyracuse · NY1 06Amphitheater at the WharfOrange Beach · AL1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT17 02NY

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum25 02Mike's Song24 03You Enjoy Myself23 04Golgi Apparatus23 05Suzy Greenberg23 06Weekapaug Groove22 07AC/DC Bag21 08David Bowie19 09I Am Hydrogen18

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Mountains in the Mist48

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN19 TOURS · 48 PLAYS · 48 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour1111Jan 27, 1988·Dec 2, 1988 021990 Tour1111Jan 25, 1990·Oct 30, 1990 031987 Tour44Apr 29, 1987·Nov 19, 1987 041989 Tour44Feb 6, 1989·Oct 10, 1989 052011 Early Summer Tour22May 29, 2011·Jun 18, 2011 061993 Winter/Spring Tour22Mar 14, 1993·Apr 23, 1993 072010 Early Summer Tour22Jun 12, 2010·Jun 29, 2010 08Not Part of a Tour11Dec 29, 1999 092010 Late Summer Tour11Aug 13, 2010 101993 Summer Tour11Aug 2, 1993

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 184· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd·debuted 04.29.87·Nectar's, Burlington

48 PLAYS·42 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

65BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 48

07.29.88The Roma

Telluride, CO · 6:18

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Year by year14 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1988 · 65.1

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 198811 VERS · BEST 65.1

By era4 ERAS · 49 PLAYS

1.0 · 352.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS35

AVG · BEST48·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS14

AVG · BEST48·58

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions42 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.29.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—6:1865 #02

12.29.99 Big Cypress Seminole I · Big Cypress, FL

—12:0563 #03

12.28.11 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—5:3958 #04

06.29.10 CMAC Performing Arts · Canandaigua, NY

—6:0258 #05

02.16.90 The Paradise · Boston, MA

—5:1156 #06

01.27.88 Gallagher's · Waitsfield, VT

—5:2656 #07

10.16.16 Jacksonville Veterans · Jacksonville, FL

—5:0256 #08

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VT

—4:4555 #09

03.11.88 The Base Lodge, Stearn · Johnson, VT

—5:1255 #10

10.19.13 Hampton · Hampton, VA

—4:5754

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS48across 2 eras

ANALYZED4288% of all

AVG DURATION5:23duration

LONGEST12:0512.29.99 BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE I

SHORTEST4:2110.13.89 COPPERFIELD'S

LONGEST GAP528 SH.1993 → 1999

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT04.29.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–201948 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 48

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS47 PERFS

LONGEST · 528 SH.·MEDIAN · 11 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE41 VERSIONS

4m13m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2019

SHORT · 4:54 · 1993·LONG · 12:05 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX48 PLAYS

S1 38%S2 42%S3 19%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#1#12

TRANSITION OUT48 PLAYS

83%15%

STOP · 40END · 1SEGUE · 7

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 03The FrontBurlington · VT2 04Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville · FL1 05Lakeview AmphitheaterSyracuse · NY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT17NY7CO4FL3MA3AL2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN6

MON5

TUE4

WED5

THU4

FRI14

SAT10

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.02.7%

v3.03.1%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum25 02Mike's Song24 03You Enjoy Myself23 04Golgi Apparatus23 05Suzy Greenberg23 06Weekapaug Groove22

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Mountains in the Mist48 Drowned48 Set Your Soul Free48 Cold as Ice48 Twenty Years Later49 My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own47 Sigma Oasis49 Weigh47

By tour19 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS48 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 11 sh11 021990 Tour1990 · 11 sh11 031987 Tour1987 · 4 sh4 041989 Tour1989 · 4 sh4 052011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 2 sh2 061993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 2 sh2 072010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 2 sh2 08Not Part of a Tour1999 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE BALLAD OF CURTIS LOEWSWIPE →

25%David Bowie5× →→20%You Enjoy Myself4× →→15%Mike's Song3× →→15%Good Times Bad Times3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE BALLAD OF CURTIS LOEWSWIPE →

25%Possum4× ←→18.75%You Enjoy Myself3× ←→18.75%Divided Sky3× ←→12.5%McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters2× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG447

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