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37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

Score formula

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Phish concert analytics, setlist data, and audio analysis across 40+ years of touring. Fan-built & not affiliated with Phish; audience recordings follow the official taping policy.

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37,025Tracks

2,012Shows

1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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Best The Little Drummer Boy Versions - Every Phish The Little Drummer Boy Ranked | Foul Domain

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← BACK·SONGS·The Little Drummer Boy

LIVE · 5 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone

The Little Drummer Boy

5 performances since 1986, with 5 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 84 on 1999-12-02.

DEBUT · 1986-12-06 · Shelburne·LAST · 2004-04-16 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 129 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1986–2004INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’86’90’95’00’04

BEST · 1999-12-02 · 84LONGEST · 25:23 · 1999-12-02SHORTEST · 2:31YEARS · 18

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN5 OF 5 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 4 plays84

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play77

v3.02009–2020 · 0 plays—

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 5 OF 5 · BY SCORE5 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0184#1 / 5The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills, MI · #2

1999-12-0225:23

#0277#2 / 5Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas, NV · #1

2004-04-167:01

#0357#3 / 5Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

1999-07-032:31

#0447#4 / 5The RanchShelburne, VT

1986-12-063:54

#0533#5 / 5Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

1999-07-032:32

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#2 / 5Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas, NV · #1

2004-04-167:01

#0284#1 / 5The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills, MI · #2

1999-12-0225:23

#0333#5 / 5Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

1999-07-032:32

#0457#3 / 5Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

1999-07-032:31

#0547#4 / 5The RanchShelburne, VT

1986-12-063:54

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS5

DEBUT1986

LAST2004

AVG LEN8:16

CHARTED2

GAP MAX129

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1986–2004 · 4 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE5 VERSIONS

125m10m15m20m25m

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

SET MIX & ROLE5 PLAYS

SET 2 · 60%SET 3 · 20%ENCORE · 20%

SET 2 3SET 3 1ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE2

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

112467

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

01Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta · GA2 02Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas · NV1 03The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills · MI1 04The RanchShelburne · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

01GA2 02NV1 03MI1 04VT1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum2 02Taste2 03Gotta Jibboo2 04Harry Hood2 05Twist2 06You Enjoy Myself2 07Boogie On Reggae Woman2 08Funky Bitch2 09Camel Walk2

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Ain't Love Funny4 All Blues

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN4 TOURS · 5 PLAYS · 4 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011999 Summer U.S. Tour21Jul 3, 1999 021986 Tour11Dec 6, 1986 031999 Winter Tour11Dec 2, 1999 042004 Vegas Run11Apr 16, 2004

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 2

2004-04-16Thomas & Mack Center · Las Vegas

In the chaos that usually precedes "BLAT BOOM", Trey leads the band into a "Little Drummer Boy" vamp, at first festive, and soon going down a more evil path in a minor key, desert rock mood over droning church organs whi…

1999-12-02The Palace of Auburn Hills · Auburn Hills

-> in from the "YEM" vocal jam. A capella version.

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 3

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?33% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Whipping Post33% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Wilson33% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

Contact25% OF LEAD-INS

1

Mike's Song25% OF LEAD-INS

1

Wilson25% OF LEAD-INS

1

You Enjoy Myself25% OF LEAD-INS

VENUES

SONG ID · 127· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Little Drummer Boy

Cover of Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone·debuted 12.06.86·The Ranch, Shelburne

5 PLAYS·5 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

84BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 5

12.02.99The Palace of Auburn H

Auburn Hills, MI · 25:23

Year by year3 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1986–2026v3.2

1999 · 84.1

'86'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19993 VERS · BEST 84.1

By era4 ERAS · 5 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST55·84

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST77·77

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions5 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

12.02.99 The Palace of Auburn H · Auburn Hills, MICHARTED

04.16.04 Thomas & Mack · Las Vegas, NVCHARTED

07.03.99 Lakewood · Atlanta, GA

12.06.86 The Ranch · Shelburne, VT

07.03.99 Lakewood · Atlanta, GA

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS5across 2 eras

ANALYZED5100% of all

AVG DURATION8:162 charted

LONGEST25:2312.02.99 THE PALACE OF AUBURN H

SHORTEST2:3107.03.99 LAKEWOOD

LONGEST GAP129 SH.1999 → 2004

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT12.06.86SHELBURNE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1986–20045 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'86'88'90'92'94'96'98'00'02'04

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 5

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS3 PERFS

LONGEST · 1094 SH.·MEDIAN · 129 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE5 VERSIONS

2m26m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2004

SHORT · 3:54 · 1986·LONG · 10:09 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX5 PLAYS

S2 60%S3 20%ENCORE 20%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE2

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#7

TRANSITION OUT5 PLAYS

20%40%40%

STOP · 1END · 2SEGUE · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

01Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta · GA2 02Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas · NV1 03The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills · MI1 04The RanchShelburne · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

GA2NV1MI1VT1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN0

MON0

TUE0

WED0

THU1

FRI1

SAT3

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.2%

v2.01.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum2 02Taste2 03Gotta Jibboo2 04Harry Hood2 05Twist2 06You Enjoy Myself2

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Ain't Love Funny4 All Blues4 Architect4 Beaumont Rag4 Clear Your Mind4 Discern4 Everything is Hollow4 19994

By tour4 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS5 TOTAL

011999 Summer U.S. Tour1999 · 1 sh2 021986 Tour1986 · 1 sh1 031999 Winter Tour1999 · 1 sh1 042004 Vegas Run2004 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

04.16.04·Thomas & Mack · Las Vegas

In the chaos that usually precedes "BLAT BOOM", Trey leads the band into a "Little Drummer Boy" vamp, at first festive, and soon going down a more evil path in a minor key, desert rock mood over droni…

12.02.99·The Palace of Auburn H · Auburn Hills

-> in from the "YEM" vocal jam. A capella version.

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOYSWIPE →

33.33%Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?1× →→33.33%Whipping Post1× →→33.33%Wilson1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOYSWIPE →

25%Contact1× ←→25%Mike's Song1× ←→25%Wilson1× ←→25%You Enjoy Myself1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/the-little-drummer-boySETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/the-little-drummer · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

TOTAL · 5 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 3 TOTAL

300600900’00

LONGEST · 1,094 SHOWSMEDIAN · 129 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 2–3m (2)RANGE · 2–26m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2004

4:005:006:007:008:009:0010:00’90’95’00

SHORTEST · 3:54 · 1986LONGEST · 10:09 · 1999

TRANSITION OUT

5 PLAYS

STOP · 20%END · 40%SEGUE · 40%

STOP ( , ) 1END OF SET 2SEGUE ( > ) 2

SUN

0

MON0

TUE0

WED0

THU1

FRI1

SAT3

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.2%(3/1243)

v2.01.5%(1/68)

4

Clear Your Mind4

Everything is Hollow4

STRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

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