Phish Bakers Dozen by the Songs

Luke Owen
Luke Owen
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

As the summer tour is shaping up to be one for the record books as well as for going down as certainly one of the best tours of 3.0 if not in the bands storied career, I thought it would be fun to keep track of some of the songs being played so far and what we are looking forward to/hoping for as we lead up to the final weekend, which happens to be the only set of shows we can catch this tour.

[NOTE: If you really want to get your Phish stats — follow David Steinberg’s excellent Facebook page “The Phish Stats Report”d]

Below find a chart that is plotting some of the songs the band has yet to play at MSG and also ones they have played that now seem evident to not be played again. They’ve yet to repeat one song since hitting the stage on 7/21. One might argue this has led to a degradation of sorts for their harder songs (see Foam, Mound, etc.) but it’s also led to a looseness potentially not seen since Fall ’97. It’s an exciting time to be a fan of this band. Stay tuned to this post for updates along the way to this list.

Song list as of 8/3

Examples of what sets might include the last 3 nights

Openers: PYITE, Soul Shakedown Party, YEM

First Setters: Camel Walk, Dinner & Movie, Jesus Left Chicago, Brother, Light Up or Leave Me Alone, Bittersweet Motel, Paul & Silas, Ballad of Curtis Loew, The Sloth

Bust outs: Whipping Post, Emotional Rescue, Izabella, Walfredo, Rock A William

Second Set Jams: Ghost, YEM, NMINML, Simple, Light, Gotta Jiboo, Scents, Saw It Again, What’s the Use, Prince Caspian (based on Magna and Dayton)

Second Set Fillers: Lizards, Lifeboy, FEFY, Strange Design, TMWSITY > Avenu, Plasma, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Kung, FYF, Icculus

Encores: First Tube, Tweezer Reprise, Frankenstein, Johnny B. Goode, Quinn The Eskimo, Fire

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Luke Owen

Advocate for the SaaS customer and a music fanatic (especially if your band started at UVM in 83 and are still blowing minds today).

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