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1985-11-14

MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM BASEMENT · Burlington, VT · 1985 Tour Era 1.0

Set 1: Slave to the Traffic Light, Hurricane [9:01], Makisupa Policeman notes ↗ > Piggies [2:30] notes ↗ -> Makisupa Policeman notes ↗ -> Drums [1:42] > Alumni Blues > Dear Mrs. Reagan
Set 1 total: 13:13 3 of 8 timed

Timed portion: 13:13 across 3 of 8 songs — a floor, not the show's length.

Times come from phish.in and are shown only where one track maps to exactly one song. Segued songs are often released as a single bundled track carrying one duration for several songs, and a song played twice in a set can't be told apart — those get no time rather than a made-up one. 5 of 8 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Notes

This show was an acoustic benefit that also featured performances by The Joneses and The Visions. Fish played percussion instead of a drumkit. Slave appeared to have a female vocalist accompanying Trey. This show also featured the first known version of Dear Mrs. Reagan and the first known Phish versions of Hurricane and Piggies. Makisupa included additional impromptu verses regarding Mike, Fish and their "new friend, Page." Piggies was dedicated to Harry Mitiguy, then president of the Howard Bank (referred to by Trey as "Howard Mitiguy"). The drum jam out of Makisupa may have included Marc Daubert, at least one member of The Joneses, and possibly others. Phish's archivist, Kevin Shapiro, played the Makisupa > Piggies -> Makisupa portion of this show on From the Archives on 10/30/09 at Festival 8. The date of this show may be 11/19/85.

Gap chart

How long each of tonight's songs had been on the shelf, across all Phish shows. The gap is always as of this date.

Song	Times played	Last played (overall)	Last played before this show	Gap
Slave to the Traffic Light	299	2026-07-24	1985-10-30	0
Hurricane	1	1985-11-14	debut	—
Makisupa Policeman	109	2026-07-24	1985-09-27	2
Piggies	2	1994-10-31	debut	—
Drums	11	2009-08-02	1984-12-01	10
Alumni Blues	114	2023-07-12	1985-10-30	0
Dear Mrs. Reagan	13	1989-01-18	debut	—

gold = bustout (long gap) · red = jam chart · [m:ss] = phish.in duration (click it to listen) · hover a song for its gap.

Jam-chart marks are curated by hand and lag the shows — the most recent months are sparsely marked because nobody has written them up yet, not because the jams were weak. See coverage →