Free Bird
Played 28 times. Current gap: 662 shows bustout candidate. · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-06-22 | Set 2 | 13:46 |
| 1987-03-06 | Set 2 | 7:42 |
| 1994-05-13 | Encore | 6:58 |
| 1998-10-30 | Encore | 5:52 |
| 1994-05-29 | Set 2 | 5:51 |
Length by set
Where a song lands changes what it is: a Set 2 version of a jam vehicle runs far longer than the same song opening Set 1. One catalogue-wide average would hide exactly that.
| Set | Versions | Median | Average | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | 3 | 4:16 | 4:16 | 4:24 |
| Set 2 | 4 | 6:46 | 8:00 | 13:46 |
| Encore | 19 | 4:29 | 4:42 | 6:58 |
Based on 26 of 28 performances — only phish.in tracks that map to exactly one song are counted, so bundled segues and in-set repeats are left out rather than guessed at.
Every performance
| Date | Set | Venue | Gap | Length | Before | After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-29 | Encore | CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, Portland | 154 bustout | — | (opens set) | Carini |
| 2000-06-22 | Set 2 | AMSOUTH AMPHITHEATRE, Antioch | 83 bustout | — | Uncle Pen | (closes set) |
| 1998-12-29 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 4 | — | My Soul | (closes set) |
| 1998-11-25 | Encore | PEPSI ARENA, Albany | 9 | — | Guyute | (closes set) |
| 1998-11-09 | Encore | UIC PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago | 7 | — | Frankenstein | (closes set) |
| 1998-10-30 | Encore | THOMAS & MACK CENTER, Las Vegas | 4 | — | Driver | (closes set) |
| 1998-10-17 | Set 1 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 346 bustout | — | I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome | Driver |
| 1994-06-19 | Encore | STATE THEATER, Kalamazoo | 8 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1994-05-29 | Set 2 | LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY, Monterey | 12 | — | Run Like an Antelope | (closes set) |
| 1994-05-13 | Encore | HAYDEN SQUARE, Tempe | 4 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1994-05-06 | Encore | TOWER THEATER, Houston | 9 | — | Ginseng Sullivan | (closes set) |
| 1994-04-23 | Encore | THE FOX THEATRE, Atlanta | 17 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1993-12-30 | Set 1 | CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, Portland | 3 | — | Bathtub Gin | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-26 | Encore | ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL, Portland | 3 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-20 | Encore | RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, Morrison | 2 | — | The Mango Song | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-15 | Set 2 | THE MACAULEY THEATER, Louisville | 2 | — | Nellie Kane | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-12 | Encore | MEADOW BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL, Rochester Hills | 2 | — | Fire | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-08 | Encore | NAUTICA STAGE, Cleveland | 2 | — | My Sweet One | (closes set) |
| 1993-08-03 | Encore | BAYFRONT PARK AMPHITHEATER, Miami | 1 | — | Poor Heart | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-31 | Encore | MASQUERADE MUSIC PARK, Atlanta | 1 | — | AC/DC Bag | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-29 | Encore | TENNESSEE THEATRE, Knoxville | 3 | — | Rocky Top | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-24 | Encore | GREAT WOODS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Mansfield | 1 | — | Golgi Apparatus | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-22 | Encore | STOWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Stowe | 1 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-18 | Encore | IC LIGHT AMPHITHEATER, Pittsburgh | 1 | — | Rocky Top | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-16 | Encore | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 0 | — | Llama | (closes set) |
| 1993-07-15 | Encore | CAYUGA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, Weedsport | 523 bustout | — | Chalk Dust Torture | (closes set) |
| 1989-03-13 | Set 3 | NECTAR'S, Burlington | 84 bustout | — | I Didn't Know | (closes set) |
| 1987-03-06 | Set 2 | GODDARD COLLEGE, Plainfield | debut | — | (opens set) | Happy Birthday to You |