Buffalo Bill
Played 23 times. Current gap: 60 shows bustout candidate. · 5 jam-charted · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-08-17 | Set 3 | 5:36 |
| 2022-07-23 | Encore | 3:36 |
| 1998-11-27 | Set 2 | 3:33 |
| 2003-07-23 | Set 2 | 3:09 |
| 2011-06-08 | Set 1 | 3:05 |
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 | 7 | 2:26 | 2:35 | 3:05 |
| Set 2 | 8 | 2:21 | 2:31 | 3:33 |
| Set 3 | 1 | 5:36 | 5:36 | 5:36 |
| Encore | 6 | 2:35 | 2:39 | 3:36 |
Based on 22 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-05 | Encore | FOLSOM FIELD, Boulder | 71 bustout | — | (opens set) | Harry Hood |
| 2023-10-10 | Encore | ERVIN J. NUTTER CENTER, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dayton | 63 bustout | — | Joy | Wilson |
| 2022-07-23 | Encore | BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bethel | 77 bustout | — | Fuck Your Face | Fire |
| 2019-07-14 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 68 bustout | — | Icculus | Icculus |
| 2017-09-03 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 32 | — | (opens set) | The Moma Dance |
| 2016-10-24 | Encore | VERIZON THEATRE AT GRAND PRAIRIE, Grand Prairie | 43 | — | (opens set) | Rock and Roll |
| 2015-08-23 | Set 1 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 134 bustout | — | Punch You in the Eye | A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing |
| 2012-06-22 | Set 1 | RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER, Cincinnati | 16 | — | Llama | Saw It Again |
| 2011-08-17 | Set 2 | UIC PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago | 19 | — | Sleep | Golgi Apparatus |
| 2011-06-08 | Set 1 | DARIEN LAKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Darien Center | 25 | — | Mellow Mood | Kill Devil Falls |
| 2010-10-15 | Set 1 | NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM, North Charleston | 9 | — | Joy | Dog Faced Boy |
| 2010-08-12 | Set 2 | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 84 bustout | — | My Friend, My Friend | Twist |
| 2004-06-25 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 18 | — | Seven Below | Lawn Boy |
| 2003-11-29 | Set 2 | WACHOVIA SPECTRUM, Philadelphia | 9 | — | Makisupa Policeman | David Bowie |
| 2003-07-23 | Set 2 | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 60 bustout | — | Makisupa Policeman | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2000-07-10 | Set 1 | DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 30 | — | Bathtub Gin | My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own |
| 1999-12-18 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 70 bustout | — | Weekapaug Groove | Weekapaug Groove |
| 1998-11-27 | Set 2 jam chart | WORCESTER CENTRUM CENTRE, Worcester | 77 bustout | — | Sanity | Mike's Song |
| 1997-11-29 | Encore | WORCESTER CENTRUM CENTRE, Worcester | 11 | — | (opens set) | Moby Dick |
| 1997-08-17 | Set 3 jam chart | LORING COMMERCE CENTRE, Limestone | 210 bustout | — | (opens set) | NICU |
| 1994-12-31 | Set 2 jam chart | BOSTON GARDEN, Boston | 30 | — | Mike's Song | Mike's Song |
| 1994-10-29 | Set 1 jam chart | SPARTANBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, Spartanburg | 226 bustout | — | Split Open and Melt | Makisupa Policeman |
| 1992-11-21 | Encore jam chart | PRITCHARD GYM, SB SPORTS COMPLEX, SUNY STONY BROOK, Stony Brook | debut | — | (opens set) | Big Black Furry Creature from Mars |