While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Played 38 times. Current gap: 52 shows bustout candidate. · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-16 | Set 3 | 10:26 |
| 2000-07-15 | Set 2 | 8:39 |
| 2000-10-05 | Encore | 8:14 |
| 2000-07-01 | Encore | 8:05 |
| 2009-06-16 | Encore | 7:48 |
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 | 10 | 6:57 | 6:43 | 7:32 |
| Set 2 | 9 | 6:35 | 6:41 | 8:39 |
| Set 3 | 1 | 10:26 | 10:26 | 10:26 |
| Encore | 17 | 6:43 | 6:55 | 8:14 |
Based on 37 of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-19 | Encore | UNITED CENTER, Chicago | 90 bustout | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2023-08-04 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 59 bustout | — | The Lizards | (closes set) |
| 2022-06-05 | Set 1 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 57 bustout | — | (opens set) | My Soul |
| 2019-12-29 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 235 bustout | — | Birds of a Feather | Walls of the Cave |
| 2013-10-23 | Encore | GLENS FALLS CIVIC CENTER, Glens Falls | 7 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2013-08-05 | Set 1 | HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Hollywood | 32 | — | Cavern | (closes set) |
| 2012-08-24 | Set 1 | OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE, Pelham | 12 | — | Cavern | (closes set) |
| 2012-06-29 | Set 1 | KLIPSCH MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 73 bustout | — | Halley's Comet | (closes set) |
| 2010-08-15 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 51 bustout | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Character Zero |
| 2009-08-14 | Encore | THE COMCAST THEATRE, Hartford | 13 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2009-06-16 | Encore | THE FOX THEATRE, St. Louis | 10 | — | McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters | (closes set) |
| 2009-03-08 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 24 | — | The Moma Dance | Wading in the Velvet Sea |
| 2003-12-30 | Encore | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 50 bustout | — | Contact | (closes set) |
| 2000-10-05 | Encore | VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER, Irvine | 10 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2000-09-20 | Set 1 | RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER, Cincinnati | 9 | — | Weekapaug Groove | (closes set) |
| 2000-07-15 | Set 2 | POLARIS AMPHITHEATER, Columbus | 9 | — | Down with Disease | Makisupa Policeman |
| 2000-07-01 | Encore | MEADOWS MUSIC THEATRE, Hartford | 44 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1999-10-02 | Encore | TARGET CENTER, Minneapolis | 34 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 1999-07-10 | Encore | E CENTRE, Camden | 9 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 1998-12-31 | Encore | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 18 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1998-11-07 | Encore | UIC PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago | 13 | — | Guyute | (closes set) |
| 1998-08-16 | Set 3 | LORING COMMERCE CENTRE, Limestone | 107 bustout | — | Bittersweet Motel | (closes set) |
| 1997-02-26 | Set 1 | LONGHORN, Stuttgart | 91 bustout | — | Dog Log | (closes set) |
| 1995-12-11 | Encore | CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, Portland | 4 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1995-12-04 | Set 1 | MULLINS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst | 12 | — | Hello My Baby | (closes set) |
| 1995-11-15 | Set 2 | SUN DOME, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa | 7 | — | Fee | (closes set) |
| 1995-10-28 | Encore | THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS, Auburn Hills | 5 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1995-10-20 | Set 2 | FIVE SEASONS ARENA, Cedar Rapids | 4 | — | Gumbo | My Long Journey Home |
| 1995-10-13 | Set 2 | WILL ROGERS AUDITORIUM, Fort Worth | 4 | — | The Lizards | Sweet Adeline |
| 1995-10-05 | Encore | MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Portland | 8 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1995-07-02 | Set 1 | SUMMERSTAGE AT SUGARBUSH NORTH, Fayston | 3 | — | Rift | (closes set) |
| 1995-06-28 | Encore | JONES BEACH AMPHITHEATER, Wantagh | 4 | — | Sweet Adeline | (closes set) |
| 1995-06-22 | Encore | FINGER LAKES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Canandaigua | 5 | — | Acoustic Army | (closes set) |
| 1995-06-14 | Set 2 | MUD ISLAND AMPHITHEATER, Memphis | 4 | — | Acoustic Army | (closes set) |
| 1995-06-07 | Encore | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY PAVILION, Boise | 8 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1994-12-08 | Set 1 | SPRECKELS THEATRE, San Diego | 22 | — | The Lizards | (closes set) |
| 1994-11-02 | Set 1 | BANGOR AUDITORIUM, Bangor | 0 | — | Scent of a Mule | (closes set) |
| 1994-10-31 | Set 2 | GLENS FALLS CIVIC CENTER, Glens Falls | debut | — | The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill | Happiness Is a Warm Gun |