Bittersweet Motel
Played 19 times. Current gap: 239 shows bustout candidate. · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-31 | Set 2 | 7:19 |
| 2009-08-02 | Encore | 6:40 |
| 1998-11-02 | Set 1 | 4:53 |
| 1999-07-21 | Set 1 | 4:48 |
| 1998-07-26 | Encore | 4:18 |
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 | 6 | 4:11 | 4:12 | 4:53 |
| Set 2 | 5 | 2:44 | 3:51 | 7:19 |
| Set 3 | 1 | 3:58 | 3:58 | 3:58 |
| Encore | 7 | 3:35 | 3:57 | 6:40 |
Based on 19 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-28 | Encore | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 25 | — | (opens set) | Heavy Things |
| 2019-12-06 | Encore | NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM, North Charleston | 134 bustout | — | (opens set) | Death Don't Hurt Very Long |
| 2016-07-06 | Set 2 | CROSS INSURANCE ARENA, Portland | 146 bustout | — | Wingsuit | Fluffhead |
| 2012-07-04 | Set 1 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 135 bustout | — | Kill Devil Falls | The Moma Dance |
| 2009-08-02 | Encore | RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, Morrison | 54 bustout | — | (opens set) | Bouncing Around the Room |
| 2003-07-29 | Set 2 | POST-GAZETTE PAVILION AT STAR LAKE, Burgettstown | 53 bustout | — | Harpua | Harpua |
| 2000-09-15 | Set 1 | HERSHEYPARK STADIUM, Hershey | 15 | — | Golgi Apparatus | (closes set) |
| 2000-07-03 | Set 2 | E CENTRE, Camden | 23 | — | Chalk Dust Torture | (closes set) |
| 1999-12-31 | Set 2 | BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION, Big Cypress | 3 | — | Silent in the Morning | Piper |
| 1999-12-16 | Encore | REYNOLDS COLISEUM, Raleigh | 44 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 1999-07-21 | Set 1 | STAR LAKE AMPHITHEATRE, Burgettstown | 40 | — | Taste | (closes set) |
| 1998-11-02 | Set 1 | THE “E” CENTER, West Valley City | 9 | — | Driver | Limb By Limb |
| 1998-08-16 | Set 3 | LORING COMMERCE CENTRE, Limestone | 2 | — | Character Zero | While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
| 1998-08-11 | Set 1 | STAR LAKE AMPHITHEATRE, Burgettstown | 2 | — | Time Loves a Hero | Reba |
| 1998-08-07 | Set 1 | WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATER, Raleigh | 2 | — | Foam | Ghost |
| 1998-08-02 | Encore | DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 2 | — | Harry Hood | (closes set) |
| 1998-07-29 | Encore | RIVERPORT AMPHITHEATER, Maryland Heights | 1 | — | Golgi Apparatus | (closes set) |
| 1998-07-26 | Encore | STARPLEX AMPHITHEATRE, Dallas | 2 | — | Punch You in the Eye | (closes set) |
| 1998-07-21 | Set 2 | DESERT SKY PAVILION, Phoenix | debut | — | Simple | Weekapaug Groove |