Each day this week we’ll share a new installment of our geekiest column, The Number Line, where we analyze the setlists from Phish’s recently completed Fall Tour. On Monday we examined the Fall Tour one-timers and yesterday we looked at the songs played on the tour by studio album. Today, we’ll look at the covers the quartet performed on the 13-show run.

[Photo by Adam Kaufman]

187 – Show Gap From Last Peaches Until MSG1 [via m.phish.net]
39 – Total Instances of a Cover Being Performed on Fall Tour
31 – Different Covers Performed At Least Once on Fall Tour
25 – Total Covers Played Only One Time on Fall Tour (doesn’t include Crimes)
16:52 – Length of Longest Cover According to LivePhish (Cincy Rock & Roll)
8 – Shows With Cover Song Encores (12/5, 12/4, 12/2, 11/29, 11/27, 11/25, 11/24, 11/22)
8 – Songs From Albums Phish Covered on Halloween Performed on Fall Tour (Torn & Frayed, Sweet Virginia, Shine a Light, Loving Cup, Drowned, Rock and Roll, Cool It Down, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’)

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7 – Most Covers Played at One Show (Charlottesville – including three in a row)
5 – Most Covers Played in One Set (Charlottesville set 1 – Ya Mar, Sneakin Sally, Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Bold As Love)
4- Songs off Exile Played on Tour (Torn & Frayed, Sweet Virginia, Shine a Light, Loving Cup)
3 – Songs off Loaded Played on Tour (Rock and Roll, Cool It Down, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’)
2:44 – Length of Shortest Cover According to LivePhish (Charlottesville Old Home Place)
2 – Shows with No Covers (Detroit, Cincy1 – first two shows of tour)
1 – Cover Songs Debuted (Golden Age)
0 – Songs off The White Album / Remain In Light Played on Tour

[Compiled by Scotty, DaveO and Andy Kahn]

Scott Bernstein

Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.

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