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Song

Esther

Times played
133
First
1988
Last
2026
Avg length
9:11
from 133 timed
The longest it ever went missing

152 shows without it, ending 2000-09-30.

Where it sits
  • 1opened the show
  • 3opened a set
  • 3encore
Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

Across the decades
  • 1280s
  • 9990s
  • 500s
  • 510s
  • 1220s
Every performance
Played by yearMost in 1990: 29
19882026
DateBandVenueLength
1988-09-12PHISSam's Tavern, Burlington9:19
1989-02-07PHISThe Front, Burlington10:04
1989-04-14PHISThe Base Lodge, Johnson State College, Johnson9:47
1989-04-15PHISBillings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington8:54
1989-04-20PHISHumphries House (The Zoo), Amherst College, Amherst9:18
1989-05-01PHISPearl Street Ballroom, Northampton9:58
1989-05-06PHISCollis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover9:06
1989-05-09PHISThe Front, Burlington8:40
1989-05-28PHISIan McLean's Farm, Hebron10:16
1989-11-02PHISMemorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham8:53
1989-12-03PHISThe Front, Burlington8:51
1989-12-09PHISHuden Dining Hall, Castleton State College, Castleton9:22
1990-01-20PHISWebster Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover9:16
1990-01-26PHISTree Café, Portland1:34
1990-02-10PHIS23 East Cabaret, Ardmore8:48
1990-02-16PHISThe Paradise, Boston8:34
1990-02-24PHISThe Bayou, Washington8:43
1990-03-03PHISThe Wetlands Preserve, New York9:00
1990-03-07PHISMemorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham8:55
1990-03-10PHISThe Front, Burlington9:53
1990-03-17PHIS23 East Cabaret, Ardmore9:17
1990-04-04PHISQuigley's, University of Colorado, Boulder9:18
1990-04-06PHISEl Dorado Café, Crested Butte8:55
1990-04-09PHISFly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride8:37
1990-04-13PHISThe Inferno, Steamboat Springs8:44
1990-04-21PHISCanyon West Room, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins9:11
1990-04-22PHISCutler Quad, Colorado College, Colorado Springs9:06
1990-04-25PHISThe Clarke Memorial Fountain, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame8:32
1990-04-26PHISDionysus Club, The 'Sco, Oberlin College, Oberlin9:07
1990-05-06PHISToad's Place, New Haven9:11
1990-05-31PHISThe Georgia Theatre, Athens9:08
1990-06-16PHISTownshend Family Park, Townshend8:53
1990-09-21PHISSomerville Theatre, Somerville9:18
1990-09-28PHISThe Chance, Poughkeepsie8:46
1990-10-04PHISField House, University of New Hampshire, Durham8:54
1990-10-06PHISCapitol Theatre, Port Chester8:55
1990-10-12PHISCat's Cradle, Chapel Hill9:10
1990-11-02PHISGlenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado, Boulder9:02
1990-11-17PHISSomerville Theatre, Somerville8:45
1990-11-30PHISThe Colonial Theatre, Keene8:53
1990-12-29PHISCampus Club, Providence8:57
1991-02-02PHISAlumni Gymnasium, Bates College, Lewiston8:30
1991-02-03PHISThe Front, Burlington9:03
1991-02-19PHISThe Bayou, Washington9:00
1991-02-28PHISSarratt Student Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville8:59
1991-03-13PHISBoulder Theater, Boulder8:57
1991-03-17PHISWheeler Opera House, Aspen9:26
1991-03-31PHISBerkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley8:53
1991-04-03PHISBritt Ballroom, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland9:27
1991-04-06PHISThe Library Building, Evergreen College, Olympia9:27
1991-04-18PHISDionysus Club, The 'Sco, Oberlin College, Oberlin8:59
1991-04-20PHISDouglass Dining Center, University of Rochester, Rochester9:33
1991-05-09PHISPortland Performing Arts Center, Portland9:17
1991-07-14PHISTownshend Family Park, Townshend8:59
1991-07-21PHISArrowhead Ranch, Parksville8:45
1991-08-03PHISLarrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy's Farm, Auburn9:21
1991-09-27PHISThe Warehouse, Rochester8:36
1991-10-03PHISMabel's, Champaign9:15
1991-10-12PHISRoseland Theater, Portland9:50
1991-10-17PHISGreat American Music Hall, San Francisco8:57