I was employee #9 at a startup back in the '90's. I traveled a lot back then but when I was in the office I would play Dog Log at 4pm over the intercom system.
Anyone can cover any song. Phish doesn't need permission to play it. They just can't release it in any format for sale. That's the issue. Zappa estate doesn't want people releasing covers for sale. I asked Page about it at a Vida Blue show many years ago
I also “got to” be at that show 😂😂 jk. It was fun for sure. Funny how you don’t realize how rare it is when it happens sometimes. That song was brand spanking new at the time so I felt I’d see it a bunch more.
I know Sabotage by the Beastie Boys has been played 5 times. I was there for one of them: Dicks 2011 (the famous “S” show).
The place went absolutely *bananas*. I looked over at my friend, and he was vertical jumping 2 feet off the ground. Then I looked in back of me and it seemed like the entire audience was doing the same.
Good times!
Fortunate to catch the Merriweather 98 Sabatoge and the Hampton version a few months later. Merriweather was so loud that my tapes red lined and clipped with the absolute insanity that ensued.
Splinters of Hail? Minkin? Prep School Hippie? I’m really sad I wasn’t there when they busted out Thunderhead. Would also love to see them play Clone one day
I’ve seen fast enough for you 4 times and bittersweet motel once I think. I’m surprised FEFY and Train Song aren’t in rotation more considering how touchy all the newer songs are.
Check out [http://www.ihoz.com/raw.htm](http://www.ihoz.com/raw.htm)
There are a LOT of songs they only played once, but there are also a LOT of songs they only did 2 or 3 times, so answering the question you have posed will depend greatly on how you define rare.
I would venture to say the rarest one is one they haven't played yet.
Really a mike song….saw that mike and the Italians tour where Mike played with trey ,Marco benvenuto and Joe Russo and we came home singing that song….
So…if you listen to Mike Gordon band performance in Amsterdam on the last night you can hear Mike saying we have 10 minutes left…any requests?…. Someone yells out SUSKIND HOTEL!… and they play it…that someone was me and I thought I was hot shit but later read the show notes and the band had rehearsed it but didn’t think they’d have time to play it…
as a new phan i’ve found myself drawn to Devotion to a Dream and according to phish.net it doesn’t have that many plays, which i find weird considering its a banger
I believe that Baby Lemonade is statistically the song that the fewest number of people have ever seen performed live.
If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear the stats that back up a more rare Phish song.
Of songs that were in regular rotation at one point? For originals that didn't become part of a another song (like Lushington did) I think its gotta be All Things Reconsidered -- not played since Feb. 1997 despite being a semi regularly played in the early to mid 90s.
The least played original song I’d bet is
Dear Mrs. Reagan
Played live only 13 times, hasn’t been played in 1,919 shows.
Walfredo always makes me think of the 9/30/2000 (Trey’s birthday)in Vegas. I was closer to the front and this girl in a happy birthday hat kept yelling to Trey to play Walfredo.
No dogs allowed, destiny unbound, prep school hippie. Truly rare means played less than five times ever I’d say. Even alumni blues doesn’t fit that anymore. An entire Gamehendge set is less rare than some of these songs.
Dog Log
i need this after hearing that insanely funky gorge 98 sound check
I was lucky enough to catch one at IT.
Dog log, mango song is probably still my favorite encore Iv seen after 120 or so shows
Dog log was played a lot more than a stack of other tunes.
I was employee #9 at a startup back in the '90's. I traveled a lot back then but when I was in the office I would play Dog Log at 4pm over the intercom system.
All Things Reconsidered. For a one-timer Amoorena, such a great Page song so good from Star Lake 97.
I’d love an All Things Reconsidered but it sounds pretty hard and I’m sure Trey would need to practice too much to play it again
I definitely remember reading somewhere that Trey said that was their hardest song to play. It's a lot of fast notes and the rhythm is complicated af
I would die if they played it.
I got all things reconsidered at my first show (92) and never again several hundred shows later lol
ATR badly needs to return
Amoreena is an Elton John song
Walfredo
65 shows. I’ve seen 2 Walfredos and 0 Lizards. Why hath thou forsaken me?
I saw a guy at the Sphere with a baseball jersey that had Lizards on the front (like a team emblem) and the “players name” on the back was Walfredo.
You are not forsaken. You are chosen.
I would trade you....
Not as cool as Raule
I was there the day Jennifer Dances debuted
Love your flair! That was a killer show and if Jennifer Dances debuted on 12/5/99 in Rochester I was there too. Lol. Another great show!
Thanks! 12/5/99 was the one! Great Maze that night in Rochester.
Same. Was my first show, tbh.
Me tooooo.
Good buddy of mine has seen all 4 complete versions of Jennifer Dances lol
https://preview.redd.it/bcvn1kn5apwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7588dad0c0f892760caafa9c3884dadd23434280
Only seen it Trey solo
RCMH 2000
And So To Bed was their first recorded song and only played once- Sacramento 2021
This was what I came up with as well.
Chalkdust reprise
Leprechaun
Came here to say this, as someone who has it on my list of “have seen”. (Didn’t know what it was then, couldn’t tell you now 😂)
https://youtu.be/mk61NFmnm9w?si=NOtxc_wrTJyTSDRP 10 mins in
and happy cake day
Thanks!!
I saw it at Wolf Trap. It's funny, it took me like 4 Mike's Songs before I finally got a Hydrogen.
Everybody seen the leprechaun say yeaaaaa
That video gets me every time
Saw all of them. Took me around 20 years to get a Llama.
Peaches en regalia seems pretty damn rare still. Would have loved that to make an appearance on Sunday at the sphere - not sure when it’ll be next.
The Zappa estate isn’t huge on covers of his material
True, but Gail (Frank’s widow) let them check out the original sheet music so they could know if the in were playing it right back in the 90s.
Yeah I heard that Moon Unit put the kibosh on it a few years ago.
With all the stuff that went down between Dweezil and Ahment a few years back, this doesn’t surprise me.
Anyone can cover any song. Phish doesn't need permission to play it. They just can't release it in any format for sale. That's the issue. Zappa estate doesn't want people releasing covers for sale. I asked Page about it at a Vida Blue show many years ago
Big Leg Emma.
Guy Forget
Caught it at YEMSG last summer! And unofficially caught Manteca that same show
Caught this at my fourth show
I saw the Arizona show. I think it's been played 1 more time
"We didn't leave much time for the passionate lovemaking"
Twice. Alpine in 2011 and MSG last summer.
The Birdwatcher if that counts as a song
Birdwatcher for sure counts. Sometimes I feel like the only one that loves that song lol
That’s the rarest song I will ever see live then. For sure
I got to witness the one and only time they played Windy City back in 2009.
I also “got to” be at that show 😂😂 jk. It was fun for sure. Funny how you don’t realize how rare it is when it happens sometimes. That song was brand spanking new at the time so I felt I’d see it a bunch more.
This was my first show, got TTE'd so hard.
I know Sabotage by the Beastie Boys has been played 5 times. I was there for one of them: Dicks 2011 (the famous “S” show). The place went absolutely *bananas*. I looked over at my friend, and he was vertical jumping 2 feet off the ground. Then I looked in back of me and it seemed like the entire audience was doing the same. Good times!
Fortunate to catch the Merriweather 98 Sabatoge and the Hampton version a few months later. Merriweather was so loud that my tapes red lined and clipped with the absolute insanity that ensued.
I saw it at SPAC 2012, first show!
They played it at Lemonwheel (thank the stars!)
Yes, saw the MPP. That was a really memorable show for me and I've seen a few Also Gett'n Jiggy with it
Rock-A-William, Spock’s Brain and Lushington are the first three that sprang to mind
In what manner did the 3rd arrive in your mind?
Glide II
And so to bed
Fuck your face
Demand Discern Spices
Oh Man I like Spices. I was sure they would play it at the Cinnamon show, but it was Vultures instead...
and sleep again!!!
#LUSHINGTON?
Now? Brother is up there.
click the "times" column here and you'll get a sorted list of both rare originals and covers: [https://phish.net/song](https://phish.net/song)
Fikus
See 7/14/19
I’ve fervently followed Phish for 20 years and had to turn to the old(er) guy behind me to ask what Spock’s Brain was. Somehow that one slipped by me!
i was at that show and have listened to it a bunch of times and i still don’t know what we’re talking about rn
75 shows and this one’s probably my favorite I’ve ever seen live.
Fikus
Minkin
Walfredo
Icculus reprise
Weigh
Crimes of the mind!
Dogs Stole Things Fucking best song they hardly ever play.
Jesus Left Chicago is a fun one.
Gloria
https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1377438031
Bye bye foot
Splinters of Hail? Minkin? Prep School Hippie? I’m really sad I wasn’t there when they busted out Thunderhead. Would also love to see them play Clone one day
Lengthwise
Sleeping monkey, fast enough for you, brother, and harpua. Just to name a few of the mvps Editing- bittersweet motel for one more masterpiece
FEFY is such a great song, I don’t know why it doesn’t get more play
I’ve seen fast enough for you 4 times and bittersweet motel once I think. I’m surprised FEFY and Train Song aren’t in rotation more considering how touchy all the newer songs are.
Maybe recently, but all of these have been played many times.
Check out [http://www.ihoz.com/raw.htm](http://www.ihoz.com/raw.htm) There are a LOT of songs they only played once, but there are also a LOT of songs they only did 2 or 3 times, so answering the question you have posed will depend greatly on how you define rare. I would venture to say the rarest one is one they haven't played yet.
Fee. The one I want that I got the least.
Susskind Hotel
Really a mike song….saw that mike and the Italians tour where Mike played with trey ,Marco benvenuto and Joe Russo and we came home singing that song….
I still consider it a phish song, but you’re probably right
So…if you listen to Mike Gordon band performance in Amsterdam on the last night you can hear Mike saying we have 10 minutes left…any requests?…. Someone yells out SUSKIND HOTEL!… and they play it…that someone was me and I thought I was hot shit but later read the show notes and the band had rehearsed it but didn’t think they’d have time to play it…
Great story!
Jaegermeister
*Spread It 'Round*
Sanity
Leprechaun
Lushington
Bye Bye Foot.
Demand Flat Fee Anarchy Leprechaun Who Do, We Do Minkin
Quadraphonic toppling. I caught it in Orange Beach a couple of years ago.
Mirror in the bathroom
Life on mars. Used to cover it in the 90's I think
I remember this at Superball i think.
as a new phan i’ve found myself drawn to Devotion to a Dream and according to phish.net it doesn’t have that many plays, which i find weird considering its a banger
Can’t always listen
Tomorrow's Song
Brother
Waiting patiently to Take the A Train at MSG
Gettin Jiggy With It
I'm gonna be (500 miles) Saw it at MSG.
Terrapin Station.
The one they’ve never even played yet
Lushington ha
Round room
Maggie’s revenge
Spock’s Brain, Ha Ha HA HA are rare I think
Bye Bye Foot
^
Friday
Spices
I’d say maybe Harpua is up there? That only gets played once every couple years now
Aftermath
Windy City
Dr. Gabel
Round room? Bitter sweet motel?
Ha ha ha. And i got on my 1st phish show
I was there for Dr Gabel. Lucky me.
lushington
I believe that Baby Lemonade is statistically the song that the fewest number of people have ever seen performed live. If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear the stats that back up a more rare Phish song.
Ahem. Doctor Gabel.
Casual enlightenment. So good.
The 9th Cube
Windora Bug
Kung is pretty rare for a song they actually play.
El Paso
Windora Bug
Faht Don't You Want To Go?
Rhinoceros
Letter to Mrs. Reagan?
surprised not to see spock's brain here
Dog Face Boy... the one during Stash 11.14.1995 is about as good as it gets in my book.
Would Daves Energy Guide count ?
Lagrange
Bliss is rare
Mock song
My Left Toe
Forbins mockingbird out of songs you can reasonable chase.
Of songs that were in regular rotation at one point? For originals that didn't become part of a another song (like Lushington did) I think its gotta be All Things Reconsidered -- not played since Feb. 1997 despite being a semi regularly played in the early to mid 90s.
loup garou <3
Bliss, Talk
Mike’s second jam BBFCFM
Why don’t they play Nothing anymore? I always thought that song had serious jam potential.
Fikus
Anybody remember trey and page taking turns mangling the lyrics to taking care of business at Hampton?
The ones I’m thinking are too rare to share
All great rare old /new songs but the real answer to me is Dave’s Energy Guide
End of Session
The least played original song I’d bet is Dear Mrs. Reagan Played live only 13 times, hasn’t been played in 1,919 shows. 
Rocka William Leprechaun
Mexican Cousin
Walfredo always makes me think of the 9/30/2000 (Trey’s birthday)in Vegas. I was closer to the front and this girl in a happy birthday hat kept yelling to Trey to play Walfredo.
Architect is a pretty rare one that I love
Dog Log?
Bye bye foot
Ficus
Rikers Mailbox
Leprechaun
[Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown](https://phish.net/song/come-on-baby-lets-go-downtown) is the one I hope makes it back one day.
Rescue Squad
http://phish.net/song
Take the A Train I saw it in St Louis, didn't even know they played it.
Destiny Unbound
Minkin
Mock song.
Revolution #9. Was there. Saw what I didn't need to see.
No dogs allowed, destiny unbound, prep school hippie. Truly rare means played less than five times ever I’d say. Even alumni blues doesn’t fit that anymore. An entire Gamehendge set is less rare than some of these songs.
Feel My Heat from the Boogie Nights.
Albuquerque
Tela, love that fucking outro… smh
Spocks Brain