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Tubbs has performed solo or lead on the following tunes: "I Didn't Know" (written by Nancy Taube); "Love You" (aka Honey Love), "Bike" and "Terrapin" (all three written by the Crazy Diamond himself, Syd Barrett), "Lengthwise" (original on Rift), Cracklin Rosie (Neil Diamond tune), "Big Black Furry Creatures From Mars" (rollicking hard core original), "Touch Me" (Doors tune, with horns), the infamous Prison Joke (from the 4-11-91 Carleton encore), "Kung" (a poem/chant Fish wrote years ago, which makes reference to a fascinating Kalahari hunter/gatherer culture, the !Kung), "If I Only Had a Brain" (from The Wizard of Oz), "Faht" (a fishman original, on Picture of Nectar; previously known as Windham Hell), "Minute by Minut" (a Doobie Brothers tune, circa 1981), "Purple Rain" (yes, the Prince song; started summer 1993; see esp. 8-20-93 with Mimi Fishman), "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Pink Floyd cover; start spring 93?), "Cryin" (by Aerosmith), "Suspicious Minds" (by Elvis, with cape and glasses), "Moby Dick" (originally by Led Zepplin; performed 2-19-93 and 11-29-97), "Sexual Healing" (8-7-98 and 8-16-98), and, of course, band introductions. He arrives from behind the drums to Mike and Page playing either "Hold Your Head Up" (released by Argent in 1972) or "Cold As Ice" (Foreigner, circa 1976) just as Trey takes over on drums. Occasionally, the vacuum has been used without a full-on Fishman bit. Finally, to note, no longer does every show have a Fishman solo song bit thing up front in the second set; it might come first set, in the encore, in the third set (!), some combination of those, or not at all.

See also, Henrietta's dress and other nicknames.12-11-99).

"C'mon! Nobody's the next anybody!"
-- Jon Fishman