Colonel Forbin's Ascent
Performances Song History Discussion

Colonel Forbin's Ascent has not been seen in 22 shows.
It was played at 7.66% of live shows.
There have been 1386 shows since the live debut.
Colonel Forbin's Ascent has been played, on average, once every 13 shows.
Since its debut, Colonel Forbin's Ascent has been played, on average, every 12 shows.
It was played 112 time(s) at the following show(s):

Show Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes Reviews
1988
1988-03-12 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 104 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird First known performance. 0
1988-03-21 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 2 1 I Didn't Know > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-03-31 Kenny's Castaways, New York, NY 2 1 The Lizards > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-04-22 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 6 2 *** > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-07-11 Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT 26 1 Bold As Love > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-07-23 Pete's Phabulous Phish Phest, Underhill, VT 2 1 Jam > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-07-24 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 1 1 Funky Bitch > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-07-29 The Roma, Telluride, CO 3 2 Icculus > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-08-03 Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride, CO 2 1 Sneakin' Sally through the Alley > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-08-13 The Front, Burlington, VT 7 1 Take the 'A' Train > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-09-08 The Front, Burlington, VT 9 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-11-11 The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH 13 2 Golgi Apparatus > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-12-10 The Red Barn, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 3 1 Wilson > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1988-12-17 The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH 5 1 Possum > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989
1989-01-26 The Paradise, Boston, MA 5 2 Icculus > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-02-06 The Front, Burlington, VT 4 3 The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-02-24 The Front, Burlington, VT 7 1 Foam > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-03-03 Living and Learning Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 3 2 Walk Away > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1989-04-07 The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH 12 1 *** > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-05-01 Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA 12 2 Icculus > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-05-06 Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 3 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-05-28 Ian McLean’s Party, Connie Condon’s Farm, Hebron, NY 13 1 Run Like an Antelope > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-08-26 Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT 20 1 Fluffhead > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1989-09-14 MacPhie Pub, Tufts University, Medford, MA 8 1 Foam > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-10-12 Mabel Brown Room, Keene State College, Keene, NH 8 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-10-13 Clement's Brew Pub, Syracuse, NY 1 2 AC/DC Bag *** 1
1989-10-20 The Front, Burlington, VT 2 1 Bundle of Joy > > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-10-22 The Front, Burlington, VT 2 1 La Grange > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-10-28 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 2 1 You Enjoy Myself > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1989-10-31 Goddard College, Plainfield, VT 1 2 Reba > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1989-11-03 Tree Café, Portland, ME 2 1 *** > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1989-11-30 The Paradise, Boston, MA 7 2 Possum > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990
1990-01-28 The Front, Burlington, VT 19 1 Carolina > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-02-25 8x10 Club, Baltimore, MD 18 1 My Sweet One > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-03-02 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 2 1 Take the 'A' Train > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-03-09 The Front, Burlington, VT 5 1 Bouncing Around the Room > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-04-07 El Dorado Café, Crested Butte, CO 13 2 Golgi Apparatus > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-04-14 The Inferno, Steamboat Springs, CO 6 1 The Divided Sky > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-04-20 Ramskeller, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 3 1 Bouncing Around the Room > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-09-21 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 42 2 Stash > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-10-07 Club Bene, Sayreville, NJ 10 1 Destiny Unbound > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-11-02 Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 17 2 Suzy Greenberg > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1990-11-26 The Haunt, Ithaca, NY 11 2 Uncle Pen > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1990-12-28 The Marquee, New York, NY 7 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991
1991-02-08 The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH 8 1 Buried Alive > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-03-16 Ten Mile Room, Breckenridge, CO 21 1 Rocky Top > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-03-23 The Inferno, Steamboat Springs, CO 3 1 Possum > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-03-31 Berkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley, CA 4 1 Runaway Jim > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-04-04 WOW Hall, Eugene, OR 3 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-04-15 The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 6 1 Chalk Dust Torture > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1991-04-21 SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 5 2 The Landlady > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-05-02 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 5 1 The Landlady > Fly Famous Mockingbird Jamie Janover on didgeridoo. 1
1991-05-04 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 2 2 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird Guest horn player. 0
1991-05-16 The Sting, New Britain, CT 5 1 The Divided Sky > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-07-14 Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT 7 1 My Sweet One > Fly Famous Mockingbird 2
1991-09-30 The Dugout Lounge, University of Ohio, Athens, OH 17 1 Stash > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-10-13 North Shore Surf Club, Olympia, WA 9 1 The Landlady > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1991-10-27 Elk Ballroom, Telluride, CO 8 2 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-11-02 Lory Student Center Theatre, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 5 1 Bouncing Around the Room > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1991-11-13 Love Auditorium, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 7 2 David Bowie > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-11-20 Campus Club, Providence, RI 5 1 Possum > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1991-12-07 The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH 9 1 Foam > Fly Famous Mockingbird 2
1992
1992-03-19 Palace Theatre, New Haven, CT 9 1 Dinner and a Movie > > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-03-24 Flood Zone, Richmond, VA 4 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration gave brief recap of Gamehendge saga; Wilson teases. 0
1992-03-31 The Blue Note, Columbia, MO 6 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-04-16 Anaconda Theatre, Isla Vista, CA 11 1 Maze > Icculus Harpua teases. 1
1992-04-21 Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, Eureka, CA 4 2 Dinner and a Movie > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-04-24 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 3 1 Runaway Jim > Icculus Narration included references to The Wizard of Oz and also contained a tease of Miss Gulch / Witch's theme. 0
1992-05-02 Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL 5 1 Runaway Jim > Icculus Referenced the L.A. riots that ensued after the Rodney King verdict was announced. 0
1992-05-06 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI 3 1 Brother > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1992-05-17 Achilles Rink, Union College, Schenectady, NY 9 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1992-11-21 Pritchard Gym, SB Sports Complex, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 47 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-11-27 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 4 1 The Divided Sky > > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-12-04 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO 6 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-12-08 Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI 4 1 Llama > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1992-12-31 Matthews Arena, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 8 2 Sparkle > > Fly Famous Mockingbird Brad Sands was hoisted above the crowd as The Famous Mockingbird (in complete costume). Narration was about being taken underwater and turned into stone. 0
1993
1993-02-07 Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC 5 1 Sparkle > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-02-19 Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA 9 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration recalled the flood from Phish’s last Atlanta performance, on March 28, 1992 0
1993-02-25 The Cameo Theatre, Miami Beach, FL 5 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-03-08 Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM 7 1 Llama -> How High the Moon 0
1993-03-18 The Palace, Hollywood, CA 7 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 2
1993-03-22 Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA 3 2 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1993-03-25 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA 2 2 Uncle Pen -> Kung 1
1993-04-05 HUB Ballroom, Seattle, WA 9 1 Stash > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-04-13 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS 4 1 Possum > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1993-04-21 Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH 6 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-04-25 Kuhl Gym, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 4 1 Runaway Jim > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-05-03 State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ 6 1 Split Open and Melt -> The Vibration of Life 1
1993-05-03 State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ 0 1 The Vibration of Life -> > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1993-07-29 Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN 18 1 My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-08-07 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY 6 1 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration dealt with the "Roller Coaster of the Mind." 0
1993-08-15 The Macauley Theater, Louisville, KY 7 1 Stash > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1993-12-30 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME 11 1 Paul and Silas > Fly Famous Mockingbird 3
1994
1994-04-11 Snivley Arena, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 8 2 Maze > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1994-04-24 Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC 11 2 Julius > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1994-05-25 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA 23 1 Stash > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1994-06-16 State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN 10 2 Run Like an Antelope -> Kung 0
1994-06-26 Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, WV 9 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1994-07-08 Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, MA 8 1 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird 1
1994-10-14 McAlister Auditorium, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 13 1 Rift > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1994-10-27 University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 10 1 Maze -> The Vibration of Life 0
1994-11-04 Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY 6 1 David Bowie -> The Vibration of Life 2
1994-11-04 Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY 0 1 The Vibration of Life -> > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration based around Vibration of Life. 2
1994-11-17 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH 5 1 Dog Faced Boy > The Vibration of Life 1
1994-11-30 Campus Recreation Center, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA 9 1 Reba -> The Vibration of Life 0
1994-11-30 Campus Recreation Center, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA 0 1 The Vibration of Life -> > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1995
1995-10-05 Memorial Colisem, Portland, OR 43 2 Runaway Jim > Fly Famous Mockingbird 0
1995-12-01 Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA 35 1 Chalk Dust Torture > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration referenced chocolate and the rhombus. 2
1995-12-31 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 16 1 Maze -> Shine Narration discussed how Phish makes time in the Phish Time Factory. 1
1996
1996-08-07 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 25 2 Free > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration had Trey tell of giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there. 0
1996-10-31 The Omni, Atlanta, GA 18 1 Reba > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration referred to David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus, threw Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the "evil" Famous Mockingbird. 1
1997
1997-08-14 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY 78 2 Jam > -> Merry Pranksters Jam 5
1998
1998-08-07 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC 57 1 Ghost > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration offered an explanation for the evening’s lunar eclipse. 0
2000
2000-09-30 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV 148 2 AC/DC Bag > Fly Famous Mockingbird Narration referenced the band's upcoming hiatus. 0
2009
2009-08-14 The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT 96 1 NICU > Fly Famous Mockingbird 6

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