Harpua
Performances Song History Discussion

Harpua has not been seen in 20 shows.
It was played at 3.97% of live shows.
There have been 1420 shows since the live debut.
Harpua has been played, on average, once every 25 shows.
Since its debut, Harpua has been played, on average, every 24 shows.
It was played 58 time(s) at the following show(s):

Show Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes Reviews
1987
1987-08-09 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 70 2 Harry Hood Suzy Greenberg First known performance. 0
1987-08-21 Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY 2 2 Mike's Song -> Bundle of Joy Restarted after the opening lyric. 0
1987-08-21 Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY 0 2 Bundle of Joy -> -> Golgi Apparatus 0
1987-08-29 The Ranch, South Burlington, VT 2 2 The Divided Sky -> Bundle of Joy 0
1987-08-29 The Ranch, South Burlington, VT 0 2 Bundle of Joy -> *** 0
1987-11-19 Hunt's, Burlington, VT 16 3 Whipping Post Take the 'A' Train 0
1988
1988-03-11 The Base Lodge, Johnson State College, Stearns, VT 13 2 The Ballad of Curtis Loew AC/DC Bag 2
1988-04-22 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 11 2 Harry Hood *** 0
1988-05-15 Beecher Hill Farm, Hinesburg, VT 8 2 Whipping Post *** 0
1988-05-24 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 4 3 Corrina Run Like an Antelope 0
1988-06-21 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 8 3 *** I Didn't Know 0
1988-07-25 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 10 3 Skin It Back Big Black Furry Creature from Mars 0
1988-07-30 The Roma, Telluride, CO 3 3 Sneakin' Sally through the Alley *** 0
1988-08-05 The Roma, Telluride, CO 3 e *** *** 0
1988-11-03 Molly's Cafe, Boston, MA 24 3 Big Black Furry Creature from Mars David Bowie 0
1989
1989-03-14 Nectar's, Burlington, VT 35 1 You Enjoy Myself Foam 0
1989-04-20 Humphries House (The Zoo), Amherst College, Amherst, MA 12 2 Love You *** 0
1989-05-09 The Front, Burlington, VT 13 2 Bold As Love Whipping Post 2
1989-10-14 The Barn, Hobart College, Geneva, NY 48 2 Possum *** 1
1989-10-20 The Front, Burlington, VT 1 1 *** -> Bundle of Joy 0
1989-10-28 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 4 1 The Divided Sky *** 1
1989-11-10 Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 6 e *** Highway to Hell Sunshine of Your Love teases. 0
1990
1990-01-29 The Haunt, Ithaca, NY 24 1 Highway to Hell Fire Purple Haze jam. 0
1990-03-11 The Front, Burlington, VT 26 2 Split Open and Melt Slave to the Traffic Light Foxy Lady tease. 0
1990-04-07 El Dorado Café, Crested Butte, CO 11 2 Bike *** 0
1990-06-09 The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY 39 2 Terrapin Good Times Bad Times Funkytown teases. 0
1991
1991-04-18 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 104 e *** *** 1
1991-04-26 Hartman Union Activities Center, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 6 2 Harry Hood *** 0
1991-05-03 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 3 2 You Enjoy Myself Tweezer Reprise Narration featured Jimmy watching Cam and the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. 1
1991-10-28 Elk Ballroom, Telluride, CO 48 2 The Squirming Coil Hold Your Head Up On Top of Old Smokey teases from Mike. 0
1991-12-07 The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH 25 2 Hold Your Head Up *** 2
1992
1992-03-26 Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC 15 e Chalk Dust Torture *** Narration set in the "teeming jungles of Brazil," special guest appearance by Marley as "a vicious, flesh eating animal." Full-band Fire tease and high-pitched "Brazil" squawks from Fishman. 0
1992-04-04 Balch Fieldhouse, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 7 2 My Friend, My Friend Cavern 0
1992-04-22 Hilton Ballroom, Eugene, OR 13 2 Cold as Ice Runaway Jim 0
1992-05-09 The Syracuse Armory, Syracuse, NY 13 2 Tweezer Llama Two Simpsons signals and a brief Smells Like Teen Spirit tease. 0
1992-11-28 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 58 2 Hold Your Head Up Golgi Apparatus Jimmy Olsen’s Blues tease. 1
1992-12-31 Matthews Arena, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 17 3 Weekapaug Groove -> Kung 0
1992-12-31 Matthews Arena, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 0 3 Kung -> The Squirming Coil 0
1993
1993-02-12 Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 9 2 Harry Hood *** Narration included a Black or White jam as Jimmy was watching the halftime show of the Super Bowl and saw Michael Jackson. Poster then killed Harpua and then had a heart attack. 1
1993-03-31 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 34 2 You Enjoy Myself Chalk Dust Torture Axle F and She’s So Cold teases. 0
1993-04-14 American Theater, St. Louis, MO 9 2 You Enjoy Myself > Runaway Jim Narration centered on a story about people who steal your dreams at night; teases of Dreamweaver and The Jetsons theme as well as vocal quotes from The End. 0
1993-05-07 Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, ME 18 2 Harry Hood Highway to Hell Pieces of Crossroads. 0
1993-07-25 Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ 12 2 Hold Your Head Up Tweezer Reprise Taxi theme tease. 0
1993-08-20 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 19 1 The Divided Sky Poor Heart Narration told the history of Red Rocks and the fate of a giant iguana; Rock and Roll Part Two tease. 2
1994
1994-05-03 Starwood Ampitheater, Antioch, TN 34 2 Down with Disease Chalk Dust Torture 0
1994-06-17 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI 27 2 Weekapaug Groove -> Kung Voodoo Child and Simple teases. 1
1994-06-17 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI 0 2 Kung -> Sparkle 1
1994-06-30 Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, VA 10 2 Axilla (Part II) -> Kung 0
1994-06-30 Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, VA 0 2 Kung -> -> Honky Tonk Women 0
1994-06-30 Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, VA 0 2 Honky Tonk Women -> Run Like an Antelope 0
1994-07-16 Summer Stage at Sugarbush, North Fayston, VT 12 2 Run Like an Antelope -> Also Sprach Zarathustra Narration about comet that crashed into Jupiter. 2
1994-07-16 Summer Stage at Sugarbush, North Fayston, VT 0 2 Also Sprach Zarathustra -> AC/DC Bag 2
1994-10-16 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN 9 e2 *** *** Flash Light jam. Narration told of Jimmy attending a Bootsy Collins concert. 1
1994-10-31 Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY 11 1 The Divided Sky -> The Vibration of Life 2
1994-10-31 Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY 0 1 The Vibration of Life -> Julius Vibration of Death; War Pigs verse and I Love You tease from Trey. "The Vibration of Death is gone" replaced the usual "The storm is gone." 2
1994-11-25 UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 14 2 Simple -> Weekapaug Groove Narration concerned happy green love beams and angry red hate beams. 1
1995
1995-06-23 Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ 30 2 Run Like an Antelope -> Jam Unfinished; with Abba's Waterloo. 0
1995-10-31 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL 34 1 Run Like an Antelope *** Narration from Mike about raccoons. Beat It tease. 1
1996
1996-08-17 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY 64 e *** *** Unfinished. 1
1996-12-06 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 35 e *** -> Wildwood Weed Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde; opening segment in 4/4 time signature. 2
1996-12-06 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 0 e Wildwood Weed -> -> I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde 2
1996-12-06 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 0 e I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart -> -> Suspicious Minds Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde 2
1996-12-06 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 0 e Suspicious Minds -> Suzy Greenberg 2
1996-12-29 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 2 2 Vocal Jam -> Champagne Supernova Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” 0
1996-12-29 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 0 2 Champagne Supernova -> *** 0
1997
1997-08-16 Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME 54 1 Makisupa Policeman -> Chalk Dust Torture Picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off. 4
1997-12-30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 25 2 McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) “Pentagram Harpua;" also included a narrative about Lost in Space. 2
1997-12-30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 0 2 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) > Izabella 2
1998
1998-11-02 The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT 46 2 You Enjoy Myself > Speak to Me Narration picked up where 12/6/96 Harpua ended; Jimmy hitched a ride from Vegas to Salt Lake City and the driver was playing Dark Side of the Moon. 4
1998-11-02 The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT 0 2 Eclipse > *** 4
2003
2003-07-29 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA 171 2 Hold Your Head Up > David Bowie 3
2003-07-29 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA 0 2 Bittersweet Motel > > Fooled Around and Fell in Love 3
2003-07-29 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA 0 2 Brother > Bittersweet Motel Narration concerned Jimmy searching for “IT” and, eventually, joining a rock band and finding “IT” on the road. 3
2009
2009-08-16 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 60 2 Rock and Roll -> I Kissed a Girl 3
2009-08-16 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 0 2 Hold Your Head Up > You Enjoy Myself 3

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