Scent of a Mule as performed by Phish

Scent of a Mule was played at 7.06% of live Phish shows.
It was last played August 2, 2024, which was 65 shows ago.
There have been 1,260 shows since the live debut.
“Scent of a Mule” has been played approximately once every 14.2 shows.
Since its debut, “Scent of a Mule” has been played, on average, once every 8.6 shows.
It was played 147 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes
1994-04-04 The Flynn Theatre 822 1 Sample Maze Debut.
1994-04-06 Concert Hall 2 1 Sample Fee
1994-04-10 Alumni Arena, SUNY Buffalo 3 1 IDK DwD
1994-04-14 Beacon Theatre 3 2 Silent > YEM
1994-04-21 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memor... 6 2 Weekapaug BBJ
1994-04-29 Boatyard Village Pavilion 7 1 FEFY > Sloth
1994-05-03 Starwood Amphitheatre 3 1 Coil Sample
1994-05-07 The Bomb Factory 3 1 FEFY > SOAMelt
1994-05-10 Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre 2 2 Julius Hood
1994-05-13 Hayden Square 2 2 Peaches > YEM
1994-05-17 The Arlington Theatre 3 1 If I Could -> Ginseng
1994-05-20 Campus Rec Center 2 1 FEFY Dog Faced Boy
1994-05-25 Warfield Theatre 4 1 Axilla (Part II) > MSO
1994-06-09 Triad Amphitheater 5 2 Halley's -> Ginseng
1994-06-11 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2 2 Fluffhead SOAMelt
1994-06-13 Memorial Hall 1 2 JJLC > BBJ
1994-06-17 Eagles Ballroom 3 1 Gin Cavern
1994-06-19 State Theater 2 1 FEFY Stash
1994-06-22 Veterans Memorial Auditorium 2 1 If I Could > Stash
1994-06-25 Nautica Stage 3 1 Sample Tela
1994-06-26 Municipal Auditorium 1 2 Wolfman's > Dog Faced Boy
1994-06-30 Classic Amphitheater 2 1 Glide > Bouncin'
1994-07-02 Garden State Arts Center 2 1 FEFY > Tweezer
1994-07-09 Great Woods 5 1 Guelah DwD
1994-07-14 Finger Lakes Performing Arts... 3 1 TMWSIY Fluffhead
1994-07-16 Summerstage at Sugarbush North 2 2 Bag > Hood
1994-10-07 Stabler Arena, Lehigh Univer... 1 2 Wilson > Tweezer
1994-10-09 A. J. Palumbo Center 2 2 Bouncin' YEM
1994-10-12 Orpheum Theatre 2 2 Bouncin' YEM
1994-10-15 Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 3 2 Halley's -> YEM
1994-10-18 Vanderbilt University Memori... 2 2 Reba Lifeboy Béla Fleck on banjo.
1994-10-21 Sunrise Musical Theatre 2 2 FEFY > Slave
1994-10-26 Varsity Gym, Appalachian Sta... 3 1 Dog Faced Boy Oh Kee Pa
1994-10-28 Gaillard Auditorium 2 1 Guelah > Stash
1994-11-02 Bangor Auditorium 3 1 Stash WMGGW
1994-11-04 Onondaga War Memorial Audito... 2 1 Mockingbird > Suzy
1994-11-14 DeVos Hall 3 1 My Friend Guelah
1994-11-17 Hara Arena 2 1 Helter Skelter Maze
1994-11-20 Dane County Coliseum 4 1 Fee > Stash
1994-11-23 The Fox Theatre 2 2 Fee -> Tweezer
1994-11-28 Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Mo... 3 1 2001 Stash
1994-12-03 Event Center 4 1 Guelah Antelope
1994-12-08 Spreckels Theatre 4 1 Bag > PYITE
1994-12-30 MSG 5 1 Fee > Cavern
1995-06-07 BSU Pavilion 3 1 If I Could > Wedge
1995-06-09 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2 2 Wedge Cavern
1995-06-15 Lakewood Amphitheatre 4 2 Theme Acoustic Army
1995-06-22 Finger Lakes Performing Arts... 5 1 Sample Ha Ha Ha
1995-06-25 The Mann 3 2 Sample Mike's
1995-06-30 Great Woods 4 1 Bag > Horn
1995-07-02 Summerstage at Sugarbush North 2 2 Makisupa -> Tweezer
1995-09-28 Summer Pops, Embarcadero Center 3 1 Billy Breathes Stash
1995-09-30 Shoreline Amphitheatre 2 2 If I Could > Mike's
1995-10-05 Memorial Coliseum 3 2 Mockingbird > > Cavern
1995-10-14 Austin Music Hall 6 2 Hello My Baby Cavern
1995-10-20 Five Seasons Arena 4 2 Timber Ho > > Simple
1995-10-25 St. Paul Civic Center 4 1 Wedge Free
1995-10-28 The Palace of Auburn Hills 2 2 Theme > YEM
1995-11-10 The Fox Theatre 4 2 Free YEM
1995-11-15 Sun Dome, University of Sout... 4 2 Theme > > Mike's
1995-11-19 Charlotte Coliseum 3 2 Billy Breathes Hood
1995-11-24 Civic Arena 3 2 Catapult Gin
1995-11-30 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wrig... 4 2 Antelope > Free (Call to the Post tease)
1995-12-05 Mullins Center, University o... 4 2 Keyboard Army > Jam
1995-12-11 Cumberland County Civic Center 4 2 Taste That Surrounds Hood
1995-12-16 Olympic Center 4 2 Reba Cavern
1995-12-30 MSG 4 2 Lifeboy > Cavern (Entrance of the Gladiators tease)
1996-04-26 New Orleans Fairgrounds 2 1 Wolfman's > > 2001
1996-06-06 Joyous Lake 1 1 BBFCFM Highway to Hell Trey on keys for portions. (Sunshine of Your Love tease)
1996-07-05 Stadio Olimpico 2 1 YEM > Bowie
1996-07-11 Shepherd's Bush Empire 5 1 Stash Sample
1996-07-23 Markthalle 9 1 Gumbo DwD
1996-08-04 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 4 2 Reba Sample
1996-08-10 Alpine Valley 4 2 DwD > Free (Sunshine of Your Love, Hatzi Kaddish, and Hatzi Kaddish teases )
1996-08-17 Plattsburgh Air Force Base 5 3 Frankenstein Tweezer Page/Fish Mule Duel.
1996-10-17 Bryce Jordan Center 2 2 Gin Free
1996-10-22 MSG 4 2 Lawn Boy Mike's
1996-10-27 North Charleston Coliseum 4 1 Fee > -> Catapult
1996-10-27 North Charleston Coliseum 0 1 Catapult -> SOAMelt
1996-11-06 Knoxville Civic Coliseum 5 2 Weekapaug Sample
1996-11-14 Hilton Coliseum 6 2 Steep > Life on Mars?
1996-11-18 Mid-South Coliseum 3 2 Steep > Tweezer
1996-11-27 Key Arena 5 2 JJLC > Tweezer Fish on vacuum. (Theme from The Brady Bunch tease)
1996-12-02 America West Arena 4 2 Free Hood Unfinished.
1996-12-30 FleetCenter 5 2 Lifeboy > Slave Page/Mike Mule Duel and Steven W...
1997-02-14 Le Botanique 3 2 Rock A William > ADITL Unfinished.
1997-02-26 Longhorn 9 2 Theme > > Jam
1997-02-26 Longhorn 0 2 Magilla > Slave
1997-07-06 Spiaggia di Rivoltella 20 1 CTB CDT
1997-08-09 Alpine Valley 16 2 Steep > Slave Duel between Trey and Mike after...
1997-08-17 Loring Commerce Centre 6 3 Dirt -> Digital Delay Loop Jam
1997-08-17 Loring Commerce Centre 0 3 Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Caspian
1997-11-16 McNichols Arena 3 1 CTB Poor Heart Pete Wernick on banjo. (Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease)
1997-12-28 USAir Arena 19 2 Drowned > Halley's The Mule Duel contained a slow j... (Roundabout tease)
1998-07-09 Zeleste 15 2 Circus > -> Blister in the Sun
1998-07-09 Zeleste 0 2 Blister in the Sun > Hood
1998-07-24 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 8 2 2001 > > Ha Ha Ha (Theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly tease)
1998-07-24 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 0 2 Ha Ha Ha -> Slave
1998-10-30 Thomas & Mack Center 23 1 Meat > > Back at the Chicken Shack
1998-10-30 Thomas & Mack Center 0 1 Back at the Chicken Shack > Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
1998-11-15 Murphy Center, Middle Tennes... 11 1 Driver Cavern
1998-11-28 The Centrum 8 2 Loving Cup > Caspian Mike/Fish "duel."
1999-12-11 First Union Spectrum 61 1 Circus Cavern
2000-06-25 ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek 26 2 FEFY > Meat
2000-09-12 Tweeter Center 19 1 Wolfman's My Soul
2000-09-23 Allstate Arena 7 2 NICU > FEFY
2003-02-22 U.S. Bank Arena 21 1 Dirt > WotC
2003-07-29 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Sta... 22 1 Cool It Down Fee (Wouldn't It Be Loverly tease)
2003-12-30 American Airlines Arena 11 1 Strange Design > Gin
2004-04-15 Thomas & Mack Center 2 2 Free > Girls Girls Girls
2004-04-15 Thomas & Mack Center 0 2 Girls Girls Girls -> Secret Smile
2004-08-11 Tweeter Center 14 1 Caspian > -> The Tears of a Clown
2004-08-11 Tweeter Center 0 1 The Tears of a Clown > Mexican Cousin
2009-03-08 Hampton Coliseum 6 1 My Friend All of These Dreams
2009-06-06 Comcast Center 5 2 Fluffhead Heavy Things
2010-08-14 Alpine Valley 68 2 WTU? > Mike's
2010-10-26 Verizon Wireless Arena 15 1 Curtain With > ASIHTOS
2010-12-31 MSG 7 1 Moma > Burn That Bridge
2011-06-10 Susquehanna Bank Center 12 1 Guelah Cavern
2011-06-17 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr... 5 1 Wolfman's STFTFP (The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) tease)
2011-08-15 UIC Pavilion, University of ... 12 1 Guelah JJLC
2011-09-02 Dick's 3 1 Sparks > STFTFP
2011-12-31 MSG 7 1 Wolfman's STFTFP
2012-06-23 First Niagara Pavilion 10 1 Moma > 46 Days Mule duel featured Page on there...
2012-07-07 SPAC 9 2 Caspian -> -> Blister in the Sun
2012-07-07 SPAC 0 2 Blister in the Sun -> > Mike's
2013-07-14 Merriweather 26 1 Stash It's Ice Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2013-07-19 Northerly Island 3 1 My Soul 46 Days Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2013-08-05 Hollywood Bowl 11 1 Roses > Ocelot With full band drum solo and Fis...
2013-10-22 BlueCross Arena 7 1 KDF Timber Ho Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2014-07-05 SPAC 18 1 My Friend > Undermind Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2014-07-20 Northerly Island 10 1 The Line > Gin Fish on Marimba Lumina and all f...
2014-10-22 Santa Barbara Bowl 15 2 Twenty Years Later > 2001 With Fish on Marimba Lumina and ...
2014-10-31 MGM Grand 6 1 Ghost > Sample
2015-01-03 American Airlines Arena 6 1 Cavern > Plasma (Smoke on the Water tease)
2015-08-11 The Mann 15 1 Farmhouse > Ghost Fish on Marimba Lumina. (Martian Monster quote)
2015-09-06 Dick's 10 1 The Line > Saw It Again Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2016-07-03 SPAC 16 1 Ocelot > Possum Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2016-07-22 The Forum 10 2 Wedge R&R Trey and Fish on Marimba Lumina.
2017-08-05 MSG 43 1 Frost > Fire (Sunshine of Your Love tease)
2018-10-17 Times Union Center 31 1 Wolfman's > NICU
2019-07-02 SPAC 34 2 Wilson > FYF Lyrics changed to reference Cath... (Cathy's Clown quote)
2019-11-29 Dunkin' Donuts Center 12 1 Steam > Bye Bye Foot
2021-08-10 Hersheypark Stadium 25 2 Joy Golden Age
2021-10-22 Ak-Chin Pavilion 18 1 Bouncin' More
2022-09-01 Dick's 47 1 DwD -> Ocelot
2024-08-02 Ruoff Music Center 74 1 Shade > Pillow Jets

"Scent of a Mule" was teased at the following shows

Show Date Artist Song (Tease Type) Venue
1994-05-04 Phish It's Ice (Tease) State Palace Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA
1994-07-13 Phish Big Black Furry Creature from Mars (Tease) Big Birch Concert Pavilion, Patterson, NY, USA
1995-10-20 Phish Run Like an Antelope (Tease) Five Seasons Arena, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
2012-06-23 Phish You Enjoy Myself (Tease) First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA, USA
2014-07-20 Phish Bathtub Gin (Tease) FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL, USA

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