Esther
Performances Song History Discussion

Esther has not been seen in 11 shows.
It was played at 8.14% of live shows.
There have been 1323 shows since the live debut.
Esther has been played, on average, once every 12 shows.
Since its debut, Esther has been played, on average, every 11 shows.
It was played 119 time(s) at the following show(s):

Show Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes Reviews
1988
1988-09-12 Sam's Tavern, Burlington, VT 167 2 Harry Hood *** First known performance. 0
1989
1989-02-07 The Front, Burlington, VT 28 1 *** McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters 0
1989-04-14 The Base Lodge, Johnson State College, Stearns, VT 23 2 Weekapaug Groove *** 0
1989-04-15 Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 1 1 Weekapaug Groove You Enjoy Myself 0
1989-04-20 Humphries House (The Zoo), Amherst College, Amherst, MA 2 1 Fire Suzy Greenberg 0
1989-05-01 Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA 7 1 You Enjoy Myself AC/DC Bag 0
1989-05-06 Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 3 1 Weekapaug Groove The Sloth 0
1989-05-09 The Front, Burlington, VT 3 2 Slave to the Traffic Light Run Like an Antelope 2
1989-05-28 Ian McLean’s Party, Connie Condon’s Farm, Hebron, NY 10 1 Slave to the Traffic Light Suzy Greenberg 0
1989-10-12 Mabel Brown Room, Keene State College, Keene, NH 36 2 Weekapaug Groove Walk Away 0
1989-11-02 Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 9 1 Split Open and Melt Good Times Bad Times 0
1989-12-03 The Front, Burlington, VT 10 2 AC/DC Bag > > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony 0
1989-12-09 Huden Dining Hall, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 5 2 Fluffhead Alumni Blues 0
1990
1990-01-20 Webster Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 8 2 Lawn Boy Mike's Song 0
1990-01-26 Tree Café, Portland, ME 2 2 Split Open and Melt Reba 0
1990-02-10 23 East Caberet, Ardmore, PA 13 2 La Grange AC/DC Bag 0
1990-02-16 The Paradise, Boston, MA 2 1 Fluffhead Mike's Song 0
1990-02-24 The Bayou, Washington, DC 4 1 The Divided Sky > Possum 1
1990-03-02 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 3 1 Possum The Squirming Coil 0
1990-03-03 The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY 1 2 Fluffhead Funky Bitch 1
1990-03-07 Field House, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2 1 Possum Caravan 0
1990-03-10 The Front, Burlington, VT 3 1 Wilson McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters 0
1990-03-17 23 East Caberet, Ardmore, PA 3 1 Golgi Apparatus Dinner and a Movie 0
1990-04-04 Quigley's, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 6 2 Weekapaug Groove Uncle Pen 0
1990-04-06 El Dorado Café, Crested Butte, CO 2 2 La Grange The Sloth 0
1990-04-09 Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride, CO 3 2 Funky Bitch Uncle Pen 0
1990-04-13 The Inferno, Steamboat Springs, CO 3 1 Fluffhead La Grange 0
1990-04-21 Canyon West Room, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO 5 1 Funky Bitch Foam 0
1990-04-22 Cutler Quad, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 1 2 How High the Moon Big Black Furry Creature from Mars 1
1990-04-25 The Clarke Memorial Fountain, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN 1 1 You Enjoy Myself La Grange 0
1990-04-26 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 1 2 How High the Moon Bathtub Gin 0
1990-05-06 Toad's Place, New Haven, CT 5 2 Harry Hood David Bowie 1
1990-05-31 The Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA 14 1 Caravan > Tweezer 0
1990-06-16 Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT 8 2 Golgi Apparatus Tweezer 1
1990-09-21 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 11 1 Foam The Landlady 0
1990-09-28 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY 3 2 AC/DC Bag > Gumbo 0
1990-10-04 Field House, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 4 1 The Landlady Possum 0
1990-10-06 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 2 1 Suzy Greenberg Possum 0
1990-10-12 Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC 5 1 Cavern Tweezer 0
1990-11-02 Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 13 1 Weekapaug Groove Cavern 1
1990-11-17 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 9 2 Weekapaug Groove Love You 0
1990-11-30 The Colonial Theatre, Keene, NH 4 1 Weekapaug Groove Dinner and a Movie 0
1990-12-29 Campus Club, Providence, RI 6 1 You Enjoy Myself David Bowie 0
1991
1991-02-02 Alumni Gymnasium, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 3 1 Dinner and a Movie > Stash 0
1991-02-03 The Front, Burlington, VT 1 1 Tweezer Destiny Unbound 0
1991-02-14 The State Theatre, Ithaca, NY 5 2 Runaway Jim Alumni Blues 1
1991-02-19 The Bayou, Washington, DC 3 2 The Landlady Split Open and Melt 0
1991-02-28 Sarratt Student Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 7 1 Foam Mike's Song 0
1991-03-13 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO 7 1 The Divided Sky Llama 0
1991-03-17 Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO 3 2 Runaway Jim > My Sweet One Trey repeated the first line of Esther several times. 0
1991-03-31 Berkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley, CA 6 1 My Sweet One Possum 0
1991-04-03 Britt Ballroom, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 2 2 Stash > The Landlady 0
1991-04-18 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 9 1 My Sweet One Chalk Dust Torture 1
1991-04-20 Douglas Dining Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 2 1 The Landlady Chalk Dust Torture 0
1991-05-09 Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, ME 9 2 Stash Split Open and Melt 0
1991-07-14 Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT 11 3 The Landlady Chalk Dust Torture 2
1991-07-21 Arrowhead Ranch, Parksville, NY 5 2 The Sloth AC/DC Bag 1
1991-08-03 Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy’s Farm, Auburn, ME 6 2 Tweezer Cavern 0
1991-09-27 The Warehouse, Rochester, NY 3 1 Buried Alive > Tweezer 0
1991-10-03 Mabel's, Champaign, IL 5 2 Weekapaug Groove The Landlady 1
1991-10-12 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 6 1 Stash The Divided Sky 0
1991-10-17 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 3 1 Stash Chalk Dust Torture 1
1991-11-13 Love Auditorium, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 18 1 Chalk Dust Torture Cavern 0
1991-11-21 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 6 1 Split Open and Melt Mike's Song 1
1991-12-31 Worcester Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA 9 1 The Divided Sky Llama 5
1992
1992-03-17 Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC 7 2 Tweezer -> Mike's Song 0
1992-04-06 Paul Wright Gym, Western State College, Gunnison, CO 16 1 Brother Chalk Dust Torture 0
1992-04-18 Wilbur Field, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 8 1 Split Open and Melt Possum 2
1992-04-30 Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI 8 1 Rift Run Like an Antelope 0
1992-05-07 The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH 6 1 Runaway Jim Split Open and Melt 0
1992-07-15 Trax, Charlottesville, VA 23 2 The Divided Sky My Sweet One Random Note signal. 1
1992-08-17 The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA 19 2 Tweezer Mike's Song 0
1992-11-19 Ross Arena, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT 11 1 The Divided Sky Axilla 0
1992-11-28 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 7 1 Stash Chalk Dust Torture 1
1992-12-04 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO 5 2 David Bowie Possum 0
1992-12-11 Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI 6 2 Weekapaug Groove Axilla 0
1992-12-30 Symphony Hall, Springfield, MA 5 1 Split Open and Melt Chalk Dust Torture 0
1993
1993-02-09 Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 7 1 Chalk Dust Torture -> Maze 0
1993-02-12 Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 3 1 Split Open and Melt The Wedge Intro included Simpsons and Random Note signals. 1
1993-02-15 Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2 1 The Divided Sky Chalk Dust Torture 0
1993-02-21 Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA 5 1 Chalk Dust Torture > Dinner and a Movie Began with Page modifying the intro (including a brief reggae attempt) and included a Simpsons signal. 0
1993-03-09 Pike's Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO 11 1 Maze The Divided Sky 0
1993-03-16 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ 4 2 Bathtub Gin -> Secret Language Instructions 0
1993-03-16 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ 0 2 Secret Language Instructions -> Chalk Dust Torture 0
1993-03-21 Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA 4 1 The Divided Sky All Things Reconsidered 1
1993-03-30 Hilton Ballroom, Eugene, OR 7 1 Llama Stash 0
1993-04-16 The Macauley Theater, Louisville, KY 11 1 Split Open and Melt Llama 0
1993-04-22 The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH 5 1 Chalk Dust Torture Stash 0
1993-05-03 State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ 9 1 Chalk Dust Torture Split Open and Melt 1
1993-07-18 IC Light Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA 10 1 Maze The Divided Sky 0
1993-07-30 The Veranda at Starwood, Antioch, TN 9 1 Stash Chalk Dust Torture 0
1993-08-11 Eastbrook Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI 8 2 Weekapaug Groove > All Things Reconsidered 0
1993-08-14 World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL 3 1 Split Open and Melt Poor Heart 1
1993-08-26 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR 8 1 Split Open and Melt It's Ice 1
1993-12-28 Bender Arena, American University, Washington, DC 2 1 Split Open and Melt > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony 2
1994
1994-04-10 Alumni Arena, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 9 1 Split Open and Melt Chalk Dust Torture 0
1994-04-23 The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 11 1 Stash Down with Disease Caravan tease at beginning. 0
1994-05-06 Tower Theater, Houston, TX 10 1 Stash Chalk Dust Torture 0
1994-05-29 Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA 18 2 Split Open and Melt Chalk Dust Torture 0
1994-06-13 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS 4 2 Weekapaug Groove Cavern 0
1994-06-21 Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH 6 2 Split Open and Melt Chalk Dust Torture 1
1994-07-05 Congress Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 11 1 Stash Down with Disease 0
1994-10-10 Palace Theatre, Louisville, KY 12 2 Maze > Tweezer 0
1994-10-20 Mahaffey Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL 7 1 Split Open and Melt Julius Random Note and Simpsons signals. 1
1994-11-12 MAC Center, Kent State University, Kent, OH 13 1 Stash Chalk Dust Torture 0
1994-11-25 UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 10 1 Split Open and Melt Julius 1
1995
1995-06-16 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC 25 1 Down with Disease > Ya Mar 0
1995-10-19 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO 30 1 Punch You In the Eye Chalk Dust Torture 0
1995-11-14 University of Central Florida Arena, Orlando, FL 14 1 The Divided Sky Free 0
1995-12-05 Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 15 1 Free David Bowie 0
1996
1996-08-12 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 40 1 Split Open and Melt Chalk Dust Torture 1
1996-08-16 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY 3 1 AC/DC Bag The Divided Sky 2
1996-10-19 Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY 5 1 Free Llama 1
1998
1998-08-01 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI 139 1 Mike's Song -> > Weekapaug Groove 1
1998-08-09 Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA 6 1 Birds of a Feather Roggae 0
2000
2000-09-30 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV 146 1 Saw It Again > Weekapaug Groove Flubbed lyrics for the final verse, ending with Trey proclaiming: “She died. Dead.” 0
2009
2009-08-01 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 89 2 Free Dirt 1
2009-08-15 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD 8 1 Foam Ha Ha Ha 5
2009-11-01 Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA 4 e Grind Tweezer Reprise 9
2009-11-25 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA 6 2 You Enjoy Myself Time Turns Elastic 3

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