Venues

The Bayou

Washington, DC, USA

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Top Rated Shows

Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1991-07-23 28 votes 4.1429/5
1991-11-16 26 votes 3.8462/5
1991-02-19 19 votes 3.5263/5
1990-02-24 17 votes 3.0000/5
1990-06-07 13 votes 3.0000/5
1990-10-08 13 votes 2.8462/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1990-02-24 by awolfoutwest 6
So we had been listening to the copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a partial tape of Junta for a couple of months, when word came down that Phish was going to be at the Bayou. Finally, a chance to see this amazing music played live...SWEET! It was hard to get a crew together in those days...
1991-11-16 by awolfoutwest 4
I posted this to the old digest on 11/17/91. I must've been deep in the weeds when I misremembered seeing them in late '89, but there ya go! Ahem: Well, that was some show Phish put on last night at the Bayou in Washington D.C. (11/16/91). At this writing, I have only seen PHISH 3 times, all...
1991-11-16 by Midcoaster 4
We were in the balcony instead of that strange pit downstairs at the Bayou. It was the first show where I noticed "hippie-twirling" in the back, and it registered as a form of cognitive dissonance. Well, there's no accounting to how people are going to react to the same input. The show was...
1990-02-24 by adamopp 4
My 1st show. For at least a year, I had been hearing great things about this really tight, Zappa-esque band from Burlington. Despite having lived in Maine for most of the 1985-1990 time frame, it wasn't until this gig in my hometown that I had the chance to see 'em for real. As I recall, the...
1991-07-23 by willet43 3
My first show. Some friends dragged me there -- had no idea who Phish was and I got a ticket at the door. I don't remember a whole lot about this show other than it was high energy and extremely hot as pretty much the whole bar was dancing. For those who remember The Bayou, it was dinky and dank....
1991-07-23 by Greiser 3
This was my 1st Phish show (!!!!) although I was very familiar with the band by this time and had several bootlegs I had been listening to. I was going to school in Fla. and they were mostly playing shows in the NE at this point, so had little opps to catch them. But I was home for the summer in...
1991-02-19 by Munch 3
I saw this show, having never heard of Phish at the time, but was reccomended by a friend. Probably about 100 people in the audience, and I remember thinking that it was the craziest show I had ever seen, particularly recall the "Whole Lotta Love" on a vaccuum cleaner....
1991-02-19 by TheEmu 2
Happy Birthday to Fishman! This is very solid show, both sound-wise and performance wise. The Bowie absolutely rages, although I thought the PA went out or something when they did the stop-on-a-dime trick, but then BAM, right back to the jam! SOAMelt also has an interesting start, and I think...
1991-11-16 • David Douglas McCallum by 1
(Published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) Well, that was some show Phish put on last night at the Bayou in Washington D.C. (11/16/91). At this writing, I have only seen PHISH 3 times, all at the Bayou (late 1989, Spring 1990, and last night). Luckily, I was dancing next to a guy...
1991-11-16 by kipmat 1
[url]http://https://forum.phish.net/forum/permalink/1378219560[/url] In the dawn of the file-sharing era on the internet, I spent some time tracking down mp3 files of Phish songs I had yet to hear. I ended up making a 90 minute mix tape of these obscure songs, including "Destiny Unbound",...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1991-11-16 • You Enjoy Myself (20:54) Set 2 Noteworthy
Must-hear jam segment; legendary "Mrs. Pizza Shit" YEM.
1990-10-08 • Magilla (6:51) Set 2 Noteworthy
Odd and awesome early version which, in addition to great jazz-inflected soloing by Trey, Page and Mike, also features somewhat dark, almost dissonant jamming before the ending.
Good early "Gin." The jam (like most from pre-August '93) is grinding, decelerating and somewhat dissonant. Nothing like the melodic hose jams that would emerge later. This one also has amusing screaming and yelling at the end.
1991-11-16 • Brother (5:53) Set 2
Some unusual bass lines from Mike and organ playing by Page create a strong sense of tension in this ripper.
1991-02-19 • David Bowie (12:34) Set 1
Good intro. Raging "Type I" version with an unusual stop mid-jam (possibly the power went out).
Beginning of the jam is very cool with several near stops by the band. Then there's piercing, ear-splitting playing by Trey.
1991-02-19 • Magilla (5:20) Set e
Page-written, Trey-driven. Or so it often seems. Here, Trey works in a "Theme from the Flintstones" tease before easing through a series of slashing, jazzy chords, and a bright, melodic line. Fish solos, making for a great outro. "Fire" follows to cap off this cool encore.
Good jam that gets very improvisational, especially after 5:30. Machine Gun Trey in combat duty in the latter part of the jam.
1990-06-07 • Tweezer (12:32) Set 2
Crazy, long early version. At one point Mike sounds like he will break into into "Heartbreaker."
Dissonant jam with lots of "DEG"-like jamming.


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