At long last, the time has come…say hello to your 2022 Phish Jam of the Year Bracket!
Listen to We Move Through Stormy Weather alumni Justin Bruce and Brian Brinkman join me on a special episode where we walk through every first-round matchup - out now wherever you get your podcasts!
Starting Monday, January 30th on the phish.net forum, FOUR matchups will be up for vote. Each voting round lasts from Monday at 10am ET until the following Monday at 9am ET. A new thread will be created with the new matchups weekly!
During the voting window, take time to listen and vote simply by putting the names of your preferred jams in the thread. There are some TOUGH matchups right out of the gate, so get ready! For more information, check out the official bracket reveal thread here.
Here’s an example of how to vote using the first week’s matchups:
(1) 6/5 Sand vs. (16) 12/29 Everything’s Right
(8) 8/5 Ruby Waves vs. (9) 7/19 Halley’s Comet
(5) 4/21 Tweezer vs. (12) 5/31 Light
(4) 7/24 Sigma Oasis vs. (13) 7/30 Set Your Soul Free
In order to vote, comment in the thread like this:
Sand
Ruby Waves
Tweezer
Sigma Oasis
We on the Phish.net bracket committee are SO grateful to everybody who participated in the seeding process this year - here are some statistics about our submissions!
Listen to a playlist for the whole bracket on LivePhish or Phish.in!
Get yourself a printable version or Excel version of the bracket here!
The current Phish.net Jam of the Year Hall of Fame:
1997 JOTY: 7/23 Ghost
1998 JOTY: 7/29 Bathtub Gin
1999 JOTY: 9/14 AC/DC Bag
2000 JOTY: 5/22 Ghost
2003 JOTY: 2/28 Tweezer
2014 JOTY: 1/3/15 Down with Disease
2015 JOTY: 8/22 Tweezer > Caspian
2016 JOTY: 10/28 Golden Age
2017 JOTY: 8/6 Simple
2018 JOTY: 12/30 Everything's Right
2019 JOTY: 7/14 Ruby Waves
2020 JOTY: 2/23 Everything's Right
2021 JOTY: 8/6 Simple
Read on for some stats about this year’s seeding submissions!
35 users submitted rankings of at least 32 jams
184 different jams got at least one vote
7/16 Down with Disease was the only jam voted in by everyone
The show with the most jams in the bracket is 12/30 with 5
The songs with the most entries are Set Your Soul Free and Tweezer, each with 5
12 people voted for 8/12 Fluffhead, 9/1 Piper, and 5/31 SYSF - the least number of votes that was enough to make it onto the bracket