Sandwiched between the Hampton Casino Ballroom and the Arrowhead Ranch shows during 1991's Horn Tour, was the incendiary night at the Somerville Theater. Everything seemed to smoke a little harder that night as the horns and the band were really beginning to nail everything they played all the while having a great time doing it. In this version of "The Landlady", the Horns are particularly on point and blow the roof off of the joint. It is not until the tour's closing night at the Variety Playhouse that the horns play with the same fiery passion & perfection from start to finish. Despite a limited reporitoire through the summer, some definite must listen versions were played throughout the run. Many such stand-out versions were played in Somerville including not only this best of tour Landlady, but also an amazing Divided Sky and stellar versions of Magilla, David Bowie and YEM.
Every Friday, we highlight a video with a brief recap of the show it is from and what makes it interesting, noteworthy or simply fun. With the help of Dan Saewitz from Phishvids.com, we hope to keep the stream of videos coming at you entertaining and interesting. Have a cool video you’d like to suggest? Interested in contributing a review yourself? Submit ideas here.
One of the extraordinary things about Phish.net is how comprehensive it is. Likely there is a slew of information under the hood that you may not have even discovered yet. Sure, everyone enjoys the meticulous setlist database and show notes and likely peruses song histories as well. Many people of course take advantage of venue info, our forums, jamming charts, tease charts, and 20+ jam charts. However, many are unaware at the scope of our Side Show Setlists. From Trey Anastasio Band, Mike Gordon Band, to Pork Tornado to Bad Hat to Jazz Mandolin Project, we strive to document every date, every song and every note played by any member of the band. Slowly but surely, this lofty goal is becoming a reality. Recently, the Everyone Orchestra appearances with Fishman have been completed.
Check out this 2006-10-04 show for a great sample of a typical Everyone Orchestra show which features a revolving lineup of amazing musicians who can really jam. This particular show featured Jon Fishman, Peter Apfelbaum, Jamie Janover, Julee Avallone, Jamie Masefield, Reed Mathis, and Matt Butler. This "Interactive Improvisational Experience" is conducted by Matt Butler using a combination of wild hand signals, cue cards, white boards, and audience participation. Recently succesful in a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new album, be sure to keep an eye out for that.
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the inaugral summer of the HORDE Tour. The H.O.R.D.E. was a touring festival started in 1992 conceived with the idea of helping bands jump up to the amphitheater circuit from the small club circuit . By touring together and joining the "tribes" of each of the respective band's fan bases, they were able to play larger venues and much larger audiences.
The days are ticking down quickly as we approach Worcester and another summer of Phish. While it is impossible to predict which songs will get the "extra mustard" in 2012, you can't refute that Waves was one of most consistently extraordinary songs in 2011. Starting with the remarkable tech rehearsal in Bethel, and four subsequent versions, culminating with this UIC gem, Waves impressed throughout the summer.
Sandwiched in the middle of the "elements set", this Waves, like the ones before it last summer, soars.
The quality of this video is stunning. Be sure to click 1080 if you have the bandwidth to support it! Kick back, turn up the speakers and enjoy!
Every Friday, we highlight a video with a brief recap of the show it is from and what makes it interesting, noteworthy or simply fun. With the help of Dan Saewitz from Phishvids.com, we hope to keep the stream of videos coming at you entertaining and interesting. Have a cool video you’d like to suggest? Interested in contributing a review yourself? Submit ideas here.
Phish - David Bowie - 10/31/1989
Once again Phish.net's Video of the Week will feature a new-to-YouTube clip uploaded by Telekinetica. While we previously featured the otherworldly jam that developed out of Funky Bitch from 1994-11-22 as well as the Yerushalayim Shel Zahav that followed, this time around we go even further back into Phish history to the underrated year of 1989. Before Phish covered albums by other artists they had another Halloween tradition - performing at Page, Trey and Fish's alma mater, Goddard College. This jaw-dropping 19-minute rendition of David Bowie was filmed at the 4th Annual Halloween Bash at Goddard in Plainfield, Vermont on 1989-10-31.
In this unusually lengthy early take on the tune, the quartet explore the nooks and crannies of Trey's composition leading to a dark and eerie jam complete with a frenetic finish. Shot by multiple cameras for a Vermont Public Television and synced with soundboard audio, this is by far the best version of this widely-circulating video we've come across.
The second leg feature's the band’s first appearances at numerous venues – from the August 15 kickoff at Long Beach Arena in Southern California to stops at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (8/17, 18 & 19), the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO (8/22), St. Louis’ Chaifetz Arena (8/28) and Phish’s first-ever show in Oklahoma, which will take place on August 29 at the Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma City
A limited number of tickets are available NOW through Phish Tickets online at phish.portals.musictoday.com. The ticket request period is currently underway and will end Monday, April 23rd at 11:59am Eastern. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, April 27th.
Another great video from Telekinetica debuting here on Phish.net.
This Portsmouth, NH show starts off with this first "fast" Rift ever. As our Rift history states: It is a "perfect example of how some songs take years to develop. In fact, nearly five years elapsed between the time that pieces of “Rift” first appeared and when the song was finished and finally unveiled on 1992-03-06." A very standard '92 first set included such songs as It's Ice and the debut of Maze. Bowie cleaned up the set with a "Jeopardy!" tease and a Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signal. It also included two Get Back signals, Star Trek, Aw Fuck!, Up Up and Away, Tritone Down, and Me and My Arrow signals, two Complete Stop signals, and It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing.. oh and Simpson signals. Phew.
This week’s video is from New Haven’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum on 12/29/93. The 1993 New Year’s run is memorable for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the shows were outstanding, particularly the 30th and 31st. Nearly as remarkable was the aquarium stage set-up that is still recalled fondly by fans almost twenty years later, but those are the obvious points. It’s some of the less obvious parts that make this video particularly interesting.
As a director of the Mockingbird Foundation, there are few things in life that make me happier than receiving a video like this and "thank you" letter from one of our grantees:
"On behalf of the Connecticut Percussive Arts Society, please accept our deepest appreciation for the support from the Mockingbird Foundation for the Student-to-Student program. I am attaching a video that features some of the students, as well as performances from Chapter Day -- a day of Master Classes that brings professional musicians from all corners of the world to Bridgeport. The children attend the classes, the performances, and some of the children even get to perform with the pro's. It's a great day.
If you've had even a cursory eye on Phish videos lately, you probably noticed some great videos uploaded by @telekinetica. Dave has a slew of videos on YouTube spanning not only Phish & Trey, but Santana, Hendrix, Beastie Boys, Arctic Monkeys and a whole lot more. Be sure to check out some of his nearly 500 videos on You Tube.
Read on to hear some thoughts from Dave about this great video...
