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Teach A Man To Phish
by Leo Sidran
I won't bury the lede. Last week I saw Phish in concert at Forest Hills Stadium on two consecutive nights. It was a long time coming for me. Loyal listeners of my The Third Story podcast have noticed a quiet apprehension about the Phish phenomenon--or more broadly, the jam band scene--threaded through past conversations. Some friends of the podcast have even sent me playlists and videos to gently nudge me toward listening to Phish. Conversations with Billy Martin ...
Continue ReadingPhish at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
by Ming Poon
What a ride! Phish lit up the Bill Graham Civic auditorium in San Francisco for two incredible nights (April 22 -April 23) packed with joy, jams, and pure musical magic. Night one was a 1.0 lover's dream--packed with fan-favorites like “Axilla (Part II)," “Mike's Song," “Weekapaug Groove," “Roggae," “Maze," “Split Open and Melt," “Carini," and “Down with Disease," all capped with a perfect “Fluffhead" encore. There were some beautiful moments of bliss too, with “Roggae," “Waste," and “What's the Use?" ...
Continue ReadingPhish offer Tahoe Evacuees Phish Haven at Shoreline Amphitheatre
by Ming Poon
A collection of photos from Phish at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on August 31, 2021. Featuring Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon and Page McConnell.Phish played two nights at Shoreline Amphitheater, in place of cancelled shows originally scheduled for South Lake Tahoe, due to the Caldor fire. The shows were filled with rarely played songs, long jams, deep bass grooves, blissful solos and tributes to fire fighters and those displaced from the fire. The late venue ...
Continue ReadingPhish: The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden
by Doug Collette
Phish's The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden lives up to its title even if, in both design and content, it bears scant resemblance to its all-encompassing limited-edition counterpart. Containing thirteen performances specifically chosen by the members of the group from the 2017 residency at the famed venue, its only add-on is a twenty-eight page book of images mostly resplendent with the crisp hues on the covers of the clam-shell box. This three compact disc set is a companion ...
Continue ReadingPhish: St. Louis '93
by Doug Collette
The pastel color scheme on the front and back covers of Phish St. Louis '93 is quietly evocative of the six CD's of music enclosed in the slim slip case, but no more or less than the deeper tones on the individual sleeves and the discs themselves that mirror the intensity of the playing at its peaks on these two shows four months apart almost twenty- five years ago. Recorded in stereo from the soundboard by Paul Languedoc ...
Continue ReadingPhish: Amsterdam
by Doug Collette
Delving in sequence into this eight CD set of the shows recorded in February and July of 1997, it sounds like the band really takes flight during “Timber" from the initial show. But Phish shows from throughout their history inevitably exhibit a relativity of momentum, the dynamics of which are dependent upon, but not limited by, context. Because after the good-natured and relaxed greeting the quartet offers with “Soul Shakedown Party," it's not long before they make a ...
Continue ReadingPhish at Saratoga Performing Arts Center
by Doug Collette
Phish Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, New York July 3-5, 2014 If there is one overriding impression to glean from Phish's summer 2014 run at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, it's that the band is equally proud of and inspired by the material on Fuego (Jemp/ATO, 2014). Not only was every song on the record played over the course of the three-night run (with the exception of keyboardist Page ...
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