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Phish: The Biography
by Doug Collette
Phish: The Biography Parke Puterbaugh Hardcover; 352 pages ISBN: 9780306814846 DaCapo 2009
When Phish completed its triumphant return to the stage in March 2009 in Hampton, Virginia, it was the first in a sequence of events in which the seminal jamband revisited virtually all the significant touch-points of its history. A biography was inevitable, but Phish: The Biography is one of the least successful contributions to Phish lore in a ...
Continue ReadingPhish at The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
by Doug Collette
Phish Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, New York August 16, 2009
It's a long way from Fenway Park to Saratoga Springs New York, not so much in geographical terms, but in the progress Phish has made in recapturing their group chemistry since beginning their 2009 summer tour. Whereas the group was somewhat hesitant in much of their interplay in Boston on May 31, the foursome sounded and looked fully in command ...
Continue ReadingPhish: Live at Hampton Coliseum, March 2009
by Doug Collette
Nearly four and a half years after what was meant to be its final concert in Coventry, Vermont, Phish made a resounding return to the stage in Hampton, Virginia in March of 2009. Clearly well-practiced as it navigated its way enthusiastically through some of the most challenging and familiar material in its repertoire, the Vermont quartet reestablished itself as the standard by which jamband musicianship is measured.
At the same time Phish maintained its cutting edge within contemporary culture by ...
Continue ReadingPhish at Fenway Park, Boston, May 31, 2009
by Doug Collette
Phish Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts May 31, 2009
When the sun broke through the clouds just as Trey Anastasio took his first solo of the night May 31st, there seemed to be no other place to be than Fenway Park in Boston listening to Phish. In their first show since their triumphant return to performing in March of this year in Hampton VA, the quartet appeared genuinely happy to be playing ...
Continue ReadingPhish: The Clifford Ball
by Doug Collette
Phish The Clifford Ball Rhino-Jemp 2009
There may be no more lavish package this year than Phish's The Clifford Ball. Including memorabilia in the form of postcards and stamps through efficiently folded DVD cases with the continuity of the graphics extending from the book of essays and credits to photo inside the box itself, the bundle also contains virtually every note of the three official sets of music played each day of ...
Continue ReadingPhish: Phish: At The Roxy
by Doug Collette
Because Phish have announced their reformation with three shows due in March of 2009, after four years away, there's a certain circular logic that extends to the history behind the 8-CD set At the Roxy. These Atlanta 1993 shows represent the first extended run for the Vermont-based group, as Phish's popularity had not reached its flashpoint yet. Only the most skeletal details appear in this minimalist package, as the graphics resemble nothing so much as a budget item created for ...
Continue ReadingPhish Walnut Creek
by Doug Collette
Phish Walnut Creek Jemp 2008
Even in its comparatively stripped-down form (no special features included with a colorful two-disc but deceptively spare package) Phish Walnut Creek stands on its own terms as a unique document of a singular performance. The bonus CD, Left Nuts--available only via preorder at phish.com prior to release--is, like the double DVD set, something of a microcosm of Phish's most varied improvisations, captured ... Continue Reading
