Word: phish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...popularity away from home. According to Popper, it began as "a group of friends doing something together for fun." The original bill was Colonel Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit and Widespread Panic (both from Georgia), the Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler (both from New York City) and Phish (from Burlington, Vermont). Last weekend's bill was noticeably more corporate, though certainly not as corporate as the "Pepsi Generation...
...Friday's version was a gem with "Frankenstein" sandwiched into the jam section. As the final section of the piece ended, (ana capella vocal improvisation), Anastasio cut into the bluesy, shuffle riff of "Julius," only the third pieces of the night from Hoist. The album version is one of Phish's best pieces of studio material, featuring The Tower of Power Horns, and Rose Stone (formerly of the funk great, Sly and the Family Stone). Without the horns, the song seems to lose some of its texture and color, but the live setting allows...
...when the risk is taken and the music that is an intensely uplifting experience. The following lyrics epitomize the group's philosophy of improvisation. "Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul/You've got to run like an antelope/out of control." Despite their haphazard silliness, what makes Phish work is that they go for the soul...
...those interested in a road trip this weekend, Phish is playing tonight at the Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wan taugh, Long Island and will conclude their three-and-a-half month tour Saturday night at the Sugarbush Summer Stage at Sugarbush North in Fayston, Vermont...
Also, if you're on the Internet and curious about Phish...