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Time Turns Acoustic

{ September 25, 2009 @ 10:43 am } · { Audio, Festivals, Grateful Dead, Phish, Rumors }
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In a surprise move yesterday, Phish announced a special ‘crack of Noon’ acoustic set to take place at high noon on day 3 of Festival 8. The band also released the official schedule for their Halloween weekend jamboree as part of the announcement. In other Festival 8 news, Trey gave two radio interviews this week to discuss the upcoming festival and the Phish reunion at large. For the most part, these interviews seems to be marketing tactics for the Festival which has been rumored to be struggling with below-desired ticket sales. As a result, these interviews are mostly fluff (not the good kind), though one interesting tidbit was revealed: the band had chosen a musical costume and learned half of it when Page vetoed the selection sending the band back to the drawing board. Some sources are reporting the shelved selection was none other than the Grateful Dead’s ‘Workingman’s Dead’…

Speaking of the Dead, let’s not forget the critical role the band played in defining many of the now ingrained traditions of the jam world – from LSD soaked audiences to following fanbases to tie-dyes to the rarely played ‘acoustic set’. Let’s look back in time 29 years ago to the day to one of those special evenings where the Dead treated their fans to a special acoustic set (followed of course by a raging electric set for set 2) on their home turf at the Warfield in San Fran. Stream the crispy SBD here or download an audience recording here.

The Dead acoustic in 1980

The Grateful Dead
9/25/80
The Warfield Theater
San Francisco, CA

Set 1 (Acoustic): Bird Song, I’ve Been All Around This World, Dark Hollow, Rosalie McFall, Monkey & The Engineer, It Must Have Been The Roses, Jack A Roe, Ain’t No Lie-> Ripple

Set 2 (Electric): Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Friend Of The Devil, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Loser, Little Red Rooster, Althea, Jack Straw, Deal China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Samson & Delilah, Ship of Fools, Playin’ In The Band-> Drums-> Wharf Rat-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin’

Encore: U.S. Blues

Spread It Round

{ September 17, 2009 @ 8:30 pm } · { Audio, Grateful Dead, Phish }
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In the interest of free love and music, check out these two phan-made compilations that you’re sure to love. First, we have ‘Phish Destorys America’, a compilation chronicling the highest of high points from the band’s 1997 fall tour – widely regarded as one of the band’s best. Fall 1997 found the band moving out of their mid-nineties creative peek into their most exploratory late nineties ‘cow funk’ period, all the while building towards their massive career-crescendo millennium show. The disc is aptly name, the band is just killing it and overflowing with funky-throw-down-dance-party energy in these takes, check it out.

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Second, we have a fantastic compilation of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Best 31 Jam Segments’ of all time. This wealth of fun is put together by a group of deadheads who call themselves the GratefulDeadProjects, check out all their other great work here. There’s too much good stuff to even get into in these compilations. This is just classic, top-notch, pure Dead, as good as it gets.

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Download – Phish Destroys America Discs 1 and 2
Download – Phish Destroys America Discs 3 and 4
Download – Phish Destroys America Discs 5 and 6

Dowloads/Setlists – Grateful Dead’s Best 31 Jam Segments

Summertime Done Come and Gone, My Oh My

{ September 3, 2009 @ 10:30 pm } · { Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09, Video }
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As we approach the offical last weekend of summer – let’s look back once again at some of the great shows the past few months have offered us. And I mean, let’s LOOK back, seriously people. Check out these two smoking hot off the presses Phish DVDs – one from each leg of their monster Summer 2009 tour.

6/07/09

The first dvd comes from the Leg 1 standout show in Camden, while the second comes from Darien Lake – the first show of the summer ending 4 night run. While Camden is hailed by many fan’s as the top show from the first leg, this Darien show is also a real gem that gets overlooked by many as it happens to be overshadowed by the bustout-crazy Hartford show that followed it. In any case, both of these shows are top notch Phish 3.0 and these vids are surprisingly well done.

Download Camden 6/7/09 – Torrent File

Download Darien Lake 8/13/09 – Torrent File

8/13/09

Getting Phishy

{ September 1, 2009 @ 9:32 pm } · { Phish, Rumors }
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Things are getting Phishy around here…

More news on the upcoming Phish fall/winter tour, this time coming right from the mouth of Mike ‘Cactus’ Gordon himself. Gordo states that Phish is “definitely doing some playing, in the soon future i think”… Whatever the hell that means – he’s reportedly “very excited” about it. All signs point to the originally rumored fall tour dates being announced in the coming weeks, likely the same week as the official Joy album release on September 8th.

In the soon future I think?

Some more good Phish reading here – an interview with the band’s sound crew on all the latest gadgets they use these days to power the band and capture them in their element for the LivePhish series. Check out their work over at the LivePhish site where they’re slinging SBDs of every show within a few hours of the last notes.

Phish Sound Crew

Finally, speaking of Soundboards – some rare 98 and 99 SBDs recent surfaced mysteriously, check em’ out over at Hidden Track for some good listenting. There’s tons of goodies to go around – a long ‘Colonel Forbin’s Ascent'(w/ narration, a Neil Young Sit-In, some serious 98 funk (see ‘Ghost’ and ‘Cities’), and the rarely performed ‘Bittersweet Motel’.

Phish Fall Tour and NYE 2009

{ August 22, 2009 @ 5:11 pm } · { Phish, Rumors, Upcoming Shows }
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The dates rumored here over two months ago are seeming more and more certain for Phish’s fall and NYE plans. Sources inside the Phish org are confirming the below dates, and also the possibility of an April 2010 European tour. Other uncorrobated rumors include a pre-Festival8 run including The Hollywood Bowl, a Conan appearance, and a stop in Denver at a location TBD. Additionaly, it looks as if the boys may make a mid-week stop in Worcester between their Albany and MSG dates in the fall. While nothing’s confirmed until it’s on the Phish.com, I’d say go ahead – get excited, make travel plans, get ready for winter Phish, the tastiest kind!

OH YEA!

Winter 2009
11/20/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/21/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/24/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/25/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/27/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
11/28/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
12/2/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/3/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/4/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/5/09 – John Paul Jones Arena – Charlottesville, VA

New Years Run 2009
12/28/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/29/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/30/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/31/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL

Phish: MPP and SPAC Tour Close-Out

{ August 17, 2009 @ 12:04 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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And in the end, what a run it was. Phish Summer Tour 2009 was a true rollercoaster, gaining speed turn by turn and uncovering lots of surprises along the way. The final two shows were no exception and there’s nothing left to do now but smile, smile, smile (and wait for the Fall Tour Announcement hopefully coming soon). In the mean time, check out this breakdown of this summer’s song selection over on Jamtopia here and check out setlists, pics, and downloads from every show compliments of yours truly here.

8/15/09

Phish
8/15/09
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Columbia, MD

Set One:
Crowd Control
Kill Devil Falls
The Sloth*
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Axilla I
Foam
Esther
Ha Ha Ha**
Party Time***
Tube
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Strange Design
Time Turns Elastic

Set Two:
Tweezer >
Taste
Alaska
Let Me Lie
46 Days
Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
Harry Hood

Encore:
Good Times, Bad Times
Tweezer Reprise

* – Last played 7/31/03

** – Last played 7/15/03

*** – First time played, original off Party Time

Set 1 Download (mp3)
Set 2 Download (mp3)
Download Link (Torrent)

8/16/09

Phish
8/16/09
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY

Set One:
Llama
The Moma Dance
Guyute
Anything But Me
Cars Trucks Buses
Chalk Dust Torture
Golgi Apparatus
David Bowie
Cavern
Possum
Ocelot
Run Like An Antelope

Set Two:
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Twenty Years Later
Halley’s Comet >
Rock & Roll
Harpua >
I Kissed A Girl* >
Hold Your Head Up >
Harpua
You Enjoy Myself

Encore:
Grind
I Been Around**
Highway To Hell

* – First time played, Kate Perry cover

** – First time played, original from Joy

Download Link – Set 1 (mp3)

Download Link – Set 2 (mp3)

Download Link – Torrent

Thank you PHISH, for a real good time!

Phish: Night 2 of 4 – Hartford

{ August 15, 2009 @ 12:03 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish ~^~ 8/14/09 ~^~ Hartford, CT

8/14/09 - AC/DC Bag

Set 1
Punch You in the Eye
AC/DC Bag
NICU
Colonel Forbin’s Ascent >
Fly Famous Mockingbird
Birds Of A Feather
Lawn Boy
Stash
I Didn’t Know
Middle Of The Road
Character Zero

Set 2
Down With Disease >
Wilson >
Slave To The Traffic Light
Piper >
Water In The Sky
Ghost >
Psycho Killer >
Catapult >
Icculus >
YEM

Encore
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Download Link – Torrent

Wow.

Phish – 8/13/09 – Darien Center, NY

{ August 13, 2009 @ 8:32 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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It has arrived. What promises to be a historic 4 night East Coast run to finish off their 2-leg summer tour begins tonight at Darien Lakes PAC. Few would argue with the fact that Phish has been steadily picking up steam, gaining momentum, and showing marked improvment show by show since their return this March. Expectations couldn’t be higher for what’s to come – a hometown run at some of the biggest name East Coast sheds: Darien, Merriweather Post Pavillion, and SPAC. Rumors and speculation of bustouts are everywhere – Forbin’s/Mockingbird, Tela, Harpua, Llama – anything’s possible. So, as Mickey Hart would say, strap in!

8/13/09

Phish
8/13/09
Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
Darien Center, NY

Set 1
Sample In A Jar
Dinner and a Movie
Wolfman’s Brother
My Friend, My Friend
Possum
Farmhouse
Sugar Shack
Brian and Robert
David Bowie
Bathtub Gin
How High The Moon (in memory of Les Paul)
Golgi Apparatus

Set 2
Drowned >
Prince Caspian >
Rift
The Horse >
Silent In The Morning
Sparkle
Run Like An Antelope
Suzy Greenberg
Fluffhead

Encore
Joy
First Tube

Set 1 Download (mp3)

Set 2 Download (mp3)

Download – Torrent

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Tuesday Night Phish in Chicago

{ August 12, 2009 @ 9:13 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish
8/11/09
Bridgeview, IL
Toyota Park

8/11/09

Set 1
Kill Devil Falls
Sample In A Jar
Ocelot
Paul and Silas
Windy City*
The Curtain With
Train Song
Gumbo
Heavy Things
Time Turns Elastic

Set 2
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Carini >
Gotta Jibboo
Theme From The Bottom
Wilson
2001 >
Chalk Dust Torture
Harry Hood
The Squirming Coil

Encore
Loving Cup

* – First Time Played

Set 1 Download

Set 2 Download

Download Link – Torrent

Limited Edition 8/11 Poster

Phish at the Gorge – Night 2

{ August 9, 2009 @ 7:57 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish ~ 8/08/09 ~ The Gorge

8/08/09

Set 1
The Mango Song
Chalk Dust Torture
Middle Of The Road
Tweezer
Driver
Twenty Years Later
Ya Mar
It’s Ice
Wolfman’s Brother
Character Zero >
Run Like An Antelope