Saturday, December 29, 2007

Phish



Born in 1983 at the University of Vermont the original band consisted of Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth on guitar, Mike Gordon on bass, and Jon Fishman on the drums.
Percussionist Marc Daubert joined in the fall of 1984 but only stayed a few months. Page McConnell joined on keyboards in the fall of 1985 and Holdsworth left after graduating in 1986 leaving the lineup that lasted the rest of the bands career.

Over the years the band gained a huge loyal following second only to the Grateful Dead. In fact many Dead Heads crossed over after the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995. The band toured regularly and held yearly festivals at various east coast venues.

In October 2000 at a show at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California they left the stage without saying a word after their performance as the Beatles “Let It Be” played. I was at that show and the rumor spread quickly through the crowd that they had broken up. The next day their website announced that in fact they would be taking an extended hiatus.

They reformed in 2002 releasing an album and doing some sporadic touring leading to their final festival in 2004 after which they called it quits.

So now it’s time to go Phishing!

Run Like an Antelope 87


Lushington => Possum 87


Reba 89



Peaches en Regalia 89



Fee 89



Bathtub Gin 89



Lizards 89



Uncle Pen 90



Bouncing Around the Room 90



Destiny Unbound 91



Rift 92



Divided Sky 94



While My Guitar Gently Weeps 94



Tube 96



Bohemian Rhapsody 96



Champagne Supernova 96



Chalkdust Torture 97



Johnny B. Goode 97



Squirming Coil 97


Halley’s Comet 97
(Takes a minute to get rolling)


Moma Dance 98



Runaway Jim w/ Neil Young 98



Down By the River
– continuation from Runaway Jim


The Mighty Quinn 98


Funky Bitch 98


Ghost
98


AC/DC Bag
99


Bug
99


Gumbo
99


Farmhouse
99


Waste
2000


Auld Lang Syne => Down With Disease
2000


Boogie On Reggae Woman
2000


Loop Jamming => Mike’s Song
2000


Back On the Train
2000


Upon hearing the following song in concert I evolved from a curious onlooker to a true Phish head. From then on I made every show within 150 miles of my home.

One of my concert companions and fellow Phish head would sign along with his own version of the words: “Wash your face and drive me to Valencia”

You Enjoy Myself part 1
2000


You Enjoy Myself part 2
2000


Round Room
2003


Phish Official Website
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Something to Tide You Over

The ear infections are subsiding and I can once again hear something other than the ringing in my ears. So here's a little something to tide you over until the next regular show.

Take it away Mickey!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Show Delayed -
Eardrums on strike.


Due to a screaming ear infection and the inability to hear properly due to my eardrums bulging out - this weeks show will be delayed at least until I no longer feel like this guy. In the meantime check out my favorite radio station, KVMR out of Nevada City, California. They play a mix of just about everything from folk to classical, bluegrass to jazz. Saturday nights there you can catch a couple hours of the Grateful Dead. Check out their schedule or click the "listen" link and be surprised!

Saturday, December 15, 2007

The Blues


A short note: I have temporarily shortened the number of videos in my shows. I would like them to be more inclusive, but recently certain browsers seem to be having problems with playing these videos. With Firefox I’ve found a need to keep moving the mouse in order for the videos to load and play properly. I’m hoping this shorter list will improve the performance until this issue can be resolved. Internet Explorer is working better for viewing and the Avant browser has been reported to have no problems.

If you are having similar problems please comment which browser and operating system you are using. Also if they are playing properly I would like to know so I can try to figure out this problem.

Update - this seems to be an issue with Firefox. This is very disappointing as it is my preferred browser. In the meantime I must suggest using Internet Explorer or other browsers to view the videos on this page. I will update this message if and when Firefox resolves this problem.


Tonight I’ll take you on a trip into an American standard, so sit back, grab the tissues and get down with the Blues.


Blues on the front porch – Artist unknown.


Hobo Blues
– John Lee Hooker


Bassology
– Willie Dixon


I Can’t Quit You Baby
– Otis Rush


I Can’t Quit You Baby
– Led Zepplin’s version


My Girl
– Otis Redding


John Henry
– Mississippi Fred McDowell


Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
– Booker White


Key to the Highway
– Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Intro by Pete Seeger)


You Got to Walk That Lonesome Highway
– Mississippi John Hurt


Death Letter – Son House


Seventh Son
– Willie Dixon & The Chicago Blues Old Stars (Loud)


Goin’ to Mississippi
– Magic Slim and the Teardrops


Got my Mojo Working
– Muddy Waters & James Cotton


Fishing Blues
– Taj Mahal


Contemporary blues musicians keep the blues flowing.

Rock Me Baby
– BB King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy & Jim Vaughn


Drown In My Own Tears
– Jeff Beck


Total Surrender
– Steve Vai


Mississippi Blues
– Johnny Winter


Ain’t No Bread In the Breadbox
– Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo


Big Log
– Robert Plant


The Best of Me
– Carvin Jones


Cliffs of Dover
– Eric Johnson


Rhythm & Blues in the wrong place – Blues Brothers

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Pot Luck


Tonight come along with me as I wind my way through the teasers in the sidebar at YouTube. Who knows where it will go or where it will end? I’ll grab whatever catches my eye and toss it into the mix – no particular theme or pattern tonight!



Strangelove – Depeche Mode



Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order


Karma Police – Radiohead



Frustrated – The Knack



Behind the Barrier – Planet P Project



Sleepwalk – Ultravox



Juke Box Jive – The Rubettes



Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood



Original Sin - INXS



Think – Information Society



Sultans of Swing - Dire Straights



Layla – Mark Knopfler & Eric Calpton



Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton



Everything I Do – Bryan Adams



Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin


Whipping Post – Frank Zappa



Julius – Phish


Down By the River – Neil Young & Phish



Goin’ Down to the River – Mississippi Fred McDowell


Further On Down the Road – Roy Buchanan & Albert Collins



Lotus Feet - Steve Vai



Red House – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Eric Johnson



All Along the Watch Tower – Jimi Hendrix


Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin


Time – Alan Parsons Project



Time – Pink Floyd



Sine On You Crazy Diamond – David Gilmour


Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour & Bob Geldof


I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats


Bohemian Rhapsody => Radio Ga Ga – Queen



Bad – U2



Against AllOdds – Phill Collins



Land Of Confusion – Genesis



The Knife – Genesis


Red Rain – Peter Gabrial



Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabrial & Kate Bush


King of the Mountain – Kate Bush



OK - I have to admit I ran into several dead ends and had to throw in a new band name to resume the flow. Somewhere in there the parameters for the transitions changed too. But then I did say I knew not where it would go.