100 Things Phish Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things... Fans Should Know) - Softcover

Smith, Andy P.; Gershuny, Jason

 
9781629375397: 100 Things Phish Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things... Fans Should Know)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 162937539X ISBN 13: 9781629375397
Verlag: Triumph Books, 2018

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Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base as passionate and dedicated as that of Phish, and this entertaining guide rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every Phish fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to 100, providing an indispensable, engaging road map for devotees old and new.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Andy P. Smith is a writer, entrepreneur, and marketing consultant who has been attending Phish shows for more than 20 years. He is the Arts Editor at Greenpointers.com, founder of PhanSite.com, and the author of The Last American Gypsy: Chronicles of Phish Tour 2004. His writing has also appeared in JamBase.com, FreeWilliasmburg.com, Quartz, Vice, and The Village Voice, among other publications.

Over the years, he has produced content for Wieden+Kennedy, The United Colors of Benetton, MINI, PBS, and the Northside Festival. As an avid music lover and impresario, he has booked shows and DJ’d gigs all over the country, continually seeking out new sounds and music communities worldwide. He has degrees from NYU and Pratt Institute and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and their weird dog, Luigi. You can find him on social media at @apsmithnyc or through www.apsmith.nyc.

Jason Gershuny has photographed and written about concerts and festivals since 1999 for a variety of music news media outlets including but not limited to Jambase Magazine, Glide Magazine, and Billboard Mobile Beat. During that time he has covered a variety of festivals including High Sierra Music Festival, The Northwest String Summit, and The Portland Blues Festival. He has also reviewed and shot photographs for individual concerts such as Phish, moe., and String Cheese Incident. He has reviewed albums and interviewed various musicians such as George Porter Jr., Steve Kimock, and Karl Denson for publication.

Outside of the musical journalism realm, he was the Oregon team Leader for the national voter registration organization Headcount for more than a decade. He attended the University of Buffalo, graduated from the University of Arizona with an undergraduate degree in Sociology, and received his Master’s degree in teaching from Lewis and Clark College.

Since first seeing Phish in 1993 in a dusty fairgrounds in upstate NY, he has seen them more than 200 times. He lives with in Portland, Oregon, with his loving wife, Mindy, his precious daughter, Izabella, and his two cats, Luke and Leia. He has been a social studies teacher in a variety of grade levels for more than 15 years.

Mike Greenhaus is co-Editor-in-Chief of Relix magazine.

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100 Things Phish Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By Andy P. Smith, Jason Gershuny

Triumph Books LLC

Copyright © 2018 Andy P. Smith and Jason Gershuny
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-62937-539-7

Contents

Foreword by Mike Greenhaus, 
Acknowledgments, 
Introduction, 
1. Four (or Five or Six) Dudes in Vermont, 
2. Career Overview and the Three Eras of Phish, 
3. Influences and Inspiration, 
4. "You Enjoy Myself," aka Bring out the Trampolines!, 
5. Welcome to "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday," aka Gamehendge, 
6. UVM and the First Gig: "Do You Know Any Flock of Seagulls?", 
7. Know Your Jams: Type I vs. Type II, 
8. Jam Vehicles, 
9. CK5, 
10. Words and Lyrics: Tom Marshall and The Dude of Life, 
11. Building a Musical Costume: Halloween 1.0, 
12. Big Cypress: NYE 1999, 
13. The Baker's Dozen, 
14. Madison Square Garden, 
15. "Junta" (1989), 
16. Dance Like No One Is Watching, aka Surrender to the Flow, 
17. Audience Participation (How Many Times Should I Clap in "Stash"?), 
18. Phish and the Internet: Growing Up with the World Wide Web, 
19. NYE 1995: Gamehenge Time Machine at MSG, 
20. The Clifford Ball: A Beacon of Light in the World of Flight, 
21. Phish Destroys America and the Island Tour, 
22. The Grateful Dead/Phish Conundrum, 
23. Meet the Phans, 
24. Stroll Down Shakedown Street, 
25. Hit the Road, Do a Phish Tour, 
26. "A Picture of Nectar" (1992), 
27. Chilling, Thrilling Ziggy Stardust, 
28. Great Cover Band or the Greatest Cover Band?, 
29. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremonies, 
30. From "The Simpsons" to the Super Bowl: Phish in Pop Culture, 
31. Side Projects, 
32. Dorm Room Demos: "The White Tape(s)", 
33. Nectar's in Burlington: Come for the Phish, Stay for the Gravy Fries, 
34. "Colorado '88", 
35. The Secret Language, 
36. "Lawn Boy" (1990), 
37. Weaving and Teasing, 
38. Amy's Farm, August 3, 1991, 
39. Paul Languedoc and the Instruments, 
40. "Rift" (1993), 
41. NYE 1991–1994, 
42. "Bittersweet Motel", 
43. Podcasts: "Analyze Phish, Helping Friendly Podcast" and "Under the Scales", 
44. Gear Up: Essentials for Phish Shows, 
45. Thank a Taper, aka Blanks and Postage, 
46. Visit Red Rocks, 
47. Phish Playing in the Elements, 
48. "Hoist" (1994), 
49. Hanging with the Band, aka Bedroom Jam Sessions, 
50. "Auld Lang Syne" > Balloon Bombardment > "DWD", 
51. Run, O.J., Run, 
52. Phish in Billboard Charts, 
53. "A Live One" (1995), 
54. Deer Creek, Alpine Valley, Great Woods: The Great Barns of America, 
55. Couch Tour, 
56. The WaterWheel Foundation: Phish Giving Back, 
57. Analog, Print Phish: "Doniac Schvice" and Beyond, 
58. Choose a Side: Mike Side, Page Side, 
59. The Great Went (1997), 
60. "Billy Breathes" (1996), 
61. "Fight" in a Glow Stick War, 
62. "The Story of the Ghost" (1998), 
63. NYE 1996–1998, 
64. The Phish Song Cognition Theory, 
65. See Phish at The Gorge, 
66. Score a Miracle Ticket, 
67. Lemonwheel, 
68. One for $3, Two for $5, aka Shakedown Economics, 
69. To Party or Not to Party, 
70. You Snooze, You Lose, 
71. Phish Art: PTBM to Posters, Lot Shirts to Koozies, 
72. Camp Oswego, 
73. Phish on TV on Top of the Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee, 
74. "Farmhouse" (2000), 
75. Breaking Up Is Hiatus to Do ..., 
76. Bust-Outs, Rarities, and Debuts: Song Statistics and Tracking Setlists, 
77. Jimmy, Poster Nutbag, and a Dog Named "Harpua", 
78. Guess the Opener and Gamble on Phish Setlists, 
79. "Round Room" (2002), 
80. Historic Guest Sit-Ins; From Jimmy Buffett to The Boss, 
81. NYE 2002–2003, 
82. It, 
83. Phi$h, 
84. Fans Phucking with the Band, 
85. "Undermind" (2004), 
86. Coventry: A Final Farewell?, 
87. CashorTrade: The Face-Value Ticket Crusade, 
88. "Fluffhead" : The Resurrection, 
89. "Joy" (2009), 
90. "Exile," "Columbus" and Phish from the Future, 
91. NYE 2009–2012, 
92. See Phish at Dick's: A 3.0 Tradition, 
93. Step into the Freezer: Tahoe "Tweezer" and Other Ebenezers, 
94. 3.0 Festivals: Festival 8, SuperBall, and Magnaball, 
95. "Fuego" (2014), 
96. "Big Boat" (2016), 
97. NYE 2013–2016, 
98. Phish and Politics, 
99. International Phish, 
100. Phish.net and The Mockingbird Foundation, 
About the Authors, 
Sources,


CHAPTER 1

Four (or Five or Six) Dudes in Vermont

What is Phish? On its surface, that seems like an easy question to answer. But Phish is certainly more than the sum of its parts.

Phish is a band, a progressive rock fusion jazz psych jam band with a fervent following, performing live shows across America never repeating a single set, constantly exploring the vast possibilities within musical performance. To laymen, "Phish is kinda like the Grateful Dead, right?" But that's just uneducated presupposition, kind of like saying, "All pizza tastes the same."

Phish is surprising. Phish is inspiring. Phish is a community, a culture, a vibe. Phish is an institution, a religion, a kingdom, a world unto its own. Phish is a misspelling, a Secret Language, a middle-aged man wearing a muumuu. Phish is a vagabond circus, a classically trained pandemonium. Phish is a live performance, a jam, a journey.

But more literally, Phish is an American band formed in Vermont in 1983. Led by guitarist Trey Anastasio (b. 1964), Phish includes Mike Gordon (b. 1965) on bass, Jon Fishman (b. 1965) on drums, and Page McConnell (b. 1963) on keyboards.

The initial group included Jeff Holdsworth on guitar and vocals and briefly Marc Daubert on percussion. While Holdsworth was very much a cofounder of the band with Anastasio and penned a number of songs still included in Phish's repertoire ("Possum," "Camel Walk"), he left the band in 1986 after visiting Alaska and experiencing a spiritual awakening.

While Page McConnell, Phish's keyboardist, is undoubtedly vital to the sound of the group, he was not an original member of the band. He joined Phish in 1985, making Phish a five-piece group until Holdsworth left the band, thus cementing the Phish lineup that has remained unchanged for more than 30 years.

Ernest "Trey" Joseph Anastasio III, aka Big Red, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and soon moved to Princeton, New Jersey, where he and his sister, Kristy, came of age. Both of his parents worked in education, his father as an executive of the Educational Testing Service and his mother as a children's book author and editor at Sesame Street magazine. Anastasio attended public and private schools, graduating from The Taft School, a private prep academy in Connecticut, where he met collaborators Tom Marshall and The Dude of Life (see chapter 10). It was at that time he formed his first bands, Red Tide and Space Antelope. He then enrolled at the University of Vermont, initially as a philosophy major, where he posted a flyer seeking a bass player.

Michael Elliot Gordon, aka Cactus, was the bassist who answered the ad. Growing up in Massachusetts as the son of an abstract painter and a founder and CEO of a chain of convenience stores, Gordon also attended prominent high schools as a student. He enrolled at UVM as an electrical engineering major and graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree — and a new band.

Jon Fishman, aka Henrietta, grew up in...

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Verlag
Triumph Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
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ISBN 13 
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