New Post: Sit-Ins w/ Phish. Managing Energy Levels.

Potato_Sacks 1/29/13 2:32 pm

Hello hello hello.
Happy tuesday .Netters. On this tuesday I give you my lastest post from this afternoon "The Presence Of Others (Part One)" which touches upon Phish's ability to maintain the energy they create, and how that differentiates with having guests join the band on the sacred plateaus.

You can see the rest of my posts on http://obliviousfool.jux.com.

This is the first of a 3 part post. The remaining two should be up in due time.

Thanks a lot guys.

Hearing rumors of a TAB April tour BTW. Keep your eyes peeled (;

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Potato_Sacks 1/30/13 1:13 pm

Afternewn bamp.

Hope TAB west coast tour also means some MGB April shows.

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harroldHOOD 1/30/13 3:06 pm

Solid write-up. Need to check out those Aquarium Rescue Unit jams.

on another note: never seen a MGB show so I'm definitely overdue. Hoping some dates on this as well...

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TwiceBitten 1/30/13 5:29 pm

The absolute best sit in of all time is unequivocally the 5/5/93 sit in by Aquarium Rescue Unit during YEM. Here's some text from the above linked article

"The Aquarium Rescue Unit joins during the jam in “You Enjoy Myself,” which seems to be a song that they only let seriously talented musicians take a swing at. Including times with Dave Grippo, John Popper, Giant Country Horns, Carlos Santana, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones and plenty of others. This version with the ARU though, has to be one of the most exploratory jams Phish has ever played, and that is saying a lot. It pushed this from an already 4 star excellent show, to a 5 star must hear. They were running with the ball all show, and it wasn't until this "You Enjoy Myself" that they took a huge leap and gave an electrifying slam dunk. New paths are taken in directions rarely seen. Megaphone madness with a side of sauce. With a very rhythmic and percussive feel to it, the groove gets rode down to the bone. It contains some of the most ear-pleasing guitar interplay between Trey and Jimmy Herring. Plenty of fun is displayed, and having the Aquarium Rescue Unit almost feels like what should be in stone."

May 05, 1993

Palace Theatre, Albany, NY

Set 1: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice^[1] > Glide > Maze^[2], Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend^[3] -> Manteca -> My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart > Weigh > Big Ball Jam > Ya Mar^[4], You Enjoy Myself^[5] -> Jam^[6]

Encore: Amazing Grace^[7], Cavern > Take the 'A' Train > Cavern

[1] Pop Goes the Weasel tease from Page.
[2] Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page.
[3] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[4] Two Princes tease.
[5] La Marseillaise tease from Page and Yield Not to Temptation teases. Unfinished with no vocal jam.
[6] The Aquarium Rescue Unit and the Dude of Life. Fishman on vacuum.
[7] Without microphones.

Notes: It's Ice contained a tease of Pop Goes the Weasel from Page and Maze contained Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page. The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey dedicated Ya Mar to Sue on her birthday. Ya Mar subsequently included a Two Princes tease. YEM contained a La Marseillaise tease from Page and Yield Not to Temptation teases, did not contain a vocal jam, and was unfinished. The jam after YEM featured The Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Dude of Life, and Fishman on vacuum. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch Blues contained a Funk #49 tease.

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ledzepmaster 1/30/13 8:07 pm

Well done, again. Let me know when you reach the Derek Trucks sit in... this 19 year old D Trucks brings the heat and even shines over Trey. Pretty spectacular.

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MomaDan 1/30/13 8:14 pm

We need more sit-ins. The Kenny Rogers one did not interest me in the slightest. What happened to the awesome musical guests like Haynes, the Flecktones, Trucks, and others. Thats one thing thats amazing about the Allman Bros Beacon runs, they have interesting guests almost every night like Clapton a couple years back. Is Phish no longer interested in sharing the stage and seeing what happens?

And yes I know they played with Billy K in 09 but that was a while ago already.

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ledzepmaster 1/30/13 8:15 pm

Gears was nice at P town but far too brief. Agreed @momadan.

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Potato_Sacks 1/31/13 9:18 am

Couldn't agree more @momadan.
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

I would love to see them pull out someone for a whole second set who they can just get down with. Like Lesh and Kimock hahahaha.

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ShowOfMYFE 1/31/13 9:31 am

@MomaDan said:

We need more sit-ins. The Kenny Rogers one did not interest me in the slightest. What happened to the awesome musical guests like Haynes, the Flecktones, Trucks, and others. Thats one thing thats amazing about the Allman Bros Beacon runs, they have interesting guests almost every night like Clapton a couple years back. Is Phish no longer interested in sharing the stage and seeing what happens?

that Allmans show with the Clapton set was most wild thing out there. granted, i'm not a huge Warren Haynes fan, but him, Trucks and Clapton was guitar god overload. Watching Haynes and Trucks try to impress Clapton, while Clapton does his usual sit back--shred calmly routine, those guys were in awe, which that was the cool part.

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