Archive for Phish Friday
Phish Friday | 7/10/1997, Marseilles Part Deux
Our Phish Friday friend, Stanley T. Roper, is back with this week with part II of his two-part series on Phish's 1997 summer show from Marseilles, France. Last week, he dug into an interesting first set. This week he delves into set II, which -- much like the first set... more
Phish Friday Extended | Island Tour Giveaway Winners
A few weeks back, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Phish's Spring 1998 "Island Tour" with a four-way mega-post and a CD giveaway in conjunction with the folks at Phish Dry Goods. Since then, we have received some thoughtful and entertaining comments and posted an encore write-up to feature some... more
Phish Friday | 7/10/1997, Bienvenue a la Jam
Phish Friday writer extraordinaire, Stanley T. Roper, is back this week with an interesting gem from Phish's 1997 summer tour in Europe. If you dig Mr. Roper's submission, be sure to dig into the archives for some of his previous installments. And remember, we love hearing from the rest of... more
Phish Friday | Scotty B’s First Show
For today's Phish Friday, I wanted to feature and highlight a fantastic post I read the other day over at Hidden Track, the Glide Magazine blog. We don't link to those guys nearly enough, especially lately. The content that these guys put together is really top notch and... more
Phish Friday | Island Tour Encore
Just in case you missed last week's Island Tour round-up and CD giveaway, we thought we'd bring it back for an encore. Last week, we decided that the ten-year anniversary of the Island Tour deserved something special, so we pieced together a four-way mega-post and arranged for a CD giveaway... more
Island Tour 10 Year Anniversary | Roundup and CD Giveaway
Editor's Note: As we mentioned yesterday, we're honoring the ten-year anniversary of a legendary set of Phish shows that have become known as the Island Tour. To celebrate the anniversary, we're featuring a special four-way "group-post" and also offering up a CD giveaway courtesy of our friends at Phish Dry... more
Phish Friday | Clifford Ball Redux with Video
Editor's Note: Stay tuned to Live Music Blog this weekend, as we plan to bring you a bonus Phish Friday post to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Phish's 1998 Island Tour. It will be a serious bonus for all you folks who can share your own comments and memories of... more
Phish Friday | 7/25/92; Stowe, VT
For my first effort at a Phish Friday, I dug deep into my binders of discs for something from the earlier years. In the Summer of 1992, Phish was on the cusp of breaking huge. Not yet headlining arena tours around the nation, June saw the band make their... more
Phish Friday | New LivePhish.com Release
The ideas for Phish Friday have been a little hard to come by for our little crew over here -- there's really only so much Phish we still listen to on a regular basis without forcing it into our iPod rotation -- so I was psyched when we caught wind... more
Phish Friday | Lights, Camera, Reba
Although most of our Phish Friday posts focus on audio recordings, you may have noticed that we've started to change things up by posting more video footage. While audio will always be the bread and butter of Phish Friday, it's nice to occasionally throw in some visual representation of what... more
Phish Friday | Classic Covers and Seamless Segues
photo by ANTELOPE! Phish always chose great cover songs. Some were 'bust-outs' or just silly takes on pop tunes. But Phish also had a rotation of key, classic rock songs that they played frequently and almost as if they were their own. Paying homage to some of their favorite musicians of... more
Phish Friday | Normal Revisited
Phish 1999-10-04 Makisupa Policeman, Normal, IL [YouTube] Out of nowhere and completely on a whim, I decided to scan through YouTube lately for a chance that someone would have videos up from the first Phish show I caught: October 4, 1999 in Normal, IL. Man was I late to this... more
Phish Friday | Respect the Old School
Stanley T. Roper, a friend of ours here at LMB, makes his valiant return to Phish Friday with a short take on some solid tracks from the band's old school days. If you dig Mr. Roper's submission, be sure to dig into the archives for some previous installments from Stanley... more
Phish Friday | My Mountain View Coincidence
For today's Phish Friday, my inspiration is coming strictly from the geographical area I've been working in for the past week -- Mountain View, CA. I still consider myself hugely fortunate to be a part of the Google acquisition of FeedBurner, and I consider myself largely fortunate that our... more
Phish Friday | Who the hell is Guy Forget?
For today's Phish Friday, I thought we'd drop a little jam or two that definitely gets categorized in the Epic Jam Vehicle section of the band's history, with that jam vehicle in question being the always-evident-in-the-later-setlists-jam: Piper. This "Piper" is still no ordinary, we-like-to-jam-because-we're-Phish version, especially considering that the band works... more
We Gotta Get Out of Town…
Sorry for the silence over the last couple days, dudes. I was in Keystone, CO on a ski trip that brought a few musical surprises my way but didn't leave much time for computerizing, and I didn't really prepare by loading a post or two before I left. ... more
Phish Friday | Waste Free in Germany, ’97
Phish - Waste, Free We've spent a tremendous amount of time on Phish Fridays with the year 1997, truly a tremendous year for the band and the quality of music that came from that group of dorks that many of us fell in love with during the musically open-minded time of... more
Phish Friday | Niagara ’95
Hello Live Music Blog readers, this is J$ from the Phish Video blog with a special guest post for Phish Friday. Today we're bringing you some highlights from one of the best shows, from one of the best months in Phish history--12/7/95 Niagara Falls. It's a show that... more
Phish Friday | Tower Jam
A few weeks back, I decided to splurge on myself a little bit by purchasing an HDTV and an up-converting DVD player. The first thing I put on when I got everything plugged in was the Phish IT DVD, something I never really spent enough time watching in the... more
Phish Friday | THE Bowie > Cities > Bowie
Hola LMB readers. Nice to be back and nice to jump right in head-first with the return of Phish Friday. I figured that if we're coming back with a PF post our first week back, we'd better make it a damn good one. So I bring you "THE Bowie... more
Phish Friday | Gotta Have ‘Your’ Epic Tweezer
photo by sypsyn Every dedicated Phish fan has a favorite "Tweezer." Some like the older versions that are strange and quirky, some like their Tweezers as funky as possible, and others like them super spacey. Of course, because this song has long been considered one of the band’s biggest "jam vehicles,"... more
Phish Friday | Stuttgart ’97
photo by Goldberg This week’s Phish Friday is another gem from Live Music Blog friend, Gibs, who last left us pondering the greatness of the Clifford Ball. Gibs has clearly been digging back into those crates of tapes, and this time he's brought us some underrated Europe ’97 goodness. Enjoy! I remember... more
Phish Friday | Boogie On, Chula Vista!
Stub © PhantasyTour.com Following up one of my prior Phish Friday's, I got a lot of requests for a particularly strong segment of the show that I had overlooked. It's more that this was something my memory had overlooked, but thanks to some loyal fans, I was reminded that I... more
Phish Friday | Lemonwheel Highlights, Part II
More sunny day jammin'… This week, I thought I'd continue that "Lemonwheel Highlights" series I started a few weeks back. For part II, it's time to highlight some gems from one of my favorite daytime sets: 8-16-98 - Lemonwheel, Day II. Maybe I'm too focused on this whole 'daytime vs. nighttime set'... more
Phish Friday | Chula Vista ’99
Sorry for the late in the day Phish Friday today, folks. I'm nursin' a wicked hangover following the Perpetual Groove show at the Martyrs, and my FTP software has been acting up. Such is life. For today's selection, I grabbed a somewhat random piece from my own back catalog... more
Phish Friday | Paradiso ’97
Happy Phish Friday, dudes. I'm using today's Jam in the 'Dam announcement to return to a widely traded show towards the beginning of 1997 (the year of the funk) -- February 17, 1997. Phish was in Europe beginning a full cross-continental tour, and they played one mean show at the... more
Phish Friday | Clifford Ball Set II, A Magnum Opus?
This week's Phish Friday selection comes from Live Music Blog friend, Gibs, whose Phish roots run deep and whose musical mind is a bit of an enigma. He's always been a friend whose brain swells with musical ideas that he usually keeps to himself, only to unleash them at rare... more
Phish Friday | Lemonwheel Highlights, Part I
photo by 5stringbassplayer A while back, Live Music Blog friend and occasional Phish Friday poster, Stanley T. Roper, made me a CD compilation of the "Best of Lemonwheel." The discs featured a bunch of highlights from Phish's 1998 festival extravaganza up in Limestone, Maine. I always loved those discs, and although... more
Phish Friday | A Japanese Antelope Meatstick
It's shaping up to be a busy day for all of us here on the site, so I'm not sure we have time for a whole lot of content today other than Phish Friday. I thought I'd get 'er going pretty early, though -- hopefully these tracks will help... more
Phish Friday | Post-Hiatus Highlights
photo by telafree This week's Phish Friday selection comes from another Live Music Blog friend, T. Gourdo ("the 'G' is soft"). He brings us into the post-hiatus Phish era with a few of his favorite tracks from 2003. And he's even gone so far as to splice together some... more
Phish Friday | Some ‘Summer of the Cover’ Gems
I've been on a 1998 Phish kick lately. Not only was '98 a pretty big year for Phish, but it was probably my most active year of seeing the band in concert. As a result, I've been digging back into the archives to re-listen to some of the shows I... more
