Grateful Dead

I've seen over 30 Phish shows since 96', but the one that sticks out in my head is Deer Creek 2000, 2nd night. It was the only show of the 3 night run that I had Pavillion seats, as if that ever mattered. Anyway, the whole Zepplin 'Moby Dick' theme ran through the entire show, it was SICK!!! My adventure was heightened by a certain member of the mycological community, but nonetheless it was a great time. That was my last true Phish experience. I saw them in 04', but it just wasn't the same. Maybe they'll get back on the train and jam once again. ramble_on74

7/17/98 The Gorge I: Makisupa, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Waste, MMGAMOIO, My Soul II: Also Sprach, Mikes->Weekapaug, Character Zero E: PYITE, Rockytop Dead to the Core www.myspace.com/bongwizard

I could never understand all the negative stuff about the Dead on these websites. Didn't anyone ever understand where it all came from? Anyway... Maybe Clifford Ball day II...Definitely not 12/31/95

phish-related: ever heard of Smokin' Grass? a burlington VT bluegrass/newgrass band, with some of the guys being friends with some of the phish guys... i have a show or two where mike gordon sits in with them... they have a few cd's out, they used to come thru southern WV and stay with a friend of mine while they were in town. they also have ties to jamie masefield and gordon stone... i told doug perkins (their guitar player) once, that i thought he was as good as tony rice (to me, they both have similar styles when pickin' the "speed" grass). http://www.smokin-grass.com/

i saw my first phish show in 1995 in gainesville, Fl. After the grateful Dead stopped touring, Phish became my new home away from home. Sure the two lot scenes differed...the dead scene being more mature and laid back, and the phish scene being more young, sometimes rude, but often rockin. Most people (my peeps) were there for the music...some wern't. The 11/02/96 coral sky Crosseyed and Painless>Antelope firmly set the hook deep into my cheek...and i was pulled in hook, line, and sinker. Over 30 shows later and i'm still hooked.All the Lakewood shows in Hot Lanta from 97(ghost),98(roses are free, moma dance, fluffhead,DWD, YEM>Running with the devil encore),99(2 day 4th of july meltdown),00(2 night run),and 03 were sick. Oak Mountain 99 was big pimpin. Big cypress was unreal...had to be there to understand...it was epic...many dreams came true for many many people down there. my last phish shows were the 4 night miami new years run from 2003...the 30th being especially awesome with the Epic 1st set opener to the P-funk second set...diaper and all I miss my phishin'...hopefull trey will pull it together and get back on the train! There are few bands out there these days that can even touch what phish did...going to shows just isn't the same...

Not ENTIRELY off topic, as there was Oysterhead (and as I recall I have Aud to thank for sending me their first show). I have to say I do not understand Les Claypool one bit, but I sure do like him.

yeah, it's true, it seems the drugs have taken their toll... not ONLY on phish, but on a few other bands as well. but, to me, i just hear the music... forget the drug habits, the egos, etc... i didn't see a phish show until '96... by then, many hardcore fans were saying they had "sold-out". i have a few hundred phish shows archived- from the 80's to the last one... i still think my favorite era was around '95-'97 ("sold-out" or not), it seems they really started jamming things out about that time. i never did care as much for the phish lot scene... way too much "ME" attitude among a lot of the young kids. the dead scene was always SOOO much cooler. but, the music was still what drew me in. trey can jam... can't argue with that.

Let me first start off by saying Phish is one of my favorite bands ever (After Zepp, Primus and GD) and for a short time 98-04 they WERE my GD in terms of the whole tour-family thing......I went on my first tour in 98 (Drove to Portland from Chi-Town) and I respect them all as amazing musicians....BUT TREY MADE ME KINDA MAD!!!!! You say you broke up Phish because the bad drugs were taking it's toll (Thats what you get for smoking coke and doing smack) but yet you continued to do bad drugs after the band was done....The arrest was funny....But sad....That chapter of my life is closed in my mind...I saw some of the sickest shows ever, but that time has passed....I know there will be the reunion...Will I go?, who's to say...I can't even remember the last time I dusted off the collection...In my mind, the band splitting up was the best thing ever because I was able to go back to the Dead with a whole new attitude...Im older now and the Dead just makes so much more sense to me at 29 than when I was 14 and got my first copy of 77 Cornell.... Phish will someday return in my life (I have like 90 shows on CD) but Im SOOOO Grateful im buried in the Dead right now....... Dead to the Core www.myspace.com/bongwizard

yeah, iz... i had to go slightly off the DTB thread, to list the last phish show... not that they also had many other notable sets... but that last show (i have a copy), when trey gets kinda emotional about the whole strange trip that was the phish... pretty memorable. (EDIT- also, don't want ya to think i'm disrespectin' the DTB either... they be jammin' too.)