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I know, right!? Everyone thinks my not listening to Any Phish at all is because I had to work late every day and couldn’t make it to the record store before they closed. Conscience decision, friends. To me, it’s all about Jerry Garcia’s mind, the effect LSD had on him, and how he communicated that to us through his guitar. Jerry’s noodling is his innermost thoughts. That’s what I’m chasing down. He was first, he’s the only one. Everyone else is simply trying to reinvent the wheel. Can’t be done, we already have the wheel. That’s why Dark Star Orchestra works for me. They’re replicating a previous GD experience, a time machine if you will, while still moving the music forward with elective set lists. After Jerry died, I did a couple Phil and Friends shows, a couple JGB band shows with Merl. I figured it was over until I stumbled upon Dark Star Orchestra. Praise DSO and their loyal fans.

phish played dead when they started out as a band really early. They were inspired by the dead like Panic. Jerry had a big influence on these jam bands. Billy strings plays pretty much 0 dead now, but the GD got him famous. He played 3 dead songs a night when he started. He would have gotten big anyway, but without him being talked about on every dead forum about his take on dead songs, no way he got big that fast. People on here were posting links to his dead covers. He played with Bobby at the Ryman. The dead built his brand quickly. i just figured you’d be interested in a big band who started out as deadheads and were inspired by the dead and this is their sound. i really loved early Panic b/c their initial sound was so similar to the dead on their self titled album and space wrangler. A lot of their fans were upset by the time bombs and butterflies came out as it was their own sound and not really dead-like anymore.

That’s a good one, gotta check it out. I’m guessing a late era Race is on, second set opening reads like a first set opener, Playin’ into Eyes must be heard, I think. I’m on my way…

89/05/06 Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA Jack Straw, Peggy-o, Walkin' Blues, TLEO, Race Is On, West LA Fadeaway, Little Light, Queen Jane, China>Rider. LTGTR, Hey Pocky Way, Samson and Delilah, Ship of Fools, Playin' In the Band>Eyes of the World>D>S>Take You Home>The Wheel> Miracle>Wharf Rat>Round and Round> Not Fade Away. E: Black Muddy River. Happy Anniversary Mountain Top. Saturday afternoon at the Frost. Praise DSO.

Frosted Flakes, most likely an afternoon show

Race Is On for the Derby, as were a few of those that followed. Fantastic show, last time that China/Rider closed a first set. https://archive.org/details/gd89-05-06.dsbd.serifin.5423.sbefail.shnf/gd89-05-06d2t07.shn

The only Phish songs I have listened to in entirety are covers performed by my favorite local/ band JEB. Trey at Dead 50 cemented my disinterest. Saw a great t-shirt there… ”Don’t Trey to suck” I am of the ilk that believe Phish heads had much to do with the deterioration of the GD scene in the 90’s. Have been to dozens of WSP…even got to see Houser several times.

I don’t always listen to music, but when I do, it’s the Grateful Dead. Stay Dead, my friend.

wow somehow I never saw this comment. This is sort of crazy never hearing 1 tune?? during the lockdown, Koritz was doing his podcast and Dino was on there. We threw up a question like would you rather be the drummer of phish or panic. I figured Dino was gonna say panic as he’s seen them a bunch even though on a 1 drummer in Chicago years ago with Koritz drumming; he went to see phish before hightailing it back in time to do the filler, but Koritz chose Phish. But having never heard a song ever is sorta strange. I’d at least want to know what all the hype is about. Greg, I’d suggest popping on the double CD Junta. It’s studio but really good. The lyrics are very whimsical, but musically they are solid. Some parts of some songs are like you stepped into a traditional jazz club. There are multiple style changes in every song. You Enjoy Myself is likely their most famous songs. The drumming on Golgi Apparatus is elite.

I'm in agreement with most others on here. I don't dislike them and I had a good time at the shows I went to. But I only saw them 3 times: the zoo show referenced by AC that was oversold, at Cincinnati Music Hall where the fire alarms were going off a couple songs in and they emptied the place, then allowed everyone back in and at the Nutter center in Dayton around 94or5. Haven't seen them since.