Phish: The Fall Of 1994 saw Phish mixing things up with their musical genres and instrumentation. The band performed a number of bluegrass classics with keyboardist Page McConnell moving to upright bass, bassist Mike Gordon playing the banjo, guitarist Trey Anastasio simply moved to an acoustic and drummer Jon Fishman playing the washboard (he played mandolin on some other ’94 bluegrass tunes as well). Source: 11-12-1994 via From The Archives Bonnaroo 2009
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bostonphish1.mp3]Phish: The Phish bluegrass rendition of Foreplay/Longtime disappeared after 1994 but four and half years later the quartet rolled into Mansfield, Massachusetts (35 miles southwest of the city of Boston) and opened with this electric version. On a personal note, this was the first song I ever saw Phish play live, and it was 11 years ago yesterday. Source: 7-12-1999
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bostonphish2.mp3]Rascal Flatts: I’ll give it to Rascal Flatts, they really nail the intro. Only one verse gets performed but instead you get a verse of Edgar Winter’s Free Ride. So for those of you keeping score it’s actually: Foreplay > Long Time > Free Ride > Long Time. If you’ve always thought the song needed some lasers and pyrotechnics, this one is for you.
Checking in on the In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Cover Wars from two weeks ago, you idiots voted for Phish. 87Hizzetfield is demanding a recount.
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No wonder you got hooked. I remember driving all the way from Michigan through Canada for those Great Woods shows and thinking it was stupid for just 2 shows, but once they came out with the Foreplay/Longtime that it was gonna be worth it.
gotta be rascal flatz (4 life)
Phish tied with Phish… that’s really the only way this should end!
I got to see them do the bluegrass version @ Gaillard Aud in Charleston SC 10/28/94 (my first show) it was fucking spectacular…seeing Fish play the “Madonna” washboard is something to behold!