All year long, we’ve noticed the writing of blogger Scott Towler for his Great Scott! blog and have really enjoyed what we’ve read. Last week, Scott wrote a great piece giving his opinion on how the year 2009 played out for jam-rockers Phish. If you missed it, here’s the article in its entirety…
[All photos by Jeremy Gordon for Glide/HT]
2009, the year that marked Phish’s return from a five-year hiatus, has come and gone. The end result? Phish is back! The band performed some 48 shows over five distinct periods: their official reunion at the Hampton Coliseum, an early summer tour, a late summer tour, Festival 8, a fall tour and the new years run in Miami just last month.
According to phish.net, this also marked Phish’s most diverse year in all of their 26 so far with over 244 unique songs played in 2009. And while the band has always prided themselves on the diversity of their set lists, it goes a little deeper in the age of Phish 3.0. Unlike years past where a die-hard fan could determine the band’s mood based on the length of their jams and how they segued from one song to the next, 2009 was completely unique. Song choice played a much larger role for the group than it ever has, and the jamming, while still prevalent, became more concise. While many could contend that this marks the end of the Phish “we all know and love,” I would argue against that. The band is communicating in a new way while still using the same language, it just may take a more active listener to appreciate it.
READ ON for more of Scott’s thoughts on Phish in the Age of 3.0…
Last Week’s Sauce features recordings of shows from the previous week.
[Thanks to newplanet7 for this week’s photo]
Artist & Title: Cracker – Eurotrash Girl
Date & Venue: 2010-01-09 The Cubby Bear Lounge, Chicago IL
Taper & Show Download: Brian Emerick
I’m a sucker for live song introductions. When I saw there was a separate 5-minute long track introducing Eurotrash Girl, probably my favorite Cracker song, I was intrigued. Turns out it’s not so much an explanation of the song, but a rambling story that spans continents about different times he has told the same story. It’s worth checking out. The song follows. Cracker is on tour with Camper Van Beethoven (the groups share two members) and they play tonight in Philadelphia before the co-bill heads to NYC, Toronto and Cambridge, MA.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/crackersauce.mp3]READ ON for tracks from Marco, PGroove, Project/Object and The Ragbirds…
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Happy New Year, Hidden Track enthusiasts and fellow Umphreaks. Welcome to another addition of Dream Focused, where I share some of my favorite Umphrey’s McGee jams in an attempt to show why I love this band. UM’s Fall Tour started right where the last one left off with the band in peak condition stretching out songs and focusing on the groove.
[Photo by Tammy Wetzel]
We begin with Example 1 from Traverse City. Like Wormbog, Example 1 has been getting “the treatment” of late and this is the most shining, dare I say, example. Opening the show and clocking in at 17 minutes, this Example 1 jam starts with a Willie The Pimp-esque funk groove as the A section and a Drum and Bass B section that is spacious and picks up intensity.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Example_1.mp3]Hey 19 is one of the only covers to get stretched out in the new jam style and this version is a beaut’, Clark! Enjoy.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hey_19.mp3]Next, we hop on over to House of Blues in Clevetown. Before I get into the Kabump, please enjoy this promo video for “The Town Lebron Owns”…
READ ON for a laid-back Kabump, a funky Intentions Clear and a rage cage-worthy JaJunk complete with a FF cherry on top…
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