Phish — Best Cover Band Ever?

Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts seems to think so:

The best cover band in history.  That is one trophy Phish could take home and put on their mantle- no contest.  For a band that wrote so many excellent originals, Phish never lost sight of their ability to nail and integrate the perfect covers into their sets.  Beginning as a cover band, way back when, Phish continued to play the music of other bands throughout their career.  Whether they adopted songs into their own repertoire, or dropped one-time covers that were inevitably your favorite songs from years past, Phish could nail them.  Any way you cut it, Phish could learn a song, or even a whole album in a short while, jump onstage, and shred it apart.  The hallowed Utah “Dark Side of the Moon” performance was conjured up in a few hours before the show.  We have all seen the off-the-cuff “Roses are Free” rehearsal in Bittersweet Motel, backstage in Rochester before they went on.  With the ears and abilities Phish possessed, cover songs were always fun tangents, or centerpieces, to their epic shows. Continue Reading…