Phish — Kevin Shapiro’s Archives
Want to stream some Phish to get revved up for Hampton with some streaming Phish? Yeah? Us too. Click here. Available for download too. From the Clifford Ball broadcast in ’96.
Umphrey’s McGee — “Made to Measure”
With Joshua Redman. From 12/30/2008.
Hampton Opener?
Hidden Track:
Name: Joel Cummins
Occupation: Keyboardist – Umphrey’s McGee
Favorite Phish Song: Reba
Number of shows attended: 33
Hampton Opener Pick: You Enjoy MyselfName: George Miller
Occupation: Drummer – U-Melt
Favorite Phish Song: McGrupp
Number of shows attended: @ 30
Hampton Opener Pick: Destiny UnboundName: Marc Brownstein
Occupation: Bassist – The Disco Biscuits (more…)
Ballin’ Jack — “Never Gonna Let ‘em Say”
Perhaps most famous these days for the Beastie Boys sampling of this song in “Shadrach” on Paul’s Boutique and another of their’s on Young M.C.’s “Bust A Move.” I found the original on YouTube and found it to be a bad ass track. The band was assembled in 1969, released one album in ’70 and split.
Phish — NY Times Piece
NY Times:
HAMPTON, Va. — Onstage at the Hampton Coliseum, Phish was rehearsing for its resurrection: its first shows since it announced it was breaking up forever. That was in 2004, when the jam band played one last summer tour that ended with a marathon weekend festival for 65,000 people on a farm in Coventry, Vt. At the time the band’s guitarist and main songwriter, Trey Anastasio, had announced, with purposeful finality, “We’re done.” (more…)
