Williston, ND Active Issues

It is Jibslider.  But since Oregon has been losing money on gas tax - they are now hoping to charge tax on miles.  Go before this comes into effect. I am wondering if us out of staters are going to have to buy a GPS so they can track our miles.  That has to be the most insane idea I have heard of.  After my son gets married I will hug him then hit him over the head for living there.  Just giving you a bad time.  Sorry.

Lot's of Red Rock rumors, as well as Bonnaroo, The Gorge, and perhaps Rothbury in Michigan. Bonnaroo is too much for this old man!

they are supposed to be at Red Rocks in COLO this summer. that would be a great venue. 

They have so many song that hit so many different styles.  When at concerts I love the classic anthems, i.e. Wilson, AC/DC Bag, Suzie Greenberg, they are great songs the crowd can sing with.  Easy listening includes Farmhouse and Waste.  Then they do a lot of great covers Jesus Left Chicago, Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times, (Beatle covers are pretty rare, as Kingphish said they did the whole White album for halloween one year) by far my favorite cover is Loving Cup, which I had never heard until Phish played it, but it is an old ROlling Stones tune.  They also have some covers that are hilarious WIll Smith Gettin Jiggy with It and Chumbawumba's Tubthumping.

On another note one of my favorite things phish used to do a lot in the 90's and rarely in the 2000's was Trey (Lead guitar) would twang his wammy bar, and they play a quick rift that would tell the crowd how to act.  For example he would hit the wammy bar and play a quick rift from the simpson's theme and the whole crowd on que yell "Duh" just like Homer.  They had other rifts that tell you clap or jump up once or turn around.  Back in the day you could always tell who was a newbie when everybody would spin around on que and one person would be standing there with a confused look on there face wondering what was going on.  Bottom line the majority of the Phish crowd is very educated about the music.

I am rambling but a great thing about a phish crowd is there is not a yelling an screeming,  They are there to here the music the crowd knows when to yell and knows when to shut up and listen.

Finally if you want to start listening to Phish my opinion is that you should start witht the Phish album "A Live One".  Easy to listen to, but also gives you a good Idea about what they are all about.

P. S.  Trey is a Jedi! 

errrr ahhh, well...very nice vocals.  But wow, throw back to the 60's.  Peace, Love and Acid. LOL.  Ouch, I think Maxwell's Sliver Hammer just came down on my head.  Don't you think there too much like the Beetles?  They do a copy of While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  Humm, now where have I heard that?  LOL.  Hey,  do they do a version of "For the Benefit of Mr Kite"?  LOL, if you like them, far be it from me to tell you other wise but for me, nada.  They do have wonderful vocals tho!     Ps. Peace, Love and DONT DO ACID.   

skm here is alink to youtube, you can listen to quite a bit of phish if so interested. and see them in concert so to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em80ViNVlHM

Kingfish wrote:

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But be careful, it might make you lean to the left a bit. Peace and love,
Kingfish

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Or...SKM, perhaps drive you further to the right...

Try google, or phish.com. Huge touring band, cult like following of fans, playing a hard to describe mix of jazz/fusion/rock with an occasional dose of bluegrass. Very improvisational in all live performances. concerts are usually 2 to 2 and a half hours with a 30 minute intermission and another 2 hour or longer second set, plus an encore of two or three songs. The concerts are full of neo-hippies and a handful of old hippies such as myself. Some of the music is an acquired taste and some is very easy to listen to. Go to www.livephish.com and just let it play on your computer for awhile. But be careful, it might make you lean to the left a bit. Peace and love,
Kingfish

they are supposed to be announcing later dates as well. but if ya need to hit the march dates. break out the check book, american express, williston credit union check card, to the tune of ummm 349 - 6500 a day... yikes

UFFDA, UFFDA, UFFDA!!!
Accordingly to the blogs and chatrooms, the entire 3 day event sold out in 4 seconds. We had 2 computers and 3 phones going all at once and got shut out. May have to hire one of the local telemarketing companies to compete for tickets next time. It looks like I am at the mercy of the scalpers now. Thanks for the support.

Phish tickets are on sale in 10 minutes. Woohoo!!!!!

Hey VKO,
I was your son's high school football coach. Ironic that we are now both phishheads. Tell Cully hello for me, Perhaps we can meet in Hampton this spring. Woohoo!

knew you phish-heads would like it..... lol

Petty happy in this camp. Can 't wait, I'm in the lottery for tickets at Hampton and will be saving my pennies to hit the road this summer for a couple of weeks jammin with the boys. Great music, great vibe, great community.
And please SKM, find just a bit of time to be happy for us phish phans. It warms the soul.
Kingphish

yep...I have time to worry that the phish fans are happy once again.