Close But No Cigar For Phish Reunion At Rothbury
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I can just imagine all the spunions in the corwd -- dancing and twirling -- thinking that Phish was going to reunite at the Rothbury Music festival held in Michigan over 4th of July weekend. Three of the four jam band members were playing the festival with their side-projects, so mixed with the right amounts of psychedllic mushrooms, MDMA and acid (double candy-flipping?) the reasoning probably made sense.
But there was no Phish reunion. Instead guitarist Trey Anastasio and bassist Mike Gordon jammed together during Anastasio's solo set ,which closed with the pair playing Phish's "Chalkdust Torture."
(Photo via Rolling Stone)
"If we could just find a drummer and a keyboard player somewhere..." Anastasio joked from the stage.
Later during Gordon's set, Anastasio returned the guest spot favor playing Phish's "Meat," also one half of Anastasio's request was delivered with Phish drummer Jon Fishman. Fishman joined the two for a cover of the Beatles "He Said, She Said."
Comments (3)
Would this make it a small world... or a large world?
The short of the long is that my life is in a signifigant stage of epiphany that includes the first trip home to my hometown in exactly three years to the day... and I did not realize, plan, contemplate at any point the possibility of makeing the trip last three years to the day ago.
As I approached Ludington and 31 N, I found myself driving past the largest mass of humanity in tents and cars logically laid out on a scale the likes of which I have never seen afore. And I wondered what was going on, the only clues being the large Orange roadside generator signs telling "Event" attendees to stay right, through traffic to the left...
I am of the original breed of Phish head, thinking there would never be better than Juanta... but Lawnboy showed up and Reba still kicks my ass to this day.
From what you describe, Charley, the reunion was confirmed and they told us it is just a matter of time... I feel blessed to know I was as close as I was even after the fact;) For different reasons, all the same... many that started at many a Phish shows like Deer Creek in Indy and knowing there had never been a better time or place to be human. It was around 7:00pm Friday night that I rolled past the "event"
It looks like it's gonna be the three year plan this time... or wait, was it big or small? I don't think that part was decided yet...
Deer Creek shows are great. Would like to have seen them this weekend as well. Rothbury sounds like a great festival. Fun late night set from what I heard too with Gordon, Derek Trucks and others.
Hope Trey stayed away from the scene there and keep it on the up and up. Then we'll all get that reunion we're looking for. And for my money, I want Trey to play electric guitar.
A reunion is inevitable. Trey is starting to have fun again. Seriously, his setlist was composed of mostly Phish songs. He's ready to give up that left nut i'd say.