1996 phish tour

After a long fall tour comprised of over fifty shows in more than thirty states and Canada (see TMIPH September 1995), Phish ended the year as one of the top-grossing concert acts of 1995 with two shows at the Worcester Centrum and two more at Madison Square Garden. The next year began with Fish performing in his side band Pork Tornado and Trey and Mike joining Jamie Mansfield for a Bad Hat show at UVM. February consisted mostly of planning for the upcoming studio sessions at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, where the band would spend much of the early part of the year recording their studio album, Billy Breathes. The sessions began in March and continued through June of 1996 with the band taking time off from the studio between March 20th and April 30th. Trey’s fantasy free-jazz band Surrender To The Air, which was formed the previous spring, released their album under the same name on March 12th on Elektra Records.

April 1996 in Phish History began with two Surrender to the Air shows at New York City’s Academy. The Academy had been a stop on Phish’s tour with the Giant Country Horns (see TMIPH July 1991) and Surrender to the Air would be the last shows there before the room closed for good. Surrender to the Air was comprised of Trey’s “dream” musicians: he literally dreamed of the group and the musicians and then went about assembling the group. It consisted of Trey on guitar, Aquarium Rescue Unit’s Oteil Burbridge on bass (now with the Allman Brothers Band), Oteil’s brother and bandmate from ARU Kofi Burbridge on flute, Sun Ra’s Intergalactic Arkestra members Damon Choice on vibraphone and Marshall Allen on saxophone, Burlington mainstay James Harvey on trombone, Mark Ribot on guitar, John Medeski of Medeski, Martin and Wood on keyboards and Michael Ray on trumpet. Drumming duties were carried by Fish and Bob Gullotti of the Boston avant garde jazz group The Fringe and Michael Ray’s Cosmic Krewe. The group performed on April 1st and 2nd where they tore through improvisational jazz pieces of varying lengths and intensity for two sets each night. The musicians brought the audience on a musical journey ranging from the cacophonous to the melodic, that culminated with a rousing ovation in the soon-to-be demolished Academy after the encore on April 2nd.

After Surrender to the Air, Trey and Fish rejoined Page and Mike in Vermont to rehearse for their upcoming performance at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in late April (their only live performance of the spring). On April 11th, Trey joined Merl Saunders at Burlington’s Club Toast for a guest appearance that lasted most of the second set to the great satisfaction of the sold-out 500 person crowd. Fish and Pork Tornado played at Club Toast on April 15th and April 22nd. Also on April 22nd, Fish did a drum clinic for “percussion day” in Burlington.

On April 26th, Phish performed at the RayBan Stage at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival . There, they played a spirited afternoon set to an overflow crowd which contained many classics including a YaMar – AC/DC Bag opener (YaMar contained appropriate teases of When The Saints Go Marching In). Michael Ray joined the band on trumpet for Cars Trucks Buses and the band segued You Enjoy Myself into Wolfman’s Brother, beginning Wolfman’s acapella directly out of the YEM vocal jam. 2001 > Harry Hood was also notable. They closed the show with David Bowie and returned for a double encore of Hello My Baby and Cavern. Following the devastation of hurricane Katrina in 2005, this show was released as “New Orleans Relief” along with parts of the band’s November 7, 1991 Tipitina’s performance with Col. Bruce & The Aquarium Rescue Unit. On April 28, Trey and Page joined Michael Ray and his Cosmic Krewe for a show at Jimmy’s Place in New Orleans.

The band returned to the studio to continue work on Billy Breathes in May and June, where they were joined by co-producer Steve Lillywhite to complete the project. Billy Breathes was released in October.

Phish announces set times and other details for Mondegreen Festival in Dover

More details have dropped on the much-anticipated Mondegreen, a Phish festival set to invade The Woodlands of Dover from Thursday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 18.

The jam band has released set times, camping and hotel shuttle options on the official Mondegreen website.

Tickets for the festival went on sale in January, and fans have many pass options to create their own experience.

Unlike Firefly Music Festival, which historically took place each summer at The Woodlands, Mondegreen will not feature any other bands.

Instead, Phish plans to perform eight times over four days.

There also will be interactive fan experiences, art installations, specially curated regional food and drink, plus more. 

Mondegreen is defined as "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing, especially of something recited or sung," according to  Merriam-Webster . 

The first Phish festival was the three-day Clifford Ball event in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1996. That event helped to set the template for the band's future festivals. The new Delaware fest is slated to be the band's 11th self-produced festival. 

Phish also recently performed a four-day stint at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

According to the website, camping for Mondegreen opens Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 8 a.m. Other camping details are now available on the site and are subject to change.

The festival officially kicks off at noon Thursday, Aug. 15.

Phish will perform eight sets over the four days of the events, with the concert venue opening for fans three hours before each set time. All times are subject to change, the website advises:

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m. (2 sets)
• Friday: 7:30 p.m. (2 sets)
• Saturday: 7:30 p.m. (2 sets)
• Sunday: 6:30 p.m. (2 sets)

Phish fans can purchase a Foundation Pass, which will offer them access to the Foundation Lounge. The Lounge opens at the same time the concert venue opens each day, and shuts down one hour after the show ends, according to the website.

A Foundation Lounge single-day pass costs $300 (including fees) and includes:

• Foundation viewing platform
• Air-conditioned lounge with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food options
• Cash bar featuring a selection of cocktails, craft beers and wines
• Shaded lounge area with seating
• Waterwheel raffle of Phish memorabilia and merchandise
• Limited-merchandise shopping
• Private, air-conditioned restrooms
• Water refill station
• On-site host

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Also available now on the website are details about roundtrip shuttle options to/from area hotels: Hampton Inn Dover, Sleep Inn & Suites Dover, Holiday Inn & Suites Dover, Wyndham Garden Dover, Microtel Inn & Suites Dover, Comfort Suites Dover, Red Roof Inn & Suites Dover Downtown. 

If you get bored, dive deeper into the Mondegreen info on the site and find gems like this: "The festival is all ages, except for age 53. … Attendees 109 years or older must be accompanied by an adult between the ages of 73 and 81.''

For the real deal on who can attend, ticket, camping and other information, visit mondegreen.phish.com .

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• Julius Play Video
• My Friend, My Friend Play Video
• Ya Mar ( Cyril Ferguson  cover) Play Video
• Chalk Dust Torture Play Video
• The Sloth Play Video
• Uncle Pen ( Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys  cover) Play Video
• Free Play Video
• Theme From the Bottom Play Video
• Bold as Love ( The Jimi Hendrix Experience  cover) Play Video
• Down With Disease Play Video
• Jesus Just Left Chicago ( ZZ Top  cover) Play Video
• Scent of a Mule Play Video
• Tweezer Play Video
• Sweet Emotion ( Aerosmith  cover) Play Video
• The Star-Spangled Banner ( John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key  cover) Play Video
• Fire ( The Jimi Hendrix Experience  cover) Play Video
• Waste Play Video
• Tweezer Reprise Play Video

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• Bold as Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Fire by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Jesus Just Left Chicago by ZZ Top
• Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith
• The Star-Spangled Banner by John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key
• Uncle Pen by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• Ya Mar by Cyril Ferguson
• Down With Disease (2)
• Scent of a Mule
• Chalk Dust Torture
• Tweezer Reprise
• Theme From the Bottom
• My Friend, My Friend

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