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[DaeguKid]

Anybody here ever catch the boys out on tour before? I first time I saw the Dead was in Detroit at the Palace in 94. Jerry opened up with Touch of Grey. I was hooked for life...
As for Phish....the Great Went. Summer of 97. Good times. Mukisupa Policeman. Though if im not mistaken second set had a killer Maze.

Anyone else here. Would love to hear your first show and any experiences that you may have had.
DK

[PimpofKorea]

Grateful Dead was one of those bands I never "got" in high school..I was mostly into metal...hard rock....progressive etc. But when I hooked up with a few hippies in college....I started to understand the power of the Dead.... "Eyes of the World" is such a great song...

[zappadelta]

I went to about 30 Phish shows, saw the Dead a couple times. That whole time was a haze for me, wouldn't trade it for anything.

[Fresh Prince]

Can Phish claim a generation and the children of a generation of fans?

[DaeguKid]

[DaeguKid]

[SirFink]

[djsmnc]

Neither.

However, my 2 high school buddies followed Phish for a summer and left me their 'happy plants' to grow in the woods next to my house.

They had a great time.

Unfortunately, while I greatly admire the talent that both bands have, a lot of their music just never satisfied my musical tastes. I think it's because a lot of their music is recorded on live equipment and sounds grainy. My friend used to say that it gave them an "organic" sound, but I thought it just sounded like good music on a high school garage band 4 track.

Anyway, they are both cool, I like Ben and Jerry's ice cream, weed is good, granola is healthy, damn the man, save the whales and all that...

[PimpofKorea]

[gotte00]

I've been to 40 Phish shows and 10 Dead shows. They are two totally different bands and each unique. Sure there are common links, Shakedown St in the lot, travelling fans, taping of shows, etc. BUt when you get down to the music, the only similarities are they can extend a 5 minutes studio song into 20 minutes or more, they never played the same setlist, play great covers.

The Dead were a blues/country band first, then started delving into jazz. Remember the difference in era's. Jerry grew up listening to bluegrass, Phil was a classically trained musician, Pig Pen was the bluesman boozer and on and on.

Phish had influence from the 60's and 70's from all genres of music. You can see it in their musicianship and in the covers they played often. To me, and most Phish fans cringe when I say this, Phish is the best cover band I've ever seen. Frankenstein, Whipping Post, Manteca(jazz standard), 2001, Loving Cup, Boogie on Reggae Woman. The list can go on and on.

If you're looking for some good shows for Phish, check out Kalamazoo 1995, Alpine Valley 1997, Vegas 1998, Big Cypress(7 hours w/out leaving the stage) and more.

My first Dead show was Auburn Hills 1993. Bruce Hornsby's last show while they were breaking in Vince Welnick. Daegukid, the Auburn Hills 1994 show, Aug. 1, was a fantastic show. Love the Midnight Hour. Singing Happy Birthday to Jerry as the second set started. Just a great show.

If anyone is into trading or wants to get together for drinks, dinner and talk about these bands and more. Let's try to set something up.

And remember, whatever you do take care of your shoes.

[zappadelta]

[DaeguKid]

[DaeguKid]

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[Nowhere Man]

I saw Phish at Metropolis in Montreal in the Spring of '94.

I sold cigarettes outside a Spring '95 Dead show in Charlotte.

I like both bands, but, IMHO, the parking lot outside the Dead show was more interesting than the actual Phish show.

I basically saw the Phish crowd as a subset of the greater Greatful Dead legion.

Lyrically, I think Robert Hunter body slams Trey Anastasio.

[Fresh Prince]