LivePhish, Vol. 15 10/31/96 (The Omni, Atlanta, GA)

Phish

Released on 29-10-2002 by ADA US
Main artists: Phish
Genre: Rock

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Besides being the most musically important of Phish's four Halloween performances between 1994 and 1998 (released as Vol. 13 through Vol. 16 of the band's archival Live Phish series), the group's rendition of Talking Heads' Remain in Light, their seminal 1980 collaboration with producer Brian Eno, is simply the best of 'em all. The Heads' record was a studio masterpiece, layering mysterious synthesizer washes over African polyrhythms to create a distinct textural beauty. It was so intricate that they never played much of the material in a live setting. The members of Phish pushed themselves remarkably for this performance: They added two horn players (including longtime Giant Country Horn Dave Grippo) and Santana percussionist Karl Perazzo (who toured with them for several weeks that fall), keyboardist Page McConnell added several synthesizers to his arsenal, and -- after several tentative starts -- drummer Jon Fishman finally began to sing for real (his voice had previously been used mostly on novelty numbers). Most importantly, it taught the bandmembers to play with a new reverence for minimalism, which helped both snap them out of the creative malaise they seemed to be suffering in for much of 1996 and provide them juice for the reinvention they would undertake beginning in early 1997 (check out both Slip, Stitch & Pass and Live Phish, Vol. 11 for evidence of Remain in Light's influence). In fact, it was this reinvention as a hippie funk unit that had the band planting seeds for the groove jam band eruption that would follow in its wake. All of that, of course, is immaterial in the wake of the show itself: Phish manages to convincingly pull off Remain in Light in its entirety, as perfect a mix of obscure weirdness, high musicality, and avant-gardisms as the band might ever encounter. The two other sets from that night sound monochromatic in comparison, although they contain their share of fun moments (including one of Trey Anastasio's story-songs, "Colonel Forbin's Ascent," in which the character is terrorized by a giant David Byrne replete with the famed big suit).

© Jesse Jarnow /TiVo

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LivePhish, Vol. 15 10/31/96 (The Omni, Atlanta, GA)

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