(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) "What is a band without simple?" When I heard Phish would be playing Hill Auditorium, my first thought was 12/15/71, the date of a well-known Grateful Dead show at this venue. My second thought was Ann Arbor, MI, a small,...

I stump for this show, and more specifically the Simple, nearly any moment where it's appropriate to do so, because I love this jam so much (and I'm slightly biased, as my avatar suggests). However, it's been a little while since I've heard the show, and since I have a hankering for some mid-90s...

(first appeared on rec.music.phish on July 18, 2000, it seems, although I am not sure when it was originally written; please pardon the . . . youthful exuberance?) On a cold night in November 1994, I my senses were opened to an experience like no other. I would have certainly called myself a...

Incredible journey of exploration well beyond the standard. The second section, at about 8:30, includes quite of bit of "DEG"-like jamming, followed by some quiet moments and a killer return to "Stash."

This is what "Type II" is all about, folks. Stunning. Magnificent. Released by Kevin Shapiro on "From the Archives" #17.

Thunderous percussion running throughout the composed section is offset by a protracted period of sustained and pretty calm incited by Trey, which Page sustains for some time. This idea is again assumed by Trey (very cool) before Mike drives the jam forward. Trey's tone is great as he plays with - and off - Fish, the jam then breaking down a bit and the play becomes truly dynamic as the band builds towards a powerful peak, filled with wonderful and warm sustain, and then slashing Trey (who seems intent to rage).