Discord & Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Discord and Rhyme is a podcast where we discuss the albums we love, song by song.

099: Phish - A Live One (1995)

“Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.”

—Trey Anastasio

Phish are a band who tend to inspire extreme reactions. Their particular blend of progressive rock, funk, pop, and extended improvisation has attracted what may be the most dedicated fanbase in the world, but there seems to be a never ending supply of people who use the band as a punchline. Phil falls firmly into the “love them” category - he’s listened to hundreds of shows and counts Phish among his all-time favorite bands. He’s extremely excited to be discussing A Live One - the album that served as the world’s introduction to the sound of live Phish - with Dan and Rich.

Miscellany

  • A Live One draws from a variety of Phish concerts recorded in 1994, but the band couldn’t secure the recording rights from every venue at the time of release, so the songs are noted in the liner notes as having been recorded at “The Clifford Ball,” a reference to aviator Clifford Ball. When the band threw their first big festival in 1996, they actually named it “The Clifford Ball.”

  • The full version of “Tweezer” from Nov. 28th, 1994, that was excerpted for “Montana” can be found on YouTube. The full show is available for download or streaming on LivePhish.com.

  • Rich learned about “Page Side Rage Side” from this fan-curated glossary of Phish-related terms. It’s a Reddit thread, not an official list, so take it with a grain of salt. 

Other links 

Discord & Rhyme Roll Call 

  • Phil Maddox (host)

  • Rich Bunnell (moderator)

  • Dan Watkins 

A Live One tracklist 

  1. Bouncing Around the Room

  2. Stash

  3. Gumbo

  4. Montana

  5. You Enjoy Myself

  6. Chalk Dust Torture

  7. Slave to the Traffic Light

  8. Wilson

  9. Tweezer

  10. Simple

  11. Harry Hood

  12. The Squirming Coil 

Other clips used

Phish:

  • Heavy Things

  • Ghost (live, 11/17/97, Denver, CO)

  • Bouncing Around the Room (Lawn Boy version)

  • NO2

  • David Bowie

  • Sample in a Jar

  • Haunted House (live 10/31/14, Las Vegas, NV)

  • Chocolate Rain (live 7/28/17, New York, NY)

  • Chalk Dust Torture/Mirror in the Bathroom (live 11/27/98, Worcester, MA)

  • Chalk Dust Torture (A Picture of Nectar version)

  • Tweezer (live 4/4/98, Providence, RI)

  • Llama

  • Watcher of the Skies

  • Maze

  • Crosseyed and Painless (live 10/31/96, Atlanta, GA)

  • Piper (live 4/3/98, Uniondale, NY)

  • Free

  • Riker’s Mailbox

  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra (live 4/4/98, Providence, RI) 

Others:

  • Electric Six - Getting into the Jam

  • Charles Mingus - Jump Monk

  • They Might Be Giants - The World’s Address

  • Little Feat - Spanish Moon

  • Derek and the Dominos - Layla

  • Weezer - The Good Life

  • Camel - Echoes

Band/album personnel 

  • Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals

  • Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals

  • Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals

  • Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

The Giant Country Horns (on "Gumbo"):

  • Peter Apfelbaum – tenor saxophone

  • Carl Gerhard – trumpet

  • Dave Grippo – alto saxophone

  • James Harvey – trombone

  • Michael Ray – trumpet

Credits 

“Discord & Rhyme (theme),” composed by the Other Leading Brand, contains elements of: 

  • Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

  • Amon Düül II - Dehypnotized Toothpaste

  • The Dukes of Stratosphear - What in the World?? ...

  • Faith No More - Midlife Crisis

  • Herbie Hancock - Hornets

  • Kraftwerk - Autobahn

  • Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen

  • Phish - Tweezer (this episode only)

You can buy or stream A Live One and other albums by Phish at your local record store, livephish.com, or the usual suspects such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon. Follow Discord & Rhyme on Twitter @DiscordPod for news, updates, and other random stuff. Editing and production is by Rich Bunnell, and special thanks to our own Mike DeFabio, the Other Leading Brand, for producing the introduction and theme song. See you next album, and keep as cool as you can.

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