Hey Phish… The Dead Did It First!

Even their most hardcore fans acknowledge that there would be no Phish (or certainly a radically different version) without the trail blazed by the Grateful Dead.

Starting with the marriage of jazz improvisation with rock instruments and sensibilities, but continuing on through borrowed elements as innocuous as the two set format, mail-order ticketing, audience recording / taper’s sections, and blow-out holiday gigs, both bands cultivated their loyal fanbases from a basic framework that shares many similarities.

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