Hampton Countdown: Phish Opener Picks
We asked a number of our favorite folks from around the scene for their Phish opener picks and here’s what they came up with…
Name: Joel Cummins
Occupation: Keyboardist – Umphrey’s McGee
Favorite Phish Song: Reba
Number of shows attended: 33
Hampton Opener Pick: You Enjoy Myself
Name: George Miller
Occupation: Drummer – U-Melt
Favorite Phish Song: McGrupp
Number of shows attended: @ 30
Hampton Opener Pick: Destiny Unbound
Name: Marc Brownstein
Occupation: Bassist – The Disco Biscuits
Favorite Phish Song: Down With Disease
Number of Shows Attended: “A fucking boatload”
Hampton Opener Pick: “The new Phish song, ‘Couldn’t Care Less.’ I’m not going to be there & I stopped caring about what Phish played in 1999″
READ ON for more picks from around the scene…
Name: Chris Cartelli
Occupation: Guitarist – Give Us The Money Lebowski
Favorite Phish Song: Lifeboy
Number of Shows Attended: 126
Opener Pick: Fluffhead
Name: Jefferson Waful
Occupation: Lighting Designer – Umphrey’s McGee
Favorite Phish Song: Stash
Number of shows attended: 125 ish
Hampton Opener Pick: Tweezer Reprise
Name: Andy Bernstein
Occupation: Executive Director – HeadCount
Favorite Phish Song: Halley’s Comet
Number of Shows Attended: 195
Opener Pick: Sanity
Name: Nick Setteducato
Occupation: Guitarist – Give Us The Money Lebowski
Favorite Phish Song: Tela
Number of Shows Attended: 15
Opener Pick: Down With Disease
Name: Scott Bernstein
Occupation: Editor-in-Chief – Hidden Track
Favorite Phish Song: Harry Hood
Number of shows attended: 160
Hampton Opener Pick: You Enjoy Myself
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm
brownee is a dick
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 8:32 pm
birds of a feather people.
why does brownie not care anymore? seriously?
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 8:57 pm
..brownie was at brooklyn in 04. He has a shitload of respect for phish…headcount allstars etc etc..
I don’t really care what phish opens with either, I care about how they play, which I think is more what marc was getting at.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Name: guyute
Occupation: web developer
Favorite Phish Song: YEM
Number of Shows Attended: 30 something
Opener Pick: Possum
Encore Pick: Waste
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Name:Frinkazoid
Occupation:Beer and Wine sales
Favorite Phish Song:Slave to The Traffic Light
Number of Shows attended:56 (1994-2000)6(2002-2004)
Opener Pick:Rock and Roll partII
but i like the idea of Sanity, Icculus,or Harpua with the dream sequence
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Name: Karen
Occupation: artist/teacher/mom
Fav phish tune: jeezum crow..how can anyone answer that?
# shows: too many and counting
opener: glide (although i m hoping for a new obscure jam session)
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Name: oysterhead
Occupation: chef
Fav phish tune: Tweezer
# shows: 102
opener: Fluffhead
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 2:30 am
Name: Jim Jay
Occupation: salad tosser (yes, I am waiter)
Favorite Phish Song: chalkdust
Number of Shows Attended: 25
Opener Pick: PYITE
Encore Pick: SUZY GREENBURG!
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 6:27 am
Opener: The McLovins’ – Shakedown Street (Don’t tell me this BAND ain’t got no Heart)
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Phish opener: YEM
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:21 am
Name: RICKY D
Occupation: patent atty
Fav phish tune: Reba
# shows: 25
opener: hydrogen > weekapaug
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 9:38 am
Tt would be very funny and very PHISH esq to have The McLovins come out when the lights go out. Allow them to play one song -> Jam -> and then one by one each band member is replaced by a real member of PHISH.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 10:43 am
Name: J.J. Toothman
Occupation: Web Technologist – Stanford University
Favorite Phish Song: Harpua
Number of Shows Attended: A lot, though I really would like to not count the 3 shows from 2002-2004, those were horrible.
Opener Pick: Harry Hood (with the loudest “you can feel good, good…” singalong ever.)
Encore pick: Loving Cup
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I like how Scotty B thinks! YEM.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Love how everyone is attacking Brownie for saying that. HE has seen more Phish than any of you.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Name: Newms
Occupation: DJ and stuff
Favorite Phish Song: PYITE
Number of Shows Attended: Around 35 or so.
Opener Pick: Chalkdust…but Fluffhead would be more significant
Encore pick: The Curtain (With)
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Name: Al
Occupation: Corrupting the youth of tomorrow
Favorite Phish Song: Fee
Number of Shows Attended: 25 (mostly pre-1998), with 4 kickass shows post 1998
Opener Pick: Bouncin’
Encore pick: Tweezer Reprise
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 3:18 pm
shit brownie, you should quit while yer a head, before you become a full dick. or is it to late? opener: rock ‘n roll. Sterile Jets fer life!
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 4:04 pm
gotta be You Enjoy. Simple as that!
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I’m thinking either Chalkdust, AC/DC Bag or DWD opener and closing out the whole weekend with YEM Sunday night.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Name: Ernesto Lasen
Occupation: Guitar Tech-Little Feat
Favorite Phish Song: Tube
Number of Shows Attended: 65
Opener Pick:First Tube
Encore pick: Slave to the Traffic Light
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Yo Im With Brownstein…. for Fucks Sake Man, Bisco Is Now Where Phish was in the 90′s. They Bring the Fucking Heat to Every Show, Anybody who doesn’t think so simply doesn’t know, And as far as everyone talking shit about the drug scene that surround Bisco…. Anything that goes on there is Nothing compared to an average Phish Lot scene. People are fuckin’ dumb sometimes. Go Talk Shit about Bisco All you Want but remember—We all Like to dance around to songs about Lizards and Silly Fairytale like shit that most of society would completley think was GAY!!!! I’ve heard the same shit talk over the years about Phish As I hear now about Bisco… I sum it all up to one thing……..People Just don’t Fuckin’ Get it!!!!
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 6:57 pm
it will be Golgi.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Back to the purpose…It has to be YEM. Trey talked in that Rolling Stones interview, or whatever that was, about how he would give his left nut to play YEM, and some people doubted his ability saying he was too fucked up to play it. Well he’s cleaned up his act, so if that was the problem, which I don’t think it was, then YEM would be a statement opener for them.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 8:04 pm
fluffhead gets it
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I think phish is going to pick up where they left off and open the show with Undermind!!!