Question 1

Phish's rollicking cover of "Loving Cup" comes from which band's catalog?

Accepted Answer

The Rolling Stones. It's a Jagger/Richards tune from the Stones' 1972 double LP Exile on Main St., and Phish first opened a show with it in Portland, Maine, in February 1993.

Question 2

Phish has famously performed a fully a cappella version of which Southern rock anthem, vocal guitar solo and all?

Accepted Answer

"Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd). The band first went fully voice-only on Lynyrd Skynyrd's epic in July 1993 in Weedsport, NY, recreating the guitar heroics with nothing but their mouths.

Question 3

What brand of vacuum cleaner does Jon Fishman famously play as an instrument?

Accepted Answer

Electrolux. Fish plays an Electrolux, and an older model he used was even donated to the Hard Rock Cafe in 1993.

Question 4

Fans call the classic pairing of "Mike's Song," "I Am Hydrogen" and "Weekapaug Groove" by what name?

Accepted Answer

Mike's Groove. The three songs were regularly played together starting in summer 1988. Since 1993, the song between "Mike's" and "Weekapaug" has been anybody's guess.

Question 5

"Peaches en Regalia," which Phish debuted in 1986, is the opening track of which Frank Zappa album?

Accepted Answer

Hot Rats. Phish brought "Peaches" back in 1993 with a tighter arrangement as a tribute to Zappa, after a gap of more than 550 shows.

Question 6

Who produced Hoist, recorded in late 1993 in Woodland Hills, California?

Accepted Answer

Paul Fox. Paul Fox produced Hoist at American Recording Co. It peaked at No. 34 and is described as Phish's best-selling studio album.

Question 7

A 1993 live fragment of which song was tacked onto the end of "Demand" to close Hoist?

Accepted Answer

Split Open and Melt. A piece of the April 21, 1993 "Split Open and Melt" serves as Hoist's finale. Melt's studio version on Lawn Boy was the first Phish album track with outside musicians.

Question 8

Phish's March 22, 1993 full Gamehendge performance, one of the most circulated Phish tapes ever, happened in which city?

Accepted Answer

Sacramento, California. The band told the saga at Sacramento's historic Crest Theatre, and quickly-seeded soundboard copies made it a tape-trading classic.

Question 9

Before late 1993, Phish's official newsletter Doniac Schvice was known by what name?

Accepted Answer

The Phish Update. It was The Phish Update until late 1993, mailed out by the band's office, Dionysian Productions.

Question 10

The 'must-hear' 'Bathtub Gin' from Indianapolis on August 13, 1993 segued into which song?

Accepted Answer

Ya Mar. Phish.net's 'Gin' chart lists this teases-packed August 1993 version as one of the best ever.

Question 11

The multi-segue 'Run Like an Antelope' at Tinley Park on August 14, 1993 included a detour into which Who song?

Accepted Answer

Sparks. The sequence went Antelope > Sparks > Walk Away > Antelope > Have Mercy > Antelope, and the jam chart calls its final segment one of the finest 'Antelopes'.

Question 12

Phish's cover of 'Crossroads' made its debut sandwiched inside which song at Durham, New Hampshire on May 8, 1993?

Accepted Answer

Mike's Song. The same UNH show also had a 'Bowie' that went into a 'Jessica' jam and 'Have Mercy' before coming back home.

Question 13

Phish.net's 'Reba' chart says the February 7, 1993 version from Washington, D.C. is known by what nickname, after its hissing and screaming composed section?

Accepted Answer

The Baguette Reba. Odd sounds during the composed section earned this early 1993 'Reba' its bread-themed name.

Question 14

The intricate instrumental "Peaches en Regalia" is a cover of which composer?

Accepted Answer

Frank Zappa. Phish first played it in 1986, then brought back a tighter arrangement as a tribute to Zappa in December 1993.

Question 15

Which album became the first Phish release to appear on the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 51 in 1993?

Accepted Answer

Rift. A Picture of Nectar didn't reach the Billboard 200 until its 2014 vinyl reissue, more than 20 years after Rift charted.

Question 16

'Slave to the Traffic Light' returned in Cincinnati on August 6, 1993 after a two-year gap. How many shows did that gap span, according to phish.net?

Accepted Answer

241. The previous 'Slave' was on October 24, 1991 in Prescott, Arizona.

Question 17

At Arcata, California on March 28, 1993, the opening segment of 'You Enjoy Myself' slid into which goofy song before returning to YEM?

Accepted Answer

My Life As Pez. Phish had to step out of the composed intro for a quick candy-dispenser detour, then picked up YEM right where it left off.

Question 18

On May 5, 1993 in Albany, 'You Enjoy Myself' went into a raging jam with which band, skipping the usual bass-and-drums and vocal jam sections?

Accepted Answer

Aquarium Rescue Unit. With guests on stage the band skipped YEM's usual closing sections altogether and just jammed it out.

Question 19

Which eccentric guest joined Phish for the vocal jam of the August 25, 1993 'You Enjoy Myself' in Seattle?

Accepted Answer

Baby Gramps. The guest stuck around as the vocal jam turned into one of his own songs, which the chart says is also known as 'Mice And Bats.'

Question 20

In the famous February 20, 1993 Atlanta 'Tweezer,' after a 'Low Rider' jam, which song was sandwiched inside it?

Accepted Answer

Walk Away. The chart says the version had so little actual Tweezer content that it is hard to rate against the others.

Question 21

The August 12, 1993 'Tweezer' in Rochester Hills, Michigan included several measures of which A Picture of Nectar instrumental?

Accepted Answer

The Landlady. Along with that Nectar tune, the jam had Get Back and Simpsons signals.

Question 22

The April 29, 1993 'Run Like an Antelope' in Montreal included a brief jam on which Pink Floyd song?

Accepted Answer

Money. The same Pink Floyd song was teased in that night's 'Chalk Dust Torture' too.

Question 23

The July 18, 1993 'Run Like an Antelope' in Pittsburgh opened right off the bat with a jam on which Led Zeppelin song?

Accepted Answer

Heartbreaker. The chart says the band also played along with fireworks going off during this version.

Question 24

The intro of the February 5, 1993 'David Bowie' in New York City was used to deliver which spoken piece?

Accepted Answer

Vibration of Life. This spoken interlude was a rarity; when it popped up inside a December 1992 'Possum' in Chicago, it was only its second appearance.

Question 25

The intro of the February 19, 1993 'David Bowie' in Atlanta featured teases of, and a jam on, which Led Zeppelin song?

Accepted Answer

Moby Dick. Zeppelin's drum-solo showcase made a fitting detour for Bowie's hi-hat-driven intro, and the teasing kept going into the jam.

Question 26

On July 25, 1993 in Stanhope, New Jersey, 'David Bowie' was sandwiched around which bebop standard?

Accepted Answer

Donna Lee. The chart says the Bowie jam grew dissonant and tension-filled on both sides of the jazz detour.

Question 27

The August 7, 1993 'Mike's Song' at Darien Center, NY sandwiched which song?

Accepted Answer

Kung. The chart calls it 'one of the more bizarre but improvisational versions of "Mike's,"' and the first jam includes a '2001' tease.

Question 28

At about 8:45 of the July 15, 1993 'Stash' in Weedsport, NY, the band made an upbeat departure into a jam on which Christmas song?

Accepted Answer

Little Drummer Boy. A holiday tune in the middle of a July show is a classic Phish curveball.

Question 29

The August 9, 1993 Toronto 'Split Open and Melt' featured Trey scat singing and slowed down and down until it segued into which song?

Accepted Answer

Glide. The chart calls this one 'a little bit weird,' with slow, plodding, percussive jamming before the gentle landing.

Question 30

In the historic second set of February 20, 1993 in Atlanta, which song came between the opener 'Wilson' and 'Tweezer'?

Accepted Answer

Reba. Phish.net's jam chart calls this a 'supercharged' Reba that jump-starts the historic second set, which segued nonstop from Wilson through Tweezer Reprise.

Phish 1993 Trivia