Question 1

Phish brought the full Gamehendge saga back for the first time in 29 years at which New Year's Eve show?

Accepted Answer

Madison Square Garden, 2023. On December 31, 2023 at Madison Square Garden, Phish staged Gamehendge with live actors, dancers and puppets, its first complete telling since 1994.

Question 2

Phish's very first Halloween 'musical costume' in 1994 was a complete cover of which album?

Accepted Answer

The Beatles' White Album. Fans picked it by mail-in vote, and the band learned all of the double album for one night in Glens Falls, NY.

Question 3

At the 1994 New Year's Eve show at Boston Garden, the band flew over the crowd riding inside a giant what?

Accepted Answer

Hot dog. The famous flying hot dog came back for later gags and now lives in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Question 4

"Sample in a Jar" and "Wolfman's Brother" both appear on which 1994 Phish studio album?

Accepted Answer

Hoist. Both songs are on Hoist, released in March 1994 and produced by Paul Fox. The album also opens with "Julius" and includes "Down with Disease."

Question 5

In what year did Phish play its first show at New York's Madison Square Garden?

Accepted Answer

1994. Phish debuted at Madison Square Garden on December 30, 1994, in a sold-out show with $22.50 tickets. They taped a Late Show with David Letterman appearance earlier that same day.

Question 6

Hoist (1994) featured the horn section of which R&B group?

Accepted Answer

Tower of Power. Hoist was stacked with guests, including Tower of Power's horns, Alison Krauss and banjo great Béla Fleck.

Question 7

The Dude of Life's 1994 album, which he worked on with Phish as his backing band at Archer Studio, is titled what?

Accepted Answer

Crimes of the Mind. Right after the 1991 Amy's Farm show, the band went back to Burlington to work on the record, which finally came out in 1994.

Question 8

Phish's very first Halloween 'musical costume' show, in 1994, was played in which upstate New York city?

Accepted Answer

Glens Falls. Phish played three sets that night in Glens Falls, with the full White Album as the middle set.

Question 9

The "Tweezer" on A Live One was recorded in which city?

Accepted Answer

Bangor, Maine. A Live One's "Tweezer" comes from Bangor, Maine, on November 2, 1994. The famous Bozeman show appears only as "Montana," a short slice of its post-Tweezer jam.

Question 10

Which horn section joined Phish for 14 concerts during the 1991 summer tour?

Accepted Answer

Giant Country Horns. Trey introduced them as Dave "The Truth" Grippo, Russell "Killer" Remington and Carl "Gears" Gerhard. An expanded 1994 crew went by the Cosmic Country Horns.

Question 11

Phish's first national network TV appearance, on Letterman in December 1994, featured which song?

Accepted Answer

Chalk Dust Torture. They played "Chalk Dust Torture" on December 30, 1994, and went on to appear on Letterman seven more times before he retired.

Question 12

The legendary 'Tweezerfest' of May 7, 1994, where 'Tweezer' was woven through the whole second set, took place at which Dallas venue?

Accepted Answer

The Bomb Factory. Mike chose the show as one of his 'Mike's Picks' in 2003, and it came out as Live Phish 18.

Question 13

At Providence Civic Center on December 29, 1994, which song led directly into the famous 'Providence Bowie'?

Accepted Answer

Guyute. The Providence 'Bowie' ran over half an hour and included whistling, a 'Lassie' chant and a whistled tease of the Andy Griffith theme 'Fishin' Hole.'

Question 14

Phish.net's 'David Bowie' jam chart lists one 36-minute fall 1994 version under the nickname 'The Other One,' comparing it with Providence. Where and when was it played?

Accepted Answer

Minneapolis, 11/26/94. The jam chart says fans should know both this 36:30 'Bowie' and Providence, calling Minneapolis the more musically oriented of the two and 'a downright masterpiece.'

Question 15

When 'Buffalo Bill' opened the third set at The Great Went on August 17, 1997, it was its first performance since which show?

Accepted Answer

New Year's Eve 1994 in Boston. Phish.net counts that bust-out as a 204-show gap, last played December 31, 1994.

Question 16

"Down with Disease," which reached the top 40 of Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in 1994, appears on which album?

Accepted Answer

Hoist. "Down with Disease" was released as a single the same day as Hoist. The album also produced the singles "Sample in a Jar" and "Julius."

Question 17

What do fans famously do over the intro of "Wilson"?

Accepted Answer

Chant the song's title. The chant became standard after A Live One came out, since that album captured a full crowd shouting it at a New York show in December 1994.

Question 18

At The Great Went in 1997, the lights went out at Trey's request and fans filled the air with glowsticks. During which song?

Accepted Answer

Harry Hood. When the glowsticks came flying, Trey threw some back and told fans to go get more. The first known glowstick war actually happened during "Harpua" in Chicago in 1994.

Question 19

In April 1994, which MTV cartoon aired the "Down with Disease" video, with its hosts making a cranky remark about the band?

Accepted Answer

Beavis and Butt-Head. It's the only official music video the band itself has produced, and the famous couch critics were not impressed.

Question 20

How did the band settle on the July 8, 1994 version of "Stash" for A Live One?

Accepted Answer

Fans suggested it on the rec.music.phish newsgroup. The band started with about 560 performances and cut them down to 30 before picking the final lineup. They also asked fans online for suggestions.

Question 21

Which Phish member directed Tracking, a 1994 documentary about the band?

Accepted Answer

Mike Gordon. Mike is the band's resident filmmaker, and his later films Outside Out and Rising Low both won audience awards.

Question 22

Friends and fans know Mike Gordon by which nickname?

Accepted Answer

Cactus. Mike led one-time Phish covers like the Beatles' 'Yer Blues' on Halloween 1994.

Question 23

At the Halloween 1994 and 1995 shows, how were the albums Phish covered chosen?

Accepted Answer

Decided by fan input. For the 1996 and 1998 costumes, the band made the pick itself.

Question 24

Phish's 1994 summer tour introduced which band-run service, which also set tickets aside for tapers at some venues?

Accepted Answer

Phish Tickets-By-Mail. That 73-show tour backed Hoist and ran through mid-July 1994.

Question 25

At Sugarbush in July 1994, the 'Harpua' story was interrupted by news of what real-world event, which led into '2001'?

Accepted Answer

A comet crashing into Jupiter. The show, the last of the summer 1994 tour, was played at the base of Mount Ellen in Vermont and later released as LivePhish 02.

Question 26

Phish's July 15, 1994 show at Jones Beach was the band's first that was partly powered by what?

Accepted Answer

Solar power. Greenpeace brought a semi truck and equipment to collect, store and supply the solar power.

Question 27

Phish's bluegrass cover 'The Old Home Place,' sung by Mike, was originally recorded in 1963 by which group?

Accepted Answer

The Dillards. Phish debuted the song as an encore in June 1994. Steve Cooley of the Dillards later sat in on it.

Question 28

Which banjo player, nicknamed 'Reverend,' joined Phish for a week of fall 1994 Midwest shows and taught them to play bluegrass around one mic?

Accepted Answer

Jeff Mosier. Mosier filmed the sessions on the tour bus and backstage so the band could watch them back as part of their lessons.

Question 29

Which band opened for Phish at Davis and San Jose, California, in December 1994?

Accepted Answer

Dave Matthews Band. The Gumbo from the Davis show on December 2, 1994 was later picked for A Live One.

Question 30

Mike Gordon played banjo on Improvisczario, a 2007 album by which Parliament-Funkadelic keyboard legend?

Accepted Answer

Bernie Worrell. Mike has been picking the banjo since 1994.

Phish 1994 Trivia