Shows, setlists, jams and stories from Phish in 2004. Here are 30 of our 45 2004 questions. Tap an answer to play right here, or jump into a 10-question set. Every answer links to the source it was checked against.
How did Trey Anastasio announce in May 2004 that Phish was breaking up?
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In a post on the band's website. Trey wrote that the band had run its course and that they wanted to end on a high note. Coventry that August was billed as the farewell.
In June 2004, Phish played a seven-song set for David Letterman's show from what unusual spot?
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Atop the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee. The June 21, 2004 rooftop set came less than a month after Trey announced the breakup. It included "Wilson," "Chalk Dust Torture" and "Tweezer," with "Scents and Subtle Sounds" played twice.
Rift's instrumental "All Things Reconsidered" is a playful variation on the theme music of which radio program?
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NPR's All Things Considered. The show it riffs on has played the Phish tune several times. An orchestral version later turned up on Trey's 2004 solo album Seis De Mayo.
Where did Jay-Z join Phish onstage for "99 Problems" and "Big Pimpin'" in June 2004?
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Keyspan Park in Brooklyn. On June 18, 2004, at the Brooklyn minor-league ballpark, Phish backed Jay-Z with help from percussionist Cyro Baptista. It's their only "99 Problems" ever.
What was the name of John Paluska's Burlington-based company that managed Phish?
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Dionysian Productions. Paluska managed Phish for 16 years, and Dionysian wound down after the 2004 breakup. Red Light Management, where Jason Colton later picked up management duties, is a different company.
Paul Languedoc, Phish's longtime sound engineer and guitar builder, mixed his first Phish show in October 1986 at which Burlington club?
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Hunt's. Languedoc mixed the band until 2004 and builds guitars and basses only for Trey and Mike. When Phish returned in 2009 he retired from the road to focus on building instruments.
Coventry ticketholders who couldn't reach the 2004 festival because of flooded roads got a full refund plus what?
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A signed limited-edition Danny Clinch photo book. Handling those refunds was one of the last big jobs for Phish's longtime management company, which wound down at the end of 2004.
Andy Bernstein, one of the founders of the fan guide The Pharmer's Almanac, later co-founded which nonpartisan nonprofit with Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein?
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HeadCount. Founded in 2004, the group works with musicians to encourage democratic participation, and Bernstein became its executive director.
Late on New Year's Eve 2003, Fishman debuted 'Feel the Heat' as his 'first song of 2004' in honor of which team?
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Miami Heat. Playing in the Heat's home arena, Fish dedicated his new-year number to the local NBA team, then kept the theme going with 'Henrietta's Heat' jokes during 'Hold Your Head Up'.
Who ran the lights for Phish's April 2004 Las Vegas shows, the first time Chris Kuroda missed a Phish show since April 1989?
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Fenton Williams. Dave Matthews Band lighting director Fenton Williams filled in for all three Vegas dates. It ended a streak of 1,179 shows that Kuroda had lit.
At Las Vegas on April 15, 2004, Jennifer Hartswick sang the Phish debut of which song, sandwiched inside 'Scent of a Mule'?
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Girls Girls Girls. The Trey Anastasio Band trumpeter and singer took the mic in the middle of a 'Scent of a Mule' sandwich for the first Phish 'Girls Girls Girls'.
What happened to the "You Enjoy Myself" trampolines at Coventry in August 2004?
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They were given to an audience member. The trampolines had been part of YEM since a May 1989 show in Northfield. Their last outing was the first set at Coventry.
In 2004, Trey performed at Carnegie Hall with which orchestra from Phish's home state?
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The Vermont Youth Orchestra. Trey has since played his orchestral music with major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
At The Fillmore in San Francisco in 2004, Page's band Vida Blue was joined onstage by whom?
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The baseball pitcher the band is named after. The band borrowed its name from the 1970s and 1980s Major League pitcher, who eventually showed up to share the stage.
At Coventry in 2004, which band member broke down while singing his own ballad, leaving the audience to sing it for him?
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Page McConnell, during "Wading in the Velvet Sea". With the band then expected to break up, Page got too emotional to finish "Wading in the Velvet Sea," and the crowd picked up the vocals.
At Trey's 'Easter Jam' at Higher Ground in Winooski, Vermont, in April 2004, what surprise followed when he started 'Sand'?
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The rest of Phish came out and joined in. Page, Fish and Mike later came back for 'Plasma' and Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground,' a nod to the club's name.