Phish - 1994 Bluegrass Sessions Documentary (1 of 9)

This has already been called the "Holy Grail" of Phish Videos.

This is a FREELY TRADED, NEVER SOLD home movie of Phish Backstage. Total running time 1 hour 20 minutes.

The Rev. Jeff Mosier (Blueground Undergrass) was contracted by Phish in the Fall of 1994, to help them learn Bluegrass. They flew him to Michigan and Gordon picked him up in a limo, and they had their first lesson on 11-14-94, same night as Grand Rapids.

With his Blessing, the footage he shot of this whole experience, backstage and onstage, was remastered and is now being shared.

Here is the link to the playlist for the whole film:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A9E6085548B5CA6F

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Phish
• Bluegrass
• Concert
• Documentary
• Live
• Backstage

[josiwax]

Wow, I'm glad I stumbled on this. This was my first show. Devos Hall Grand Rapids.  I wish they had the whole show up, very underrated show.

[8stringfan]

Oh, and to the jackasses bashing both bluegrass and banjos, you're obviously just ignorant. Both the music and the instrument are far from one-dimensional, far from lacking balls, and can be deeply and heavily improvisational. I think the guys in Phish would be seriously sickened by the narrow-mindedness displayed in this thread regarding a deeply soulful and dynamic genre of music that's been around for a long time and has featured scores of monumentally talented musicians.

[spacewrangler68]

ARE....YOU!!!KIDDING/?!?!?!?!?



[DreadScottamus]

@DJBonanno420

I knoww how old you areeeeeee!

[superjay42]

@georgiaswamper Sure - but how well would your 20-year-old mandolin player do if you stuck a saxophone in his hands and told him to play Ornette Coleman or Charles Mingus? Because that's effectively what's happening here.

[rjstallings]

@DJBonanno420 I'm glad they made their way into your ear!

[youtubber2007]

Fucking Awesome!

I think those two words pretty much sum this thing up.

[tapia288]

gotta love fishman's face while playing the mandolin. he looks like he's saying to himself: "strum. strum. strum. don't screw up. strum...."

[MrSSPS123]

@phishhead11 You're awesome!

[8stringfan]

a lot of folks just assume great players can play anything and that all the practice in the world won't help. A lot of those folks quit playing early or never even attempt to play music. A video like this shows that even the greats can struggle at something. They do get better at this stuff BTW, and the footage of them at this stage should show anyone out there that practice plays a big role in playing music. So, don't be intimidated. If you wanna play, take it up and practice hard :)

[8stringfan]

It's interesting to see them struggle with bluegrass...and make no mistake, this is very rough. These guys are consummate master musicians and bluegrass is at its heart a somewhat simple form of music, though you can make it as difficult and adventurous as you wish. I don't mean this as an insult to the band BTW, just as more of an observation about how even world-class musician's can struggle when tackling a new instrument or genre. In a sense it's kind of inspirational...