happy 7th anniversary of the first of three incredible nights of phil and friends shows (with page and trey) at the warfield. i'll fill in the full list and info later. in the meantime, tune in to livephish radio if you have a chance. we'll be streaming live for the next few hours or more, celebrating the magic of 4/15/99 and beyond.

usually when we broadcast lp radio live remote (we've only tried it once before) we stream text that indicates it's "from the archives" or words to that effect. apparently that's not working today so it's either stuck on the song before i took over (cavern 12/1/92) or saying "loading track data from server" depending where you look. so you'll have to take my word for it when i say the doctor is (was) in.

this paragraph was added after the fact around 11p, EST after reaching the end of another "from the archives" special streamed on livephish radio. this impromptu special was once again all music without announcements, starting around 4:00p EST. here's a list of what was played:

-vultures 8/3/97 the gorge
**entire show - 4/15/99 phil and friends w/ trey and page @ warfield, san francisco**
-set I: hello old friend
-viola lee blues
-big railroad blues
-jack-a-roe
-cosmic charlie
-wolfman's brother >
-uncle john's band
-set II: alabama getaway
-sugaree
-like a rolling stone >
-i know you rider
-row jimmy
-shakedown street >
-the wheel >
-not fade away
-phil's organ donor rap
-band intros
-encore - mr. tambourine man
-you enjoy myself - 11/14/95 orlando, fl
-llama (w/ santana, perazzo, rekow) - opening for santana stowe, vt
-rock and roll > 12/2/03 boston, ma (20th anniversary show - livephish.com download)
-weekapaug groove 12/2/03 boston
-tweezer reprise (with mike's song lyrics) 12/2/03 boston
-maze 12/2/03 boston
-waste 12/2/03 boston
-bug 12/2/03 boston
-auld lang syne > 12/31/93 the centrum, worcester, ma
-down with disease jam > 12/31/93 worcester
-split open and melt 12/31/93 worcester
-david bowie > 5/8/93 durham, nh (livephish.com download)
-jessica > 5/8/93 durham
-bowie > 5/8/93 durham
-have mercy > 5/8/93 durham
-moma dance > 6/17/04 coney island, brooklyn, ny (livephish.com download)
-free 6/17/04 brooklyn
-funky bitch - (w/ santana, perazzo, rekow) - opening for santana stowe, vt
-terrapin station 8/9/98 virginia beach, va.

today's marathon "from the archives" ended about 10:50p EST, when we returned to regular livephish radio programming. it was fun to celebrate this historic show and to share some other favorites. as always, thanks for listening. keep your ears peeled at the appropriate time tomorrow and monday as i'm inclined to complete the trifecta by paying homage to 4/16 and 4/17 and more from the archives. as i said last time we took over the lp radio, i hope this becomes semi-regular. until we perfect the text scrolling and other features for live broadcasts, i'll try to update the blog to give those interested a heads-up.

while listening to 4/15, i re-read the comments of my colleague and friend dick latvala about the show and the worlds that collided at the warfield. dick and i both got to be involved leading up to the shows - me sending phish music to phil's camp and dick passing along grateful dead for trey and page. none of has had any inkling it would be quite as powerful as it was. by the time the lights went down this first night, we were all aglow. then viola lee started to develop...further and furthur, setting the tone for all three nights' climbing improvisational alchemy. i'll refrain from more explanation because i think dick did a better job putting the intensity in context than i can.

this stream is a mix from the 24-track a-dat tapes he references in his post and all three shows are available from this source at archive.org. stunning aud's from the drink rail that reveal the super-charged electric atmosphere also circulate though dick probably scoffed at those, g_d bless him. i believe his message was originally posted at rec.music.gd or dead.net. i pasted it below to recall the spirit of joy and wonder at these shows and as a tribute to LATVALA. with that, the doctor is out. Enjoy!

--ks


===== re: 4/15/99 phil and friends at warfield ======

(posted by) Dick Latvala
02:11am Apr 16, 1999 PDT (..312 of 330)

"ok, let me be the first to give a first hand account of the monsterous
magic that occurred at the Warfield Theater last night. (4/15/99) I deliberately
stayed away from the worksite this past week so that I didn't hear what
these guys were working on. I was afraid that I would be greatly
dissappointed if they simply did renditions of GD or Phish tunes. I wanted
a free form jamming experience from these awfully talented group of
musicians. I figured that Trey wouldn't stand for anything half-assed and
boy was I not prepared for what ensued. This was one of those nights where
you knew while it was happening that miracles and magic was at hand. This
was easily the finest most brilliant music that I have seen live in many a
year. Another apprehension that I was operating from was that Steve would
"lay back", as is his style. Last night the man was playing like Warren
Haynes, and Trey and Steve showed a sense of communication that has far
outseeded anything that I have ever heard before. It was like these 2 guys
were in some kind of mind meld. It seemed like they had been playing
together for all their lives. It was extremely smooth in delivery. Page
and Molo were perfection. Phil was appearing to me to be looking quite
proud of what he started. I still will never recover from the awesomely
aggressive manner in which Steve and Trey layed their lines down. This was
indeed an historical night. And what could be better than getting to go
for the next two nights. John Cutler and Jeffrey Norman recorded these 3
shows on 24 track A-DAT. I can't help but see this show come out in its
entirety. These guys were serious and they delivered the real goods.
I'm somewhat anxious to hear what anybody else, that was there, felt about
the music. I was amazed and thrilled and proud of the effort. Sometimes it
seems very clear that special music can "cure" any sickness you have. This
experience was right up there with the closing of Winterland. Is that
enough hi-per-bully?"



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