At the Roxy
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At the Roxy is an 8-disc box set from the rock band Phish
recorded live over the course of their three-show run at the Roxy Theatre
in Atlanta, Georgia
, from February 19 to February 21, 1993.
Special guests
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
recorded live over the course of their three-show run at the Roxy Theatre
Roxy Theatre (Atlanta)
The Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia was one of the great movie palaces of the city. It was notable for showcasing the original Atlanta runs of such films as Spartacus , The Music Man, the Technicolor Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando, , and My Fair Lady...
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, from February 19 to February 21, 1993.
Disc one (February 19, 1993)
- "Loving CupLoving Cup"Loving Cup" is a song by The Rolling Stones featured on their 1972 album Exile on Main St.An early version of this song, with a completely different piano intro, was recorded between April and July 1969 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, during the Let It Bleed sessions...
" (JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
, RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
) - 6:39 - "Rift" (AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
, Marshall)Tom Marshall (singer)Tom Marshall is a lyricist, keyboardist and singer/songwriter best known for his association with Trey Anastasio and the rock band Phish...
- 6:08 - "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 8:49
- "Fee" (Anastasio) - 5:11
- "Maze" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:53
- "Colonel Forbin's Ascent" (Anastasio) - 5:35
- "Fly Famous Mockingbird" (Anastasio) - 13:29
- "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:08
Disc two
- "My Friend, My Friend" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:50
- "Poor Heart" (GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
) - 2:34 - "David Bowie/Moby Dick" (Anastasio, BonhamJohn BonhamJohn Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
, JonesJohn Paul Jones (musician)John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
, PageJimmy PageJames Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
) - 15:49 - "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams, Anastasio) - 8:12
- "It's Ice" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:44
- "Paul and Silas" (Traditional) - 3:02
- "You Enjoy MyselfYou Enjoy MyselfYou Enjoy Myself, commonly abbreviated to "YEM" is a Phish song written by Trey Anastasio. It is the band's most frequently played song, having been featured —as of August 2011— at about 36% of their 1,496 shows. The song is also one of the oldest in Phish's catalog, having been first performed...
" (Anastasio) - 21:17 - "Ya Mar" (Ferguson) - 6:35
Disc three
- "Big Ball Jam" (Anastasio, FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
, Gordon, McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
) - 2:55 - "Lawn Boy" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:26
- "Funky Bitch" (SealsSon SealsFrank "Son" Seals was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.-Career:He was born in Osceola, Arkansas where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small juke joint. He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk, and later as a guitarist...
) - 6:36 - "My Sweet One" (Fishman) - 3:38
- "Hold Your Head Up/Love You/Hold Your Head Up" (ArgentRod ArgentRod Argent is an English rock musician and a founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent....
, BarrettSyd BarrettSyd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
, WhiteChris White (musician)Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 60s British Invasion band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop...
) - 9:46 - "Llama" (Anastasio) - 6:20
- "Amazing GraceAmazing Grace"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
" (Traditional) - 3:21 - "AC/DC Bag" (Anastasio) - 6:50
Disc four (February 20, 1993)
- "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:19
- "Foam" (Anastasio) - 8:50
- "The Sloth" (Anastasio) - 3:43
- "Possum" (HoldsworthJeff HoldsworthJeff Holdsworth was a founding member of the rock band Phish. He was their first leader, singing lead vocals and playing guitar. He co-founded the band in the fall of 1983 with Trey Anastasio while living in the Redstone campus dormitories of the University of Vermont...
) - 10:21 - "Weigh" (Gordon) - 5:04
- "All Things Reconsidered" (Anastasio) - 2:48
- "The Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 13:33
- "The Horse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 1:38
- "Silent in the Morning" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:09
- "Fluffhead" (Anastasio, PollakThe Dude of LifeSteve Pollak, best known by his stage name The Dude of Life, is a musician and lyricist, who has co-written numerous Phish songs, including "Suzy Greenberg", "Fluffhead", "Slave to the Traffic Light", "Run like an Antelope", "Sanity", "Crimes of the Mind", "Dinner and a Movie", and most recently,...
) - 14:20 - "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:44
Disc five
- "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 7:21
- "Reba" (Anastasio) - 13:35
- "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 5:29
- "Walk Away" (WalshJoe WalshJoseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...
) - 3:41 - "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:44
- "Glide" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 4:43
- "Mike's SongMike's SongMike's Song is a song by the jam band Phish. Originally written in 1985, and debuting that year on October 17, bass player Mike Gordon's song has been played a total of 378 times , the second most played song in Phish history ..-"Mike's Groove":Mike's Song is the first song in a series of three...
" (Gordon) - 7:57 - "My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own" (HancockButch HancockButch Hancock is a country/folk music recording artist and song writer. He was born July 12, 1945 in Lubbock, Texas. Hancock is a member of The Flatlanders along with Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, but he has principally performed a solo career....
) - 1:09 - "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - :49
- "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio, DaubertMarc DaubertMarc Daubert was the percussionist for the rock band Phish for a brief time in their early history, joining the band in September 1984 and leaving the band in February 1985....
, Marshall) - :28 - "Vibration of Life" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - :59
- "Kung" (Fishman) - 1:38
- "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio, Daubert, Marshall) - 3:00
- "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:58
- "Have Mercy" (Lloyd Ferguson, Donald Shaw, Fitzroy Simpson) - 1:54
- "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:02
- "Rock and Roll All NiteRock and Roll All Nite"Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway." The studio version of the song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the band's previous...
" (SimmonsGene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
, StanleyPaul StanleyStanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...
) - :53 - "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:32
Disc six
- "Fast Enough for You" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:09
- "Big Ball Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:46
- "Hold Your Head Up/TerrapinTerrapin (song)"Terrapin" is a song by Syd Barrett that appears as the first track off his first solo album The Madcap Laughs and is notably the sole representative from that album that appears on The Peel Session...
/Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, Barrett, White) - 12:34 - "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 13:14
- "Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 3:51
- "Sleeping Monkey" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:32
Disc seven (February 21, 1993)
- "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 6:10
- "Buried Alive" (Anastasio) - 2:58
- "Punch You in the Eye" (Anastasio) - 7:14
- "Uncle Pen" (MonroeBill MonroeWilliam Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader...
) - 4:06 - "Horn" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:36
- "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastsio, Marshall) - 7:23
- "Esther" (Anastasio) - 10:44
- "Dinner and a Movie" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 3:16
- "Bouncing Around the RoomBouncing Around the Room"Bouncing Around the Room" is a song by the band Phish. It was released on the album Lawn Boy and later as a live track on A Live One....
" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:35 - "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 12:41
Disc eight
- "Axilla I" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:43
- "The Curtain" (Anastasio, Daubert) - 6:17
- "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:38
- "Manteca" (FullerCurtis FullerCurtis DuBois Fuller is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.-Biography:...
, GillespieDizzy GillespieJohn Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
, PozoChano PozoChano Pozo was a percussionist, singer, dancer and composer who played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz...
) - :45 - "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - :55
- "The Lizards" (Anastasio) - 10:58
- "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 6:16
- "Hold Your Head Up/Cracklin' RosieCracklin' Rosie"Cracklin' Rosie" is a 1970 song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1970, from his album Tap Root Manuscript. This was Neil Diamond's first American #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1970, and his third to sell a million copies. It become Diamond's breakthrough single on the UK...
/Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, DiamondNeil DiamondNeil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
, White) - 9:34 - "The Squirming Coil" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:44
- "Big Black Furry Creature From Mars" (Gordon) - 5:47
- "Sweet Adeline" (ArmstrongHenry W. ArmstrongHenry W. "Harry" Armstrong was a U.S. boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist and Tin Pan Alley composer.His biggest hit was "Sweet Adeline", written in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard...
, Gerard) - 3:17 - "Good Times Bad TimesGood Times Bad Times"Good Times Bad Times" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin....
" (Bonham, Jones, Page) - 3:55 - "Paul and Silas" (Traditional) - 2:22
- "Pig in a Pen" (Traditional) - 3:21
Personnel
PhishPhish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
- Trey AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
- guitars, vocals - Page McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
- keyboards, vocals - Mike GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
- bass guitar, vocals - Jon FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
- drums, vocals
Special guests
- Jimmy Herring - guitar on disc 3, tracks 3, 4 and 5
- Jay Von Lehe - vocals on disc 5, track 17
- Jeff Mosier - banjo on disc 8, tracks 12 - 14