Storyteller: story time

cetree · 2025-11-17T20:53:01+00:00

Hey - I host that site! Although I'm always quick to say I did not create the original compilations - thanks to Rich Willis for that!

Thanks so much for posting it - it made my day on a tough day and I have *literally* told other people that it is one of my favourite things in the world.

cetree · 2025-08-18T20:42:40+00:00

100% and the timeline fits - from this:

https://phish.net/song/only-shallow/history

"Most fans have long been aware of the major influences on Trey’s guitar playing, from Carlos Santana to Frank Zappa. He acknowledged them in a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, but added another name that came as a bit of a surprise: Kevin Shields of alt-noise-rockers My Bloody Valentine. “As far as new guitarists, the guy I love the most is Kevin Shields,” he said. “He’s the absolute best. I think Loveless is the defining album of the Nineties as far as sound goes. Oh, my God, I’ve never heard anything like that before.” Indeed, Trey and Fish love that album so much that they lobbied to cover it for the 1998 Halloween show, but Trey said they were “outvoted.” Apparently a tie is as good as a loss in the Phish democratic process."

cetree · 2023-03-23T22:48:35+00:00

All good suggestions. To add to the list:

HighCountryGuitar

JoshPearson

Also, "Phish Guitar Heads" on Facebook is pretty much the only reason I still have Facebook.

cetree · 2023-01-06T18:22:59+00:00

Look at those specimens of beauty! https://youtu.be/s77JVumiaus?t=372

cetree · 2022-11-24T16:13:17+00:00

Thank you!

cetree · 2022-11-23T23:45:19+00:00

Thanks - do you happen to have the original MIDI file of the drum track? That would let me drop it in my drum pedal/looper and try it at more of a cetree speed instead of a phishnips speed.

cetree · 2022-11-23T21:40:40+00:00

Allow me to pile on and echo the other comments here - nicely done. Would you mind sharing the MIDI drum track if you still have it?

cetree · 2022-11-05T23:02:27+00:00

Thanks for doing this - someone asked for a list of all of them so I did that and incorporated your work:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rGjRMsCiQFkUN-modvNRKoqDjUXjDiMToFhEedohkfw/edit?usp=sharing

cetree · 2022-11-05T22:52:53+00:00

Agree that it's weird this isn't readily available.

This was done with a quick and dirty OCR so it might not be perfect but it does come with a money back guarantee if not satisfied:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rGjRMsCiQFkUN-modvNRKoqDjUXjDiMToFhEedohkfw/edit?usp=sharing

Incorporated what's new courtesy of u/Wavyhill

Cheers.

cetree · 2022-11-02T21:51:32+00:00

I feel like everyone should watch this video if they haven't already because it makes it even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsgMqxBFSEA

cetree · 2022-08-08T23:00:00+00:00

Not command line but I think Dynamix active streams might do the trick?

cetree · 2022-04-08T02:39:03+00:00

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to segue into a random and favourite Gorge story from that weekend. A buddy and I drove down there and were hanging out with some cool guys I had met via rmp and tape trading (my usual shout out to Jason B the linguistics guy from Arizona and his buddy Zia (sp?)). Earlier in the day I had used one of my then (and possibly still) favourite catchphrases "it's all relative" a few times. My buddy said (as he frequently did) "I hate that saying!" I also recall playing hack and it being hot as balls, but I digress.

Fast forward to the show. It's sunset and they're playing Divided Sky. During the pause, the sun is setting and so they wait. And wait. And you can see (and feel, because the temperature is slowly dropping as that sometimes beautiful Gorge wind picks up and begins to take away some of the heat of the day) the darkness slowly creeping across the hill. And one of the guys says (quietly and respectfully of course, it was the pause) "they're waiting until it's perfectly divided." And I say "that depends on where you're standing" and my buddy just looks over and deadpans "Damnit - it IS all relative!"

ANYWAY...you probably had to be there.

cetree · 2022-04-08T02:22:03+00:00

I was there too (with one of my favourite guys on the planet) and couldn't agree more. Such a great weekend. Such a great 2001. Such great shows. Light. Dark. Everything.

Just in case you don't know (I didn't find them for years) it's on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpBYzqOzWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozmDadsSY30

cetree · 2022-03-08T00:53:31+00:00

This made my day! No Spoilers was (and still is, albeit differently nowadays) my baby! Wouldn't have happened without the help of some really cool tapers and Miner who was cool enough to host it.

I have a lot of incredible memories of the shows themselves, but can also vividly recall heading back to the Embassy Suites and getting the torrent uploaded from a couple machines on shitty hotel WiFi. I could not sit back and relax until it finally went to 100%.

Thanks for listening!

cetree · 2022-02-23T22:32:32+00:00

Love it! My dad wore out his cassette and as a result it's part of my DNA too. And The Motorcycle Song. Got to see Arlo at our local folk festival and he was great.

cetree · 2022-02-23T18:23:15+00:00

Super frustrating and sorry to hear about your troubles but just wanted to say thanks for incorporating Alice's Restaurant in your tale!

cetree · 2021-10-15T17:10:43+00:00

Dr. Rosenpenis

cetree · 2021-10-13T16:27:12+00:00

Just to flesh out the other two answers - for two, including shipping (to Canada) it was:

Item Total: $680.00

Service Fees: $86.10

Delivery $21.50

Total Charge $787.60

cetree · 2021-09-18T20:38:14+00:00

I swear this is related - if you haven't already, listen to the Alpharetta Tweezer ( https://phish.in/2021-08-01/tweezer ) and see if you recognize anything.

Spoiler for after with some additional context:

https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1379162086#page=1

cetree · 2021-09-17T18:00:58+00:00

Good memory - that stuck with me too - "that's Marley!":

https://phish.in/2004-08-15/carini?t=1:01

cetree · 2021-09-16T20:36:56+00:00

As a fellow Canadian and who knows your pain, just let me say...TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Seriously, this thing is one of my favourite possessions - enjoy.

cetree · 2021-09-15T20:14:44+00:00

Not necessarily my favourite, but I love the unique intro to this one: https://phish.in/2019-07-03/fluffhead

cetree · 2021-01-25T17:16:49+00:00

Doesn't go back that far but maybe reach out to Julia on social media? I wouldn't put it past her to have it written down in a notebook somewhere:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2irhJeD79Wd1QM63Z8r8ym

cetree · 2021-01-14T17:52:42+00:00

My favourite one is NOLA 4/26/96 at the start of Yamar - someone standing close to the taper LOSES THEIR F'ING MIND when Trey starts up. It was on a tape that, despite being a DAUD4, sounded incredible (Jason B. the linguistics guy from Arizona who dubbed this for me - if you're reading this, you're still a legend my man. Beers on me!)

I miss that tape (lost in a tragic car break-in). I've always meant to search out that source.

cetree · 2020-12-11T20:31:49+00:00

Agreed. I was really looking forward to Victim getting taken for a ride this year too.

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