Phish - 6/28/12 "McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters - Back On The Train"

"McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters - Back On The Train" from Phish's 6/28/12 show at Klipsh Music Center in Noblesville, IN. Download the entire show at: 2nu.gs/1n8tkS

[@biddyism]

I would love to go to Phish shows everyday for the rest of my life!!!!!!! Trey is so freakin' incredible!!!! It's hard to put in words the way he performs at shows except that I know it always makes my soul soar for weeks after the show!! Good times! I'm so thankful that I have the pleasure to enjoy the awesomeness of PHISH!!!

[@bryansmith3009]

Absolutely . I fell in love with this band the first time i heard em back in 97

[@biddyism]

@@bryansmith3009 it was 10/31/96 for me! What a show for a newbie! Lol

[@stephanlarsen8169]

He is. Trey mazing. Not of this universe. Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah Creation herbalist spiritual awakening chant down Babylon Jah rastafari

[@deweytucker5413]

I love how they sounded in 2012. It was so tight, clean and clear!

[@johnny85er]

Gotta say, I was lucky enough to be a camera op for these two shows. It was a BLAST, and my 50th show! so much fun watching this & going "that's my shot", "that's my shot" - Thank you Phish for hosting these!

[@cole4684]

How did you accomplish that? I'm genuinely interested.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Go a camera, Op!

[@skinny326614]

McGrupp has only come out of Mike's Song on two occasions prior to this version (95 in AZ and 99 Nassau). Grateful to have been at the third! Thanks to Phish, their crew, management, supporting organizations, and fellow fans for making this a weekend I will never forget! Never miss Deer Creek/Alpine run!

[@alexvimo8739]

The lyrics for this song are derived from a Tom Marshall poem that remains more or less unchanged from its original form. Tom had sent Trey an envelope containing only this poem some time during Trey’s fall 1985 semester at Goddard College. Trey was intrigued by the poem and affixed it to his door, where he left it undisturbed for a year or so. The poem occasionally made its way into the live Phish show around this time, though primarily in a spoken-word context. In early 1986 “McGrupp” usurped the music that originally accompanied “Skippy the Wondermouse” when that tune was retired from the band’s repertoire. 1986 and 1987 versions of “McGrupp” sound almost as they do today, although the lyrics were chanted disturbingly and the piano solo section didn’t exist just yet. But there were other, larger plans for this song brewing in Trey’s head. During Trey’s fall 1986 semester, the poem “McGrupp” - along with a song he had written a few years earlier with Tom Marshall and Aaron Woolfe (“Wilson, Can You Still Have Fun?” a.k.a.“Wilson”) - served as the inspiration for Trey’s Senior Study at Goddard. By extrapolating a detailed narrative from the myriad characters and events found in “McGrupp” and “Wilson,” Trey constructed The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, subsequently known as the Gamehendge saga. McGrupp is Colonel Forbin’s dog, a seldom-mentioned character in the story.😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉 🎊

[@Dogsrule777]

McGrup is a tough one to learn by ear! Those chords are awesome. 👊🏽☮️

[@justincobiski4624]

Emaj7 with a fun step down and back up...😊

[@johngiuliano8750]

Cool how they transitioned between such vastly different Phish songs.

[@johnrussell6291]

Sweet Jesus this is divine

[@frankismyname]

Hell yeah. I miss you PHISH

[@justincobiski4624]

These shows were so HOT! Like Oswego hot!!! I remember on day 2 when a refreshing wind and rain gust knocked over some porta-johns at our campground... this Mcgrupp was so sweet! I actually called the Weigh opener

[@marcelocm07]

First ever song I heard from Phish during my high school freshman year.

[@sweetpeajunglebean]

85 shows and counting and still haven't gotten a McGrupp.

[@keithmoon88]

When will they give you the option to stay on Fishman cam the whole time?

[@easytoslip]

hot damn that's nice sound quality. thanks, Phish

[@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942]

3:45 forward some of my favorite Phish Notes ever. Also a song i have yet to see live 🤔🥶😅

[@bobbrosenbaum]

that segue was perfect!

[@briandrum1]

Love seeing Trey back in a t-shirt...reminds me of the old days!

[@samkind4]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for releasing this!

[@KeefBox]

i was at this show and most of the tour

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

good to know keith - i was going to keep checking in with you on this til i found out either way

[@rjstallings]

It was so hot that day. 110 degrees! Playing Cool It Down helped!

[@patrickmehr3219]

sick transition

[@cliffordball4263]

Jamming 101. great stuff.

[@Ghostdogou81tube]

All times and seasons are the reasons ~

[@justincobiski4624]

I would play this Emaj7 progression to melt the glue and rubber bands!

[@alexvimo8739]

Brasil 🇧🇷 ❤ Alternei meu escasso rebanho para as margens do Mar Báltico Os dentes do tempo guardaram a rima de como as coisas não deveriam ser Minha caverna, minha casa, Minha roda giratória... meu cachorrinho ancorado A marcha do Coronel Forbin e seu cão de caça chamou McGrupp A sujeira de inúmeros cães de trabalho se acumulou na minha pia Eu amarro meu nariz com meia de spandex antes de tomar uma bebida Deitamo-nos sobre porcos verrugas congelados, com o seu veneno nas nossas mentes. Enquanto as samambaias que avistam nossos filhos estão envoltas em cascas de laranja Todos os tempos e estações são as razões pelas quais as pessoas e seus clãs Arrumei o Famoso Mockingbird com.Phish 🎉 spandex antes de tomar uma bebida Deitamo-nos sobre porcos verrugas congelados, com o seu veneno nas nossas mentes. Enquanto as samambaias que avistam nossos filhos estão envoltas em cascas de laranja Todos os tempos e estações são as razões pelas quais as pessoas e seus clãs Arrumei o Famoso Mockingbird com cola e elásticos Eles se contorcem e choram em agonia, como Rutherford, o Bravo Chokes Tela e o Unit Monster, conseguindo salvar Os stripers manchados, multi-bestas, e assim enganam seu túmulo Eu gostaria de pegar o autógrafo dele, mas ele parece demais...🎉😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉 🎊

[@GoreHoundsTV]

this looks like a decent jam on paper, in show its fucking groovin

[@ianmurawski8165]

What I always noticed was when Trey was on stage he would always wear a Philly shirt

[@alexvimo8739]

Limelight 💭 💡 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉 🎊

[@matteaucubed]

With that being said, this is one insane McGrupp! Flyers still suck!! ;)

[@brianmcmanus4286]

Go Philly.

[@Madcatcon199]

I always thought the beginning of this sounded like a dead song

[@patrickmehr3219]

eyes of the world?

[@benjamingross5270]

and i've always thought it sounded like ween at the beginning. lol

[@alexvimo8739]

“RUSH 🇯🇵 Japanese 🇯🇵 Hucked TombOff The Great Wall of China 🇨🇳 Plexiglass While NgaIg Jim Watched and Laughed at African Get Back on The Train 🚂 Playing Hockey 🏒 in Canada 🇨🇦 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉 🎊

[@Uncanny_Valley152]

DROP INTO BOTT IS WHAT THE PHISH IS ALL ABOUT hot damn

[@incidentalist]

LMAO, never heard GBOT as "what Phish is all about" First time for everything!!

[@bobweird2399]

@@incidentalist Dude Back on the Train is always a heater.

[@ezekieloak]

I think you meant to write that the "Phlyers still stuck" no?

[@alexvimo8739]

Huckleberry Fin 🦈 Finn 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 Whale 🐋 Dolphin 🐬 Soup 🍜 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉 🎊

[@justincobiski4624]

Chinese Warhol... anybody lol

[@alexvimo8739]

Unit Robicular Optimus Gen 🧬 1. Martian 👽 Monster 👹 Mini Golf ⛳️ 🕳️ 💼 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤ 🇷🇺 RUSSIA 🇷🇺 POPULATION ❤😊

[@samklassik]

GO FLYERS

[@justincobiski4624]

Hm

[@samklassik]

@@justincobiski4624 treys shirt

[@oprahlover23]

there's a nice psycho killer tease at the end of this

[@spykiss72]

Go Devils!!!;)

[@oprahlover23]

don't forget tweezer!

[@rjstallings]

Good call hoodlum.