Phish - David Bowie (Clifford Ball)

Phish's performance of "David Bowie" from their '96 "Clifford Ball" festival in Plattsburgh, NY

[@riverbradley4010]

I like how says "Be safe man" at the end, as if he's addressing one person.

[@patrickmullins4552]

That always gets me too.

[@maine420grow]

As far as I'm concerned he was looking right at me. But I have no proof.

[@FluffHead]

Every time I see Trey shred in the 90s it’s bittersweet. I miss those days so much but I just reminded myself how lucky we all are just being part of 1 of the greatest musical community ever.

[@brodyskelton5209]

I wouldn’t be alive for another 11 years but I miss it lol

[@KhalDrogo76]

When Trey perfectly nails that run at 2:15 and goes back into the verse riff I want to stand up and toss a chair across the room and smack myself in the face and grunt scream

[@Fenderman123]

KhalDrogo76 that shit is so incredible

[@daryldonedidit]

Couldn’t have said it better myself...

[@brendan8465]

Dude, you need to get laid...

[@wanderingsun]

@@brendan8465 \mm/

[@Krazy_Shorts]

Haha.. . glad i'm not the only one!

[@thebigel2A]

It was incredible being there as the sun slowly set as the song progressed. As the song ended it became dark. How fitting and appropriate. RIP David Bowie.

[@seanmarkowitz4216]

When treys standing like an AI Robot you know you're in for some good shit.

[@bradenwebb4419]

i have often wondered if trey is a google bot

[@Phishboy26]

I honestly think he is the number 1 Guitarist alive today. He is in my top 5 Guitarist of all time list for sure.

[@DRourk]

He absolutely is. I don't think there's a #2 even close to him. He's a modern Beethoven.

[@mechakoko6764]

Yes. Mike is the best bar none!

[@Meltedcheese567]

He is insanely good. I'd say sharper and more accurate than Jimi, SRV,

[@andrewdyke5561]

Do u still think that

[@adammclaren7949]

@@andrewdyke5561I do

[@Posterharpua]

clifford ball is so fucking top notch from beginning to end.

[@MattD0uglas]

This may be a high point in Trey shirt fashion.

[@jozeph7870]

EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING WHEN THEY SAW THE SHIRT

[@gschmidtmusic]

Lmfao ur right

[@ODUBlue]

🎶"We like Trey's new shiiirt/It's so nice🎶

[@timothychristopher9307]

My God what a fabulous piece of music. . .

[@listeningtojets]

My 1st Phish show,i'll never forget it

[@brendan8465]

Must have stunk of nasty hippie funk. Those peope dont shower.

[@bluecollar825]

I bet you won't! Mine was rather uneventful historically speaking, but I'll never forget it either.✌

[@incidentalist]

90's Phish was untouchable, just insane stuff! Good times!

[@bmillerdrums]

This is total Mozart of the 20th century. Fish, Trey, Mike, and Page at their peak imo. Damn 96 pre Billy Breathes best era

[@ddaavvee68]

there is nothing quite like the last 2 minutes of a well played bowie. phuckin powerphul

[@powerbub1228]

You'll never get out of this Labyrinth

[@gratefulzen4232]

powerbub1228 Haha, just got that.

[@dustingross8729]

Hell yeah dude

[@alexcwilliams]

One of my top 5 concert experiences

[@matthewkeoseian6819]

been listening to this all day...treys just smashin the guitar...this is the sound I love..thank you thank you...

[@rwalk89]

Preppin for AC??

[@matthewkeoseian6819]

I wish..bro I haven't seen wm since Worcester new years eve..the one that was made a couple set..a live one..my picture of my dreaded head at the time is visible under the flying hotdawg with trey in it throwing ph8sh ping-pong balls at uS for above..well as usual these events are often hard to precisely figure out proper..uhmm amount of mind expanding and trey ping ping ball throwing at us ..tripppppiiinn face..allegedly..amount of ..anyway..the show was great but I'll never look at hotdawgs the same way..hehe ..Actually just Redrock Colorado 95 I think was my last..

[@jonesin1972]

How can they be this good ? Maybe the best band ever.

[@transpersonalparadigm2460]

My friend and I were in a Phish cover band and on August 15-17 1996, we went to Plattsburgh, New York USA to see this concert. It was a hot weekend ... so much so they called in the fire dept to hose people down to cool people off. It was in the early days of Phish festivals and their were no mist tents at that point. What there was, was... plenty of people getting along, enjoying good music, food, and being free.. yes exercising our right for absolute freedom ...oh and disco.. there were these 'all night disco tents' set up as part of the festival... everyone who went seemed like they had a good time... there was one dude who ate some bad shrooms and died... gotta know your shrooms man.. bring your own food if you don't want to run the risk of getting high.. Music was incredible.. learned from that festival to always bring earplugs to get to sleep and condoms, for the hippie chicks who want to get laid, but have no interest in it culminating in a pregnancy.

[@Caleb-hb8fs]

funniest shit I've read in a while. but I can agree to everything you say here haha

[@fluffhead7105]

How the fuck can someone die from shrooms lol

[@DRourk]

@@fluffhead7105 some shrooms are poisonous.... in fact most are to some degree.

[@evertking1]

BS

[@tgoodin1102]

That was the greatest. Best weekend of my life.

[@BAGAKOOS]

man the ending part of this song is straight fire! this is one of the best bowies ever!!! fuck yeah!!!!!

[@666Savitar]

please keep this video up forever. i LOVE this version of David Bowie. also the Roxy version

[@bluecollar825]

Yeah that Roxy '93 is a smoke show. So is the Divided Sky from that run. Not really jammy but alarmingly tight smh.🎶💯🐡🎶✌

[@gratefulzen4232]

There's just so much beauty in this bowie, Trey plays everything so tastefully.. just soaking it all in!!!

[@brendan8465]

Too bad Phish fans cannot "soak" in the bathtub once in a while.

[@alexduncan8735]

I love the "be safe man" addressed to 60,000 people.

[@kevinmansfield9413]

Definitely one of my fave phish tunes!! Pretty sure I prefer sober, happy Trey but they were killing it this night for sure.

[@UdoKrauss-gd7su]

Love it those odd Meters

[@patoelbuenoss]

Okay, this is amazing. This is pretty fucking amazing.

[@armyofski]

RIP to a legend, David Bowie!

[@robertmalden593]

How bout that beautiful synced up transition at 7:01. That's the sweet spot. I live for shit like that. They absolutely take flight into ethereal realms after that. Trey is in the pocket, hell they all are. Interconnectedness....weaving in and out of psychedelic dimensions. Transcending time and space. Teleporting my consciousness to the fifth dimension.

[@matthewboedecker2803]

Nice

[@drewmatthews860]

90s trey was so angular in his playing. It sounded like his lines were zigzagging

[@maine420grow]

I can't remember if we couldn't find a babysitter or we just said eff-it, but my ex-wife and I took our slightly more than 9-month-old son to the Clifford Ball. Folks today might say that's crazy but I'm glad he was there. Pretty cool first major experience, not to mention the bragging rights if he was ever a Phish phan.

[@kingVibe111]

Cliffords ball really might be the best

[@dphayes5]

i love how by the end of the video its night time

[@okinnivlek]

This was my first album. Picked it up randomly at a record store in Louisville back in the 90s. It's still my favorite album of all music ever. I just don't think any musicians alive or dead have come close to creating a masterpiece like Junta. And I'm including all of the classical geniuses.

[@fleedermouse]

Rift is sick. Lawn boy. Junta the ultimate 😊

[@fleedermouse]

Junta all day

[@fleedermouse]

High school 1992

[@goldiecob]

top shelf bowie

[@Krazy_Shorts]

Trey = National Fucking Treasure

[@concretejungle80cruz]

Sooooo good!

[@kevbotchill]

Good lord this song is clean. Trey is a riff god. Underrated for his riffs cause he’s mostly known for jams. Mike rules fish rules page side rage side rules trey rules

[@zakmoon7065]

just listen to the part at 2:01 absolutely beautiful!

[@fleedermouse]

I didn’t see this one just looking to see that era. There were so many good ones. I stopped listening after Billy Breathes just like I stopped after my favorite Depeche Mode after Songs of Faith and Devotion. It’s time I listen anew!!! Just saw DM In Detroit Mexico City and Portland. I’m ready to get back with Trey and company too.

[@Danielfu955]

BADASS

[@jwsnow301]

Incredible show. Hot as hell though and those darn disco tents were all night and freakn loud! Learned to bring ear plugs to festivals after that to get shut eye... Phish played epic as always... too bad about harpua, although definnately left us in suspense for the next Fall Tour....

[@jackstraw8145]

Agreed on the heat! To many ballons, doses, and rolls for much Sleep. Sleep was so welcomed after we got home! 15 year old kid with older heads? Yeah I've made smarter decisions, but still phish kid!

[@elliottmp]

YES

[@unclejunglebass]

so intense and awesome.

[@billwessels417]

10/10

[@elliottmp]

YES.

[@tommodeski8637]

Love the sound of those K Zildjians...

[@jonathantalmanperry]

The dude in blue in the middle of the crowd @ 10:50 into Bowie is going nuts and is a big dude, crazy enough he is on somebody's shoulders!!!!

[@Phishboy26]

Epic!!!

[@griffindrungilas]

All my homies went to bed and I'm drunk af listening to this song partying

[@derekvanburen9038]

I had tickets, however my tour ride stopped in Hershey PA. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:( My only Phish show regret, thanks again Phish for the release of Clifford Ball! peace

[@matthewboedecker2803]

I was in Hershey. I went to the chocolate museum on acid by myself then went to the show

[@Vinsanity15814]

Trey '96 is my favorite Trey

[@jackstraw8145]

This is so good! Koa #1 is on fire!

[@MatthewHelander]

Nice view

[@rjkelley7888]

Sooo Siiick!!!

[@peterpaluska7745]

I was there.

[@2112CO]

They were so tight in 96'

[@sybo7617]

Still tight

[@k3llybird]

EVERYBODY!!! DB

[@riro1024]

christ, page is just slamming the keys so hard during the triplets at the end

[@patrickmullins4552]

Looking like JAMthoven at 13:30…

[@Millertime12vz]

I love how fish uses the ghost notes to get that chugging noise. Are those just 16th singles?

[@guitarthings8453]

Trey is one Bad Moogerfooger!!!So good ...

[@noahstephens3976]

RIP David Bowie.

[@anglanorvell2039]

Fuck yes!!!

[@magellan1818]

Hank you!!!!

[@magellan1818]

Thank you

[@haileyflower6994]

SIIIIIIICK

[@swmusic9372]

0:00 on

[@mbglosser]

Damn, "at least a couple more sets tonight" says Trey haha... Also RIP Bowie. They're playing him off into the sunset.

[@soundtribevibe3]

4:20 absolute magic. and trey casually looks the jon god can he get any better? how is he not considered to everyone to be up there with jerry and jimi? because he's there in my book.

[@Christian-vo9wp]

12:15 made me want to punch a wookie. So fucking good.

[@magicmikec]

RIP David Bowie

[@SOAMLE]

I like when Trey goes all weer weer weerrrr neeerrrr rrrrrrrrrr

[@zacharias7284]

It’s hard not to be shell shocked. I mean... I put all my eggs in one basket. This was my summer tour. 4 days in the woods with my favorite band. Who needs the gorge or merriweather or Alpharetta or Camden when you’re going to fucking Curveball, right? Welp... here I am. On a couch. In New Jersey. A four hour drive from Watkins Glen. The very same four hour drive I took today. Twice. Round trip. Eight hours total. Not as bad as the trips that some people took from across the country or across the ocean, but pretty damn miserable nonetheless. I don’t blame the band. I don’t even blame the NY board of health. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but if the water wasn’t safe to drink, they had no choice but to cancel. And yet... after sinking hundreds of dollars into a tent and sleeping bag and tarp and food and beer and all the other necessary supplies on top of the ticket and parking pass, it’s just devastating. I’m sitting here watching KZbin videos of Phish performances, probably because my subconscious wants that to be what I’m doing right now. And I’m having an issue I’ve never had before listening to live Phish music on the couch with a glass of bourbon. And the issue is: I can’t get into it. I’m bobbing my head but it feels forced. I’m getting distracted. I can’t get into the music. And I know that’s because I was anticipating the most epic three days of live Phish and I can’t handle the fact that I’m instead sorrowfully watching Phish videos on a New Jersey couch. I don’t know why I’m writing all of this. But I guess what I want to say is that we all know the band will find a way to make this right. Maybe they should have said something this morning when the boil water advisory first came out and the potential cancelation became a possibility, but I probably would’ve waited until I was certain to announce anything, so I can’t fault them for holding off on the cancellation announcement until 5:30 p.m. I’m sad and disappointed and to some degree I’m angry, but Trey and Page and Mike and Jon care a lot about this community and they will find a way to make this right. I love them and I love you all. And yes, there are worse things in the world, but right now this is my world and it’s what my life has been building up to for a year. And now I need to figure out what’s next from a musical perspective this summer. So if you’re in NYC and have some heady shows planned in August or September or the rest of 2018 let me know. Peace and love. Love you all.

[@douglasiommi3662]

Yo vivo en chile, si algún día vienes te invito a unas cervezas y buena música.

[@jambandz]

First tapes I ever heard were of Clifford Ball. B&J in teh tub lol.

[@donshelden5875]

I haven't seen trey play Bowie at that tempo cleanly since this period

[@iambetterthanyou500]

They had to trick him into doing that...

[@froschein]

i miss that guitar

[@ryanmorrissey4087]

Phish are still great and I love them and Trey is still an insane guitarist but he can’t play like this anymore. I know how sensitive all the Phish heads out there are so before the rebuttals start flying I am not knocking him! I am just pointing out how insanely good he was mid 90’s. He played incredibly difficult material and he played it lightning fast without making an error. It’s nuts. He isn’t nearly as quick and dexterous as he was back then. Again, still fantastic. But he’ll never reach this level again. We’re all older. I wonder if he has ever thought to himself “wtf did I write everything to be so difficult and complex to play?”

[@DH-ij9pe]

One of the best versions of this song. Trey was zoned the fuck in

[@user-we3lc6ov3w]

DIS. CUS. TING

[@TheGrandAstoria]

I died and was born again!

[@charlesmahoney7234]

be safe man.

[@patrickmullins4552]

Man.

[@Bing42]

I saw Danny Devito at a show once

[@zachbruneau358]

I’m envious of anyone that was here This was the pinnacle of the Phish scene. They had made it. It was all downhill from there.

[@declan993]

and the sun starts to go down.........

[@powerbub1228]

@pongosgroove5 Agreed.

[@carpetshake]

How in the hell do you end at the same time on a jam like that??????

[@Caleb-hb8fs]

rip David bowie 😥

[@tyeprice9764]

It's songs like this I want to show people who claim Phish and jam bands of the like are just wanking on a few basic scales without substance. This shit right here is undeniable in any musical/compositional sense

[@pickle338]

Page looking and playing like Beethoven

[@thomaspaulus2769]

did anybody visit the tiki.....the uh, tiki thing at pauls square?

[@satch1979]

UB40.....UB40......UB40......UB40

[@timothychristopher9307]

Haha I think Page jumped the gun a little @12;45... Or maybe Trey got lost for a minute.. Long Live Phish

[@andrewdyke5561]

I think page jumped to soon

[@mr.sprumford7140]

Ziggy played guitar.

[@achurnedpenguin]

It's really funny that David Bowie and Maze sound alike

[@thailikkithai]

nuff said...delicious

[@johnwilsonjr.4680]

Emory board.

[@gschmidtmusic]

I liked it when make didn't fucking wear a neon scarf

[@gschmidtmusic]

then again mike's always had questionable fashion decisions.

[@Janemba126]

David Bowie UB40 Bryan Adams Oprah Winfrey Radio Head Lady Gaga Dustin Hoffman William Shakespeare Leonardo Leonard Cohen

[@powerbub1228]

........fair enough

[@salvatoreloria]

PPPPPAAAAAAAAGGGGEEEEEEEE

[@maxdrazdik]

the pianee looks like its about to break

[@MetallicaBLS]

I love that "Bill Cosby" digs phish!

[@griffindrungilas]

John McCarthy hey hey hey!!!

[@powerbub1228]

This comment did not age well

[@weebefree]

what is this black magic?

[@jktunney]

some may call it such