Phish - 1/2/15 "Weekapaug Groove"

[@maxoconnell1903]

10 years later and what’s masterpiece

[@modelcitizen1977]

If you had told me at the start “Mike’s going to have a sick guitar jam in this one”, I wouldn’t have believed you. This is why people see this band 100+ times. Every night is different.

[@jamesa6080]

If by sick guitar part you mean sounds like shit 😂 I love phish but mike went out of his way to make that nauseating

[@mattorr2256]

@@jamesa6080Gordon couldn’t and wouldn’t do such a thing…

[@funkdubayous]

I was there. In the pit. It was one of the best solo excursions I have been on. All 4 nights were a blast! I like the weather in Miami in January

[@transtremm]

Jon Fishman, wow, beyond amazing.

[@SaucednFound7]

Ive only been listening to phish for almost 2 years and every new song i find I always fall in love with, Add another to that list.

[@cathiker]

Welcome to the Phamily!

[@ngerstein]

Weekapaug is one of their finest non-studio songs.

[@jackstraw5602]

Sand, down with disease, tube, first etc and wheels on the bus... The Other One...☮️🍭

[@weinbda]

they are the greatest live rock band in the world

[@Smegma_pirate]

You’ve got a lot of catching up to do, watch out for people who want to welcome you to the “Phamily” they’re waiting for you to fall asleep soo they can steal your pills and your liquor.

[@tomflorczakjr.5353]

They attack! The drummer is really underrated. Dude plays a vacuum in a muumuu too. These guys have fun but are great musicians.

[@scottsimmons6656]

His right foot belongs in the rock and roll hall of fame.

[@Bee-hf3fc]

Yeah, Fishman is very deceptive. Follows the others so well. Don't know how he does it. Also, he hits hard when he needs to. Very full sound. He reminds me of the way Phil Lesh plays bass. Perfectly in tune and pitch with the rest of band. My opinion.

[@dextermeth]

When you’re so good it looks like you’re not even trying

[@SnowTheJamMan]

There's a reason they named the band after him

[@STSGuitar16]

Playing the vacuum is one of my favorite phish gags in a long line of phish gags. Right next to the trampolines.

[@gojohnnygo2]

That was amazing, they're having fun. That's what makes Phish.

[@DennisCampbell777]

As a whole, Phish has proven to the world that they are ageing like fine wine. Amazing year guys. Thank you Trey.

[@arandompangolin5400]

+Dennis Campbell except getting tix up front surely is NOT a given, much less sitting on stage again lol

[@DennisCampbell777]

I remember when they were still playing little clubs in the late 80s. Molly's in Boston was my first gig.

[@jamiejohns886]

+Dennis Campbell went to their paradise show baaahston

[@arandompangolin5400]

The Paradise was the first time I caught them, Was on Dead Tour and a taper friend hooked me up with Phish in the end of '87

[@DennisCampbell777]

I saw the Black Crowes play there under the name The OD Jubilee Band.

[@notngnimer]

very possibly my favorite Phish song...and this version is a Monster one. Really.

[@glass9411]

This turns to some trippy shit... and I love it!

[@JWitt30]

They're having so much fun I f'n love it!

[@Coloradiohead]

Gordon sounds really cool on guitar in this jam, love the delay and droning, very hypnotic. A band that can rotate instruments and sound just as amazing is proof that these guys are seriously talented musicians.

[@charbelb6661]

only took you 31 years to realize it!

[@jshaft504]

It's pronounced Gor Don

[@ChrisMullis]

Pete Tridish its pronounced CAC TUS

[@V8trickshot]

Mike rips it here

[@Jesse-fk3xc]

Mike really knows how not to play too many notes

[@gratefuldrifter6588]

Dope as,jamming i can here the Grateful dead influence,just started listening to these cats,i try jam along with my SG,pure magic man they got the groove.Finally found sumthing that jerry would love to jam with.Phil lesh loves them who doesn't man .Nothing is better then the good ol Grateful dead,thats my life ! These dudes would say the same,but these guys still going? Sumthing new to get loaded and jam to,Peace and love to all from new Zealand.

[@maxprize829]

Best band on the planet by far - hands down - such uplifting vibes.

[@TheReal7Bit]

That was fucking incredible! Just seeing trey having the time of his life up there is worth it, they were at the top of their game for the new years run it seems. Just superb.

[@jeffreylenz2271]

Those lights are cool as all get up. Chris just amazes me tour after tour. What a rock star.

[@TraneFrancks]

Wow. This is sick. Mike really does some nice work on 6 strings!

[@PlayboiMcChicken]

Oh man, this is a KILLER Weekapaug

[@Dalevus]

Whoever’s out there, you picked a good one to watch and to listen. But I know there are so many other goodies out there as well. Fun 😅

[@Dalevus]

And I sure do need a better user name. How do I change it lol 😂

[@jammyjraps4911]

Phish are the Bomb, one of my musical inspirations.

[@elimoen3830]

The smile on Page’s face at 6:58 says it all.

[@jimothyfarthammer]

It's 2024 and I'm hard pressed to find a better Weekapaug

[@cl2984]

Gotta go back to 98

[@MrVinman711]

12/31/91 is my favorite

[@israellamar]

LOVE that mike's guitar playing at points is reminiscent of Booger playing at the end of Revenge of The Nerds.

[@ddaavvee68]

such amazing friendship in that room

[@tristancata9146]

I’m so glad I got to catch this show. Living in Miami it’s hard to catch bands like this that actually come down here. I was on Paige’s side near the front. Can only see my arm though lmaoo but I could see my buddies awesome smile

[@laserbob]

I'm so glad I was able to witness this live

[@hassaan561]

14:39 Had to hear that back several times. Love these little touches that page adds to the songs. What a jam!

[@ambermcdade2919]

I just listened to this 4 times in a row I LOVE IT!!!!! THANK YOU PHISH!!!!!!!

[@maxsatterfield5190]

Yes thanks boys

[@jag2039]

DAMMM I'm sure glad I found this cause it's so cool. There are Fantastic musicians digging this BIG - TIME 😎⚡️🔥🤘🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@andrewbaker7610]

About a year ago I read a comment from some one that said: "the days of this band taking a risk on a regular basis are over". After this, Halloween, all the great fuego jams and that Tweezer fest over the summer, I laugh at that comment. We didnt even get an Icculus or Harpua this year and it was still one of phishs best years.

[@eddie_g7722]

That was awesome but now my neck hurts from sharin' in th Groove

[@Charlestonbeachlife]

this was a memorable part of the run. i remember gettin the fuck down to this. good times as usual.

[@celestelarwood4876]

Ahhh so this is Phish

[@dafuq6790]

Its fish god bro

[@Coloradiohead]

soo sick! One of thee best Paug's i've heard in long time, just phuckin superb!!

[@dorasmuris]

Phish inspires me soo much! I just want to express myself musically when I hear them

[@1rickmayer]

Best feeling in the world man. Except, when I make something and then list to the Phamily, I feel like I've got a long way to go.

[@maxsatterfield5190]

Been listening for about 28 years.most talented band ever

[@MODEL_CITIZEN]

Best Weekapaug ever!

[@sweetpeajunglebean]

absolutely amazing.

[@Gumbo72203]

Man Trey sounds 1.0-like in his solo here. Fucking nice. 4:30-5:05 or so. Reel Tray.

[@MindMagicMusic]

They are on fire right now.

[@nakwallab]

I had to come back and revisit this one. So much energy in the room that night. The whole run was a great time and I wish they would go back to Miami for NYE. Man, I miss sharing in the groove with all my friends. ='(

[@johniorio7951]

I be smoove.....I be shmoovin in my weekeepaug crooze

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

The bass intro jam sets for an epic groove🎸😎

[@grobut98]

Grateful Dead's Fire on the Mountain eventually took me here!

[@scottsimmons6656]

There’s this part about 13:20 when Mike is playing the echo, which happens after his fingers play the notes. These are the moments we musicians chase after.

[@MixedBiscuits]

there arent many things better on my ears than a fantastic paug. summer tour 2021 lets goooooooooooooooooooo!

[@petewest9558]

Listened to this a day or two after it was posted, liked it a lot. Listened another time or two while dividing my attention between something else and thought, 'That might be deniable.' So I listened again and thought, "That isn't deniable." 'Til finally I realized yesterday that it's the kind of jam people devote their concertgoing lives to hearing in person. I like it even more than the 10-17-14 Roggae, which IMHO may promote actual dreadlock growth.

[@sydbarrett5975]

Holy shit this is a funny post. Definitely a nice jam!

[@petewest9558]

Syd Barrett Look for that Roggae, man; it's available on the same KZbin channel!

[@jimmijames6294]

Best Band hands down!

[@rschank24]

SICK ASS POGS!!!

[@riverdriftflyfishing1831]

Loves Treys guitar here, cool looking model ;)

[@raananaz]

Simply AMAZING!

[@edwardskrod]

Love me some crunchy keys at the 2:00 mark

[@jonathansocha8223]

Yup you were right putting this on don't change it

[@ramsessevenone416]

7:50 amazing lights

[@edinchapelhill3745]

I love that people play like this.

[@tito55]

THIS IS AMAZING! :D Spaced-out jams and incredible sound! :D

[@Hollypenopepper]

You should check out the Disco Biscuts. 👽🎉

[@davidedelman4536]

This is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phishing it!!!!

[@evhbombastic]

"They aren't the best at what they do. They are the only ones that do what they do" -- Bill Graham. This not only applies to the Dead, but even more so to Phish.

[@YEM_FIRENZE]

My first show ❤️ this changed my life

[@markvalente480]

About Narragansett, RI. Rocking out to it in Narragansett.

[@planetmuman]

December 10th, 1994 at the Santa Monica Civic center was my first show.

[@RyanTeti-t2y]

Are we gonna talk about Gordon destroying in that bass too? God damn that guy knows his way around a bass

[@skylerellis7358]

The best Paug ever, possibly the best jam ever!!!

[@monkeymusic]

EVERRRRRRR !!!!!

[@rm1133]

Blasphemy!

[@_MrPinto]

I’ve got a house in Weekapaug lmao

[@SgtBudda]

I would like to consider this 'Majesticall'

[@karenmoriarty]

This version of "Weekapaug Groove" is a pancake. Weekapaug Groove > Space/Drums > Weekapaug Groove.

[@HippieShop]

Thanks for sharing this groove! Have a great show tonight. #phish

[@chrisgould7606]

Phish - So good

[@Gumbo72203]

2:00 I love how they forgot to plug Page’s clav in to the stream feed 😬😬😥

[@joshe6226]

My favorite Paug since the 11/27/98 Worcester "wipe out" paug. Love the fact that almost 20 later the boys can still reinvent the classics.

[@LSommer]

All time favorite for me. We was right in front of Trey and I had my eyes closed. Jimbo tapped me on the shoulder. 😅

[@jimmymcbrain3282]

wow!! who could put a dislike on this jam???!!!!

[@jodiewatson4590]

This blow my fucking mind. Best paug jam everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@AqueousMantra]

This is amazing!

[@acdcfreak94]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DO IT P FISH DO IT

[@lonnyg5535]

Seems like the jams are best when Trey wears that shirt

[@jackstraw5602]

That is what we said about Jerry... wore the same shirt for 20 years... ha!

[@lostinthedreaming6_336]

Lmao

[@AaronDavison]

I love Phish.

[@Bcasey11]

its only been a few months but god i miss them!

[@spd13062]

I just shared in that groove...............

[@sondershaman]

out of this world !

[@muz977ify]

wheeew! good gawd ! so at their ABSOLUTE PEAK! and I know know their going to even higher.. fucking awesome

[@craigsmith8277]

The best

[@zny1ss]

“Weekapaug Groove” takes its name from the town of Weekapaug, located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Rhode Island. According to Mike, the song’s lyrics (“Trying to make a woman that you move, sharing in a Weekapaug Groove”) are meaningless. As Mike said in a 9/9/97 interview with Parke Puterbaugh: “So we came back to Boston [from Weekapaug, after playing a gig there at a yacht club], and I guess we were in the van or the Voyager we used to drive in, and that song “Oh What a Night” came on the radio. You know that one? That awful Four Seasons song? We just constantly listened to songs and changed around the words as to what they might sound like. I always had a particularly hard time hearing lyrics anyway, so I always would sing a song on the radio, sing along with the wrong words. So the bridge of that song goes ‘Oh I-I-I trying to something,’ but I was singing it, ‘Oh I-I-I trying to make a woman that you move,’ which means nothing, 'sharing in a Weekapaug groove.’ So we all just started singing that, as complete nonsense: ‘trying to make a woman that you move.’ It never occurred to any of us that it had any meaning, ever. There was a period of time that we were singing it, and I used to just yell out the lyrics, between singing them I would just yell them out as if I was preaching them, just to sort of make it more ironic that they have no meaning.” | After having played “Weekapaug” on 8/10/04 at Great Woods, Trey told a similar tale about the genesis of the song, providing more details in an effort to “demystify” it, as he put it. Trey explained that after having played at a beach party in Weekapaug at their friend Sean English’s house “probably” in 1987, the band was driving home in Fish's Plymouth Voyager (“which he gave away”), and the song that goes “Oh I, had a funny when she walked into [the room]” came on the radio. (The song is Frankie Valli's "Oh What A Night." Trey said “into” instead of “the room.”) Trey then said that the band started singing “Oh I, trying to make a woman match your move.” Trey concluded the story saying, “So that - Weekapaug Groove? We didn't actually write that. Frankie Valli did. [pause] So now you know.” If you listen closely to the LivePhish soundboard, you can hear Fish say “I forgot about that” during the pause before Trey says "So now you know." The main riff of “Weekapaug Groove” was born out of the first of three Oh Kee Pa Ceremonies, at which Phish jammed for eleven hours - from 2pm until 1am - in Trey’s riverside bungalow in Plainfield, Vermont. Apparently, even though a neighbor had made some Hungarian mushroom soup for them, they never showed up to eat it because of this eleven-hour jam. At the time, the original kernel of the song was much slower than “Weekapaug” ended up being live. Of course today, “Weekapaug” is sometimes - though not always - slower than it typically was during the 1990s. Compare, for example, 12/30/93 with 6/13/00, 6/25/04, 11/18/09 and 6/29/10. There is even a version after the first two minutes or so of which Trey stops playing, and gets Fish and the band to effectively start the song over, but much slower, 11/24/09. In the first five years of its existence, “Weekapaug” typically followed “Mike's Song” and “I Am Hydrogen” in a set. This trio of songs - known collectively as “Mike’s Groove” - was always a fan favorite. But when “I Am Hydrogen” began to be dropped more regularly in favor of other, unique songs in the mid-1990’s, “Mike’s Groove” evolved to be shorthand for all of the musical events that took place in a particular gig from “Mike’s” through “Weekapaug.” A wide variety of songs have been sandwiched between “Mike’s” and “Weekapaug” over the years, including, for example, “Esther” on 8/1/98, “Frankie Says” on 10/31/98, and “I Am the Walrus” on 6/2/09. There have even been entire sets comprising a “Mike’s Groove,” as on 7/2/97 in Amsterdam, when “Mike’s” opened and “Weekapaug” closed the first set, sandwiching six songs including “Simple,” “Maze,” and “Vultures.” There have even been a few occasions when “Weekapaug” was performed during the show without “Mike’s Song,” namely, 2/22/03 and 12/2/03. But whenever “Mike’s” and “Weekapaug” have appeared in the same show, “Weekapaug” has always followed, and never preceded, “Mike’s.” There has never been a backwards “Mike’s Groove,” in other words. | Akin to other remarkably improvisational Phish songs, “Weekapaug” continues to this day to sandwich or tease other songs, or otherwise deviate from the norm. For example, check out these versions: 11/16/90 (Andy Griffith theme); 7/23/91 (with the Giant Country Horns); 11/8/91 ("Slice of Pizza and a Bucket of Lard!"); 12/31/91 (“Lion Sleeps Tonight”); 4/21/92 (“Happy Birthday”); 11/19/92 (vocal jam); 11/23/92 (reggae and “Big Ball” jams); 2/20/93 (“Have Mercy” and “Rock and Roll All Nite”); 3/19/93 (vocal jam ending); 3/22/93 ("Sundown" tease from Mike); 3/25/93 (Beatles “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and Anastasio/Popper’s “Don’t Get Me Wrong”); 3/30/93 (“Psycho Killer”); 4/29/93 ("Makisupa Policeman" and Bonanza theme tease); 5/8/93 (“Amazing Grace” jam); 8/16/93 (Santana’s “Gypsy Queen,” Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish,” and “Possum”); 7/2/94 (“Antelope” and “2001”); 12/28/94 (“Little Drummer Boy” jam); 10/29/96 (Karl Perazzo on percussion); 11/15/96 (John Popper on harp); 3/1/97 (Slip Stitch and Pass), 8/9/97 (“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”); 12/13/97 (“Catapult”); 7/10/98 (“On Broadway”); 11/27/98 (“Wipe Out”); 12/31/98 (“1999”); 7/9/99 (“Macarena”); 9/22/99 (“2001”); 12/18/99 (“Buffalo Bill”); 7/21/03 ("Shock the Monkey"); 7/31/03 ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"); 12/31/03 ("Jungle Boogie" lyrics and "Auld Lang Syne" and "Divided Sky" teases from Trey); 1/2/15 (Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike on guitar); 12/30/15 (“What’s the Use?”). It is also a tune in which individual band members’ performances have brilliantly shined. For example, do not miss: 3/1/90 (Trey); 8/17/92 (Mike); 12/29/92 (Trey); 7/24/93 (Trey); 4/29/94 (Mike, Trey); 7/10/94 (Mike); 10/25/94 (Fish); 6/20/95 (Fish); 10/25/95 (Page); 11/25/95 (Page); 11/6/96 (Trey); 12/28/96 (Page); 8/7/98 (Page); 8/12/98 (Page); 7/21/99 (Mike); 12/30/99 (Fish). It’s thus no surprise that “Sharin’ in the Groove” is among the most popular expressions used by fans.

[@larptroll69er22]

zny1 ss Please elaborate. 😉

[@jackstraw8145]

LarpTroll 69er yes im not clear what op was trying to say. I was to busy sharing in the groove. Copy any past from .net or otherwise I did enjoy the background info. Thanks op

[@Isaac.Garcia666]

Obsessed much?

[@imandan1966]

When you click on 'READ MORE' and live to regret it....yikes

[@jonathanmurray412]

zny1 ss o

[@sebastianwalker9156]

Dude at 2:18 behind keys is faced with the sunglasses rofl

[@andrewmast60]

i just came here for the run of the mill weekapaug but damn this is radical

[@douglasmcox1]

AMAZING - a highlight of the run for me.... THANK YOU PHISH FOR MELTING MY FACE!!!! again... :)

[@lzylightnin]

They. Attack.

[@KeenCutz]

> 7:30 but Who is They ?

[@dylanporpusstudios1650]

The Birds.

[@geoffreyharold]

Phish rock!

[@JRastafari]

damn this is good

[@JokingPiper]

Page adding that left-hand bassline. Man, when they have it, they have it.

[@DanXile]

Anybody know what type of effect page is using to get that wah tone? Can you get a similar sound on any keyboard? 2:30 Waka waka waka waka waka

[@tuckerlebsack7895]

DanXile He is playing a clav I believe, which you can set to make the tone you are referring to.

[@johnsmith-hb1ry]

Man i love these guys even tho trey is the undisputed leader he still lets mike and page jam loud enough to hear their individual contributions most bands have a bass player you could replace every day of the week with lil notice there are deff four members to phish even if one guy wears a dress ha big ups to fish i see you back there bangin away sick weekapaug

[@Piperredworm]

This was amazing. When my friends may we expect to see you again? Thinking about summer tour. or Fest. Tell me when to be there.

[@Piperredworm]

Thanks for all the times. It wouldn't be the same without you.

[@daveleafey9283]

The jam of jams

[@ericfeldsott7481]

@mrmayham weekapaug is a gem you shall never forget !

[@lilbean387]

anyone else hear trey tease your pet cat around the 4:30 mark? this whole song is ridculous

[@roknjok6491]

Hail Hail Rock-n-Roll!!

[@mjs3764]

This groove is so infectious that I've come down with disease.

[@harryhood8698]

Spend 3 Weeks In Your Bed

[@stevesobel4521]

i shared this groove

[@robaljames]

Siiick.

[@maxoconnell1903]

Best paug ever

[@maxoconnell1903]

10 years later still the best Paug ever