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Mike Gordon
- Thread starter Kevin Wilson
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down with disease, bathtub gin, wolfmans brother, birds of a feather, YEM, makisupa policeman, harry hood, and chalkdust torture to name a few... Also tweezer reprise is epic bassness
Hard to say. The Lizards, Harry Hood....whenever they do Deodato's version of Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Mike has really been shining these past two summer legs. He's been driving a lot of the jams and he's much more prominent in the mix these days. He and Fishman on drums make a great rhythm section.
Split Open and Melt is some bad ass bass work, too.
Split Open and Melt is some bad ass bass work, too.
so the consenus is that 97-98 was the best years for mike and phish live and also from a funk standpoint with some funky basslines?
I met him once after a Hot Tuna concert. He was just hanging in the audience and nobody seemed to notice him so I went up and we had a nice little bass chat. Very nice fellow, no attitude at all.
That is the point at which they transitioned to doing tons of go nowhere 'funk' jams. Which is great if you want to provide a backdrop for acid casualties to noodle dance, not so great if you like interesting music.
Phish was more interesting, diverse, and experimental when they were playing smaller venues, and doing less heroin.
Favorite basslines? There is really nothing studio that can compare to what he (and they) do live. Gordo is easily my favorite living bassist, and he wasn't until some time after Phish became my favorite band. He really shines on almost every live performance.
