As Phish kick off their highly anticipated three day festival, Magnaball, tonight at Watkins Glen International, I thought it would be entertaining to post a link to Spin's ranking of all 333 Phish songs that Trey Anastasio referenced last Saturday night during their show at Merriweather Post Pavillion, before playing "Sleeping Monkey."
By nearly any criteria except, perhaps, record sales and radio play, Phish is the Grand Canyon of American bands—so big and bold and forever that we risk taking it for granted. Likewise, anyone who considers Phish merely a delivery system for endless jams is missing the forest for the trees. As Phish glides into its fourth decade together, including a four-year separation, let’s take a backward ramble down the number line containing nearly 350 songs the band—Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jon Fishman (drums), Mike Gordon (bass), and Page McConnell (keyboards)—has released on 12 studio albums and a couple of dozen live packages, from 1989’s Junta to this summer’s Fuego...
Please follow the link to read the rest of Richard Gehr's article and Spin's list of All 333 Phish Songs, Ranked
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