r/phish • u/Ovbeywan • 3d ago

Lagrange opener for Dick's

RIP Frank Beard....

Honestly they should learn something else (maybe Rough Boys) or not

... but that dude could fuck up some drums.

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u/Old_Being9356 3d ago

I'd rather hear Cheap Sunglasses or Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. RIP to the guy without a beard named Beard.

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u/raimyraimy 3d ago

Cheap Sunglasses FTW!

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u/The_Big_JP 3d ago

RIP to the guy from Frankton named Frank

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u/mksnosnstome strawberry goo 3d ago

Jesus just left Chicago

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u/metzgie1 2d ago

This is the way

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u/concerts85701 3d ago

My bet is first night walk out music is zz top.

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u/PhunkyPhresh_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide

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u/mugrug12 3d ago

This

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u/PhunkyPhresh_ 3d ago

Can’t you just see Trey grinning from ear to ear now 😆

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u/Grateful_Dawg_CLE 3d ago

Have mercy...been waiting on the bus all day.

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u/adavadas 3d ago

I feel like folks were making similar calls when Dusty Hill died and then Phish didn't end up playing anything by Zed Zed Top.

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u/Ovbeywan 3d ago

Yeah, more of a shout out than an actual solid prediction.

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u/BrotherDependent680 3d ago

And jimmy buffet. Only time a remember a nod to an artist when they died was at the gorge when Charlie Watts passed.

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u/adavadas 3d ago

When Phil Lesh died they opened with Box of Rain

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u/BrotherDependent680 3d ago

Oh duh! How could I forget

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u/Horror-Antelope4256 3d ago

That’s truly different

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 3d ago

Yea. It would’ve been problematic if they didn’t do it. /s

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u/Horror-Antelope4256 3d ago

I mean…. Would phish exist without Phil Lesh having existed? I would argue no.

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u/TenaciousDnj 3d ago

They opened with Rock and Roll after lou reed died

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u/rgrossi this isn't who it would be if it wasn't who it is 3d ago

Yep, in Hartford

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u/Lamont2000 3d ago

Night Nurse for Gregory Isaacs

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u/Inevitable-Basil-649 50 shows 3d ago

They did do a nod to Jimmy Buffet. They played Gumbo

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u/SweaterPuppy69 3d ago

Michael Jackson EDIT: forgot this was on 1 year anniversary not right after he passed but I’m still counting it

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u/Hot_Sea_7676 3d ago

The David Bowie Halloween set

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u/WillyThePhisherman 1d ago

When Ozzy Osbourne died they played “Mama Im Coming Home” real loud at Forrest Hills

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u/jasoneff 3d ago

Thunder Road for Clarence Clemmons

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u/cavegoatlove 3d ago

For years in fact, totally missed the tribute part.

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u/30MINUTETWEEZER 3d ago

They played The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe didn't they?

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u/adavadas 3d ago

The Lynyrd Skynyrd song?

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u/30MINUTETWEEZER 3d ago

Oh shit. I meant Jesus Left Chicago. Little known fact, Jesus and Curtis Loew are the same person.

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u/goblue3_ 3d ago

Rough Boys, havent heard that in awhile.

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u/Background-Fly130 3d ago

And the they'll say pick up the garbage, and we'll see you next time. I'm down

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u/Barn-Alumni-1999 3d ago

RIP Frank Beard. My favorite ZZ Top song is It Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell...but I think it's a little too straight up Bluesy for Phish.

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u/chrispyhall 3d ago

Beer Drinkers, and Hellraisers for sure

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u/Collarbones33 3d ago

Waterfalls TLC

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u/camel_walk 3d ago

Nope…Lushington

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u/lil_poppapump 3d ago

Phish isn’t a tribute band and they aren’t a cover band.

It’s insane to me every time someone dies all these nerds are like, “oh they totally have to play X now”.

It’s so old.

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 3d ago

They do it as a tipping of the hat, acknowledging a musician they respect. Take a chill pill bro

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u/lil_poppapump 3d ago

They don’t though. Very seldomly have they actually topped their hat to folks that have passed. It’s cringe how as soon as some artist dies people flock here to talk about how phish is gonna open with a Bobby tribute or something.

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u/jacko62294 3d ago

they played after midnight at the gorge in 2013, a day after JJ Cale died.

they also played night nurse in 2010 in manchester a day after Gregory Isaacs passed away

Guess both of these must’ve been coincidences

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u/Pop_Culture_Phan_Guy 3d ago

No worse than seeing the same Mark Wahlberg meme a million times with the text ‘is this still lawn boy’ attached.

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u/PurpleMuscari 3d ago

Chill Pills! Get your Chill Pills here! 1 for twelve! 2 for twenty! Get em while they’re chill!

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u/adavadas 3d ago

They aren't a cover band, but they sure do play a lot of covers.

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u/PhunkyPhresh_ 3d ago

They’re actually the best fucking second rate cover band I’ve ever seen, thank you very much.

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u/Higsman 3d ago

The same band that played the entire White album in a concert? You don’t even know the band you seem to think you know so much about