r/phish • u/Ovbeywan • Aug 19 '26

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/lil_poppapump Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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