The Phish Book

by Richard Gehr

Book Overview

Having played more than a thousand shows and recorded ten albums during their fifteen years together, Phish now brings us a different kind of performance--a written one. The first and only authorized... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375752544
• ISBN13: 9780375752544
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for All True Phans

This book is phenomenal! I got it for Christmas, spent that and the entire following day or two reading it, i couldn't put it down! It gets personal with all the members, they share genuine stories and memories. A great book for many a phan!

The MUST HAVE book for every PHiSH fan!

MOST EXCELLENT! Contrary to what another review says, this book does NOT contain setlists from their shows. Rather it is a glorious picture painted via interviews conducted by Richard Gehr with PHiSH as he toured with them for over a year.What everyone else said: Awesome pictures. Hilarious stories. The stories about the '96 trip to Vegas are worth the price of admission. If only the Harpua had ended as Trey had envisioned...

NOT a typical rock-n-roll book ... NOT a typical rock band!

The first thing you want to do when you get your hands on this book is flip through every single page and absorb all the amazing photographs. For those of us obsessed with the music of this remarkable band, the pictures of the early days and even those of more recent times are priceless. Combine all that with the free-form roundtable discussions of Trey, Mike, Page, and Jon and you've got a wonderful piece. This is not your typical rock-n-roll book -- no wild tales of scandal or debauchery on the road. Instead we gain real insight into the workings of one of the greatest live acts ever, from a band that's been around for nearly 15 years now. Co-author Gehr is to be commended. His insights are smart, his feelings genuine -- and he admirably keeps them to an absolute minimum, instead deferring to the band's own words for the majority of the book. An absolute must read for any fan of Phish. And if you are not a fan ... what are you waiting for?

Every Phish fan needs this book!

THIS BOOK ROCKS!! Not only does this book bring the reader great rock and roll stories (not to mention amazing photography that chronicles the bands' evolution), but it also revealed Phish's deep love and understanding of music. I have never really understood what it's like to create music -- writing, recording, playing, backstage, performing, on the road -- until now. What Trey, Mike, Page, Jon and Tom have to say about writing and recording is profound.I think this this is a must read for ALL music lovers.

A must-read for any Phish fan

Whether you first saw Phish in the cafeteria at Goddard College or the Lemonwheel, the Phish Book needs to be in your library. Gehr maintains an objectivity that is difficult when one realizes how much time he spent with Trey, Mike, Page & Jon. A great companion to the Almanac.