Phish-ing Around the Room

Where would we be without Phish??? The fine group who picked up where Jerry and the Dead left off. Phish was formed in 1983 by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Holdsworth, Mike Gordon, and Jon Fishman. They never recieved much radio play, but still had a large "word-of-mouth" following. Phish never played the same songs, each night was a different set list, and the songs themselves were varied. Phish, like the Dead, exhibited phenomenal improvisation talent. It was not until 1993 that they started playing amphitheaters, and in 1995, they gained more attention with the passing of Jerry Garcia, and the end of the Dead. Phish played until 2004, but still live on on the cassette tapes and MP3 files shared by the fans.