1502 9347c1cf-38dc-448a-a63e-38501419ccf2 Phish: The Biography Parke Puterbaugh calibre (3.44.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2009-11-23T11:00:00+00:00 <div>The definitive biography of the jam band based on original interviews, by a veteran music journalist Drawing upon nearly fifteen years of exclusive interviews with the members of Phish, veteran music journalist Parke Puterbaugh examines the colorful chemistry that inspired the wildly popular rock group to push their four-man experiment to the limit. An intimate and fascinating portrait, Phish: The Biography is the definitive story of these Vermont jam-band legends. **<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3> In the wake of Phish's wildly successful summer reunion tour, journalist and Rolling Stone contributor Puterbaugh delivers a consistently lucid and revelatory look at the 26-year-long career of the legendary jam band. Puterbaugh's solid and intelligent take on how Phish blends both seriousness and whimsy into rock, jazz, funk, country and experimental music (sometimes in the same song) will satisfy newcomers as well as the band's obsessively knowledgeable fans. In the process, Puterbaugh definitely demolishes the media's reflexively drawn comparisons of Phish to the Grateful Dead just because both played long improvisational concerts for hardcore fans. Much of the book's success stems from Puterbaugh's experience as in-house PR writer for the band from 1995 until its 2004 breakup. His insider access allows him to get never-before-published comments and insights from the band, its management, archivists, crew and close friends. His solid reporting produces the best account so far of Phish's college-era birth and growth in Burlington, Vt. And his exclusive interview with Trey Anastasio provides a frank look at how the guitarist's drug addiction brought down the band, how his recovery led to their reunion and why there's no reason that Phish couldn't go on for quite some time. (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. <h3>Review</h3> Publishers Weekly “A consistently lucid and revelatory look” at the band, and complimenting “Puterbaugh’s solid and intelligent take” that “will satisfy newcomers as well as the band’s obsessively knowledgeable fans.” <ul> <li>Kirkus* “An even-keeled evaluation of an important American band—a must for Phishheads.” </li> </ul> Booklist Online “Puterbaugh serves up everything one could want to know about jam-band supreme Phish…Valuable enough as a comprehensive Phish file, this book is greatly enhanced by Puterbaugh’s depth of knowledge.” *Relix “What sets [the book] apart are rare, first-hand accounts and details provided by Phish’s inner circle… Phish: The Biography’s* entertaining stories and colorful pictures of key events in the band’s remarkable history make it a must-read for fans.” *Glide Magazine* “[A] good read for those who love the band.” New York Post , 12/6/09 “Check out this authoritative Phish-ography…From the guys’ early days at a Princeton prep school and the University of Vermont to success, fame, drug busts, breakup and reunion, it’s all covered.” </div> Hachette UK yWVKDgAAQBAJ B0039QGJCK 9780306819476 eng Music Genres & Styles Rock Biography & Autobiography Entertainment & Performing Arts