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1983: Inception - Trey, majoring in philosophy, Fish, studying chemical engineering, & Mike, with a major in electrical engineering, are freshmen at the University of Vermont; Jeff Holdsworth, also an EE major, is a sophomore there. Trey hears Fish playing his drumkit from outside his dorm-room door. He also walks by Jeff's room and hears Jeff's '57 Les Paul (guitar). The three of them get together and Trey posts a sign: bass player needed. Mike answers the sign; they get together for a jam session, and Mike says, "Did I make it?"
They practice in the dorm lounge and make a demo tape. They play their first gig as "Blackwood Convention" in the basement of a conservative dorm. They use a hockey stick as a mic stand, play "Proud Mary" twice, "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" once, and eventually are shut down so that a Michael Jackson tape can be played.
1984: Trey takes the second semester off and records "Bivouac Jaun" in his basement; many cuts of this 4-track project mixed with Mike's 4-track tapes
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and a few 4-track-in-the-bedroom tracks by the band end up on Phish's first studio project known as "The White Phish Tape".
The first official gig as Phish is played in the basement of Slade Hall at UVM in October 1984 (many later gigs were also played there); their friend Anne Labruciano mixes 6 tracks of stereo sound, playing sound effects through 6 hidden speakers along with the music.
Phish's first bar gig is upstairs at Nectar's in December. The Dude of Life appears; also Daubs (Marc Daubert) is the band's full time percussion player -- he co-wrote "The Curtain" (which used to have more words) with Trey.
...read more at Phish.com
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