To The Butter Room, built to spread live music goodness.
A Random Post >>
Join Martin as he takes us along to his weekly therapy session with the Grateful Dead. Read More >>
Live performances that start & end w/ the same tune, but packed with tasty jams in between. Listen >>
Our live coverage of live music all across the country. View >>
Bathtub Gin - Phish
8.13.93 - Murat Theater, Indianapolis, IN
I’ve noticed we haven’t been giving 1993 much love, but it may be the most technically precise year of Phish. This Gin is not only a glowing example of why 1993 was so amazing, but shows off the improvisational bliss that has been featured year after year in this jam vehicle! Listen for the Weekapaug teases at about 8:20 and the totally synced eargasm Trey and Mike bring at 11:45 before slowing it down! This one goes up there with the likes of Real Gin (12.29.95) and Went Gin (8.17.97) as an all-time great.
The Wheel - Grateful Dead
6.11.93 - Buckeye Lake Music Center, Hebron, OH
Buckeye Lake was one of the Dead’s favorite venues for outdoor shows in the Midwest. Sadly no big shows take place here anymore, but Dead concerts such as this one add to the lore behind the venue. Estimates of its capacity range from 40-60,000, with some of the biggest and most famed lots of the early 90’s adding to the mystique. While this show may not have a mind blowing setlist, it’s full of sublime gems such as this one.
Jack Straw
Foolish Heart —>
The Same Thing
Lazy River Road
Tom Thumb Blues —>
When I Paint My Masterpiece
So Many Roads
Promised Land
Eyes of the World
Playin’ In the Band —>
Uncle John’s Band —>
Corrina —>
Drums —>
The Wheel —>
All Along the Watchtower —>
Black Peter —>
Sugar Magnolia
Brokedown Palace
You asked for the goodness. Check out this old review while you listen in.
Fluffhead - Phish
5.6.93 - Palace Theater, Albany, NY
This is one of the songs rumored to be on the band’s list of songs for Hampton. It’s widely believed each member of Phish brought a list of songs they’d like to play to the table for rehearasal sessions that started perhaps as early as October, and that these songs will comprise the setlists for the three return shows in two weeks(!!!). What songs will be busted out? What surprises do they have in store? The anticipation is starting to come to a fevered pitch as the countdown ticks closer.
This Fluffhead comes from a first set performance that ends with a string of bluegrass tunes, including Lawn Boy with Dick Solberg on fiddle. View the full setlist here.
Mr. Miner put together a great article this week celebrating the 16th anniversary of the release of Rift. Rift was my first Phish album. I bought it 16 years ago, but to be honest, it took be a couple years after that to really get into Phish. Boy, was I dumb back then. Anyhow, I hope most of you read his piece, and caught the promotional video that was included at the end of the post. If not, here is the video and the article can be found here.
Worth a listen for the Heavy Metal Jam alone. Who is Joe Rooney you ask? Joe is a member of a “Power Metal Band” from Tampa, First Born. Check out their myspace page and have a listen to “Born to death”, “Death becomes her”, or “Red pain blood drain” or better yet just listen to this 20 minute treat from Tampa in ‘93.
The next release from the Phish archives will focus on the group’s three-night stand at Atlanta’s Roxy from February 19-21, 1993. Like Phish’s Hampton Comes Alive and Island Tour releases, At The Roxy will showcase the run in its entirety, boasting almost eight and a half hours of music. In addition to choice versions of many Phish classics like “You Enjoy Myself,” “Fluffhead” and “Mike’s Song,” the set features appearances by local heroes Jimmy Herring and Rev. Jeff Mosier, a humorous version of Kiss’ “Rock And Roll All Nite” and no less than three “Hold Your Head Up” Fishman routines.
Like many performances from this era, Phish’s 1993 Atlanta run boasts both a “Big Ball Jam” and a “Vibration Of Life” segment. Other left field selections include “Have Mercy,” “All Things Reconsidered,” “Esther” and Jon Fishman’s rendition of “Memories.” At The Roxy is the first archival Phish release to document a full pre-arena performance since the original Live Phish series.
(via jambands.com)
Setlists from this epic three-night stand:
ff=66 - Jawbox
4.26.93 - Koz Uni-Campus, Frankfurt, Germany
Jawbox was without a doubt my favorite band starting my senior year of high school and throughout college. I had a mild crush on Kim (something about female bass players) and their second drummer, Zach (featured in this video) is still to this day the only drummer I’ve seen to break his sticks while counting off. Rock!
Space Wrangler > Walkin’ - Widespread Panic
4.17.93 - Guilford College, Greensboro NC
“Space Wrangler is something you can listen to again and again. You want to see the band live, to see how they extend it, how they improvise, how they morph it. Businessmen are eager to eviscerate the soul from the music. But, musicians insist on keeping it in. Not listening to others tell them how to do it, but following their own muse. That’s why we’re fans. That’s why we keep going to see them. It doesn’t begin and end with the recorded take, that’s just a jumping off point.”
— Bob Lefsetz, Read Bob’s article about Space Wrangler.
For the best Theater Tickets and Concert Tickets like White Stripes Tickets go to Vividseats.com! We have the best deals on all Sports Tickets, including Baseball Tickets and Football Tickets, such as Panthers Tickets, Lions Tickets, and Titans Tickets.
The Butter Room was built to spread and discuss live music. The contributors of this site all volunteer their time to provide the content. We do this as a labor of love. Our name, The Butter Room, references an small, low-lit room in a Virginia Tech Fraternity with nothing but a few benches and tables. You go there to get away from all distractions and have a conversation, which is what we want to foster here: a place where you can get away from all the distractions of life to enjoy and discuss live music.
Get To Know Our Influences
Contact Us
All tracks available for download are of live concert recordings from trade friendly artists. Please support these artists by seeing them live. However, if you are an artist or The Man and would like to see any file removed or have a request, please email TheButterRoom [at] gmail [dot] com directly -- We will take it down.
Send Us Music!
©2010. Original theme is Postage by Greg Cooper. We hacked it up to meet our needs. Icons by P.J. Onori. Thanks to Jamie Cassidy & Panic.
Comments