Subject: Drinking 11/2/89 Gin; UNH
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 15:57:24 -0500 (EST)
From: benjy eisen
BathtubGinFiles #19 11/2/89 Memorial Union Bldg., UNH Durham,NH
GinStats: Set I-Opener Time: 5:53 (The tape sounds great for an '89, btw...Thanks Clifford Reinhart!) Talk about a wierd transition! This Bathtub Gin opens the show, sequed from a show-opening opening announcement: "Hello...per request [Bathtub Gin begins] of the fire department, we've got exits on our lefthand side and down the hall and down the stairs. And there's no smoking BUT please check out all our tables. The most important thing is to have a good time! Welcome PHISH!!" Enter Page...at 0:22 he slides from one end of the keys to the other Mike mimics on bass. Page jumps in at 0:37->0:52 with Rhapsody licks. Somethings awry, but nicely so! What's this now? Singing? At 0:53 we have a high shrill "ouu" sung. This beginning is fuNked! WOW what an awesomely unique way to jump into a bathtub, Page! I gotta hand it to you, you really know how to bathe! Lyrics Segment: 1:03!!! Alive, present and well...bubbling over. Trey just LOVES to take this bath. Page Fill 1: 1:36->1:44 enthusiastic and, shit - I'm gonna go back and listen to this again, when I'm done - It's that good! I don't know what's gotten into him (Page - what's gotten into you?) but he INSISTS on bringing BuBbLes(of all things) into this bathtub, yessiree. :) Fill 2: 2:17->2:34 again, really ALIVE but this time he sticks almost exclusively to Rhapsody in Blue. A bleeding-heart liberal 60 seconds earlier, Page has decided to take his second fill a bit more conservately, nodding to the Gershwin Maestro. Um..Page..um..don't jump into the tub with the full 3-piece suit on, okay? You'll get it wet. FAUCET: 2:51 OUCH!!! Trey comes in on a completely wrong note, but then subsequently remedies by giving a PERFECT rendition of the faucet. Too bad he flubbed the first note...never get a second chance to make a first faucet. SINGING W/THE FAUCET: 3:33 An on-the-mark, textbook rendition. WATER FROM THE FAUCET: 4:48 announced by Trey who plays a CFLick in a higher key, continues onward with the Lick. Like a puppy living in a new home, he doesn't wander off to far from the established CFL, afraid perhaps that he'd be lost if he did, and suffer a hungry stomach and cold, lonely night. No cold, lonely night for him tonight, but no doggie-biscuit reward either. A home, but no bone. "BATHTUB GIN" REFRAIN: Begins at 5:21 and continues till the end. Trey extends his CFL playing. Again, this is decidedly CFL and not the CFT as the actual Lick is stuck to almost exclusively. 5:49 he finally strays for just a second, before Mike pulls him back in, gently, as they line up the final "Bathtub GIN!" ENDS AT 5:53 Rating: 69 Proof This "Water from the Faucet" was royally Lame, bland and unimaginative, rendering us a 60 or 61 Proof Gin (the standard for these early versions) but the exceedingly FuNkY opening, and Page's pure will to drink-and-surf in the bathtub bring this version up a good 9 points. Still, this is within the first dozen versions of this song; fermentation has yet to take effect. Walk with light my friends...(Mike does) :) Benjy