Phish - Terrapin Station

My dad used to love telling stories about this night. It was his first phish show ever after having been a deadhead for years and after this night he was 100% sold on phish. RIP dad.

A Carvana ad interupted my jam. Ill never buy a car from Carvana.

I remember making my girlfriend at the time come with me to this show. She was a huge deadhead but she despised Phish. Her face was priceless. Just one of those things. Great moment.

There is a REASON why so many people say they get "goosebumps" listening to this. Here is why: During the early 90's, SO many new people "got on the bus" and saw their first Dead show. Future "deadheads" born between 1969 and 1980; their first show was likely 1990 or afterwards (mine was 3/22/93). Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and college age kids were just getting into the Dead, whether it be through trading/acquiring tapes of live shows or actually going to them. Mail order tickets for the 1995 Fall tour had already been sent out...then Jerry died on August 9th of 1995. A month later, I heard of a band called "Phish" for the first time. People said they were "kind of like the Dead", or at least the closest thing to it. So I tracked down some cassettes of their lives shows and bought their latest release "Hoist". #1- Phish sounded NOTHING like The Grateful Dead to me #2- I absolutely hated it. I was expecting songs with the lyrical integrity and mysticism of a "Ripple" or "China Doll", but instead I got songs that I felt were silly, pointless, corny, and didn't resonate with me at all. Trey didn't sound like Jerry. And the music itself, much more rigid, orchestrated, and embarrassingly lame. It BAFFLED me as to why so many people compared this band Phish to The Grateful Dead. Then, in October of 1995, I bought Phish's new live album that had just been released (A Live One). That changed things. It was "ok" enough to convince me to buy tickets for 2 shows (out of 3) in Atlanta at The Fox Theatre. 11/10/95 and 11/11/95 were my first Phish shows. Those shows changed EVERYTHING in regards to how I viewed Phish and my respect for their music. And I was not the only one catching on. All those other thousands of 17 - 26 year olds who were searching to fill the void after Jerry died and the Dead quit touring, also began to become part of the Phish scene. At the Halloween Phish show in 1996, 90% of the "lot" scene and vendors were not Phish fans, but Deadheads; blasting Grateful Dead out the back of their vans; selling tee shirts imprinted with Dead song lyrics; etc. There were FAR more Steal Your Face logos, magnets, buttons, stickers, and shirts floating around than their was Phish apparel. By the time 1998 rolled around, I had already seen at least a dozen Phish shows. At EVERY one, I (along with thousands of other Deadheads in attendance) would always wish they would cover a Grateful Dead song. And at EVERY one, show after show, tour after tour, they never did. I knew they probably never would. Trey was not very keen on being compared to the Grateful Dead. And the Grateful Dead/Phish comparison became more prevalent as more Deadheads became Phish fans. By the time August of 1998 rolled around, I had seen dozens of Phish shows. The show at Virginia Beach on August 9th was the last one of summer for me, before my 18 year old girlfriend and myself headed back home to Memphis. By the time the show started, we were already tired. St.Louis, Deer Creek, Atlanta, Raleigh...we were low on both stamina AND money. It had been an unbearably hot day. Cops harassing folks. Swat team units with walkie talkies, binoculars, and body armour on top of the venue. Gravel parking lot. No shade. Bad vibes and a "weird" feeling in general. We saw Mike Gordon driving around in his golf cart before the show; he was wearing all black. Even HE wasn't his usual, quirky self. Something was OFF. We Almost Left The Show Early. It was a great show, but we were walking towards the door after "Ragtime Gal". Then...it happened. All those years. All those shows. All those jokes/fantasies/wishes about Phish actually biting the bullet and playing a Grateful Dead song. The opening notes to Terrapin...people didn't want to get their hopes up. We just KNEW it was going to be just another one of those Phish "teases" or pranks. But then Trey started singing the lyrics. It was at that point I started crying. And not because Phish had FINALLY played a Dead song. It was because that was the first moment that I and 15,000 other people REALIZED what DAY it was...August 9th. And THAT'S why it gives us goosebumps

I love how when those first notes play everyone hushes to see if their ears deceive them. What an awesome moment.

The first 10 seconds of this may be one of my best Phish memories of all time. I'll never forget standing on the lawn watching the recognition of the song "break" over the crowd: at first just random people here and there, then everyone, like a boiling sea of instant and hysterical happiness.

The crowd noise gives me chills.

I'm a Deadhead and I think it's amazing that this band could cover this song so beautifully. In fact, there's no other live band that could do it justice. That they've only done it once is beautiful and gives it meaning.

I was born in 97, reading these comments gives me chills. must have been such a special moment for deadhead turned phish fans at the time. Goes to show that the jam scene isn’t about ‘who’s better’ or ‘who was first’ and ‘who’s next’ , all that matters is people loving music and people loving people

Im a Dead fan whos never listened to Phish but im lovin the sentiment here on Jerrys anniversary,crowds lappin it right up....and so am i,great cover guys!

I must have hugged a hundred heads walking out of that venue . We were all smiling and crying at the same time . The backstage passes had a cross and the date on it .. my wife and I were on the stairs walking out when the opening riff rang threw the air . The reaction from the crowd is one I’ll never forget and although we’ve had several holy shit moments since I’ll forever remember this as one of the most celebratory. Love n Light

This is a beautiful tribute, as loving a remembrance as one can imagine. Phish is not of my generation as the Dead were. From a big brother, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

98. The most emotional moment I've ever experienced at a show. 15,000 people GLOWINF. people on their knees crying. High fives everywhere. Hugs. CRYING. my boy and I had the craziest couple weeks leading up to this. The tour was nuts , on all fronts. This song - when we all realized they were actually playing it and not teasing it - was a INSANE. They had brought out music stands earlier so we knew something was up. Didn't expect this. I remember sorta walking around in a haze, just giving hugs. I bumped into one head - this kid I knew as Ohio. I knew him from Dead shows a few years earlier - were holding each other and jumping around. I've never experienced so much collective energy. That could never happen again. Even if they played agin it could never happen. The people that go to shows are different now. Back then there were so many of us kids that used to see the Dead and Jerry meant EVERYTJING to us. Ya know? Man... fuxking tearing up. Those were the days. God bless all my old tour buddies. RIP fast Eddie and tank. Long live the Grateful Dead. Phish - I owe uou so much. Thank you for all the years of fun. I hope many more for you all. Peace be with you all Bird

Not only was the reaction at the start incredible, but I remember walking out of the venue and the whole place was just SPEECHLESS. People were smiling, hugging and just dumbfounded

This was my first Phish show. I had just gotten to my first duty station and life was a bit stressful and scary because I was just 19 at the time. I was there with people that I had literally just met. They treated me like family and it pushed all of the stress and fear away. I can still picture one of the girls reaction when this song started. She had tears in her eyes and a big smile on her face. It was such a happy moment. One of the best concert moments of my life even 20+ years later.

I would kill to be there. Hearing this for the first time is what made a Dead head like myself come to terms with Phish, and quit my pretentiousness. 

When someone invents time travel, I know exactly where I’m going first.

Hair on the back of neck stood up as Trey hit the Inspiration note, wow.

when they came out they had lyrics taped to their monitors, so we had an idea we were getting a treat, but I never expected this to be played. Easily one of the finer moments in my life.

ive always been a deadhead that never really cared for Phish as much, always respected their obvious talent, just not their biggest fan. then every once in a while i hear them play a tune like this & just.. KILL IT!!!! This is a fantastic Terrapin!!! Ive been listening to this song for 25yrs now, & this was amazing! #goosebumps