We’ll admit it, we have a little Star Wars fever after watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens last weekend. After sharing Umphrey’s McGee’s cover of “Cantina Band” yesterday, we dug through the Phish archives to see if the Burlington quartet had ever performed any Star Wars music of their own.
The Cast Of Star Wars Begs Phish For An Interview With Phanboy Reporter
Sure enough, guitarist Trey Anastasio not only teased the Star Wars theme before an encore performance of “Sleeping Monkey” on 6/20/12 in Portsmouth, VA, but dedicated the performance to one Jon Fishman, saying “I am singing this one to you Fish, because I am your father.”
The video also features the beloved Fishman character “Friar Tuck,” a reference to the drummer tucking his infamous muumuu into his underwear, because, why not? Thanks Phish…
Setlist: Phish at nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA – 6/20/12
Set 1: Sparkle, Ha Ha Ha, AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky, Dog Log, Undermind > Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Cities -> Ya Mar, Bold As Love > Julius
Set 2: Rock and Roll > Tweezer > Free > Guyute, Birds of a Feather, Harry Hood[1] -> What’s the Use? > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Possum
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
[1] Unfinished.
Teases:
· Sleeping Monkey quote in Tweezer Reprise
· Theme from Star Wars tease
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey introduced Dog Log with “There’s enough of those damn signs out there.” Dog Log was last played on August 2, 2003 (172 shows). Hood was unfinished. Prior to Sleeping Monkey, Trey teased the Star Wars theme and said “Fish, when you get to the end of this beautiful song, one last time for all of us. One final tuck.” Trey added that “it’s been a beautiful two days, but it wouldn’t be complete without seeing Fish tuck his dress into his underwear one last time” and “I’m singing this one right to you Fish, because I am your father.” Trey proceeded to sing to Fish using Mike’s mic. Tweezer Reprise contained Sleeping Monkey quotes from Fish.
[via Phish.net]