Phish may cover Lamb w/ Peter Gabriel on Halloween

I would love watching Peter Gabriel performing The Lamb Lies Down live.

HolyMoly wrote: Phish is so off the wall that this news doesn't even surprise me!  they have a long track record of covering famous albums on Halloween (I got to witness the '96 Talking Heads album show in person), and they generally do an admirable job.   I have no doubt that Phish could faithfully recreate the album instrumentally, in fact I think it fits their talents well (unlike, say, The White Album which they did in '94, or Loaded in '98).   They did a wonderful version of Watcher of the Skies for some awards show somethingorother a few years back.   The big question mark for them, to me, is always the vocals.  Neither Anastasio nor McConnell have a whole lot of vocal range, and it's hard to imagine them pulling off, say, "In the Cage" or even "the Lamia".  Last I heard Gabriel, his voice still sounded quite good, so if this is all true and not some fanciful rumor, then I say bring it on.

Neither does Gabriel have much range. I actually have never been much of a fan of his singing, so I actually welcome any oportunity to hear Gabriel era Genesis music sung by other people... in some cases they even "fix" the things I might have not liked of the original song.

This would be quite cool, gives Gabriel a chance to test the waters again. I think he would only do it if he's prepared, like he mentioned.

I believe Trey Anastasio has a lot of Steve Hackett's guitar style in his playing.  The first Phish song I ever heard, "The Squirming Coil", could almost pass for an early Genesis song.

darkshade wrote: So Steve, that's you screaming on Live Phish Vol. 15?

I am so thankful that show got a formal CD release.  Remain in Light has never sounded better 

That would be amazing.

Speaking of Hackett, maybe he'd pop in during one or two songs as a surprise like he did with Transatlantic.

So Steve, that's you screaming on Live Phish Vol. 15? 

@ Stegor, I think you ran into a bad Phish crowd, usually everyone is friendly and is just trying to have a good time. I've seen them twice, and never had a problem.

Phish is so off the wall that this news doesn't even surprise me!  they have a long track record of covering famous albums on Halloween (I got to witness the '96 Talking Heads album show in person), and they generally do an admirable job.   I have no doubt that Phish could faithfully recreate the album instrumentally, in fact I think it fits their talents well (unlike, say, The White Album which they did in '94, or Loaded in '98).   They did a wonderful version of Watcher of the Skies for some awards show somethingorother a few years back.   The big question mark for them, to me, is always the vocals.  Neither Anastasio nor McConnell have a whole lot of vocal range, and it's hard to imagine them pulling off, say, "In the Cage" or even "the Lamia".  Last I heard Gabriel, his voice still sounded quite good, so if this is all true and not some fanciful rumor, then I say bring it on.

The Lamb is the album I like the least of the Classic era Genesis albums. There may even be some Collins led albums that I like better than that. So I don't really care so much for this. Now, if "Selling England" was to be toured... that would be another thing. Given that "The Lamb" is a double album, both Selling England and Foxtrot would fit instead of it... and that would be something I would really be excited about.

Edited by Dellinger - August 27 2013 at 23:02

Phil Collins is retired and can't drum for medical reasons, so doing it with (all of) the original guys is out of the question.
I still need to get into Phish