Describe your approach to interpreting that one. The local spots around where I live I might hit twice a year but Florida, California, Seattle that's definitely like once a year. Is there one region for instance that you think listens more closely? DB- So you don't have any fears about that being a burden, or do you just figure you'll worry about that when the time comes? Phish when the circus comes to town chords guitar chords. I'm used to going out and winging it, so it's hard for me to remember what I played the last time I was around. There are some songs that maybe no one will understand, it's just personal thing. For instance, "Alligator Alley, " the word came first on that. Plus I had these big ideas for it in the studio. DB- What about "Freeker by the Speaker? DB- Okay, final geeky internet question [Laughs].
It's really easy to do that in guitar playing. I think it would be funny. DB- You named a number of people earlier whose music you covered on your first demo tape. That began a relationship that continues to this day. The way I'm hearing it she's using the circus to tell people about her life on the road. I was thinking about Hammond organ which never made it on there.
I was also hungrier then, hungrier to perform, to please, so I played more familiar songs. DB- Back to your own touring, I'd like to hear your thoughts on one question that I return to, and one that interests me quite a bit. There's been several phases. That's something I still do on stage. KW- I believe in the power of radio and the thing I'm after the most is to sell tickets to shows. I would get some crappy minimum wage job and work it hard for a month and then spend it all on like ten, eleven shows. But I do what I can. So in that sense, sure, I'd love some help from the radio and not have to go on TRL and all that crazy stuff. DB- I would imagine that many of our readers have some familiarity with the story of how you invited the members of String Cheese to a show and by the end of the night they were all performing with you. When the Circus Comes" Chords?, Phish Discussion Topic on Phantasy Tour. There are others when I'm trying to make people think and there are others that tell a story with a beginning, middle and end. DB- In terms of your compositions with lyrics, where do you typically start, with the music or the words? KW- I try to accommodate, although if I played somewhere the night before close to where that show is I might not get to a particular song.
Phantasy Tour® is a registered trademark of Sounding Boards, LLC. "Gallivanting" is a song I wanted to do because the chords are a-b-c-d-e-f-g and each word in each chord starts with the first letter of the chord. Although my mom keeps encouraging me to play a company picnic. Obviously you're still gigging quite a bit but have you made a conscious decision to ease up a bit now that you have built up that base of support? So I kind of got a kick over that. There's a big realty company that owns, so that your web site is Are you bitter about that? But I'm curious, had you been checking them out quite a bit before that first time you encouraged them to see you? KW- There I'm just describing the experience of looking out at the audience and making up stories about what I see. There might be nothing off the record that would remind you of REM but he was definitely an early influence in terms of using weird words for lyrics. When the circus comes to town lyrics. I started seeing Phish around 92 at the last of their club phase and that was really exciting but once they moved into the coliseums it kind of lost it for me. Earlier you mentioned that at one point you hit it pretty hard, planting seeds.
I mean I did when I was 21, 22 years old. I also wanted to use three snares at the same time, which we do and it's pretty cool. I went to about ten shows a tour spring summer and fall. In 95 I jumped into the String Cheese phase. Phish when the circus comes to town chords uke. DB- She's represented on Laugh via your cover of "Freakshow. " DB- I can see "Gallivanting" in those terms. What happens now is that people keep song lists. So I'd play more of what people want to hear, requests. There are two canals on either side where I guess thousands of alligators live. I would imagine that their songcraft impacted yours.
DB- Which leads me to ask, what about "One Hit Wonder? " I got attached to his writing style back in high school, the way he uses words for musical purposes and not necessarily for meaning. I guess I would see Michael Stipe as an early influence.