Giant Country Horns
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The Giant Country Horns (or GCH) were a group of musicians who joined the jamband Phish for about twenty shows during the band's 1991 summer tour. The horn section, named after Giant Country White Bread, added new arrangements to classic Phish songs, including Suzy Greenberg and Split Open and Melt.
The members of the group were:
- Dave Grippo (a music teacher from Burlington, Vermont) on Alto Saxophone
- Russell Remington on Tenor Saxophone
- Carl Gearhart on Trumpet
In 1994, a different arrangement under the GCH name performed with Phish for a limited number of shows. The members of this group were:
- Dave Grippo on Alto Saxophone
- Carl Gearhart on Trumpet
- Joey Somerville Jr. on Trumpet
- Chris Peterman on Tenor Saxophone
- Mike Hewitt on Baritone Saxophone
- Don Glasgo (a professor at Dartmouth College) on Trombone
Members of the GCH have appeared as special guests at Phish shows for the remainder of the band's existence.
From 2001 through 2004, Grippo and Remington recorded and toured with Trey Anastasio as members of his first backing band. In late 2005, Remington joined Anastasio's new solo band, 70 Volt Parade, a few months after the outfit debuted.
