The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday

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The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
Studio album (bootleg) by Phish
Released	1987
Recorded	Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1987
Genre	Rock
Label	Self-release
Producer(s)	Trey Anastasio
Phish chronology
The White Tape (1986)	The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday (1987)	Junta (1989)

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday was the senior thesis of Trey Anastasio, guitarist and primary vocalist of the rock band Phish, written while he attended Goddard College in 1987. The story was both a studio album and an essay piece and is composed primarily of a collection of songs performed by Phish that tell the tale of the fictional land of Gamehendge. The story is told in nine parts with narration in between. Several of the narrative sections are accompanied by background music from the Phish songs "Esther" and "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters." The album's final song, "Possum," is the only song in the Gamehendge cycle not penned by Anastasio (it was written by original Phish guitarist Jeff Holdsworth). One of two Phish albums never officially released by the band, (the other is The Victor Disc) copies can only be found in bootleg form.

Since Anastasio's school days, the tracks from The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday have been played countless times at various Phish concerts. Much of the background music in the narrations also appears in other songs such as Esther (from track 2).

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Further Gamehendge 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Introduction (Wilson Prelude)"
2. "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday"
3. "The Lizards"
4. "Tela"
5. "Traveling Narrative"
6. "Wilson"
7. "AC/DC Bag"
8. "Betrayal Narrative"
9. "Colonel Forbin's Ascent"
10. "Fly Famous Mockingbird"
11. "Errand Wolfe's Narrative"
12. "The Sloth"
13. "Forbin in the Dungeon Narrative"
14. "Possum"

[edit] Personnel

Phish

Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals

Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals

Mike Gordon - bass, vocals

Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

[edit] Further Gamehendge

There are many other Phish songs that tie into the Gamehendge universe, including:

1. "The Divided Sky"
2. "Llama"
3. "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters"
4. "Punch You In The Eye"
5. "Icculus"
6. "Harpua"
7. "Axilla"
8. "Axilla Part II"
9. "Kung"

[edit] External links

• http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/jamz/SBDs/trey-gamehendge.shnf/ Lossless SHN download of TMWSIY(Gamehendge)
• Phish.net's explanation of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
• The entire transcription of the Gamehendge saga