The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday

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The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday cover
Studio album (bootleg) by Phish
Released 1987
Recorded Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1987
Genre Rock
Label Self-release
Producer Trey Anastasio
Phish chronology
Phish (The White Tape)
(1986)		 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
(1987)		 Junta
(1988)

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.[1][2] The story was 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. It has been compared to The Chronicles of Narnia and Jim Morrison's Lizard King.[3] Phish circulated a studio recording of the suite in 1987 and 1988, which quickly became a collector's item. The story is told in nine parts with narration in between. Colonel Forbin is the protagonist of the story. Other characters include Tela, aka "jewel of Wilson's foul domain" and the "evil" Wilson. 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). The album can only be found in bootleg form.

Many of the songs from this album became commonly played songs at live shows throughout Phish's history.

Contents

[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, composer
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] Notes

  1. ^ The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday. phish.net FAQ file. Retrieved on 2008-21-02.
  2. ^ Aronson,Anne, "Phish Set Off Fireworks in Camden", Rolling Stone, July 6, 2000
  3. ^ Thompson, Dave (1997). Go Phish. Macmillan, 58-60. ISBN 0312168543. 

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