Sample in a Jar

"Sample in a Jar"
Single by Phish
from the album Hoist
Released 1994
Format CD single
Recorded October–November 1993, American Recording Co., Woodland Hills, California
Genre Rock, Pop
Length 4:38
Label Elektra PRCD 8989-2
Writer(s) Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
Producer(s) Paul Fox
Phish singles chronology
"Down with Disease"
(1994)		 "Sample in a Jar"
(1994)		 "Julius"
(1994)

"Sample in a Jar" is a 1994 song by the American band Phish. It is the seventh track from their 1994 album Hoist and was released as their sixth promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a pop, rock song written by Phish guitarist and lead vocalist Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall.

On the surface, the lyrics seem to deal with a relationship argument while intoxicated. In The Phish Book, Trey mentioned that the song is “basically about sitting in a car with the seatbelt on, drunk.”[1]

Track listing

  1. "Sample in a Jar" (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall) - 4:38

Personnel

Musicians

Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals
Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals
Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals
Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

Also appears on

Notes

  1. ↑ Sample in a Jar History Online. Accessed: May 17, 2014.