Sharin' in the Groove

Infobox Album |
Name = Sharin' in the Groove
Type = Tribute album
Artist = Various Artists (Phish Tribute)


Released = 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Various
Length =
Label = Mockingbird Foundation
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ab6dtr8rkl2x link] |
This album = "Sharin' in the Groove"
(2000)
Next album = "Gone Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish"
(2000)

"Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish" is an all-star charity Phish tribute album featuring 23 acts covering 20 Phish songs, all on a volunteer basis, to fund [http://www.mbird.org/funding/musiced.html music education for children] , under the auspices of the Mockingbird Foundation. Over 25,000 copies were sold in the first two weeks, making it one of the fastest selling tribute albums ever.

Executive Producer Ellis Godard selected artists to be as diverse as possible in style, genre, and instrumentation, and arranged the tracks to resemble a Phish concert, with the more exploratory material in the second "set" (disc two). Also, in a twist on typical tribute albums, each artist represents an influence "on" Phish (such as a style they've mimicked, or an artist they've covered), whereas most tributes feature artists influenced "by" the band they are covering.

In addition to the album, a series of bonus tracks was released exclusively online for a number of months in late 2000.__NOTOC__

Track listing

Disc one

#"Bouncing Around the Room" – Arlo Guthrie and Xavier
#"Gumbo" – Jimmy Buffett
#"Runaway Jim" – Gordon Stone Trio
#"The Wedge" – Amfibian
#"Alumni Blues" – Hot Tuna
#"Waste" – Dave Matthews
#"Suzy Greenberg" – Son Seals and Rebecca's Statue
#"Sample in a Jar" – Little Feat
#"My Friend My Friend / Guyute" – Vermont Youth Orchestra

Disc two

#"Makisupa Policeman" – The Wailers and Kkay
#"Sand" – Tom Tom Club
#"Tweezer / Magilla" – Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe
#"Julius" – Merl Saunders and Funky Friends
#"Cars Trucks Buses" – Project Logic and John Scofield
#"Axilla (Part II)" – Preston School of Industry
#"Chalkdust Torture" – Los Villains
#"Free (End of Session version)" – Boredoms
#"Faht > Catapult > Tweezer Reprise" – Lake Trout
#"Poor Heart" – FRED
#"Golgi Apparatus" – Stanford Marching Band

Internet bonus tracks

#"Cars Trucks Buses" - Duke Ellington Orchestra
#"Wolfman's Brother" (live) - Phil Lesh and Friends with Donna Jean Godchaux
#"Wading in the Velvet Sea" - Jackson Sneed
#"Halley's Comet" - Whoolicious!
#"The Wedge" (live) - The String Cheese Incident
#"Wilson" - Orobourus
#"The Moma Dance" - Ten Ton Chicken
#"Possum" - The Big Wu
#"Cars Trucks Buses" (live) - DJ Logic and Michael Kang

Notes

*Xavier features Arlo Guthrie's son Abe Guthrie
*Amfibian features Phish [http://www.phish.net/faq/lyricists.html lyricist] Tom Marshall.
*Hot Tuna is half of Jefferson Airplane.
*Dave Matthews' track is his first solo studio release
*The Wailers' track is their first studio release in a decade, and with the original producer from their days as backing band for Bob Marley.
*Tom Tom Club is half of Talking Heads.
*Preston School of Industry includes Scott Kannberg of Pavement
*Los Villains includes David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos, as well as each of their sons.
*FRED are the International Champion Barbershop Quartet.
*Boredoms' cover of "Free" may have been the last studio recording of the band before longtime bassist Hila and guitarist Seiichi Yamamoto left the band following the 2001 Fuji Rock Festival.

External links

* [http://www.mbird.org/album Official site]