Well, I've been kicked and beaten,
It don't bother me no more.
Don't offer me no pillows,
When I'm just fine here on the floor

I've so many wounds
That I hope they'll never mend
But I can raise my glass up
For a beer with all my friends

'Cause I'm the Barfly, I like to drink, that's what I do

All these women in the world...
Why did I leave mine when times were so rough
All these women in the world...
Why did I leave mine when times were so rough
But when you left me baby, you left me needing more than enough

(Alternate Second Verse:
There's a curly girl from Jersey
she's sittin' on my right
Showin me her cleavage
Which she so sweetly wraps up tight
I snatch another whiskey
Just to improve the view
don't listen to the truth I'm tellin her, none of its directed at you,
'Cause I'm the Barfly, I like to drink, that's what I do)

Well the ocean's my home
I'm living on the liferaft alone

Well the ocean's my home
I'm living on the liferaft alone

Now they call me flat stir crazy
But I'm just sittin here at the bar flat on my throne

Well I've been kicked and beaten
It don't bother me no more.
Don't offer me no pillows,
When I'm just fine here on the floor

I've so many wounds
That I hope they'll never mend
But I can raise my glass up
For a beer with all my friends

'Cause I'm the Barfly, I like to drink, that's what I do

",15,"4338604b-38e0-432c-855b-bcd9091d4409","Braff, Gutwillig","

A sure-to-please rowdy blues song about drinkin’, Barfly was a staple of the band’s frat party days and earliest tours. It made its way into the stylistic hodgepodge that was the band’s first studio album, Encephalous Crime, where it is the final studio track. Barfly follows a very predictable format from which it rarely deviates: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, keyboard solo, bridge, guitar solo, verse, chorus.

Barfly was played 40 times in 1998, more than any other year. It was in 1998 that Barfly was jammed out for the first (and only) time. On 6/4/98 an unfinished Barfly segued into a drum solo ended the show, and 6/5/98 opened with a long intro jam into Barfly (supposedly intended to complete the night prior, although it, too, is unfinished) jammed into the ending of Run Like Hell. Besides being the only jammed out Barfly, it also marked the first time the Biscuits finished a song from an earlier show.

Barfly became steadily more rare beginning in 1999. After appearing semi-regularly in the winter and spring tours, it was played only twice in the fall before being shelved for nearly a year between October 1999 and 2000 for a gap of 32 shows (what was then a significant absence). It was played four times in 2000 and then eight each in 2001 and 2002 (although this represented a decline in frequency). From 2003 to the end of Sammy’s tenure in 2005, Barfly was even more scarce.

Allen’s arrival brought with it a brief resurrection of Barfly, which was played four times in three months in the earlier part of the year. However, it was only played once in the fall, after which it went from rarity to holographic status. It was played only once in 2007, after a gap of 75 shows, after which it sat on the shelf for two and a half years or 197 shows (its longest absence) when it was played at the Bisco Power Mission on 3/21/10 with Sammy on guitar.

It was played only a handful of times in the setbreak era: twice in 2013, once in 2014, once in 2018 and once in 2019. It’s performance on 4/27/19 is perhaps the most interesting part of a sub-par show; it provides the landing pad to the second set segment, making it the first Barfly to be jammed into (in fact, played in any way besides standalone) since 4/3/02.

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In your favorite disguise,
With your button-down lips,
And your roller blind eyes.
With your empty smile,
And your hungry heart,
Feel the bile rising,
From your guilty past.
With your nerves in tatters,
As the cockleshell shatters,
And the hammers batter,
Down your door,
You better run.

You better run all day,
And run all night.
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside.
And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight,
You better park the car well out of sight.
cause if they catch you in the back seat,
Trying to pick her locks,
They're gonna send you back to mother,
In a cardboard box.
You better run!","transcribed by Rich Steele

(intro)

E 10 10 9 9 7 7
B 10 10 10 10 8 8 7 7
G 11 11 9 9 7 7 7 7
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0
A (play open D for
E 4 beats)

E 5 5 3 3
B 5 5 3 3 0 0 3 3
G 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4
A 0 0
E

(chords over the Run....Run.. Run part are F > Em > C)

(verse)

Em
E 0
B 0
G 0
D 2
A 2
E 0

You better make your face up in your favorite disguise.

F
E 1
B 1
G 2
D 3
A 3
E 1

With your button down lips, and your roller blind eyes.

Em
E 0
B 0
G 0
D 2
A 2
E 0

With your empty smile, and your hungry heart.

C
E 8
B 8
G 9
D 10
A 10
E 8

Feel the bile rising from your guilty past.

E 7
B 7
G 8
D 9
A 9
E 7

With your nerves in tatters, as the cockle shell shatters.

Em
E 7
B 8
G 9
D 9
A
E

As the hammers batter down your door, you better run.

Everything above is the only part of the actual song they do the same
way everytime. Just the basic structure of the original Floyd song for
the most part. Everything before and after this is different everytime.
:)
","rlh",154,"0613f1fa-e69e-4913-8ca0-f7bb72e5d6ec","Pink Floyd",277,["D",1755820800000],["D",796694400000],{"_182":188,"_183":194,"_185":343,"_95":344,"_97":344,"_99":345,"_100":343,"_102":343,"_190":189,"_191":194,"_192":42,"_193":345,"_195":96,"_346":96,"_347":343,"_196":189,"_348":349,"_350":194,"_197":349,"_198":194,"_351":42,"_352":194,"_353":194,"_199":194,"_200":194,"_354":101,"_355":189,"_201":349,"_202":189,"_203":356,"_357":188},16,28,12,"2008","2009","2011",6,"2012","2015","2016","2017","2020","2021",7,"2025",{"_277":359,"_105":363,"_215":367,"_371":372,"_376":377,"_381":382,"_386":387,"_391":392,"_395":396,"_400":401},{"_25":360,"_108":361,"_110":362},"1995-09-16","1995-04-01",168,{"_25":364,"_108":365,"_110":366},"1997-02-28","1996-09-06",175,{"_25":368,"_108":369,"_110":370},"2004-12-27","2004-05-08",233,"203",{"_25":373,"_108":374,"_110":375},"2012-07-06","2011-12-31",188,"209",{"_25":378,"_108":379,"_110":380},"2013-07-13","2013-01-25",169,"221",{"_25":383,"_108":384,"_110":385},"2015-10-30","2015-04-24",189,"232",{"_25":388,"_108":389,"_110":390},"2018-05-18","2017-11-18",181,"238",{"_25":393,"_108":240,"_110":394},"2019-11-22",209,"242",{"_25":397,"_108":398,"_110":399},"2020-06-22","2019-12-31",174,"244",{"_25":402,"_108":403,"_110":404},"2021-04-20","2020-10-24",178,2020,"http://sickbarberlicks.weebly.com/run-like-hell.html",[],{"_21":67,"_51":22,"_52":409,"_54":55,"_56":101,"_58":-5,"_31":410,"_33":411,"_35":36,"_23":412,"_62":-5,"_63":64,"_65":50,"_66":413,"_39":36,"_41":36,"_46":-5,"_68":414,"_155":479},"2abd0f94-5993-486f-8484-0b55aa8da445",["D",1582388891740],["D",1582388891740],"1998-11-14-mulberry-s-dream","5f48ff77-dee9-4252-a7e5-c4f87c9f1c8d",{"_21":409,"_70":415,"_23":416,"_31":417,"_33":418,"_75":419,"_76":420,"_27":28,"_77":421,"_29":422,"_80":64,"_81":174,"_83":423,"_85":-5,"_86":424,"_87":425,"_89":426,"_91":427,"_93":428,"_103":431,"_149":150,"_151":477,"_153":478,"_46":415},"Mulberry's Dream","mulberry-s-dream",["D",1582386623147],["D",1756174194204],"

I first caught the sun at noon today
To get another 24 hours
I lept & broke my bedframe
Which the termites have devoured

I lived a life in shambles
With one idea left to scheme
But if I ever built it
then what would I have left to dream?

Mulberry's Dream was talkin to me,
as we kickin' with time.
Burnin' in the sun on the side of the street,
we gotta be out of our minds.
Life, he said, is all about style,
and my flying machine.
And we'll take the people cross miracle miles,
and I believed him

I walked down to the corner
To fetch myself some dollars
I left later that afternoon
When the streets began to holler
and there I saw O'Farrell
The old street corner pantomime
and I simply could not shake him
till old Mulberry came just in time

Mulberry's Dream was talkin to me,
as we kickin' our time.
Burnin' in the sun on the side of the street,
we gotta be out of our minds.
Life, he said, is all about style,
and my flying machine.
And we'll take the people cross miracle miles,
and I believed him

","Transcribed by Chris Reilly (dreilly@interaccess.com)

Intro *
E-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------8-8-8------6-6-6--------
G-----------------------------8-8-8-6h8--6-6-6-6h8----
D---------------------8p6-----8-8-8------6-6-6--------
A--------4-4h6p4----------8p7-6-6-6------4-4-4--------
E-4h6-6---------h6------------------------------------

*For the second and third time replace 6h8 with 'hey'.
Then for the fourth time end with:

E------------
B-8-8-8---6--
G-8-8-8---6--
D-8-8-8---6--
A-6-6-6---4--
E------------

Verses Chords:
Ebm Bb
E----6-----6---
B----7-----6---
G----8-----7---
D----8-----8--
A----6-----8---
E----------6--

-Verse 1-
Ebm Bb
I first caught the sun at noon today
Ebm Bb
To get another 24 hours
Ebm Bb
I lept & broke my bedframe
Ebm Bb
Which the termites have devoured
Ebm Bb
I lived my life in shambles
Ebm Bb
With one idea left to scheme
Ebm Bb
But if I ever built it
Ebm Bb
then what would I have left to dream?

Chorus Riff:
Endings 1-7 8
||: |----------------:|| |----------|
E----------------------------------------------- -----------
B-----------------------------8-8-8------6-6-6-- -8-8-8--6--
G-----------------------------8-8-8------6-6-6-- -8-8-8--6--
D---------------------8p6-----8-8-8------6-6-6-- -8-8-8--6--
A--------4-4h6p4----------8p7-6-6-6------4-4-4-- -6-6-6--4--
E-4h6-6---------h6------------------------------ -----------

-Chorus-
Mulberry's Dream was talkin to me,
as we kickin' with time.
Burnin' in the sun on the side of the street,
we gotta be out of our minds.
Life, he said, is all about style,
and my flying machine.
And we'll take the people cross miracle miles,
and I believed him

Play ending 8, then Organ Solo/Jam begins in cut time.
Play same chords as verse. (Ebm Bb)
Cut time is maintained for the duration of the song.

-Verse 2- (Same chords as Verse 1)
I walked down to the corner
To fetch myself some dollars
I left later that afternoon
When the streets began to holler
and there I saw O'Farrell
The old street corner pantomime
and I simply could not shake him
till old Mulberry came just in time

-Chorus-
Mulberry's Dream was talkin to me,
as we kickin' our time.
Burnin' in the sun on the side of the street,
we gotta be out of our minds.
Life, he said, is all about style,
and my flying machine.
And we'll take the people cross miracle miles,
and I believed him

-Then comes the Guitar Solo/Jam-
Scale Possibilities:
Bbm Bbm Pentatonic
E-----------------------------6-- -6--------9--
B-----------------------6-7-9---- -6--------9--
G-----------------5-6-8---------- -6-----8-----
D-------------6-8---------------- -6-----8-----
A-------6-8-9-------------------- -6-----8-----
E-6-8-9-------------------------- -6--------9--

Guitar Solo ending:
E-18--20-20-20-20-20-20-20h21-20-18h20---18-18-18-18-18-18h20-18----18-------
B----------------------------------------------------------------21----18----

-Chorus-
Mulberry's Dream was talkin to me,
as we kickin' our time.
Burnin' in the sun on the side of the street,
we gotta be out of our minds.
Life, he said, is all about style,
and my flying machine.
And we'll take the people cross miracle miles,
and I believed him

Ending Riff:
E----------------------------------------------------6~----
B-----------------------------8-8-8------6-6-6-------6~----
G-----------------------------8-8-8------6-6-6-------7~----
D---------------------8p6-----8-8-8------6-6-6-6h7h8-8~----
A--------4-4h6p4----------8p7-6-6-6------4-4-4-------8~----
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Whimsical, a pen in motion, thoughts roll in my mind,
scamper by so quickly now an agile word would find,
well I tried to grasp an angel, saw her wings, and watched her fly
reality for mingling dreams to scurry back and get in line.

We ordered out for mindless dribble,
over used, half wit, ishkabibble,
corner store junkies giving advice
we ordered out for paradise.

A gallery, a pen in motion, a delightful line instead,
it's chivalry outranks commotion on the roads most common tread,
and on those boots, the clicking heels, the dreams, the angel starts to fly,
to masquerade the world's parade for only seconds at a time.

We ordered out for mindless dribble,
over used, half wit, ishkabibble,
corner store junkies giving advice
we ordered out for paradise.

Apple butter toast is nice,
envisioned on a third wind twice,
my fine breaded friend was denied by the vice,
And they missed the perfume.

In a native centered world, one picks the fruit right off the trees,
on a wild blue island in the deep blue seas,
beyond a paleocentric world with all our people shaped in threes,
the only way I get around is some mild insanity.

We ordered out for mindless dribble,
over used, half wit, ishkabibble,
corner store junkies giving advice
we ordered out for paradise.

Apple butter toast is nice,
envisioned on a third wind twice,
my fine breaded friend was denied by the vice,
and they missed the perfume.

","

transcribed by Rich Steele
after intro, the chord they hit is a F# major played
on the 2nd fret.
They keep hitting this until you get to the next part, which is the part
during the verse too.

the way barber plays this kinda has this shuffle feel to it. the chords dont really sustain at all. for best
results don't press down all the way on the strings
to keep it from sounding too loud, avoiding the heavy
pick attack sound.

Am Am G G
E 5 5 3 3
B 5 5 10 10 10 10 12 12 3 3
G 5 5 9 9 9 9 12 12 4 4
D 7 7 10 10 10 10 12 12 5 5
A 7 7 10 10 5 5
E 3 3

(verses)
(start the part above with the first line of each verse with the Am, and
hit the G with the last word of each line.)

(#1)
Whimsical, a pen in motion, thoughts roll off my mind.
Scamper by so quickly, now a agile word would find.
Tried to grasp an angel, saw her wings and watched her fly.
Reality from mingling dreams, to scurry back and get in line.

(Chorus)

Am G Am D Bm
E 5 5 5 3 5 7 7 7 7
B 5 5 5 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
G 5 5 5 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9
A 7 7 7 5 7 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 9
E 5 5 5 3 5 7 7 7 7

F F# G
E 1 1 1 1 2 3
B 1 1 1 1 2 3
G 2 2 2 2 3 4
D 3 3 3 3 4 5
A 3 3 3 3 4 5
E 1 1 1 1 2 3

We ordered out for Mindless Dribble
Overused half-wit, ishkabible.
Corner store junkies giving advice.
We ordered out for paradise.

(applebutter toast part)

E 7
B 4 4 4 7 4 7 5 5(p)4
G 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 6(p)4
D
A
E

Applebutter toast is nice.
Envisioned on a third wing, twice.
My fine breaded friend, was denied by the vice
and they missed the perfume.

","dribble","

Beyond a paleocentric world with all our people shaped in threes, The only way I get around is with some mild insanity.

The first debut of 1998, Mindless Dribble signalled an important shift in the band’s style and songwriting maturity. It’s challenging lyrics and aggressive style placed it in contrast to the faux-hippie neo-psychedelia of 97-95.

The first few performances of Dribble were completely free of improv, but within a little more than a month the band was beginning to carve out the song’s nascent jam section. There is a tremendous observable growth throughout the year, with at least one must-hear version, 12/30/98 (also noteworthy as the first "happy" Dribble). Other noteworthy early versions include 4/18/98 and 5/2/98.

The song became a major jam vehicle in 1999, the year where most of the strongest versions can be found. The jam section remained fairly standard throughout the year, with a few notable deviations, e.g. the demented, primal 10/28/99 and the fairly blissful 12/30/99 (another "happy" Dribble). The song remained strong through 2000, with noteworthy versions including 10/31/00 (the longest version to date) and 10/6/00, in which the chord progression that eventually gave rise to The Big Happy, Highwire, and I Remember When was debuted.

Dribble remained a strong selection in 2001, with the split-up "happy" Dribble from 3/31/01 widely regarded as one of the best. The song also underwent some important developments in this year. On 4/20/01 (fittingly) the “dub” version of Mindless Dribble was debuted, a part of the larger trend of dubbed versions of Biscuits songs that swept up both I-Man and Floodlights during April 2001. Later in the year, the song became the vehicle for the composed jam that would eventually become known as Strobelights and Martinis. Beginning on 9/1/01, and continuing through the month, every Dribble (with the exception of 9/21/01) would bear the hallmarks of this jam. The section was briefly reprised again in April 2003 and occasionally after Strobelights was debuted as its own song.

Although Dribble remained a staple of the catalog, its appearance grew less frequent in 2.0. It was never shelved, and was often split up to keep it interesting. When not split up, Dribble often fell into predictable patterns that made it less interesting than it had been in the 1.0 era (though exceptions to this rule exist--most notably the Red Rocks Dribble of 5/29/10).

Dribble continued to be a common presence throughout the setbreak era, being played, on average, around once every five or six shows (the striking exception to this is in 2018, when, excluding the dub version from Camp Bisco, Dribble was only played once the entire year). The song had a major renaissance during the "Setbreak is Over" tour of fall 2019. 11/16/19 and 11/17/19 each feature half of a strong split version, and arguably the strongest full version played with Allen took place on 12/13/19.

","Beyond a paleocentric world with all our people shaped in threes, The only way I get around is with some mild insanity.",298,["D",1755907200000],["D",887846400000],{"_95":501,"_97":430,"_99":184,"_100":98,"_102":115,"_190":184,"_191":356,"_192":188,"_193":502,"_195":184,"_346":161,"_347":345,"_196":189,"_348":194,"_350":188,"_197":188,"_198":349,"_351":194,"_352":194,"_353":349,"_199":101,"_200":194,"_354":101,"_355":349,"_201":188,"_202":189,"_203":96,"_357":356},50,13,{"_504":505,"_508":509,"_512":513,"_516":517,"_519":520,"_524":525,"_527":528,"_532":533,"_536":537,"_540":541},"159",{"_25":506,"_108":213,"_110":507},"2004-11-26",182,"211",{"_25":510,"_108":511,"_110":375},"2010-05-29","2009-11-22","224",{"_25":514,"_108":515,"_110":375},"2012-07-05","2011-12-30","229",{"_25":378,"_108":518,"_110":79},"2013-01-24","254",{"_25":521,"_108":522,"_110":523},"2018-07-14","2017-12-31",195,"255",{"_25":526,"_108":521,"_110":380},"2018-12-30","257",{"_25":529,"_108":530,"_110":531},"2019-11-16","2019-05-23",177,"261",{"_25":534,"_108":398,"_110":535},"2020-10-17",291,"263",{"_25":538,"_108":539,"_110":366},"2021-04-23","2020-10-30","270",{"_25":542,"_108":543,"_110":390},"2022-09-08","2022-03-11",2018,"https://sick-barber-licks.weebly.com/mindless-dribble.html",[547],{"_21":548,"_549":481,"_550":551,"_31":552,"_33":553},"80df4f95-da92-47eb-8427-89274a46f864","trackId","desc","With 'The Overture' tease.",["D",1582388891906],["D",1582388891906],{"_21":486,"_51":22,"_52":555,"_54":55,"_56":194,"_58":-5,"_31":556,"_33":557,"_35":36,"_23":558,"_62":-5,"_63":64,"_65":481,"_66":559,"_39":36,"_41":36,"_46":-5,"_68":560,"_155":619},"626d2c0c-78c9-480d-9438-89fd26b61420",["D",1582388891965],["D",1582388891965],"1998-11-14-helicopters","b24f9637-0b71-4f5c-9ee5-1dfb413855f4",{"_21":555,"_70":561,"_23":562,"_31":563,"_33":564,"_75":565,"_76":566,"_27":28,"_77":567,"_29":568,"_80":64,"_81":174,"_83":423,"_85":-5,"_86":569,"_87":570,"_89":571,"_91":572,"_93":573,"_103":577,"_149":150,"_151":405,"_153":618,"_46":561},"Helicopters","helicopters",["D",1582386622697],["D",1756174185719],"

Three, three.
Fly high.
No wings.
To show.
Show, show.

HEY!
Helicopters, look out below.
Helicopters, flying low.

Night, night.
In the red sky.
Three fly.
All in a line.
Running out of time.

HEY!
Helicopters, look out below.
Helicopters, flying low.

","transcribed by Rich Steele

(intro)
E 12~~
B 12~~
G 12~~
D 12~~
A 5 6 7 (play this 7 5 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 12~~
E 4 times)
(twice)
E
B
G (play this twice)
D 5 7
A 3 5
E 3(h)5 5 5 5 5 5 3(h)5 5 5 5 5

E
B
G
D 7 5 7 (just keep looping
A 7 7 5 this riff over and over
E 5 till the chorus.
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and the light circled round the sun I saw like a crown
you could feel it in the air, like a not so distant storm
and the silent pause in the wind it seemed
left a magical sound

But now she's gone & I vowed to miss her
days that we spent starry eyed run deep within my soul
And now she's gone & I can't dismiss her
nor can I forget the man who sent me down below

Summer sunny day, once the wind blew cold
and the world had seen a better day all around
my life was ripped away, my business torn & sold
and I found myself in this cell I live
with a clamouring sound

But now she's gone & I vowed to miss her
days that we spent starry eyed run deep within my soul
And now she's gone & I can't dismiss her
nor can I forget the man who sent me down below

Summer sunny day, once the wind blew thorns
and the world had seen a better day all around
you could feel it in the air, like a not so distant storm
and the days once lost but still recalled can be found

Once the fiddler paid, but once was not enough
was all who cornered his misfortune yelled
the fiddler took the blame, the crowd had called his bluff
when all was lost the verdict came to the silence of the crowd

But now she's gone & I vowed to miss her
days that we spent starry eyed run deep within my soul
And now she's gone & I can't dismiss her
nor can I forget the man who sent me down below","VERSION 1
Transcribed by Diechick@AOL.COM

Intro: E

Verse 1: E A7 (the rhythm and changes are easy to figure out)

1st Chorus: E B C#m E G# A B
E B C#m E G# A C#m

Verse 2: C#m C E G#
C#m C A B

2nd Chorus: E B C#m E G# A B X2
Bm

Chords under synth and guitar solo: D C#m Bm Bb } Repeated over and
over
D C E F# }

Outro Barber lick (approximate, probably inaccurate, and incomplete...help???
i'm doing this with an acoustic, so bear with me if it sounds like complete
crap on electric.)

Slide up to that first D note from way down on the neck.
There may be a pull off on that 14--11... the slide to the 2nd 14 is a very
short one.
e------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------15--------15---14p12------------------------
g------------14--11-------/14-------------------11~----------11----
d----/12------------------------------------------------------12---
a------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat that, but cut out the last two quick notes. Then (and this is
extremely shaky and incomplete)

e---17--17--17---15--13------------10---12---(uhhh)--??--12--??---12/14----
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------/11-----------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

=====================

VERSION 2
Transcribed by Slobber Scenario

Once the Fiddler Paid (from the 12/31/98 version)

Intro:

E

bass riff:
g----------------------------
d---------0-2----0-2---0-2---
a--------2------2-----2------
e----0-----------------------

repeat a lotta times....piano trills on G#/A.......

E A7
Summer sunny day, when the wind blew warm

E
And the light circled round the sun I saw like a crown

E A7
You could feel it in the air, like a not-so-distant storm

E
And the silent pause in the wind, it seemed, left a magical sound

E B C#m
But now she's gone and I vowed to miss her

E/G# E G#m A B
Days that we spent starry-eyed run deep within my soul

E B C#m
But now she's gone and I can't dismiss her

E/G# E G#m A C#m
Nor can I forget the man who sent me down below

C#m C
Summer sunny day, when the wind blew cold

E G#m
And the world had seen its better days all around

C#m C
My life was ripped away, my business torn and sold

A B
And I found myself in this cell I live with a clamoring sound

(second chorus same as first, except end on a B chord instead of C#m)

Bm

Keyboard/guitar solo:
D A Bm Bb D C E F#

(repeat until done)

End guitar solo lick (the chords change every two beats, if that helps):
D A Bm Bb D
e-------------------------------------------------17-17-17-15-14----
b---------15--15-14----14--------15--15-14--------------------------
g-------14--14-----14----14----14--14-----14------------------------
d----/12-------------15----15---------------15----------------------
a----------------------------14-------------------------------------

C E * F#
e-----------14-12----12-----12---------14----
b------12-15-----------15-12------15-12------
g----14--------------------------------------

(repeat times 4, and the last time, from the * on it's):
F#
e------12-14----
b----15---------

The F# chord holds, then

B

vamp on B for awhile pre-bass solo.

Bass solo:
B E7
g------------------------------------------------------------
d---------9-11-11s13---13-16-13--------12--14--12h14p12------
a----/9-11------------------------16-14----------------14----
E------------------------------------------------------------

A Bb0 B
g---------------------------------------------------------
d-----------9-9s11---11-14-11---------9---9-11-9-11s13----
a-------9-11--------------------9h11---11-----------------
E----/12--------------------------------------------------

E A7
g---------9-11-11s13---13-16-13--------12--14--12h14p12------
d----/9-11------------------------16-14----------------14----
a------------------------------------------------------------
Bbo B
g------------------12-14-12--15--12h15p12------------------12-14-16---
d-----------12-14-----------------------14----------12-14-------------
a----12h14-----------------------------------12h13--------------------

(t indicates a trill)

g----13------------
d------16-13t14----
a------------------

Second guitar solo:
E A7 E
(repeat until done)

End second guitar solo melody (the chorus vocal melody played on guitar) :
*
E B C#m E G#m A B
e----4-4-4---7-4----------4-----------4-4-4--4---------------
b------------------5-5h7---5-------5-7--------7b--7-5-5h7----
g-------------------4-------6---4-6------------------6-------
And gone vowed her days starry deep soul

repeat, and the second time from * play:
G#m A C#m
e----4-4--------------------
b----------7-5-8---8-7-5----
g-----------------------6---

C#m C
Summer sunny day, when the wind blew thorns

E G#m
And the world had seen its better days all around

C#m C
You could feel it in the air, like a not-so-distant storm

E E0
And the days once lost but still recalled can be found

C#m C
Once the fiddler paid, but once was not enough

E E0
Was all who cornered his misfortune yelled

C#m C
The fiddler took the blame, the crowd had called his bluff

A B
When all was lost the verdict came to the silence of the crowd

(third chorus same as second)

End:
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Little betty boop's been thinking it over
Kicking it around the whole damn day
wants to view herself as a Casanova
Little betty boop has gone astray

The candlelight scene and still she's bored
cause her coochie can't stand her hand no more
and the rage the former lampshade queen
Finds her taste stuck in-between

Little betty boop's been thinking it over
Kicking it around the whole damn day
wants to view herself as a Casanova
Little betty boop has gone astray

She knew when she was little
Just what it signified
But now as she grows older
It seems to come alive
To stretch out all her wings
Why hold her self belittled
To close her eyes and dream
And drop her guard a little

Little betty boop's been thinking
Gone and straightened her messed up mind

Little betty boop's been thinking
She flipped herself to the other side

Little betty boop's been thinking
Gone and straightened her messed up mind

Little betty boop's been thinking
She flipped herself to the other side

Little betty boop's been thinking it over
Kicking it around the whole damn day
wants to view herself as a Casanova
Little betty boop has gone astray

","(intro and main riff)
E
B
G 11 10(p)8
D 10
A
E

(part that comes after
intro)???????????????
E
B
G 8 8
D 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 10 (then
A? 8 8(h)10 play
E main riff)

Little Betty boops been thinkin it over..
Cm D#
E 8
B 8 8
G 8 8
D 10 8
A 10 6
E 8
(play main riff in between lines)

Kickin it around the whole damn day..
Cm Bm
E 8 7
B 8 7
G 8 7
D 10 9
A 10 9
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Woo-hoo!

Webs on our hands and webs on our toes
Lost all our hair but still we breathe through the nose
Hunts in the water, carnivorous ape
Swims like a porpoise, but is simian-shaped
Aquatic ape
Aquatic ape
Aquatic ape
Aquatic ape

(chorus used to be:
Aquatic Ape
Swimmin' in the water with erotical grape
Erotic Grape
Swimmin' in the water with aquatical ape)

Comes out of the streams and into the lake
We're having fish for dinner, for heaven's sake
And after dinner, we'll pick some fruit
And then we'll go back, bring your swimsuit

I met you in the street (yeah) and you know who I am
Took you back to my place where we started to jam
I looked in your eyes... then I realized
Your head's pretty big, but not as big as the sky
(used to be '...as big as your thighs')

","ape","e2397ce3-857e-425f-925e-1cb30de780d7","Marc Brownstein","

Arguably the silliest song in the Biscuits’ catalog, Aquatic Ape is also one of the oldest: its debut is preceded only by the debuts of Nughuffer and Down to the Bottom. Its silly lyrics and composition are contrasted by a generally dark jam section bookended by an infectious and simple guitar riff.

Despite having been around longer than most songs, Aquatic Ape has always been something of a rarity, having been played less than a hundred times total. Aquatic Ape was played less than ten times in every year but 1999.

1999 was arguably the strongest and most important year for Ape. Traditionally, Aquatic Ape is played with a relaxed dub-style jam, and it was played this way through the middle of 1999. 6/11/99 is notable as the first Aquatic Ape not to be played with a dub style jam (also the first, and one of the only, to not feature the riff that serves as the segue to the song’s jam and peak), and it was played instead in a simple trance style. In the fall of 1999, Ape was played three times. The first, 9/11/99, was unfinished, and was the first jungle style Ape. The other two, on 10/6/99, and 10/10/99, were both ending only, and while the 9/11 version was incomplete, it would be a stretch to say either of these versions were intended to complete it. This was a very progressive setlisting move for the time, when songs were usually played in full or completed.

After 10/10/99, Aquatic Ape sat on the shelf for 35 shows (for about half of these, its author, Marc Brownstein, was out of the band) until it was reintroduced at Camp Bisco II on 8/25/00. Here Aquatic Ape was inverted for the first time (only the fourth song to ever be inverted) as part of a second set palindrome. This Ape, as well as the others from this year, are all played jungle style. The jungle style Ape was prevalent for the rest of its history, but the dub style Ape made occasional appearances, notably on 12/31/01 at the request of Max Dawson, and on 10/18/02, an inverted version widely considered the greatest Aquatic Ape ever.

When Allen joined the band, \tAquatic Ape made a brief resurgence before becoming even more of a rarity. On 2/04/06, Allen played Ape for the first time, segueing into Mr. Don for the show’s encore. This was the first Aquatic Ape in over a year, a gap of 26 shows. Ape was played three more times in 2006, with all but the final, on 12/28/06 at the Sonar, played in the jungle style.

After 2006, Ape sat on the shelf for over two years for its longest hiatus, a gap of 174 shows, until it was performed at the Electric Factory on 4/17/09. The storied three set show also featured the bust-outs of Eulogy (99 shows) and Wet (129 shows). After this perfunctory performance, Ape sat on the shelf for another year and a half before it was played again on 9/1/10 (a gap of 118 shows).

After 2010, Ape was upgraded from perennial rarity to once-or-twice a year status. It was played at least once every year in this time period, with the exception of 2015. The vast majority of these have been inverted, with more than two inverted versions for every other iteration since 2010. Since 2016, Aquatic Ape has only been played inverted. As Aquatic Ape has become something more of a staple, so too has the dub version. It has only been played with the dub jam five times since 12/28/06, but all of those versions were played after 2010: 1/23/11, 5/31/17, 4/19/18, 12/9/18, 5/23/19, were all played with dub jams.

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I admit it, I was guilty
But don't you believe it, that I was wrong

I never accepted my relocation
And I'm looking out past them four hours till dawn

I've dreamed of this day since they locked away the key
A prisoner in chains will not make a madman of me
These voices insane are telling me tales from the stars
So I call on the reigns of forces drawn in from afar

The walls have deceived me
I imagined this all on my own
These spirits around me, clouds of dust looking for a new home

When they tap on my shoulder, tell me I got what I deserve
I throw my arms & destroy them
Cause on this day they will eat all their words

I've dreamed of this day since they locked away the key
A prisoner in chains will not make a madman of me
These voices insane are telling me tales from the stars
So I call on the reigns of forces drawn in from afar

I can stop all the voices
and bang on the walls with my fists
But my only choice left
is the one I'd never dismiss

I hear the world through the echos
A song of life through the noise in the crowd
In this cell I've known plainly
That what I want is what is not allowed.

I've dreamed of this day since they locked away the key
A prisoner in chains will not make a madman of me
These voices insane are telling me tales from the stars
So I call on the reigns of forces drawn in from afar

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E
B
G 7~ 5 4 4 4
D 7 5 4 5(h)7 7 5 4 5 5 7 7 5
A 7 5 5
E

E
B
G 7~ 5 4 4
D 7 5 4 5(h)7 7 5 4 5 5 7 5 5
A 7 5 5 5
E

that's all for now....

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

transcribed by Bill (mrparker@OWLNET.RICE.EDU)

I'm bored, so I figured I'd give all the bass players in the house a
little finger workout.....I've got some more of this tabbed, but it's
trapped on my crippled computer....might drop it at a later date.

It's the bass melody toward the beginning, which is a recurring theme on
all three instruments throughout. You can play it as is on guitar, but
it would definitely not be the ideal position. I leave it to you to
figure out what would be.

G
g---------------11-12-11-9-----------------------------------
d-----------9-12----------12-10-9-12-10--9---9---9-10-11-12----
a----10---12---------------------------12--12--12--------------
e------------------------------------------------------------

(repeat)

Em
g------------9-11-12-11-9------------------------------------------
d-----------9------------12-10-9-12-10-------------------9-10-11---
a---------10--------------------------10-12--10-12--10-12----------
e----12------------------------------------------------------------

D
g---------------11-12-11-9---------------------------------
d----12-------10----------12-10-9-12-10-9------------------
a-----------12---------------------------10---10---10------
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I was fishin' by the side of the road,
Servin' up the bait for my lunch.
Along beside me came a brown horny toad,
Lookin' for some food he would munch.

So I grabbed the fish and tossed it in the lake,
Thinking he could eat what he earned.
And if I caught him I would cut him a break,
But if I didn't it was not my concern.

Jackpot!
And I got one.
Got me a sweet lookin' prize today,
Under the son of a gun it'll make you say,

Jackpot!
And I got an idea.
Got me a new kinda recipe,
I got the deal for the meal of the century.

I was walkin' by the side of the road,
Thinkin' I would cook me a meal.
Along beside me came a mad horny toad,
Lookin' for some food he would steal.

So I grabbed the fish and held it up high,
Knowin' toads are known for their jump.
then I looked the toad right in the thighs,
And noticed that they looked mighty plump.

Jackpot!
And I got one.
Got me a sweet lookin' prize today,
Under the son of a gun it'll make you say,

Jackpot!
And I got an idea.
Got me a new kinda recipe,
I got the deal for the meal of the century.

I was sittin' on a chair in my home,
Servin' up the legs for my friends.
(alternate on 9/9/99: Thinkin' about the legs of my friends)
They asked how I got chicken on such a small bone,
I told them it was simply a godsend.

The moral of the story is you don't ever know,
Who's going to want in on your fun.
And up to the porch came a guy I didn't know,
Offerin' up his money for some.

Jackpot!
And I got one.
Got me a sweet lookin' prize today,
Under the son of a gun it'll make you say,

Jackpot!
And I got an idea.
Got me a new kinda recipe,
I got the deal for the meal of the century.

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I never imagined that freedom was something I'd miss.
But now that I'm on the run, if anything stands in my path,
I wouldn't hesitate, and you'll have to suffer my wrath.

Running down a narrow path, in the middle of the night.
I knew that the law was catching up, and that there would be a fight.
Just as I thought there was no way out, a fork in the path was in sight.
I had to run for my life.

I knew that something was wrong the second he walked through the door.
He said he wanted to run the second we picked up the score.
Given the circumstance I loaded my pistol and left.
The feds would put me away for more than a third-degree theft.

Running down a narrow path, in the middle of the night.
I knew that the law was catching up, and that there would be a fight.
Just as I thought there was no way out, a fork in the path was in sight.
I had to run for my life.

I believe it all started up in the mountains last year.
I had no problems but Amos expressed his fear.
All it would take was a trip to the city one night.
When horrors ensued, I couldn't endure the fight

Running down a narrow path, in the middle of the night.
I knew that the law was catching up, and that there would be a fight.
Just as I thought there was no way out, a fork in the path was in sight.
I had to run for my life.
I had to run for my life.","From: Eric Zeiler

These are the chords for Plan B. I've been enjoying the tune, so decided to
transcribe it. Please email me if anyone sees anything wrong with it.

Plan B
by Marc Brownstein

Intro:
D, C, D, C
G, C, G, C
D, C, G, Bbm7, Bm7, Bbm7, G, Em

Verse:
Em----------- G F#m A
Em----------- G F#m A
Em, G, F#m, A, C, B
Em, G, F#m, A, C, B,
A

Chorus:
D, C, Bm, Am
C, Bm, A, G
D, C, Bm, Am
Am, Bm, Am, Em

Verse, Synth Solo (over Em, G, F#m, A, C, B), Chorus, then jam in D Mixolydian

===============================================

PLAN B Solo Tab
transcribed by Nic Coker

solo lick
set your delay pedal to repeat the first line twice and fade out.

first line:
e---------------------|
b---------------------|
g-----------12 11-----|
d--------14-----------|
a--12 15--------------|
e---------------------|

e----------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------
g-----------12---------------------------------
d--------14----14p12h14--12h14p12---10p9-------
a--12 15---------------------------------10 12-
e----------------------------------------------

once you get the delay set right, it sounds Awesome! you can play around
with the solo with the D mixolidian, E minor, g major scales, and work
through the modes from there.","planb",141,["D",1737763200000],["D",908496000000],{"_95":502,"_97":1082,"_99":161,"_100":173,"_102":161,"_190":349,"_191":101,"_192":57,"_193":345,"_195":42,"_346":101,"_347":349,"_196":101,"_348":101,"_350":57,"_197":42,"_198":57,"_351":57,"_199":57,"_200":57,"_354":57,"_202":42,"_203":101,"_357":57},44,{"_432":1084,"_1086":1087,"_905":1091,"_1095":1096,"_1099":1100,"_964":1104,"_969":1107,"_1053":1110,"_215":1112,"_976":1114},{"_25":647,"_108":1085,"_110":937},"2004-05-29","111",{"_25":1088,"_108":1089,"_110":1090},"2007-10-09","2006-12-09",304,{"_25":1092,"_108":1093,"_110":1094},"2009-02-25","2008-04-16",315,"124",{"_25":1097,"_108":1098,"_110":441},"2011-07-07","2010-04-18","131",{"_25":1101,"_108":1102,"_110":1103},"2015-04-18","2014-06-12",310,{"_25":1105,"_108":1101,"_110":1106},"2018-03-10",1057,{"_25":1108,"_108":1105,"_110":1109},"2019-01-25",321,{"_25":403,"_108":1108,"_110":1111},638,{"_25":677,"_108":403,"_110":1113},816,{"_25":1115,"_108":1060,"_110":1116},"2024-08-28",419,"http://sickbarberlicks.weebly.com/plan-b.html",[],{"_21":694,"_51":22,"_52":1120,"_54":160,"_56":194,"_58":28,"_31":1121,"_33":1122,"_35":36,"_23":1123,"_62":-5,"_63":64,"_65":688,"_66":760,"_39":57,"_41":57,"_46":1124,"_68":1125,"_155":1175},"f3b6eb30-5977-4ac9-9e4c-dc10683f922e",["D",1582388892379],["D",1763005959940],"1998-11-14-bazaar-escape","Bazaar Escape S2 segue Little Betty Boop Mary Had A Little Lamb FTP (tDB original)",{"_21":1120,"_70":1126,"_23":1127,"_31":1128,"_33":1129,"_75":1130,"_76":28,"_27":28,"_77":1131,"_29":576,"_80":64,"_81":174,"_83":423,"_85":1132,"_86":1133,"_87":1134,"_89":1135,"_91":1136,"_93":1137,"_103":1139,"_149":150,"_151":1173,"_153":1174,"_46":1126},"Bazaar Escape","bazaar-escape",["D",1582386622697],["D",1756174175818],"

Corrinado slipped the chopping block
The onlookers in fear and shock
He bolted swiftly through the crowd
The women yelled and screamed aloud

Manilla's words rang through the air
'Kill that man or all Beware!'
Corrinado tookoff all for bust
Gone behind a cloud of dust

Passed on tragedy Corrinado moves with ease
Eluding all authority with his own agility
Ducks down an alley to the center square bazaar
Soldiers yell, soldiers scream, don't let him get too far.

Corrinado hides down an alley
As Manilla's troops begin to rally
He lays behind the street snake charmer
and slips out of his prison pajamas

The Matador, the bull can run
Corrinado sidestepped everyone
Takes off towards the end of town
Drawing troops from all around

He knows he's got but one way out
His only route without a doubt
be fastest to the mighty cliffs
and jump for his own benefit

Passed on tragedy Corrinado moves with ease
Eluding all authority with his own agility
Ducks down an alley to the center square bazaar
Soldiers yell, soldiers scream, don't let him get too far.

Carooning down the mountain top
A bouncing rock no will can stop
Their chasing our strong hero down
Who dodges trees with swift abounds
He spins the air like a carousel
While dodging shots adeptly till
His steps no longer make a sound
His feet are well above the ground

","bazaar","

The median debut of the Hot Air Balloon (The Overture, Fiddler, Voices and Mulberry’s debuted before, while The Very Moon, Eulogy, Waves and Hot Air Balloon debuted after), Bazaar is very arguably the technical high-water mark of the entire opera. The composition consists of a slow intro riff evocative of Middle Eastern styles of music, a faster instrumental section, a verse chorus combo, a very slow breakdown and bridge verse, a second faster instrumental section, a second verse and chorus, the same fast instrumental section from the intro, a third verse, and a closing riff reprising a section from Above the Waves. Due to its rigid and relatively complex composition, it is rarely played and even more rarely jammed. Over its history, the “jam section” in Bazaar Escape has moved multiple times.

The debut of Bazaar Escape, like the other Hot Air Balloon songs, occurred at the tail end of 1998, on 11/14 at Carnegie Mellon. The debut version was considerably more adventurous than most versions; it is jammed into out of an unfinished Boop. For the next few months, an intro jam was the most improv fans could expect from Bazaar Escape. It was more frequently either played as a standalone, or, on special occasions such as performances of the full Hot Air Balloon opera, segued into Mulberry’s Dream by way of a composed bridge lifted from Voices Insane.

Although it continued to be played primarily as a standalone in 1999, there were significant developments to the song. On 1/28/99, for the first time, Bazaar Escape was outro’d. The jam emerges from the Waves instrumental section and slowly evolves into an Aceetobee intro. Less than a month later, Bazaar Escape was outro’d a second time, this time prior to the Waves section. Unlike the first outro, this jam maintains the high energy level of the ending of Bazaar Escape and evolves into a type two vehicle.

For most of its history, any jamming on Bazaar Escape took the form of an outro or (more typically) an intro jam. It was split up twice in 1999. The first, 5/11/99, was part of a very scripted Hot Air Balloon opera show, and all the segues around the song were jamless (the song was split seamlessly in the middle of a verse). The second split version was performed as part of the very different “Spagopera” of 10/28/99; the segue out of Bazaar is jamless, but the jam back into the ending is spectacular. Here, the split in the song takes place in the slow bridge, preceding the “Corrinado hides down an alley” verse.

After a whopping 37 performances in 1999, Bazaar Escape became a rarity. Its first performance in 2000 was 6/27/00 with Jordan Crisman on bass. After this performance, it was played five times in the fall tour and once more over the New Year’s run. The most significant of these was 11/24/00 at the Trocadero, which was a jammed out extravaganza: it has a solid intro jam out of Shimmy and is split up, this time out of the fast instrumental section before the final verse. This would be the jam section in Bazaar for almost all future versions. Although the standard was always a jamelss standalone, Bazaar was jammed out on a few other memorable occasions in the latter half of Sammy’s tenure, including 4/4/01 (one of only two three-part versions) and 7/26/02 (the midpoint of the famous “almost palindrome” set).

Bazaar became increasingly rare in the final years of 1.0, played only 7 times from 03-05. Allen took his first stab at the song at Camp Bisco V, 8/25/06, segued out of the first inverted Spaga. This bold setlisting signaled that a more adventurous approach to Bazaar was to come, and almost none of the versions from 06-08 were true standalones. It was used as the landing pad to a massive Dribble outro on 11/2/06, as the meat of a palindrome (and out of a Moshi-Fameus jam no less) on 11/10/06, and, perhaps most memorably, as the three-part centerpiece to the massive second set from 12/31/06, complete with New Year’s countdown.

The golden age of Bazaar Escape continued into 07. Its first appearance was 5/17/07, which featured a gorgeous ambient outro jam into Robots. Other significant appearances over the summer include 7/8/07, in which it was used to sandwich the opening segment, and 7/19/07, the first and so-far-only inverted version. Almost every version from the fall tour was jammed out and split up, usually across multiple dates.

The first Bazaar of 08 is considered by many to be the definitive version. It is segued into from Rockafella, has a gorgeous psychedelic space jam in the usually very staid breakdown, and a fantastic main jam. Unlike many others from the era, it is not split. Bazaar was played ending-only two more times in 08 (and ever), 4/12/08 and 6/9/08, and a jamless standalone on 12/11/08 signaled the end of the golden age of Bazaar.

After 08, the jamless standalone Bazaar once again became the norm, and the song became once again a perennial rarity. It was last jammed out of on 4/26/13, last jammed into on 4/22/16, and has been relegated to a once-every-couple-of-years bustout.\r

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Oh Bernstein and Chasnoff,
Where do you get off,
Thinking you're only two of twenty.

Oh Andy and Larry,
You're so damn hairy,
Why don't you go and take a bath?

(Because..)
You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But you just don't know when it'll happen.

You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But the time's just not right for that action.

Klopstein and Cabot,
We just won't have it,
We know exactly who you are.

Tariq and Shep Williams,
The pages they will fill 'em
Well, phony names will only go so far.

You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But you just don't know when it'll happen.

You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But the time's just not right for that action.

You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But you just don't know when it'll happen.

You're getting sued.
Bummer, dude.
But the time's just not right for that action.

","transcribed by Rich Steele

(main riff)

C > A > D > G

(chords over the chorus)

C > Bb > G > C > F
C > Bb > G > C > Bb > F > G

(ending riff)

E 15 12 12 12(h)13 12 12 17 17 14 14 14(h)15 14 14
B 13 13 15 15
G 12 14
D
A
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Larry Chasnoff, Marc, and a mutual friend of ours, Keith Koslov, all spent their summers growing up together in upstate NY at a place called Schroon Lake. \r

I went to high school with Keith and knew Marc as his annoying prep school friend, way too soft for us public school Brooklyn thugs. Then a bunch of us went to see Phish in Sugarbush in 95, and Marc started telling about this band he was in, and I started telling him about this idea I had for a book. \r

Walking around the lots a kid from Penn recognized Marc from his band and got all excited. I thought to myself, "hmmm, if the book thing doesn't work out, maybe I can ride Brownstein's coattails a little." \r

A few months later, as the Biscuits toiled in relative obscurity, we came out with the first Pharmer's Almanac. Only about 6 people worked on it, but we wanted to make it look more like a community project, so we put a lot of fake names in the staff box. It was a mix of names of people from Schoon Lake (Nick Weiss) and completely absurd names like Harvey Klopstein, Tariq Ali and Shep Williams. \r

When Marc and Keith saw the book a few months later, they thought the fake names were hysterical. While I wasn't there, I assume they spent the next few hours making fun of Chasnoff and I on every possible level. And at some point Keith pulled out a guitar. The rest was history. \r

So that's where the song came from. ("Klopstein and Cabot/ we just won't have it/we know exactly who you are/Tariq and Shep Williams/ pages we'll fill'em/ but phony names will only go so far.) \r

I was all excited that I had a song with my name in it until people started coming up to me and asking "Hey, why did you get sued by Phish?" \r

I want to state, for the record, that we never were sued by Phish, never threatened to be sued by Phish, and never had any legal issues with Phish regarding the Almanac. Every interaction we've had with management has been positive. \r

We caught a lot of grief in the early years from about a dozen people on rec.music.Phish (I know, what a shocker, someone getting grief on an Internet discussion group) but we never got the same from management. \r

I'm not actually sure where the "You're getting sued/bummer dude" line came from, but I think it had to do with the fake names or maybe some of the flack we were getting on the Internet. \r

The Almanac ended up selling about 70,000 copies, but at some point I got tired of going to Phish shows and decided it was a lot more fun to see the Disco Biscuits. \r

~Andy Bernstein\r

Although its lyrics were never cerebral, Bernstein & Chasnoff connects the band to greater jamband lore. Musically the song is not much more complicated: There are two verses, each followed by a chorus, a bridge and chorus, a jam section, and a triumphant ending. At various points in its history, the ending has contained a bonus section (referred to as “Smell The Funk” only after it had been shelved).\r

For its first year, B&C did not contain any jamming of note (refer to 1/30/97 for some truly bizarre sound effects in the pre-Trancefusion era). Trancefusion era versions of 97 (of which 11/17 and 11/18 are extant) do little to suggest the song’s eventual heavy hitter potential. Beginning early in 1998, the song became a vehicle for some of the band’s most interesting early experimentations. 2/26/98 is of particular note, a 25-minute version that contains elements of what would make the song great. Even more significant is 3/21/98, the “Techno B&C,” and what is considered to be the first “Perfume version” of any song. The song remained strong, if slightly less noteworthy, for the remainder of 1998. Already its M.O. was becoming pretty clearly established—the song would regularly depart from blissful type one territory for spacey, sinister territory, and was the earliest example of this style of exploratory jamming.\r

One of the first jams of 1999 was a B&C jam, in the early morning hours of January 1. This B&C > Nughuffer was likely the greatest example of pure Trancefusion yet played at the time. The song stayed strong through 1999 (a high water mark for both the band and the song), with standout versions played on 4/24, 4/30, 5/5, and 9/11 of that year. In particular, the latter two are frequently cited as the strongest versions of the song.\r

The band took a hiatus from B&C during its author’s departure from the band, but it returned with a vengeance at Camp Bisco, split-up dyslexically over 8/25/00 and 8/26/00. Despite the fewer shows played in 2000, there is no shortage of strong B&Cs from the fall tour. Of these 10/27 is thoroughly unique, and a sleeper choice for best ever, while 12/28/00 is more reminiscent of the classic 1999 style B&C.\r

After 2000, B&C faded a bit into the background, although some standout versions do exist from this era. 4/24/01 received some attention for its inclusion in Steele’s Picks, 9/6/01 contains some fantastic fall 2001 jamming and one of the early Sound 1s, and 10/5/02 is remarkably strong (of course, as is everything from that show). 11/29/03 is a lesser-known but very interesting version, which may be the first to be jammed out of the bridge rather than the main jam section.\r

B&C was played just thrice in 04 and once in 05 before Allen joined the band. After a few versions in the winter and spring shows, it was absent for nearly the whole of 06, from 4/26 until 12/29. The 12/29 version is a much-loved mashup with Joy to the World, and features the return of the Smell the Funk section, shelved in January 1999 and busted out only once on 5/5/01. It would be played on every 07 version and then shelved again indefinitely.\r

2007 would be B&C’s second golden era, as nearly every version from that year is excellent and highly regarded. After the fairly standard Jam Cruise version, it was split three ways for the first time at the legendary Starland Ballroom run on 2/17, which featured numerous debuts, Allen first-timers, and bustouts. While it didn’t surface over the spring tour, the standalone version that opened Camp Bisco VI is probably the strongest standalone with Allen. In the fall tour, 10/16 is a particularly strong version (flying slightly under the radar due to a lack of available soundboard) and 11/1 contains the first jam into the beginning of the song with Allen, and since 4/4/02.\r

B&C was only played twice in 08, although 4/19/08’s monster inverted version (first inversion with Allen and first since 7/23/03) is a must-hear. After a single performance each in the winter tour and spring tour of 09, B&C was played six times in the four months from 10/3/09 to 1/28/10. Each of those 6 versions is inverted. In the post-wristgate era, B&C rarely produces a memorable jam, with two glaring exceptions: the stellar and spacey 2/3/17 B&C > Voices > B&C, and the monster dyslexic beginning that opened the second set of 10/19/20.\r

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