Bivouac Jaun is a project recorded in the Autumn of 1983 featuring
Phish guitarist
Trey Anastasio
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...
, Phish lyricist
Tom Marshall, and one-time Phish percussionist
Marc Daubert. It also features appearances from Dave Abrahams, drummer Pete Cottone, and guitarist Roger Holloway. Anastasio plays a variety of instruments on the album, with "Run Like an Antelope," and "Letter to Jimmy Page" featuring Anastasio on all instruments. Marshall plays keyboards on all tracks and Daubert handles percussion and additional guitar.
Most of these tracks would later appear on various early
Phish demo tapes, including ''
The White Tape
''Phish'' (also known as ''The White Tape'') is a demo album released by the American rock band Phish on cassette in 1986. Often cited as the first Phish "album", ''The White Tape'' was originally a collection of original material that the ban ...
'' and a compilation known as "Untitled Four-track Project."
''Bivouac Jaun'' was never officially released but has been circulated in bootleg form since the mid-1980s; however, original copies are extremely rare.
Track listing
# Slave to the Traffic Light
# Run Like an Antelope
# The Divided Sky
# Letter to Jimmy Page
# Aftermath
# Ingest
# Prolonged Exposure
# I Am Hydrogen
#
nstrumental, title unknown#
and introduction/jam, title unknown# Little Squirrel
This track listing is approximate. The unknown instrumental is possibly titled "King Lear"; The ending section of "Prolonged Exposure" is possibly a separate unknown song
1984 albums
Phish
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