"Gumbo" is a song by the American band

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. It is a

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/ jazz song written around 1990 by Phish

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and

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Trey Anastasio and

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Jon Fishman. It is the third track from their 1995

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'' and was released as their ninth promotional single by

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in 1995.

Like "Split Open and Melt," "Gumbo" started out as a strong tune but one that had a destiny that didn’t lie solely in its composition. A mix of acid jazz and loose funk attended with three-part harmonies and silly lyrics, it had all the ingredients for greatness. The first several versions clearly lacked something, which seemed to be fulfilled with the addition of horns – five times on the Giant Country Horn tour in 1991 and twice with the West Coast return of the horns (in 1994). The (12/2/94) version appears on ''A Live One'' (from which it was the second single released) as well as the European compilation, '' Stash''.Gumbo History
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Track listing

#"Gumbo" ( Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman) - 5:15

Personnel

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

Also appears on

*'' Stash'' (1996) *'' Live Phish Volume 4'' (2001) *'' Live Phish Volume 10'' (2002) *''

Live Phish Volume 19 ''Live Phish Vol. 19'' was recorded live at the Colonial Theater in Keene, New Hampshire, on July 12, 1991. This concert was recorded during the middle of the band's 1991 summer tour with the Giant Country Horns - a three-piece horn section tha ...

'' (2003) *'' Alpine Valley 2010(DVD)'' (2010)

Notes

{{Phish 1990 songs Phish songs Songs written by Trey Anastasio