Wolfman's Brother by Phish Piano - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.1623583

As Trey explained during his 5/7/99 American Theater first (of several) solo acoustic performance – and later reiterated during the painfully awkward 8/15/04 Coventry “Sexy Bump” version of the song – “Wolfman’s Brother” recounts the events surrounding his first meeting with Jon Fishman. If you’ve seen any photographs of Fish from this era, you should be able to see the lycanthropic family resemblance. Much like the man for whom the song was written, there has been a great deal of transformation from first conception to present day form. Let’s examine the evidence.

The early maturation period of “Wolfman’s Brother” (both man and legend) was awkward, and sprinkled with starts and stops. Although the version on Hoist holds up as a good time, it seemed that the band had some “Alumni Blues” and didn’t quite know what to do with it, unless they had assistance from The Giant Country or Cosmic Country Horns (4/4/94 Flynn Theater, 4/15/94 Beacon Theatre, and 5/4/94 State Palace Theater). Unable to otherwise tap into the tune’s delicious groove, it was unceremoniously shelved for over a year after the 6/26/94 GameHoist show. After resurfacing from this 88-show gap as the 9/27/95 Cal Expo tour opener, “Wolfman’s Brother” was restored to a regular spot in the rotation. Although 1996 did see a 22-show gap between the 4/26/96 New Orleans Fairgrounds partially a cappella performance and the 8/5/96 Red Rocks version, there hasn’t been more than an 11-show absence since. As Fishman no doubt learned with his drumming, with regular practice comes rapid growth and improvement.