Parke Puterbaugh has written numerous books and magazine articles on music, travel, and the environment. A former senior editor for Rolling Stone magazine, he lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
"[This] book is stuffed with insider details."--Cleveland Scene
"A consistently lucid and revelatory look at the 26-year-long
career of the legendary 'jam band'...[This] solid and intelligent
take on how Phish blends both seriousness and whimsy into rock,
jazz, funk, country and experimental music (sometimes in the same
song) will satisfy newcomers as well as the band's obsessively
knowledgeable fans...His solid reporting produces the best account
so far of Phish's college-era birth and growth."--Publishers
Weekly
"An even-keeled evaluation of an important American band-a must for
Phishheads."--Kirkus
"Couldn't get tickets to the Phish shows at the Garden this
weekend? Sit back, crack open a cold one and check out this
authoritative Phish-ography by Rolling Stone contributor
Puterbaugh, based on more than a dozen years of interviews with the
band members. From the guys' early days at a Princeton prep school
and the University of Vermont to success, fame, drug busts, breakup
and reunion, it's all covered."--New York Post
"Parke Puterbaugh's Phish: The Biography, based on his decade as
the band's in-house scribe, offers a detailed portrait of the group
beloved by a generation of suburban Jews, one of whom turned
himself, with help from Phish, into a superstar ba'al
teshuva."--Tablet Magazine
"Puterbaugh serves up everything one could want to know about
jam-band supreme Phish, from its beginnings in Burlington, Vermont,
and acquisition of a Deadhead-like cult of devotees to its 2004
breakup and 2009 reunion...Puterbaugh was a devoted fan, well
qualified to write this laudatory history. Valuable enough as a
comprehensive Phish file, this book is greatly enhanced by
Puterbaugh's depth of knowledge."--Booklist
"Puterbaugh's book provides a fascinating glimpse at how a
successful band implodes in spite of its noble
intentions."--Vermont Life
"The definitive Phish bio, one that can be updated throughout the
years as the band rolls on into 2010 and beyond...Phish: The
Biography receives 4 out of 5 pot leaves."--HighTimes.com
"The important story is Phish's pioneering way of bringing its fans
in on the joke, and its fans' pioneering use of the Internet to
spread the word (Puterbaug notes that phish.net was created as
early as 1991). The important story is how Phish...prophetically
anticipated the zeitgeist of today...Knowing Phish's story will
enrich anyone's understanding of the American scene over the past
quarter century."--New York Times Book Review
"Though he's clearly a fan...Puterbaugh is frank about how
drug-addled and lazy Phish had become in the years leading up to
their 2004 split...The real story."--Rolling Stone
"What sets [the book] apart are rare, first-hand accounts and
details provided by Phish's inner circle...Phish: The Biography's
entertaining stories and colorful pictures of key events in the
band's remarkable history make it a must-read for fans."--Relix
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