Always Almost There

Joel is a founding member and the resident keyboard wizard for Umphrey’s McGee AND a long-time Phish fan! Outside of the music world, Joel is a best-selling author, releasing “The Realist’s Guide to a Successful Music Career,” which features an array of musical and music business advice and includes conversations with musical greats! We talk Harry Hood, Page's rig, how Joel approaches improvisation with Umphrey's, and more!

Ryan's Pick: 11/1/18 Vegas

Joel's Pick: 12/5/95 Amherst

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Welcome back to We Move Through Stormy Weather! For episode two, I am SO excited to be joined by the inimitable Amar Sastry! Amar is a musician who lives in upstate New York - you may know him from his fantastic Anatomy of a Jam videos on YouTube or his guitar covers on social media! He got into Phish around 1997 and started seeing the band in 2003. The two of us dive into Tube in this episode (plus some tangents to other Phish-related subjects), focusing on its evolution from a simple piano-led jaunt to the monster jammer it is today! Enjoy!

Ryan's Pick: 11/3/18 Vegas

Amar's Pick: 12/30/03 Miami

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For the very first episode, I am extremely excited and privileged to be joined by Justin Bruce! Justin is a meteorologist in Las Vegas who first saw Phish in 1999. He loves talking about jams and the evolution of the band's sound from tour-to-tour and year-to-year. For the debut episode, we dive into Chalk Dust Torture and its evolution from a Type-I shredder to the jamming monster it is today! I hope you enjoy!!

Ryan's Pick: 7/28/17 MSG

Justin's Pick: 7/10/99 Camden

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