Phish's a live one (Bloomsbury Publishing)

In 1995, as far as the media were concerned, Phish were a bizarre footnote to the rise of patchouli-scented popstuff like Dave Matthews and Blues Traveler. Meanwhile, without a hit single to their name, Phish were well on their way to becoming the biggest concert draw in America, selling out ever-larger venues 200 nights a year with their ecstatically inventive live shows.§Phish bottled that lightning on A Live One, it's challenging, experimental music that still doesnt sound like anything else in rock - a strange, beautiful thing. It's music otherwise sensible adults would drop everything and cross the country to hear night after night.