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Jerry or Trey?
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Who's the more skilled guitarist?

I have been a Deadhead for a while and am not familiar with much of Phish's music. My friend claims that Trey is a much better guitarist, although we are both bigger fans of Jerry. I don't know much about judging music technically, and I haven't heard a broad enough sampling of Phish to comment. What's your take, though?
Who is/was the more skilled guitarist?
You may choose only one
Who do you enjoy listening to more?
You may choose only one
Which band would you rather see live in their prime?
You may choose only one


Votes accepted from 05/31/07 01:06 PM until the end of time

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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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Trey can play really fast, probably faster than Jerry, but in my opinion all that means is that he took a lot of time to train his fingers. Jerry played with more soul, more feeling, and, most importantly, more originality. Jerry inspired a generation of guitar players, you can't say the same for Trey at all. Jerry was a better musician, artist and performer.


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:hst:
Society in every form is a blessing,
but government at its best is but a necessary evil 
- Thomas Paine

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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STALSTALSTALSTAL


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Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.  For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire.  Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it.

~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"

:heartpump:

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
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Apples and oranges. I think it is the energy behind the notes, and the experience. They both are great in own ways, but Jerry will always be more famous than Trey.

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
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WhiskeyClone said:
STALSTALSTALSTAL



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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.

-Erik Davis

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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What does STAL mean?

In retrospect, this thread was kind of meaningless.  That's the way it goes, sometimes.

:flowerchild:


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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Nah, they both have a role to play. We have been twice blessed. One for Jerry, he has his own icecream, so... twice for Jerry really. Also Trey has been a blessing. Thrice blessed I should say.

As for me though, I am inclined to favour Jerry much over Trey. Jerry plays with a certain passion and soul that ignites some slumbering joy way down in the center of my being. Also when he sings, it moves me.

Trey just makes my head feel good when he plays.

Also I believe stal means stall.


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Asshole

Edited by nakors_junk_bag (05/31/07 01:44 PM)

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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sir tokes a lot

baisically meaning they just wanna see post results without voting.

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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STAL is an option historically and traditionally added as an option to every Shroomery post. It was started by a user named Sir Tokes a Lot.


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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.

-Erik Davis

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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I stand very much corrected.

:sheepishgrin:


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Asshole

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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*poll


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Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.  For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire.  Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it.

~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"

:heartpump:

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
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i love them both...i just listen to more phish...man i love phish!!

7/24/98 The Woodlands, Houston TX is what i am jammin right now!


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What Would Dexter Do?

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Lion]
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I think Trey is an amazing guitarist, but every song I've ever heard from Phish has made me want to puke. I especially can't stand when they play ambient music in the background and just start mumbling some stupid long story about nothing. so I prefer the Dead, personally ...

however, Trey has done really good solo stuff, and his work with Les Claypool in Oysterhead is just incredible.

I truly feel Jerry was the better guitarist, from what I've heard .. more flow in his style than I've almost ever heard, sans David Gilmour ...


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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. - Galatians 5:16

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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: HB]
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HB said:
I think Trey is an amazing guitarist, but every song I've ever heard from Phish has made me want to puke.  I especially can't stand when they play ambient music in the background and just start mumbling some stupid long story about nothing.  so I prefer the Dead, personally ...



:lol: same here

well, with the exception of divided sky, which is an awesome composition.


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namaste said:
no flamz in da ODD, if you got nothing to contribute then keep yo lips zipped
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Re: Jerry or Trey? [Re: Noviseer]
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Trey in his prime was way more skilled than Jerry ever was. Fact.

Then again Trey most likely couldn't play all the stuff Jerry could. Their styles were very different.

Also, Trey's transcedent moments of perfection-on-guitar were not exactly the norm.

Jerry probably knew more chords.

blahblahblah whatever I like Phish more overall, its trippier.

Listen to Mike's Song from the 1992 show at St. Mike's college. Perfection.

Jerry may have had the blues/country/folk "emotion" but Trey had the funk/trip/beauty "emotion".

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