![]() ![]() On 8/11/04 at Great Woods, mere days before the end of Phish as we knew it at the time, "Terrapin" would fill the final "Phish 2.0" Henrietta slot. ![]() The final appearance of "Terrapin" was a classic. This appearance created an odd symmetry: Phish also performed a “Terrapin” encore at their previous visit to that venue on 8/9/98, though of course that was the Grateful Dead classic “ Terrapin Station.” On 7/11/00 at Deer Creek, “Terrapin” provided another layer of Fishman cheese to the six-layer " Moby Dick" sandwich you MUST hear this show! At Lemonwheel, Fish appeared ready to treat the crowd as he alluded to “a love song about a turtle” before bailing in favor of “Sexual Healing.” After a 212-show absence, “Terrapin” returned on 7/8/99 to the Virginia Beach Amphitheater. It was dusted off for a performance on 7/11/96 in London, and then disappeared again for several years. In the latter half of the ‘90s, “Terrapin” became almost a threatened species, and every sighting was as interesting and notable as it was rare. Debuted on 9/21/87, “Terrapin” was a regular in Henrietta’s arsenal through 1993, though sightings trailed off significantly thereafter. Other notable performances include 10/19/91 (Fish on trombone while his mother, Mimi, played the vacuum), 11/20/92 (“Terrapin” -> “ Lengthwise”) and 12/29/92 (“the slowest version of this song ever performed on the face of the earth”). ![]() To illustrate the restrained nature of this song relative to other Henrietta offerings, check out the version from 2/20/93, when Fish invited the crowd to imagine having a glass of wine and being “laid back.” He got so laid back while introducing band and crew that Page tried to move things along with a few notes of “ Hold Your Head Up,” but Fish would have none of it. In contrast to the spastic “ Love You” and the schizophrenic “ Bike,” “Terrapin” is a smooth ballad from the mind of Syd Barrett. ![]()
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