Guitar Tab: Trey Anastasio (Phish) - Down with Disease

Описание: “Down With Disease” sits right at that moment when Phish’s studio world and their live, anything-can-happen universe started colliding in public. Released on Hoist in 1994, it became their breakout on rock radio—while also turning into one of their most reliable launchpads for long-form improvisation onstage.

Lyrically, it’s rooted in something real: Tom Marshall wrote the words while stuck in bed with mononucleosis, which gives the tune that mix of frustration, humor, and weird resilience that Phish fans love—equal parts physical “sick” and mental static you’re trying to shake off.

On guitar, Trey Anastasio is the engine and the narrator at the same time — a founding member whose whole reputation is built on taking simple motifs and developing them in real time, with rhythmic variation and emotional “lift” as the north star. “Disease” is a perfect canvas for that: in the studio it’s tight and punchy, but live it’s famously a launchpad where Trey’s lead lines can start as clipped funk phrasing and gradually widen into those soaring, cathartic peaks that Phish fans chase.

And then there’s the surreal cherry on top: the “Down With Disease” music video—directed by Mike Gordon—leans into an aquarium/scuba vibe that’s as perfectly Phish as it gets.

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