The Old Home Place
Posted: December 11, 2009 Filed under: Videos | Tags: phish, The Old Home Place, Tony Rice 3 Comments »Before I ventured down to Charlottesville for the Phish gig last week, I made a wish list of tunes I wanted to hear. I got shut out. Father Phishmas didn’t deliver any of that.
What I did get was maybe better, though: a couple of great tunes that I didn’t know very well: “Ya Mar,” “Sneakin’ Sally Thru the Alley,” and “The Old Home Place.”
The latter is a bluegrass number, complete with a reference to Charlottesville – that line got a big cheer at the show. Stats from Phish.net indicate that Phish has played the song 37 times. Before 12/5/09, they last played it in 2004.
I’d like to learn more about the song. Nothing on Wikipedia, and the top of a Google search didn’t cough up much either. I’ll have to look around more. Google search did turn up a nice video. Here’s Tony Rice doing “The Old Home Place.”
Nice to start my Saturday with a little fancy flatpickin. Thanks.
You’re very welcome, dude. I may have to go on a bluegrass bender for a bit.
[...] been at the last three Phish gigs I’ve been to. At Charlottesville in 2009, it was “The Old Home Place.” Last year, it was “The Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel (which was [...]