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Listed separately are relatives who have appeared on-stage, including Mimi Fishman (Henrietta's mother), Page McConnel's father, and Mike's grandmother; as well as Tom Marshall and other folks that are (or are regarded as) part of the band organization.
Meanwhile, a rough chronological list of the rest:
_7/25/92: Llama and Funky Bitch w/ Santana, Karl Perazzo, and (Note: the bootleg CD of this includes a Bowie>Catapult>Bowie, but that's filler that was from 4-17-92; thanks to Jeremy Goodwin and Yoda .
_2-_6-93: Noel Redding on bass on "Fire", and John Popper on harp
_2-19-93: Jimmy Herring (of Aquarium Rescue Unit) on "Funky Bitch", "I Didn't Know", "Hold Your Head Up", Llama (for Henrietta's birthday)
_2-20-93: Someone dressed as Gene Simmons was brought on stage briefly, for a short jam of "Rock and Roll All Night"
_2-21-93: the Reverand Jeff Mosier (of Aquarium Rescue Unit, on banjo) for "Good Times Bad Times" (bluegrassversion), " Paul and Silas", and "Pig in a Pen" (debut).
_4-10-93: Sugar Blue (Chicago blues harmonica) on harmonica
_5-_5-93: Aquarium Rescue Unit (Kofi and OTeil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Col. Bruce Hampton Retired, and the Reverand Jeff Mosier)on "You Enjoy Myself"
_7-27-93: Chan Kinchla and John Popper (both of Blues Traveler), plus many others, for a weird YEMencore
_8-_2-93: Joe Rooney (of the Florida heavy metal band First Born) on vocals during Heavy Metal Jam in set II
_4-_4-94: Carl "Geerz" Gerhard on trumpet, Dave "The Truth" Grippo on alto sax, Chris Peterman on tenor sax, Mike Gallick on baritone sax, Don Glasgo on trombone, and Joseph Somerville, Jr. on trumpet
_4-20-94: Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Beauford, and Steffan Lessard (all from the Dave Matthews Band) for YEMencore
_4-21-94: Carter Beauford (of the Dave Matthews Band) during Drum Jam; the entire DMBand for the rest of the encore
_4-23-94: Merl Saunders during set I, Col. Bruce Hampton (Retired) during set II
_5-_3-94: Allison Krauss on vocals for ":Sunshine of Your Love": and ":Sunshine of My Life":
_5-_4-94: Cosmic Country Horns (The Giant Country Horns plus Michael Ray)
_5-27-94: Morgan Fichter (first acoustic Mind/Mind) and Andrea Baker (for Phish's performance of "O Mio Babbino Caro", a Puccini aria)
_5-28-94: Les Claypool (of Primus) during YEM and Duel Bass jam
10-14-94: featured Michael Ray on trumpet and shaker and Carl Gerhard on trumpet
10-15-94: Dave Matthews Band for an encore jam and Phish's only performance of "The Maker" (writtnen by Danny Lanois, also performed by Jerry Garcia Band)
11-28-94: Cameron McKenney (born 1984) on sax during "Simple").
12-_2-94: Dave Grippo on alto sax and percussion, Carl Gerhard on trumpet, Michael Ray on trumpet, James Harvey on trombone, and Peter Apfelbaum on baritone, tenor sax and flute
_6/17/95: Dave Matthews Band for "Three Little Birds" encore
_6/16/95: Boyd Tinsley (of the Dave Matthews Band) on fiddle
_6-25-95: John Popper for "Harpua" > "Waterloo jam" > "Llama"
10-_3-95: Baby Gramps, both opened and appeared with the band, in Seattle
10-14-95: Medeski Martin and Wood on "You Enjoy Myself"
_8-_7-96: Tim O'Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals
_8-17-96: Ben and Jerry on vocals during "Brother"
10-22-96: Buddy Miles on drums and Merl Saunders on keys, for the "Watchtower" encore
10-23-96: Bob Gullotti (of the Boston avant-jazz group The Fringe, also of the Cosmic Krewe, and who appears on Surrender to the Air) on Ya Mar*, Tweezer*, Lizards*, Llama*, Suzy*, Slave*, Julius*, and (encore) Chalkdust*
10/31/96: Dave "The Truth" Grippo on saxaphone, Karl Perazzo on percussion, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet for Remain in Light
11-30-96: Peter Apfelbaum on "Timbe Ho", "Taste", "Funky Bitch", and "Amazing Grace" in set II, as well as the "Possum" encore.
11-30-96: John McEuen on banjo for "Old Home Place" and "Uncle Pen" in set I, plus the "Possum" encore
11-30-96: Peter Apfelbaum on tenor sax for "Taste"
12-_6-96: Les Claypool and drummer Larry "Ler" LaLonde (both of Primus), Courtney Ganz on Trey's percussion stand, four Elvis impersonators (against whom Fishman competed), the Nitty Gritty Dirt band, two yodellers, and random dancers
12-30-96: Steven Wright on a countertop service bell during Simple
12/31/96: The Boston Community Choir on "Bohemian Rhapsody"
_3-18-97: Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone, plus Tammy Fletcher (gospel singer, of Tammy Fletcher and the Disciples) opened the second set. (Note: Stacey Starkwhether used to play with the Disciples, before Bad Hat grew into the Jazz Mandolin Project.)
_7-_9-97: Bela Fleck, Victor Lamonte Wooten, Roy "Futureman" Wooten) and Jeff Coffin (collectively, The Flecktones) throughout set II, plus Pierre (a Hagen Daz employee)
_7-10-97: The Son Seals Band (Malcom Martin (not Dan Rabinovitz), trumpet; Justin Smith, rhythm guitar; Johnny B. Gayden, bass; David Russell, drums) for the encore
_8-_8-97: Sugar Blue (Chicago blues harmonica) on harmonica
_8-14-97: Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs, and the Merry Pranksters at Darien Lake. (Reportedly according to Kesey, this was "unplanned and unannounced".)
11-16-97: Pete Warnick (or Wernick) (Denver banjo god, best known for his work in a band called Hot Rize, but also has done some solo stuff, most currently with Pete Wernick's Live Five; also hosts a banjo camp in Boulder Tom Selegue ) played banjo
10-03-98a Runaway Jim* -> Arc* -> Down By the River*, Moonlight in Vermont*+, Will the Circle Be Unbroken*+^, Amazing Grace*+^, Uncloudy Day*+^ *With Neil Young, guitar +With Willie Nelson, guitar and Paul Schaffer, keys ^With four native Americans
10-17-98a Harry Hood^ -> Helpless^+ ^With Neil Young on guitar +and vocals
10-18-98a Sad Lisa#, Four Strong Winds#+, I Shall be Released+^ #With Sarah McLachlan,vocals,^guitar +With Neil Young ,vocals
10-27-98a Birds of a Feather With the CBS Orchestra on backup vocals
06-24-99i Hey You, Come Together With Jim Carrey on vocals.
07-01-99i Wolfman's Brother,Beauty of My Dreams+,Doin' My Time+*,Roggae+, Water in the Sky+, Get Back on the Train+, Poor Heart+^ With Jerry Douglas, dobro. +With Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Tim O'Brien on fiddle, *With Tim Obrien on lead vocals ^with Gary "El Buho" Gazaway on trumpet
12-30-99i Che Hun Ta Mo, Big Alligator Song With Seminole (Native American) Chief Jim Billie on lead vocals and guitar, John McCuen on mandolin/banjo, and someone else on lead electric guitar.
Thanks for additions and corrections to Julie , Bill Hance , Tom Selegue , aLi , Darren Fitzpatrick 5/22/97; Adam Barmash 1/12/99, Alan Robinson 6/2/99, and (for a complete revision 4/17/00) Geoff Ecker.
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