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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