The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

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The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday was the senior thesis of Trey Anastasio, guitarist and primary vocalist of the rock band Phish, written while he attended Goddard College in 1987. The story was both a studio album and an essay piece and is composed primarily of a collection of songs performed by Phish that tell the tale of the fictional land of Gamehendge. The story is told in nine parts with narration in between. Several of the narrative secitons are accompanied by background music from the Phish songs "Esther" and "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters." The album's final song, "Possum," is the only song in the Gamehendge cycle not penned by Anastasio (it was written by original Phish guitarist Jeff Holdsworth). The only Phish album never officially released by the band, copies of the album are extremely rare and can only be found in bootleg form.

Since Anastasio's school days, the tracks from The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday have been played countless times at various Phish concerts.

Track listing

1. "Introduction (Wilson Prelude)"
2. "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday"
3. "The Lizards"
4. "Tela"
5. "Traveling Narrative"
6. "Wilson"
7. "AC/DC Bag"
8. "Betrayal"
9. "Colonel Forbin's Ascent"
10. "Fly Famous Mockingbird"
11. "Errand Wolfe's Narrative"
12. "The Sloth"
13. "Forbin in the Dungeon"
14. "Possum"

Personnel

Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals

Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals

Mike Gordon - bass, vocals

Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

Further

There are many other Phish songs that tie into the Gamehendge universe, including:

1. "The Divided Sky"
2. "Llama"
3. "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters"
4. "Punch You In The Eye"
5. "Icculus"
6. "Harpua"
7. "Axilla"
8. "Axilla Part II"
9. "Kung"
10. "Esther"
11. "It's Ice"

Phish

Trey Anastasio | Jon Fishman | Mike Gordon | Page McConnell
Marc Daubert | Jeff Holdsworth
The Dude of Life | Chris Kuroda | Paul Languedoc | Tom Marshall
Discography
Studio albums: Phish (The White Tape) | The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday | Junta | Lawn Boy | A Picture of Nectar | Rift | Hoist | Billy Breathes | The Story of the Ghost | Farmhouse | The Siket Disc | Round Room | Undermind
Live albums: A Live One | ' | ' | Slip Stitch and Pass | Hampton Comes Alive | Live Phish |
Videos and DVDs: Tracking | Bittersweet Motel | Live in Vegas | It | Specimens of Beauty |
Festivals
The Clifford Ball | The Great Went | Lemonwheel | Camp Oswego | Big Cypress | It | Coventry
Books
The Pharmer's Almanac | The Phish Book | The Phish Companion | The Phishing Manual | Run Like an Antelope
Related content
The Barn | Gamehendge | JEMP Records | List of Phish Songs | The Mockingbird Foundation | Phish Food | Phish and their music | Phish and their musical costumes | Phish Tickets By Mail | Phish Tours | rec.music.phish | Sharin' in the Groove | The WaterWheel Foundation
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External links

• [Phish.net's explanation of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday]
• [The entire transcription of the Gamehendge saga]

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