Farmhouse by Phish Song Info
Written by writer Tom Marshall and Phish's frontman Trey Anastasio, Farmhouse derives from a weekend trip that the pair took together in April of 1997. It takes inspiration from their witnessing of aurora borealis (which had been generated from a geomagnetic storm induced by a solar flare), and the farmhouse they stayed in. Lyrics from the song include words that were taken from their host's introduction "note", per Anastasio: "I started strumming and Tom started singing, and since he didn't have any lyrics, he reached over and grabbed the note that the owner of the house had left for us and began reading it, verbatim. 'Welcome! This is a farmhouse..." And on it went from there... After that I quickly constructed all the instruments. I will always to this day believe that this version of Farmhouse is the perennial version, mostly because of the genuine joy in Tom's inspired and spontaneous vocal. Also, for the record, of course we immediately recognized that it sounded similar to "No Woman No Cry", and sort of threw that "be all right" thing in specifically for that reason, amidst the frenzy of laughing and singing. It felt like the perfect sentiment for our escape..." The song made it's "unofficial" debut on 11/7/97, on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Since then, it's been played 83 more times and counting.
