Jammin’ with Phil Lesh: A Night at Terrapin Clubhouse

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And now here's Mike and Oteil.

Mike Finoia (0:40)

Video. Bye Can I ask you about your meeting with Phil? Can we talk about it?

Oteil Burbridge (0:48)

Oh man, that was so great. Wow, I don't even know where to start. It's a cool thing.

I think they call it Terrapin Clubhouse now. He bought this warehouse, and he brought some of the wood from Terrapin Crossroads. So it's lining, I think, two other walls now, and they're about to bring some more, put up some more. So it has that sweet sound and that connection, you know? But he's doing the thing called a Dark Starathon. So everybody comes in, all these different musicians, and they pick up where the last jam left off.

Ooh. And play their little section. So I was on drums for this.

Mike Finoia (1:35)

Okay.

Oteil Burbridge (1:35)

Because Jason was going in to play it. And so it's me, Jason, Lebo, and Graham, and Phil.

Mike Finoia (1:44)

I love Graham.

Oteil Burbridge (1:46)

Yeah, oh, he's such.

Mike Finoia (1:48)

He's so cool.

Oteil Burbridge (1:50)

I want to say that kid, it's like, they're not kids anymore, you know?

He's such a sweet hearted. When they have the phrase gentleman, that's like, that's what he is. He's a gentleman, like seriously.

Mike Finoia (2:04)

I was walking off stage at The Cellar one time and I hear Finoia and I turn around and he's there with his buddies. And he's like, dude, I didn't know you were gonna be on tonight, this is great. And I was at Terrapin Crossroads interviewing him for Amigos, my old podcast. And we were just sitting bullshitting. And I'm like, anytime you're in New York, man, come by The Cellar, let me know if you're there. And he didn't let me know, but he just showed up and we sat and bullshitted afterwards.

Yeah, he's great.

Oteil Burbridge (2:32)

He's great, man, all those guys are great. They're all that. It's like a race of people, of gentle men, because Phil is that, so is Lebo.

Mike Finoia (2:41)

Yeah.

Oteil Burbridge (2:42)

Those Jason, there's all of them.

Mike Finoia (2:44)

Brosby's the best too, yeah, they're all so cool.

Oteil Burbridge (2:46)

Jerry's like that, you know, he's just like a gentle guy, you know?

Mike Finoia (2:50)

Yeah, yeah.

Oteil Burbridge (2:52)

But it was so cool. The vibe was beautiful, man. And Phil, you know, I could tell he's getting old physically, but his mind is so sharp, man. Like, we had the most fun conversations. We're just laughing so hard. And Jason and I actually went to his house, hung out with him and Jill. He's got the most beautiful view in the entire state. Oh, really? It's so great, man.

But it was really great hanging, it was great to play drums with him, play on Dark Star. We just left the planet, you know? Sure, sure. Started out, gone.

And yeah, it was just so fun. A great day, a whole day. We got there, I think, around one or something.

And it was funny, man. I got to ask him some things that I can't even tell on the podcast.

Mike Finoia (3:50)

Yeah, I wouldn't ask. Yeah, I was figuring you would say what you could, but that's a serious.

Oteil Burbridge (3:57)

It was funny, it was just about one thing. But it was really cool. You know, it's nice to be in that position because you always think, there's certain people where you're like, boy, I really wish I could ask them this. And it's like, actually today, right at the second, I can't.

Mike Finoia (4:17)

You turned into a little kid reporter.

Oteil Burbridge (4:19)

Yeah, well, you just got to go for it because you've been curious for a really long time. I've been curious for a really long time.

Mike Finoia (4:26)

Right, right.

Oteil Burbridge (4:27)

And so it's great to be like, ah, I knew it.

Mike Finoia (4:31)

That's so cool. I knew it.

Oteil Burbridge (4:33)

That's confirmation from the horse's mouth.

Mike Finoia (4:39)

Was it like a, cause you never really hung with him prior, right? Is that kind of like a-

Oteil Burbridge (4:45)

No, actually he was the only one because when we first, I met Phil right after Alan Woody died because he came and played the Roseland and did one for Woody.