In 2001, Phish were at the peak of their first wave of success, but the band’s piano player Page McConnell was looking for a new challenge. Then he went to see the Funky Meters play New York City’s Irving Plaza. Watching his friend Russell Batiste Jr. drum behind the R&b legends, McConnell says, “It just kind of hit me: ‘I know Russell, I could ask him to be in a band with me. I think the next week, I went to see the Allman Brothers and saw Oteil.
- 7/23/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
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