@Icculus said:

@Doctor_Smarty said:

Type 3 should be discussed

"Type 3" was the label given to Phish's white-boy "pornofunk" jamming, which Trey referred to as "cowfunk." It is exemplified by Phish's funky jams, e.g., in Fall 1997 "Tubes" and "Tweezers." Its use by fans did not catch on as much as "type 1" and "type 2," presumably because its use is also very silly, and "type 3" is -- after all -- "funky type 1," or "funky type 2," depending on out of what song it occurs. (One expects "funky type 1" in songs like "Tube," "Sneakin Sally," "Boogie On," "Tweezer," and "Wolfman's," for example.) Mike, however, redefines "type 3" on his "hotline" message as part of the joke, so I figured it best to ignore it... at least until some vet brought it up.

I thought that Type 3 was more of the '98 era ambient space-groove that went way beyond any sort of improvisational rock boundaries that type 2 encompassed. I'm thinking things like 10/31/98 Wolfman's, the IT Waves, the ambient jam at Lemonwheel, etc. I guess that's just kind of how I thought of it at least - not sure what the rest of the community thought. It makes sense for me to have type 3 be one more level beyond type 2 and I never thought the 97 funk improvisationally was that much beyond some of the hey-jamming they did in the early 90s, although I'm no musician.