Who or what is Walfredo??

Foster Lukas

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Apr 6, 1997, 4:00:00 AM4/6/97

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The song is obviously the history of the band but Fish starts singing
"What did you do"..."How Much did they pay you?"

if you can help Out i'd be much abliged

Please respond by email if possible

Foster

Denny Szot

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Apr 6, 1997, 4:00:00 AM4/6/97

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Foster Lukas wrote:

Foster

I don't know what Walfredo means, but you spell "abliged" OBLIGED.

-not meaning to by Critical,
Denny

Foster Lukas

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Apr 6, 1997, 4:00:00 AM4/6/97

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not meaning to be critical denny but F*** you...so i spelled Obliged
wrong..
excuse me
why don't you "by" critical of yourself you self righteous dick

graciously yours

Foster

Ryan Sullivan

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Apr 6, 1997, 4:00:00 AM4/6/97

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> graciously yours

> Foster

I just wanted to continue the lameness of this thread, you fartheads!
Ryan

2nd sloppy

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Apr 6, 1997, 4:00:00 AM4/6/97

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Santana has two percussionists named Walfredo Reyes and Raul
Rekow...

Coincidence or psychic bond?
2nd sloppy

PS: if i spelled a word wrong......please, please tell me because i
would love to get ripped a whole new asshole over a superficial
event...loosen up guys.

Sunil Shah

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Apr 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/7/97

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In <sullivan.190...@osu.edu> sulliv...@osu.edu (Ryan

In an attempt to answer the original question:
Walfredo Reyes is the name of a percussionist/drummer for Santana.
"Walfredo" is also the name of a Phish song. I haven't heard the song,
but I think playing with Santana in Europe last year (and other times)
may have inspired the name. The lyrics to the song are about Phish,
from what I've heard. I also thought I read somewhere that Walfredo
Reyes was ill/dead, but I have no clue as to the truth of that.

Hope this helps,
Sunil =)

Matthew Hoffman

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Apr 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/7/97

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> I don't know what Walfredo means, but you spell "abliged" OBLIGED.

> -not meaning to by Critical,
> Denny

Denny,
I do not know what Walfredo means either, but I am now going to ignore the
point of the previous post and be an asshole and try to put someone else
whom I do not know down. When you said "not meaning to BY Critical"
(emphasis added), I think that you meant to say "-not meaning to BE
critical". Also why did you capatalize Critical? Has critical
transformed itself from an adverb into a proper noun? It definately is
not at the begining of a sentance so I just do not understand it. And
another thing, if you were not trying to be critical, why did your entire
post "critique" the spelling of the word oblige? You, my friend, are an
asshole, who does not know how to flame. You contradict yourself
immediately while adding nothing constructive to this forum. You have the
brain capacity of a retarded amoeba and for this reason you shall no
longer be allowed to make comments in this newsgroup. Your banishment is
enacted immediately as foretold by the secret agenda.
Goodbye,
matt

benjy eisen

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Apr 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/7/97

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> Foster Lukas wrote:
>
> The song is obviously the history of the band but Fish starts
> singing
> "What did you do"..."How Much did they pay you?"

No - sorry, but the song is actually not *about* the history of the
band, although it does include much of the band's history. The lyrics
make reference to shows Phish have played at the Merriweather Post
Pavilion (Columbia, MD 7/18/92), Stowe, VT (7/25/92), La Cruces, NM
(8/20/93) and Vail, CO (8/24/92). What do all of these shows have in
common? They were all one-set Phish shows opening for Santana. After
all, Walfredo is...you guessed it...NOT Santana :) But Walfredo is a
percussion player who was a member of Santana'a band during this
period. My guess is Karl Perazzo. They make it almost obvious.
Catchy melody and lyrics, btw:

"We were eating crab at Merriweather Post
and then up to that mountain at Stowe
We played in a field in New Mexico
Walfredo where did you go?
...
...
Those were days I'll never forget
The snow fell in Vail, Colorado
When Fish played the vacuum, it ruined your set"

As they mention though, Rocko William had taken his place :)

Anyway it's definately about a percussionist for Santana. Trey even
makes a direct comment about this in London 2/13/97, the song's debut.

Hope this helps.

Walk with light my friends,
Benjy

benjy eisen

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Apr 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/7/97

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On 7 Apr 1997, Sunil Shah wrote:
> In an attempt to answer the original question:
> Walfredo Reyes is the name of a percussionist/drummer for Santana.
> "Walfredo" is also the name of a Phish song. I haven't heard the song,
> but I think playing with Santana in Europe last year (and other times)
> may have inspired the name. The lyrics to the song are about Phish,
> from what I've heard. I also thought I read somewhere that Walfredo
> Reyes was ill/dead, but I have no clue as to the truth of that.

Keep everything I said in that just-posted response to this EXCEPT "My
guess would be Karl Perazzo" Thanks, Sunil, for clarifying that a
Santana percussion player did in-fact have a real name of "Walfredo".
Everything else in that last post of mine, however, holds true. And
in light of this new information from Sunil, the rest of the song
makes sense now as well:

"Where did you go? Who put you up to it?
What did you do? How much do you get paid?
How did you know where I lived?
Walfre-ay-do"

"Rocko William had taken your place"

"Life isn't fair"

etc.etc.