Vida Blue

Vida Blue is a jazz trio fronted by Page McConnell of Phish and includes Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers Band and Russell Batiste of The Meters. The band is McConell'

Vida Blue is a jazz trio fronted by Page McConnell of Phish and includes Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers Band and Russell Batiste of The Meters. The band is McConell's first side project apart from Phish, which he is best known for.

The band originated in 2001 when McConnell attended shows by both The Allman Brothers Band and The Meters, and approached both Burbridge and Batiste about the Vida Blue project, which they were interested in. McConnell then booked time to record in New Orelans's Piety Street Recording Studio. The band spent a week jamming and cutting tracks until McConnell added vocals and instrumental overdubs in Vermont. He wanted to focus on a synthesiser and an electric piano, rather than the grand piano that part of his work with Phish. Eventually, the band's self-titled album, Vida Blue was released.