Previous Halloween shows have included covers of the Who's "Quadrophenia" and the Velvet Underground's "Loaded"; Phish did not say which album it would cover this year.
The evening included covers of the English folk-rock band Fairport Convention and the Northwest punk group the Wipers, and more than once Mr. Malkmus led the Jicks into Southern boogie rock.
The set included covers of Randy Newman and reinterpretations of Gorillaz tunes, and special guests such as Graham Coxon and Laura Mvula also stepped in during the five-hour extravaganza.
Where its two predecessors had been dedicated to Son House and Blind Willie McTell, and included covers of the traditional St James Infirmary Blues and Robert Johnson's Stop Breaking Down, White Blood Cells was poppier - more country.
Since 1980, the writer and artist Bruce McCall's contributions to The New Yorker have included covers, humor pieces, and freestanding art, such as this week's Back Page, entitled "For That 2002 College Grad".
Her Muscle Shoals recordings from the late sixties ("Tell Mama," "I'd Rather Go Blind") show her at her best, as does "Deep in the Night," a 1978 album produced by Jerry Wexler that included covers of rock songs like the Eagles' "Take it to the Limit" and Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed".
