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Background

His father, Dr. Jack McConnell worked at McNeil and helped to develop Tylenol. The elder McConnell then started a free health clinic that was staffed by retired health workers in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Tylenol is a popular American brand of drugs for relieving pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, flu, sold by Johnson & Johnson. ... Hilton Head Island is a town located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. ...

McConnell spent a year at Gill St. Bernards High School, in Gladstone, NJ before moving away. McConnell spent his senior year of high school at Lawrence Academy at Groton, in Groton, Massachusetts, and then attended Southern Methodist University from Fall 1982 to Spring 1984. McConnell transferred to Goddard College that fall where he would graduate in December 1987. This is where he met his mentor, Karl Boyle, and wrote his senior study "The Art of Improvisation" under Boyle's guidance. Lawrence Academy at Groton Lawrence Academy at Groton, (occasionally called LA or Lacademy), is a co-educational preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. ...   Settled: 1655 â€“ Incorporated: 1655 Zip Code(s): 01450 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow Southern Methodist University (also known as SMU) is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, (an enclave of Dallas). ... Goddard College is a private college located in Plainfield, Vermont which grants BA and MA and MFA degrees. ...

McConnell joined Phish in 1985 and played his first official show on September 25 of that year. McConnell wrote four Phish originals — "Cars Trucks Buses," "Magilla," "Army of One" and "In a Hole" — and coauthored 11 Phish tracks. [1] See also: other events of 1985 Musical groups established in 1985 Record labels established in 1985 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other musical projects

In 2001, McConnell appeared on Tenacious D's debut album. That fall, he joined the band on stage at their concert at Higher Ground in Winooski, Vermont. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tenacious D (IPA pronunciation: ), or The D as they are known by their fans, is an American rock band duo composed of musician/actors Kyle Gass (a. ... Tenacious D is the debut album of the comedy rock duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass. ... Higher Ground is a nightclub located in South Burlington, Vermont. ... Winooski, Vermont Winooski is a city located in Chittenden County, Vermont, at the mouth of the Winooski River. ... Official language(s) None[1] Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 45th  - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²)  - Width 80 miles (130 km)  - Length 160 miles (260 km)  - % water 3. ...

With Oteil Burbridge and Russell Batiste, McConnell was a founding member of Vida Blue. Oteil Burbidge is a bass guitarist. ... 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. ...

After a two-year hiatus from the music industry following the breakup of Phish, McConnell returned as a solo artist, recording an album of all new material in 2006. This new album will be released April 17, 2007 through Sony/BMG’s Legacy Recordings. This article is about a rock band; for deceptive e-mail practices, see Phishing. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Instruments

Page McConnell plays a Hammond B3 with a Leslie 122 speaker, a Fender Rhodes, a Yamaha C7 "baby grand" (7'6") piano, a Hohner D6 Clavinet, a Moog Source, Alesis Andromeda A6 and a Yamaha CS50 polyphonic synthesizer. He also plays the theremin. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/loudspeaker used to create special audio effects utilizing the Doppler effect. ... It has been suggested that Fender Amplifier History be merged into this article or section. ... Yamaha redirects here. ... Hohner is a company specialising in the manufacture of musical instruments. ... The Moog Source is a monophonic microprocessor-controlled analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 1981 to 1985. ... The Alesis Andromeda A6 is a 16-voice, 16-channel multitimbral analog synthesizer by Alesis and was released in 2000, before the company went bankrupt and was acquired by Numark Industries. ... Léon Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin or thereminvox (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]) is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ...

Albums

1. Page McConnell (April 17, 2007) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Page McConnell is the self-titled debut album from Phish keyboardist Page McConnell. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Links

pagemcconnell.com - Official Website

Phish.com - Official Phish Website