Home / Music / Vida Blue's self-titled debut arrived on Elektra during Phish's hiatusMusic linernotes album music vida-blueVida Blue's self-titled debut arrived on Elektra during Phish's hiatusReleased June 25, 2002, on Elektra Records during Phish’s hiatus from touring. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesVida Blue recorded their debut album in New OrleansVida Blue brings together Page McConnell, Oteil Burbridge, and Russell BatisteRolling Stone called Vida Blue 'groovy, playful and technically awing'Vida Blue fuses jazz fusion and funk rockBlues Pills draw constant Janis Joplin comparisonsExploreThe Jimi Hendrix Experience cut Axis: Bold as Love at Olympic Studios in London over five months in 1967Back to Black was a two-studio affair: Mark Ronson's Mercer Street space and Salaam Remi's sessionsErykah Badu recorded Baduizm across three cities over ten months in 1996Sneaker Pimps recorded Becoming X in a bedroom studio with vocals in a converted cupboardThe Millennium's Begin was one of the first albums to use 16-track recordingPrevious Willie Dixon played string bass on Muddy Waters' Folk Singer.Next Vida Blue recorded their debut album in New Orleans