Page McConnell
| Page McConnell | |
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McConnell with Phish at Red Rocks Amphitheater
July 30, 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Page Samuel McConnell |
| Also known as | The Chairman of the Boards, Leo |
| Born |
May 17, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Genres | Alternative rock, rock, jazz, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Keyboards, piano, theremin, upright bass, drums, guitar |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG |
| Associated acts | Phish, Vida Blue, Tenacious D, Phil Lesh and Friends, Spam Allstars, Travis, Porter Batiste Stoltz |
| Website | Official website |
Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia) is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist for the band Phish. He plays on stage right which is referred to by fans as "Page Side, Rage Side."
In addition to being a member of Phish since 1985, McConnell has had several other musical liaisons during his career, including a trio named Vida Blue. He released his debut solo album, Page McConnell in 2007.
McConnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1963. By age four he was learning to play the piano, and when his family relocated to Basking Ridge, New Jersey, in 1969 he continued his musical studies, eventually playing in bands with friends by his seventh grade. His father, Dr. Jack B. McConnell, worked at McNeil Laboratories and helped to develop Tylenol and the MRI. The elder McConnell then started a free health clinic, Volunteers in Medicine, that is staffed by retired health workers in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
McConnell spent a year at Gill St. Bernard's School, in Gladstone, New Jersey before moving. McConnell spent his senior year of high school at Lawrence Academy, a boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, and then attended Southern Methodist University from Fall 1982 to Spring 1984, where he joined Kappa Alpha Order. McConnell transferred to Goddard College that fall and graduated 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.
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