2008

Trey Takes Nashville: Part 1

In preparation for the public debut of Time Turns Elastic tomorrow evening at the Ryman, Trey Anastasio has been making the rounds in Nashville. On Wednesday, Big Red visited Belmont College to hang with the students before heading to Oceanway Studios for yesterday’s dress rehearsal.

[All Photos by Taylor Ivey]

Taylor Ivey was on the scene for both appearances and shares some photos and thoughts with us. Here’s his take on Wednesday’s “hang”…

On Wednesday at 1:00 pm, Mr. Trey pretty much just came and hung out for an hour or so at the Massey Performing Arts Center at Belmont University, here in lovely Nashville, TN. He played an excerpt from the Time Turns Elastic show. All I can say is that I’m very excited to hear the entire piece with a real orchestra (seeing that trey played with a midi backing track that he’d been practicing with). Ol’ Trey looked healthy as a horse and was very enthusiastic. He seemed genuinely happy to be shooting the shit with a bunch of music majors.

There was a little talk of the reunion. A paraphrased quote from Trey: “I can’t tell you the straight up answer, because it’s what everyone wants to hear.” So, he pretty much said it’s a go, but he can’t say so yet. That’s what I got from it at least. Someone also asked a question about Bonnaroo 2009 and Trey immediately looked surprised. He said that there would be a yes or no answer in the next few weeks. Anywho, take that as you will, but it’s straight from the horse’s mouth.

READ ON for more from Trey’s whirlwind week in Nashville…

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Friday Mix Tape: The Stallion Pentalogy

As we near the beginning of the third year of this sweet blog’s existence, and my writing career for that matter, there’s still plenty left for me to learn. For

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The Replacements

This is the debut of new regular column at Glide devoted to reissues, remasters and expanded editions of archival recordings. It is designed to serve as a reminder all good music is timeless, no matter when it was originally recorded or when it’s being (re-) introduced to new musiclovers. This edition focuses on THE REPLACEMENTS

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Gentleman Auction House: Alphabet Graveyard

Intense, organized chaos can make some beautiful music.  Wilco has achieved this with songs like “At Least That’s What You Said,” “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,” and “A Shot in the Arm,” to name just a few.  And while Gentleman Auction House isn’t as established as a band like Wilco, their newest album, Alphabet Graveyard, has that mystic and iconic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot feel to it,

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Paul McCartney in Tel Aviv Setlist

Earlier this evening in Tel Aviv, former Wings lead singer Paul McCartney thrilled the crowd at his first-ever gig in Israel. He crafted a magnificent setlist that featured tons of

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Bloggy Goodness: Dealing In The Dunes

As we mentioned earlier, we’re less than a week away from the release of Rhino’s latest Grateful Dead vault release Rocking the Cradle: Grateful Dead, Egypt 1978 on September 30.

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10 Overplayed Songs on Classic Rock Radio

We’d like to welcome back Sleepy Floyd for this week’s B List

One of the most degrading jobs in the world, aside from greeter at Best Buy, has got to be the classic rock DJ. Playing a pre-programmed format, day after day – the same Rush songs followed by the same Foreigner songs followed by the same 38 Special songs followed by the same Boston songs.

The only thing more boring than working a tollbooth on the turnpike would have to be manning the controls of a corporate classic rock station. You know those stations: “100.7 KZLX – playing the greatest hits of yesterday and today.” Since when was Jukebox Hero or Shakin’ a greatest hit?

Bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the Stones have a plethora of greatest hits. Yet we only hear Black Dog, Another Brick In The Wall, and You Can’t Always Get You Want over and over again. At least those tracks are halfway decent compared to these ten tunes which just need to be stopped from playing…period. Not that in this age of the iPod and satellite radio, anybody listens to classic rock radio anymore, but here it is anyways…

1. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded by the Light

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Alright, what most people don’t know is this obnoxious tune was actually written originally by Bruce Springsteen and featured on his album – Greetings From Asbury Park. But as the boss explained himself in concert, somehow the words got changed from “revved up like a deuce” to “revved up like a douche.”

READ ON for more tunes we can live without hearing anymore…

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MP3 Boot Camp: Page w/ PBS

Last night in Troy, Page McConnell and PBS started their brief jaunt through the Northeast at Revolution Hall. Tonight, the gents bring the funk to Lupo’s in Providence before hitting

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