Archive: 2010

The Shotgun is a monthly series of "shotgun" CD reviews by Eric Saeger. This month he shotguns Dios, Hank Willams, Hawke, Phantogram and more.

For the eighth year in a row, Perpetual Groove will once again throw their intimate Amberland Festival on Memorial Day Weekend.  This year’s festival takes place at Cherokee Farms in La Fayette, Georgia on May 28 – 30. PGroove will play six sets including the first-time-ever live performance of the band’s self-titled debut album on […]

As the story goes, before landing the role of Anita Miller in Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical movie, Almost Famous, doe-eyed actress Zooey Deschanel had originally auditioned for the part of head Band-Aid Penny Lane. The She & Him lead singer will now get her own chance to play the part of rock star groupie as she […]

Over the past few years, a few bands and promoters have come up with a number of innovative ways to generate interest in concerts by giving the audience a chance to influence the performance. Whether it was the Disco Biscuits letting fans “Spin The Wheel” to determine what song gets played on a Thursday night […]

Trey Anastasio returns to the road on Monday with the latest iteration of his Classic TAB ensemble. This version of the band adds the three-piece horn section of Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet), Natalie Cressman (trombone) and Russell Remington (sax, flute) to the basic core of Russ Lawton (drums), Tony Markellis (bass) and Ray Paczkowski (keyboards), which most closely resembles the unit that toured with Big Red in Winter ’01. While we know the members of the band, we don’t know what they’ll be playing.

For this week’s B List, we asked five members of the Hidden Track staff to pick the two songs they would most like to see Trey and Classic TAB perform on the month-long tour. Anything was fair game from Phish songs to tunes Trey played just once to covers. Let’s see what songs everyone chose and then be sure to tell us what songs you’d like to see the unit play.

It Makes No Difference
First Time Played: 02-21-2001 – Orpheum Theater – Boston, MA
Last Time Played: 05-14-2005 – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
Number Of Times Played: 14

Just five month after Phish’s first hiatus, Trey hit the road for his first solo tour since ’99 beefing up the trio format with a three piece horn section for an 11-date East Coast Swing. Mixing Phish classics with a healthy dose of new material, Ernie also peppered the setlists with a number of of unexpected covers including Stevie Wonder’s Signed Sealed Delivered and Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Women.

Debuting on the first night of the run, and played almost every night that tour, was a take on The Band’s It Makes No Difference. Unlike the majority of the other covers from ’01, this song, which may be about as sad as they come, has managed to pop up three more times over the years. While the lyrics may not seem as poignant as when it was debuted, It Makes No Difference would provide a great slower tempo, breather song that would also give the horn section time to shine. – Jeffrey Greenblatt

Audio: 2-22-2001 Landmark Theatre – Syracuse, NY
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Liquid Time
First Time Played: Never Played Live
Last Time Played: N/A
Number of Times Played: N/A

One of my favorite sets of 2009 was Phish’s electric soundcheck at Festival 8. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck listening to Phish jam the hell out of Undermind, Gone and a track off Party Time called Liquid Time on The Bunny. This tune, which kinda sounds like Sultans of Swing, would surely benefit from horn lines and the jam would be perfect for the unit. I’m surprised Phish never played it after that soundcheck, but perhaps Trey was saving it for this band. – Scott Bernstein

Video: 10-29-2009 Festival 8 Soundcheck – Indio, CA

READ ON for more of the HT Staff’s Trey picks…

We’ve talked about our gripes with New York City’s Terminal 5 a bunch on this blog, so it’s extremely surprising to see that the venue ranked #3 in Pollstar’s list of the Top 100 Worldwide Club Venues. Clearly, this list is based on tickets sold and not on “patrons who can actually see the stage.” […]

Over the last 12 months since I started this column, I’ve met many incredible God Street Wine fans who want the band to come back just as much as I do. Many of us discuss GSW through the Bring Back God Street Wine fan page on Facebook. With over 600 members, BBGW features a library […]

There’s been so many fake Bonnaroo lineups circulating over the past few weeks that it’s become difficult to figure out who you should believe. For instance, late last night the Live Daily website broke the story that Paul Simon will be among this year’s headliners, also hinting that another “Paul” would also be showing up […]

Another day, another reunion video around these parts as RAQ has just revealed via video that the power-jam quartet will be returning on April 30 for a show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Take a look… RAQ Reunion @ Bowery Ballroom 4/30 Follow RAQ’s brand-new Twitter feed for the latest RAQ news.

In  an effort to focus our attention on something besides Phish for a change, we’ve decided at HT headquarters to (hopefully) drum up some good chatter about the final season of the greatest television show in the history of the idiot box. Check in on Wednesday of every week  during Season 6 to share your […]