The recording is of the high-octane variety, fitting for what Douglas dubs, “The Black Lion rocket ship.” One can’t help but hear the echoes of Coltrane’s Classic Quartet or Mingus’ small combos.
Phish fans love to throw around the saying “never miss a Sunday show” as a way of implying that the Vermont jam legends sometimes bust out their best musical moments
Last month Trey Anastasio took a break from touring with his own Trey Anastasio Band to stop by the NPR studio to film brief set for the Tiny Desk Concert
This fall the Trey Anastasio band will hit the road for a tour consisting of mainly East Coast dates. The band will be debuting a handful of tunes off their
The Trey Anastasio Band kicked off a four-night West Coast swing last night in Seattle
Watch the Trey Anastasio Band cover O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps on Fallon.
Pictures, videos, the setlist and a recap from Trey and TAB in Boston.
Tons of hi-def footage from Bear Creek has come in and we’ve compiled a list.
On Saturday night at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vermont, Trey Anastasio and his current septet took the stage for their first show of the season. While Phish has only
Trey Anastasio Band @ Riviera Theatre, February 27
On Sunday night, Trey Anastasio and his Trey Anastasio Band rolled through Chicago for a sold out show at the legendary Riviera Theatre. The site of TAB’s Chicago debut in 1999, the Riv was an ideal setting to catch the band’s 2011 return to form. The first set was mostly Trey solo acoustic, and began with the 3.0 staple Backwards Down the Number Line before settling into a great acoustic arrangement of Theme from the Bottom. While surprisingly heavy on new Phish material, the acoustic segment also featured great takes on classics Gumbo, Halley’s Comet, Dirt and The Wedge.
[All photos by Joel Berk]
Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman came out to sing backup on a breathtaking Let Me Lie, an interesting slow arrangement of Water in the Sky and Wading in the Velvet Sea before the rest of the band came out and launched into Heavy Things. The tune, also slightly rearranged, gave keyboard player Ray Paczkowski his first moment to shine of what would be many. Liquid Time and Hey Ya! closed the full-band acoustic portion of the show, but the group wasn’t done yet and launched into a ripping electric Push On ‘Til the Day to close the opening stanza.
The electric set began with the TAB-turned-Phish tune Gotta Jibboo, which got the crowd going right off the bat before launching into a horn-driven version of Ocelot. Ocelot, with its horn parts sounding reminiscent of Allen Toussaint’s arrangements on The Band’s The Last Waltz, worked way better for me than it ever has as a Phish song.
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