Trey Anastasio Live Album

Can't wait to see him back on stage

just bring phish back, please.

Phish is so much better than anything they have done alone...

Great performance. This is a must get for any Trey fans.

Yeah, Phish really was better than the sum of its parts, even though they are all great musicians. I'm still looking forward to this though, just because its something new from Trey

I'd take Trey's original band with horns over most of post hiatus Phish. But that 70 Volt Parade was terrible. Hopefully this will be somewhat interesting.

70 Volt Parade kicked ass! Phish kicked ass but they're not coming back. Trey is still great and I'm looking forward to seeing him live again.

70 volt parade was garbage.

so is all of trey's post-phish work. mike gordon on the other hand, has come out with several amazing projects since the break up.

anyways im over phish its all about UMPH!

I heard from a friend of a friend who's other friend met Mike's dad in Boston, and he told these guys "Don't be surprised if the boys are back together soon..." just starting another rumor...

oh wow not to mention that every song on this album is garbage

Nice to see Trey Back on the Circuit...Fishman 08!

"I heard from a friend of a friend who's other friend met Mike's dad in Boston, and he told these guys "Don't be surprised if the boys are back together soon..." just starting another rumor..."

really?

that is the most ridiculous rumor ever

^^--i heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that if phish does come back you'll be all over it

I'll look forward to hearing this. Loved Phish when they had Horns on stage.

YES !!!!

That crowd shot better be in the liner notes and it better have the captured the ragin' balcony !!!

Even if you were not able to be there, now you can listen to this show !!!

Greater for those that were there !!!

How hot are those new t-shirts ... design from the print on black !!!

Hey Trey, Where's my longsleeved?

Sick vinyl cover also !!!

www.trey.com

www.expressobeans.com

Not for free? He's no Trent Reznor :)

My God - If I had a nickel for all of the stories about people or their friends knowing someone in Phish...I'd...well, I'd probably have at least a buck fifty.

This should be good, can't be better than Plasma though, I think most Trey fans probably have enough live versions of these songs, how bout some new ish Trey? Oh, and didn't they they play Peaches at one of these shows? They couldn't put that on there?!!? Come on...

trey looks like such a goofball in that picture, its fantastic! good to hear from him though!

Good for Trey, hope he gets better and gets back on the road. The interview on jambands with Kuroda quotes Kuroda as saying "Trey has big plans in the future." Hopefully we will see him soon (minus the 70 volt parade ha). Also there have been some great solo projects by all of them, Gordon and Kottke, Page's album, Trey's Horseshoe Curve, and Fishman with Everyone Orchestra and all of his random appearances. Obviously it doesnt compare to Phish but they still deserve much credit for those works.

this whole album says one thing to me.... Treys legal fees must have really weighed on his pocket book...

who cares, he has released like 3 albums with the same material...

id love to see him on stage again soon, but come on... and all of you all about this album are just bored

this is awesome i was at the first show and i think that most of the songs are from that show if im not mistakin...but they did play stash at the first show and peaches at the second show, they should have included one of those at least. awesome though

My bad, the majority of songs are technically from the second night if you include the bonus song, otherwise its 50/50... Shine, Simple Twist Up Dave, Tuesday, Money Love and Change, and Mr. Completely are from the first...I had some extra time on my hands

dave the truth grippo!!! dude can wail (and so can a few of those other players)

And on vinyl!!!

Why would anybody want to pay money for this crap. Treys solo music is a complete joke. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

burlap sack AND pumps

Its the exact same set list that he has played for the past 5 years. What a suprise.

It's a lot of the same tracks from Plasma

i love you trey, but this is kind of weak.

Let see, the man releases an album on vinyl with songs taken from an excellent New Year's Run featuring Cyro Baptista AND is donating the money to a worthy cause- "Proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit the Seven Below Arts Initiative, established by Trey in 2006 to foster artistic development and support arts education in the state of Vermont.

And half of you knuckleheads are talking smack? Are you music fans or trolls?

I have listened to this show and it's not as bad as people make it out to be. Lets just hope Trey stays productive and god willing Phish comes back to kick everyones ass.

I hope that phish fans read this and understand their band a little more......Trey=phish. Trey anastasio was the man who directed the other members of phish. it was always the trey show, and everyone needs to realize that. The other 3 really looked up to him for direction. He is the type A personality with 3 type B's supporting his vision (not that they didn't contribute in amazing ways). If anyone doubts this, do some homework and you will see that the band's most appreciated song, You Enjoy Myself (as well as many of their other early work) was written completely by Trey. Drums, Bass, and Guitar. The man IS PHISH. He called it quits and he will be the one to reunite the dudes when he feels up to it. The fact that he wanted to go in a direction musically that he couldn't get to with jon, page, and mike is understandable after close to 20 years. Accept it and move on. Sure, I wish i was there for the 94 fall tour, but that doesnt mean i can blame the guy for not keeping it up for next year's group of 21 year olds who just graduated and can finally go on tour. All this being said, it really is too bad that they just don't get together every new years eve at Big Cypress Indian reservation with some rehearsed material and give the people what they want, need, and outright deserve for their part in turning 4 guys with mediocre voices into one of the biggest bands in the history of music.

nicely put.

Trey, Mike, Page, and Fish = Phish

you clown

Was at both of these shows they were great! They did a lot of cool stuff though that I feel should be on this album rather than the same old Trey stuff. I'm excited non the less. Was right in front of the stage for the picture, it better be in there some where.

cheers yall

So when is the bleepin' tour, Trey? Can't you play all New York shows at very least? Hope you're doin' well...happy, clean, and ready to rock! Om Mani Padmi Om.... woot!

Good to hear some news about Trey. I hope his recovery is going well and that he will come out of all the legal bullshit better than ever. I'm still not convinced Phish will ever play again, but I will be there if they do :)

and also, I don't think Trey has put anything good out since his first solo effort (I guess I like his album with tom marshall too). But I think that seis de mayo, plasma, and bar 17 all kinda sucked

and the horseshoe curve as well...just my opinion..

Trey sucks!!!!! and can't have anymore more of my money, damn junkie!!! But I'm sure some of my sucker friends are gonna trying convince me that he is good (blah blah blah). Anyway I'll take that free copy from one of them. peace

Oh yeah and trey if you need any pharmies hit a brother up....word!

all the best work of Trey's writing was early work when he was young. All that is GONE. Am I the only one that noticed that the later albums were complete crap in comparison?

Trey cannot write the crazy jazz inspired compositions he used to. He also cannot play any differently either, same notes run, over and over and over.. It gets to be like a mouse in a excercise wheel. They had to break up, there was no more inspiration from Trey anymore. getting older, and being used to drug use on a daily basis takes all the creative fire out of musicians. Jerry was no different, he started sliding in 1994 and that band just like phish started to slide towards the drain. the new songs were lackluster, the playing became more sloppy, and the crowds were bigger and more ugly than they have ever been.

I am happy I got to participate in the circus, my time spent with phish and grateful dead could never be replaced. I really miss the OLD phish the most, prior to 1993, there was not a tour yet, and I did not have to wade through 500 dirty kids slinging burritos from three shows ago. I could get in easily, see a fantastic show with a crowd of 1500, and there was nothing like it I had ever seen. If phish was to return, first, they have to convince Page to tour again, (he does not want to), then trey must be sober. Then maybe, we could get a resurgence of great music, but will it last? Either way, the old days I miss are forever lost, and I will hold on to my memories for as long as I can. I wish Trey could go back to his roots, the way he played when he was younger, it was more jazz inspired and he really pushed himself, instead of just settling into he funk rock phase of guitar style he has had since 1997. I am just rambling here, it would be great to see them again, but not unless they put all their energy into it being better than it ever was..

if its for money, and not the joy of playing, then I certainly agree, do not tour ever again.

First you cry...then you listen and you cry again.

Phi$h will be back by 2010 i'm $ure.

I find myself at odds with my desire to play music professionally. What a concept it is, though. Music being second only to family and friends, if, somehow, I could do what I love the most and earn a decent living, I'd like to think that I'd have no prayers left unanswered. The thing about aspiring to make your love into your living is that you open it to ridicule. When you put your art out there as a product, it becomes subject to opinion. I guess no one is to say from which place, be it pure or placebo, a said product comes. That is, no one but the producer. The truth is, if the art doesn't matter to the creator, then its validity to its audience is void. It would be a great day if artists made a point only to share what mattered to them. It would also be a great day when the audience could receive the work with the intention of loving reception or, at least, constructive criticism. The point is, to all of you who can't find it in yourselves to offer something useful in the way of direction to those whose art you think is compromised, leave it alone. As an artist, I can say that the art matters to the artist when, and only when, the vision of the art is realized in its final product. If you can't understand it, at least try to appreciate it for what it is. And if you can't appreciate it understand that there may be those that do.

I completely disagree with all you... Phish hit a wall. Thats all there was to it. I LOVE Phish. But they just could no do it anymore. Trey has, in my opinion, the only member of phish that has continually put out new music, and his progression, though it does not sound like PHISH will never be PHISH, but he definatly has a linear progression and I think his music is good. Face it you cant be 20 years old forever. You have to grow musically, and I really like his new stuff.

Now Mike Gordon w. the Bennevento Russo Duo is just stunning!

P.S. If and when there is a PHISH reunion it will not be the same as it was....

PPS. You don't like Trey... Do you like Ratdog?

I like Phil. Ratdog sounds like a bar band too often.

This must be Trey's "Live from Prison" album

I agree, I've never seen phish live and it would be so awesome if they got back together and gave it another shot!

yawn. i wonder if phish will even be that good if they come back. post-hiatus was hit or miss to say the least. camden was good and boston too as far as 04. 03 was shoddy.

Everyone knows that Phish dismantled due to Trey's bad habits... Now that he has time to clean up his act, maybe and just maybe he will finally pull his head out of his ass and realize that he is missing 3 key ingredients to making phabulous music!

Thing is, the way we used to "tour", can not be done. It just isn't financially feasable, even sharing the cost traveling with a a bunch of people. Gas costs have killed "touring" fans. Only the most die-hard, well funded fans will be able to attempt a slew of shows. I can guarentee that is scaled back from what we used to do. Full tours... I am not sure if Phish could even "cash-in" at this point. I don't know if they have the fanbase to support a sellout in each venue, based soley on a local demographic. The lost their window. I still cherish the memories. I won't talk badly of them. If they came back, I don't think it'd be what anyone wanted in the end. Time in a bottle. (or was that lightning?) Nuff said. They should just do an annual NYE show. That's it. Classy, manageable. Let it mean more...do it right, if you MUST.

If anyone really wants any chance of seeing Phish again- stop buying this garbage they keep putting out. I'm offended. Sure, some of the livephish stuff is cool, but you people should be trading for crying out loud. Not contributing to their lazyness and bad habits by spending SOMEBODY'S hard earned money on this stuff. Anybody out there that thinks any of the solo stuff is cool obviously wasn't there for the REAL. Make these guys work for their money by touring.

DaveT - I'm sure there would be plenty of fans, fans who missed their chance at seeing Phish during the 90's, would give anything to see a Phish reunion show. I personally know a lot of people who would sell their left nut just to see Phish live once in their lifetime. The question is: could they play well enough after all this time in order to persuade more fans to come out for another show on their tour? I bet if they played a few shows and sucked, they couldn't sell enough tickets to keep Trey away from the NO2 tanks in the parking lot of the venue. On the other hand, if Phish ever came back, let's say in 2010, and fucking blew everyone's mind like they did at their Vegas 12/06/96 show...every show would sell out.

Ditto on that, funkyMOFO!

I was at both nights, great shows. looking forward to this release.

I'm 19 and I'm a huge Phish fan. Unfortunately I was 14 when I got into them and right after that they broke up. I'm not one of those kids who only bought Farmhouse and only liked the song Heavy Things, but rather a kid who appreciates their improvisation and can stay involved in a 20 minute jam even if its a recording. I've researched their song story-lines as well as many legendary shows. I feel I need to see Phish before my youthful years end, because when I do listen to them, I feel young and vivacious as I should. I feel like I missed out on all of the fun. I've seen all of the members in some form and while the quality of music is definatley there, I feel like the energy of the crowd is not one, as it was with Phish. I sure hope they reunite and they do it sooner rather than later.

^^^ right on peaton! I was lucky enough to start going to shows, pre-hiatus, when I was about 16. Phish was one of the best things that ever "happened" to me when I was in high school and beyond. Now if Trey is clean, then we really have no reason to think that they wouldn't be just as sick as they used to be. Tomorrow night should be interesting

I knew this would be good reading! Classic, seriously its just a rock n roll band get a grip.

Phish isn't coming back. I wouldn't mind seeing some more shows, but it's not going to happen. I'll be happy if I'm wrong though. Well I'll be happy if they come back and they're good.

This fall/winter 06 tour was very, very good (especially with Jeff on drums). Trey was playing very well over the course of the tour and the jams WERE ACTUALLY GOING PLACES, which is more than you can say for any jamband in the scene today (i.e. UM, Tribe, tDB, etc.)

Makisupa ... !!!!

Should be on there.

So, those few of you so easily and thoroughly trashing the songwriting/playing of Trey's solo material- can we assume that you are songwriters with a body of published material, a recording contract, and a touring band? Like the stuff or not, that is one thing, but juvenile trash talk comes a lot easier than writing music.

finally when i went to this show and he said it would be released, i gave up hope until now

Phish would def. cash in if they ever get back together. Trey just needs to turn his pedal off and throw it out. His guitar work with Phish in 03-04 sounds so Different, you can't play a clean reba jam with that effect, Throw it out or turn it down....

I am looking forward to Phish again in 2010!

I was fortunate enough to see Phish live and have seen several of the guys playing in other bands and doing their solo thing - I have since developed a completely new and different appreciation of music.

I'd love to see Phish perform some of my faves (from their list) again, just a couple more times. I'd travel across the country for a reunion show.

Gary

http://www.festivalfriendly.com

Why does everyone dis trey all the time. Like I always say around here..these albums are put out for people who enjoy listening to the music. If you don't dig it or don't like the set list don't buy it. Does the fact that an album that you don't enjoy exists really upset yall?

seriously, if you hate trey or phish why are you reading this?? I don't go and read the article about The Police reunion tour and then just start bitching about it! Trey kicks ass and if phish doesn't return soon I'm most definitely going to lose my mind!!!

This album is good news and I'm psyched. So happy Trey is back. Can't wait to see him smilin' on stage again. And, when phish gets back together I'll be there.