Audio | Trey Anastasio Band Debut & Bust Out In Portland

The Trey Anastasio Band’s fall tour continued last night at The State Theatre in Portland, Maine; where TAB had a few surprises in store during a show that focused heavily on newer material.

Seven songs into the first set, Anastasio and his band dusted off the Phish obscurity “Never,” which was last performed by Trey twice in 2005 during the 70 Volt Parade days. Phish debuted “Never” as part of the band’s lone appearance at Neil & Pegi Young’s Bridge School Benefit Concerts in 1998 and then never played the song again. All told, the guitarist has performed “Never” publicly a total of four times.

Later in the first set TAB debuted a song thought to be an original dubbed “Invisible Knife.” The tune starts on the slow side, before Anastasio lights into a euphoric, shred-heavy solo. Taper Ted Gakidis has shared his recording of last night’s show, so let’s take a listen to “Never” and “Invisible Knife”:

Here’s the setlist via Phish.net:

Set One: Sometime After Sunset, Cayman Review, Magilla, Gone, Speak To Me, Alive Again, Never, The Land of Nod, Gotta Jibboo, Flying Machines, Invisible Knife[1], Valentine, Money, Love and Change

Set Two: Bounce, Sand, In Rounds, A Case of Ice and Snow, The Way I Feel, Drifting, Lever Boy, Paper Wheels, Simple Twist Up Dave, Architect, Come As Melody

Encore: Clint Eastwood > Push On ‘Til the Day

[1] Debut.

Notes: “Never” was performed for the first time since 11/8/05. This show featured the debut of “Invisible Knife.”