Trey’s Classic TAB Winter Tour 2010 tour kicked off last night with an intimate show at the Jefferson Theater in Charlotesville. The show was billed as a benefit for the Kristine Anastasio Manning Memorial Fund in celebration of what would have been the 47th birthday of Trey’s sister, Kristine. The show boasted an eclectic setlist, with selections spanning Anastasio’s solo career to date, plus a few new tunes. All reviews in thus far are positive, check out HiddenTrack’s review of the show here and some great pics from Tom Daly here.
Trey from the front row - 2/08/10
Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB
2/08/10
Jefferson Theater
Charlottesville, VA
Set 1: Shine, Cayman Review, Tuesday, Liquid Time*, Drifting, Let Me Lie, All That Almost Was*#, Alaska, Mozambique, A Case of Ice And Snow, Last Tube
Set 2: Curlew’s Call, Sand, Valentine, Goodbye Head, Mr. Completely, Windora Bug, Night Speaks to a Woman, Push on ‘Til the Day
Encore: Small Axe, Birdwatcher* Show of Life*#, At the Gazebo@, First Tube
* – Debut
# – Co-written w/ The Dude of Life
@ – Dedicated to Kristine (Trey’s Sister)
The first Phish-related action of the year kicks of tomorrow as Trey Anastasio takes his so-called ‘Classic TAB’ band out on tour for a month of shows across the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast. As you may remember, Trey re-united the original 4-piece Trey Anastasio Band (Trey, Russ Lawton (Drums), Tony Markellis (Bass), and Ray Paczkowski (Keys)) in the Fall 0f 2008 for an 8-show run. This time around, Trey will add to the 4-man core with a tight 3-piece horn section featuring Russell Remington (Tenor Sax/Flute), Jennifer Hartswick (Trumpet) and newcomer Natalie Cressman (Trombone), who replaces her father, Jeff Cressman.
TAB - 10/18/08
This highly anticipated tour is sure to feature material from throughout Trey’s solo career, Trey Band/Phish classics like ‘Sand’,’First Tube’, ‘Gotta Jibboo’, and ‘Backwards Down The Number Line’, as well as a wide selection of choice covers. Check out this Hidden Track article that takes a look at some classic Trey tunes that may be brought out on this tour. Also, give this recent interview a read where Trey talks about the upcoming tour.
TAB - 8/07/08 - Brooklyn, NY
TREY ANASTASIO AND CLASSIC TAB – WINTER TOUR 2010
02/08/10 Mon Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
02/09/10 Tue 9:30 Club Washington, DC
02/11/10 Thu Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
02/12/10 Fri House of Blues Boston, MA
02/13/10 Sat Oakdale Theatre (Formerly Chevrolet Theatre) Wallingford, CT
02/14/10 Sun Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
02/16/10 Tue Terminal 5 New York, NY
02/18/10 Thu Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI
02/19/10 Fri The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/20/10 Sat State Theatre Minneapolis, MN
02/21/10 Sun Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO
02/23/10 Tue The Pageant St. Louis, MO
02/25/10 Thu Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
02/26/10 Fri The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
02/27/10 Sat The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
02/28/10 Sun Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, TN
To get a taste of what we’re in store for, check out this show from Trey’s Fall Tour 2008 from Lupo’s in Providence, RI:
10/21/08 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
Set I: Come On Baby Lets Go Downtown*, Last Tube, Tube Top Flop, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Cayman Review, Ooh Child**, Alaska, Backwards Down the Number Line, Gone, Sand
Set II: Push On Til the Day, Gotta Jibboo, Drifting, Simple Twist Up Dave, Water in the Sky@, Brian and Robert@, Back On The Train@, A Case Of Ice And Snow, Tuesday
Encore: First Tube#
* – Last Played 6/21/2002 (156 Shows)
** – Last Played 9/18/2004 (131 Shows)
@ – Solo Acoustic
# – Bill Kreutzmann replaced Russ Lawton (Russ played percussion), Oteil Burbridge replaced Tony Markellis & Scott Murawski on additional guitar
In honor of the Classic TAB tour, check out this video from Bonnaroo 2001 of Trey’s big ‘Dectet’ band performing ‘Push On Til The Day’. The Band’s Bonnaroo performance goes down in history as one of Trey Band’s finest as well as one of the all-time best Bonnaroo performances to date. Enjoy!
Furthur kicked off their Winter Tour this weekend with two solid shows in Florida. These shows featured a lot of heavy-hitter jam numbers, a few bust-outs, and some fun and surprising segues and song choice. Most importantly, they featured cohesive, practiced, and exploratory playing from the band. Enjoy setlists, streams, videos, and downloads from both nights below, all here for your viewing and listening pleasure. Enjoy! And happy Super Bowl Sunday!
Furthur - 2/06/10
Furthur
2/06/2010
Hard Rock Live
Orlando, FL
Set 1
One More Saturday Night>
Bertha
The Race Is On
It Must Have Been The Roses
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Reuben And Cherise>
Deep Elem Blues>
Deal
Set 2
After Midnight>
Next Time You See Me
Althea
Cryptical Envelopment
Wharf Rat
The Other One
The Wheel
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
And We Bid You Good Night
Furthur
2/05/2010
Bayfront Park Ampitheatre
Miami, FL
Set 1
Jam >
Born Cross-Eyed >
The Music Never Stopped
Ramble on Rose
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
Dear Mr. Fantasy >
On the Road Again >
Franklin’s Tower
Set 2
Jam >
Throwin’ Stones >
Viola Lee Blues >
Mason’s Children >
Viola Lee Blues
Good Lovin’
Terrapin Station
Shakedown Street
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
This Friday, February 5th, Furthur kicks off a lengthy winter tour in Miami, FL at the Bayfront Park Amphitheatre. The tour runs from Feb. 5th to Mar. 12th (see dates below) and treks all the way up the east coast before making a few stops in Chicago, Oregon, and a final blow-out 70th Birthday celebration for Phil Lesh in San Fran. The band’s recent ‘public rehearsals’ included many first takes on not-yet-Furthur’d dead tunes and covers including On the Road Again (Traditional), Get Back (Beatles), Hurricane (Dylan), No More Do I (Phil n Friends), Maggie’s Farm (Dylan), and the pigpen classic I’m A King Bee (Blues Traditional).
In case you didn’t catch these guys in 2009, here’s some of the best jams from the Oakland shows and December run:
TRACK 1: Bertha (9/19/09)
TRACK 2: The Eleven (12/09/09)
TRACK 3: Shakedown Street (12/11/09)
TRACK 4: Passenger (12/12/09)
TRACK 5: Wharf Rat (12/12/09)
TRACK 7: Jack Straw (12/31/09)
Also, be sure to check out Welcome To Now’s coverage of Furthur’s first three shows in September including pics, vids, setlist, and downloads form all 3 nights – it’s all here:
Fri, 2.05 – Bayfront Park Amphitheatre, Miami, FL
Sat, 2.06 – Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
Mon, 2.08 – The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Tue, 2.09 – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Wed, 2.10 – Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
Fri, 2.12 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Sat, 2.13 – Patriot Ctr at George Mason Univ., Faifax, VA
Sun, 2.14 – Barton Hall @ Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY
Mon, 2.15 – Stabler Arena @ Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
Wed, 2.17 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Thu, 2.18 – Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
Fri, 2.19 – Mullins Center @ Univ of Mass, Amherst, MA
Sat, 2.20 – Utica Auditorium, Utica, NY
Mon, 2.22 – Bob Carpenter Ctr @ Univ of DE, Newark, DE
Tue, 2.23 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Wed, 2.24 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Fri, 2.26 – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Sat, 2.27 – Trump Taj Mahal @ Estess Arena, Atlantic City, NJ
Tue, 3.02 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
Wed, 3.03 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
Mon, 3.08 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
Fri, 3.12 – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Rounding out our coverage of the Disco Biscuits’ 4 night run at The Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO – see below for setlists, streams, and downloads from the final 2 nights of the run. If you missed coverage of the first 2 nights, check it out here. If you want to cut through all the UNTZ to some of the best jamming of the weekend – check out this stream of the Cyclone > Above The Waves > Down to the Bottom sequence from 1/30/10:
Aside from blowing up the Fox, Bisco has been up to a lot in the past week:
-The band announced dates for Camp Bisco 9 – to be held July 15th – 17th once again at Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY.
-As if one festival wasn’t enough, they also released the lineup for the annual Bisco Inferno at Red Rocks, to be held May 29th, featuring The Glitch Mob, Booka Shade, The Crystal Method (DJ set), Pnuma Trio, and Aeroplane. The band will also play a show in Boulder and a show in Denver the 2 days prior to the Inferno.
-Finally, be sure to keep an eye and an ear out for the up and coming, highly anticipated Planet Anthem album – to be released March 16th. In the mean time, check out the recently released On Time and Widgets EPs featuring a number of the new tracks.
Bisco Fall 2009
NIGHT 4 – 01/31/10 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
Set I: ¿Donde?, King Of The World> Astronaut> 42> Sweating Bullets> Astronaut
Set II: Pimp Blue Rikkis, Basis For A Day> Naeba> Minions> Naeba> Basis For A Day> Catalyst> Basis For A Day
Encore: Mr. Don,
Encore II: Frog Legs*> On Time**> Frog Legs*
* – Perfume version (Devo)
** – Reprise
***Download coming soon***
Bisco Winter 2009
NIGHT 3 – 01/30/10 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
Set I: Step Inside, Strobelights and Martinis> I-Man> You and I> Strobelights and Martinis> On Time
Set II: The Very Moon> Shem-Rah Boo> Down To The Bottom> Cyclone> Above The Waves*> Down To The Bottom
Update 2-02-2010 9:00AM: Thanks to all the readers who submitted comments regarding the authenticity or lack thereof of this poster. To clarify, this does not appear to be an offical festival flyer, BUT it does contain the latest and greatest in artist rumors. Stay tuned for the official announcment today, Feb. 2nd.
Update 2-02-2010 12:30PM: Bonnaroo has updated their official website stating that the artist announcment will come next Tuesday, Feb. 9th.
Today marks post number 200 for Welcome To Now! Great things are in store for this spring and summer, so stay tuned, and enjoy!
FEBRUARY PREVIEW
Things always cool down a bit in the world of Jam during the month of January as bands take some time off to rest up and recover from their respective winter and new year’s runs. However, it’s February and there’s a ton of music that will be going on all across the country. Stay turned this month for coverage of:
Furthur, Winter Tour 2010, Feb. 5th – March 8th
Trey Anastasio Band, February Tour 2010, Feb. 8th – Feb. 28th
The Disco Biscuits, Winter and Spring Tours 2010, Jan 28th – April 25th
Gov’t Mule, Winter 2010 Tour, Jan 20th – Feb. 20th
WELCOME TO NOW UPDATES
A couple upgrades to Welcome To Now:
1. Embedded Streaming Entire Shows, Featured Tracks, and Mix Tapes (Live!)
2. Welcome To Now Music Archive (Under Development – Coming Soon!)
To celebrate the upgrades, enjoy this 1st Welcome To Now mix:
PHISH ~ MIAMI JAMS
12/30-12/31/09 Compilation
TRACK 1: 12/31/09 Set 3 – Fluffhead (w/ “Sarah”)
TRACK 2: 12/30/09 Set 2 – Boogie On Reggae Woman>
TRACK 3: 12/30/09 Set 2 – Run Like an Antelope
TRACK 4: 12/31/09 Set 2 – Piper
TRACK 5: 12/30/09 Set 2 – The Curtain (With)
TRACK 6: 12/31/09 Set 2 – Ghost
TRACK 7: 12/30/09 Set 1 – David Bowie
TRACK 8: 12/31/09 Set 1 – Bathtub Gin
TRACK 9: 12/30/09 Set 2 – Back on the Train
TRACK 10: 12/31/09 Set 3 – You Enjoy Myself
Gov’t Mule is currently truckin’ along, mid-way through their massive ‘By A Thread Winter 2010 Tour‘. The tour kicked off on January 20th in Fort Lauderdale, FL just 2 days after the conclusion of the band’s first ever ‘Island Exodus’ in Negril, Jamaica. This tour covers serious ground and has already made stops in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio (all in a little over a week). Upcoming big tour stops include The House of Blues in Cleveland and Chicago AND Dallas, The Pageant in St. Louis, The Filmore in Devner, and Stubb’s Amphitheater in Austin among many others. It’s touring like this that earns Warren Haynes and the Mule Crew serious respect in the Jam Scene and reinforce Warren’s reputation as the hardest working man in Jam.
Warren Ragin'
Check out this fun and eclectic Mule show from Thursday night at the Ryman in Nashville, TN. Mule busted out some rare covers like ‘The Shape I’m In’ (The Band), ‘Ventilator Blues’ (Rolling Stones), and ‘When The Music’s Over’ (The Doors) along w/ more oft-played cover tunes ‘Dear Prudence’ (Beatles), ‘Cortez The Killer’ (Neil Young). Three of these coveres – Ventilator, Dear Prudence, and Cortez – featured guest sit-ins by Audley Freed, guitarist from the Black Crowes.
Set 1
Brand New Angel
Brokedown On The Brazos
The Shape I’m In
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Kind of Bird
Gordon James
Ventilator Blues*
Dear Prudence*
Gov't Mule - 1/28/10
Set 2
Maggot Brain
When the Music’s Over
Trane
Drums
Frozen Fear>
Need Your Love So Bad
Streamline Woman
Mr. Man
The Disco Biscuits make their triumphant return to the stage after their massively successful and well-praised New Year’s 2009 5-night-run at the Nokia. The boys are back with a big 4 night run this weekend (Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31) at The Fox in Boulder, CO. The first two nights look like great shows on paper – lots of fun segues, jams, and a nice mix of new and old selections. Check out setlists and videos from Nights 1 and 2 below, and audio downloads (NEW ADDED 2/02/10). Enjoy!
Bisco NYE
01/29/10 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
Set I: Resurrection> Portal To An Empty Head, Grass Is Green> Helicopters*, Papercut, Helicopters*> Grass Is Green
Set II: Mirrors> Spraypaint> The Great Abyss> And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night**> Lunar Pursuit> Spraypaint
This year’s Jam Cruise 8 featured an impressive, fun, and diverse lineup as well as tons of one-off-projects, collaborations, late-night jam sessions, and a crazy party like no other on the open seas. Check out this deep, funky goodnes in both visual and auditory formats from one of these collaborations – ‘Fantastic 4’ featuring jazz/jam/funk greats Eric Krasno (Soulive), Robert Walter (Greyboy Allstars), George Porter Jr. (The Meters), and up-and-comer Adam Deitch (Break Science). This quarter brings together funk, jazz, and rock in an infectious and uplifting groove – this is good shit that is not to be missed.
For those of you who want in on the Jam Cruise action, you can already pre-book for Jam Cruise 9 in 2011!
Krasno, Porter Jr., and Walter
Fantasic 4
1/06/10
Jam Cruise 8
Hot Pants Breakdown
Change / Reform*
Check Out Your Mind**
Funky Miracle**
Nautilus
He Bite Me***
For Granted@
Love Having You Around**
Cordova%
Africa (New Orleans)%#
Pungee / Cissy Strut
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