Off to Whistler, but first a night of Clapton in Seattle and
a day of seafood in Vancouver
See you in the clouds
Friday, February 25, 2011
A Note From Roger Waters
I can't say enough about how much I agree with this statement.
I’ve been at the editing suite today looking at some of the footage of the North American shows that we shot as an aid to making a proper film of the show later for Theatrical and Blu-ray release.
I am struck by the number of cell phones held aloft to film bits of the show and also by the amount of flash photography and the number of people texting and twittering.
This is a minority of the audience but a significant minority. What do we all think of this?
For my part I would never turn on a cell phone at any musical event, whether it’s at The Met, The Garden or anywhere else. It would seem to me to show a lack of respect to and care for fellow concert goers or for that matter for the artist. Apart from anything else, how could I possibly truly experience the thing I’d paid to see and hear, if I was fiddling with an iPhone, filming or twittering or chatting or whatever?
Anyway, this is a question not a general admonition, I am genuinely interested to know what you think.
-Roger Waters
I’ve been at the editing suite today looking at some of the footage of the North American shows that we shot as an aid to making a proper film of the show later for Theatrical and Blu-ray release.
I am struck by the number of cell phones held aloft to film bits of the show and also by the amount of flash photography and the number of people texting and twittering.
This is a minority of the audience but a significant minority. What do we all think of this?
For my part I would never turn on a cell phone at any musical event, whether it’s at The Met, The Garden or anywhere else. It would seem to me to show a lack of respect to and care for fellow concert goers or for that matter for the artist. Apart from anything else, how could I possibly truly experience the thing I’d paid to see and hear, if I was fiddling with an iPhone, filming or twittering or chatting or whatever?
Anyway, this is a question not a general admonition, I am genuinely interested to know what you think.
-Roger Waters
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
TAB @ T5
Awesome show, worst venue in NYC
Set I (acoustic):
Down With Disease
Wolfman's Brother
Theme From The Bottom
Camel Walk
Kill Devil Falls
Meatstick ->
Halley's Comet
Bouncing Around The Room
Cavern
Prince Caspian
Limb By Limb
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Wading In The Velvet Sea*
Heavy Things**
Peggy**
Hey Ya! **
Set II (electric):
In The Wee Wee Hours
Valentine
Ocelot
It Makes No Difference
Gotta Jibboo
Burlap Sack And Pumps
Clint Eastwood
Cayman Review
Sand
Sweet and Dandy
Burn That Bridge
My Problem Right There
Tuesday
First Tube
Empire State of Mind ***
Encore:
Sultans of Swing
* w/ Natalie & Jen
** w/ full band
*** Jay Z cover
Trey Anastasio- guitar/vocals
Tony Markellis- bass/vocals
Jennifer Hartswick- trumpet/vocals
Natalie Cressman- trombone/vocals
Russell Remington- sax/flute
Ray Paczkowski- keys
Russ Lawton- drums
Down With Disease
Wolfman's Brother
Theme From The Bottom
Camel Walk
Kill Devil Falls
Meatstick ->
Halley's Comet
Bouncing Around The Room
Cavern
Prince Caspian
Limb By Limb
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Wading In The Velvet Sea*
Heavy Things**
Peggy**
Hey Ya! **
Set II (electric):
In The Wee Wee Hours
Valentine
Ocelot
It Makes No Difference
Gotta Jibboo
Burlap Sack And Pumps
Clint Eastwood
Cayman Review
Sand
Sweet and Dandy
Burn That Bridge
My Problem Right There
Tuesday
First Tube
Empire State of Mind ***
Encore:
Sultans of Swing
* w/ Natalie & Jen
** w/ full band
*** Jay Z cover
Trey Anastasio- guitar/vocals
Tony Markellis- bass/vocals
Jennifer Hartswick- trumpet/vocals
Natalie Cressman- trombone/vocals
Russell Remington- sax/flute
Ray Paczkowski- keys
Russ Lawton- drums
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tab Of The Day
First Tube - Trey Anastasio
In honor of the Trey Anastasio Band at Terminal 5 tonight, another easy one that sounds great with the right effects.
e------------------------------------------------------------ b------------------------------------------------------------ g---------------7-------9-7-7-10-9-9----7-7------------------ d----7-7-10-9-9---10-10--------------10-----9-10-10-9-------- a--7--------------------------------------------------7------ e------------------------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------------------------ b------------------------------------------------------------ g---------------7-------9-7-7-10-9-9----7-7------------------ d----7-7-10-9-9---10-10--------------10-----9-7-------------- a--7--------------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Lone Ranger
Trish trying to act tough by going outside sans footwear and jacket. Easy lesson here...let's lock the door behind him
He's tweaking!!
Finally back to safety
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tab Of The Day
So Much To Say - Dave Matthews Band
It wouldn't be right to end the week without some sort of Dave mention. So here it is, a smooth song to play and one that will undoubtedly test your finger stretching limits
IntroE:------5-----------------
B:------5-----------------
G:------5---4/6-----------
D:---------------7--------
A:------------------------
E:-3/5--------------0-8\--VerseE:------5-------------------------------
B:------5-------------------------------
G:------5---4/6-------------10----------
D:---------------7------5---7--------7--
A:--------------------3-----x------5----
E:-3/5--------------1------/10---3------ChorusE:------------------------
B:------------------------
G:-6-----11-----4-----11--
D:-7-----12-----5-----12--
A:-7-----12-----5-----12--
E:-5-----10-----3-----10--
Throwback Friday
Every now and then I hear about a concert that I really wish I attended. Usually it tends to be the morning after or once I get to listen to the tape in the following days. But I also stumble across older shows, years or even decades ago that sound so surreal that I can't help but feel an eerie sense of regret that I wasn't there. It's a given that in many, if not most cases, it would simply have been impossible for me to go, but nonetheless I constantly stress about missing something epic.
I have come to understand that Phish is the best live band out there right now (yes, it's an understanding, not an opinion). It took me a while unfortunately - I'd like to think that if they were still touring when my personal concert agenda was heating up between 2004-2008 that I would have caught on sooner - but nevertheless it's been a fun ride to get up to speed with this group. 3 years and 13 shows later, I know and love the majority of their insanely expansive catologue...but the one thing I've yet to catch up on is the member's solo/side projects.
The most successful of these, for obvious reasons, is Trey's band TAB (Trey Anastasio Band). I don't know much of their music, aside from the songs that make it into Phish setlists - Gotta Jibboo, Backwards Down The Number Line, First Tube, and my favorite, Sand. With that said, I'll be seeing TAB at Terminal 5 on Tuesday 2/22 and I'm really looking forward to it. I've been listening to a few songs but have actually been trying to avoid a lot of the material as it's always a cool and different experience to hear a whole "new" batch of songs out of someone that you follow pretty intensely. Although maybe it's somewhat noobish, the two songs that have struck me from TAB are Keep On Till The Day and Mr. Completely. The upbeat tempo and ripping guitar in both lend a lot of similarities to the energy that is constant and in your face with Phish. So I'll have a few songs under my belt heading into Tuesday, and with the split half acoustic half electric format, I'm sure a number of Phish songs will be played anyway.
So back to TAB. A recent interview was published where Trey talks about the infamous show in Utica, NY in 2002. On October 25th that year, Trey played the Stanley Theater and tore the place apart - literally.
"I remember the Stanley Theater! The long Mr. Completely and everyone was dancing crazy hard and pieces of the balcony started falling on people’s heads! That was an unbelievable night. The manager of the building ran onstage and stopped us. No kidding. People were dancing so hard that the building was falling apart. Unreal. Just a great night, all around." - Trey Anastasio
Right off the bat I understood this event completely (no pun intended). This song is exactly what Phish phans love in terms of energy, peak moments, and soaring guitar playing. I know what it's like to feel building move from the heat of the crowd - the bounce at MSG and the shaky balcony at the Beacon are two prime examples. But for a building to actually start crumbling from such an enthused crowd sounds incredible. I would give anything to have seen this spectacle and share in the experience with the other music fanatics that were in attendance.
I'll leave you with one final review from the show that doesn't need any explanation or comment. And we'll see what Trey can do at T5 on Tuesday.
I have come to understand that Phish is the best live band out there right now (yes, it's an understanding, not an opinion). It took me a while unfortunately - I'd like to think that if they were still touring when my personal concert agenda was heating up between 2004-2008 that I would have caught on sooner - but nevertheless it's been a fun ride to get up to speed with this group. 3 years and 13 shows later, I know and love the majority of their insanely expansive catologue...but the one thing I've yet to catch up on is the member's solo/side projects.
The most successful of these, for obvious reasons, is Trey's band TAB (Trey Anastasio Band). I don't know much of their music, aside from the songs that make it into Phish setlists - Gotta Jibboo, Backwards Down The Number Line, First Tube, and my favorite, Sand. With that said, I'll be seeing TAB at Terminal 5 on Tuesday 2/22 and I'm really looking forward to it. I've been listening to a few songs but have actually been trying to avoid a lot of the material as it's always a cool and different experience to hear a whole "new" batch of songs out of someone that you follow pretty intensely. Although maybe it's somewhat noobish, the two songs that have struck me from TAB are Keep On Till The Day and Mr. Completely. The upbeat tempo and ripping guitar in both lend a lot of similarities to the energy that is constant and in your face with Phish. So I'll have a few songs under my belt heading into Tuesday, and with the split half acoustic half electric format, I'm sure a number of Phish songs will be played anyway.
So back to TAB. A recent interview was published where Trey talks about the infamous show in Utica, NY in 2002. On October 25th that year, Trey played the Stanley Theater and tore the place apart - literally.
"I remember the Stanley Theater! The long Mr. Completely and everyone was dancing crazy hard and pieces of the balcony started falling on people’s heads! That was an unbelievable night. The manager of the building ran onstage and stopped us. No kidding. People were dancing so hard that the building was falling apart. Unreal. Just a great night, all around." - Trey Anastasio
Right off the bat I understood this event completely (no pun intended). This song is exactly what Phish phans love in terms of energy, peak moments, and soaring guitar playing. I know what it's like to feel building move from the heat of the crowd - the bounce at MSG and the shaky balcony at the Beacon are two prime examples. But for a building to actually start crumbling from such an enthused crowd sounds incredible. I would give anything to have seen this spectacle and share in the experience with the other music fanatics that were in attendance.
I'll leave you with one final review from the show that doesn't need any explanation or comment. And we'll see what Trey can do at T5 on Tuesday.
The show is a solid one all around, with a strong opener in Javier Cinakowski (Have YOU ever seen a cow ski?), the first and only performance of ‘Perhaps‘ and a rare-mid set @ the BBQ. The Mr. Completely though, that’s the big one here. Clocking in around 20 minutes, the jam just gets dirty and the crowd just kept dancing. These old Depression-era theaters were not meant for this level of funk. Personally, I blame Cyro Baptista, but it was a collective effort. To bring the house down.
During Mr. Completely, as I personally witnessed from 5th row Ray-side, the balcony was literally bouncing up and down which was followed by hallucinations of Steve McCroskey-esque (Airplane!) as he sees the airplane in the tower saying “It’s coming right at us!”. We needed no glue to see that the balcony was seriously shaking up and down with each collective jump of the crowd. A quick run to the bathroom and I saw what many others discuss as mere rumor nowadays - the fucking ceiling was seriously falling apart underneath the balcony – especially in the back area way behind the soundboard. One girl was covered in dried plaster and some blood, a few others in just plaster, but yeah, it was real. Pretty scary when you’re three sheets mid-second set.
Trey was then told by Brad Sands to play ONLY acoustic, non-amplified songs for the rest of the night, without striking too much fear into the place. Few knew what happened, but the rest of the show: Ray Dawn, @ the Gazebo, and an hysterical story time before Pebbles and Marbles led to a memorable show for the music as well as the venue.
Trey Anastasio Band - Stanley Theater, Utica, NY - 10/25/02
Set I: Javier Cinakowski, Night Speaks To A Woman, Acting the Devil, The Way I Feel, Mozambique, Perhaps, Last Tube
Set II: Curlew’s Call, Windora Bug, At the Barbeque, Mr. Completely [1] [2],
Ray Dawn Balloon [3], At the Gazebo [4]
Encore: Pebbles and Marbles [5]
1 “sickening”
2 Brad Sands came out to tell Trey something at the conclusion of Mr. Completely
3 At the end of Radon, Trey explains that the venue management was concerned about the stability of the balcony after the amount of shaking that went on during Mr. Completely and that the remainder of the songs would be acoustic
4 With the horns at the front of the stage unmiced
5 Trey solo acoustic; Trey tells two stories prior to Pebbles and Marbles
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tab Of The Day
Soulshine (acoustic) - Warren Haynes
Capo on the 3rd fret and you're good to go. Easy, fun song that's always uplifting
Intro
------------3--3--3--3---------------------2--2--2--2------------- ------------0--0--0--0---------------------3--3--3--3------------- --------0---0--0--0--0---2-s-4--4--4-s-2---2--2--2--2--2--4--2--0- -0-h-2------0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0------------- ------------2--2--2--2-------------------------------------------- ------------3--3--3--3--------------------------------------------
-0--0----0--0----1--1--1--1----3--3--3--3--3--3------ -0--0----0--0----1--1--1--1----0--0--0--0--0--0------ -1--1----0--0----2--2--2--2----0--0--0--0--0--0------ -2--2----2--2----3--3--3--3----0--0--0--0--0--0------ -2--2----2--2----3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2--2--2------ -0--0----0--0----1--1--1--1----3--3--3--3--3--3------Verse
D G C D (x3) // G D Em F
Chorus
F G G D // D C C G // G G G D // D Em F G
Bridge
E C C G // Bm C F F // F D
I should probably note that the electric version is certainly NOT easy and I sure as hell can't play it. And if you don't have Warren's solo acoustic set from Bonnaroo 2003, do yourself a favor and track it down. You can't find a single flaw in the whole show...true master of his craft at work
To Heli or not To Heli
6 feet in 7 days lends support to the affirmative. If we left this to Nate, he'd let the roulette wheel decide our fate, but I know better than that
Morning Menace
Munch. I love Munch but he is a total disaster when he thinks he smells new tennis balls in the house. He will search every drawer, every shelf, every nook and cranny, and even insists on checking the fridge. Although I do respect the fact that food is secondary to play for this menace
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tab Of The Day
Punch You In The Eye (intro) - Phish
I challenge anyone to find another set of simple chord changes that can build and explode so quickly. Nothing like it
E--------------------------------|--------------------| B-------------------(0)----------|--------------------| G-----------------6/-7~~~~~------|-7--4-6~~~~---------| D-5h-7--7-7-7-(5)-5--5-----------|-5--5-7-------------| A-0-(0)-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-| E--------------------------------|--------------------| E----------------------------------|----Harmonics-------| B----------------------------------|-----<5>------------| G--9--6--4-----------4/7--6~~~~~---|--------<5>---------| D-11--7--5-----------5-5--7--------|--<5>------<5>------| A---------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|-0------------<5>---| E----------------------------------|--------------------| E------------------|R|--------|-----------------| B-5\-1/-5\-1/-5\-1-|e|-heavy--|-----------------| G-6\-2/-6\-2/-6\-2-|p|-drone--|-----------------| D-7\-3/-7\-3/-7\-3-|e|--on----|-----------------| A------------------|a|---E----|-----------------| E------------------|t|-string-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Best Phish Set II of 2010
12/31/2010
Wilson>46 Days>Sand, NICU>Down With Disease>Ghost>YEM>Manteca>YEM
It doesn't get any better than this. Only problem is they already set the bar high for 2011 with a smoking set on January 1st. See you at Watkins Glen
1/1/11
Crosseyed and Painless>Twist>Simple>Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley>Makisupa Policeman>David Bowie
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