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Photo courtesy of Hidden Track. Thanks Scotty.

This Friday and Saturday, tickets go on sale for the eight night “Northern Exposure” Tour 2008 featuring Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB bandmates Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis and Ray Paczkowski. If the Classic TAB Brooklyn show was any indication, it won't be too easy to get Trey tickets, but the concerts should be a blast.

In case you miss the on-sale, or end up getting shut-out, you can search for Trey Anastasio tickets right here on Jamtopia. And if you're saving your money for the Phish reunion, you can even search for cheap Trey tickets.

Hot on the heels of the first (and very well received) Trey Anstasio & Classic TAB show in Brooklyn, the band was back together again on Sunday for one set at the first All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ.

As expected, the show didn't match the energy or intimacy of Classic TAB's warm-up show in Brooklyn, but Trey still managed to deliver some “dirty wah” and “nasty solos” at the APW Fest according to the fine folks @glidemag.

An all killer no filler affair where the band didn’t take many chances, but allowed Trey to rip some incredibly fast and melodic solos.
— Scott Bernstein

Scroll down to see the setlist from Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB All Points West Festival, watch videos, and read reviews, but don't expect too many surprises. The set was 100% repeats from Brooklyn.

P.S. Sorry for the boring headline. It was really all I could muster. If you have better ideas, drop a comment.

Update (11:49 PM): Word is that Trey sat in with Jack Johnson on Mudfootball. More details as they come.

Update (August 14, 2008): I've just added a bunch of pictures of Trey at All Points West thanks to Matt Simpson of WNEW FM in New York.

Update (September 11, 2008): Trey's going on an eight show Fall Tour with Classic TAB band mates Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis and Ray Paczkowski. Search for Trey Anastasio tickets right here on Jamtopia. And to whet your appetite for the Trey concerts, Hidden Track's got a soundboard of the APW Jibboo you can download for free.

Photo courtesy of Hidden Track. Thanks Scotty.

Just a few days after Trey's acoustic performance at Newport Folk Festival and with Phish reunion rumors still swirling, Trey Anastasio staged a reunion of another sort — getting the “classic” Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) from 1999 back together for an intimate show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY.

Classic TAB was my favorite of Trey's side projects, a short-lived power trio featuring Trey on guitar, Russ Lawton on drums, and Tony Markellis on bass. The Brooklyn show found them reunited, only this time as a foursome, with the great Ray Paczkowski on keys added to the mix.

And that wasn't the only reunion going on. After a handful of acoustic-only gigs, Trey was also reunited with his Languedoc, the custom hollow-body guitar that helps create the “Trey-tone” so familiar to and beloved by Phish fans.

The Trey Band Brooklyn Setlist featured traditional TAB songs like Cayman Review, Night Speaks, Drifting, and Mr. Completely; first time debuts including Gone, Valentine, Greyhound Rising, and Light; and the electric debut of the new songs Alaska, Peggy, and Backwards Down The Number Line.

Security may be non-existent, but my husband and our friends got yelled at for dancing too hard on the balcony!
— SweetMelinda

Scroll down to download and stream audio and watch videos from the show. And be sure to to check back once in a while as I'll be adding more audio sources and videos from Classic TAB's Brooklyn show as I find them.

P.S. The title of this post is a reference to Jay-Z's guest appearance with Phish in Brooklyn.

Update (August 10, 2008): See our post about Trey & Classic TAB at the All Points West Festival in New Jersey.

Update (September 11, 2008): This Fall Trey's going on tour with Classic TAB (Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis and Ray Paczkowski) for eight shows. Search for Trey tickets right here on Jamtopia.