Classic Trey Band Makes Some Noise in Brooklyn

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.

Setlist: Trey & Classic TAB, August 7, 2008, The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Set 1

1. Alaska *
2. Gotta Jibboo
3. Peggy *
4. Sweet Dreams Melinda
5. Sand
6. Cayman Review
7. Gone **^
8. Windora Bug
9. Night Speaks To A Woman

Set 2

1. Tuesday
2. Drifting
3. Backwards Down The Number Line *
4. Spin
5. Valentine **^
6. Greyhound Rising **^
7. The Way I Feel
8. Mr. Completely >
9. Light *^
10. First Tube

Encore

1. Heavy Things
2. Bug

• * new song; words and music by Trey and Tom Marshall
• ** new song; words and music by Trey
• ^ first time played
• Note: Thanks to Trey.com for the setlist.

Download Audio of Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB in Brooklyn

• Jon Merin's Schoeps mk4 (FLAC)
  Source: Schoeps MK4 (DIN) > kcy > Sonosax SX-M2/LS > Hydra Silver XLR Interconnects > Sound Devices 722 (24/48)
  Transfer: Wave editor (resample/Dither) > Sound Studio (Track) > Xact (FLAC)
  Notes: Taped and transfered by Jon Merin, seeded by ClancyWiggum
  Alternates: MP3 @ 160kbps… Disc 1 | Disc 2 | Disc 3  ||  MP3 @ ~190kbps VBR… Entire Show

Stream Audio of Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB in Brooklyn

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Gotta Jibboo: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

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Sweet Dreams Melinda: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB in Brooklyn

Many thanks to the great music blog Hidden Track for letting us share their exclusive video.

Sand: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

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Cayman Review: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

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First Tube: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

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Heavy Things: Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

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