Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB
October 16, 2008
Roseland Ballroom
New York, NY

I: [8:27PM] Sand, Cayman Review, Let Me Lie, Gotta Jibboo, Dragonfly, First Tube [9:27PM]

II: [9:54PM] Alaska, Last Tube, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Valentine, Drifting, Brian and Robert*, Chalkdust Torture*, The Way I Feel, Spin [11:13PM]

E: [11:17PM] Heavy Things, Burlap Sack and Pumps [11:34PM]

* Solo acoustic

6 PM: The back of the venue is blocked off as John McCain will be entering the Ed Sullivan Theater across from the back entrance of Roseland for a taping of The Late Show w/ David Letterman. As of now there are only about ten people on line waiting for the show and a slew of folks both shady and wookie selling extras. This could be the easiest Trey ticket in quite some time.

W. 53rd closed for John McCain, but I could faintly make out Alaska from Trey’s soundcheck

Police trucks and secret service line the street behind the venue

A group of Trey lovers await their hero

A group of McCain lovers await their hero

A group of photographers capture McCain’s entrance

8PM:: The crowd fills in at a medium pace

8:27PM: Show starts. Sand.

8:34PM: The floor is jam packed with bodies using every inch of space to dance.

8:36PM: Trey builds the crowd into a frenzy with a ferocious solo

8:40PM: Cayman Review

8:48PM: Let Me Lie

8:56PM: Gotta Jibboo

9:01PM: The ears of everyone around perk up as Trey starts the Jibboo solo with a dirty dirty wah’d out tone.

9:03PM: All of a sudden, Trey kicks off the Wah for a deliciously crunchy tone to start the second segment of the jam

9:12PM: Dragonfly

9:20PM: I still dislike Dragonfly. Backup vocals hurting.

9:21PM: First Tube

9:27PM: End set.

9:54PM: Alaska

9:59PM: Last Tube

10:08PM: The floor looks so packed that most folks aren’t even dancing or moving.

10:13PM: Sweet Dreams Melinda

10:22PM: Valentine

Side-shot:

10:30PM: Drifting

10:33PM: Can’t find a place with good sound. Not loud enough.

10:39PM: Trey solo Acoustic. Brian & Robert

10:42PM: First set much more rockin’

10:42PM: Chalkdust. Solo.

10:48PM: The Way I Feel

10:52PM: Trey offers some inspired blues riffing

10:56PM: Band brings jam down to near silence…ley’s Ray solo on organ

11:03PM: Spin

11:05PM: The Way I Feel highlight of the set thus far. Silky jam. Nice interplay by all four members

11:06PM: Post-Spin jam

11:13PM: End set

11:17PM: Heavy Things

11:25PM: Burlap Sack and Pumps

11:34PM: End show.

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