Trey in Florida: Boots, Dragonfly, Fainting Jews
Former 70 Volt Parade lead singer Trey Anastasio kicked off this year’s Langerado festival with a three-hour show at Ft. Lauderdale’s Revolution. So what was Big Red’s first song out of rehab, on the road and not at the Y? Shine.
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
I moved around quite a bit, considering how badly they oversold the venue and how many piss poor vantage points there were inside. Above, that’s a shot I took from the cheap seats. Between tonight and Webster Hall back in October, I friggin’ love seeing this guy in clubs. That Spin jam in the second set may have been the best thing I’ve seen him play in quite some time.
And while Trey started the festival off with a bang, Matisyahu started it with a thud. The famous Chasidic reggae artist (and probably part-time diamond dealer or camera salesman) marched into Revolution with a posse of JewAmish towards the end of the first set and parked himself in front of a leather couch.
At some point during setbreak, Matisyahu went down for the count, passed out, ate shit, his beard hit the canvas. For the record, it was hot as balls in there. And it may be Ramadan, so who know’s whether he’d eaten that day. Wait, is it Ramadan? Jews celebrate Ramadan, no? We are the new Page Six.
Trey Anastasio Setlist: March 8th, 2007 @ Revolution
(The official setlist on Trey.com is incorrect; below is correct)
Set One
- Shine
- Money, Love And Change
- A Case Of Ice And Snow
- Simple Twist Up Dave
- Ether Sunday
- Dark And Down
- Dragonfly
- Gotta Jibboo
Set Two:
- Tuesday
- Spin
- Mr. Completely>
- Percussion Jam>
- Mr. Completely
- Bar 17
- Small Axe
- Cincinnati
Encore
- Push On ‘Til The Day
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Wow, thats good. I was worried when I read the headline that YOU were the Jew that had fainted… since you woke up under the weather. Good thing it was only ‘the talent’.
Maybe he saw Jesus, had a nervous breakdown and fainted. Tough break. Glad to see you’re not letting a little illness get you down. I’m sure that Trey set was great and I’m jealous, but I still stand by my impression that “Gotta Jibboo” sucks.
Did you check out the number one unofficial Matisyahu site:
http://the-little-things-in-life.blogspot.com
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