Night Speaks to a Woman included a section where Trey "conducted" the audience. This show featured the TAB debut of Magilla. Simple Twist Up Dave and Small Axe from this show are included on Trey’s live Plasma CD. Trey performed The Inlaw Josie Wales and Ray Dawn Balloon solo acoustic.
Happy Birthday was sung and then played for road manager Brad Sands. Other Halloween recognition included an on-stage jack-o-lantern, and Jennifer Hartswick sporting an amazing wig! Windora Bug included a Stash tease. Tops Off found Trey whipping off his shirt and whirling it around his head; the remainder of the show saw all band members fully clothed.
Page sat in with FreeWorld on keyboards for renditions of “First Tube” and the Miles Davis classic “Full Nelson,” the latter also featuring guitarist Shawn Lane.
This gig was originally scheduled to take place at Utica’s Memorial Auditorium, and then was later rescheduled for the Stanley Performing Arts Center. This show featured the TAB debut of Perhaps. Throughout the evening plaster had been falling from the balcony; after Mr. Completely, Brad Sands made a brief appearance on stage, after which Trey announced that due to concerns about the balcony bouncing that the rest of the show would be performed acoustic. There was a theme from Leave It to Beaver tease after Mr. Completely. Before the encore, a member of the audience shouted “Free Bird!” While Trey declined to play the request, he offered two related stories: the first was about Trey and Fish on vacation in Greece and encountering a bunch of punks playing “Free Bird” on their boom-box; the second related how Phish had offered their a cappella rendition of “Free Bird” for a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute album, but that it had been turned down. Trey then played “Pebbles and Marbles” solo, acoustic.
This gig was originally scheduled to take place at Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center, and was later rescheduled for the smaller Portland Expo. This show marked the debut of “Travelling Song.” “Drifting” was preceded by the horn introduction to “Discern.” “Curlew’s Call” and “When” from this gig are included on Trey’s live CD, Plasma.
Trey and Jennifer Hartswick sat in on guitar and trumpet, respectively, for “Yes I Will” and “Sometimes.” TAB had performed earlier in the evening at Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium.
Spearhead’s Radioactive and Michael Franti joined Trey’s band for “Small Axe.” Page sat in on keyboards for “First Tube” in place of Ray. This show marked the debuts of “Javier Cinakowski,” “Chapeau Mauvais,” “Curlew’s Call” and the TAB debut of Cyro Baptista's "Forro for All." A portion of the proceeds from this show was designated to benefit Burlington City Arts.
SET 1:
Linus and Lucy Jam,
Mexico,
Spine of a Dog >
Buster,
Not Coming Down,
New York City,
Happy Hour Hero[1] >
Recreational Chemistry[1],
Opium >
lylelovit,
Bodhisattva,
Sensory Deprivation Bank
This late night gig was the official after show party for “The Jammys” music awards program. Trey sat in on guitar for “Happy Hour Hero” and “Recreational Chemistry.”
The early show was a RCA Victor Group record label release party for Mike and Leo Kottke’s Clone CD. This previously unannounced show marked the debut public appearance of this duet, who performed a little short of an hour of selections from Clone. Tin Hat Trio and Sex Mob then performed short sets as part of the Rope-a-Dope New Music Seminar. The late show included over a dozen musicians in multiple configurations. Mike played bass for an improvisational set that also included Casey Benjamin, Warren Haynes, DJ Logic, Deantoni Parks, Sherik and Vernon Reid.
Earlier in the evening the venue had hosted a screening of Mike’s movie Rising Low, as part of the Woodstock Film Festival. The subsequent party included a jam session with multiple player configurations. The first set was a bluegrass arrangement with Mike on acoustic bass along with members of Big Apple’achia, as well as Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. Later, and electric setup featured Trey on guitar, Mike and Dave Schools on bass, Matt Abts on drums, DJ Logic on turntables, Rob Marscher on keyboards and Fuzz on guitar.
Trey sat in with Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey during the second set, using a borrowed blue Stratocaster guitar. Dave Grippo and Jen Hartswick also made guest appearances during this gig. There is no known setlist or circulating recording.
SET 1:
Blind Man in the Dark,
Lay Your Burden Down,
Bad Little Doggie >
Don’t Step on the Grass, Sam,
Beautifully Broken,
Empty Pages,
Drivin’ Rain,
Fool’s Moon,
Thorazine Shuffle
This performance was part of the Woodstock Film Festival’s “Focus on Music” program celebrating music in film. The gig featured a rotation of bass players: Dave Schools opened the show and played through the “Mule” second set opener, as well as the encore; Chris Wood assumed the bass reigns for “Sco-Mule” through “Spanish Moon”; Mike then took over for “Banks of the Deep End” through the end of the second set.
This show was part of the Wormtown Music Festival. Mike sat in on a second bass for “Season of the Witch” through the end of the show. Kris Kehr played mandolin on "You're the Only One" and "Free Born Man." "Love Makes You Lose Your Mind" featured Glen Nelson on keyboards. Tonya Shylock added vocals to "Angel From Montgomery." The gig featured additional guests Tom Constanten on keyboards and Greg DeGuglielmo on drums.
SET 1:
Meat[1],
32 Things,
Spine of the Dog >
Buster,
Understand,
The Ghost of Ralph’s Mom,
High and Lo >
Brent Black
ENCORE:
Godzilla
This show was part of the annual moe.down festival. Fish and Jamie Masefield performed on the “Meat” opener (Jazz Mandolin Project had played a set earlier in the day).
This show was part of the annual moe.down festival that also featured Particle, Medeski Martin & Wood, Galactic and, of course, moe.Al Schnier sat in on keyboards from “Proust” through “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”
Page sat in on keyboards with Spookie Daly Pride for the Terry Fell country classic “Truck Driving Man” and and the SDP original “Andrew Jones Ain't No Biggity Man.”
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