And now I'm crying all these years later. Wow. I've never see this. As a recovered addict. I can feel that fuck you towards the end. That you no longer hold the key to my chains. I carry them alone. They no longer burden me. It's time to be free. Blown away is right.
I’m right there with you. Weeping. A recovered addict. There’s a moment just after the 5 minute mark, Trey tells his addiction that he’s stronger than it. Every note becomes a punch to the gut of his addiction. Blow after blow. Trey has clearly won the fight. Such a powerful moment to watch. Inspirational.
Treys solo in this tune gets me every time. His phrasing and choice of notes are more powerful than lyrics (or words in any context, for that matter) can ever hope to be.
I saw this show live as a 14 year old, my dad took me the night after an incubus show at SPAC as he was a big Dave fan. Throughout my teens I had only remembered one aspect of this show, and it was this solo. In college I became a Phish fan, and later pieced together that I had witnessed Trey in a huge moment of his life. I wish I had known then the magnitude of the performance at the time. However, it’s amazing how much that magnitude/reality shined through in the music alone. To this day it is one of the most memorable moments in my live music experience.
when trey is finishing his solo on beat on his own, and it comes in perfect time with the band, both dave and butch look at each other with a look of what the fuck just happened. They are used to sick guests and guitarists but no one can build a solo from scratch and turn it into a band jam the way trey did. Literally amazing for modern pop, rock, jam, deadish music.
Around the 4:50-5:00 minute mark, Trey finally realized that he's probably the best guitar player that anybody in the crowd had ever heard. Just let it rip.
Treys ability and unique style of tension and release is never more front and center than in this heartfelt and emotional retain to the stage. Absolute legend.
Man, once Trey starts to build his solo around 5:40 and you can hear the crowd go nuts (5:49) and we see the "trey face"...if you're familiar with Trey's career and that doesn't give you chills, I don't know what to say. When you take into account the circumstances of having recovered from addiction and just coming out of nowhere to appear on stage...pretty awesome stuff here. One of my absolute favorite videos on youtube.
can't listen to this song anymore without hearing that note Trey plays at 1:42....best live version of any song i've ever heard, 8/14/07 will forever live in my mind as one of the greatest nights of my life
This is my all time favorite thing in the music world ever. Nothing says love wins and you can be reborn like this solo. Chills everytime, and I watch it like monthly if not more, to remind myself Love Is What We Are!
This is just huge. Perhaps tied for the heaviest emotional moment ever in the live setting for Trey. The other in my eyes being his TAB rendition of “It Makes No Difference” from the ACL fest a month after Coventry. The weight of what was happening was just HEAVY. Perhaps that moment and this one here are bookends to a very painful time in Trey’s life. Here the weight is released. Redemption is oh so sweet. He empties the tank here. Happy.Joyous.Free
You gotta put this solo into context a bit. Trey was fresh out of or still in rehab in Saratoga County. This was the first time on stage for him in a long time. Its a big moment.
@@RD-vt9uu ...because this is Trey at his most vulnerable. He was rusty, he was nervous, and he found his groove halfway through. It's extremely moving for that very reason. If you don't know this, it's just a decent solo.
This video encapsulates the live music experience so well. Trey, battling what he was at the time, lays down an incredible solo just really giving it to the crowd and the crowd gives it right back to him. This is why we live music, this is what makes it so addicting. This is what magic looks and sounds like.
jesus listen to him get the crowd going... nobody knows how to speak to people's souls through music better than trey anastasio i danced in my chair to this
Nice to see my hero back in the saddle. Its interesting how other musicians can come in and bring the band to a more raging climax than they could on their own. The #41 with Warren Haynes that is floating around here on youtube is so unbelievable I can't find words. This clip holds a special place though because Phish was and always will be my favorite band. Miss you Trey.
You know whats crazy, two nights before this show, my brother was lucky enough to meet Trey who was at an event at the Saratoga Polo club where my brother was working at the time. The event was for drug awareness and to show people the effectiveness of drug courts which Trey had been a part of. He asked him if he was playing with Dave in a couple days and he said he would if the judge would allow him to do so. Lets just say we can all thank the judge for this jam because trey just kills this!!!!
Glad to see someone go get help for their problems and come back strong on the other side!! I can't believe we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our remaining days well!!
Was there that night. Little did I know it was the beginning of me being a fan of trey and largely phish after that. Went to my first phish shows tour 09. Absolutely magical to go back to that night with better context. His smile at the end of the solo is everything.
As soon as Trey walked on stage, the crowd absolutely exploded. It sounded like a hurricane just blew in then he played this amazing shape solo which just blew my mind. Thats how you get a crowd going. The solo was perfect, just like another LIOG inside of LIOG. Beginning, build, climactic, then beautiful one measure ending. Amazing.
These guys have been playing together since the mid 90's. I don't think Dave has to show Trey anything. They know each other very well, and know the music of the other very well. This is as good as I have heard them play together. Two very good musicians having a good time...
This one get me almost to tears. To know what Trey was going through shortly before that concert and the way he brought it in that solo. It was like redemption on a spiritual level. DMB wanted him to bring it and you could tell that they loved what was happening up there. When Trey breaks it loose after 6:00 you can hear the love from the crowd. To have been there would have been epic!
amazing props to this video! what a great place to see the band every summer, now all the more for getting such an awesome guest and show! TOGA TOGA TOGA 4 LIFE BABY!!!
this was my first DMB show. When Trey came out, man, I still get goosebumps today thinking about it. It was incredible. I will be back to SPAC next summer. Definitely the best concert I have ever been to.
and i've listened to this song over and over. treys playing is different, adapted, improvised, and brilliant. 5 min. and on is amazing...just feel the groove...
Wow...any of you that know about the old days, know that whoever was in attendance got a treat. I just saw this video as I live in TX now & due to getting older have gotten out of the jam band scene. However, seeing Trey back on stage with Dave, was amazing. And watching that solo grow starting around 3:20 into the video, to about 5:00 when the band and Dave got on pace, then at the 6:00 min mark when it got RAW. Sick. Brought me back to old school 92,93 &94 days when Trey tore it up.
This was Trey's first big moment back. The beginning of the solo is as apprehensive as I can ever remember him being. Over a few minutes, and attempts, he gets it going and builds something absolutely beautiful. The 5-19-01 version is 2000x better than this, but the raw emotion makes this my slight favorite.
Trey is the man. He had to do "sober events" for part of his rehab and he was in a group with my good friend that was also in rehab. I went bowling with Trey Anastasio. Just the 3 of us!
Man wish I was their!! i would have bugged if trey came out, wish he came out at spac...but amazing, powerful solo, amazing build up, goosebumps at its highpoint, he creates so much feeling, boyd has a little trouble sharing the spotlight but trey lets him know at 4:52 that it was time, carter is just amazing on the drums, him and trey feed off eachother real well in this, rock on trey your amazing, got my fingers crossed for next year!
Just to hop in there, Im not saying hes better then anyone, but he is one of the best ever. And I've never experienced a guitarist who can make your whole body tingle with joy like Trey can. Its one thing to have soul and talent, but its another to make thousands of people want to cry at the same exact moment by climaxing together. Only my opinion. My favorite guitarist by far, no one comes close.
Alex Bieger Listen to the whole thing here. Trey and Boyd actually play off each other beautifully. Unfortunately the youtube video cuts out half of this amazing performance. soundcloud.com/koch6/dmb-w-trey-anastasio-lie-in
6/21/08 would have gone down as one of the greatest nights in DMB history if Trey showed up...the concert it self was godlike, but that would have just put it over the top
It really is a ravenous chase, all the concerts and festivals just to experience those few seconds where nobody could possibly be there not getting their spirits lifted by the notes from the band.
The single thing that separates Trey from all others is his ability to keep his line going but pull in elements from the group. He keeps the tension building but makes the band move cohesively towards a the peak.
