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Trey Anastasio likes to take measures into his own hands. The renowned singer/songwriter and genre defining guitarist took out his dissatisfaction with the major record label system by turning his passionate creativity into a platform for a business: Rubber Jungle Records, a record label built by Anastasio for Anastasio.

Rubber Jungle's maiden release is BAR 17, an album that continues his evolution as guitarist, songwriter and improvisationalist by creating a kaleidoscopic yet cohesive listening experience. Without the pressure of a multi-national conglomerate peeking over his shoulder, Anastasio was able to be completely himself on BAR 17: hard working, spontaneous and adventurous.

"I felt completely unleashed for the first time while recording," he admits. "For example, the song "Dragonfly" was completely done in real time; it was written and recorded that night as you hear it. Vocals were done from a stream of consciousness. I had nothing written down. I just grabbed the mike and started singing."

Anastasio also cites the album's title track as an example of new sense of freedom in the studio. "Awhile back I did the original version on piano," laughs the guitarist. "Then it disappeared when I recorded SHINE (Anastasio's 2005 release) but it stuck with me as it was and is really the music I wanted to make."

The genesis for what eventually became BAR 17 began three summers ago at The Barn, the former Vermont studio of Anastasio's former band, Phish. Anastasio along with producer Bryce Googin convened at the rustic hilltop retreat shortly after his legendary band's farewell performance. Said Anastasio of the experience, "With a bunch of mikes set up, I just started singing and writing. Alone. For me, since I record a lot, I don't feel like I am making THE album but AN album, it's all a snapshot of what's taking place in my life," says Anastasio.

But unlike looking back at snapshots or reading an old diary, a song continues to create new memories, which lead Anastasio to look back and reflect on his not so distant past for inspiration-- in particular an experience in 2003 with Don Hart of the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Hart and Anastasio put together the movements for his orchestral "Seis de Mayo" set at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, an experience Anastasio considered a "leap forward" for himself as an artist.

"I always figure you gotta go for it. You can't control the way things turn out but when you have an experience like that, you learn little tricks and skills that manifest themselves in much simpler ways in your life later on. This was one of those experiences for me and it definitely influenced this record."

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Album Review

The Trey Anastasio Band: TAB @ The Tab

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TAB at the Tab is a well-recorded composite from a February 2010 performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. The eye-catchingly designed single CD captures Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio with a tight, efficient combo, performing economical arrangements of a wide array of material from his solo repertoire, as well as the Phish catalog.. Returning to the road in 2008, Anastasio reconvened what's now called “Classic TAB," in a foursome of longtime collaborators. Drummer Russ Lawton, bassist Tony Markellis and ...

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Phish: Live Phish Downloads: Madison Square Garden 12/30/1997

Read "Live Phish Downloads: Madison Square Garden 12/30/1997" reviewed by Doug Collette


Releasing the three-CD Live Phish Downloads: Madison Square Garden 12/30/1997 in the wake of the mammoth At the Roxy (Jemp, 2008) makes a certain amount of sense. It is neither a groundbreaking performance nor a significant event within the band's oeuvre, such as its 1996 The Clifford Ball festival. The video counterpart of Madison Square Garden 1997, shot from a single camera's sound-board vantage point in the historic venue, available simultaneously with the CDs and download, substantiate the lighthearted atmosphere ...

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Trey Anastasio and The Undectet: Original Boardwalk Style: Live in Atlantic City

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Guitarist Trey Anastasio's live album, Original Boardwalk Style, progresses just the way a live performance should. Its early tracks demonstrate the varied assets of The Undectet and, as the subsequent cuts unfold, the sequencing serves to exhibit the subtleties of the material as well as the musicianship.

Recorded at the New Year's 2006-7 run at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, the album displays a distinct thread of continuity with Anastasio's previous solo efforts, most obvious here in the ...

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Trey Anastasio: Saying More With Less

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The cover graphic of guitarist/singer Trey Anastasio's new album depicts a train negotiating a precarious turn on a mountain precipice with ever-so-deft precision. It's an apt metaphor for Anastasio's post-Phish career and his vocation in general.

The Horseshoe Curve betrays none of the overt marketplace compromise represented by Anastasio's Shine (Columbia, 2005). And while it is the second release on the independently distributed Rubber Jungle label of Anastasio's own devise, it carries no overt signs of a personal ...

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Trey @ The Tweeter: Opening the Doors

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Trey Anastasio Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA June 21, 2006

The summer of 2006 is what Trey Anastasio must've been thinking of when he decided to announce the disbandment of Phish a little over two years ago: with his own band, he's embarked on the first of two legs of touring as he opens shows for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

In the midst of this, he performed a one-off with Oysterhead (a trio including ...

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Trey Anastasio Band: Acoustic and Electric Winter Tour

Trey Anastasio Band: Acoustic and Electric Winter Tour

Source: JamBase

SHOWS TO FEATURE A FULL SOLO ACOUSTIC SET AND FULL ELECTRIC SET Trey Anastasio's winter tour will hit the road starting Feb 18 at the State Theatre in Portland, ME and will conclude at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on March 5, marking the first TAB dates on the west coast since Trey reunited the Classic TAB lineup in 2008. Along the way Trey will make stops in Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver and more. The lineup will once again feature ...

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Trey Anastasio Band Live Iclips Free Re-Broadcast

Trey Anastasio Band Live Iclips Free Re-Broadcast

Source: JamBase

RE-BROADCAST ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND SEPTEMBER 13 Tune in to www.iClips.net for this very special FREE re-broadcast of Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB Live from the Pageant in St. Louis, MO, as well as Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB Live from Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival for a taste of what's to come with TAB's upcoming release Tab at the Tab. The re-broadcast for the Pageant show is set for September 8, 2010, and the re-broadcast for the Hangout ...

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Trey Anastasio: Tab at the Tab

Trey Anastasio: Tab at the Tab

Source: JamBase

NEW LIVE ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 14 TAB at the TAB, recorded live on February 27, 2010, is the upcoming live album by Trey Anastasio Band. The lineup of lead guitarist/vocalist Anastasio, Russ Lawton (drums), Tony Markellis (bass) and Ray Paczkowski (keyboards) were joined by Russell Remington (tenor saxophone and flute), Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet and vocals) and Natalie Cressman (trombone and vocals). Click here to pre-order the album. The release date is September 19, 2010. Tracklisting: “Money, Love and Change" “Words ...

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Rich Pagano + the Sugarcane Cups Evokes Solo Pete Townsend, Features Trey Anastasio

Rich Pagano + the Sugarcane Cups Evokes Solo Pete Townsend, Features Trey Anastasio

Source: Seth Cohen PR

Classic-Infused Rock and Roll Record 'Rich Pagano + the sugarCane cups’ Evokes A Sonic Landscape Reminiscent of Solo Pete Townshend, Plastic Ono Band, Levon Helm, More Entertainment Weekly Exclusive Preview: CD Features a Who's Who of Guest Artists, Including Trey Anastasio and Ian Hunter; September Release Confirmed, as New York Drummer/Music Producer Steps Out For First Solo Effort Hell’s Kitchen Production Results in a Collection That’s “Dirty, Hard, and Floatingly Cerebral...” 'Rich Pagano + the sugarCane cups', a classic-infused rock ...

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Trey Anastasio | 10.19.08 | VT

Trey Anastasio | 10.19.08 | VT

Source: JamBase

Words by: Todd Snelgrove

Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB :: 10.19.08 :: Higher Ground :: Burlington, VT

Trey Anastasio by Rod Snyder The recent announcement of Phish's upcoming reunion in Hampton has re-ignited a scene that has been resting somewhere between dormant and hopefully expectant since the band stopped playing together more than four years ago. The excitement surrounding Trey Anastasio's short tour with his original solo band seems to have spiked now that ...

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Rich Pagano Solo Debut Features Trey Anastasio, More...

Rich Pagano Solo Debut Features Trey Anastasio, More...

Source: Seth Cohen PR

New York Drummer/Music Producer Steps Out For First Solo Effort Classic-Influenced Rock and Roll Record to Feature a 'Who's Who' of Guest Artists, Including Trey Anastasio and Ian Hunter. Rich Pagano and the SugarCane Cups: Free EP to be Available at 9/20 Radio City Music Hall Fab Faux Concert, Full CD Release in December After years of working behind the scenes to make extraordinary music for and with some of the industry's most revered artists, Rich Pagano, a respected New ...

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Trey Anastasio Fall Tab Tour

Trey Anastasio Fall Tab Tour

Source: JamBase

TREY EMBARKS ON FALL TOUR WITH CLASSIC TAB

Trey Anastasio On October 16, Trey Anastasio will embark on an eight show Fall Tour with Classic TAB band mates Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis and Ray Paczkowski. Opening with a performance at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, the tour stops at some familiar northeast venues including a benefit show for Seven Below Arts Initiative at the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT, before closing at The National in Richmond, VA. ...

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Phil Lesh & Friends, Plus Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon Featuring the Benevento/Russo Duo on Friday, June 30

Phil Lesh & Friends, Plus Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon Featuring the Benevento/Russo Duo on Friday, June 30

Source: All About Jazz

Renowned for his three-decade stint as the bassist with the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh proved a fan favorite as much for his distinctive jazz playing as for his single-minded devotion to the band, overseeing the quality of every legitimate release. He has issued two solo albums under Phil Lesh & Friends, a quintet that channels the Dead but utilizes only one drummer. His distinctive, wordy writing style, full of allusions, aphorisms, and wordplay, overlays an endearingly low-key jam sound. Listening ...

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