''Trey Anastasio'' is an album by the guitarist and composer
Trey Anastasio
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...
. It was released on April 30, 2002 by
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...
and recorded at "
The Barn", his studio near
Westford, Vermont
Westford is a New England town, town in Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,062 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
The area that is today described as Westford, Vermont or ...
. Some of the songs included are evolved, but much less experimental, versions of tracks on Anastasio's first solo album, ''
One Man's Trash'', released in 1998. The tracks included were written by Anastasio, along with
Tom Marshall,
Tony Markellis,
Russ Lawton
Russ Lawton is a professional drummer from Vermont. He is best known as the drummer from the solo band of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. Lawton also performs with the Vermont jam band Strangefolk and The Chrome Cowboys. Lawton performed on ...
and Scott Herman.
Track listing
#"Alive Again" - 4:39
#"Cayman Review" - 4:16
#"Push On 'Til the Day" - 7:37
#"Night Speaks to a Woman" - 4:01
#"Flock of Words" - 4:32
#"Money, Love and Change" - 4:07
#"Drifting" - 3:43
#"At the Gazebo" - 3:11
#"Mister Completely" - 4:35
#"Ray Dawn Balloon" - 3:29
#"Last Tube" - 11:22
#"Ether Sunday" - 3:40
Personnel
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Guitar
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vocals
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Trey Anastasio
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...
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Bass guitar
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, vocals -
Tony Markellis
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Drums
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, vocals -
Russ Lawton
Russ Lawton is a professional drummer from Vermont. He is best known as the drummer from the solo band of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. Lawton also performs with the Vermont jam band Strangefolk and The Chrome Cowboys. Lawton performed on ...
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Trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
, vocals - Jennifer Hartswick
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Keyboards
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- Ray Paczkowski
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Tenor saxophone
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flute
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- Russell Remmington
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Alto
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baritone saxophone
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Dave Grippo
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Trombone
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- Andy Moroz
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Percussion
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Cyro Baptista
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Career
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to C ...
Additional musicians
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Saxophone
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- Dana Colley
*Trombone - Rob Volo
*Trumpet - Nicholas Payton
*Vocals - Curtis King Jr.
*Vocals - Lisa Fisher
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Violin
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- David Gusacov
*Violin - Laura Markowitz
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Viola
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- Ana Ruesink
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Double bass
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- Mike Hopkins
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Cello
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- John Dunlop
*Flute - Stacey Brubaker
*Flute - Karen Kevra
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Oboe
The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range.
A ...
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English horn
The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...
- Ann Greenawalt
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Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
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bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...
- Steve Klimowski
*Bass clarinet - Craig Olzenak
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Bassoon
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- Margaret Phillips
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French horn
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- Shelagh Abate
*French horn - Jocelyn Crawford
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Timpani
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- Peter Wilson
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Marimba
The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...
- Tom Toner
External links
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2002 albums
Jammy Award winners
Trey Anastasio albums
Elektra Records albums