Saturday, December 20, 2003
Dave and Trey drink Bathtub Gin
Trey Anastasio has started to incorporate several Phish staples into Dave Matthews and Friends’ setlist. Along with Brady Blade, Tony Hall, Ray Paczkowski and Tim Reynolds, Trey has been touring behind Dave’s recent solo release, Some Devil, since December 12th.
During the first two nights of their tour, Dave and Trey traded off vocals on Billy Preston’s “Will it Go Round in Circles.” The often-covered song was a staple on Trey’s 1999 spring tour and was covered by Phish the following Fall. Last Tuesday, Trey also offered an acoustic rendition of “Waste” from Phish’s 1996 album Billy Breaths. Dave is familiar with that particular Phish song, having covered it on the Mockingbird Foundation’s Sharing in the Groove: A Tribute to Phish and regularly during Dave Matthews Band performances.
Finally, last Wednesday, Trey and Dave played a stripped down version of “Bathtub Gin” at Madison Square Garden, similar to the arrangement of the Lawn Boy cut offered on Trey’s solo tours. While Trey tackled most of the song’s lyrics, Dave did join in for a few verses, culminating with the arena audience humming the song's melody sans the band. Trey continued to tease “Bathtub Gin” during a show-closing version of Led Zeppelin’s “Fool in the Rain.”
Along with material written by Dave and Trey, “The Friends” offer a wide array of covers. Some choice tributes include the Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog,” Little Feat’s “Spanish Moon,” and Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill.” Before collaborating on Some Devil, Dave and Trey last performed together on May 19th, 2001 at Pacific Bell Park, San Francisco, California, when Trey sat in on “Lie in Our Graves.” ¶ 12/20/2003 07:17:00 AM
During the first two nights of their tour, Dave and Trey traded off vocals on Billy Preston’s “Will it Go Round in Circles.” The often-covered song was a staple on Trey’s 1999 spring tour and was covered by Phish the following Fall. Last Tuesday, Trey also offered an acoustic rendition of “Waste” from Phish’s 1996 album Billy Breaths. Dave is familiar with that particular Phish song, having covered it on the Mockingbird Foundation’s Sharing in the Groove: A Tribute to Phish and regularly during Dave Matthews Band performances.
Finally, last Wednesday, Trey and Dave played a stripped down version of “Bathtub Gin” at Madison Square Garden, similar to the arrangement of the Lawn Boy cut offered on Trey’s solo tours. While Trey tackled most of the song’s lyrics, Dave did join in for a few verses, culminating with the arena audience humming the song's melody sans the band. Trey continued to tease “Bathtub Gin” during a show-closing version of Led Zeppelin’s “Fool in the Rain.”
Along with material written by Dave and Trey, “The Friends” offer a wide array of covers. Some choice tributes include the Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog,” Little Feat’s “Spanish Moon,” and Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill.” Before collaborating on Some Devil, Dave and Trey last performed together on May 19th, 2001 at Pacific Bell Park, San Francisco, California, when Trey sat in on “Lie in Our Graves.” ¶ 12/20/2003 07:17:00 AM
