Watch: Trey Anastasio with an orchestra
Ahead of his “Northern Exposure,” Trey Anastasio took some time over the weekend to unveil Time Turns Elastic, his latest collaboration with Orchestra Nashville. After first jamming with the 60-piece, Tennessee based outfit at Bonnaroo back in 2004, the Phish frontman reunited with Don Hart led orchestra at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Saturday for a performance mixing “long, orchestral passages intertwined with epic guitar lines and vocals.”
The first half belonged mostly to the orchestra, though Trey opened the show up front before moving to the back and then offstage completely. The second half featured the world premiere of Trey’s ethereal opus “Time Turns Elastic,” which he wrote with his new favorite collaborator, composer Don Hart. The piece had all the elements familiar to jam-band junkies: Anastasio’s wandering, whining guitar runs and spacey, nonsensical lyrics. When paired with the crisply performed orchestration, it came off sounding more like the theme song to a Disney film on ’shrooms. It was ambitious, strange and wholly entertaining.
A number of videos from the performance are now popping up on YouTube, including Anastasio and the Ochestra’s rendition of “Divided Sky”…
“Let Me Lie”
“Time Turns Elastic”
“Divided Sky”
Hidden Track has more. A torrent of the performance is also now online.
Trey Anastasio 2008 Tour Dates:
10/16 - Chester, NY @ Capital Theater
10/17 - Wallingford, CT @ Chevrolet Theatre
10/18 - Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre
10/19 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
10/21 - Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
10/23 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
10/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
10/25 - Richmond, VA @ The National
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