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From Amazon.com:
Trey Anastasio had a lot of pent up creativity locked up behind that pointy little beard. The Phish guitarist eschews his band's stripped down approach and gilds the jam-band lily with big-band aspirations, moving into the ferociously funky territory occupied by King Sunny Ade, and the mighty James Brown. Anastasio not only shows off some truly interstellar guitar playing, but also uses the instrument to subvert mathematical possibilities by whimsically changing time signatures as he fearlessly bobs and weaves between the blasts of soulful sounds from his inventive and frenetic five-person horn section. This two-CD live album was recorded over nine shows during the Anastasio's 2002 tour, exposing fans to Anastasio's more baroque groove-mongering sides as he takes them through a spirited two-hour-plus journey comprised of seven previously unreleased compositions, a cover of Bob Marley's "Small Axe," and three Phish tune, including the politically charged "Sand." --Jaan Uhelszki

more from the lemming god.....:
Again Mr. Anastasio proves that he is talented, but his gifts are wasted without the other 3 members of phish. I mean, why would anyone think that this is good. Oh, that's right the neo-hippie lemmings think & say "It has to do with phish in some tangential manner so it must be good!" Well Gilson and the rest of them are sorely mistaken. More tripe from Trey.......

Incredible:
Incredible stuff, Trey is the master. Anything less than 5 stars is unacceptable.

Awesome CD:
a great cd by trey n the band, gotta disagree w/ the last review tho, the lyrics stick and its becuz of they're lyricist \otom marshall\c that they do..

Another nice project from Anastasio:
This is two CD's with tracks taken from a number of shows. There is a little over 2 hours of music. The tracks are a little shorter on the first CD 4 minutes to 11 minutes and longer on the second CD 9 to 20 minutes. This is a big band, with a horn section. The music is different than what Anatasio has done with Phish, but is still has some of the Phish sound. The music reminds me of War or Chicago live. Both groups have excellent live albums (War-Live and Chicago-Live At Caranagie Hall) where the bands really open up. Much of the music is a whole band effort, but there are huge portions of Anatasio soloing. His guitar style is different than what he plays in Phish. Instead of the loopy, spacy guitar, it is more firey, straight ahead rock. Some of it reminds me of the solos on Chicago Live At Caranagie Hall (recorded before Chicago's original guitarist shot himself in the head). The only major downside, is that it has the same goofy type lyrics as Phish. Fortunately, there are not a lot of them. Frank Zappa has a series of albums called Shut Up And Play Your Guitar. But, at least Zappa could write good songs. Phish and Anatasio should either stick to music or find a lyricist (like the Grateful did). This CD is a nice, refreshing change from the Phish style of music. There are some brilliant sections, and the are some sections that just merely good. It doesn't quite deserve 5 stars, but few albums do.

Another nice Anatasio project:
This is two CD's with tracks taken from a number of shows. There is a little over 2 hours of music. The tracks are a little shorter on the first CD 4 minutes to 11 minutes and longer on the second CD 9 to 20 minutes. This is a big band, with a horn section. The music is different than what Anatasio has done with Phish, but is still has some of the Phish sound. The music reminds me of War or Chicago live. Both groups have excellent live albums (War-Live and Chicago-Live At Caranagie Hall) where the bands really open up. Much of the music is a whole band effort, but there are huge portions of Anatasio soloing. His guitar style is different than what he plays in Phish. Instead of the loopy, spacy guitar, it is more firey, straight ahead rock. Some of it reminds me of the solos on Chicago Live At Caranagie Hall (recorded before Chicago's original guitarist shot himself in the head). The only major downside, is that it has the same goofy type lyrics as Phish. Fortunately, there are not a lot of them. Frank Zappa has a series of albums called Shut Up And Play Your Guitar. But, at least Zappa could write good songs. Phish and Anatasio should either stick to music or find a lyricist (like the Grateful did). This CD is a nice, refreshing change from the Phish style of music. There are some brilliant sections, and the are some sections that just merely good. And there are a few sections of goofiness on guitar. It doesn't deserve 5 stars, but few albums do.

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