Trey Anastasio Stories

Setlist / Video | Grateful Dead 50 @ Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA 6/28/15

Still processing the weekend, but for those looking to relive (or experience for the first time) in advance of the Chicago shows, there is a webcast rip of the second set of Sunday's show below. The beginning of this set is definitely where the meat is. We posted an audio stream of Saturday's, too.Here's...

Anatomy of a Rumor: Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Reunion with Trey Anastasio & Bruce Hornsby at Soldier Field - July 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2015

 [1/16 Update. It's On]There's been chatter about something -- anything -- to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead since the 49th anniversary was just a month old. Bob Weir speculated as such in a Rolling Stone magazine interview last January ("we owe it to the songs").But that was a Furthur break-up,...

Setlist / Poster | Trey Anastasio Band @ Aragon 11/28/14

We'll have more on this gig as it becomes available. Second set opened with an unidentified new song. First TubeBurn That BridgeCayman ReviewBounceIt Makes No DifferenceValentine Flying MachineMoney Love & ChangeMagillaAlaska1977SandNew Song?Sometime After SunsetAlive AgainGreyhound RisingShineWherever You Find ItSweet and DandySimple Twist Up DaveFrostGoodbye HeadArchitectClint EastwoodPush On Til The DayGotta JibbooAt The Gazebo

Video: Trey, Derek & Warren Play Jerry - Franklin's Tower From Wanee

So two of my favorite guitarists are already in the same band (for the time being). But when a third joins them for a jam on a song by Jerry Garcia, it's worth a post up in here.Here's Trey Anastasio joining Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks and the rest of the Allman Brothers Band (...

Phases Of The Moon Festival: Fact and Rumors

Update [3/19] Phase Two is announced. See how I did on speculation and read some healthy skepticism HERE.Update [6/9] Phase Three is announced. More Info about the final headliner and the mysterious Lunar Landing Conspiracy.Here's something I never would have thought last summer the Midwest is getting another jamband camping megafest. While Summer Camp owns...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Gets Horny

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from Friday, September 20th. Paul's theme for the evening was (in your best Austin Powers accent) "Do I Make You Horny, Baby?"What does that mean? All brass bands, big bands and multiple horn led ensembles. This is definitely a playlist that gets an "...

Stream / Download: Furthur with special guest Trey Anastasio @ Lock'n Festival 9/7/13

Furthur played three shows at the Lock'n festival this past weekend welcoming a bevy of festival guests.  There was so much jam focus, collaborations were all but inevitable.  Sure, we would have loved to see Neil Young, who was scheduled to play before Crazy Horse's guitarist was sidelined with a hand injury, make...

Video Roundup: Best Of Summer Camp 2013

Another Summer Camp is in the books. Despite the many many festivals hosted in these parts during the summer, and and its sometimes schizophrenicbookings. it's still the closest think we have to Chicago to a major jamband festival. We'll even forgive them for taking place in the late spring. In the week since the festival...

The Most Popular Content Of 2012

Here is a summary of the most popular content on The Barn Presents over the last year. These don't include the Furthur and Phish Rotation (or Announcement) Infographics which actually were more popular than any of these. I chose not to include them as they are continually updated.10. Wilco held its Chicago area summer...

Nine Musical Additions That Transformed Already Great Bands

We all know that bigger isn't always better... except when it is. The chemistry the develops between a tight knit band, performing over a long career isn't easily replicated and can be jeopardized if elements are changed or added. But additions aren't always disruptions. Sometimes they can be catalysts, too -- taking complacent groups into...