{"id":1022,"date":"2020-11-28T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/11\/28\/trey-anastasio-closes-out-beacon-jams-series-with-love\/"},"modified":"2020-11-28T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T06:30:00","slug":"trey-anastasio-closes-out-beacon-jams-series-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/11\/28\/trey-anastasio-closes-out-beacon-jams-series-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Anastasio closes out The Beacon Jams with Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All good things must come to an end. For Phish fans, these eight weeks of Trey Anastasio and the Beacon Jams have been a shining light in the darkness deep. The previous seven shows had featured all sorts of stories, guitars, guests and strings and the eighth and final week of this journey was no different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The finale was highlighted by an explosive \u201cCarini,\u201d beautiful versions of \u201cPebbles and Marbles\u201d and \u201cSlave to the Traffic Light\u201d and a touching \u201cLiquid Time.\u201d Over 48,000 viewers flocked to Twitch for this final, free, live–streamed performance as donations poured into The Divided Sky Fund<\/a>, which focuses on delivering quality care and compassionate treatment for those suffering from addiction, through Phish\u2019s Water Wheel Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier in the evening, Trey<\/a> posted on Twitter for fans to tune in again at 7:50p EST for another installment of his pre-show video series with Page McConnell. This time they treated us to a brief but truly beautiful rendition of \u201cBrian and Robert.” McConnell\u2019s Wurlitzer added considerable depth to this duet as Trey\u2019s acoustic guitar danced around the notes that Page played. The song choice couldn\u2019t have been more appropriate as we\u2019ve all been staring at our walls for the last three seasons and this past month and a half’s worth of shows has certainly been a welcome relief for phans around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deviating from the usual opening, the show started in the stairwell of the Beacon Theater with Trey Anastasio playing acoustic guitar, accompanied by James Casey, Natalie Cressman and Jennifer Hartswick. The foursome sang the first part of \u201cJust A Touch,\u201d before moving with the camera onto the stage to join the entirety of the Trey Anastasio Band to end this debut with the new way to end any song these days: \u201cScience!\u201d The energy of the show ramped up immediately as the opening notes of \u201cCarini\u201d filled everyone\u2019s living rooms. Harnessing the power of every second set opener ever while adding the intensity of both horns and Cyro\u2019s energy knocked this song into 12th gear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trey started his audience participation portion by reading a “thank you” on behalf of firefighter fans, a comment about one fan\u2019s dog being scared by that monster of a Carini, and a comment about Cyro perhaps playing an empty pie tin from Thanksgiving as an instrument. This segued perfectly into \u201cMozambique.\u201d This short TAB favorite was followed up by \u201cBurn That Bridge,\u201d a song written by Anastasio and his \u201cHands On A Hardbody\u201d partner, Amanda Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only 30 minutes into the show when the donations hit $100K and Trey was visibly blown away by all of the support that had been shown, not only so far this evening, but throughout the entire Beacon run. Showing his gratitude to all those watching, the band went into a marvelous version of \u201cCayman Review,\u201d featuring Cyro jamming away on the washboard. The conversation then moved back to spatchcocking, to which Ray mentioned that he always hears his name when the topic comes up. (I think we\u2019ll be hearing him referred to as \u201cRay Spaczkowski\u201d for years to come.) We also learned that Cyro is now officially a grandfather and that Trey now has a picture of his cat Joey on the headstock of his guitar. After these revelations, the band dove into \u201cSpeak to Me,\u201d a song that Trey says might be about organic chemistry, which became reality thanks to some new lyric changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a few heartfelt dedications and fan group donation shout-outs, Trey improvised a mini-song about Buzzetta before going into \u201cLove Is What We Are,\u201d as the donations for the night surpassed $200K. Trey\u2019s chair and acoustic guitar came out as the Rescue Squad Strings arrived on the stage for the first time of the evening and the hearts of everyone watching leapt as Trey began to play \u201cPebbles and Marbles.” This gorgeous rendition of the classic Phish song showcased the incredible level of detail that string arranger, Don Hart, has shown over this entire concert series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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