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Sweet Virginia: Trey Anastasio Band, Goose & Billy Strings Torch Fairfax

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Trey Anastasio Band and Goose brought their joint tour to EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia on Thursday night. As with other stops on the tour, Trey Anastasio sat in with Goose at the end of their opening set and members of Goose came out during TAB’s set. Unlike previous shows, guitarist Billy Strings made a surprise appearance, spending a considerable amount of time on stage with TAB and the members of Goose.

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Goose (who released a surprise EP today) came out of the gates with “Arrow” from their 2022 full-length LP, Dripfield. The quintet started the jam at a swift pace and didn’t relent over the course of nearly 20 minutes. Peter Anspach impressively switched between electric piano and guitar, sometimes within the same measure, and offered pretty counterpoints to Rick Mitarotonda‘s raging riffage. The furious tsunami of shredding was bolstered by drummer Ben Atkind‘s sturdy groove and Trevor Weekz‘s rolling bass lines. Peter took an opportunity after “Arrow” to shout out longtime crew member Jon “Coach” Lombardi. Jon’s wife, Bonnie gave birth to their first child, Bodie. Anspach sent his love to the Lombardi family and noted Coach was watching the livestream from home.

Last night’s Goose set rolled on with both parts of the Americana-tinged “Seekers On The Ridge.” The five-piece then played “Thatch,” a new original that premiered this past Sunday in Glens Falls, New York. “Thatch” was performed with more authority for its second outing, powered by slap bass courtesy of Weekz. Both versions featured effusive, if fairly brief, jam sections.

Next up was “Arcadia,” which received the loudest reaction from the crowd of any song played that wasn’t part of a collaboration. Goose turned in a stellar, 18-minute rendition complete with multiple crowd-pleasing climaxes.

Anspach then called upon Trey Anastasio to come out and expressed what a good time the band has been having on the TABoose Tour. Anastasio first sat in with Goose back on June 25, 2022 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. “Hungersite” was the initial collaboration between the five musicians and they began Trey’s appearance on Thursday with a second go at the Dripfield single. Once again, Anastasio helped sing “Hungersite” and locked in with Mitarotonda for an array of fretboard fireworks.

The guitarist stuck around for a set-closing “Tumble,” a live staple that dates back to Goose forerunner Vasudo. The verses and chorus of “Tumble” lead into an Arabic-tinged interlude which Anastasio and Mitarotonda feasted upon. Anspach switched from keys to guitar for the ensuing three-guitar jam. Peter focused on rhythmic work while Trey and Rick locked in on a potent riff they played over and over with varying accents each time as the improv built to a rolling boil.

Trey Anastasio Band took over after a brief set break and got to work with an emphatic “First Tube” opener. The front end of the set was filled in with “Set Your Soul Free,” “Twist,” “Curlew’s Call,” “About to Run,” “Magilla,” “Everything’s Right” and “Simple Twist Up Dave.” Trey then switched to an acoustic guitar while welcoming out “a very dear friend” as Strings emerged with his own acoustic guitar.

The crowd cheered as Strings (who released an album with his father Terry Barber today) led TAB through his “Meet Me At The Creek.” TAB drummer Russ Lawton had a notepad with cues written down atop one of his drums to reference while debuting the Strings’ original that saw the guest guitar slip in a bit of Phish’s “Tweezer Reprise.” The TAB horns — trumpeter Jennifer Hartswick, trombonist Natalie Cressman and saxophonist James Casey — took turns soloing within “Meet Me At The Creek” to the delight of Strings.

Both Trey and Billy went electric for the remainder of the set. The pair of guitarists dueled mightily throughout the subsequent “Possum,” the classic Phish tune providing a bluesy foundation for the two to intertwine their piercing tones. Strings also added some backing vocals to “Possum.” After the song concluded, Trey called for Rick and Peter from Goose who came out and added guitar and keyboards, respectively.

“Ok, We’re gonna give this one a whack,” Trey said. Adding, “We’ll see.”

The assembled musicians then launched into “The Moma Dance.” Dezron Douglas (whose solo album came out today), laid down a thick bass line that added an extra bit of funkiness while the trio of guitarists got to work passing searing licks and gorgeous runs around, meshing together at times and allowing each to step forward and shine at others.

“Gotta Jibbo,” the TAB/Phish crossover that Strings has been known to cover, came next. Strings previously played “Gotta Jibboo” with Anastasio in June when Trey sat in with Billy in New York City. Billy and Trey shared vocals ahead of the jam that began with Trey hitting a familiar siren call. Anastasio steered the jam at the onset, then casually conducted its progression, giving subtle guiding signals to the others, and directing the improvisation toward a triumphant apex.

The encore began with just Trey and Billy, both playing acoustic guitar, dueting on the latter’s heartfelt “Love And Regret.” The two then offered an acoustic duo arrangement of Phish’s country-esque “Water In The Sky.” The pair went back to electric guitars as the members of TAB and Goose came back out to join them on “Back On The Train.” Strings, who is also known to cover “Back On The Train” and performed it with Trey in NYC, was prompted by Trey to sing one of the verses. Strings laid into the first solo, with Mitarotonda — who also added backing vocals — taking off with the second solo after Anspach got the spotlight on keyboardist Ray Paczkowski‘s organ.

After mentioning how much fun he was having, Trey told the audience that sometimes you need two basses and four drummers. The rest of the members of Goose then came out for the last song of the night, a blistering “Carini” that manifested in one final guitar clinic administered by the trio of cascading layers of ripping fretwork. Despite the large confluence of musicians, the playing remained sharp throughout the “Carini” jam, anchored by the tasteful and responsive interplay among the three guitarists.

Goose and Trey Anastasio Band’s tour moves on to Syracuse tonight. Livestreams are available for purchase via nugs.net.

Watch fan-shot video of Strings’ appearance at last night’s show below:

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,

Billy Strings



(See 574 videos)

,

Peter Anspach



(See 13 videos)

and

Rick Mitarotonda



(See 20 videos)

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DiscoStu1975


Trey Anastasio Band



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,

Goose



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and

Billy Strings



(See 574 videos)

Setlists

Trey Anastasio Band (via Phish.net)

Set: First Tube, Set Your Soul Free, Twist, Curlew’s Call, About to Run, Magilla, Everything’s Right > Simple Twist Up Dave, Meet Me at the Creek [1], Possum [2], The Moma Dance [3], Gotta Jibboo [4]

Encore: Love and Regret [5], Water in the Sky [6], Back on the Train [7], Carini [8]

Notes:

    [1] TAB debut; Trey and Billy Strings on acoustics. Billy on vocals.

  • [2] Billy Strings on guitar and additional vocals.
  • [3] Billy Strings and Rick Mitarotonda on guitars and Peter Anspach on keys.
  • [4] Billy Strings and Rick Mitarotonda on guitars and Peter Anspach on keys. Billy also on vocals.
  • [5] TAB debut; Just Trey and Billy Strings on acoustic guitars. Billy on vocals.
  • [6] Just Trey and Billy Strings on acoustic guitars.
  • [7] Billy Strings and Rick Mitarotonda on guitars and vocals and Peter Anspach on keys.
  • [8] Billy Strings and Rick Mitarotonda on guitars, Peter Anspach on keys and vocals, Trevor Weekz on bass, and Jeff Arevalo and Ben Atkind on percussion.

Goose (via ElGoose.net)

Set: Arrow, Seekers On The Ridge Pt. 1 > Seekers On The Ridge Pt. 2, Thatch, Arcadia, Hungersite[1] > Tumble[2]

Notes:

  • [1] With Trey Anastasio on guitar and vocals and Sco-Mule tease from Peter.
  • [2] With Trey Anastasio on guitar.

Source: JamBase.com