Trey Anastasio brought his fall solo acoustic tour to the Pablo Center at the Confluence in Eau Claire, WI, on Monday night, and the Phish frontman offered a tribute to local icon Justin Vernon, the mind behind Bon Iver, with a heartfelt cover near the end of his set.
"It's kind of embarrassing coming to someone's town and playing their song," Anastasio said after covering "Towers," which appears on Bon Iver's 2011 self-titled sophomore LP. Vernon himself was a Phish fan growing up in Wisconsin, even covering the band's tune "Icculus" in his prior band Megafaun.
The guitarist then added an anecdote about the time he was with his solo band in New Orleans and played a Professor Longhair song to mark the occasion, only to have a wizened employee of the venue give him the "thumbs down" signal when Anastasio asked how they did.
Last night's performance also featured the acoustic debut of Anastasio's Ghosts of the Forest cut "Ruby Waves" and tour debuts like "Billy Breathes," "All of These Dreams," "Sweet Dreams Melinda," "Twenty Years Later" and GOTF's "Life Beyond the Dream," plus the first solo acoustic "Fluffhead" since Anastasio first played the tune with TAB in May 1999 (per phish.net).
Below, check out the full setlist, along with video of the Bon Iver cover (via JamBase) and Anastasio's story about the time Prince served cereal in lieu of alcohol at a Paisley Park get-together. Anastasio continues his fall solo acoustic run tomorrow night in Canton, OH.
Trey Anastasio
Pablo Center At The Confluence - Eau Claire, WI
Trey solo acoustic
Blaze On, Theme From the Bottom, Brian and Robert, All of These Dreams, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Twenty Years Later > Sample in a Jar, Wolfman’s Brother > The Inlaw Josie Wales, Back on the Train, Fluffhead, Ruby Waves*, Winterqueen, Till We Meet Again, Ghosts of the Forest, If I Could, Sand, A Life Beyond The Dream, Billy Breathes, Strange Design, Towers*, Limb By Limb > Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Cavern
Enc: Wingsuit, The Lizards, More
Notes: *First acoustic performance by Trey
Source: Phish.net
