Is Trey immortal?

well, it's like trey said in that article....it was pretty apparent what was going on.

 

Why do you and almost everyone else associate Trey with Jerry? Sure their way of looking at life and their attitudes were similar, but their playing styles were so extremely different. And doesn't it really come down to that? They're just musicians and people like you and me.

 

exactly!

 

hold on one second pal

the person who made the thread made the association concerning drug use and related Trey and Jerry on the topic. I gave my two cents concerning how Jerry and Trey both had problems with hard drugs. Had he said Hendrix, I might have made a similar comparison.

never in a thousand years would I compare Trey's playing to Jerry's.

 

no he wont




but on the direct tv free show

he is awsome when speaking about sounds from the guitar


and next red rocks show
im there

 

Jerry was a human, a damn good human!!!. I think Trey is an alien, or mabye a God of music, analogous to Greek mythology. in Greek myths, both Apollo, and Dionysuss were Greek Gods of Music. Well I think Trey is the Vermontian God of music. Is the way that dude plays the guitar human to anyone?!?!

 

Nothing is immortal, even radioactive materials break down sometime, whether it be in 2 years or 5000 years. Even computer parts ware down, even CD's will eventually decay.

Nothing lasts forever. Even trees will eventually fall. Trey Anastasio may have did some things to his body, but nevertheless he will die some day like the rest of us.

But maybe not Phil Lesh...

HAHAHA! Got YA!!!

 

No, he is not Immortal. Egotistical, Dorky, Amazing, Talented, Boundless, Spirited, Imaginative, Conceded, and maybe too dam good for his own good, But definately not Immortal.



oh, and Jerry wasnt either, if he was we wouldnt all be missing him every day.

 

Kieth Richards from the Stones on the other hand......he may never die. really.

 

It's my opinion that Trey made jamming more interesting than Jerry ever did...

But that's just me.

 

both are of two different worlds of music, they just happen to both jam.

 

I'm just saying Trey does more for me. Well, Phish as a whole...

But yeah, Phish is COMPLETELY different from the dead.

 

I can understand people liking Trey more than Jerry. He had a lot of energy and very creative sound. He is a fabulous musician.

more interesting is another question though. I started seeing Phish in 1993 and thought from my listening to earlier stuff and experiencing them at the time I think they pretty much peaked fall tour 94'. They only thing I noticed after 94 was them incorporating a more house/electronic sound to their music. In total I saw them a good 70+ times, but very few times after 98 or so because I got bored.

Why I feel Jerry is a far more interesting musician is how he continously re-invented himself both with the Grateful Dead and as a solo musician. He was a restless musician up until he died immersing himself in so many different styles of music and constantly branching out to new places.His catalog of music is 100 times more diverse than Trey's.

I said I wouldn't compare the two, but I guess I am here. As much as I respect Trey's ability as a guitarist, to me he will never hold a candle to Jerry's sunshine in terms of creativity. Jerry oozed creativity beyond any musician I've ever been exposed to. The sheer diversity of the types of music he made, who he played with, what he wrote, is beyond comprehension. I'll never get bored listening to Jerry. If I want to listen to psychadelic 'surfer' rock, I can throw in the Apollo 68'. If I want free form Jazz I can listen to his work with Whales. If I want fusion I can listen to reconstruction. If I want disco I can listen to Grateful Dead 79. If I want psycadelic lsd infused space I can listen to 72 - 74 Grateful Dead. Bluegrass - Old and in the Way. R&B, Jerry Band circa 91. Folk - his later work with Grisman. His catalogue is simply enormous.

I love Trey, but he really stopped evolving for the most part nearly ten years ago. He's a great musician who ten years ago got caught in the middle of You Enjoy Myself and never really branched out from there. I hope he does and comes up with something much better than 70 Volt parade as to me that's a total waste of his talent

 

Yeah, I'm really drawn to his tension and release style, along with their jazzy and more composed songs. 1994 was a great year for them. They were literally ON FIRE in 1991. That's my favorite year...maybe because everything sounds so RAW. But I'm known to pop in an '03 or '04 show and rock out. I loved them until the end. But I can see how the jamming evolved and I guess that was bound to lose some people.

What I love about Phish is their ability to play something like Uncle Pen followed by Big Black Furry Creatures from Mars. It's so damn FUN.

Wow, 70+ times! Every time I saw them, I had a great time. Maybe it's because I don't mind the more spacey/electronic jamming so much. When I saw them last (8/12/04), they blew my mind.

That's true...he did have an amazing musical career. (well duh, that goes without saying)

I saw 70 volt parade back in november, and it was just alright. I mean, I had fun, but I was expecting a little more. I agree, he could be doing so much more right now in terms of diversity.

 

immortal, unlikely, but godly, most certainly.

 

Ill agree as well.....waiting for Trey to do something with all that talent. Saw him this past fall, and yes, I had fun...but I wasnt blown away. (unlike for instance, seeing Keller Williams last week).

I enjoyed what Mike was doing with leo Kotke far more....he was actually trying something a litttle different and pushing himself.

 

I like early Phish. After "Billy Breathes" they got a bit too popy. but you could say the same thing about the GD song "Feel Like A Stranger".