Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio IIIis an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist noted for his work with the rock band Phish, and his solo career, including the Trey Anastasio Band and the orchestral "Evenings with Trey Anastasio" performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth30 September 1964
CityFort Worth, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.
When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.
Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s.
I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.
I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.
There's so much excitement around the Phish tours, and if it stopped feeling that way, it would ruin everything we've done for seventeen years.
Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything.
We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We've always had a very tight knit community.
I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.
The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I've received.
When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.
Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note.