Trey and Mike to Tour with Duo
April 29, 2006
It's all over the Internets so you've probably already heard, but two big news items came out of an interview with Trey on the Sirius Jam On station on Thursday. First, as was previously rumored, Trey and Mike will be going on tour with The Benevento/Russo Duo this summer. You can find links to actually download mp3s of the interview on the Phantasy Tour Message Boards. Some other details that are in the interview that have not been reported on other sites are that Trey has been working on an album and the Duo play on 4 of the tracks on the album. There is also a version of Goodbye Head that include Mike and a 40-piece Orchestra. Trey says the album is ready and he was "handing it in" on Thursday. He says he'd like to have it ready for the tour this summer, but it can usually take 4 months to get it on the shelves, so he's not optimistic about that. Also on the same Phantasy Tour Message Board, there are links to download part of an unknown recent Duo show where Marco sheds some extra light on the subject:
"By the way it's farking official, Joe and I are going on tour with Trey and Mike this summer. Trey actually gave us the final word, June 28th - July 22nd. Hopefully one night Joe will play guitar and Trey will play drums and no one will know the difference."
Trey also mentioned in the Interview that the would be on tour with Phil and his band. The Sirius interviewer (who was horrible, in my opinion), mentioned that they would be opening for Phil, but I didn't ever hear Trey use the word "open", just "with". Trey also said he was 99% sure there would be a show on July 4th. The 4th is on a Tuesday this year, any chance he plays anywhere near DC? Doubt it. One other place I know they won't be playing is Wakarusa. The Duo will be at Wakarusa, but Trey will be Nissan Pavillion. That sucks because the very same day, moe. will be playing with the North Mississippi All-Stars at Wolf Trap. I feel like there are never any good shows around DC, then I'm out of town for Wakarusa and 2 good shows roll into town. Oh well, the Duo will be at Wakarusa, along with a ton of other good bands.
The second big news item that came out of the interview was that Trey definately thinks it is possible that Phish could play again in the future. Here's my suggestion on that Phish (not that you are listening, but whatever), just play a couple shows a year. One massive campout Lemonwheel/IT/Coventry kind of thing in mid-August, and maybe another one down south for NYE. The rest of the year, go back to the Barn, write new music and learn how to play all your own songs that you have long since forgotten how to play (Fluffhead, YEM, etc.) Also, collaborate with other musicians and have other bands come to the festivals. Not a lot of other bands, just like 2 or 3 per festival.
