5-28-03 - Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA

please review the show, not the other reviews....

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:42:45 -0400
From: Bernie Gillespie bernie@4league.com
Subject: Trey philly/eFactory

My friend called me up at 4pm and told me he had two extra free tickets for me and aftershow
passes.  Wasn't planning on going to this one but I'm glad I did.  Rockin first set.  Trey was
doing this dance during an intense jam where he was a plane or a bird of some sort with his back
to the audience and arms in the air. He was slowing down one side or half of the band almost
creating the doppler effect as the sound shifted with his movement.  Very cool.  Since I got the
ticket for free I figured I may as well drink $40 worth of beer.   By the time the encore rolled
around I moved up fairly close.  After Inlaw Josie Wales, Trey was sort of tuning up his guitty
and I figured I'd mess with him a little bit so I yelled out "John LeClair!"  being a big Flyers
fan and all.  Trey than said he heard me and went into this LeClair rambling on how the FLyers
will win the Cup next year....LeClair will score 53 next year and win the cup for Philly.  This
was followed by a loud Lets GO FLYERS chant led by Trey.  Trey looks like he's having a lot of
fun.  I know a lot of my phish buds don't really care for the TAB shows.  I think it's great to
see Trey having a blast and be totally in control of his solo band...note for note if he wants
to.  Hell, I think he deserves it and I think he has a lot of balls. Black Dog was a cool way to
end the show (with all the "how the west was won" hype.) I'm back into Zep like its 8th grade
again.   Thanks Kevin, Lori & Brad for the tix...great time. 

bernfiremon

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:04:27 -0400
From: Otto rotto@memphis.edu
Subject: trey philly

When the first set is rockin, the second set is sweet, and the oncore
moves from sublime to straight ahead jamming, you know you have seen an
excellent show. Trey at the Electric Factory, Killer show. The scene
before the show was mellow but cool, with intermittent security
annoyance.
 
The inside of the venue seems to have been remodeled somewhat, and we
spent the first set on the floor. Trey came out hot and seemed very
upbeat and happy throughout the show. The first set was hot, very tight,
and the band built some excellent jams and got the crowd charged up. My
friends and I all dug the first set, the vibe was rockin, and the band
was digging deep for tasty jams. The only downside was some dude, one of
the happless kids that drank too much and forgot that we were there to
see Trey, not get puke drunk, yell WOOOOO ever five seconds, and talk
during the music, (sorry for the mini-rant) anyway, this kid pukes right
in front of the sound board, and then fell in it, nasty. The upside is
that it made an Exxon Valdez type area of devestation that left those of
us near it with more dancing room, as long as you didnt get too close. 
 
Second set, cruised upstairs to the bar for a drink, seemed like a total
madhouse from afar, but after stealthily making my way to the other side
of the room, I actually found room at the bar, and proceded to watch the
second set from there. On the one hand, I couldnt see the stage too well,
except on the TV's, but on the other hand, listening to Trey jam the
second set and the delicious oncores while sitting at a bar seemed very
sureal, kind of aliceinwonderlandian, and was a cool life experience, it
kinda reminded me of my early Phish shows out West, when they didnt sell
out, and you could get real close, or see them in a tiny place, very
cool. Trey seemed to be in a really good mood, as he was joking and
telling stories. He talked about how he loved to do requests, but from
the stage all you hear is jibberish. Both Trey and the band semed to be
having a great time, and it came out in the music. In terms of the music,
the second set was excellent, but from my vantage it was a more subdued
experience from being on the floor for first set, but tasty nonetheless.
Alive again had the crowd singing the chorus, Undermind was kind of
spookily jazzish, and money love and change was bouncy hot. Then the
oncores....O Dude!  Trey acoustic is a treat, it is real and unadorned,
and it had me flash back to Jones Beach with Mike last year. Then some
dudes next to me struck up a loud convo during secret smile. I considered
letting the matter go, but this was Trey acoustic, and I'd had an amble
amount of Yuenling's :) I turned to them, moved in to eyeball them, put
my finger to my mouth and said, "Shhhh, Trey is playing acoustic" They
looked at me in shock and amused bewilderment, I went back to listening,
one guy started to talk loud but the other two chilled him out, and I
enjoyed the song. I went over after the song was over and made a joke and
it was all good. Gazebo was cool, but Black Dog rocked! Great closer.
 
Went out after the show to check out the scene, the sound of conversation
and hiss of balloons. The cops came, and did their annoying tasks, and
they were just about to leave, and allow us a few minutes to relax before
heading home, when the ballon people opened a tank too soon. If they had
waited five mins the cops would have left, but they provoked them, the
cops came back, and predicibly now broke up the scene. Word to the wise,
Know when to chill out. Headed back home happy and content, another
gathering of cool people, with a few noted exceptions, another glorious
night of jams. Long live the Jam scene! Thanks Trey!
 
Otto

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