Trey Anastasio

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Trey Anastasio (2009)

Trey Anastasio (born September 30, 1964 in Fort Worth , Texas ; born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III ) is an American guitarist .

He became known with the band Phish , in which he is also a singer and main composer. Anastasio was voted 73rd among the "100 Greatest Guitarists" by Rolling Stone magazine .

Career

Anastasio, whose name comes from the Greek word for resurrection , first started playing drums and switched to guitar as a teenager. His mother Dina, with whom he wrote songs as a child, was the author of Sesame Street Magazine. In high school, he began writing music with classmates. Some of these songs were later included in the Phish repertoire (e.g. Golgi Apparatus ).

In 1983 he went to the University of Vermont to study philosophy . Here he met Jon Fishman (* 1965), Mike Gordon (* 1965) and Jeff Holdsworth (* 1963), who founded Phish in 1983. Shortly after keyboardist Page McConnell (* 1963) became a member of Phish in 1985, Holdsworth left the band.

At the same time Anastasio started a long-term collaboration with the composer Ernie Stires (1925–2008), who also taught him composition and arrangement. Anastasio graduated with a degree in creative writing in 1988 .

In 2000, Anastasio formed the short-lived band Oysterhead with The Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Primus bassist Les Claypool . He also played with Michael Rays Cosmic Krewe .

Private

Anastasio married Susan Eliza Statesir in 1994. They have two daughters.

Discography (selection)

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2002 Trey Anastasio US45 (5 weeks)
US
2003 plasma US102 (1 week)
US
2005 Shine US64 (2 weeks)
US
2006 Bar 17 US102 (1 week)
US
2007 The Horseshoe Curve US167 (1 week)
US
2012 Traveler US51 (1 week)
US
2015 Paper wheels US181 (1 week)
US

More albums

  • One Man's Trash (1998)
  • Trampled By Lambs and Pecked by the Dove (with Tom Marshall, 2000)
  • Seis de mayo (2004)
  • Trey Anastasio with Special Guests Carlos Santana (live in San Francisco , DVD, 2004)
  • Original Boardwalk Style (live album, 2008)
  • Time Turns Elastic (2009)
  • Tab at the Tab (2010)

swell

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone: 100 greatest guitarists: David Fricke's picks - 73 Trey Anastasio
  2. ↑ US chart history

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personal data
SURNAME Anastasio, Trey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernest Joseph Anastasio III. (Birth Name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Worth , Texas