Trey Anastasio, who is in between the Phish Las Vegas and MSG runs, is out on the road for a handful of solo acoustic gigs. Last night he kicked off the solo tour in Mesa, Arizona at the Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center.

One of the big questions after the Halloween run in Vegas, is whether Phish will work all the new material they dropped into future shows. Trey quickly answered that question by opening with “Turtle in the Clouds” which is the opening track to Kasvot Växt’s í rokk.

The show also included “You Gotta See Mama Every Night,” a tune Phish hasn’t played since 3/6/1993! For the encore, busted out some Oysterhead with “Rubberneck Lions” before playing more of the new material. Trey expertly wove “Ghost” and the new phan favorite “Say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S.” together. Halfway through the mash-up, Trey admits that on Halloween they forgot the second verse when they “covered” “Say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S.” If there was any question as to whether the song will be a new favorite, you can hear nearly the entire crowd singing “This is what space smells like” towards the end of the song.

Setlist
01 Turtle in the Clouds
02 Strange Design
03 The Inlaw Josie Wales
04 Sample in a Jar
05 Theme From the Bottom
06 banter
07 Heavy Things
08 Limb By Limb
09 Wolfman’s Brother
10 banter
11 You Gotta See Mama Every Night^
12 Brian and Robert
13 Mountains in the Mist
14 Everything’s Right
15 The Wedge
16 All of These Dreams
17 Till We Meet Again
18 Let Me Lie
19 Waste
20 Pebbles and Marbles
21 Free
22 Bouncing Around the Room
23 Wilson
Encore:
24 Rubberneck Lions *
25 Ghost >
26 Say It To Me Me S.A.N.T.O.S. >
27 Ghost >
28 Say It To Me Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
29 More

Notes:
^ last played by Phish on 1993-03-16
* Oysterhead

Thanks to jbanyai97@yahoo.com for the recording.

Photo credit: ericalfrey