Looking for suggestions on a solo, live of course, to dig into and learn note for note. It can't be too long like a ten minute jam -- or maybe it could be a segment of a longer jam.
What are some examples of solos that when you hear it you say "that's classic Trey right there".
Help me out!
Thx
Bfly
The last one I transcribed was the Theme From the Bottom solo from the Dayton '97 show. Lot's of great classic Trey riffing in there! The one I've been listening to lately and really wanna get down, but don't have the time is his solo on Julius from the '97 Europe show (Lucerne maybe?) that they released a little while back. That one's like 5 minutes though! Even if something seems like its too long, just set a goal to get about a minute of it down. After you have that mastered, work on the next minute. Or even just the phrases that make your ears perk up! I forget which show, but you can even pull some good quick licks from the short solo that he will take in the middle of Sneakin' Sally. I think the one I did was also from '97 (don't remember what show), but maybe you see the trend that I really dig the early cow funk guitar.
I think Plasma is a good call. He always does crazy stuff with that. Even the one from "Plasma" is good.
It's pretty short, mainly pentatonic, could be fun.
Thanks guys--
As it happens , I have been on a Fall 97 binge myself recently. I've come to think that this era is my favorite Phish (the Island Tour is sweet too).
In terms of Fall 97 shows--of course there is 11/22/97 Hampton (Mike's Song to open, Weekapaugh and Hood in the first set, rockin Black Eyed Katy in second) but also check the next night 11/23/97 in Winston Salem. Another Black Eyed katy (this time in the first set) DTW>Low Rider>DTW in the second.
Do you by any chance still have any of your transcriptions? I am always interested in looking at that sort of stuff. Jdarks does this to perfection for Grateful Dead songs.
I learned a lot of licks from the IT festival's Chalkdust. It turns into a long jam but it's got a bunch of really good close-ups of Trey's left and right hands. Alternatively, Funky Bitch is a great tune to transcribe. There's a livephish from the late 80's, the Townsend family park one that has the tune on it I think.