I got this disc in the mail on monday and it has not left my CD player yet. It is awesome stuff.
^i’d highly recommend checkin out some of the stuff from Dec. as well…i mentioned them playing YEM above, and i know the one at the AC Borgata was particularly tasty ;D
i got the NYE Gordo + Duo on DVD in a vine on here. it’s HOT!!!
i can trade or b&p for it if anyone wants.
The DUO was awesome but i thought Trey wasnt really on.
this I would definitely agree with!
i’m gonna vote either good or great though.
i’m very plaesed with what i’ve heard. they realy surprised me. they could be phenoinal if they keep at it. i vote great.
got to the superjam during casey jones at bonnaroo. what a way to start then a surprise stealth show. shit had awesome energy. also caught them at bethel woods. what an awesome place that is. right on the original grouds of woodstock.
i dig em
ok, I wish I could add another vote, it would be PHENOMENAL. I just got done listening to Cleveland, OMG…I can’t believe what I’m hearing!!!, these guys are the heat…fuckin kick ass, big bass, bigger drums, stellar…UFB
I’m in the dark…somebody, anybody! enlighten me on this whole G.R.A.B project/ or tour that happened
G.R.A.B.
Gordon
Russo
Anastasio
Benevento
first off, I voted ‘‘great’’ because GRAB was totally tubular (saw them but once in '06 @ bonnaroo. still drooling), but it wasn’t a proper PHISH reunion…sigh.
Grab toured with Trey and mike in '06. it’s an acronym for Gordon, Russo, Anastasio and Benevento. All these members and Jon Fishman recorded Trey’s Bar 17 (read 'bout it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_17).
Actually (and i think this might deserve it’s own thread), GRAB’s keyboardist, Marco Benevento (http://www.marcobenevento.com/), has a new solo album out that I’m really diggin’ now. It’s call Invisible Baby, and Trey Anastasio auctually wrote the banjo riff on the track “bus ride.” Hear it here: http://www.myspace.com/invisiblebaby
If you wanna know moar, you can check out http://hyenarecords.com/marcobenevento (that’s where i gots mah “facts”).
tl;dr: I’m really am diggin’ benevento rite now
Haven’t really heard anything from GRAB until today. I downloaded some shows and am now giving them listen. Not bad. I need more time to give an honest review. I’m just now listening to the Raleigh Show. This was the first gig right?? 6/28/06?
Billie Jean jam at Cleveland FTW.
I say FAIR. I saw GRB in NOLA latenight after jazzfest and it was sooooo much better than GRAB, no contest. I love Trey, but was pretty sure he wouldn’t fit into this mix. Mike + Duo was so good and I worried he would be too much, and imo he was. He never really tapped into the experimental potential that he had on stage with him and quite frankly, seemed to treat them as a back up band. The show I saw in ATL was almost all Trey songs and that was very disappointing. I wish Mike would play with marco and joe again, but Trey needs to sit it out 
^ Yeah I’ll have to try and find some Mike and the Duo shows. I listened to the Raleigh show yesterday and it wasn’t bad, but like you said dominated by Trey songs and pretty much Trey dominated the sound. I’m going to listen to more, but I’d like to seek out some GRB shows too.
So did Russo and Benevenuto break up for good? Did they have a falling out or are they just doing there own thing? I know Russo’s doing the Furthur thing and I’ve seen a Marco playing with some other guys. Just curious.