Trey Anastasio
| Trey Anastasio | |
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Anastasio at Red Rocks Amphitheater
July 30, 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ernest Joseph Anastasio |
| Born |
September 30, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock, classical, funk, blues, bluegrass |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, Marimba Lumina |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Elektra, Sony, Rubber Jungle, Sony BMG, JEMP, MapleMusic Recordings (Canada) |
| Associated acts | Phish, Trey Anastasio Band, Oysterhead, Dave Matthews and Friends, Phil Lesh and Friends, Surrender to the Air, Eight Foot Fluorescent Tubes, Space Antelope, SerialPod, Bivouac Jaun, Bad Hat, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra Nashville, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Grateful Dead |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Languedoc Guitars | |
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (/ˌɑːnəˈstɑːzioʊ/, born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist noted for his work with the band Phish, and his solo career, including the Trey Anastasio Band and the orchestral "Evenings with Trey Anastasio" performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony.
Anastasio was a 2013 best score Tony award nominee for the Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody. He received the 2013 Dramatist Guild Frederick Loewe award for Dramatic Composition.
In addition to his orchestral compositions, he is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish original songs, 140 of them as a solo credit, in addition to 41 credits attributed to the band as a whole.
Anastasio was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to Princeton, New Jersey, when he was three. His father, Ernest Anastasio Jr., was an executive vice president at the Educational Testing Service. His mother, Dina, was a children's book author and editor of Sesame Street Magazine. He grew up with his sister Kristy.
Anastasio attended Princeton public schools through the fourth grade, then transferred to Princeton Day School. He graduated from the Taft School along with the Dude of Life, who helped pen such Phish compositions as "Suzy Greenberg", "Fluffhead", "Run Like An Antelope", "Slave to the Traffic Light", and "Dinner and a Movie". At Taft, he created his first two bands, Red Tide and Space Antelope.
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