Trey Anastasio Trio Closes Spring Tour With Emotional Cancer Fund Benefit In Atlanta [Photos/Videos]

On Sunday evening, the Trey Anastasio Trio wrapped up their first tour since 1999 with a special performance at Atlanta’s Terminal West. Billed as “Sustain,” the performance served as a memorial for Chris Cottrell, a lifelong friend of Trey Anastasio who passed away earlier this year following a battle with adrenal cancer. This particular evening also marked the 9th anniversary of the death of Trey’s sister, Kristy Anastasio Manning, after her own struggle with cancer. Appropriately, the performance served as a benefit for the WaterWheel Cancer Fund.

The performance was heavy on Phish/Trey Anastasio Band crossovers like “Everything’s Right”, “Back On The Train”, “Sand”, “First Tube”, and “Gotta Jibboo” as well as several Phish tunes that have been staples of the trio’s setlists over the course of this tour, like “Blaze On”, “Party Time”, “Camel Walk”, “Ghost”, “No Men In No Man’s Land”, “46 Days”, and more.

The final portion of the show brought an emotional stretch of song selections. The trio closed out set two with the reflective “Show of Life” and a spirited “Push On Til The Day”, which references Cottrell directly in its lyrics. For the encore, Trey began with “Miss You”, a song he wrote in his sister’s memory, before ending the festivities on a high note with the upbeat “Soul Planet”.

This marks the end of the Trey Anastasio Trio’s first tour since 1999. Anastasio, Russ Lawton, and Tony Markellis will reconvene next for a trio of July shows, including the recently-announced stops at Charlottesville, Virginia’s Sprint Pavilion (July 5th) and New York City’s Central Park SummerStage (July 6th) and Trey’s long-scheduled headlining slot at Levitate Music & Arts Festival (July 7th).

Below, you can check out a full gallery of photos from Trey Anastasio Trio’s spring tour closer at Terminal West courtesy of Ben Adams Photo and view a selection of fan-shot videos via YouTube user Fred Ramadan.

Trey Anastasio Trio – “Camel Walk”