With The Beacon Jams now in the rearview, Trey Anastasio fans are once again left to wonder about what’s next for the Phish guitarist. Anastasio maintained a particularly busy creative schedule throughout the year despite the pandemic, and plans for the next move are surely in the works—whatever they may look like.
Each of the eight weekly Beacon Jams shows, streamed via Twitch from an empty Beacon Theatre on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, offered unique and memorable takes on old Trey favorites—and each week, a handful of songs would make their way to YouTube in the ensuing days. By Friday, there was a new show to watch. Rinse, repeat.
Now that the eight-show set is complete, you can take the time to revisit the many, many highlights of Trey Anastasio’s Beacon Jams with all of the officially-released live videos from throughout the run and our full coverage of each show below [Note: Full video of all eight shows is available to rewatch for LivePhish+ subscribers]. You can also watch the new The Beacon Jams documentary, “What Calls You Home”.
What Calls You Home – Trey Anastasio The Beacon Jams Documentary
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The Beacon Jams Announcement Video
The Beacon Jams Night 1 – 10/9/20
“Stash” – 10/9/20
“A Wave of Hope” – 10/9/20
“If I Could See The World” – 10/9/20
“Everything’s Right” > “…And Flew Away” – 10/9/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 1 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/9/20
Corona > Blaze On, I Never Left Home [1], Soul Planet, Shade [2], Dark and Down, A Wave of Hope[1], If I Could See The World[1] > Sand, Stash [3], When the Words Go Away [4], Everything’s Right > …And Flew Away[1], The Inlaw Josie Wales [5], Sunset Days [6], 46 Days
[1] Debut.
[2] Jeff Tanski on piano.
[3] Only Trey, Jeff Tanski on piano, and Cyro clapping.
[4] Debut; Trey solo acoustic.
[5] Only Trey on acoustic and Jeff Tanski on piano.
[6] Trey solo acoustic.
The Beacon Jams Night 2 – 10/16/20
[Full Coverage] Night 2: A “Divided Sky” Duet & The Birth Of The Rescue Squad Strings
“Divided Sky” – 10/16/20
“Wolfman’s Brother” – 10/16/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 2 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/16/20
Gotta Jibboo, Undermind, Evolve [1], Steam, Divided Sky [2], Sigma Oasis > Back on the Train, Ocelot, Strange Design [3], Water in the Sky[3], The Greater Good [4], Greyhound Rising [5], Wolfman’s Brother [6], No Men In No Man’s Land, Miss You, I Never Needed You Like This Before [7], Plasma > Waste, Ghost [8]
[1] Debut.
[2] Only Trey with Jeff Tanski on piano.
[3] Only Trey acoustic with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[4] Debut; only Trey on vocals (no guitar) with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[5] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
[6] Trey acoustic with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] TAB debut.
[8] With Trey quoting a line from Poltergeist in the intro.
The Beacon Jams Night 3 – 10/23/20
[Full Coverage] Night 3: Twitch Chat Jams, Rescue Squad “What’s The Use?”, & A Message From Page
Trey Anastasio & Page McConnell – “Evening Song” – Premiered 10/23/20
“The Way I Feel” – 10/23/20
“What’s The Use?” (Remixed) – 10/23/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 3 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/23/20
Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Party Time, The Way I Feel, Sweet Dreams Melinda > Shaking Someone’s Outstretched Hand [1], Andre the Giant, Spin, Turtle in the Clouds [2], What’s the Use? [3], Brian and Robert [4], If I Could[4], Rescue Squad [5], Leaves [6], The Lizards [7], Mr. Completely > Windora Bug [8], Possum, A Case of Ice and Snow > Last Tube, Twist
[1] Debut.
[2] Trey solo acoustic.
[3] Just Trey with The Rescue Squad Strings and Jeff Tanski on piano.
[4] Just Trey on acoustic guitar and The Rescue Squad Strings.
[5] Trey solo acoustic; first acoustic performance by Trey.
[6] TAB debut; Trey on acoustic guitar and The Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] Full TAB debut; with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[8] With Corona references.
The Beacon Jams Night 4 – 10/30/20
Trey Anastasio & Page McConnell – “Waste” – Premiered 10/30/20
“43 Weeks Later” sketch at Madison Square Garden – 10/30/20 Intro
“Guyute” – 10/30/20
“Bounce” – 10/30/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 4 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/30/20
In the House – In a Heartbeat [1] -> Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. [2], Quantegy, Snowflakes in the Sand [3], Mountains in the Mist[3], Heavy Things > Breath and Burning [4], Gumbo[2] > Lonely Trip [5], Pigtail, My Problem Right There, Till We Meet Again [6], My Friend, My Friend [7], Guyute [8], More[6], Frost [9], Alaska, Bounce > Bug > Architect
[1] TAB debut.
[2] Full TAB debut.
[3] Trey solo acoustic.
[4] Full TAB debut. Lyrics changed to “rage on the Beacon stage.”
[5] Debut.
[6] Just Trey on acoustic guitar and the Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] Just Trey on acoustic guitar and the Rescue Squad Strings and Jeff Tanski on piano. No “MYFE” ending.
[8] Just Trey on acoustic guitar and the Rescue Squad Strings and Jeff Tanski on piano. Trey quoted some of Vincent Price’s narration from Thriller.
[9] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
The Beacon Jams Night 5 (Ghosts of the Forest) – 11/6/20
Night 5: Trey Anastasio Revives Ghosts Of The Forest With 8-Piece Rescue Squad Strings
“Drift While You’re Sleeping” – 11/6/20
“In Long Lines” – 11/6/20
“There’s A Path Above” – 11/6/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio (Ghosts of the Forest) | The Beacon Jams Night 5 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 11/6/20
Ghosts of the Forest > Drift While You’re Sleeping, Friend [1], Sightless Escape, Halfway Home > If Again, In Long Lines[1], There’s a Path Above[1], About to Run, The Green Truth, Beneath a Sea of Stars Parts 1 & 2[1] > Mint Siren Dream[1], Stumble Into Flight > Ruby Waves, Shadows Thrown By Fire[1], Wider, A Life Beyond The Dream[1], In This Bubble > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 3 (blue)
ENCORE: Brief Time[1], Pieces in the Machine
[1] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
The Beacon Jams Night 6 – 11/13/20
Night 6: The Angels Three, “YEM” Reimagined, & Cat Clips For Mango Hands
“You Enjoy Myself” (Remixed) – 11/13/20
“The Silver Light” – 11/13/20
“Tube” – 11/13/20
“The Moma Dance” – 11/13/20
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Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 6 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 11/13/20
You Enjoy Myself [1], The Silver Light, Winterqueen [2], The Moma Dance [3], Kill Devil Falls [4], Twenty Years Later[4], Mercy [5], Light [6], Summer of ’89 [7], Joy [8], A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing[3], Farmhouse, Tube[4], Billy Breathes[4], Every Story Ends in Stone, Bouncing Around the Room[4], Wading in the Velvet Sea[4], Are You There Colleen? [9] > Rise/Come Together
[1] Full TAB debut. Began with just Trey with The Rescue Squad Strings and Jeff Tanski on piano with the rest of the band and Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, Jo Lampert joining in on vocals later. Lyrics changed to “boy, woman, god, shit.”
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar with the full band and singers.
[3] TAB debut.
[4] Full TAB debut.
[5] Debut; with The Rescue Squad Strings and Jeff Tanski on piano.
[6] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] With just Trey on acoustic guitar and The Rescue Squad Strings.
[8] Full TAB debut; with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[9] Debut.
The Beacon Jams Night 7 – 11/20/20
Night 7: Trey Anastasio Band Alive Again, Origin Stories, & Heather McDougal Song
“Set Your Soul Free” – 11/20/20
“Harry Hood” – 11/20/20
“Lifeboy” – 11/20/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 7 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 11/20/20
Camel Walk, Set Your Soul Free, Alive Again [1], Petrichor [2], Money, Love and Change, Olivia, All Pretending > Curlew’s Call, Harry Hood [3], Lifeboy [4], Heather McDougal Song [5], Let Me Lie [6], Chalk Dust Torture Reprise [7], Burlap Sack and Pumps, Valentine, Death Don’t Hurt Very Long [8], Goodbye Head [9], Push On ‘Til the Day
[1] Lyrics changed to “Winter’s coming and I’d like a review.”
[2] Just Trey, The Rescue Squad Strings, and the horns.
[3] Full TAB debut; began with just Trey on acoustic guitar and The Rescue Squad Strings with the rest of the band joining later.
[4] Just Trey on acoustic guitar with The Rescue Squad Strings and Jen Hartswick and Natalie Cressman on vocals.
[5] Debut; with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[6] Full TAB debut; with The Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] Full TAB debut; sung as “Heather McDougal Song.”
[8] Full TAB debut.
[9] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
The Beacon Jams Night 8 – 11/27/20
Night 8: Trey Anastasio Bares His Soul, A Stunning “Slave”, & A Flash Mob Finale
Trey Anastasio & Page McConnell – “Brian and Robert” – Premiered 11/27/20
“Carini” – 11/27/20
“Mozambique” – 11/27/20
“Pebbles and Marbles” – 11/27/20
“Slave To The Traffic Light” – 11/27/20
“First Tube”, Tony Markellis Banter – 11/27/20
Setlist: Trey Anastasio | The Beacon Jams Night 8 | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 11/27/20
Just A Touch [1], Carini [2], Mozambique, Burn That Bridge, Cayman Review, Speak to Me, Love Is What We Are, Pebbles and Marbles [3], Drifting > Night Speaks to a Woman, Liquid Time [4], Fast Enough for You[2], Shine, Show of Life > Ether Sunday > Simple Twist Up Dave, Slave to the Traffic Light [5], First Tube [6], Jam [7]
[1] Debut; began with Trey on acoustic guitar accompanied by James, Jennifer, and Natalie on vocals in a stairwell in the Beacon and finished with them on stage.
[2] Full TAB debut.
[3] Began with just Trey on acoustic guitar with The Rescue Squad Strings and the TAB horns before switching to electric guitar and the rest of the band joining in.
[4] Stopped for Trey to talk and restarted.
[5] Full TAB debut; began with just Trey on acoustic guitar with The Rescue Squad Strings and the TAB horns before switching to electric guitar and the rest of the band joining in.
[6] With The Rescue Squad Strings.
[7] Percussion jam with Trey exiting the Beacon.