Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon reunited in 2005 amidst the Phish breakup for the Christmas Pre-Jam in Asheville, NC. They were joined by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and together, were named SerialPod. The three took the stage at The Orange Peel on December 16th, and again the next night for an extended set at the Asheville Civic Center as part of the official Christmas Jam festivities.
The trio worked through Phish and Grateful Dead originals, as well as some classic covers of “Angel” by Jimi Hendrix and “Sweet Thing” by Van Morrison. New Orleans keys master Ivan Neville joined in for the latter part of the jams, closing the set with a “Waves”, “Angel”, and “Loose Lucy” extended jam. The eight-song set lasted nearly an hour and a half with no breaks and ultimately proved to be a one-off (or two-off, counting the pre-party) project.
Watch multi-cam footage from this concert below:
SerialPod – Asheville Civic Center – 12/17/05 [Full Video]
[Video: Frank Musillami]
Setlist [via phish.net]: SerialPod | Christmas Jam | Asheville Civic Center | Asheville, NC | 12/17/05
Jam > Cumberland Blues > Chalk Dust Torture -> On a Plain > Wave the Ocean > Sweet Thing -> Jam[1] > Waves[1] -> Jam[1] -> Angel[1] > Loose Lucy[1]
[1] Ivan Neville on keyboards
[Originally published on 12/17/16]