Trey Anastasio on Wednesday brought his ongoing solo acoustic tour to Kodak Hall at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. He opened the performance with “Just a Touch”, a song he debuted to a livestream-only audience with help from James Casey, Natalie Cressman, and Jennifer Hartswick during his pandemic-era Beacon Jams streaming concert series.

“I’m dedicating that song to my friend, James Casey,” Anastasio said of the late Trey Anastasio Band saxophonist who passed away in 2023 following a battle with colon cancer. “I’ve only sung that song one time in my life, and it was the first song of the last week of The Beacon Jams, we sang it together—me and Jennifer and Natalie… and James. I’ve never sung that song since that moment. I wanna thank you all for sharing that with me.” Much like the charmingly dissociative lyrics to “Just a Touch”, however, Trey was all smiles as he remembered his friend and the memories they shared.

As with the rest of the shows on Anastasio’s ongoing tour, the Rochester performance saw him welcome The Beacon Jams collaborator Jeff Tanski on keys late in the show for duo takes on “It’s Ice”, “Bug”, “Frost”, “Flying Blind” (in its first acoustic performance), “What’s The Use?”, and “Drift While You’re Sleeping” as well as during the encore for “You Enjoy Myself” and “Wilson”.

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While at the University of Rochester, Trey also met with Eastman’s Joan and Martin Messinger Dean Kate Sheeran and signed the school’s guest book alongside signatures by George Gershwin and more.

Watch a full video of the Trey Anastasio Rochester show below. Scroll down to view a selection of photos from the show and read the full setlist. Find tickets to upcoming Trey Anastasio acoustic shows here.

Trey Anastasio – Full Show – Rochester, NY – 3/12/25

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Setlist [via phish.net]: Trey Anastasio | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | 3/12/25

Set: Just A Touch [1], NICU [2], Evening Song[2], Brian and Robert[2], Back on the Train[2], Farmhouse[2], I Never Needed You Like This Before[2], Backwards Down the Number Line[2], Wolfman’s Brother[2], Winterqueen[2], Evolve[2], Gumbo[2], AC/DC Bag[2] > Chalk Dust Torture[2], Limb By Limb[2], It’s Ice [3], Bug[3], Frost[3], Flying Blind [4], Happy Birthday to You[2], What’s the Use?[3], Drift While You’re Sleeping[3]
Encore: Mercy[2], Never[2], Sleep[2], All of These Dreams[2], You Enjoy Myself[3], Wilson[3]

[1] Trey solo acoustic; first public and first acoustic Trey performance.
[2] Trey solo acoustic.
[3] Trey acoustic and Jeff Tanksi on piano.
[4] Trey acoustic and Jeff Tanksi on piano; first acoustic Trey performance.

Notes: This entire show was performed by Trey solo acoustic except for It’s Ice through Flying Blind, What’s the Use?, Drift While You’re Sleeping, You Enjoy Myself, and Wilson (all of which featured Jeff Tanski on piano). This show marked the first public and first acoustic Trey performance of Just A Touch (which Trey dedicated to James Casey) and the first Trey acoustic performance of Flying Blind. Walfredo was quoted before Farmhouse. Happy Birthday was sung for Carol. Never was performed for the first time since December 7, 2014 and in its original arrangement (and as an acoustic song) for the first time since November 8, 2005. In a nod to banter earlier in the evening about the movie Cloverfield, Trey said “Cloverfield, come and save us” in Wilson.

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