“I will in the subtlest way shake my head and say, ‘No, I’m not there,’” Anastasio said in an interview, “and from way back in the room he always gets this little message.
I can take it around eight more bars, or four more bars, this peak, and he’ll make some incredible move right when we make the move.
I don’t think anyone would notice this happening other than us.”Last Friday night at Madison Square Garden, Anastasio’s interlocutor was standing behind five monitors and a lighting control console, wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and Hoka sneakers.
He controlled 100 base lighting looks — different permutations of 302 lights, with 79 colors preprogrammed for Phish — some mounted on 30 movable pieces of truss above the stage.
It was his 1,752nd Phish show lighting the band.
Persons:
Trey Anastasio, ’ ” Anastasio, ”, Anastasio’s interlocutor, Chris Kuroda
Organizations:
Madison
Locations:
Vermont