No one’s holding their breath for a Phish appearance in Tampa Bay. And while the band hasn’t played in our neck of the woods for almost two decades, its leader, guitarist Trey Anastasio played an extremely sold-out acoustic concert at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall last Friday where he was joined for 10 songs by keyboardist Jeff Tanski, a Grateful Dead collaborator who helped Anastasio break into Broadway a decade ago.

Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...