The Horseshoe Curve
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Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...

's sixth studio album. It was his second release on his record label, Rubber Jungle Records
Rubber Jungle Records
Rubber Jungle Records is an independent record label created by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio. It was launched by Anastasio to release his album Bar 17. The label released Anastasio's new album, The Horseshoe Curve on July 24, 2007 and the live album Original Boardwalk Style on June 10, 2008.Time...

. The Horseshoe Curve is entirely instrumental apart from three cries of "Burlap Sack & Pumps" on track 3 of the same name. This album features the ten-member dectet that toured from 2002 to 2004.

The album was primarily recorded at The Barn
The Barn
The Barn is a recording studio on the property of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, located in the Green Mountains near .The door of the outhouse on the south side of the barn serves as the cover of Phish's Farmhouse album....

, Anastasio's recording studio near Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....

, and Trout Recording in Brooklyn, New York. "The 5th Round" and the title track were recorded at the band's June 11, 2002 show at the Amphitheatre
Chevrolet Amphitheatre
The Trib Total Media Amphitheatre at Station Square is an outdoor music pavilion at Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The venue has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. In January 2007 it was announced that the amphitheatre would be changing its name to The Amphitheatre at Sandcastle and...

 at Station Square
Station Square
Station Square is a indoor and outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment complex located in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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.

Track listing

All songs, unless otherwise noted, are written and arranged by Trey Anastasio
  1. Sidewalks of San Francisco - 4:06 (Anastaio/Markellis/Lawton)
  2. Olivia - 8:22 (Anastasio/Baptista)
  3. Burlap Sack & Pumps - 6:58 (Anastasio/Markellis/Lawton/Kevin Hoffman)
  4. The 5th Round - 6:19
  5. The Horseshoe Curve - 6:20 (Anastasio/Markellis/Lawton)
  6. Noodle Rave - 5:14
  7. Tube Top Tony - 3:34
  8. Porters Pyramids - 2:53

Personnel

  • Andy Moroz - Trombone
  • Cyro Baptista
    Cyro Baptista
    Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music....

     - percussion
  • Dave Grippo - alto/baritone saxophone
  • Jennifer Hartswick - trumpet
  • Peter Apfelbaum
    Peter Apfelbaum
    Peter Apfelbaum is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer born in Berkeley, California. He first emerged on the jazz scene in the late 1970s, performing with Carla Bley from 1978–1982 and touring with Warren Smith and Karl Berger. Around this time Apfelbaum...

     - tenor/baritone saxophone
  • Russell Remington - tenor saxophone/flute
  • Ray Paczkowski
    Ray Paczkowski
    Ray Paczkowski is a keyboardist from Burlington, Vermont. He graduated from high school in the fishing village of Chatham, Massachusetts. A former milkman, Ray is part of the Jazz trio Vorcza, but is best known for playing in various bands with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio.-Bands:* Vorcza*...

     - keyboards
  • Russ Lawton
    Russ Lawton
    Russ Lawton is a drummer from Vermont. He is best known as the drummer from the solo band of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. Lawton also performs with the Vermont jam band Strangefolk and The Chrome Cowboys...

     - drums
  • Tony Markellis
    Tony Markellis
    Tony Markellis is a bassist and record producer from Helena, Montana, now residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. His career spans nearly forty years, playing blues, folk, jazz, rock and country music with musicians such as Trey Anastasio, Paul Butterfield, The Mamas & the Papas, Johnny Shines,...

     - bass
  • Trey Anastasio
    Trey Anastasio
    Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...

     - guitar, vocals

Credits

  • Recorded and Mixed by Bryce Goggin
    Bryce Goggin
    Bryce Goggin is a record producer and sound engineer. He began his career in the early 1990s working at Baby Monster Studios. He first received acclaim for mixing the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement...

  • Additional Recording by Paul Languedoc
    Paul Languedoc
    Paul Languedoc was the soundman for rock group Phish prior to the band's breakup in 2004. As the band's chief sound engineer and house mixer, he recorded their double-CD A Live One, and all 27 volumes of the Live Phish Series. He also built guitars and basses for Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon. A...

  • Mastered by Fred Kevorkian
  • Artwork by Scott Lenhardt

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