Trey Anastasio brought his solo acoustic tour to Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday for a concert at Gaillard Auditorium. The Phish guitarist fit his first acoustic cover of Taj Mahal’s “Corinna” into the 25-song setlist.
Anastasio had been focusing solely on originals since covering Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” on opening night of the tour in Springfield, Massachusetts, until last night. The gorgeous unplugged “Corinna” was played in the eighth slot on Sunday. “I heard you last night,” Trey noted after he performed the Taj Mahal classic, which apparently came in response to a request from a fan on Saturday night in Savannah, Georgia.
Legendary blues musician Taj Mahal originally released “Corinna” on his 1968 album Natch’l Blues. Phish rolled out their cover of the song on February 21, 1987 and have performed “Corinna” 30 additional times since…