Archive: 2007

Beck’s 1996 classic "Odelay" will be expanded for a Jan. 29 reissue by Geffen/UMe. The new edition of the album, which in original form has sold 2.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, includes a second disc with a host of rare extras. Disc one sports the original "Odelay" plus the […]

Widespread Panic struggled for many years to find an effective replacement for its deceased talismanic guitarist, Mikey Houser. Depending on who you asked between 2002 and 2006, the band ranged from “eh, alright” to “not very good” to “sucks donkey balls” under the six-string leadership of George McConnell. Then Jimmy Herring came along, and he […]

I’ve spent much of the past hour rifling through year-end revenue statistics for amphitheaters, festivals, concerts and tours, trying to come up with a joke smart enough to make fun of the 138,322 people in New Jersey that made Bon Jovi’s 10-night run with My Chemical Romance, Daughtry and others the fourth highest-selling concert in […]

Excuse the passive voice, but it’s best to say this plainly: The Allman Brothers Band is a much better group since the filming of their last concert DVD in 2003. We’ve been chomping at the bit for a recent show to make its way down the pike, and the waiting’s now over, thanks to JamCam […]

With Peter Frampton, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby and Bernie Worrell taking a lead role at Warren Haynes’ 19th Annual Xmas Jam in lovely Ashevegas, we were a bit unsure whether this year’s charity proceeds would be headed for the Habitat for Humanity coffers as usual or whether they’d already been spent on gallons of prune juice and Oops I Crapped My Pants for the green room.

But our man on the scene tells us the aging rockers brought their best, and combined with Grace Potter, G. Love, Jerry Joseph, Eric McFadden and the most excellent host, the Xmas Jam didn’t disappoint in the slightest.

The hometown Citizen Times has provided plenty of videos and pictures in its yearly wrap-up and in a special Smasheville section, and you can already download most of the concert (see below), but we asked frequent HT commenter and first-time contributor Frank Sturges to put a bow on the Xmas Jam proceedings, and he and his crew gave out the following awards at a ceremony that took place at the Waldorf Astoria earlier today.

Set of the night: Peter Frampton
The joke’s easy, but Frampton really came alive. We got some Humble Pie, a blues jam with Warren, a Motown tune, and most importantly, the sickest one-two punch I’ve ever seen at an Xmas Jam to close the set. A huge Do You Feel Like We Do followed by While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Read on for more awards, photos, setlists and downloads from Xmas Jam…

Cold War Kids have announced the release of a free digital EP. ‘Mulberry Street’ is a rare, out-of-print EP that features six songs recorded prior to their latest album ‘Robbers & Cowards’. The band said that they are making it available for free as a ‘thank you’ to their fans.  "Cold War Kids recorded three, […]

Yeasayer have announced the dates of an extensive North American tour next year.  The hotly tipped band will kick things off in Washington DC on January 16 and play cities across the US including Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Brooklyn before wrapping things up in Philadelphia on February 15. Yeasayer have also announced […]

Portishead previewed a series of tracks from their forthcoming album at a homecoming show Sunday night (December 15). The band played an intimate gig at the Bristol Academy, their second in the last week in nearly 10 years. The packed show came off the back of their performance at All Tomorrow’s Parties Nightmare Before Christmas […]

It was just about a year ago that Los Lobos nearly tore the roof off of Higher Ground. This year’s appearance at the South Burlington venue was slightly shorter and slightly less ambitious, but no less satisfying in its own way.

On stage, Ron Wood and Keith Richards often appear inseparable.  While Sir Mick and The Human Riff may be responsible for creating the bulk of the Stones' massive catalog of songs, Ronnie has served as Keith's guitar  foil while giving those tunes life in concert longer than either Brain Jones or Mick Taylor ever did.