Doug Collette

John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band: Live In Toronto ’69

Doug Collette November 12, 2009 No Comments

The rudimentary recording technique and amateurish quality of the audio/video content on this DVD is perfectly in keeping with the rough-hewn nature of John Lennon's performance with his pickup band at the 1969 Toronto Peace Festival. Even though the segment in which he appears constitutes less than half the running time of the disc, the Beatle's first solo performance in public is nevertheless a riveting experience to watch.

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Dafnis Prieto: FlynnSpace, Burlington, VT 10/29/09

Doug Collette November 11, 2009 No Comments

On course to attain a position comparable to the great drummer/bandleaders in jazz history, Dafnis Prieto and his band played an imaginative single set at FlynnSpace October 29th. The six musicians were able to display their individual and collective talent through the astute guidance of their precocious leader.

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The Wood Brothers: Flynn Center, Burlington, VT 10/7/09

Doug Collette November 4, 2009 No Comments

Opening for Bruce Hornsby at the FlynnCenter October 7th, The Wood Brothers won over the headliner's audience. Chris and Oliver's sly humor and understated country blues made an almost immediate connection and remained effective for the duration of an unfortunately abbreviated forty-minute set.

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David Binney Quartet: Flynn Space, Burlington, VT 9/26/09

Doug Collette October 29, 2009 No Comments

The intimacy of FlynnSpace lends itself to revealing the detail of a musical performance which benefited The David Binney Quartet tremendously the evening of September 26th. It was impossible not to notice how the foursome challenges itself when they play.

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Benjamin Gibbard, Jay Farrar: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music from Kerouac’s Big Sur

Doug Collette October 21, 2009 No Comments

While working on the soundtrack to the movie One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur;  Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard decided to develop their collaboration to include more original songs (and some selected concerts) based on the Beat avatar's writings. The CD resulting from their mutual interest, unfortunately, is a mixed bag.

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The Black Crowes – Reflections of The Band

Doug Collette October 12, 2009 No Comments

It was no surprise that The Black Crowes decided that as the basis for their new album, to record themselves live in the winter of 2009, offering all new material to an intimate audience at Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock New York. Is it any wonder either that Steve Gorman can't hardly stop talking about the group?  Talking with Glide's Doug Collette, he sounds tremendously excited about how well the band is doing right now, as well as their future prospects.  From his vantage point at the drums at the back of the stage, and as a charter member of the group, things have never looked or sounded better for The Black Crowes.

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Son Volt: Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT 9/21/09

Doug Collette October 2, 2009 No Comments

Son Volt played a brilliantly paced set at Higher Ground on 9/21, that unlike the group's last appearance at the Vermont venue in spring of 2007 where Jay Farrar and company struggled to gain traction, the quintet leapt into action with "The Picture" and were blazing away by the time they finished roughly two and half-hours later.

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The Black Crowes: Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT 9/17/09

Doug Collette September 28, 2009 No Comments

If, in their return to this South Burlington venue, The Black Crowes didn't throw the knockout punches as in  the fall of 2008, their performance nevertheless concluded with purposeful finality as they intoned " Oh Sweet Nuthin" with stirring gospel fervor. It was yet another gesture of kinship with the music-lovers populating the ballroom floor, further evidence of a very rare bond  arising from an audience being as enthusiastic as the band playing for them.

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