Posts by Ross Warner

Saturday, March 14th, was the penultimate show of this year’s “Unbroken Chain” tribute shows in Port Chester, now in its second year and led by his son Grahame Lesh. The event started as a tribute to the late Phil Lesh, held on his birthday, March 15. The Capitol Theatre show last night ran so long […]

Warren Haynes has been extremely busy these days. For him, that’s really saying something. He appeared on CBS News to speak about the passing of Bob Weir, sat in with the band on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, premiered a new song, “Desiree” for Paramount’s Landman, and sat in with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead […]

On December 30th, Gov’t Mule returned to New York City’s Beacon Theater to close out the year. Unlike in 2024, the upper deck was sold as seats rather than left empty. That’s a good sign, since these shows aren’t for everyone, but will hopefully continue. Q104.3’s Ken Dashow suggested as much when he came out […]

“Yo ho ho and a bottle of rumHoist the mainsail, here I comeAin’t no room on board for the insincereYou’re my witnessI’m your mutineer.” Warren Zevon said the song “Mutineer,” from the 1995 album of the same name, was his love letter to his loyal fans. At that point, their dedication was worthy of the […]

After starting their year-end run in New Haven on the 28th, Gov’t Mule returned to the Beacon Theatre on December 30th. They hadn’t played at the venue in a year, and NYC fans were psyched to have them back. Unlike previous stands, however, the upper balcony was unsold. It would be a shame if younger […]

Ross Warner’s American Standard: Cheap Trick From The Bars to the Budokan and Beyond (Foreword by Mike McCready) came out just recently. It’s been seven years since Glide asked him to compile a Top 10 list, and the timing and subject seem appropriate. So without further introduction, here’s his Top 10 Under the Radar Cheap […]

Pearl Jam returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time in almost two years on Tuesday night, September 3rd. They have been supporting their strongest album in years, Dark Matter, produced by Andrew Watt. Watt most recently helped the Stones find their groove with Hackney Diamonds, which similarly featured some of the band’s best […]

This isn’t your father’s Black Crowes. If you also saw them during their initial ascent during the 90s, these aren’t the Crowes of your memory. Chris and Rich Robinson finally reunited after seven years and were ready to hit the road in 2020 when the world shut down due to COVID-19. The band was celebrating […]

“Phil Lesh and Friends” technically played at the Berkeley Community Theater on September 24, 1994, when Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Vince Welnick played an acoustic set before what would be the Grateful Dead’s final fall tour.  In reality, Phil & Friends took flight four years later, after Lesh’s liver transplant, and started a quarter […]

“The fourth time’s a charm.”  That was how Warren Haynes acknowledged the odyssey of cancellations that led to Gov’t Mule’s first show at the Beacon Theatre since 2019 on December 30, 2023.  Along with all his appearances with the Allman Brothers Band, Haynes has played the venue more than any other musician. These Beacon dates were […]

When this reviewer wrote about last year’s Citi Field show, the air of uncertainty was surrounding the band. Rolling Stone immediately ran a “scoop” that it would be the final tour, which the band immediately debunked.  This year, however, they announced that it would indeed be the end of this project.  The announcement was made last […]

Warren Zevon finally earns a spot on the rock and roll hall of fame ballot

Since 1996’s Sex, America, Cheap Trick boxed set, fans have been clamoring for this.

Gov’t Mule has a long relationship with the state of New York, including a pair of concerts that were professionally recorded and filmed in Port Chester for the Bring On The Music CD/DVD. Yet the band’s most recent release is Heavy Load Blues (released November 2021) which is technically, the album they are supporting on the […]

This reviewer has spent a lot of time in this very space writing about the evolution of Dead & Company. Even before the final bow at 2015’s “Fare Thee Well” shows in Chicago in 2015, plans were already underway for the music (and everything that goes with bringing it on the road) of the Grateful […]

Dark Star Orchestra returned to The Paramount in Huntington on March 30th for the first time since November of 2019. Of course, this was originally scheduled for New Year’s weekend, but the pandemic pushed off this, and countless shows were planned for that time. It also served as a homecoming for guitarist Jeff Mattson and […]

As was the case with Tom Hanks’ “David S. Pumpkins” Saturday Night Live character, Dead & Company have finally become “their own thing.” Was it the forced hiatus of COVID or the changing expectations of the audience that caused their newfound freedom?  It’s best not to overanalyze it since that makes the magic that much […]

Like the rest of the world, Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule have been sidelined for a good portion of the last year aside from some select socially distanced solo performances. But it is fitting that this quartet was one of the first to commit to performing live again since so much of their history has […]

During the interviews that comprised his fantastic memoir Hard To Handle, Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman recounted to Steve Hyden the night he worked on Warren Zevon’s The Wind.  After announcing to the world that he had mesothelioma in 2002, Zevon pledged to not only record his final album, but to see the next James […]

Most likely you’ve already heard about the new Bruce Springsteen album Letter To You by now.  If you haven’t, it will also be accompanied by an Apple Music documentary, directed by his longtime collaborator Thom Zimmy.  You can also watch the official Apple-branded hour-long interview with Zain Lowe, which is a fantastic look at Springsteen’s […]