Back in June, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Crowded House, Elvis Costello and a slew of other legendary performers descended upon London’s Hyde Park for this year’s installment of the Hard
For this week’s B List, we look at ten musicians who were brought on to help existing bands through tough periods only to leave those groups shortly thereafter. In most cases the reasons for the musicians departures are unknown because as we discussed in the Unanswered Questions B Lists, bands generally like to keep personnel matters private.
Here’s what we came up with…
1. Gary Cherone in Van Halen: 1998
Van Halen fans around the world were shocked when Gary Cherone of Extreme was announced as Sammy Hagar’s replacement on vocals. The Cherone-fronted band released the underwhelming Van Halen III in 1998 followed by a lengthy world tour. Just as quickly as it began, the Cherone Era ended with a press release describing the split as “both mutual and amicable.”
READ ON for nine more short-lived unions…
God Street Wine guitarists have added another gig to their schedule. In addition to performing tomorrow night, October 8, at Sullivan Hall as part of a birthday party for Alexandra
I’ll let you in on a little secret about LIFE ON DRUMS, Billy Martin’s “instructional” video for drummers…you don’t have to be a drummer to enjoy it. Martin gives lessons
Mike Gordon’s third studio album, Moss, comes out on 10/19 and after a few weeks on the road with Phish, the bassist heads out with his solo band for a
Last night, I recorded the debut episode of a new podcast called Type II along with fellow Phish fans Justin Wendt and Tanya Sperry. Each week Type II will feature
Always ahead of the curve, HT faves Umphrey’s McGee are making a break from the typical album format as they release new music this fall. The Chicago-based sextet will be releasing a series of digital EPs with a number of different ways to purchase them…
buy the EPs separately or as a bundle; or splurge for the holidays on the box set which will include music and video for the discerning UMphreak, including a wealth of bonus tracks, previously unreleased rarities, and hand-picked, band curated material from studio and live work. The tracks will be available in multiple formats: MP3, FLAC, and 24-Bit Hi Res FLACs for select titles. Details will be released shortly.
Not only will the group put out newer material but they will also release studio versions of UM classics in these collections. Umphrey’s kicks things off by sharing a free download of the recently debuted track Wellwishers.
READ ON to take a listen and look for more details soon…
Music Today has started sending out notices of regret and confirmation to those who entered the lottery for tickets to Phish’s New Year’s Run. How did you fare? Let us know
Gorillaz’s first-ever world tour kicked off this past Sunday night in Montreal at the Bell Centre and crosses into America in time for tomorrow’s show at the Agganis Arena in
There aren’t many photos that circulate among fans of the Quintet Era of Phish that started at keyboardist Page McConnell’s first show on May 3, 1985 and ended with guitarist Jeff Holdsworth’s departure from the band shortly after his last show on May 17, 1986. So we were excited to come across an amazing shot of the five-piece from an Earth Day Celebration at UVM on April 15, 1986 via the Oh Kee Pah Blog Facebook Page.
[Photos by Rich Wallace]
You’ll notice McConnell using milk crates as a seat – how very Vermont of him – and playing nothing but an electric piano and cheap organ. The shot above was first posted on Facebook by Phish fan Chris DiLeo and comes from the collection of Daniel Marshall, though Rich Wallace actually snapped the photo. We asked Chris if there was more where this photo came from and he shared another picture from ’86 and a pair of Phish pics from Spring ’88.
04/15/1986 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Dear Mrs. Reagan, Prep School Hippie, Quinn the Eskimo -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Makisupa Policeman, Have Mercy, All Blues, Dog Log, Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Anarchy, Camel Walk -> Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni BluesNotes: The band was introduced by Trey as the “Bob Dylan Band” before a jam that led into a short All Blues (the first known Phish performance; it was only about a minute long). Dog Log was dedicated to all of the dogs that are running around — including Marley the Wonder Dog. Possum included a Music Never Stopped tease. [via Phish.net]
- Download: 04/15/1986 [via Spreadsheet]
READ ON for more classic Phish photos from the ’80s and, as always, be sure to click on the photo for the full-sized image…
