Our pal Chad recently spoke with Widespread Panic’s Jimmy Herring about his terrific new solo album, Lifeboat, for Glide Magazine’s main site. The solo slinger reflects on why he decided
Just a reminder that our giveaway for two pair of tickets to catch phenoms Strange Design cover Phish’s epic performances at the Beacon from 1994 at Sullivan Hall on Friday
As we approach the end of 2008, it’s time to start looking at what we can expect from the 2009 Festival Season. 2008 brought a number of new festivals, some
We just wanted to remind you that you’ve still got time to let Umphrey’s McGee know what tracks from the vault you’d like to see released as bonus material for their new album, Mantis. Simply head over to this post and leave a comment telling them exactly what gems you want to hear.
The Chicago-based sextet just finished their last tour of 2008 in Washington D.C. this weekend, and we’ll have more on that later. After a full year of touring the band hasn’t wasted any time in announcing their first major tour of 2009. READ ON after the jump for a full list of Mantis Tour dates…
The legendary Stone Pony nightclub in Asbury Park, aka the House That Bruce Springsteen Built, has closed temporarily for roof maintenance and repair. All shows scheduled at the venue over
After you finish feasting on turkey this Thanksgiving, head down to the basement with your cool cousins to watch a full day of Pink Floyd programming on VH-1 Classic. Highlights
As you may have read, the Zappa Family trust – headed by Gail and Dweezil Zappa – have waged war on Zappa cover bands. Earlier this summer some major drama
After Radiohead released OK Computer the band headed off on an extensive World Tour. Filmmaker Grant Gee followed the band around the world to document what went on behind the
Welcome to the 100th edition of The B List. To celebrate this special anniversary, I’m going to finally finish a list I started writing way back in December 2006. Ah, the good old Hidden Track glory days…
Peanut butter and jelly; mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and crust; bong hits and porn – certain combinations are magical proving that the whole can be greater than the sum of two parts. That’s true in music as well. For this week’s B List, we’re going to list ten song pairings that work great together.
10. Sailin’ Shoes > Hey Julia > Sneakin’ Sally – Robert Palmer
It’s not too often that a musician covers another artist’s song so well that the original artist starts covering the style of the cover in concert. Just this year Little Feat has started playing Sailin’ Shoes with the funky feel of Robert Palmer’s version. For his debut album and in concert, Palmer segue Sailin’ Shoes into his own Hey Julia before dropping the hammer with Sneakin’ Sally. Check out this live version from Wesleyan University circa 1976…
READ ON for nine other perfect pairings from Zappa, Phish and more…
Let me start off my recap of Widespread Panic’s intimate benefit concert at Irving Plaza last night by saying the band was firing on all cylinders and sounded great. But as good as they were, I had the worst concert experience I’ve ever had in my life. The venue was packed so far beyond capacity that the ceiling started falling down. It’s a miracle no one got hurt.
As we waited in line to enter the concert, which was a benefit for the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, I knew we were in trouble when members of the venue’s staff started selling entry to the show for $100 cash. The gig was way oversold already, but I guess when there’s a dollar to be made Live Nation and the foundation intended to make it.
Bill’s sons Alex and David kicked things off at 8PM with a speech about the history and goals of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. After about twenty minutes Widespread Panic took the stage to massive cheers from the crowd. I found what I thought was a nice space in front of the soundboard, but within minutes of the Heroes opener the floor was “buns to franks.” The Panic boys were feeling it from the first minute and I did my best to put the logistical shitshow out of my mind to focus on the music.
READ ON for more about Widespread’s return to Irving Plaza…
