On Friday we shared Adam Kaufman’s video of Sand from Classic TAB’s barn burner at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and now we’ve got more to show you.
Let’s start off with a clip of Windora Bug:
READ ON after the jump for more exclusive videos from BK…
Friday [all times Eastern]: The Who: Six Quick Ones [VH1 Classic 6PM] Classic In Concert: Queen at Wembley [VH1 Classic 9PM] The Tonight Show: Chris Cornell [NBC 12:35AM] Late Night
Day two at the Newport Folk Festival couldn’t have been more different than the first day. The crowd seemed much bigger, and when I arrived at Fort Adams around 1PM every single inch of grass in front of the Main Stage was already claimed. Not only were there more people, but there were hundreds of boats in the harbor surrounding the stage filled with Buffett-loving sailors.
[Photos by Drew Granchelli]
Everything was different on the second day including the vibe, which was much more festive and lively. I’m sure the marvelous weather also helped. Upon arriving, I ran to the Main Stage to check out the pride of Tucson, Arizona: Calexico. From the moment I told all of my friends that I was heading to Newport for the folk festival they all told me not to miss Calexico, and I’m glad I didn’t. The sextet delivered a eclectic blend of indie rock, folk and tejano music that sounded like a mix of Los Lobos and Arcade Fire. READ ON for more from the Newport Folk fest…
It didn’t take very long for audio of last night’s Trey show to surface. [Photo by Adam Kaufman] CLICK HERE FOR THE FLAC FILES RECORDED BY JON MERIN CLICK HERE
We’ve got a number of videos and photos coming in from longtime HT associate Adam Kaufman, but we just couldn’t wait to get up this incredible clip of Sand: Check
Welcome to the first-ever Hidden Track live blog, where we’ll be providing the setlist, commentary and hopefully some photos from tonight’s Classic TAB Warmup concert at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg.
[Photo by Adam Kaufman]
Classic TAB
August 7, 2008
The Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NYSet I: Alaska, Gotta Jibboo, Peggy, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Sand, Cayman Review, Gone*, Windora Bug, Night Speaks To a Woman
Set II: Tuesday, Drifting, Backwards Down The Number Line, Spin, Valentine*, Greyhound Rising*, The Way I Feel, Mr. Completely> Light*, First Tube
E: Heavy Things, Bug
* First Time Played (Original)
4:00 PM: Only 60 more minutes before I blow this Popsicle stand to make the forty-minute commute down to Williamsburg. Meanwhile, have you seen the latest batch of Craig’s List ads? Not exactly as brilliant as the tour dog trade, but certainly some interesting offers…
Will blow you for a Trey ticket
Will sell my testicles for Trey
Trey tickets gets you a serious lickin’
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I woke up with a huge smile on my face when I realized today is the day I’ll finally get to see Trey rip shit up on the ‘Doc for
I ended part one of my Newport Folk Festival review discussing Jim James’ sublime sit-in with She & Him during the mother of all rainstorms. That wasn’t James only cameo of the weekend, as he also sang Dylan’s Goin’ To Acapulco with Calexico on Sunday afternoon. I love that JJ fully embraced the Newport Folk Festival and stuck around for all three days, unlike Trey Anastasio who took off mere minutes after his set ended.
[Photo by Drew Granchelli]
While Jim James’ sit-ins were outstanding, the highlight of the whole festival was his solo set on Saturday afternoon. Just as the rain was dying down My Morning Jacket’s lead singer treated the soaked crowd to an fan-fucking-tastic performance that mixed old favorites with a couple’a gems from Evil Urges. Jimmy also busted out a scintillating cover of Gil-Scott Heron’s When You Are Who You Are that had many in the audience scratching their noggins trying to figure out what tune they were hearing.
JJ paced the set fantastically moving from new tune to old tune and back again. M. Ward added backup vocals and a second guitar to Wonderful (The Way I Feel), Golden and Look at You, which gave each tune some nice depth. James’ voice was in fine form throughout the set and the crowd cooperated by remaining extremely quiet in awe of what they were witnessing. My favorite part of the set was the final tune: Z’s Anytime. I didn’t imagine that a solo version of that tune would sound so good. JJ eschewed use of his guitar in favor of an Omnichord, which he worked to perfection on Anytime. Once he finished singing Anytime Jim pressed a few buttons on the Omnichord which increased the tempo of the beat and ran off stage. It was a weird ending to a marvelous set. READ ON for more…
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