Once again Livenation.com has put up an event listing for a Phish show before the band has had the chance to announce the whole tour. An event page for a
When guitarist Bill Nershi of the String Cheese Incident announced he’d be leaving the band after their 2007 Summer Tour, we all knew it was just a matter of time before the group known for their eclectic blend of sounds, hula hooping fans and group hoots would return to the scene. It turns out their breakup didn’t even last two years, as the Colorado-based band will stage their comeback at the second annual Rothbury Festival in Michigan.
[Photo by Jennifer Kirk]
Scheduled for July 2 – 5 at the Double JJ Ranch just north of Muskegon, this year’s Rothbury Festival lineup features a solid base of jambands with a number of artists from various genres thrown in for good measure. The Dead, which kicks off their reunion tour in Greensboro on April 12, have been tapped to headline the festie along with String Cheese, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes.
Tickets for Rothbury 2009 are currently onsale for $229.50 until Friday when the price rises to $249.50. VIP packages of varying degrees of comfort and price ranges including multiple lodging options are available once again this year. As with most other ’09 festivals, a layaway plan is available for those who want to spread the cost out. READ ON for a full list of performers…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, one of the most underappreciated bands of the last 30 years, are the subjects of Runnin’ Down a Dream airing on the Sundance Channel on
Mike Love mentions the Beach Boys having jammed with the Grateful Dead on this Merle Haggard tune before going into it… [youtube]ZL2fkuoFLsk[/youtube] The Beach Boys – Okie From Muskogee
For the first four shows of their 40th Anniversary Run at the Beacon Theatre, the Allman Brothers Band invited a number of special guests who came from the blues and rock worlds. Last night, the Allmans tipped their collective caps towards the elements of jazz that play a large role in their music by inviting jazz greats Stanley Clarke, Randy Brecker and Lenny White to join them at various points during show number five.
[Moogis Screenshot capture of Oteil admiring Clarke by Gondicar]
Following along on the cripsy Moogis webcast feed, I saw the Brothers kicked things off with Little Martha once again before digging deep into their repertoire for hot versions of Rocking Horse and Gambler’s Roll. For the Dreams that ended the first set, the Allmans brought out trumpeter Randy Brecker and drummer Lenny White who’s best known for his work on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and in the recently reunited Return to Forever.
The second set started with a beautiful Melissa that was the only song of the set that didn’t feature any guest spots. Pedal steel wiz Robert Randolph and jazz drummer Adam Nussbaum started the parade of special guests for rollocking versions of Turn On Your Lovelight and One Way Out before giving way to Brecker for a cover of Joe Zawinul’s In A Silent Way that led into another massive In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. Lenny White came out for the Liz Reed and was joined by his Return to Forever bandmate Stanley Clarke for a mindblowing bass/drum segment towards the end of the mammoth song.
READ ON for the setlist, stats and more from night five…
Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro returns to Burlington, VT’s illustrious Blues For Breakfast radio show on Sunday morning starting at 9:45AM to discuss the number one video on this week’s Billboard
The Allman Brothers Band’s 40th Anniversary Run at the Beacon Theatre continues to be filled with special guests, bustouts and tremendous playing all around. Last night, the parade of epic
Faceoff at Canadian Music Week 2009… Gene Simmons vs. Bob Lefsetz
Typically, by now I’ve given up caring about the music schmooze fest going on next week known as SXSW, but this year is different. I’ve somehow managed to convince my
What trip to a jazz festival would be complete without seeing a band that actually has the word jazz in their name? Not being familiar with most of the players on the Sunday schedule, I probably allowed that fact alone to make my decision. The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey sounded a bit edgier than Matt Kirk Jazz with special guest, Margie Boule.
I have read Ms. Boule’s occasional column in the local paper and have seen her on television. She seemed nice. But, and this is totally without ever hearing her sing a note, mind you, just a quick impression etched in my head that I have to let out, I believe that the most improvisation one would witness at that performance would be Ms. Boule scatting a bit at the end of Embraceable You. And, no, I’m not dissing on Margie Boule as a person and she’s probably a perfectly capable singer and those in attendance that evening, I am sure, had the time of their lives. Nor do I know a single thing about Matt Kirk. Not one bit. Nada. But I ain’t no hater.
I’m just saying that I was looking for more of what jazz is supposed to be. The smoky bar, one drink too many or too few kind of riffing and experimenting with the sounds, with a steady beat and rhythm to spare. Hardly any words in the songs I was looking for. More like improvisations on a theme, with the soloists rotating at some random order that was dictated by the music itself. Real jazz, pure and simple.
I got what I was looking for at the Goodfoot Lounge on the last night of the Portland Jazz Festival in the form of Seattle’s Das Vibenbass and The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
READ ON for more of AJ’s review of JFJO in Portland…
