Former 70 Volt Parade lead singer Trey Anastasio kicked off this year’s Langerado festival with a three-hour show at Ft. Lauderdale’s Revolution. So what was Big Red’s first song out of rehab, on
Scotty’s already down in Florida and I’m out the door. Trey awaits at the Revolution tonight, and then scores of our favorite bands will likely greet us with fantastic aural
Last week I kicked off a two-part look at the best covers buried amongst the two million videos on YouTube. So let’s finish that up this week — kindly turn
After this post I’m off to Florida for some rest and relaxation…oh, and also an adult dose of great music and general good times at Langerado.
Before I check out (I’m already checked out mentally), you should check out the latest edition of Grousing the Aisles. This week we’re featuring a rare 1990 Bruce Hornsby show, the Cracker duo in Pittsburgh, an amazing Leo Kottke gig, and one of Addison Groove Project’s farewell shows. Enjoy the cold weather, suckers!
Bruce Hornsby 12/16/90 SBD (FLAC):
Over the three years that Bruce Hornsby was a member of the Grateful Dead he didn’t have many opportunities to play gigs with his own band. Hornsby only played six shows with The Range in 1990 after he joined the Dead, and that list includes this terrific show from the Concert Theater in Ventura, California.
For this performance Hornsby augmented the Range’s lineup with Shaun Murphy (Little Feat) and Laura Cramer on backing vocals. From the On The Western Skyline opener through the rest of the show, the ladies’ voices make a strong impact, giving a rare vocal fullness to Hornsby’s greatest hits. During recent shows Bruce may play one or two of his radio hits, but on this night he played them all. Hornsby also played Jacob’s Ladder and The End of the Innocence: two songs he wrote that were made famous by Huey Lewis and Don Henley, respectively.
Hornsby is energetic and enthused throughout the entire show. In many interviews Hornsby has complained about the rigid structure that had become entrenched in the routine of being a member of the Grateful Dead. Throughout this show Hornsby sings and plays piano like a man being let out of a cage. I’ve been searching for a Range show from this time period for a while, and it was worth the wait. If you like Bruce, you’ll love this show.
Read on for more music from Kottke, Cracker and the Addison Groove fellas…
We’ve got a juicy rumor that seems to be making the jump to fact. A number of industry sources have indicated to us that the North American segment of the Live Earth festival will be held at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens.
Hey, Gore, Shea is a shithole. Perhaps the organizers were feeling a bit of nostalgia, as the home of the Mets will be closing after the 2008 baseball season.
Aside from the word of our sources, here’s another clue: The Mets will be away from the park from June 29th to July 11th, giving the organizers and field crew plenty of time to assemble and take down the stage and production elements.
The 07/07/07 Live Earth is a 24-hour festival billed as the “The Concert for a Climate in Distress.” Al Gore, the main spokeperson for the worldwide event, says it will take place at seven separate locations, each one on a different continent. Confirmed locations include London’s Hyde Park, Johannesburg, Shanghai, and Sydney. The venue in Antarctica has yet to be announced, but I have a feeling that will be an easy ticket no matter at which igloo the bands play.
The performers that have been announced at press time are:
* AFI * Akon * The Black Eyed Peas * Bloc Party * Bon Jovi * Corrine Bailey Rae * Damien Rice * Duran Duran * Enrique Iglesias * Fall Out Boy * Faith Hill * Foo Fighters * Genesis * John Mayer * John Legend * Kanye West * Keane * Kelly Clarkson * Kenna * Korn * Lenny Kravitz * Maná * Melissa Etheridge * Paolo Nutini * Pharrell Williams * The Police * Ray LaMontagne * Red Hot Chili Peppers * Robin Thicke * Sheryl Crow * Snoop Dogg * Snow Patrol * Tim McGraw
Read on for more on the storied history of rock concerts at Shea Stadium…
Every week in Wednesday Intermezzo we throw you a link to the latest edition of the Grateful Dead’s Taper’s Section. If you haven’t been clicking on that link and downloading
On a day rife with major news announcements in our cosy corner of the music world, I offer youse our regular Tuesday department for your consumption… Think The Gourds’ unique
The Chairman of the Boards, Page McConnell, will be playing his first gig in promotion of his new solo album on April 4th at New York City’s Gramercy Theater. Page’s
My one-year-old nephew is gonna be fuckin’ stoked to hear this news: Children’s entertainer Laurie Berkner will be one of the headliners at this year’s Green Apple Music & Arts Festival. Having just spent an entire afternoon at my kin’s birthday party listening to Berkner’s entire catalog, I can safely say that the tradition of wacky jamband lyrics will surely remain alive at this particular festival.
Check out the list of the other headliners at the upcoming three-city Green Apple festival, courtesy of Mike Greenhaus at Relix:
Bob Weir and RatDog, Taylor Hicks, Decemberists, Umphrey’s McGee, the Disco Biscuits, Greyboy Allstars, Kaiser Chiefs, Stephen Marley and world-famous children’s performer Laurie Berkner are among the artists scheduled to headline the second annual Green Apple Music and Arts Festival.
As previously reported, the world’s largest Earth Day celebration will expand to three cities this spring, simultaneously taking place in New York, San Francisco and Chicago from April 20-22. Produced by Relix Magazine and Peter Shapiro and presented by JP Morgan Chase, Green Apple is a direct descendent of New York’s famed Wetlands Preserve, which meshed music with activism. In total, Green Apple will present over 150 performances in 60 music venues.
It’s certainly not as powerful as I had hoped for, especially in New York, but at least I know I’ll be solidly entertained for a pleasant three-day span next month. Read on for many more details on which artists are playing in which cities, as well as what the people of New York, San Francisco and Chicago are in for…
Guitarist Benjamin Curtis of the ridiculously fluffed trio The Secret Machines is calling it quits. According to his brother Brandon on the band’s message board, “After 7 and 1/2 years of playing music
