October 2007

On this Friday we turn once again to Uncle Neddy for a little mix action…

There are good guitarists, there are great ones, and then there is Bill Frisell. My hard drive is littered with Frisellevation, so it was a sweet curse to narrow this one down. But instead of limiting myself, I’ll do a second part of this next time, which is not to say next week but next time through the rotation. Chew on these for a bit, enjoy all the badasses Bill calls bandmates, and if you have any requests, recommendations or good Bill treats to share, by all means, do so.

01 When You Wish Upon A Star — Petra Haden And Bill Frisell (2003)
02 [title unknown] — Frisell, Baron, Driscoll: 11 May 1995 (1995)
03 Rambler — Ginger Baker Trio: Going Back Home (1994)
04 White Fang — Bill Frisell: Unspeakable (2004)
05 Graveyard Shift — Naked City: 9 Oct 1988 (1988)
06 Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall — Bill Frisell: 2 July 2005 (2005)

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Stick this one in the Better Late Than Never file…yeah, we just saw it. We’re hearing mostly positives from Van Halen’s resurrection n’ resuscitation tour, but this version of Jump

When I was seven years old my Uncle Bobby gave me a copy of Dave Marsh’s Book of Rock Lists, and I studied it harder than the Torah before my Bar Mitzvah. I’ve got a short attention span, so I loved being able to sit down for five minutes and learn all sorts of new things about rock and roll. And digesting all the lists in that book allowed my eight-year-old self to freak out the adults by telling them 20 things they didn’t know about Bruce Springsteen.

From the day Ace asked me to work with him on Hidden Track, I knew that I’d finally have a chance to share all of the lists I’ve made up in mind since my uncle gave me that book. Now let’s take a look at the 10 best B Lists of Hidden Track’s first year of existence. Click on the title to look back at the actual lists…

10. The B List: Brothers In Arms — 09/13/2007

Recently we put together a list of 10 favorite sets of brothers that jam together

Scott and Seth Avett [The Avett Brothers]

The Avett Brothers of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina may play instruments typically associated with bluegrass, but the sound that comes out is more Nirvana than Bill Monroe. Scott and Seth began writing songs together in 2000 and are beginning to gain national notoriety for their unique batch of originals. In May the boys made their television debut on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The Avett Brothers will be on the road through the end of the year. Read on…

Twenty-four hours ago we posted, and this is a technical journalism phrase, “a wickedly kickass” photo gallery of the inaugural Echo Project’s first day from the masterful Dave Vann. If you missed it, you can click here and make up for your unforgivable transgression…or you can be a stubborn dick about it. As the legendary philosophers from Black Sheep once directed, the choice is yours.

Thankfully the Illustrious Mr. Vann is back with the second of his three sweet galleries. Saturday mixed the usual festival touring bands like Disco Biscuits, moe., Tea Leaf Green and Perpetual Groove with electronica-based acts like MSTRKRFT, Thievery Corporation (above) and Brazilian Girls, adding a touch of hip hop from Common, folk rock from the Avett Brothers and some singer/songwriter shenanigans from Cat Power. Oh, but there’s plenty more as well, so get goin’…

So read on after the jump for the second of three photo galleries from Echo, and hey, if you’ve got some stories from the festival, let ’em loose in the comments.

Bruce “I was the best keyboard player the Grateful Dead ever had” Hornsby counts many amateur and professional musicians among his myriad fans. And some of these musicians have collaborated