December 18, 2007

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: You Can’t Hear Jimmy

Widespread Panic struggled for many years to find an effective replacement for its deceased talismanic guitarist, Mikey Houser. Depending on who you asked between 2002 and 2006, the band ranged

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HT Giveaway: JamCam Wanee DVD

Excuse the passive voice, but it’s best to say this plainly: The Allman Brothers Band is a much better group since the filming of their last concert DVD in 2003.

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Xmas Jam: Something Something Soulshine

With Peter Frampton, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby and Bernie Worrell taking a lead role at Warren Haynes’ 19th Annual Xmas Jam in lovely Ashevegas, we were a bit unsure whether this year’s charity proceeds would be headed for the Habitat for Humanity coffers as usual or whether they’d already been spent on gallons of prune juice and Oops I Crapped My Pants for the green room.

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But our man on the scene tells us the aging rockers brought their best, and combined with Grace Potter, G. Love, Jerry Joseph, Eric McFadden and the most excellent host, the Xmas Jam didn’t disappoint in the slightest.

The hometown Citizen Times has provided plenty of videos and pictures in its yearly wrap-up and in a special Smasheville section, and you can already download most of the concert (see below), but we asked frequent HT commenter and first-time contributor Frank Sturges to put a bow on the Xmas Jam proceedings, and he and his crew gave out the following awards at a ceremony that took place at the Waldorf Astoria earlier today.

Set of the night: Peter Frampton
The joke’s easy, but Frampton really came alive. We got some Humble Pie, a blues jam with Warren, a Motown tune, and most importantly, the sickest one-two punch I’ve ever seen at an Xmas Jam to close the set. A huge Do You Feel Like We Do followed by While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Read on for more awards, photos, setlists and downloads from Xmas Jam…

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Cold War Kids Release Free Digital EP

Cold War Kids have announced the release of a free digital EP. ‘Mulberry Street’ is a rare, out-of-print EP that features six songs recorded prior to their latest album ‘Robbers

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Yeasayer Plot North American Tour

Yeasayer have announced the dates of an extensive North American tour next year.  The hotly tipped band will kick things off in Washington DC on January 16 and play cities

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Ronnie : Ron Wood Autobiography

On stage, Ron Wood and Keith Richards often appear inseparable.  While Sir Mick and The Human Riff may be responsible for creating the bulk of the Stones' massive catalog of songs, Ronnie has served as Keith's guitar  foil while giving those tunes life in concert longer than either Brain Jones or Mick Taylor ever did.

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