2007

J.J. Cale joined Eric Clapton and his band for a number of songs at Clapton’s concert in San Diego last night. Cale, who wrote such Clapton hits as Cocaine and After Midnight, joined the band for those songs and Anyway the Wind Blows, Don’t Cry Sister Cry, It’s Easy, and Who Am I Telling You. Derek, JJ, and Eric? It doesn’t get more badass than those three trading licks.

Cale has always been a hero to Clapton, and the two recently collaborated to release The Road To Escondido. For those of us that missed this epic sit-in last night don’t fret: The show was recorded for an upcoming DVD release.

Clapton’s tour rolls on, but Derek Trucks will be sitting out a few gigs in order to play with the Allman Brothers Band at the upcoming Beacon Theater run.

Thanks to Nedly from the Eric Clapton forum for the photos. Read on for the remaining dates on Clapton’s March and April tour…

When I saw Jimmy Herring rip shit up during his Widespread Panic debut at Radio City Music Hall back in September, I remember thinking “If this is how they sound now, I can only imagine how they will sound with a full tour under their belts.”

This past weekend we saw the fruits of their labor. I caught Panic’s headlining set to close out this year’s Langerado festival, and it’s clear that the band has now fully integrated Herring’s sound with incredible success.

After an amazing-yet-tiring weekend, I was looking forward to getting my inner hippie on and dancing the night away with some Widespread Panic. The band opened with Hope In A Hopeless World and I got a little sad when they referenced New York City, knowing that my amazing trip to Florida was fading fast. At the end of Hope, Herring got his first chance to shred, and looking around you could see jaws dropping everywhere. Read on for more of Scotty’s review…

I came at Bill Laswell through a back door, and somehow that seems appropriate when jousting with a man whose mission it is to cause cultures to collide and reap

As if there weren’t enough unbelievable reunions happening this summer, we found a very interesting item from the Rush and Molloy gossip column in Wednesday’s New York Daily News. I

1. We’ve been updating our Grousing The Aisles: Langeradownloads post frequently since its intial publication yesterday, and we’re up to recordings for 16 bands. If you’re looking for Langerado downloads,

Everyone’s down on Trey Anastasio. Well, maybe not everyone, but you can’t throw a cup without finding someone with a decidely negative opinion of the man without whom this little rag would not exist. Did he bring this on himself? Perhaps. Two Shine openers in the span of two days down at Langerado? Poor form.

But the Bad Lieutenant is still our favorite improvisational guitarist, and in this week’s installment of The B List, our dear friend David Onigman fills in valiantly for Scotty to remind us of the good times of yore…and the good times that can be.

“I heard Trey was going to sit in” is an oft-popular phrase in small to mid-level nightclubs around the country, especially if the scheduled performers have some sort of existing relationship with the man, even be it a small one.

For the purposes of this list, I have chosen not to include any guest appearances where Trey was already scheduled to appear in the room that night — so you won’t see Trey with his opening act (Tea Leaf Green, Particle) or Trey sitting in with a headliner when Phish was the opening act (Santana). Instead, I am choosing to focus on the moment that occurs when the rumors come to fruition, when Trey walks out on stage and fulfills the dreams of the musicians and fans.

Read on for Dave’s complete list of the ten best sit-ins involving Ernie A…

Your ol’ Ace Cowboy played earwitness to a deadly police shootout in the West Village last night, a gunfight that for a little while was rumored to have taken place inside