Let’s set the God Street Wednesday Time Machine for the Spring of 1998 as we take a look at an interview GSW bassist Dan Pifer did for In Music We
Each month, HT Contributor Ben Wiser will take a closer look at notable performances of Dark Star. If you have any favorite Stars you would like him to cover, send the date over to darkstarstories@yahoo.com
This coming Monday will mark 25 years since the Grateful Dead kicked off a three-night run at the Greek Theater in the hot summer of 1984. 1984 was an interesting year for the band – there were good nights and there were…eh…not so good nights, but the concert the Dead played in Berkeley on July 13th is a strong candidate for show of the year.
The first set rocks, but the second set is what the show is best known for. Starting with an amped up Scarlet Begonias that tears into a speedy Touch of Gray (which was already well established in the band’s repertoire) and finally winds down into a groovy Fire on the Mountain. Phil drops a serious bass assault during I Need a Miracle and Jerry delivers the goods with a sublime and breathtaking Stella Blue. After Bobby leads the boys in a stomping Sugar Magnolia finale, only then does the real magic begin.
“If we could have your patience for another five or ten minutes, we’re going to try something a little special tonight, one night only.” – Phil Lesh
The road crew ran around the stage, setting up screens and projectors. Images of deep space appeared, and then the familiar triad of notes begins.
READ ON to find out more and to listen to the Greek ’84 Dark Star…
Back in May we told you that JVC had decided to stop sponsoring their long-running Jazz Festival series and that no company had stepped up to help George Wein throw
I’ve been on a Van Hagar kick lately, so you all have to share in the pain… Van Halen – Dreams (Blue Angels)
On Saturday, the Governor’s Island Concert Series kicks off with a fun triple bill featuring quintessential Grateful Dead tribute act the Dark Star Orchestra, one man orchestra Keller Williams along
Steve Martin on banjo, performing at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York on May 28th, 2009.
Cheap Trick were one of the first bands, if not the first, to play what we now know as Power Pop. Three decades later, you can hear Cheap Trick's sound in countless bands and that could be perceived as gratifying or annoying by someone like Rick Nielsen who did it first, but he sees it as a reflection of the how Cheap Trick operates more than an homage to their sound.
The Black Crowes have announced an additional fall concert leg to support the band’s forthcoming new studio album, "Before the Frost …." Currently in the middle of an early summer
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Beck has launched a new interview series on his website, which will feature regular conversations between musicians, artists and writers. The singer’s first interview subject is legendary crooner Tom Waits,
