This has already been a stellar year for Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia archival releases, but Rhino will up the ante with the next batch of releases set to drop
It’s no secret that many of our readers have had plenty of spirited discussions over the last few months, or maybe years, discussing what classic album Phish would cover at the next Halloween show. The concept of this live “Musical Costume” was launched by Phish on Halloween in 1994 when they performed The Beatles White Album in its entirety. Errr, except Good Night which was played over the PA system. And while Phish has done it three additional times – and a fourth if you include Dark Side Of The Moon on November 2nd, 1998 in Utah – they have also inspired many other bands to follow suit.
This week’s B List takes a look at ten other bands that have taken on the assignment of covering another band’s album in the live setting.
1. Jiggle The Handle covered Paul Simon – Graceland
8-12-2000 – Berkfest, Great Barrington MA
Leading off this B List we’ve got one of my favorite small jambands of all time, Boston’s Jiggle The Handle. This complete album performance was announced in advance. Well, it was announced they’d be performing AN album, and the choices were out there, it was between Graceland, Rift, Sgt. Pepper’s and Animals.
Humorously, the band started and ended their full performance of Graceland with teases of the opening tracks from the three albums not chosen, and a Jiggle The Handle tune – Walk Right Out Your Door. They bring on a little extra help from a number of other Boston-area-bands calling on: Dan Rockett, the horn section from Addison Groove Project and both Andrew & Brad Barr from The Slip.
Selected Audio: Teases > The Boy In The Bubble
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READ ON for nine more bands that have tackled live full album covers…
This past week was a great one as far as excellent soundboard recordings getting uploaded to the Live Music Archive. Besides a slew of recordings from last year’s Loki Festival
As part of their ongoing 20th anniversary celebration the creators of The Simpsons are giving their fans an opportunity to appear on the long-running hit series with a design-a-character contest,
The McLovins have just posted yet another new song to YouTube. This fun rocker – named 20 in a 35 – features Jake Huffman relentlessly pounding the skins, Jason Ott
Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band have been synonymous with Walnut Creek amphitheatre since the venue’s inception in 1991. Widespread Panic (WSP) have one of the longest existing relationships with the venue, having performed one of the very first shows there in 1991, and the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) have performed at the venue every year since it opened – an incredible streak that will never be rivaled.
[All photos by Dave Rogers of AWAY-TEAM.COM]
While Panic’s highly anticipated shows at the venue have traditionally taken place in the Spring and Summer, a down year for concerts prompted the powers that be to team WSP with another southern musical powerhouse for a season-ending Sunday double bill that was as historic as they come.
There was plenty of room throughout the venue for the duration of the show, and it’s a testament to our times that both bands would draw even lighter numbers at the massive shed for a show by themselves. Still, longtime followers of the bands know that Sunday shows are frequently above average, and WSP excited their fans with 100 minutes of stellar playing that rarely relented. Strong song selection is the key to a standout WSP show, and this set had that in spades, with a spirited Pigeons opener foreshadowing an engaging setlist.
READ ON for more from the Allmans and Panic in Raleigh…
The Mars Volta performing at the Fillmore in Detroit, MI on 10.14.09.
Glorious Day, the full-length debut CD from Over Mountain Men, will be released in early 2010 in Ramseur Records. The Over Mountain Men is comprised of Bob Crawford, bass player
After nine months of surfing the Pacific and recording in a Malibu home studio, MGMT member Andrew VanWyngarden is paddling back to shore and suiting up for the band’s sophomore
Andrew Bird is set to take his tour to some churches across the country, in a self-described attempt to make his audience feel both lifted and comforted as the cold
