On Friday night, I had the privilege of catching Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman and Jay Lane play an intimate show under the moniker Scaring The Children at what is fast
Two of the better documentaries released this decade will be broadcast on Thursday afternoon. IFC shows 2003’s Tom Dowd and the Language of Music – the story of innovative producer/recording
It was no surprise that The Black Crowes decided that as the basis for their new album, to record themselves live in the winter of 2009, offering all new material to an intimate audience at Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock New York. Is it any wonder either that Steve Gorman can't hardly stop talking about the group? Talking with Glide's Doug Collette, he sounds tremendously excited about how well the band is doing right now, as well as their future prospects. From his vantage point at the drums at the back of the stage, and as a charter member of the group, things have never looked or sounded better for The Black Crowes.
The Flaming Lips are set to play a ‘secret’ show in Hollywood, California on Thursday (October 15), two days after the US release of the bands new album ‘Embryonic’. Taking
The third night of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s farewell stand at Giants Stadium had a markedly different tone than the first two. This was mainly due to the fact that its centerpiece was the first-ever performance of the 1984 album Born In The USA, start to finish. Even before the “album suite,” the show had a stadium-sized sing-a-long feel.
"Cross Collaboration,” “Super Group,” call it whatever, Monsters of Folk simply sound good…real good. Conor Oberst, Jim James (Yim Yames), Mike Mogis and M. Ward have all established themselves as artists to reckon with in this new millennium and they gathered back in 2004 to start tossing ideas around. Their self-titled album was released this month; it is an enchanting mix of guitar strums, wonderin’ blues and flat out gorgeous vocals.
The second leg of the fan-friendly Allman Brothers Band / Widespread Panic co-bill tour continued this weekend at the BJCC Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. As with most of the other shows on the tour, the Birmingham shows contained plenty of collaborations between the two bands along with this weekend’s co-conspirators DJ Logic and Colonel Bruce Hampton.
On Friday night, Derek Trucks joined Panic for a cover of P-Funk’s Maggot Brain that segued into a take on Time Is Free that also featured Hampton on vocals and Oteil Burbridge on bass. WSP’s JoJo Hermann returned the favor by adding an extra pair of hands for The Weight and Key to the Highway during the Allmans’ set. Later, Panic bassist Dave Schools replaced Burbridge on Dreams, before WSP guitarist John Bell and Schools guested on a cover of Highway 61 Revisited. Finally, Jimmy Herring added another ripping guitar to the mix for the One Way Out encore.
Saturday featured more of the same as the Allmans welcomed John Bell to sing And It Stoned Me and Colonel Bruce to sing Smokestack Lightning. Panic’s set featured DJ Logic on turntables for Dyin’ Man, Warren Haynes on guitar and Marc Quinones on perc for a cover of War’s Slipping Into Darkness, Gregg Allman on vocals and organ for a cover of Bob Dylan’s Just Like A Woman and Haynes on guitar for Bust It Big.
Here are the Birmingham setlists via burnthday from the ABB forums…
10/10/09 BJCC Arena, Birmingham, AL
The Allman Brothers Band with Widespread PanicO: Midnight Rider >Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, You Don’t Love Me, Soulshine, Stand Back, And It Stoned Me*, Revival, Statesboro Blues, Little Martha > Mountain Jam > Smokestack Lightning**> Mountain Jam
E:Black Hearted Woman
O:The Take Out > Diner > Rock > Porch Song, Dying Man***, Slipping Into Darkness****, Just Like A Woman*****, Bust It Big****** > Drums* > Airplane > Pilgrims > Good People > Dark Bar > Good People > Junior
E:Expiration Day > Going Out West
* with John Bell on guitar/vocals
** with Colonel Bruce Hampton
*** with DJ Logic
**** with Warren Haynes on guitar, Marc Quinones on percussion
***** with Gregg Allman on organ/vocals
****** with Warren Haynes on guitar
READ ON for the setlists from Friday night’s show…
This was a busy week as usual for the Hidden Track Crew as we published 34 posts by 11 different contributors including the latest member of our team – Tammy
Words By: Jonathan “Kos” Kosakow
Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt, who together comprise The Rural Alberta Advantage, occupied many nights of their 2005 lives at an open mic night in Cabbagetown, outside of Toronto. Three years later, the trio released their first album, Hometowns
It was apparent that they were still getting used to this success on Wednesday night, when a near capacity crowd at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom played host to one of their last scheduled shows of the year. Between songs, Cole and Banwatt shuffled back and forth between instruments (they both switched between percussion and synthesizer, though Banwatt favored the full drum-kit). Edenloff nervously stopped to remark on their thankfulness for playing in front of such dedicated fans. Though when the music started, it was clear that they were in their element. READ ON for more of Jonathan’s experience seeing RAA…
Something about a young band on the cusp heading out on tour seems to bring about all sorts of antics and funny stories. Having first come to know of the Minneapolis-based Roster McCabe after finding their spirited take on Warren G’s rap classic Regulator for an old edition of Bust Outs, we have since seen the name bantered about plentifully in the jamband circles, most recently as the Jambands.com New Groove of the Month.
In poking around a bit on their website, it quickly became evident that these guys have a close knit friendship where the music comes first, but the tomfoolery a close second. So, naturally they seemed like a fun band to check out a bit further.
What is Roster McCabe all about musically? The original songs tend to see-saw up and down through big frenetic jams and mellow reggae breakdowns throughout the course of their extended, but not belabored song structures. The most distinguishing trait would be the lead vocals of keyboard player Alex Steele who brings a hip-hop, roosty reggae energy which easily staves away the dreaded “standard jam fare” label. It’s a fresh approach, particularly for anyone who likes reggae music with a more energetic and improvisational bent.
In chatting with the band between shows in the early stages of a hefty Colorado run, we learned more about the group’s camaraderie and their music, while scoring ourselves one hell of an entry for America’s Funniest Home Videos along the way.
Hidden Track: First off, congrats on being selected to the New Groove of the Month by Relix and Jambands. That’s a big step in the right direction. Do you get the feeling that things are really kicking into gear these days for the band to make the jump to the next level?
Roster McCabe: Thank you, we were honored to be selected as the New Groove of the Month. Things have been growing steadily for us. The touring, practicing and writing has been slowly paying off, so we are just going to continue those things and see what happens. We were recently in Billboard as one of five up and coming national jam acts, so that was nice to get a little recognition for everything we have been doing.
READ ON for more of Ryan’s chat with Roster McCabe…
