2010

I’ve been a little busy the past few weeks, so my apologies for neglecting this column. But I’m back and while technically I’m only supposed to be using performances from August 16th – 22nd, I need to grab a little something from Sunday August 15th because the Jeff Tweedy solo set from Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival welcomed many special guests and was all around awesome. We’ll start with a few tracks from that and move on to some setlist trickery that My Morning Jacket has been employing and close out with the guitarmageddon that ensues when two jamband shredders sit-in which each other’s ensembles.

[Thanks to liveween for this week’s photo]

Artist & Title: Jeff Tweedy – Various – See Below.
Date & Venue: 2010-08-15 Solid Sound Festival – North Adams, MA
Taper & Show Download: Brenndan Murphy

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, by everything I’ve heard, was a massive success and one of the highlights was the Jeff Tweedy solo set that featured a number of rarities, special guests and essentially turned into a Wilco set by the end of it. I’m going to embed three separate tunes from the show but I recommend downloading the whole thing now. Tweedy plays a solo set on Sunday at Loufest in St. Louis and Wilco next plays Friday September 3rd at Jazz Aspen.

Look Out For My Love (w/ all of Avi Buffalo)
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READ ON for two more tracks from the Tweedy set as well as MMJ & RAQ…

Last month, our own Ryan Dembinsky started a new tradition here on Hidden Track by detailing the first leg of Phish’s Summer Tour 2010 from A – Z.

[Photo by Adam Kaufman]

Today, we present a new list breaking down the recently completed second leg of the tour from A -Z. Take a look…

A is for Alpine – The most well-rounded two-night stand on the tour, the Alpine run had it all from jams to transitions to Fuck Your Face to Trey machine gunning the hell out of the massive venue. There’s a reason the band keeps coming back to East Troy each summer.

B is for Burn that Bridge – The band continued the trend started in Leg 1 of soundchecking this song regularly while refraining from playing it live during the show. There were at least three instances during Leg 2 where the Anastasio/Amanda Green penned tune was played to an empty house.

C is for Cities – Possibly the song of tour, Cities was not only slayed at the Greek and at Jones Beach but was soundchecked in Telluride. The Greek version ranks among the best jams of summer.

D is for Deer Creek – Phish’s Midwest home away from home, Deer Creek once again provided hallowed ground for the band to work its magic. The first set of the first night was a trainwreck but by the end of the show the boys had restored all faith in them and the power of the venue. Night 2, their 20th show there, ranks up there with the best of them from Noblesville. READ ON for more of our look at Phish Tour…

Friday 4 the Foodies columnist Jon Hochstat reminded us that original Gov’t Mule bassist Allen Woody passed away ten years ago today. Woody was such a paradox of a human being. He had such a heavy bass sound but his mando playing was light and beautiful. He was a massive hulk of an intimidating man, yet was a sweet soul with a heart of gold. The Mule has rolled on to achieve lots of success in the decade since Woody left this planet, but there’s no doubt it’s never been the same since his passing.

Allen Woody first gained national exposure in 1989, when he joined the Allman Brothers Band for their “reunion” tour after a seven year break. Woody’s heavy tone gave the Allmans’ sound an edge that was missing since Berry Oakley died and Allen immediately formed a bond with band mate Warren Haynes. Woody and Warren started Gov’t Mule in 1994 with Matt Abts and about three years later the pair left the Allmans to work full-time on the Mule.

The recently released Mulennium – recorded at the Roxy in Atlanta on December 31, 1999 – shows just how impressive the power trio was after more than two years of constant touring. Sadly, we’ll never know what heights the trio version of the Mule would’ve reached had Woody not been found by a chambermaid at a Queens Motel ten years ago today. We miss Woody and hope he’s resting in peace jamming out with the likes of Jerry Garcia, Rick Danko and Duane Allman in the afterlife.

For this week’s B List we’ve put together a collection of 10 Woody-centric videos. READ ON for a look at what Allen delivered during his time on Earth…

Since becoming temporarily obsessed with Brooklyn’s Fang Island precisely two days ago, I’ve stumbled on some of the most passionate descriptions and comments about this band:  “It’s exactly what Wyld