2010

Well and Goode: Well and Goode

If the story of Well and Goode sounds preposterous, it is. Midas Well and Upton O. Goode are none other than Brendan Benson and Mark Watrous.

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Phish Worcester Setlist: Night One

Phish @ DCU Center (The Centrum), December 27th Phish kicked off a five-show NYE Run tonight at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. At the group’s first of two performances

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HT Interview: Sexfist

Since 2003, devoted Chicago bluegrass fans have traveled near and far every Tuesday night to catch the city’s resident acoustic outfit, Sexfist. While the name may spark visions of earsplitting metal, sweaty moshpits, B.O. and raging fits of testosterone, fear not! I assure you that the acoustic four-some are devoted bluegrass traditionalists right down to their suits and ties; heck they even share one mic!


Contrary to what their name entails, Sexfist specialize in traditional, finger-lickin’ bluegrass crossed with a steady mix of rock renditions and original compositions. They have a reputation for delivering high-energy performances branded with articulate picking and fluent harmonies. Really, when it comes down to it, very few Chicago bands throw hootenannies quite like Sexfist. These days the band can be found playing every Tuesday night at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago. It was there where Hidden Track caught up with banjoist Chuck Oakton, and eventually bassist Bradley Longwood, to chat about the Chicago bluegrass experience.

Hidden Track: Where do your stage names come from?

Chuck Oakton: They’re porn names. It started off as a basic middle name followed by the street you grew up on. But, occasionally that wouldn’t work out so well, like sometimes it would be perfect. Like James our old dobro player he had the perfect Sexfist name, it was Michael Wildwing (laughs). Most of them are porn names and a couple of them are made up to sound like porn names, because you want there to be a consistency…like some people’s are pretty lame. Like Eric’s (guitar), I forgot exactly what Eric’s was, he’s Clutch Johnson, which is a great porn name but his middle name isn’t Clutch (laughs). So mostly it’s our middle name followed by the street we grew up on but it varies.

READ ON for more of our chat with members of Sexfist…

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Briefly: Panic Documentary Prepped

Dave Schools of Widespread Panic recently spoke with Billboard’s Gary Graff about the bassist’s plans for 2011, which includes touring with Stockholm Syndrome and celebrating the 25th Anniversary of his

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Stormy Mondays: Vintage Phish

While your ears will likely already be filled with plenty of Phish this week, why not add another heaping helping? This week’s Stormy Monday is a mix of vintage Vermont

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Let It Snow

With Snowpocalypse 2010 descending onto the a large hunk of the eastern seaboard yesterday, dumping upwards of 20-plus inches of snow and bringing more than a few things to a

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Video: Deerhunter – Helicopter

With just days left in 2010, don’t think that there isn’t still time to discover some albums that may have slipped under the radar over the last 51 weeks. Since

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

You don’t have to love metal to enjoy the 2008 documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil featuring a Canadian metal band whose best days were behind them, sort of like

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