2010

Umphrey’s Announces NYE Run

Scott Bernstein September 7, 2010 No Comments

Umphrey’s McGee will return to the Riviera Theater in their hometown of Chicago for a three-show New Year’s Eve run that’s being billed as “3 nights. 7 sets. 1 band.” The sextet last played a New Year’s show at the 2,300 seat venue on December 31, 2004 having moved up to the Aragon Ballroom a year later. UM performed at the Aragon each of the past five years with the exception of 2008 when they played at The Auditorium Theater.

Umphrey’s keyboardist Joel Cummins explains the choice of venues…

“We’ve played nearly every room in Chicago over the course of our career, to continue keeping things interesting, we’ve chosen one of our favorite venues in the city this year, the Riviera Theater, with a perfect combination of lots of open floor for dancing and seats in the balcony with great sight lines. We can’t wait to feel the energy in this legendary Chicago haunt explode!”

Tickets for the 29th, 30th and New Year’s Eve go on sale Saturday, September 11th at 10 AM CT. A pre-sale of three-show ticket packages begins tomorrow at Noon CT. The band has also added a slew of shows to its fall tour plans including a two-show run at the Canopy Club in Urbana, IL on Oct. 28 and 29 as well as a two-night stand at the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT on Nov. 3 and 4.

READ ON for a full list of Umphrey’s tour dates…

Briefly: Phish Presale Emails Arriving

Scott Bernstein September 7, 2010 68 Comments

We just received the first report that emails from Music Today regarding Phish Tickets for the band’s upcoming fall tour have started to hit inboxes. Hopefully our readers have received

Cover Wars: Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

DaveO September 7, 2010 5 Comments

The timeline for Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) is a bit more complicated than most Cover Wars because while the song was written by Bob Dylan, Manfred Mann officially released their cover of it two years before it would appear on Bob Dylan’s album Self Portrait. The song was written and first played with The Band during the recording sessions for The Basement Tapes, but the version penned during that session would not be released until 1985 as part of the Biograph release. Further complicating things, when Manfred Mann recorded the song they simply titled it Mighty Quinn. The song gets named a LOT of different ways.

Cover Wars

The Contestants:

The Britpop band Cornershop released this cover on their 2009 release Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast. The entire album is recommended listening, and if you like what you hear, be sure to give their 1997 album When I Was Born For The 7th Time a listen as well.

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Video from the Godiva Festival this year:

READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

Through The Years: Tom Petty ’76 – ’10

Scott Bernstein September 7, 2010 1 Comment

For this installment of Through The Years we look at a Tom Petty video from each year between 1976 and 2010. Usually we aim to show you how much the appearance and sound of the featured artist has changed over the years, but we were struck with how little Petty’s music has changed over the years. The Florida native never altered his classic sound to fit with the times.

The playlist starts with a look at Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the studio recording Breakdown in 1976 and contains 28 more high-quality videos featuring dozens of big hits and a few choice covers. Highlights include Petty and his band backing Bob Dylan on Positively 4th Street in 1986, an intense take on Don’t Come Around Here No More from 1985, Tom and Prince delivering a sizzling While My Guitar Gently Weeps at 2004’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and a beautiful acoustic version of Won’t Back Down from the Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline in 2000.

READ ON for the complete track information for this playlist…

Video: Rush – Tom Sawyer (Isolated Tracks)

Scott Bernstein September 7, 2010 1 Comment

For musicians who want to figure out how to cover a song, there’s no better tool than isolated tracks. Isolated tracks are audio files in which one instrument is boosted over the other instruments. Not only are they useful for figuring out how to cover the song in question but they also show off the skills of the instrumentalist whose track has been boosted. We recently came across a trifecta of isolated track videos on YouTube covering all the parts of Rush’s Tom Sawyer. Take a listen to Geddy Lee’s work on the bass…

Rush – Tom Sawyer (Isolated Bass)

READ ON to hear Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart’s parts…

Tour Dates: Particle Turns 10

Jeffrey Greenblatt September 7, 2010 No Comments

While we’ve seen sporadic live dates from Particle over the last few years, 2010 marks an important milestone for the techno-jam-rockers as they are celebrating their tenth anniversary. To commemorate

Video: Umphrey’s McGee – Fuck You

Scott Bernstein September 6, 2010 No Comments

[Updated With Official Video – 09/06 2:30PM] Chicago prog-jammers Umphrey’s McGee have a long history of covering contemporary songs from tackling SNL’s Dick In A Box on Dec. 31, 2006

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Back To School

Jeffrey Greenblatt September 6, 2010 1 Comment

While the official end of summer isn’t for a few weeks, Labor Day marks it’s “unofficial” ending. For those of us in the real world it just means no more

Televised Tune: On the Tube This Week

Luke Sacks September 6, 2010 2 Comments

Ray LaMontagne will make two late-night TV appearances this week stopping by Jay Leno on Wednesday and Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday in support of his new album God Willin’ &

Crooked Still: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 8/20/10

Peter Zimmerman September 6, 2010 No Comments

If you try to classify exactly what type of music it is that Crooked Still plays, you’ll find that you’re at a loss to find the perfect description. Part bluegrass, part folk, part old-time, part gospel—these are just the beginnings to best define the band’s musical genre. Never was this more clear than during their recent show at the historic Great American Music Hall in San Francisco—a city they haven’t played since touring behind their 2004 debut album Hop High.

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