Michigan quintet Greensky Bluegrass welcomed Grateful Dead drummers Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart – currently touring as the Rhythm Devils – to perform with them at last weekend’s Hoxeyville Festival.
When I decided to take my vacation in Los Angeles this year, one of the first things I did was go on JamBase to see what bands were performing the week I was going to be out in the Southern California sunshine. The one show that stood out was The Neville Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Hollywood Bowl.
You may be asking yourself, why is the food guy’s first post from an LA food trip about a concert? Well here’s why – like everyone who reads this blog on a regular basis, one of the important things to consider when going to a show are pre and post show eats as well as options available during the show.
Pre-show eats wound up working out really well. One of the places I really wanted to check out while in LA was Pizzeria Mozza.
Here is the information on the about page on the Mozza website:
Nancy Silverton, Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich meld their prodigious talents to bring Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza to the heart of Los Angeles. With the devout commitment to product, environment and hospitality, the two unique but equally engaging concepts provide dynamic templates for displaying the group’s profound passions.
Dinner reservations can be real hard to get but lucky for me my cousin works as a waiter there. He told me that since Mozza is open 12-12 every day straight through, the best times to go are between 3-5 pm. He happened not to be working the day we wanted to go so he joined me and my friend Wayne who is a Private Chef in Los Angeles (and a damn good one too!). So Wayne and I met my cousin at Mozza at 4 PM the day of the Neville’s show. Upon being seated we said to him “You work here and know the food and the staff, we trust you, order for all of us and tell us what we owe at the end.” What followed was a tour through the menu hitting various dishes, flavors and cooking styles.
You can see the entire Pizzeria Mozza menu here.
READ ON for more on Jon’s California Adventure…
While James Brown may have been the Hardest Working Man In Show Business, The Roots clearly deserve the moniker as the Hardest Working Band. The Philly hip-hop act, who serve
Check out Palladia on Saturday at 9PM for the premiere of Gorillaz – Live at The Camden Roundhouse. The program includes hits such as Feel Good, Inc. with De La
We’ve had the pleasure of catching a local Albuquerque jam band called The Noms twice this summer and decided this band is something to talk about! The ensemble collection of four guys and a gal never fail to impress as they lay down track after track of original material with well blended harmonies and impressive acoustic breakouts that belie their youth. Having already won local competitions and recently breaking into ITunes, it won't be long before the Noms move beyond the Sandia Scene. When they embark upon their 40 city tour next summer, remember you heard the name here first!
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…
The Grateful Dead’s vault must have a gash because two big releases on are on the horizon. Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 4 features highlights from May 6 and May
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
