Summer Camp 2011 included a fun new addition for the smaller bands on the docket called The Matchups, which provided an opportunity to jam with members of the bigger acts
While Phish won’t be touring this fall, the band’s guitarist has confirmed his first gig of the season as Trey Anastasio and his band has been added to the lineup for this year’s Bear Creek Music & Art Festival. Set to take place in gorgeous Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park in Live Oak, FL, Bear Creek is known for its intimate atmosphere, family feel and funk-heavy lineup.
Anastasio bolts to the top of Bear Creek’s bill with Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, The Funky Meters, KDTU, Galactic, John Scofield & Piety Street, Soulive, Lettuce and MMW among the acts scheduled to perform in Live Oak between November 11 and 13. George Porter Jr & the Runnin’ Pardners, the Russell Batiste Band are among the other additions to the lineup announced today along with artists at large Freekbass, Nikki Glaspie, Jamie McLean, Will Bernard, Johnny Vidocovich, Roosevelt Collier, Scott Messersmith, Topaz, and Michelle Sarah. Head over to the festival’s website for the full lineup and ticketing information.
We spoke with Bear Creek organizer Paul Levine about booking TAB and he mentioned how much this addition meant to him. “Personally, I am head over heels excited to have The Trey Anastasio Band at Bear Creek. Trey is obviously considered by many to be the best and most emotionally expressive guitar player in the world. We are honored to welcome TAB to Bear Creek, Levine said.” Levine went on to explain, “I am a huge Phish and Trey fan. I saw Phish for the first time at Haverford College in a cafeteria in 1990, I believe, while I was at Lehigh University. Since 2000, I have probably seen Phish 40-50 times. I was at Coventry and at Madison Square Garden for New Year’s this year. I saw the famous ‘Meatstick’ in New York and it was probably the most joyful thing I’ve ever seen a band do.” READ ON for more…
The Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival comes your way with not one but two weekends of fun in 2012. Details after the jump. While it may be too early
With so many bands coming to the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas for Wakarusa this week, it gets tough to get to know them all beforehand. Lucky for you, we were able to grab a handful of bands and take them to the interrogation room for you
Loud, hard-driving and never boring, The Jim Jones Revue brings its frenetic style of rock to North America beginning in September. With wailing vocals reminiscent of a young Steven Tyler
Tonight Phish moved on to the second stop of Summer Tour 2011 and one that is familiar to both fans and the band – the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. Located a short drive from guitarist Trey Anastasio’s hometown of Princeton, Phish first performed at what was then the Garden State Arts Center as part of the H.O.R.D.E. tour on July 11, 1992 and have since returned six times before this week’s two-night stand.
[via PNC Bank Arts Center Facebook Page]
The band came out of the gates by crafting a first set filled with high-energy, arena rock favorites including Chalk Dust Torture, Punch You In The Eye, The Moma Dance and Divided Sky. Anastasio dedicated a straight forward yet strong version of Sand to “Max” before struggling through The Divided Sky later in the set. Trey had such issues with the complex tune that he gave up at one point and urged the crowd to sing his part.
There were no trainwrecks in set two as the quartet put together a tight, engaging second stanza that started with a cover of J.J. Cale’s After Midnight and featured an exploratory jam out of Drowned before ending with the tour’s first YEM. Outside of Alaska, the newest original played on this night, Sand, was debuted in 1999. Phish returns to the PNC Bank Arts Center tomorrow. READ ON for the setlist and for “The Skinny”…
With Memorial Day Weekend signifying the official start of summer, it also marks the official kickoff to music festival season, as each weekend from now through the end of September
Hangout Music Festival @ Gulf Shores, AL – May 21
According to 90-year-old California Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping, Saturday, May 21 was supposed to be the day of Rapture. For over 35,000 music fans Saturday, May 21 was also day two of the Hangout Festival.
On the agenda were Primus, Flaming Lips and Foo Fighters with some Cee Lo Green slipped in between. Who better to bring the world to an end than the Flaming Lips? I began my day hiding from the blazing Alabama sun (or was that spiritual judgment?) at the Boom Boom Room (an outdoor stage encased in a white tent) with Australian flame Xavier Rudd.
Rudd simultaneously mastered percussion, didgeridoo, harmonica, guitar, lap steel and vocals. His organic sound created an elaborate sonic texture, which framed original lyrics of political and social mind. Rudd’s songs moved from folk to exotic, energetic, aboriginal rhythms driving every body in the audience to stomp, clap and shake to the beat. As Rudd sang about peace, freedom and spiritual balance the crowd cried out for more.
- Previously on HT: Day One – Hangout Festival
READ ON for more from Allison on the Hangout Fest…
This week, we get an early dose of Postcards From Page Side from our featured columnist Brian Bavosa as he recounts Phish’s tour opening weekend at Bethel Woods in Bethel, NY…
After five months off since their triumphant New Year’s Eve run at the DCU Center in Worcester and NYC’s Madison Square Garden that seemingly saw the band turn a musical corner, Phish returned to the road this past weekend for a three-night run at Bethel Woods in upstate New York. After the holiday run, fans were very interested to see what might be in store for the band’s most aggressive and longest tour in nearly 20 years this summer – broken down into two legs, 30 proper shows and a 3-day festival over the 4th of July weekend in Superball IX.
[Photo by Dave Vann © Phish 2011]
Bethel Woods is a venue that fans (and the HT staff) have been hoping for years Phish would play. Sitting just atop the hill where Woodstock was held, simply put, the place has good bones. It is also the nicest ampitheater in the northeast in my opinion, if not the country. The sightlines and sound are awesome from any vantage point, and the lush, green lawn is as comfortable as they come. While ample trees and a full-fledged museum dedicated to Woodstock on-site (which is a site to behold on itself, and highly recommended), Bethel is the quintessential place to see the band, with plenty of space to move around and get down.
- Setlists, Recaps and “The Skinny” – Phish @ Bethel: Night One, Night Two and Night Three
- Audio, Videos, Reviews and More: YEMblog.com
When the band finally hit the stage on Friday night, any question of proving a point was made with a bombastic Tweezer > My Friend, My Friend opening sequence. In fact, from start to finish, the first set of Summer Tour 2011 was as high energy as they come and sure to be a favorite of the weekend for many. Boasting a super-funky Wolfman’s Brother that slid effortlessly into Walk Away, one of the strongest tunes for Phish 3.0 on a consistent basis, any doubts of practice, or easing into the weekend were quickly dissipated.
READ ON for more on Phish’s tour-opening run in Bethel…
The organizers of the Coachella Festival have just announced that next year’s event will be held over two weekends. Here’s a look at the full statement… We’re excited to announce
