Thursday, March 14, 2024

TELLURIDE BLUES & BREWS 2024 LINEUP

 

This is the 30th year for this excellent festival in stunning Telluride, CO.

 

Festival tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 13 at 10 am (MST). Three-Day Passes are $300 plus service fees, Single-Day Passes start at $110 plus service fees.
 

A pre-sale for locals of Telluride will be held for 3-Day GA & VIP, Single-Day Passes on Tuesday, March 12 from noon until tickets run out (supplies are very limited), at a pop-up box office at the Sheridan SHOW Bar located at 110 N Oak St. There will be a limit of two VIP Passes, six 3-Day and six Single-Day Passes per order and sales are limited to credit/debit cards only. All other tickets and the VIP Passes not sold during the Local Pre-Sale will be available online on March 13 at 10 am (MST).
 

For festival information or to purchase tickets, visit TellurideBlues.com.

 

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TnJ 979 (3/14/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHIL LESH QUINTET - Dear Mr. Fantasy  (3/6/24 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Broken Circle [Over and Over]  (2024 Fuckin' Up)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Azalea  (2024 Be Right Here)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - When Doves Cry  (11/5/22 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR)

-HOUR TWO-

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Windy Mountain  (2024 single, "Lend Me a Hand" outtake)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ DUANE BETTS - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (3/7/24 Warner Theater, Washington, D.C.)
PHISH - More > 2001 > Slave to the Traffic Light  (2/24/24 Moon Palace Resort, CancĂșn, Mexico)

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

TnJ 978 (3/7/24)

-HOUR ONE-

ALABAMA SHAKES - Don't Wanna Fight  (Austin City Limits, ca. 2015)
GOOSE - Atlas Dogs  (2024 Chateau Sessions pt. 1)
SAY SHE SHE - Forget Me Not  (2023 Silver)
PINK FLOYD - Time > the Great Gig in the Sky  (2023 the Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley 1974, 50th Anniversary [box set])
OTEIL BURBRIDGE w/ JASON CROSBY - Mission in the Rain  (2023 Lovely View of Heaven)
JJ GREY & MOFRO - Seminole Wind  (2024 Olustee)

-HOUR TWO-

JIM JAMES - A New Life > State of the Art [A.E.I.O.U.]  (2023 Warren Haynes presents: the Benefit Concert volume 20, ca. Dec 2018 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)
MDOU MOCTAR - Funeral for Justice  (2024 Funeral for Justice)
PHISH - Possum > Philly '97 jam > Prince Caspian  (2024 the Spectrum '97 [box set], 12/3/97 the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA)

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Friday, March 1, 2024

PHISH SUMMER TOUR - REQUEST TICKETS

Take note, Phish phans - the ticket request period is underway for summer tour 2024.  Go to tickets.phish.com to get into the queue before March 11th at noon ET.  General public tickets on sale starts Friday, March 15th at 10am ET.  As is apparently now the custom, summer tour ends at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in suburban Denver with a 4-night run over Labor Day weekend.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

TnJ 977 (2/29/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GOV'T MULE - Get Behind the Mule  (2/21/24 Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM)
DAVE MATHEWS BAND - Thank You [Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin]  (2009 Live Trax vol. 14, 6/28/08 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, VA)
KENDALL STREET COMPANY - Space for Days  (2017 Space for Days)
GRATEFUL DEAD - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 49, 4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
BÉLA FLECK w/ ZAKIR HUSSAIN, EDGAR MEYER, RAKESH CHAURASIA - Owl's Misfortune  (2023 As We Speak)
TAJ MAHAL - Queen Bee  (1997 Señor Blues)

-HOUR TWO-

LONESOME HEROES - Prayer and Gasoline  (2023 Seasons Change)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Slacker  (2024 Hall of Fame - Class of 2022, 8/25/22 the Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Machine > Surprise Valley > Flat Foot Flewzy > Surprise Valley  (1/20/24 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, MO)

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WARREN HAYNES ANSWERS QUESTIONS

It's not the first time (and hopefully won't be the last), but I had some questions after last Wednesday's Gov't Mule show at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque.  And Warren was kind enough to give me some answers.

TnJ: I noticed your guitar tech was regularly switching guitars and I got to wondering, do you have any special "Warren tunings?" I know Joni Mitchell had a few. Or did they just keep going out of tune because of the altitude? 

WH: I carry around 25 guitars on the road- mostly for tuning reasons. In addition to keeping several guitars in standard tuning I have ones that are delegated to Open G, Open A, Open E7, Drop D, Drop C, and 2 different Open C tunings, in addition to the Firebirds which are tuned down a half step. Normally if I switch guitars it’s to use one in a different tuning.

TnJ: Is that the first time Tom Waits "Get Behind the Mule" was played? I can't believe how great the arrangement was, and how much it fit right into the Mule vibe.

WH: No, we’ve played it quite a bit and the arrangement changes every night. I thought it was really good that night.

TnJ: I hear rumors you are joining up with some other guitar slingers later this year. Touring? An album? 

WH: Working on a solo album at present. Hoping to release later this year and begin a tour before that.

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Monday, February 26, 2024

WIDESPREAD RED ROCKS JUNE 2024 TIX ON SALE FRUDAY

While we all wait patiently for bassist David Schools to make a full recovery from his recent hospitalization (and cancellation of the WP Chicago run), tickets for this year's Red Rocks run go on sale this Friday at 10am MST.  Go here.

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

TnJ 976 (2/22/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Gumbo  (2024 Spectrum '97 [box set], 12/3/97 Philadelphia, PA)
FRUITION - Hard to Make Money  (2024 single)
HIGH HAWKS - Somewhere South  (2024 Mother Nature's Show)
HEALERS w/ PETER HUTCHINSON - Levon and the Band  (2023 the Healers featuring Peter Hutchinson)
SARAH JAROSZ - the Way It Is Now  (2024 Polaroid Lovers)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - We Walk Each Other Home  (2024 single)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Dig a Hole  (2024 Be Right Here)
MARCUS REZAK - Sweet Like Mary Jane  (2023 Guitar Head)

-HOUR TWO-

TONY ALLEN and ADRIAN YOUNGE - Don't Believe the Dancers [Mophono remix]  (2023 Jazz Is Dead 20 "remixes")
BIG SOMETHING w/ ANDY FRASCO - Clouds  (2023 Headspace)
PHISH - Chalk Dust Torture > Oblivion  (12/29/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

BENDER JAMBOREE - VEGAS SEPT 2024

Get a load of this lineup!  Tickets / packages available now.  Go here.

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HIGH SIERRA LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Behold!  The full lineup is here!  Tickets on sale now.  Go here.

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

TnJ 975 (2/15/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GOV'T MULE - Soulshine  (12/28/08 Angel Orensanz Center, New York, NY)
SUNSQUABI - Water Level  (2022 Arise)
KARINA RYKMAN - Plants  (2023 Joyride)
ALO - Growing Your Hands Back  (2023 Silver Saturdays)
BÉLA FLECK w/ MICHAEL CLEVELAND, SIERRA HULL, JUSTIN MOSES, MARK SCHATZ, BRYAN SUTTON - Rhapsody in Blue[grass]  (2024 Rhapsody in Blue)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Powder Day  (2024 single)

-HOUR TWO-

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG - Horizon  (2014 Psychology)
MAGIC BEANS - Five Points  (2017 Live in Nederland - 10/7/16)
GOOSE - Leo  (Ted Tapes 2024)

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

TnJ 974 (2/8/24)

-HOUR ONE-

UMPHREY'S McGEE - Utopian Fir > Althea > Utopian Fir  (2023 Hall of Fame - Class of 2021, 10/28/21 Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Suwannee Hulaween, Live Oak, FL)
GOV'T MULE w/ MACHAN TAYLOR and MINI CARLSSON  (2024 Warren Haynes presents the Benefit Concert vol. 20, ca. Dec 2018, Warren Haynes' 30th annual Christmas Jam, U.S. Cellular Music Center, Ashville, NC)
SUNSQUABI - Hard Pass  (2024 T.B.A.)
MERL SAUNDERS and JERRY GARCIA - Keepers [previously unreleased take]  (2012 Keystone Companions, the Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Little By Little  (2024 single)

-HOUR TWO-

DANIEL DONATO'S COSMIC COUNTRY w/ BILL KREUTZMANN - Dark Star  (4/28/23 Republic NOLA, New Orleans, LA)

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Monday, February 5, 2024

JAZZ FEST LINEUP INCLUDES ROLLING STONES

The lineup for Jazz Fest always sets me to drooling.  One of these days I'ma have to check this fest out in person.  It appears that tickets are on sale now, including "early bird" passes.  Go here and roll well, festivarian.

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

TnJ 973 (2/1/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Scarlet Begonias > Eyes of the World > Going Down the Road Feeling Bad > Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (2024 Dave's Dicks vol. 49, 4/27/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
ORGƌNE - Zum Zum  (2024 Chimera)
KHRUANGBIN - People Everywhere [Shifting Sands remix]  (2023 Live at Sydney Opera House, 11/27/23)

-HOUR TWO-

JJ GREY & MOFRO - Rooster  (2024 Olustee)
EDDIE ROBERTS & the LUCKY STROKES - Rambler  (2023 Eddie Roberts & the Lucky Strokes)
ROBERT FINLEY - Alligator Bait  (2023 Black Bayou)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Hell in a Bucket > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > China Doll  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 49, 4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)

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DEAD & COMPANY @ SPHERE in VEGAS

They've been teasing this for a while, but the pre-sale is on now and the public on-sale starts February 9th, 2024 at 10am PST Go to DeadAndCompany.com

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

TnJ 972 (1/25/24)

The thrilling conclusion of JAM-u-ary!!!

-HOUR ONE-

TRAFFIC - Glad / Freedom Rider  (1973 On the Road)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Driving Song > Fishing > Driving Song  (12/31/23 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Railroad Highway  (2002 Live)

-HOUR TWO-

BLACK CROWES - Thorn in My Pride (2023 the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [super deluxe], 2/6/93 Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX)
KITCHEN DWELLERS - the Living Dread  (2023 Live at Pine Creek vol. 2, ca. 2022 Livingston, MT)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ GOOSE - Animal / Texas  (10/2723 Hulaween, Live Oak, FL)

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Last week's session was a repeat going way back to the original duo (Chris & Jen).  I was in the hospital for a few days dealing with an infected foot.  Everybody at Christus St. Vincent was fantastic and kept my spirits up.  Thanks to everybody who visited and brought me things from the outside world (^_^)

TnJ Flashback (#131 from 12/26/05)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (12/31/82 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Loose Lucy (5/26/95 Seattle Center, Seattle, WA)
KELLER WILLIAMS INCIDENT – Moving Sidewalk (6/21/02 Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN)
DEL McCOURY BAND – Nashville Cats (2/21/01 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – If You’re Ever in Oklahoma > Mason’s Children > Pusherman (12/31/99 Wolf Tongue Brewery, Nederland, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

WILCO – Spiders [Kidsmoke] (2005 Kicking Television, c. May 2005 Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Second Skin (4/29/05 Jazz Fest, New Orleans, LA)
BOB DYLAN – Down Along the Cove (2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004)
TREY ANASTASIO – Sand (2003 Plasma, c. 2002)
JERRY GARCIA BAND – Forever Young (2005 Pure Jerry 05, 9/2/89 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)

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PHISH "ROUND ROOM" ON VINYL

Phish Heads! On Friday, February 2nd, the band will release "Round Room" on vinyl for the first time. Pre-order at Phish Dry Goods. Here's a detailed press release:

Round Room, Phish’s tenth studio album, will be available on vinyl for the first time on February 2. It’s available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods and will be in record stores. Pick up the Round Room deluxe gatefold package, each individually foil-numbered, with an accordion fold insert with lyrics and photos, and 2-LPs pressed on 180g “Round Room” maroon/stone wax set.

Round Room was recorded at The Barn in Vermont by Bryce Goggin during four days over two weekends in October 2002. The Round Room Sessions were initially intended as rehearsals for the band’s upcoming end-of-hiatus New Year’s Eve Show at Madison Square Garden, giving the recording a loose, live feel with several extended tracks like “Pebbles And Marbles”, “Seven Below”, “Walls Of The Cave”, and “Waves”.

The album was originally mastered by Fred Kevorkian and released by Elektra on December 10, 2002. Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers for the new 2024 vinyl release.

Side A
Pebbles And Marbles
Anything But Me
Round Room

Side B
Mexican Cousin
Friday
Seven Below
Mock Song

Side C
46 Days
All Of These Dreams
Walls Of The Cave

Side D
Thunderhead
Waves


 


Thursday, January 11, 2024

TnJ 971 (1/11/24)

JAMuary DOS!!!

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - He's Gone > Truckin' > the Other One > Eyes of the World > China Doll  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 5/13/73 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA)

-HOUR TWO-

GOV'T MULE w/ JACKIE GREENE, SHAWN PEYTON, and JIMMY VIVINO - Melissa > Mountain Jam > Melissa > Rockin' in the Free World > Machine Gun > Rockin' in the Free World > Mountain Jam  (2020 Live at the Beacon, 12/31/17 New York, NY)

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

TnJ BEST of 2023

TnJ BEST of 2024 

-ALBUMS- 

01) BOYGENIUS – The Record 

First of all, I never dreamed we would EVER get a full album from this gay girl guitar group (they released a seemingly one-off EP in 2018). Second of all, I never dreamed it would be this good. I’m a bit of an outlier in the Boygenius fanbase since my favorite of the three is Lucy Dacus, but this proves the old saw that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” I suspected this was the best album of the year on first listen, but seeing them live at Red Rocks clinched it. This is a rare moment. Don’t miss out. 

HIGH POINTS: Not Strong Enough, $20, Satanist, True Blue, Cool About It, Leonard Cohen

02) THE NATIONAL – Laugh Track 

The second of two albums they released in 2023, and though the first (“First Two Pages of Frankenstein”) was exceptional, this is the best “alternative rock album” (or “Indie,” or whatever the kids are calling it now) I’ve heard in about 10 years. It’s easy to dismiss this as the “leftovers” album from The National this year, but it is not. It may be the best album they’ve ever made. 

HIGH POINTS: Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver), Laugh Track (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), Space Invader, Tour Manager, Smoke Detector 

03) DUANE BETTS – Wild & Precious Life 

 

I’m inclined to ignore “legacy” acts, but Duane Betts (son of Allman Brothers Band original Dickey Betts) has apparently been keeping these songs close to the vest until just the right moment, and this is it. Breaking out of the Allman Betts Band (albeit temporarily), he’s corralled an impressive gathering of guests (Derek Trucks, Nicki Bluhm, Marcus King) and yet, proves he can stand on his own. 

HIGH POINTS: Saints to Sinners, Cold Dark World (feat. Marcus King), Waiting on a Song, Stare at the Sun (feat. Derek Trucks), Forrest Lane 

THE MOTET – All Day 

GOV’T MULE – Peace…Like a River 

CAT POWER – Cat Power Sings Dylan 

JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT – Weathervanes 

KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – The Silver Cord 

NEIL YOUNG – Before and After 

WILCO – Cousin 

-SINGLES- 

BRITANNY HOWARD – What Now 

GOOSE – Hungersite 

BILLY STRINGS w/ WILLIE NELSON – California Sober 

THE NATIONAL – Tropic Morning News 

PETER GABRIEL – Road to Joy (Bright-Side mix) 

SLOW PULP – Doubt 

REVIVALISTS – Good Old Days 

KASSI VALAZZA – Early Morning Rising 

RODRIGO y GABRIELA – Descending to Nowhere 

HATAAƁII – Midnight Soldier 

-LIVE ALBUMS- 

GRATEFUL DEAD – Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (box set) 

WILLIE NELSON and FRIENDS- Long Story Short – Willie Nelson 90 (Live at the Hollywood Bowl) 

GOOSE – Live at the Salt Shed, Chicago, IL 

CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM – Live in London 

CORY WONG – The Power Station Tour (West Coast) 

-TOUR DIARY- 

2/23/23 – DOGS in a PILE – Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM 

5/3/23 – CHARLEY CROCKETT – Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, NM 

6/15/23 – moe. – Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM 

6/17/23 – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM 

6/23/23 – WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 

8/05/23 – BOYGENIUS – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 

8/26/23 – YOLA – Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM 

10/3/23 – GOOSE – Pepsi Amphitheater, Flagstaff, AZ 

10/8/23 – BOMBINO – Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM 

10/17/23 – NICKEL CREEK – Revel Entertainment Center, Albuquerque, NM 

-BEST LIVE STUNT- 

THE DRONES – Dead and Company, 7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Franscisco, CA 

HONORABLE MENTION: Phish, Gamehenge in its entirety, 12/31/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 

-LOCAL FAVORITES- 

BARD EDRINGTON V – Fire and Rain 

LUMINATRIX – Among Us 

ZIVI – Move Along 

-POTENTIAL – MORE, PLEASE- 

DANIEL DONATO 

the LAST DINNER PARTY 

SAY SHE SHE 

WEDNESDAY 

RIPE 

VOLORES 

JAIMEE HARRIS 

MIDNIGHT NORTH 

ARKANSAUCE 

SAMI BRAMAN 

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