NYE 2013 POSTER ART

TnJ 473 (12/26/13)

All selections tonight are available on the Dave’s Picks Volume 8 release, a matrix mix from 11/30/80, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, courtesy of guest toast Nate Downey.

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Loser

GRATEFUL DEAD – Cassidy

GRATEFUL DEAD – Me and My Uncle > Big River

GRATEFUL DEAD – Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Samson and Delilah

GRATEFUL DEAD – Playing in the Band

GRATEFUL DEAD – Deal

GRATEFUL DEAD – China Doll > Around and Around > Johnny B. Goode

GRATEFUL DEAD – Uncle John’s Band

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TnJ 472 (12/19/13)

Hitting as many of 2013’s high points as possible in 2 hours (minus commercials), here are some of the most toast-worthy recordings of the year…

-HOUR ONE-

HERBIE HANCOCK – Chameleon  (2013 Herbie Hancock – the Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988 [box set], 1975 Flood [Japanese-only release])

ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND – Welcome Home  (2013 Lickety Split)

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – All That I Need  (2013 Made Up Mind)

GRATEFUL DEAD – China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (2013 Sunshine Daydream, 8/27/72 Veneta, OR)

BLACK LILLIES – Gold and Roses  (2013 Runaway Freeway Blues)

-HOUR TWO-

ANTHONY LEON & the CHAIN – How the West Was Won  (2013 Hell to Pay)

RUSTY WRIGHT BAND – Baby Roll On  (2013 This, That & the Other Thing)

BUDDY GUY – Meet Me in Chicago  (2013 Rhythm & Blues)

BONERAMA – Swamped In  (2013 Shake It Baby)

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND – Sugar Plum  (2013 That’s It!)

GARLAND JEFFREYS – Dragons to Slay  (2013 Truth Serum)

the MAVERICKS – Come Unto Me  (2013 In Time)

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND w/ ERIC CLAPTON – Why Does Love Got to be So Sad  (2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

SARAH JAROSZ – Over the Edge  (2013 Build Me Up from Bones)

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SOON: I'll flesh out the lists of high points for the year and post my usual year-end listmania, promise (^_^) TOAST 

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TnJ 471 (12/12/13)

-HOUR ONE-

D NUMBERS – Pusher  (2013 III) dnumbers.com

Interview > D Numbers’ Paul Feathericci, Brian Mayhall, and Ben Wright  (12/11/13 KBAC-FM Santa Fe, NM)

ANDERS OSBORNE – Windows  (2013 Peace) andersosborne.com

ERIC CLAPTON – Sunshine of Your Love  (2013 Crossroads Festival, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Nobody Knows  (1992 An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band 1^st Set)

-TWO-

MC5 – Sister Anne  (1971 High Time)

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Sell Sell > Love Tractor  (6/28/13 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com

HANK3 – Farthest Away  (2013 Brothers of the 4x4) hank3.com

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND w/ SAM GRISMAN – Crow Black Chicken  (3/13/13 Sunshine Theater, ABQ, NM) livedownloads.com

BRUSHFIRE STANKGRASS – Down Time  (2013 Microclimates) homegrownmusic.net

the DREAM LOGIC – Chemical Madness  (2013 the Dream Logic) thedreamlogic.com

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CROSSROADS 2013 - TUNE IN and WIN

Can't get enough blazing guitar in your life?  Try this on for size!  Your chance to win the Crossroads 2013 set this Thursday night on Toast-n-Jam (^_^) TOAST

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TnJ 470 (12/5/13)

Tonight would have been the late JJ Cale’s 75^th birthday, so we begin with a tribute to the recently departed…

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Travelin’ Light  (6/30/13 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com

JERRY GARCIA BAND – After Midnight  (7/20/76 the Keystone, Berkeley, CA)

JJ CALE & ERIC CLAPTON – When This War Is Over  (2006 the Road to Escondido)

ROBERT WALTER’S 20^th CONGRESS – Don’t Chin the Dog  (2013 Get Thy Bearings)

COUNTRY BLUES REVUE – a Minor Bit Blue  (2013 a Minor Bit Blue)

SWEETWATER STRING BAND – Francis Lee  (2011 Sweetwater String Band)

TIM O’BRIEN and DARRELL SCOTT – Angel’s Blue Eyes  (2013 Memories and Moments)

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS feat. BRUCE HORNSBY – Road to Boulder  (2013 Road to Boulder EP)

-HOUR TWO-

AMOS LEE – Stranger  (2013 Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song)

ELECTRIC SOUL PANDEMIC – Elk Park  (2013 Communications) homegrownmusic.net

PEARL JAM – Swallowed Whole  (2013 Lightning Bolt)

THIRD of NEVER – Green Roses  (2013 Downrising)

SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 – F. Word  (9/8/06 the Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO) livedownloads.com

BIG SOMETHING – Jose’s Pistola  (2013 Big Something) homegrownmusic.net

PHISH – Slave to the Traffic Light  (2013 Niagara Falls, 12/7/95 Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY)

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