TnJ 672 (12/28/17)

A mere sampling of the best 2017 had to offer, and a fond farewell to a couple of legends this year as well…

-HOUR ONE-

GREGG ALLMAN w/ JACKSON BROWNE - Song for Adam (2017 Southern Blood)
TOM PETTY - a Higher Place (1994 Wildflowers)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Jack Straw (2017 Cornell 5/8/77, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
BARR BROTHERS - Ready for War (2017 Queens of the Breakers)
KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Nuclear Fusion (2017 Flying Microtonal Banana)
DOPAPOD - Bubble Brain (2017 II Saw Live Dopapod Evil Was II)
POLYRHYTHMICS - Marshmallow Man (2017 Caldera)

-HOUR TWO-

PORTUGAL. the MAN - Feel It Still (2017 Woodstock)
DAVID RAMIREZ - Stone Age (2017 We’re Not Going Anywhere)
STEVE WINWOOD - Walking in the Wind (2017 Greatest Hits Live)
ST. VINCENT - Masseduction (2017 Masseduction)
PHISH - Crosseyed and Painless (7/25/17 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY [Night 4: Jam-Filled]) livephish.com
GOV’T MULE - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (2017 Revolution Come… Revolution Go)

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TnJ 671 (12/21/17)

-HOUR ONE-

ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND - Travelin’ Cheeba Man (2017 Got Soul)
FRANK ZAPPA - [spoken] Once Upon a Time...the Horrible Part of It Is… (1995 Kill Ugly Radio Some More [promotional])
FRANK ZAPPA - City of Tiny Lights > Pound for a Brown (Saarbrücken 1978 [bootleg], 9/3/78 West Germany)
NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE of the REAL - Already Great (2017 the Visitor)
POKEY LaFARGE - Better Man Than Me (2017 Manic Revelations)
LIL SMOKIES - the City (2017 Changing Shades)
HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES - AD:BC (2017 the Ode)
BÉLA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN - Sally in the Garden / Big Country / Molly Put the Kettle On (2017 Echo in the Valley)

-HOUR TWO-

KIMOCK - Orson (2017 Satellite City)
COL. BRUCE HAMPTON x the MADRID EXPRESS - I’m So Glad (2017 Live at the Vista Room, 3/16/17 Atlanta, GA)
MAVIS STAPLES - No Time for Crying (2017 If All I Was Was Black)
DEEP DARK WOODS - Fallen Leaves (2017 Yarrow)
RYAN ADAMS - Outbound Train (2017 Live at Rough Trade, 1/26/17 Rough Trade East record store, London, England)
CHARLIE HUNTER - Big Bill’s Blues (2016 Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth)
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Ride (2017 Betty’s Blends Vol. 3, Self-Rising, Southern Blends, ca. Nov 2015)

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PIGMENT LIVE

TnJ 670 (12/14/17)

-HOUR ONE-

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1989 Dreams [box set], 1974 quadrophonic remix, 3/13/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Machine > Barstools and Dreamers (6/22/11 Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM) nugs.net
UMPHREY’S McGEE - Bad Friday (1/22/16 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY) nugs.net

-HOUR TWO-

SNARKY PUPPY - What About Me? (9/14/15 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA) nugs.net
SIMO - Shine (2017 Rise & Shine)
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG - Somethin’ for Ya (2017 Pizazz)
JOHN GINTY - the Shark (2017 Rockers)
FREEWORLD - Eve Waits (2017 What It Is)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Throwing Stones > Good Lovin’ (2017 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 [box set])

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TnJ 669 (12/7/17)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (2017 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 [box set])

CHA WA – Li’l Liza Jane  (2015 Funk’n’Feathers)

SOJA – To Whom It May Concern  (2017 Poetry in Motion)

MARVELOUS FUNKSHUN w/ KOFI BURBRIDGE – Wastin’ Time  (2017 Marvelous Funkshun EP)

DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS – Dig a Little Deeper  (1971 Where’s the Money?, Feb 1971 the Troubadour, Hollywood, CA)

TOM WAITS – Jersey Girl  (1980 Heartattack and Vine)

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND w/ JAY COLLINS – Desdemona  (6/5/09 Wanee Festival, Live Oak, FL)

GREGG ALLMAN – Blind Bats and Swamp Rats  (2017 Southern Blood)

-HOUR TWO-

the DOORS – Dead Cats, Dead Rats > Break On Through [To the Other Side]  (1970 Absolutely Live, 10/23/70 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI)

JACK DeJOHNETTE / LARRY GRENADIER / JOHN MEDESKI / JOHN SCOFIELD – Tony Then Jack  (2017 Hudson)

WOOD BROTHERS – River Takes the Town  (2018 One Drop of Truth)

LEFTOVER SALMON – Thornpipe  (2014 High Country)

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Eat In Go Deaf [Eat Out Go Broke]  (2017 Love. Ain’t Love)

JON STICKLEY TRIO – Microbruise  (2017 Maybe Believe)

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Sirens  (2017 Laws of Gravity)

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Merely Avoiding  (2016 Shouted, Written Down & Quoted)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo  (2017 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 [box set])

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