TnJ 772 (12/26/19)

Best of 2019 “Cream of the Crop” Part II of II

-HOUR TWO-

JERRY GARCIA BAND – They Love Each Other  (2019 Electric on the Eel, 6/10/89 French’s Camp, Piercy, CA)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Stella Blue  (2019 Dave’s Picks vol. 32, 3/24/73 the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA)

BRITTANY HOWARD – Short and Sweet  (2019 Jamie)

YOLA – It Ain’t Easier  (2019 Walk Through Fire)

JESSY WILSON – Love & Sophistication  (2019 Phase)

TAME IMPALA – Borderline  (2020 the Slow Rush)

TORO y MOI – Baby Drive It Down > Freelance  (2019 Outer Peace)

the MOTET – Death or Devotion  (2019 Death or Devotion)

-HOUR TWO-

SPAFFORD – All In  (3/4/18 Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA) nugs.net

GOV’T MULE – Blind Man in the Dark  (2019 Bring on the Music – Live at the Capitol Theatre [CD/DVD], ca. Apr 2019)

BLACK KEYS – Shine a Little Light  (2019 “Let’s Rock”)

NEW MASTERSOUNDS – Permission to Land  (2019 Shake It)

NEAL FRANCIS – She’s a Winner  (2019 Changes)

LOTUS – Bug Love  (2018 Frames per Second)

the COMMONHEART – Do Right  (2019 Pressure)

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TnJ 771 (12/19/19)

Best of 2019 “Cream of the Crop” Part I of II

-HOUR ONE-

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – A Smiling Epitaph  (2019 Servants of the Sun)

BOB DYLAN – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall  (2019 the Rolling Thunder Revue – the Live 1975 Recordings [box set])

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Long Time Going > Thunder > Comin Again  (2019 Rise Sun)

BILLY STRINGS – Home  (2019 Home)

LETTUCE – Everybody Wants to Rule the World  (2019 Elevate)

CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM – Little Fishes  (2019 South of Reality)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Protein Drink > Sewing Machine  (6/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com

GHOST LIGHT – Isosceles  (2019 Best Kept Secrets)

BLACK PUMAS – Fire  (2019 Black Pumas)

JOE RUSSO’S ALMOST DEAD w/ STUART BOGIE – Shakedown Street > First Tube > Terrapin Station  (8/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

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TnJ 770 (12/12/19)

Welcome once again, guest toast Clinton Huling!

-HOUR ONE-

JIMMY McGRIFF – Jingle Bells  (1964 Christmas with Jimmy McGriff)

RINGO STARR - $15 Draw  (1970 Beaucoups of Blues)

JONATHAN WILSON – Angel  (2013 Live at Vieilles Charrues Festival)

BOREALIS – Tomorrow Morning  (1972 Sons of the Sea)

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Pickin’ Up the Pieces  (12/30/12 the Fillmore, Charlotte, NC) livewidespreadpanic.com

WET WILLIE – In Our Hearts  (1974 Keep on Smilin’)

DENNIS COFFEY w/ KINGS GO FORTH – Miss Millie  (2011 Dennis Coffey)

ALBERT KING – I Wanna Get Funky  (1974 I Wanna Get Funky)

-HOUR TWO-

RICHARD “GROOVE” HOLMES – No Trouble on the Mountain  (2008 Groove Merchants Super Funk Collection – Return of Jazz Funk)

GRANT GREEN – I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat  (1971 Shades of Green)

STEVIE WONDER – To Know You Is to Love You  (bootleg: Funkafied Rainbow, 1/31/74 Finsbury Park, London, England)

EDDIE HAZEL – Physical Love  (1977 Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs)

ZEPHYR – Take My Love  (1971 Going Back to Colorado)

SANTANA – Incident at Neshabur  (12/11/75 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY)

FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD – Midnight Moonlight  (9/9/18 Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple, Denver, CO)

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ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL - DENVER

ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL - December 8, 2019 Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO

Devon Allman, Duane Betts, and Berry Oakley, Jr. are doing a fine job carrying on their collective family legacies.  For three nights only - one each in San Francisco, Denver, and New York - they upped the ante and invited all their rowdy friends to sit in and play their favorite Allman Brothers Band songs.

Unfortunately, they did not do a great job of consistently announcing said special guests, but I definitely managed to identify Big Head Todd, Eric Krasno, Eric McFadden, Luther Dickinson, Robert Randolph, and Robin Zander.  Sometimes there were as many as five guitarists onstage, and often three drummers / percussionists.  The wall of sound they collectively put forth was intense, and of course rang my nostalgia bell more than once.

The Mission Ballroom's reputation preceded our arrival, with legions of heads happily proclaiming it "one of the best venues in the country."  I wonder if they are all just parroting what "everybody says" about the venue because, honestly, I rate it as on par with Denver's Live Nation-owned Fillmore Auditorium (which we had visited the night before to see Lettuce and Antibalas), only with better beer.  I guess industrial chic still carries aesthetic weight with Coloradoans.

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TnJ 769 (12/5/19)

-HOUR ONE-

PAUL RIDDLE & FRIENDS [WARREN HAYNES, JACK PEARSON, OTEIL BURBRIDGE & DANNY LOUIS] – Can’t You See  (2019 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert Vol. 16, 12/13/14 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Armageddon’s Back in Town  (2020 the Unraveling)

ALLMAN BETTS BAND – Shinin’  (2019 Down to the River)

DR. BACON – Maybe Maybe  (2019 Fast & Loose with the Essentials)

ALO – Baby Blind Spot  (2020 Creatures vol. 2 EP: Weave)

PHISH – Roses Are Free  (1999 Hampton Comes Alive, 11/20/98 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)

TEMPLES – Hot Motion  (2019 Hot Motion)

METRONOMY – the Light  (2019 Metronomy Forever)

-HOUR TWO-

PAPADOSIO – the World Is a Cube  (2018 Content Coma)

the FLOOZIES – Sunroof Cadillac  (2012 Sunroof Cadillac EP)

LETTUCE – Sam Huff’s Flying Raging Machine  (2008 Rage!)

ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA – Who Is Dis America Dem Speak of Today?  (2004 Who Is This America?)

TAUK – Premises  (4/13/19 Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN) nugs.net

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Birdland > Flying Home Jam > Wheel Hoss > Flying Home Jam > Birdland  (12/30/12 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO) livecheese.com

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For those paying extra-close attention last week, it was a classic Thanksgiving session.  The original set list is copied below for your convenience, music lovers...

TnJ 369 (11/24/11)
 

Extra Grateful Thanksgiving Edition...

-SET ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Hard to Handle (4/29/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Sugar Magnolia (2007 Live at the Cow palace – New Year’s Eve 1976)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Deal (5/8/77 Cornell U)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bertha > Good Lovin’ (7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

-SET TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Uncle John’s Band > Playing in the Band > Uncle John’s Band (6/8/80 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bird Song (4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Shakedown Street (12/14/90 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO)

ENCORE:

GRATEFUL DEAD – Dancing in the Street (5/8/77 Cornell U)

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CAPRICORN REVIVAL IN MACON

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - To celebrate the re-opening of Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, GA, musicians gathered and collaborated on an epic set list last night.  Among the performers (under direction of Chuck Leavell): Widespread Panic's John Bell, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Hall, Marcus King, Jaimoe, Tommy Talton, Charlie Starr, Brent Cobb, Randall Bramblett, and Duane Betts.  See the set list below, photo credit to Jordan Zucker.

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TnJ 768 (11/21/19)

-HOUR ONE-

KELLER WILLIAMS w/ BÉLA FLECK, JEFF SIPE, and VICTOR WOOTEN – People Watchin’  (2007 Dream)

KELLER & the KEELS – Hash Pipe  (2019 Speed)

KELLER WILLIAMS – Novelty Song  (2004 Stage, 3/9/03 Cal Poly Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA)

RODRIGO y GABRIELA – Terracentric  (2019 Mettavolution)

TWIDDLE – Nicodemus Portulay  (2017 Plump Chapter 2)

WHISKEY MYERS – Die Rockin  (2019 Whiskey Myers)

JD SIMO – Off at 11  (2019 Off at 11)

ALL THEM WITCHES – Diamond  (2018 ATW)

BLACK CROWES – Seeing Things  (12/5/10 Knitting Factory, Reno, NV)

-HOUR TWO-

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – You Don’t Love Me  (2006 Eat a Peach [deluxe edition], 6/27/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)

TINARIWEN – Toumast Tincha  (2014 Emmaar)

COLIN EDWIN / JON DURANT / INNA KOVTUN – Harvest  (2019 Edwin Durant Kovtun)

SUNSET KINGS – You Are the Ocean  (2019 the Ballad of Bella Fury)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Truckin’  (2019 Dave’s Picks volume 31, 12/3/79 Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL_

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TnJ 767 (11/14/19)

-HOUR ONE- 

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Good People > Dark Bar > Good People  (6/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com

HARD WORKING AMERICANS – Is This Thing Working  (2019 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert Vol. 16, 12/13/14 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG – Dawn a New Day  (2020 Presto)

MOSES GUEST – Right Down  (ca. 2007 John’s Alley, Moscow, ID) homegrownmusic.net

LONG RYDERS – Psychedelic Country Soul  (2019 Psychedelic Country Soul)

RICH MAHAN – Daydrinking  (2019 Hot Chicken Wisdom)

-HOUR TWO-

KELLER & the KEELS – Medulla Oblongatta  (2019 Speed)

NEIL YOUNG and PROMISE of the REAL – Big Box  (9/9/15 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL)

TK & the HOLY KNOW-NOTHINGS – Good Stuff  (2019 Arguably OK)

TK & the HOLY KNOW-NOTHINGS – Desert Rose  (2019 Arguably OK)

DAVID GANS and SCOTT GUBERMAN – the Town That Still Believes in Magic  (2019 single)

AQUEOUS – Split the Difference  (2019 Element Pt. III, Best of Color Wheel Tour, 12/11/18 the Waiting Room, Omaha, NE) nugs.net

GHOST HOUNDS – When Your Shadow Touches Mine  (2019 Roses Are Black)

GRANT FARM – Broke in Two  (2019 Broke in Two)

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BLACK CROWES REUNITE

The Black Crowes have officially reunited and are hitting the road, including a stop (relatively) nearby at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sun Aug 30th, 2020.  Tickets are on sale now.  Go here for the full itinerary.

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TnJ 766 (11/7/19)

-HOUR ONE-

MARCUS KING – the Well  (2020 El Dorado)

NEW MASTERSOUNDS w/ LAMAR WILLIAMS, JR. – Shake It  (2019 Shake It)

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – I’m Gonna Be There  (7/26/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

JONI MITCHELL – a Case of You  (1971 Blue)

NEIL YOUNG and CRAZY HORSE – She Showed Me Love  (2019 Colorado)

UMPHREY’S McGEE – Gurgle > Dump City  (7/7/18 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) nugs.net

-HOUR TWO-

OYSTERHEAD – He Used to Be the Owner of the World  (5/4/00 Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA)

TAUK – Darkwing  (2018 Real Tauk, Vol. 1, 11/9/18 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO) nugs.net

TRIGGER HIPPY – Born to Be Blue  (2019 Full Circle & Then Some)

KELLER & the KEELS – Peaches  (2019 Speed)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Lazy River Road  (2019 Ready or Not, 3/25/93 Dean Smith Center, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC)

BILLY & the KIDS – Shakedown Street (2019 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert Vol. 16, 12/13/14 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)

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TnJ 765 (10/31/19)

Special “Ghost-n-Jam” Halloween session with guest toast David del Mauro (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

JOE RUSSO’S ALMOST DEAD [as the BEATLES] – Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?  (8/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) nugs.net

SPINAL TAP – Stonehenge  (1984 This Is Spinal Tap)

SUBLIME [as THE TOYES] – Smoke Two Joints  (1992 40oz. to Freedom)

GRATEFUL DEAD [as LUIGI DENZA and PEPPINO TURCO] – Finiculi, Finiculà  (6/7/77 Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA)

BLACK CROWES [as THE BAND] – the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

WEEN – Spinal Meningitis  (11/2/18 Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI)

DEAN WEEN GROUP [as DELANEY and BONNIE] – Superstar  (9/18/18 the New Parish, Oakland, CA)

-HOUR TWO-

TENACIOUS D [as ALEXANDER COURAGE] – Star Trek

MARCO BENEVENTO [as ELTON JOHN / PINK FLOYD] – Bennie and the Jets > Fearless  (11/6/10 Capital Ale House, Richmond, VA)

GRATEFUL DEAD [as MARTY ROBBINS] – El Paso  (2017 Cornell 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Brown-Eyed Women  (2017 Cornell 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

DAWES [as PINK FLOYD] – Shine On You Crazy Diamond  (12/12/15 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)

PHISH [as BOSTON / CREAM] – Sunshine of Your Feeling  (8/5/17 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY [Night 12: Boston Cream]) livephhish.com

JOHN MAYER [as TOM PETTY] – Free Fallin’  (8/8/19 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN)

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SWEETWATER 420 ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP

More artists to be announced in the coming months, but Sweetwater 420 Fest in April 2020 is already looking pretty good.  Ticketing info here.

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TnJ 764 (10/24/19)

-HOUR ONE-

LETTUCE – Shmink Dabby  (2019 Elevate)

VULFPECK – Cory Wong  (9/28/19 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

SPAFFORD – Electric Taco Stand > Alternate Ending > Electric Taco Stand  (3/4/18 Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA nugs.net

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG – King Kong  (2020 Presto)

BONGO HOP – Ona Ya  (2019 Santigarona, Pt. 2)

-HOUR TWO-

JAMES BROWN – Super Bad, Part 1 and Part 2  (1991 Star Time [box set], originally a 1970 mono single)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Blow Away  (2015 the Definitive Live Story 1965-1995, 10/26/89 Miami Arena, Miami, FL)

YES – Yours Is No Disgrace  (1971 the Yes Album)

TOOL – Fear Inoculum  (2019 Fear Inoculum)

SPAGA – Creed  (2019 ///////)

MARCO BENEVENTO – Humanz > Gaffiano #2  (2019 Let It Slide)

TRISTAN ISRAEL – Vineyard Reds  (2019 Out Into the Midnight)

the COMMONHEART – Show Me to the Light  (2019 Pressure)

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TnJ 763 (10/17/19)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Saint of Circumstance > Ship of Fools  (2019 Saint of Circumstance, 6/17/91 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ)

PETER TOSH – Get Up, Stand Up > chant  (3/14/79 the Bottom Line, New York, NY [WLIR-FM broadcast])

ZIGGY MARLEY and the MELODY MAKERS – Conscious Party  (2000 Live, vol. 1)

AMENDOLA vs. BLADES – Hi-Lo  (2019 Everybody Wins)

GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND – Givin’ It All Away  (2019 Shine)

-HOUR TWO-

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS w/ JASON ISBELL and DUANE TRUCKS – Mean Old World  (2019 Up and Rolling)

CHE APPALACHE – Saludo Murguero > María  (2019 Rearrange My Heart)

FIVE LETTER WORD – Rumor of the Money  (2019 Siren)

SCOTT FISHER – Forever Young  (2019 Songs of Jerry Garcia and Others)

BILLY STRINGS – Away from the Mire  (2019 Home)

RYAN BINGHAM – Blue  (2019 American Love Song)

CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM w/ BUDDY GUY – Fresh Out  (2019 Kingfish)

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Shame  (2019 High & Mighty EP, 1/27/18 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)

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TnJ 762 (10/10/19)

Special session with guest toast Clint Huling!

-HOUR ONE-

FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD – Any Place  (2019 Speak of Heaven)

NICK GRAVENITIES and ANIMAL MIND w/ JERRY GARCIA – Chicago Is Your Home  (4/29/90 Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA)

JERRY GARCIA BAND – Mission in the Rain  (2019 Electric on the Eel, 6/10/89 French’s Camp, Piercy, CA)

PINK FLOYD – Ibiza Bar  (1969 More OST)

SOFT MACHINE – the Soft Weed Factor  (1973 Six)

SPACE FARM – Waking Dream  (1972 Going Home to Eternity)

STRETCH – Why Did You Do It?  (1975 Elastique)

-HOUR TWO-

ERIC BURDON & WAR – Tobacco Road  (German TV footage, ca. 1970)

ERIC CLAPTON w/ CARLOS SANTANA – Eyesight to the Blind  (8/9/75 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)

FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD – Midnight Moonlight  (9/9/18 Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple, Denver, CO)

MELVIN SPARKS – Give Me the Night  (10/16/04 Sully’s Pub, West Hartford, CT)

STEVE WINWOOD – Why Can’t We Live Together  (2017 Greatest Hits Live)

TIM MAIA – Nobody Can Live Forever  (1976 Tim Maia)

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TnJ 761 (10/3/19)

-HOUR ONE-

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE – Life Without You  (1999 In Step [reissue], 11/29/89 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO)

PIGMENT w/ SAM ATKINSON – Echo  (9/29/18 Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM)

GOV’T MULE – Funny Little Tragedy > Message in a Bottle > Funny Little Tragedy  (2019 Bring on the Music – Live at the Capitol Theatre [CD/DVD], ca. Apr 2019)

COLONEL LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE – Riddles Are Abound Tonight  (2001 Live Frogs Set 1, 10/8/2000 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)

OSESZA – Loyal  (2018 A Moment Apart [deluxe edition])

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – My Girls  (2009 Merriweather Post Pavilion)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH – Twist  (2018 the Baker’s Dozen, 7/23/17 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY [Night 3: Red Velvet]) livephish.com

NEAL FRANCIS – This Time  (2019 Changes)

BLACK PUMAS – Colors  (2019 Black Pumas)

SON VOLT – Medication  (2005 Afterglow 61 EP, 5/21/05 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA)

JERRY LEE LEWIS w/ the NASHVILLE TEENS – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On  (1964 Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, 4/5/64)

BILLY STRINGS – Taking Water  (2019 Home)

GILLIAN WELCH – Tennessee  (2011 the Harrow & the Harvest)

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TnJ 760 (9/26/19)

Fare Thee Well, Robert Hunter 6/23/41-9/23/19

-HOUR ONE-

JERRY GARCIA BAND – Run for the Roses  (2019 Electric on the Eel, 8/29/87 French’s Camp, Piercy, CA)

JERRY GARCIA BAND – Deal  (2019 Electric on the Eel, 6/10/89 French’s Camp, Piercy, CA)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E STREET BAND – Spirit in the Night  (12/31/80 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)

los LOBOS – Kiko and the Lavender Moon  (7/22/17 Route 66 Summerfest, Albuquerque, NM)

HANDMADE MOMENTS – Where Do You Find the Time?  (2018 Paw Paw Tree)

HAYES CARLL – None’Ya  (2019 What It Is)

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS w/ MAVIS STAPLES – What You Gonna Do?  (2019 Up and Rolling)

MAGPIE SALUTE – In Here  (2019 High Water II)

CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM – It Ain’t Right  (2019 Kingfish)

-HOUR TWO-

the WHO – Who Are You  (2017 Tommy - Live at Royal Albert Hall, ca. Apr 2017)

UMPHREY’S McGEE – Crucial Taunt  (2019 TELEFUNKEN Live from the Lab)

MARCO BENEVENTO – Say It’s All the Same  (2019 Let It Slide)

VIDA BLUE – Analog Delay  (2019 Crossing Lines)

LETTUCE – Gang Ten  (2019 Elevate)

JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO – Melodie au Crepuscule  (2019 Live from Newport Jazz, 8/5/18)

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WIN DEAD GIANTS STADIUM '91

Be listening to Toast-n-Jam the next two weeks for your chance at scoring your very own take-home 3-CD set of Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium 6/17/91, courtesy of Rhino Records.

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FARE THEE WELL ROBERT HUNTER

Robert Hunter, long-time lyricist for Jerry Garcia, has passed. There will never be another like him. Former co-toast Tom Watts posted this on facebook: "Since the end is never told, we pay the teller often gold in hopes he will come back, but he cannot be bought or sold... at least the Heart of Gold band has the lyricist back, sad day for me and most of my friends."

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TnJ 759 (9/19/19)

9/19/19...today is a palindrome (^_^)

-HOUR ONE- 

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Wake Up  (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta 11/17/00) livecheese.com

GALACTIC – My Mind Is Hazy  (2001 We Love ‘Em Tonight – Live at Tipitina’s, ca. 2000)

ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND – Right On, Right On  (2019 Ten Thousand Watts)

LED ZEPELLIN – Nobody’s Fault But Mine  (2012 Celebration Day, 12/10/07 O2 Arena, London)

J.D. SIMO – You Need Love  (2019 Off at 11)

BLACK PUMAS – Black Moon Rising  (2019 Black Pumas)

STICK FIGURE – Once in a Lifetime  (2019 World on Fire)

-HOUR TWO-

the MOVEMENT – Take Me to the Ocean  (2019 Ways of the World)

KBONG w/ the MOVEMENT – Easy to Love You  (2018 Easy to Love You)

STEPHEN PIGMAN – Midnight Gardener  (2019 Midnight Gardener)

the CONTRIBUTION – Wilderness and Space  (2019 Wilderness and Space)

FRUITION – Driving Into the Storm  (2019 45 Series, Vol. 2)

BOB DYLAN – Isis  (2019 the Rolling Thunder Revue – the Live 1975 Recordings [box set])

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Shenandoah Valley Breakdown  (7/3/04 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD)  nugs.net

RISING APPALACHIA – Cuckoo  (2019 Leylines)

DAVID GRIER w/ TIM O’BRIEN – Dust Bowl Dream  (2019 Ways of the World)

SCOTT FISHER – Peggy-O  (2019 Songs of Jerry Garcia and Others)

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TnJ 758 (9/12/19)

-HOUR ONE-

MARCO BENEVENTO – Let It Slide  (2019 Let It Slide)

JERRY GARCIA BAND – That’s What Love Will Make You Do  (2019 Garcia Live vol. 11, 11/11/93 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI)

NEW MASTERSOUNDS w/ LAMAR WILLIAMS, JR. – Taking Me Down  (2019 Shake It)

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (this spin aborted, faulty disc)

JON STICKLEY TRIO – Animate Object  (2019 single)

MOLLY TUTTLE – Clue  (2019 When You’re Ready)

GRANT FARM – Tumbleweed  (2019 Broke In Two)

-HOUR TWO-

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (2003 S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71 – this time, it played)

TWIN PEAKS – Dance Through It  (2019 Lookout Low)

RACONTEURS – Sunday Driver  (2019 Help Us Stranger)

LOS COAST – Shadow Work  (2019 Samsara)

JOE RUSSO’S ALMOST DEAD w/ STUART BOGIE – Mountain Song > I Know You Rider  (8/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

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THE NATIONAL PLAYS SANTA FE

September 8, 2019 - Matt Berninger is either really hot-tempered when he's drunk, or it's just part of the act.  He took his still-tethered microphone out into the crowd to rile us up, and The National treated us to a 5-song encore.  Not as long as the 6-song encore Wilco gave us a few years back, but still a great night of music (^_^)

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UMPHREY'S LAUNCHES NEW FESTIVAL

Umphrey’s McGee Announce Inaugural Woodlands Festival Big Something, theNEWDEAL, Spafford, and more to appear November 8-9 at Charleston Woodlands in Charleston, SC

August 22, 2019 - Charleston, SC - Prolific rockers Umphrey’s McGee are proud to announce The Woodlands Fall Music & Arts Festival, a brand new event happening in Charleston, SC, on November 8-9. In addition to two nights—four sets total—of Umphrey’s McGee, The Woodlands lineup includes Big Something, CBDB, Empire Strikes Brass, Heather Gillis Band, Manic Focus, Runaway Gin, Spafford, Sunsquabi, The Movement, theNEWDEAL, Voodoo Visionary, and Zach Deputy, with more artists to be announced in the coming weeks. Early-bird GA and early-bird VIP tickets to The Woodlands Fall Music & Arts Festival are on sale now. Public on-sale begins Friday, August 23 at 11 am ET. Tickets can be purchased here and a full breakdown of ticket pricing can be found below. Taking place in the picturesque Charleston Woodlands, a 6000-acre private nature reserve, The Woodlands reaches beyond your typical weekend music festival, offering festival-goers the opportunity to rent a kayak to fish on two stocked lakes, go for a hike on miles of wooded trails, or hop on a stand-up paddle board and enjoy a view of both stages from out on the water, and if being lazy is the desired activity, Eagles Nest Outfitters will be on hand, providing a plethora of hammock options for fans to lounge. “Umphrey’s McGee is thrilled to call Charleston our 2nd home ever since Ryan Stasik, our bassist, & I moved here in 2013,” says the band’s longtime manager, Vince Iwinski. “We have actively been looking for a good home for an Umphrey’s anchored festival and when I first stepped foot on the grounds of Charleston Woodlands, I knew we had found it. This festival will offer the perfect combination of aesthetics; incredible natural beauty and top-notch rock show production.” Stasik, a Charleston resident since 2012, says of his hometown, "Every time we step on stage in Charleston, there’s a strong energy in the air. Seeing family and all the CHS fans out there is truly special, we look forward to taking it to the next level this November.” What would a Charleston festival be without creative, delicious, Lowcountry food? The Woodlands Festival is proud to partner with some of Charleston’s finest culinary curators to offer vast food options, from local food trucks and neighborhood restaurants, offering fans from around the country a taste of Charleston. The Woodlands has also partnered with the Charleston Arts Festival to offer a creative spin on the festival experience. Charleston Arts Festival strives to highlight the best and the brightest of “all things creative” in Charleston and the Lowcountry in the diverse disciplines of visual art, dance, music, comedy, culinary, film, and drama. In addition to curating a world-class musical lineup, The Woodlands will most certainly showcase the best of everything Charleston has to offer—nature, food, art, music, and more.  Fans who decide to roll in style with a VIP ticket will receive a two-day festival ticket, access to VIP lounge and designated viewing areas, VIP indoor bathrooms, all-day complimentary refreshments, discounted beverages at VIP bars, exclusive merchandise items, and access to a VIP happy hour.  Ticket Pricing: Early-bird 2-day GA tickets - $89 Early-bird 2-day VIP tickets - $229 Advance 2-day tickets - $99 Advance 2-day VIP tickets - $249 Day of 2-day GA tickets - $109 Day of 2-day VIP tickets - $269 Camping: Car Camping Ticket (up to four people, 1 vehicle) - $155 Premium Campsite (up to 2 people, 1 vehicle) - $495 RV Campsite with Electric Hookup - (1 vehicle, 1 RV) - $445 RV Campsite Non-Hookup - (1 vehicle, 1 RV) - $295 *Camping requires a separate add on ticket, click here for full details.

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TnJ 757 (9/5/19)

Bon voyage to the dearly departed Neal Casal 11/2/68--8/26/19

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH – Lengthwise > Maze  (1993 Rift)

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ TREY ANASTASIO – Little Wing  (8/24/19 Lock’n Festival, Arrington, VA)

CIRCLES AROUND the SUN – Scarlotta’s Magnolias  (2015 Interludes for the Dead)

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Let It Fall  (2019 Servants of the Sun)

NEAL FRANCIS – Changes pts. 1 & 2  (2019 Changes)

SOUTHERN AVENUE – Switchup  (2019 Keep On)

TURKUAZ – Between the Lines  (2019 Afterlife vol. 2 EP)

-HOUR TWO-

the MOVEMENT – the Great Discovery  (2019 Ways of the World)

KOKOKO! – Kitoko  (2019 Fongola)

RODRIGO y GABRIELA – Cumbe  (2019 Mettavolution)

MUSTAFA KHALIQ AHMED – In the Beginning  (2019 Son of the Drum Song)

GRiZ – Can’t Get Enough  (2019 Ride Waves)

TAUK – Checkmate  (2018 Shapeshifter II – Outbreak)

THOM YORKE – Runwayaway  (2019 Anima)

DOPAPOD – Picture in Picture  (2017 II Saw Live Dopadop Evil Was II)

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STING in TAOS

 

The 16 year-old in me is very happy. Sting played solo hits and Police tunes for one of the best nights of live music Taos has ever beheld. The band is on fire and, even though it was mostly "greatest hits," there were enough curveballs and deep cuts to make it interesting.

STING 9/2/19 Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM

Message in a Bottle
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Englishman in New York
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Brand New Day
Seven Days
Fields of Gold
If You Can't Find Love
Shape of My Heart
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Walking on the Moon (with Get Up, Stand Up tease)
So Lonely
Desert Rose
Roxanne
Every Breath You Take

-encore-
King of Pain
Next to You

-2nd encore-
Fragile

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TnJ 756 (8/29/19)

Welcome back to the KBAC studio, Chairman Emeritus Ira Gordon, for an all-Neil Young special session!

NEIL YOUNG - TNJ 756 - 8 29 19

ACOUSTIC
After the Gold Rush (Tuscaloosa  2/5/73  Univ. of Ala.)
On The Way Home (Sugar Mountain  11/9/68 Canterbury House) 
Sugar Mountain (Songs For Judy  11/24/76 Atlanta)
Old Man (Live at The Cellar Door  12/2/70 Wash. DC)
Don't Let It Bring You Down (CSNY 4 Way Street 1970)
Cowgirl in the Sand (Massey Hall 1/19/71 Toronto) 
Like a Hurricane (Unplugged 1993)
Unknown Legend (Dreamin' Live '92)
Tonight's The Night (Live at The Roxy 9/73 L.A.)
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Plays Acoustic in Paris 12/11/89)
From Hank To Hendrix (Plays Solo 1/16/14  Winnipeg)

ELECTRIC
Time Fades Away (Tuscaloosa 2/5/73 Univ. of Ala.)
Big Time (Year of the Horse 1996 Jones Beach)
All Along the Watchtower (Road Rocks 2000 Denver w/Chrissie Hynde)
Rockin' in the Free World (The Lost Tapes Vol.2 Live on Air)
Mr. Soul (Europe '93 7/93 Belgium w/Booker T & the MG's)
Cinnamon Girl (Danny Boy Rock 2/25/70 Cincinnati Music Hall)
Welcome to the Big Room (Blue Note Cafe 2015 w/The Blue Notes) 

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TnJ 755 (8/22/19)

-HOUR ONE-

CHARLIE HUNTER & LUCY WOODWARD – Wishing Well  (2019 Music! Music! Music!)

LETTUCE – Move On Up  (2008 Rage!)

the COMMONHEART – Nobody’s Listening  (2019 Pressure)

ALLMAN BETTS BAND – All Night  (2019 Down to the River)

CRIS JACOBS – Under the Big Top  (2019 Color Where You Are)

DIRTY HEADS – Lift Me Up  (2019 Super Moon)

KACEY MUSGRAVES – Wonder Woman  (2018 Golden Hour)

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – Can’t Stop  (2018 Come Tomorrow)

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Playing in the Band  (2018 Pacific Northwest ’73-’74 – Believe It If You Need It, 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA)**

JOHN LEE HOOKER – Dimples  (1956 single)

LED ZEPPELIN – Kashmir  (1975 Physical Graffiti)

**This version has been declared the longest Grateful Dead song ever recorded, at nearly 47 minutes.  It was given its own Record Store Day release in November 2018.

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