TOAST-N-JAM: August 2023

Thursday, August 31, 2023

TnJ 953 (8/31/23)

A phabulous, phreaky, Phish fest, with highlights from the MSG summer run of 7 shows...

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Cities (7/28/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - Wolfman's Brother [w/ The Well tease] (8/1/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - a Life Beyond the Dream (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - 46 Days (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - Split Open and Melt (7/28/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - Mike's Song (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

TnJ 952 (8/24/23)

Fare Thee Well, Dead and Company - here's some high points from the last two shows at Oracle Park last month (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD and COMPANY - Althea (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Cumberland Blues (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Franklin's Tower (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Terrapin Station (7/15/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)

-HOUR TWO-

DEAD and COMPANY - Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Morning Dew (7/15/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Brokedown Palace (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)

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PHISH FLOOD SHOWS FREE

Phish phans! The NE flood benefit shows at SPAC this weekend have been declared free to those of you on couch tour. Go to LivePhish.com

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

TnJ 951 (8/17/23)

-HOUR ONE-

LED ZEPPELIN - For Your Life (1976 Presence)
GOV'T MULE - Made My Peace (2023 Peace...Like a River)
DUANE BETTS w/ NICKI BLUHM - Colors Fade (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY w/ DAVE MATTHEWS - Yosemite (2023 City of Gold)
LITTLE FEAT - Roll Um Easy (1973 Dixie Chicken)
KENDALL STREET COMPANY - Becca's Dad (2023 Separation95)
PHISH - Kill Devil Falls (7/23/23 St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

moe. - Head > Brent Black (2008 Warts & All vol. 6, 1/28/07 Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS)

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4CFF COMING LABOR DAY WEEKEND

I've heard a lot of great things about this festival but have never been. Maybe this will be my year? Then again, there's always Phish @ Dick's. Go here for ticket info to the Four Corners Folk Festival.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

TnJ 950 (8/10/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD and COMPANY - New Speedway Boogie (7/14/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DAVE McMURRAY w/ OTEIL BURBRIDGE - Scarlet Begonias (2023 Grateful Deadication 2)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Ringo > Hajimemashite > Ringo (2007 Live at The Murat, ca. Apr 2007 Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN)
GLORIETTA - I Know (2018 Glorietta)
RAUL MALO w/ the MAVERICKS - Peach Blossom Blues (2023 Say Less)
RED MATTER - Light of the Moon (2023 Northbound Train)

-HOUR TWO-

LEFTOVER SALMON w/ DAROL ANGER - Country Blues (2023 Grass Roots)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Party at Your Mama's House > Pilgrims (6/25/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD - He's Gone (2023 Leisure Suit)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Shakedown Street > Samson and Delilah (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 47, 12/9/79 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO)

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

TnJ 949 (8/3/23)

Special guest toast Michelle LaFlamme-Childs!

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ TREY ANASTASIO - Little Wing (2021 Layla Revisited, Live at LOCKN' 8/24/19 Arrington, VA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Bust It Big (2020 Sunday Show, 3/24/19 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
DEODATO - Also Sprach Zarathustra [2001] (1973 Prelude)
CIRCLES AROUND the SUN - Saturday's Children (2015 Interludes for the Dead)
SPAFFORD - Fünkenseven (2022 Hindsight - a Live Compilation, 1/17/20 Antone's Nightclub, Austin, TX)
MOTET - Rynodub (2014 the Motet)
BONERAMA - the Ocean (2007 Bringing It Home, ca. Sep 2006)
GALACTIC - Stax Jam (1996 Coolin' Off)
CHARLIE PARR w/ NICHOLAS MROZINSKI - Rocky Raccoon (2011 Minnesota Beatle Project, vol. 3)
MERL SAUNDERS w/ JERRY GARCIA and TOM FOGERTY - After Midnight (1973 Fire Up)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - This Must Be the Place (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta 11/17/00)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Blue Sky (2014 Play All Night – Live at the Beacon Theatre, ca. Mar 1992)
KELLER WILLIAMS w/ MORE THAN a LITTLE - West L.A. Fadeaway (2013 Funk)
PHISH - Sand (1/2/16 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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SALMON / ROWAN BOULDER THANKSGIVING

Leftover Salmon continues their Colorado Thanksgiving tradition, this time with Peter Rowan and special guests Banshee Tree and Sicard Hollow. The shows are at the Boulder Theater and you can get your tickets here.

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Monday, August 7, 2023

HOW GRATEFUL ARE WE???

Last year's Jerry-centric festival in Madrid was a bona fide hoot. I highly recommend checking out this year's in September (^_^)

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TnJ Concert Calendar

* LISTINGS ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, BUT CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL, Y'ALL...
04/19 (F) – CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM – Lensic, SF, NM
04/19 (F) – KBONG & JOHNNY COSMIC – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
04/20 (Sa) – CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM – Sunshine Theater, ABQ, NM
04/21 (Su) – CHICANO BATMAN / LIDO PIMIENTA – El Rey Theater, ABQ, NM
04/22 (M) – BRITTANY HOWARD / JUNE McDOOM – Revel, ABQ, NM
04/24 (W) – ADAM ANT / ENGLISH BEAT – Revel, ABQ, NM
04/25 (Th) – PRIMUS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
04/26 (F) – DETROIT LIGHTNING – The Bridge, SF, NM
04/26 (F) – KHRUANGBIN / HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ – Revel, ABQ, NM
04/26 (F) – PRIMUS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
04/27 (Sa) – KHRUANGBIN / HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ – Revel, ABQ, NM
04/28 (Su) – CAROLINE ROSE – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
04/30 (Tu) – BRUCE COCKBURN – KiMo Theatre, ABQ, NM
04/30 (Tu) – SLOWDIVE / DRAB MAJESTY – El Rey Theater, ABQ, NM
05/01 (W) – LA LOM – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/03 (F) – JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
05/06 (M) – CITY and COLOUR – Lensic, SF, NM
05/06 (M) – LOCAL NATIVES – El Rey Theater, ABQ, NM
05/13 (M) – CEDRIC BURNSIDE – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/13 (M) – GARY CLARK JR. / MAVIS STAPLES – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
05/14 (Tu) – WEDNESDAY – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
05/18 (Sa) – TALIB KWELI – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/25 (Sa) – MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – HIPICO, SF, NM
05/27 (M) – LORD HURON – Revel Entertainment Center, ABQ, NM
05/28 (Tu) – SARAH JAROSZ – Lensic, SF, NM
05/30 (Th) – BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Lensic, SF, NM
05/31 (F) – MICHAEL FRANTI and SPEARHEAD – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
06/01 (Sa) – JOE RUSSO’s ALMOST DEAD / BRANFORD MARSALIS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
06/07 (F) – JAMES McMURTRY / BETTY SOO – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
06/07 (F) – RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
06/08 (Sa) – BIG HEAD TODD and the MONSTERS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
06/08 (Sa) – JAMES McMURTRY / BETTY SOO – KiMo Theatre, ABQ, NM
06/10 (M) – VALERIE JUNE (solo) – Lensic, SF, NM
06/12 (W) – SHINYRIBS – Taos Mesa Brewing, El Prado, NM
06/14 (F) – STEVE MARTIN and MARTIN SHORT – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
06/14 (F) – UMPHREY’S McGEE – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
06/15 (Sa) – UMPHREY’S McGEE / CORY WONG / DANIEL DONATO’S COSMIC COUNTRY – Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
06/20 (Th) - ROLLING STONES - Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO
06/21 (F) – WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
06/22 (Sa) – JOE JACKSON – Lensic, SF, NM
06/22 (Sa) – LYLE LOVETT and his LARGE BAND – Kiva Auditorium, ABQ, NM
06/22 (Sa) – WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
06/23 (Su) – WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
06/26 (F) – TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
06/27 (Sa) – TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
07/03 (W) – AVETT BROTHERS / IRON & WINE – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
07/11 (Th) – TRAMPLED by TURTLES – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/12 (F) – STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/13 (Sa) – STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/14 (Su) – STRING CHEESE INCIDENT / SAM BUSH / JERRY DOUGLAS / SIERRA HULL – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/18 (Th) – AS WE SPEAK: BÉLA FLECK, ZAKIR HUSSAIN, EDGAR MEYER, RAKESH CHAURASIA – Lensic, SF, NM
07/18 (Th) – DR. DOG – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/21 (Sa) – LAKE STREET DIVE – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
07/22 (M) – THE DECEMBERISTS / RATBOYS – The Bridge, SF, NM
07/26 (F) – ZIGGY MARLEY / LETTUCE – Isleta Casino, ABQ, NM
08/05 (M) – UB40 – The Bridge, SF, NM
08/07 (W) – BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – KiMo Theatre, ABQ, NM
08/08 (Th) – BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – Lensic, SF, NM
08/08 (Th) – MT. JOY – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/09 (F) – MT. JOY – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/12 (M) – the HEAD and the HEART – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/13 (Tu) – the HEAD and the HEART – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/14 (W) – the REVIVALISTS / SPOON – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/15 (Th) – the REVIVALISTS / SPOON – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
08/18 (Su) – SIERRA FERRELL / NICK SHOULDERS – The Bridge, SF, NM
08/24 (Sa) – DWIGHT YOAKAM / the MAVERICKS – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
08/28 (W) – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS / JD McPHERSON – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
08/29 (Th) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
08/29 (Th) – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS / JD McPHERSON – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
08/30 (F) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
08/31 (Sa) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
09/01 (Su) – GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
09/01 (Su) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
09/02 (M) – GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
09/08 (Su) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
09/09 (M) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
09/11 (W) – DWEEZIL ZAPPA – Lensic, SF, NM
09/15 (Su) – AMOS LEE / INDIGO GIRLS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
09/20 (F) – BARENAKED LADIES / TOAD the WET SPROCKET – Revel, ABQ, NM
09/22 (Su) – FUTURE ISLANDS – the Bridge @ SF Brewing, SF, NM
09/22 (Su) – HOZIER / ALLISON RUSSELL – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
11/10 (Su) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Revel, ABQ, NM

FESTIVUS for the RESTIVUS

Apr 25-28, 2024 - MERLEFEST - Wilkesboro, NC (featuring OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS, TESKEY BROTHERS, NICKEL CREEK, MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY, LARKIN POE, EARLS of LEICESTER, SAM BUSH, LUKAS NELSON & POTR, STEEP CANYON RANGERS, BÉLA FLECK MY BLUEGRASS HEART, PETER ROWAN, SHINYRIBS, lots more) visit Merlefest.org/a>

Apr 25-May 5, 2024 - JAZZ FEST - New Orleans, LA (featuring ROLLING STONES, FOO FIGHTERS, QUEEN LATIFAH, BONNIE RAITT, CHRIS STAPLETON, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, EARTH, WIND & FIRE, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, GRETA VAN FLEET, the KILLERS, ANDERSON.PAAK & the FREE NATIONALS, HOZIER, JON BATISTE, WIDESPREAD PANIC, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, the REVIVALISTS, lots more) visit nojazzfest.com
May 17-19, 2024 - TICO TIME BLUEGRASS - Aztec, NM (featuring RAILROAD EARTH, ELEPHANT REVIVAL, KITCHEN DWELLERS, LIL SMOKIES, LARRY KEEL'S ELECTRIC LARRY LAND, STICKS & THORNS, PICK & HOWL, TENTH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, LIVER DOWN THE RIVER, more) visit TicoTimeBluegrass.com
Jul 4-7, 2024 - HIGH SIERRA - Quincy, CA (featuring PRIMUS, ZIGGY MARLEY, GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, ALLMAN BETTS BAND, LARKIN POE, CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS, more T.B.A.) visit HighSierraMusic.com
Aug 9-11, 2024 - TELLURIDE JAZZ FESTIVAL - Telluride, CO (featuring DUMPSTAPHUNK, GEORGE PORTER JR., LEO NOCENTELLI, CYRIL NEVILLE, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, ANTIBALAS, MARCO BENEVENTO, SAY SHE SHE, more) visit TellurideJazz.org
Aug 9-11, 2024 - FOLKS - Lyons, CO (featuring BRITTANY HOWARD, the WOOD BROTHERS, BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN, JOHN VINCENT III, JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, POKEY LaFARGE, the WATSON TWINS, DARLINGSIDE, the MOTHER HIPS, more) visit Bluegrass.com
Sep 12-15, 2024 - BENDER JAMBOREE - Las Vegas, NV (featuring STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, UMPHREY'S McGEE, INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, LEFTOVER SALMON, PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, KELLER WILLIAMS, KITCHEN DWELLERS, LINDSAY LOU, GEORGE PORTER JR. & the RUNNIN PARDNERS, more) visit BenderJamboree.com
Sep 13-15, 2024 - BLUES & BREWS - Telluride, CO (featuring GARY CLARK JR., BEN HARPER, JOE BONAMASSA, JJ GREY & MOFRO, NEAL FRANCIS, TAB BENOIT, SAMANTHA FISH, MARC BROUSSARD, ERIC GALES, more) visit TellurideBlues.com
Dec 12-16, 2024 - STRINGS & SOL - Puerto Morelos, MX (featuring GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY, RAILROAD EARTH, INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, LEFTOVER SALMON, KITCHEN DWELLERS, BROKE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS BAND, JON STICKLEY TRIO) visit StringsAndSol.com

TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2018

01) JERRY GARCIA BAND – Garcia Live Vol.10
02) LED ZEPPELIN – How the West Was Won [remastered]
03) UMPHREY’S McGEE – 7/7/18 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
04) DAVID BOWIE – Glastonbury 2000
05) PHISH – 10/31/18 MGM Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
06) GRATEFUL DEAD – Dave’s Picks vol. 26
07) moe. – 2/2/18 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
08) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Raven’s Reels, vol. 1
09) CHICAGO FARMER – Quarter Past Tonight
10) MUNGION – Live Fun Vol. 1

TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2017

01) GRATEFUL DEAD - Cornell 5/8/77
02) PHISH - 7/25/17 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
03) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Betty's Self-Rising Southern Blends, Vol. 3
04) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Live from the Fox Oakland
05) DOPAPOD - II Saw Live Dopapod Evil Was II
06) STEVE WINWOOD - Greatest Hits Live
07) WIDESPREAD PANIC - 10/28/17 Park Theatre, Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
08) OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW - 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
09) SPAFFORD - Abaculus - An Improvisational Experience
10) RYAN ADAMS - Live at Rough Trade
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