TnJ 131 (8/12/10)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH – the Squirming Coil (1993/2008 Live at the Roxy [Box Set])
PHISH – Light up or Leave Me Alone (1988/2006 Colorado ’88)
THE JAYHAWKS – Clouds (1992 Hollywood Town Hall)
DIERKS BENTLEY f/ MIRANDA LAMBERT & JAMEY JOHNSON – Bad Angel (2010 Up on the Ridge)
THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – That Train Song (2010 the Wages)
ROBERT WALTER with GARY BARTZ – Bidi Man (1996 Spirit of ’70)
MAX ALLEN BAND – Me My Mo Ho (2009 Ending Sun) homegrownmusic.net
XOË FITZGERALD – Frankie and the Time Machine (2010 the Time-Traveling Transvestite) frogvilleplanet.com
30db – Backbone (2010 One Man Show)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Proving Ground > Bust It Big > Proving Ground (11/14/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA) livewidespreadpanic.com
STEEZ – Scoring Position (2009 Creepfunk Crusade) homegrownmusic.net
LA JUNTA – the Q-Song (2008 What It Is) lajunta505.com
BEARQUARIUM – Slave Runner (2009 Bearquarium) homegrownmusic.net
PHISH – Mountains in the Mist (11/1/09 Festival 8, Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA) livephish.com
PHISH – Run Like an Antelope (3/7/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA) livephish.com

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TnJ 123 (6/10/10)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DREAD – I Know You Rider (2010 The Grateful Dread Live) thegratefuldread.com
DARRELL SCOTT/DANNY THOMPSON/KENNY MALONE – Miracle of Living (2005 Live in NC, c. 2003) darrellscott.com
PO’ GIRL – Deer in the Night (2009 Deer in the Night) pogirl.net
SAM BUSH BAND – Mr. Freddy (12/31/03 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO) sambush.com
GOGOL BORDELLO – Trans-Continental Hustle (2010 Trans-Continental Hustle) gogolbordello.com
30db – One More (2010 One Man Show) 30db.net

-HOUR TWO-

GRACE POTTER & the NOCTURNALS – Paris (Ooh La La) gracepotter.com
JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT – Good (2008 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) jasonisbell.com
KARL DENSON – Sunday School (1997 the D Stands for Diesel) karldenson.us
TEA LEAF GREEN – Dreaming Without Sleeping (2010 Looking West) tealeafgreen.com
OAKHURST – Run Run Run (2008 Jump in the Get Down) porchmusic.com
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – Believe (2010 Believe) homegrownmusic.net
TOMO FUJITA – That Girl (2010 Pure) tomofujita.com
THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – Everything’s Raising (2010 the Wages) bigdamnband.com
JIM LAUDERDALE – Jawbone (2010 Patchwork River) jimlauderdale.com
RatDog – Samson & Delilah (9/15/02 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Telluride, CO) ratdog.org

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TnJ 117 (4/29/10)

-HOUR ONE-

JEFF BECK – Let Me Love You (1968 Truth)
JERRY JOSEPH and the JACKMORMONS – Pumpkin Time (2010 Badlandia, c. 8/09 Virginia City, MT) download it from amazon.com
30db – Grave (2010 One Man Show) 30db.net
JIM LAUDERDALE – Patchwork River (2010 Patchwork River) jimlauderdale.com
WILLIE NELSON / ASLEEP at the WHEEL – Bring It on Down to My House (2009 Willie and the Wheel)
SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS – Jah Come Down (2010 Rise & Shine)
FELIX y los GATOS – Palenque (2009 Felix y los Gatos) check ‘em out on facebook
MILES DAVIS QUINTET – So What (4/8/60 Zurich, Switzerland)

-HOUR TWO-

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – All the Same (2010 Things That Fly) infamousstringdusters.com
THE STATESBORO REVUE – Shine On (2009 Different Kind of Light)
GREAT AMERICAN TAXI – Get No Better (2010 Reckless Habits) greatamericantaxi.com
FLYINFISCH – Blueberry Oats (2010 Flyinfisch) flyinfisch.com
PHISH – Run Like an Antelope (12/31/96 Fleet Center, Boston, MA)
THE PNUMA TRIO – Shindahla (2006 Live from Out There) homegrownmusic.net
BROKEN BELLS – Trap Doors (2010 Broken Bells)

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TnJ 114 (4/8/10)

-HOUR ONE-

JOHN BUTLER TRIO – Ragged Mile (Sprit Song) (2010 April Uprising)
NATHANIEL RATELIFF – Whimper and Wail (2010 In Memory of Loss) nathanielrateliff.com
JERRY JOSEPH & the JACKMORMONS – Fiona (2010 Badlandia, c. 2009, Virginia City, MT) jerryjoseph.com
DEER TICK – Straight into a Storm (2009 Born on Flag Day) deertickmusic.com
DR. DOG – Where’d All the Time Go? (2010 Shame, Shame) drdogmusic.com
PHISH – Horn > Chalk Dust Torture (1993/2008 At the Roxy, c. 1993, Atlanta, GA)
NATHAN & the ZYDECO CHA CHAS – Outside People (2010 Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert)
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS – Trouble in Your Mind (2010 Genuine Negro Jig) carolinachocolatedrops.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Out of the Blue (2009 the Show) yondermountain.com

-HOUR TWO-

BLACK PRAIRIE – Across the Black Prairie > Red Rocking Chair (2010 Feast of the Hunter’s Moon) blackprairie.com
MULESKINNER – I Am a Pilgrim (1991/2009 Live - Original TV Soundtrack, c. 1973, KCET-TV, Hollywood, CA)
LEVON HELM – White Dove (2009 Electric Dirt) levonhelm.com
GRATEFUL DEAD – Tennessee Jed (5/5/77 Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT)
ACTUAL PROOF – the Ride (2009 Paradigm Shift) actualproofband.com
MATTHEW STUBBS – Uncle Sonny (2010 Medford & Main) matthewstubbs.net
LUBRIPHONIC – Devil’s in the Details (2009 Super Moncho, c. 2006, Chicago, IL) lubriphonic.com
INDUBIOUS – Mushroom Man (2009 Cosmic Seed) indubiousmusic.com
QUACTUS – Fantazor’s Escape (2008 Once a Pond, a Spine…) homegrownmusic.net

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TnJ 107 (2/18/10)

Big thanks to guest toast Michelle LaFlamme-Childs (A.K.A. DJ Funky Shalom) for sharing her musical treasure this week! Listen if you missed it @ kbac.com

-HOUR ONE-

GOV’T MULE – The Shape I’m In (2007 Mighty High)
RatDog – Two Djinn (9/15/02 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Telluride, CO)
PRIMUS – Southbound Pachyderm (1995 Tales from the Punchbowl)
TV on the RADIO – Crying (2008 Dear Science)
U-MELT – Perfect World (2009 Perfect World)
YEASAYER – Wait for the Summer (2007 All Hour Cymbals)
TINARIWEN – Cler Achel (2007 Aman Iman: Water Is Life)

-HOUR TWO-

DR. DIDG – Bob’s Cloud (1998 Seratonality)
MATISYAHU - Temple (2009 Light iTunes exclusive)
RADIO LA CHUSMA – Travel Wide (2007 91.5 MexM)
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY – Pussyman (2004 Panic in Babylon)
CORNMEAL – Heaven on Time (Tales from Magic Stone Mountain)
LEFTOVER SALMON w/ MICHAEL WOOTEN – Catfish John (12/31/04 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Keep on Going > Legalize It (2001 Mountain Tracks: Volume 1, c.2000)

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TnJ 100 (12/31/09)

BOMBS AWAY!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

SANTANA – Savor > Jingo (2009 the Woodstock Experience, 8/16/69)
SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 – Satori (2002 Seasons 01)
LES CLAYPOOL’s FROG BRIGADE – Pigs (Three Different Ones) (2001 Live Frogs Set 2)
TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS – It’s Good to be King (2009 the Live Anthology, 9/21/06 Gainseville, FL)

-HOUR TWO-

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – On the Run > Crow Black Chicken > On the Run (4/11/09 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
DUMPSTAPHUNK – Keep on Marching > Fly Like an Eagle > Slippin’ into Darkness > Fortunate Son > Soprano’s Theme (Woke Up This Morning) > Fortunate Son (3/20/09 Highline Ballroom, NYC)
LEGION of MARY – Mystery Train (4/12/75 Masonic Temple, Scranton, PA, late show)

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TnJ 097 (12/3/09)

-HOUR ONE-

KARL DENSON’s TINY UNIVERSE – Shake It Out (2009 Brother’s Keeper)
GARAGE à TROIS – Fat Redneck Gangster (2009 Power Patriot)
ADAM STERN – Bear Up the Stair (2009 Twang Shui)
J.J. CALE / ERIC CLAPTON – Dead End Road (2006 the Road to Escondido)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – If You’re Ever in Oklahoma (12/31/99 Nederland, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Travelin’ Light (1998 Light Fuse, Get Away)
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Uncle Frank (alternate version) (2009 The Fine Print)
ALLEN THOMPSON – Virginia (2009 26 Years)

-HOUR TWO-

ANDY HALL – Deep Elem Blues (2008 Sound of the Slide Guitar)
SOLOMON BURKE f/ BEN HARPER – A Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray (2008 Like a Fire)
JIM WEIDER’s PROJECT PERCOLATOR – Dreamline (2009 Pulse)
TV on the RADIO – Golden Age (2008 Dear Science)
UMPHREY’s McGEE – Turn & Dub (Michael G Easy Star All-Stars remix) (2009 Turn & Dub EP)
GOGOL BORDELLO – Start Wearing Purple (2005 Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike)
THE FELICE BROTHERS – Memphis Flu (2009 Yonder Is the Clock)
LEFTOVER SALMON w/ JOHN BELL, JEFF AUSTIN, PETE SEARS, and JOHN COWAN – Nobody’s Fault But Mine (9/9/00 Planet Salmon, Lyons, CO) jambase.com

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TnJ 094 (11/12/09)

-HOUR ONE-

NEIL YOUNG – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (12/10/1989 Muziektheater Stopera, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – Powderfinger (2/28/04 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM)
CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED – Train to Birmingham (2009 Happiness and All the Other Things)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Four Walls of Raiford (2004 Under the Influence, Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
RANDALL BRAMBLETT – Visions (2008 Now It’s Tomorrow)
GOV’T MULE – Railroad Boy > Monday Mourning Meltdown (2009 By a Thread)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Bowlegged Woman > Worry (7/22/03 Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre, Santa Fe, NM)
GOSHEN – To Begin Again (2007 Lioness)
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD – Strance of the Spirit Red Gator (1996 Shack-Man)
THE SOUL of JOHN BLACK – Betty Jean (2009 Black John)
GUMBO PROJECT – Old Man and the River (2009 Roux EP)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW – Fall on My Knees (2003 Live)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Wharf Rat (2007 Live at the Cow Palace, 12/31/76)

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SHOW REVIEW - Yonder Mountain String Band 8/29/09, Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM

First of all, Ben Kaufmann is a gracious, thoughtful human being. He soldiered on through not one, but two interviews. I am a technical Neanderthal. If you'd like to hear what the second interview sounded like, it will be posted on kbac.com (HERE)

I felt as though there were some things worth repeating from the first (unrecorded) interview, though. Firstly, Kaufmann is 5 months clean and sober, not that he was anxious to be preachy about it - far from it, actually - but he seemed very forthcoming about YMSB and their place in the world. I am truly sorry that his insights were lost to the ravages of technical ineptitude on my part.

Let me just say in summary, because I feel it may be a document to anyone who may write about them in them future, that when pressed to sum up the 4 characters who comprise YMSB, he listed them as follows:

Ben, himself, "The Foundation," which I took to mean "The Roots," as in, without those you have nothing upon which to stand, musically, philosophically, what have you.

Jeff Austin (mandolin), "The Rockstar." Hardly surprising an assessment, as I've seen him play that role happily through many years, despite not being in a rock band.

Adam Aijala (guitar), "The Rock," as in solid, the touchstone which grounds all the madness -- and grounded Ben after a particularly "out there" episode involving multiple shots of tequila. Not that Kaufmann wants to say that anyone out there doing something similar shouldn't be allowed to gauge their own abilities, just that it was, for him, time to rein it back and see whether or not he could perform sober. He admitted it has been, at times, difficult.

Dave Johnston (banjo), "The Mad Genius." Actually, what Kaufmann said was that he reminded him of Keith Richards and that he's written more amazing, groundbreaking material than will probably ever see the light of day. Apparently, Johnston has notebooks full of unrecorded, unreleased, absolutely brilliant material.

As for the show, itself - fun, fun, fun.

Xavier Rudd, the opener, said it best when he said it was like "being at a family barbeque." I didn't take it as an insult (though it may have been meant to be, due to the change of venue from an amphitheatre to a large outdoor patio). It really did have that casual feeling, as if you vaguely thought you actually knew everyone there, but just couldn't quite remember their names.

Carolyn Wonderland and Pigment both seemed good sports about sharing the evening with the displaced Rudd and YMSB, who'd been scheduled for a date at Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre which was, we are told, suffering from severe old age in the plumbing department.

After hearing YMSB rip through the John Hartford number "Up on the Hill Where We Do the Boogie," via Leftover Salmon's arrangement, they had me very nearly from the beginning.

Somewhere in the middle of the show they managed to invent, on the spot, a nice little ditty about changing a string while Dave Johnston restrung his banjo. It seems these guys are so dedicated to the string band art form they each have only one instrument, so all we could do was wait while Jeff Austin regaled us with ad libbed “lyrics” to the string-changing song, teasing Johnston for not being ready because he “never breaks a string.” Austin conceded to a string-breaking tally in the thousands, and told how even Kaufmann had broken a bass string once (in Moscow, ID, for the curious – having grown up near Moscow, I wondered if the gig might’ve been at John’s Alley, a quintessential roadhouse-style dive bar where many amazing up-and-comers have played). Finally, the banjo was restrung and retuned, and the show continued. Maybe I imagined it, but the banjo seemed particularly bright and plucky (no pun intended) for the remainder of the show.

Absolute highlight was their rendition of Frank Zappa's "I'm the Slime." You should be so lucky to hear something this amazing in your lifetime. After Adam Aijala's brain-melting guitar solo, the band seemed a little amazed as well.

I've seen Yonder many times over the years, and listened to many show recordings besides, and they seem to have a whole new show every time I see them. Yes, they played the "Boatman" dance, and yes, I've sat through many a rendition, and it's just impossible for me to resist its charms every time.

But most of the material was new to me, possibly because they just finished a new studio album (one of few in their collective career), and that's one thing I really like about YMSB - like snowflakes, no two shows are even remotely alike.

Kaufmann expressed immense gratitude that the audience seems to be there for their particular brand of jamgrass, which I can't help feeling needs some official moniker to carry it into the annals of music history. I was enjoying the show with an acquaintance from “the south” and it occurred to me that this kind of bluegrass might be a little different from the traditional "Kentucky" style, and I decided to call it "Colorado Bluegrass." The kind Sam Bush (uncrowned "king" of the venerable Telluride Bluegrass Festival) and Benny Galloway (unsung architect of the Colorado folk sound) have been championing for years without getting radio play. Though YMSB are about to release a studio album ("The Show," in September), I suspect their real fans have accumulated through word of mouth on the "Colorado Bluegrass" scene. It's like bluegrass, only without having to apologize for taking you into orbit for a few turns around the planet.

Thank you all for a great show. And if rumors that the opening soundcheck number was Metallica were true, and I missed it, well, sucks to be me.

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TnJ 083 (8/27/09)

-HOUR ONE-

BLACK CROWES – Oh, Josephine (2009 Warpaint Live, 3/20/08 the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA)
mary and mars – Sloop John B (2004 Live at the Old Blinking Light)
NEW RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE – Dirty Business (7/29? Or 7/30/06, Turkey Trot Acres, Candor, NY)
NEW RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE – Higher (2009 Where I Come From)
MIKE STERN – Check One (2009 Big Neighborhood)

-HOUR TWO-

GREYBOY ALLSTARS – Still Waiting (2007 Whatever Happened to Television?)
IVAN ‘FUNKBOY’ BODLEY – A Skunk & A Monkey (2009 Pigs Feet & Potted Meat)
ASSEMBLY of DUST featuring JOHN SCOFIELD – Borrowed Feet (2009 Some Assembly Required)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Fishing (7/22/03 Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre, Santa Fe, NM)
WILCO – Solitaire (2009 Wilco [the Album])
XAVIER RUDD – No Woman No Cry (2005 Solace)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Elzic’s Farewell > No Expectations (4/28/06 Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM)
NATHAN MOORE – Hard Times (2009 Folk Singer)

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TnJ 082 (8/20/09)

-HOUR ONE-

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Complicated (2009 the Show)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Too Late Now (4/11/09 the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
LED ZEPPELIN – That’s the Way (9/29/71 Osaka, Japan)
SAM BUSH – the Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle (2009 Circles Around Me)
LIPBONE REDDING and the LIPBONE ORCHESTRA – Be Thankful for What You Got (2009 Science of Bootyism)
THE MOTET – Mighty (2009 Dig Deep)
PHISH – Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove (7/30/09 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

ERIC CLAPTON – Motherless Children (1974 461 Ocean Boulevard)
CHET ATKINS / LES PAUL – Caravan (1977 Chester & Lester)
TINARIWEN – Mataraden Anexan (2001 the Radio Tisdas Sessions)
GOGOL BORDELLO – Dub the Frequencies of Love (2007 Super Taranta!)
FRANK ZAPPA – Drowning Witch (11/3/84 SUNY, Stony Brook , NY)
KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH – Phat Cat (2009 Then There’s Now)
CULTURE – No Night (1997 Trust Me)
BERES HAMMOND – Give It All You’ve Got (2008 A Moment in Time)

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TnJ 071 (6/4/09)

Phish sandwich, anyone?

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH – Contact (2009 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, 3/8/09) www.livephish.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – All Your Dreams (4/11/09 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA)
INDIGENOUS – Blues from the Sky (1999 Live at Pachyderm Studios)
KENNY BROWN – If Down Was Up (2003 Stingray)
DEL McCOURY BAND – Cold Rain and Snow (2002 Bonnaroo)
TONY FURTADO – Hurtin’ in My Right Side (2006 Thirteen)
LEFTOVER SALMON featuring BÉLA FLECK and REESE WYNANS – Up on the Hill Where We Do the Boogie (1999 the Nashville Sessions)
QUACTUS – Alligator (2008 Once a Pond, A Spine…) www.homegrownmusic.net

-HOUR TWO-

moe. – Akimbo (2000 L)
THE SOUL of JOHN BLACK – Bottom Chick (2009 Black John)
JEFF BUJAK – Prodigium (2009 Alive Like the Spine) www.homegrownmusic.net
THE BLACK CROWES – Feathers (1995 non-album track)
DAVID BYRNE – What a Day That Was (2007 Live from Austin, TX)
RODRIGO y GABRIELA – Diablo Rojo (2008 Live in Japan)
PRIMUS – Frizzle Fry (2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004)
PHISH – Bug > Tweezer (reprise) (2009 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, 3/8/09) www.livephish.com

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TnJ 066 (4/30/09)

Sorry to take so long getting this one posted, y'all. Moving sucks, what can I say? At least the new house rocks (^_^) THX, Geri!!!

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Ramble On Rose (2004 Dick’s Picks 32, 8/7/82 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Troy, WI)
GRATEFUL DEAD – The Wheel > Playing in the Band > Morning Dew > One More Saturday Night (same source as above)
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Sunny Side of the Mountain (9/13/08, Normal, IL) livedownloads.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Coo Coo’s Nest (2004 Mountain Tracks Vol. 3, 9/12/03 Lyons, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

BLIND MELON – Car Seat (God’s Presents) (1995 Soup)
JEFF BUJAK – Nomadd (2009 Alive Like the Spine)
THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS – The Minx (2005 This Is What We Do)
LYRICS BORN – Hot Bizness (2003 Later That Day…)
THE NEW BIRTH – Comin’ From All Ends (1975 Comin’ From All Ends)
JOHN BROWN’S BODY – The Gold (2008 Amplify)
OZOMATLI – City of Angels (2007 Don’t Mess with the Dragon)
THE RACONTEURS – Level (2006 Broken Boy Soldiers)
GOV’T MULE – Blind Man in the Dark (2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004)

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