G. LOVE Y'ALL

The Historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque just informed us of the long-awaited return of G.LOVE to New Mexico! Huzzah! I think tix went on sale today (Tues 12/23). 1-866-I-GET-TIX.

That's G.LOVE, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. C U there (^_^)

TnJ 049 (12/17/08)

2008 HONORABLE MENTIONS

-HOUR ONE-

THE WAYBACKS – Black Cat (2008 Loaded)
DREW EMMITT – Take the Highway (2008 the Long Road)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Free Somehow (2008 Free Somehow)
JOHN BROWN’S BODY – Push Some Air (2008 Amplify)
FREEKBASS – Ghost of Temptation (2008 Junkyard Waltz)
ACORN PROJECT – Stomp (2008 We’ll Be Fine)
BLUES TRAVELER – Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob’s Machine Shop) (2008 North Hollywood Shootout)
MARKUS JAMES – Exile Tracks (2008 Snakeskin Violin)
HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD – Sara & Jane (2008 Poison)

-HOUR TWO-

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Well, Well (4/15/08 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
OAKHURST – Bitterroot Hop (2008 Jump in the Get Down)
ZACH DEPUTY – She Takes Me High (2008 Out of the Water)
GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY – Tulsa Turnaround (2008 the Same Thing Again)
JEFF COFFIN MU’TET – Tag (2008 Mutopia)
ROBERT WALTER – Box of Glass (2008 Cure All)
STANTON MOORE TRIO – (Proper) Gander (2008 Emphasis! On Parenthesis)
THE MACPODZ – Quatroliola (2008 Orcastrate)
PHISH – Suzy Greenberg > Buried Alive > Punch You in the Eye (1993/2008 At the Roxy, 2/19-21/1993 Atlanta, GA)

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While Tom and I are having fun putting our 2008 Top Ten Lists together behind the scenes, there was a lot of other great music that came our way this year. So, here you have the "almosts," which we felt deserved one last spin before 2008 comes to a close.

You might recognize a bunch of these picks from my earlier HONORABLE MENTIONS post. The Fox Theatre (Boulder) Infamous Stringdusters show was my favorite "unofficial" live recording of the year. Phish's "At the Roxy" is my favorite "official" live release, though the show dates back to 1993. Goose Creek Symphony comprises material recorded in the 1970's, but never released until 2008, I believe. Lastly, though I really liked the Macpodz' release, "Orcastrate," if anyone who knows them reads this, for the love of all that's Holy, PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONSIDER USING A READABLE FONT NEXT TIME! If it wasn't for the press release we would've had no idea what the name of the band was, the name of the CD, or the names of the songs. Ah well, it still sounds great. One of my "Best Bands I'd Never Heard of Before 2008," though I believe they had one previous release.

As always, if you have trouble finding any of the music you hear on Toast-n-Jam for purchase, take a gander over at homegrownmusic.net

Catch us on NEW YEAR'S EVE at the usual time for our ABSOLUTE TOP PICKS of 2008!!! We're taking Xmas Eve off. Happy Holidays y'all (^_^)

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Sad news for English Beat fans in SF

From the promoter, re: tonight's show:

I am terribly, terribly disappointed to report that tonight's show is canceled. The English Beat are stuck, snowed in in Colorado and cannot get here. The band expresses their great regret to al their fans as they love Santa Fe and were very much looking forward to being here.

I for my part have probably never worked harder to try to make a show special, going into the Railyard and Farmers Market Pavilion for the first time so this is crushingly sad for me...

REGGAE PARTY TONIGHT! OUTLAW NATION AT THE SANTA FE BREWING CO. !
If you have a sitter, are looking to go out tonight, the opening band, a VERY cool contemporary regge/rock band called Outlaw Nation, left Aspen early and got out and will be playing at the Santa Fe Brewing Co TONIGHT AT 8:00 for JUST $5 ...

TnJ 048 (12/10/08)

-HOUR ONE-

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Dreams (7/29/95 Raleigh, NC)
THE DOORS – Moonlight Drive (including Horse Latitudes) (1983 Alive, She Cried, c. 1970)
NORMAN BLAKE – Jordan Am a Hard Road to Travel (3/2/77 Boston, MA, radio broadcast?)
PETER ROWAN – Land of the Navajo (unknown source, c. 2005)
JERRY GARCIA BAND – Don’t Let Go (1991/2006 Pure Jerry 07, 11/9/91 Hampton, VA)

-HOUR TWO-

LOTUS – Hammerstrike (2008 Hammerstrike)
PHISH – the Divided Sky (1993/2008 At the Roxy, 2/19-21/1993 Atlanta, GA)
MC5 – Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) (1969 Kick Out the Jams)
TOM WAITS – Baby Gonna Leave Me (2004 Real Gone)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Jessica (7/24/99 Dallas, TX)

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TnJ BEST of 2008 special show coming 12/31

Yep, everybody's doing it and so are we: Toast-n-Jam's "Best of 2008 Special" will air Wednesday night, 12/31/08, starting at 8pm on KBAC 98.1 Radio Free Santa Fe. Happy New Year (^_^)

TnJ 047 (12/3/08)

-HOUR ONE-

KELLER WILLIAMS w/MOSELEY, DROLL & SIPE – Tribe (2008 Live)
MOSES GUEST – How Does It Feel (2002 Moses Guest)
GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD – Incognito (lyrics by Tom Robbins) (2006 Slow Down)
SLIGHTLY STOOPID – Jimi (2007 Chronchitis)
DELTA NOVE – Maraca Eu (Maraca Tu) (2006 The Future Is When)
BONERAMA – The Ocean (2007 Bringing It Home)
INDIGENOUS – Water (1999 Live at Pachyderm Studios)
CHARLIE WHEELER BAND – I Got to Ramble (2008 Highway Run)

-HOUR TWO-

JJ GREY & MOFRO – Everything Good Is Bad (2008 Orange Blossoms)
UMPHREY’s McGEE – Made to Measure (2009 Mantis)
UMPHREY’s McGEE – Cemetery Walk (2009 Mantis)
moe. – Bring You Down > Shoot First (2007 Warts & All Vol. 5, 2/22/05 Des Moines, IA)
PHISH – Runaway Jim (2008 At the Roxy, 2/19 - 21/93, Atlanta, GA)
PHISH w/JIMMY HERRING – Funky Bitch (2008 At the Roxy, 2/19 – 21/93, Atlanta, GA)

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