-HOUR ONE-
GRATEFUL DEAD – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (3/15/90 Landover, MD)
JERRY GARCIA & DAVID GRISMAN – The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (2004 Been All Around This World)
THE WIYOS – All Aboard (2009 Broken Land Bell)
ToasT – interview part 1 toastband.net
ToasT – Shrinkage (2009 the Mad Science) homegrownmusic.net
ToasT – interview part 2
ToasT – Jam Sammich (2009 the Mad Science)
ToasT – interview part 3
PHISH – Time Turns Elastic (6/21/09 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI)
-HOUR TWO-
THE RADIATORS – Soul Deep (2009 the Lost Southlake Sessions)
BORIS & the SALTLICKS – Torn Faith (2006 Cactusman Versus the Blue Demon) frogvilleplanet.com
PIGMENT – Life Born to Lead (2008 Pigment) pigmentjam.net
JIMI HENDRIX – Izabella (1994 Woodstock)
JERRY JOSEPH & the JACKMORMONS – Chainsaw City (2003 Mouthful of Copper)
SON VOLT – When the Wheels Don’t Move (2009 American Central Dust)
GOV’T MULE – Wandering Child (1999 LIVE…With a Little Help from Our Friends, Vol. 2)
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
TOAST interviews ToasT
Austin rock band ToasT (playing El Paseo this Friday) will be interviewed on the show tonight via telephone. TUNE IN
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BLACK CROWES TIX
From the promoter:
"Good old fashioned Rock and Roll comes to Santa Fe Center, Santa Fe's new convention center when The Black Crowes invade....
Wednesday, Oct 21 at 7:30.
This is a seated show, limited reserved seating is $53 and then GA seats available is $39
Tickets go on sale THIS Friday, July 31 at 10AM online at http://www.ticketssantafe.org... The Lensic box.. 988-1234."
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"Good old fashioned Rock and Roll comes to Santa Fe Center, Santa Fe's new convention center when The Black Crowes invade....
Wednesday, Oct 21 at 7:30.
This is a seated show, limited reserved seating is $53 and then GA seats available is $39
Tickets go on sale THIS Friday, July 31 at 10AM online at http://www.ticketssantafe.org... The Lensic box.. 988-1234."
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
SHOW REVIEW 7/10/09
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS 7/10/09 Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM
I don’t know how they do it, but they seem to get better every time. This is a band at the height of their magical powers. See them now!
Surprises/highlights:
“High on a Mountaintop,” an old Del McCoury tune they’ve added to their sets. They may well have sacrificed small animals to elder gods to obtain this dark, swampy arrangement. Bluegrass meets Metallica by way of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Haunting and brilliant.
“End of the Line” could be one of those songs music historians look back on 20 years from now and say, “Right there, that’s where the whole thing started to take off.” Though it hails from Jeremy Garrett’s solo disc, “I Am a Stranger,” this tune really comes alive when the whole Stringdusters combo lays into it. Instantly memorable.
“In God’s Country” – yes, the U2 song off “The Joshua Tree,” though you’d barely recognize it. The Stringdusters have made this one their own by re-arranging it into what they’re best at: psychedelic bluegrass. I hope they keep it in their repertoire, because I can’t wait to hear what it morphs into.
“Get It While You Can” just keeps getting funkier. I thought the last time I heard them do this was just a fluke, but they actually seem intent on trailblazing the new hybrid of bluegrass-funk. More power to them.
If you’ve ever wondered where the next Johnny Cash might be coming from, check out Jeremy Garrett on “Tragic Life.” Originally from the Stringdusters’ first album, “Fork in the Road,” this tune about infidelity and murder has become a sprawling, dusty, bloody epic. Worthy of the label “outlaw country.”
Every single one of these musicians managed to amaze me at one point or another during the show. Jesse Cobb was the first – pushing his mandolin to the extreme on several of the opening numbers. Though I love bluegrass, I’ve never been particularly fond of the mandolin. I always felt its sound was too wispy to really get down and dirty, but Cobb proved me wrong.
Andy Falco did the acoustic guitar proud, picking faster than my eyes could follow at times. Could it be they were just trying to outdo each other, tag-teaming our eardrums? One Stringduster would blow the top of my head off, only to have another step in with their musical pastry torch and caramelize my brain like a crème brulee.
I can’t believe the punishment Andy Hall was dishing out to his dobro, particularly during the one-two punch of “Deep Elem Blues” and “Black Rock.” I love the sound of a dobro, but have never seen one played so insistently; the kind of pummeling you might resort to when you realize your bed partner enjoys things a little rougher than most.
And Travis Book on the upright bass – I’ve never known how one mere mortal can rock that instrument. It seems so huge, like one of those insanely oversized motorcycles you could practically live in. Someone driving an upright bass down the freeway I could believe. They’re tanks. Book holds down the groove, jams, sings, and somehow makes it look effortless.
As usual, banjo picker Chris Pandolfi was the last to join the fun. Maybe it just takes him a while to get into it, or maybe the banjo is just that hard to play, I don’t know, but he always seems to be kind of holding back until the very end. Man, when he finally lets loose though, it is truly amazing to behold.
At one point in the show, my friend, Darla, commented that Jeremy Garrett plays the fiddle with his whole body. I had just noticed him writhing and slithering through one of his numbers, possibly the aforementioned “Tragic Life.” I had to agree that Garrett seemed to be leeching energy from the earth, up through his feet, stirring it up through his knees and waist, and finally, blasting it straight through his arms to the fiddle, setting it ablaze with psychic fire.
Actually, in the end, I think the band had set us all ablaze with psychic fire.
The Infamous Stringdusters are the most amazing and honest acoustic combo out there right now. If you are not ready for the next level of bluegrass, best you just stay home and leave more room for me and mine to shimmy.
~ Chris Diestler, AKA “TOAST”
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I don’t know how they do it, but they seem to get better every time. This is a band at the height of their magical powers. See them now!
Surprises/highlights:
“High on a Mountaintop,” an old Del McCoury tune they’ve added to their sets. They may well have sacrificed small animals to elder gods to obtain this dark, swampy arrangement. Bluegrass meets Metallica by way of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Haunting and brilliant.
“End of the Line” could be one of those songs music historians look back on 20 years from now and say, “Right there, that’s where the whole thing started to take off.” Though it hails from Jeremy Garrett’s solo disc, “I Am a Stranger,” this tune really comes alive when the whole Stringdusters combo lays into it. Instantly memorable.
“In God’s Country” – yes, the U2 song off “The Joshua Tree,” though you’d barely recognize it. The Stringdusters have made this one their own by re-arranging it into what they’re best at: psychedelic bluegrass. I hope they keep it in their repertoire, because I can’t wait to hear what it morphs into.
“Get It While You Can” just keeps getting funkier. I thought the last time I heard them do this was just a fluke, but they actually seem intent on trailblazing the new hybrid of bluegrass-funk. More power to them.
If you’ve ever wondered where the next Johnny Cash might be coming from, check out Jeremy Garrett on “Tragic Life.” Originally from the Stringdusters’ first album, “Fork in the Road,” this tune about infidelity and murder has become a sprawling, dusty, bloody epic. Worthy of the label “outlaw country.”
Every single one of these musicians managed to amaze me at one point or another during the show. Jesse Cobb was the first – pushing his mandolin to the extreme on several of the opening numbers. Though I love bluegrass, I’ve never been particularly fond of the mandolin. I always felt its sound was too wispy to really get down and dirty, but Cobb proved me wrong.
Andy Falco did the acoustic guitar proud, picking faster than my eyes could follow at times. Could it be they were just trying to outdo each other, tag-teaming our eardrums? One Stringduster would blow the top of my head off, only to have another step in with their musical pastry torch and caramelize my brain like a crème brulee.
I can’t believe the punishment Andy Hall was dishing out to his dobro, particularly during the one-two punch of “Deep Elem Blues” and “Black Rock.” I love the sound of a dobro, but have never seen one played so insistently; the kind of pummeling you might resort to when you realize your bed partner enjoys things a little rougher than most.
And Travis Book on the upright bass – I’ve never known how one mere mortal can rock that instrument. It seems so huge, like one of those insanely oversized motorcycles you could practically live in. Someone driving an upright bass down the freeway I could believe. They’re tanks. Book holds down the groove, jams, sings, and somehow makes it look effortless.
As usual, banjo picker Chris Pandolfi was the last to join the fun. Maybe it just takes him a while to get into it, or maybe the banjo is just that hard to play, I don’t know, but he always seems to be kind of holding back until the very end. Man, when he finally lets loose though, it is truly amazing to behold.
At one point in the show, my friend, Darla, commented that Jeremy Garrett plays the fiddle with his whole body. I had just noticed him writhing and slithering through one of his numbers, possibly the aforementioned “Tragic Life.” I had to agree that Garrett seemed to be leeching energy from the earth, up through his feet, stirring it up through his knees and waist, and finally, blasting it straight through his arms to the fiddle, setting it ablaze with psychic fire.
Actually, in the end, I think the band had set us all ablaze with psychic fire.
The Infamous Stringdusters are the most amazing and honest acoustic combo out there right now. If you are not ready for the next level of bluegrass, best you just stay home and leave more room for me and mine to shimmy.
~ Chris Diestler, AKA “TOAST”
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TnJ 078 (7/23/09)
-HOUR ONE-
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed > Drums > Third Stone from the Sun (tease) > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (7/29/95 Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC)
PARTICLE – 7 Minutes Till Radio Darkness (parts I and II) (2004 Launchpad)
JEFF BUJAK – Mutator (2009 Alive Like the Spine) homegrownmusic.net
WILCO – Bull Black Nova (2009 Wilco (The Album))
THE WHITE STRIPES – Ball and Biscuit (2008 Elephant)
-HOUR TWO-
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Barstools and Dreamers (7/16/08 Knoxville, TN)
THE DEAD – Easy Wind (5/7/09 Denver, CO)
HOT BUTTERED RUM – Return Someday (2007 Live in the Northeast)
PHISH – Sparkle > Free (2009 the Clifford Ball, 8/16/96)
PETER TOSH – Legalize It (1976 Legalize It)
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ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed > Drums > Third Stone from the Sun (tease) > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (7/29/95 Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC)
PARTICLE – 7 Minutes Till Radio Darkness (parts I and II) (2004 Launchpad)
JEFF BUJAK – Mutator (2009 Alive Like the Spine) homegrownmusic.net
WILCO – Bull Black Nova (2009 Wilco (The Album))
THE WHITE STRIPES – Ball and Biscuit (2008 Elephant)
-HOUR TWO-
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Barstools and Dreamers (7/16/08 Knoxville, TN)
THE DEAD – Easy Wind (5/7/09 Denver, CO)
HOT BUTTERED RUM – Return Someday (2007 Live in the Northeast)
PHISH – Sparkle > Free (2009 the Clifford Ball, 8/16/96)
PETER TOSH – Legalize It (1976 Legalize It)
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Monday, July 20, 2009
FRANTI TIX 8/1 ON SALE
Pumpkin Fest Day One - starring Michael Franti & Spearhead, with local flavor from the Sean Helean Band, Gordon Free, and Hardgroove's Overshine - at the SF Horse Park this October! Tix on sale August 1, 2009 (^_^)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
TnJ 077 (7/16/09)
Xtra huge THX to Dennis McNally 4 the Mark Karan interview hookup. I've posted the interview with tracks from his disc, "Walk Through the Fire" on kbac.com (^_^) TOAST
-HOUR ONE-
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Outside and Inside (8/2/03 North Plains, OR)
MARK KARAN – interview part 1 (recorded @ KBAC 7/10/09)
MARK KARAN – Walk Through the Fire (2009 Walk Through the Fire) markkaran.com
MARK KARAN – interview part 2 (same as above)
MARK KARAN – Fools in Love (same as above)
MARK KARAN – interview part 3 (same as above)
MARK KARAN – Leave a Light On (same as above)
-HOUR TWO-
DEREK TRUCKS BAND – All I Do (2006 Songlines)
DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM – Riverbed (2009 Coming Up for Air)
JOHNNY SKETCH and the DIRTY NOTES – Big Blow (Africafunk) (2004 Live at the Spleaf)
MARCO BENEVENTO – Bus Ride (2008 Invisible Baby)
THE BAD PLUS joined by WENDY LEWIS – Lithium (2009 For All I Care)
UMPHREY’s McGEE – 40’s Theme (3/6/07 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
GREAT CAESAR’s GHOST – China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider (2009 Better Off Dead) cdbaby.com
JIMMY PAGE & the BLACK CROWES – In the Light (6/28/00 Pittburgh, PA)
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-HOUR ONE-
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Outside and Inside (8/2/03 North Plains, OR)
MARK KARAN – interview part 1 (recorded @ KBAC 7/10/09)
MARK KARAN – Walk Through the Fire (2009 Walk Through the Fire) markkaran.com
MARK KARAN – interview part 2 (same as above)
MARK KARAN – Fools in Love (same as above)
MARK KARAN – interview part 3 (same as above)
MARK KARAN – Leave a Light On (same as above)
-HOUR TWO-
DEREK TRUCKS BAND – All I Do (2006 Songlines)
DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM – Riverbed (2009 Coming Up for Air)
JOHNNY SKETCH and the DIRTY NOTES – Big Blow (Africafunk) (2004 Live at the Spleaf)
MARCO BENEVENTO – Bus Ride (2008 Invisible Baby)
THE BAD PLUS joined by WENDY LEWIS – Lithium (2009 For All I Care)
UMPHREY’s McGEE – 40’s Theme (3/6/07 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
GREAT CAESAR’s GHOST – China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider (2009 Better Off Dead) cdbaby.com
JIMMY PAGE & the BLACK CROWES – In the Light (6/28/00 Pittburgh, PA)
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
STEVE EARLE TIX
Just got the word about Steve Earle in Santa Fe 8/20 @ James A. Little - woo hoo!
Tickets thru the Lensic (505-988-1234) or online at www.Ticketssantafe.org
Tickets thru the Lensic (505-988-1234) or online at www.Ticketssantafe.org
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
MORE INTERVIEWS YO
Toast interviews The Infamous Stringdusters live at KBAC's Studio 2 this Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mark Karan (Bob Weir and Ratdog) will be talking up his new solo CD, "Walk Through the Fire," via telephone Thursday night during Toast-n-Jam.
TUNE IN and TURN ON
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Mark Karan (Bob Weir and Ratdog) will be talking up his new solo CD, "Walk Through the Fire," via telephone Thursday night during Toast-n-Jam.
TUNE IN and TURN ON
(^_^)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
TnJ 076 (7/9/09)
Thanks to David Avery at Powderfinger for setting up the Mojo Morgan interview. Hear it in its entirety at kbac.com
- HOUR ONE -
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (1991 Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
SHEMEKIA COPELAND – Limousine (2009 Never Going Back)
MOJO MORGAN – interview (Pre-recorded @ KBAC 7/7/09)
MOJO MORGAN – Tonight (2009 Got Mojo?)
SLIGHTLY STOOPID – Couldn’t Get High / Untitled (2006 Winter Tour ’05-’06)
TEA LEAF GREEN – Jezebel > (2006 Rock’n’Roll Band OST)
- HOUR TWO -
TEA LEAF GREEN – Franz Hanzerbeak (same as above)
DAVID FIUCZYNSKI – Cumin (2008 KiF Express)
ROLLING STONES – Time Waits for No One (1974 It’s Only Rock’n Roll)
THE WIYOS – Roll On Down the Road (2009 Broken Land Bell)
THE HOT CLUB of SANTA FE – Route 66 (2008 Musique de la Villa Différente)
LE CHAT LUNATIQUE – Sangre del Gato (2007 Demonic Lovely)
PAOLO NUTINI – Pencil Full of Lead (2009 Sunny Side Up)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Pronto > No More to Leave You Behind > Pronto (4/15/08 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
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- HOUR ONE -
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (1991 Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
SHEMEKIA COPELAND – Limousine (2009 Never Going Back)
MOJO MORGAN – interview (Pre-recorded @ KBAC 7/7/09)
MOJO MORGAN – Tonight (2009 Got Mojo?)
SLIGHTLY STOOPID – Couldn’t Get High / Untitled (2006 Winter Tour ’05-’06)
TEA LEAF GREEN – Jezebel > (2006 Rock’n’Roll Band OST)
- HOUR TWO -
TEA LEAF GREEN – Franz Hanzerbeak (same as above)
DAVID FIUCZYNSKI – Cumin (2008 KiF Express)
ROLLING STONES – Time Waits for No One (1974 It’s Only Rock’n Roll)
THE WIYOS – Roll On Down the Road (2009 Broken Land Bell)
THE HOT CLUB of SANTA FE – Route 66 (2008 Musique de la Villa Différente)
LE CHAT LUNATIQUE – Sangre del Gato (2007 Demonic Lovely)
PAOLO NUTINI – Pencil Full of Lead (2009 Sunny Side Up)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Pronto > No More to Leave You Behind > Pronto (4/15/08 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
MOJO MORGAN interview
Tune in this Thursday between 8:00 and 8:30 pm mountain time (on the air or streaming at kbac.com) to hear a piece of TOAST's interview with MOJO MORGAN. He'll be talking about his first solo CD - "Got Mojo?"
After the broadcast, you'll be able to stream the entire interview uncut at kbac.com
Stay toasted (^_^)
After the broadcast, you'll be able to stream the entire interview uncut at kbac.com
Stay toasted (^_^)
Saturday, July 4, 2009
TnJ 075 (7/2/09)
Hour one special guest toast Tom Watts – live on the Bullring patio Friday nights this summer (^_^) Good to have you back in the studio, sir!!!
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH – Stash (3/6/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA) livephish.com
TOM WATTS (acoustic) – Little Martha > Police Dog Blues (Live at KBAC)
TOM WATTS (acoustic) – Little J (w/”Mother Nature’s Son” tease) (Live at KBAC)
TOM WATTS (electric) – Moondance > tuning (Live at KBAC)
TOM WATTS (electric) – All Blues > Lenny (Live at KBAC)
PHISH – Runaway Jim (3/7/09 Hampton Coliseum) livephish.com
-HOUR TWO-
THE DEAD – King Solomon’s Marbles (5/7/09 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO)
CASEY DRIESSEN – Conversation with Death > the Day Before Halloween (2009 Oog)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW – Mary’s Kitchen (2008 Tennessee Pusher)
SARAH JAROSZ – Mansinneedof (2009 Song Up In Her Head)
MICHAEL FRANTI – Anybody Seen My Mind (2003 Songs from the Front Porch)
MOJO MORGAN – Childhood (2009 Got Mojo?)
GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST – These Blues (2008 Means to an End)
KARL DENSON – Rumpwinder (2001 Dance Lesson #2)
OUTFORMATION – Fastburn (2009 Fastburn)
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