Live at Corazón in Santa Fe tonight (12/29/10) - the show's been moved from the Brewing Company, but brave the snow if you can. You won't be sorry! Some of the finest songcraft you're likely to see for months, if not years (^_^) TOAST
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Monday, December 27, 2010
TnJ BEST of 2010
TOAST’s FAVORITE ALBUMS of 2010
10) WHITEWATER RAMBLE – All Night Drive
Like Leftover Salmon before them, this amp-up Colorado newgrass combo has invented their own genre: “High-Octane Rocky Mountain DanceGrass.” On “All Night Drive,” they gather a few guest stars to (presumably) up the “High-Octane” factor, but seem to have plenty of that on their own. The best first 6 songs in a row I’ve heard on a CD in years. Josh Clark (of Tea Leaf Green) adds a great electric guitar jam to track 11: “Riptide.” Not (repeat, NOT) for bluegrass purists!
09) BROKEN BELLS – Broken Bells
One of a spate of supergroups to come down the pipe in the last few years, and it doesn’t even have Jack White involved! Danger Mouse and James Mercer (from the Shins) have a very pleasant chemistry in the studio. I was particularly drawn to “Trap Doors,” “The High Road,” and “The Ghost Inside;” the latter also sports a spiffy lo-fi sci-fi music video starring Christina Hendricks. Broken Bells’ sound owes as much to 60s psychedelia as to any of the contributor’s previous projects.
08) LUBRIPHONIC – The Gig Is On
Funkified with essential grooves and melodies, this Chicago sextet (though their publicity photos would lead me to think septet) continues to revive 70s-style proto-funk and R&B with flair. Guest keyboardist Ivan Neville, while not unwelcome in these proceedings, hardly seems necessary. Especially impressive are 3 tracks buried deep on the play list: “The Chicken Is Worth More Alive than Dead,” “The Getaway,” and the searing title track, “The Gig Is On.” All are a call to booty-shaking action, and threaten to derail themselves with breakneck pacing, but hold together miraculously.
07) MOKSHA – Mammal or Machine
Great, possibly un-classifiable sounds are coming out of Las Vegas, NV on this disc. Sure, lots of people combine funk and rock and electronic music, but no one else combines them quite like this. True to the jamband manifesto, if there is one, Moksha (pronounced MŌK-sha) weaves several different pre-existing genres into their musical tapestry. Favorites include “Easy A,” “Open the Door (with DJ Logic on turntables),” and 2 tracks guest-starring Brian Stoltz on guitar, “Blind to the Time,” and “Bran Nu Junk.”
06) GREAT AMERICAN TAXI – Reckless Habits
Not sure I remember what I expected Vince Hermann (Leftover Salmon) to do with his new project, but it probably wasn’t this. Nevertheless, this is an outstanding album bursting with memorable ditties I can’t wait to see live. None have the frenetic mania of Leftover Salmon at their craziest, but songs like “One of These Days” and “Unpromised Land” are nearly anthemic, something Salmon rarely managed to accomplish. Shades of Dr. John, the Band, and Little Feat permeate the album, and keyboardist Chris Staehly tosses a little Gram Parsons twang into the musical salad via “American Beauty” and “Albuquerque, NM.” There are a few goofy duds in the batch, but if “Get No Better,” a choice John Hartford cover, doesn’t lodge itself in your memory for at least a week, see a brain specialist.
05) JIMI HENDRIX – Valleys of Neptune
Just to show how ahead-of-his-time Jimi Hendrix really was, consider this: these tracks were relegated to collecting dust for years – nay, decades – never to see the light of day, because they didn’t measure up to his other material. And yet, even Hendrix’s leftovers are compelling enough to be ranked on someone’s top 5 list for the year. A good number of these tracks are even “alternate takes” on classics we’ve come to know and love, and in some cases, decidedly unnecessary ones. But his genius can only be held down by lifestyle excess for so long; the “Hear My Train A-Comin’” here is possibly the most memorable of all recorded versions, “Bleeding Heart” and “Ships Passing through the Night” are phenomenal jams which only suffer through lack of an associated melody upon which to sun themselves, and the title track is just short of being a polished diamond on the order of his canonical tracks. My favorites in this collection, however, are an instrumental arrangement of Cream’s “Sunshine of your Love,” a song he was obviously fond of, and a re-worked “Red House,” originally a Hendrix B-side from 1967. Both of the versions here better imply the true greatness of these songs than their original recordings.
04) TROMBONE SHORTY – Backatown
An impressive collection of varied musical styles on the order of scrubbing through a WWOZ play list or walking down the street in old New Orleans and taking the sounds wafting out of each dive bar as they come. Sure, sometimes the spirit grooves you, and you linger for a few moments, but then amble onward, determined to soak it all in. Tracks like “Neph” and “In the 6th” are thunderously confident, with just enough swagger to make them soulful. Speaking of which, there are some genuinely sizzling R&B turns here as well, like “Fallin’” and “Something Beautiful,” which guest stars Shorty’s old boss, Lenny Kravitz. Shorty has already proved himself a great musician, now he seems intent on proving himself as a great composer as well. The variance in musical styles could almost be taken as a calling card or résumé-style of album building, where the only ones really listening are the club owners whose venues you hope to book or possibly the reviewers who might give you some press and, sadly, maybe that’s where all printed CDs are headed. Luckily for now, though, a few of us music fans are feasting our ears on a well-plotted album for a change.
03) LOS LOBOS – Tin Can Trust
Their best album since 1992’s “Kiko,” Los Lobos show the kids how rock’n’roll is done, like it’s going out of style. Wait. Is it? Well, maybe it’s only as alive as its practitioners. So, keep rock alive kids! Start here. It’s a good choice. Cesar Rosas teams with Robert Hunter on a new track (“All My Bridges Burning”), and the whole team burns through a great reading of the Dead’s “West L.A. Fadeaway.” So, Deadheads probably have this one already. Everyone else who wants to believe Los Lobos can be great again, listen to tracks like “On Main Street,” “Tin Can Trust,” “the Lady and the Rose,” oh, hell, they’re all so good. The instrumental “Do the Murray” is a charming little number. “Jupiter or the Moon” is a trippy slow-burner on par with the best. Even the radio single, “Burn It Down,” deserves a few listens in the context of a great album. A modern classic from masters of the craft.
02) DIERKS BENTLEY – Up On the Ridge
I haven’t looked to see whether I’m the odd-man-out in the jam world for picking this album, but I think he played Bonnaroo not too long ago, so that makes him fair game in my book. Normally a pop country star, Bentley takes a detour into bluegrass territory and produces one of the most listenable albums of the year. The song-smithery is like fine carpentry, with consistent aesthetic fervor evident throughout. And if you think he’s just fiddling around, at least he roped in Kris Kristofferson, Del McCoury, and Jamey Johnson for this go-round, and it’s a great ride. Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers add their painterly, evocative touches on 3 tracks. Two of my favorite songs of the year are on this album: the title track and one called “Bad Angel,” featuring Jamey Johnson and country’s official angry chick, Miranda Lambert. As an aside, Bentley also does a little guest-starring of his own on the latest Infamous Stringdusters album, “Things That Fly,” this year. If this album is any indicator of what’s to come, I vote he stick around the newgrass stable for a while.
01) WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
Where to begin? The Georgia road warriors are hitting on all cylinders here, with Jimmy Herring settling into some tasty grooves and seeming a little more comfortable in the lead guitarist’s chair. John Keane is back on board as producer, and adds some really nice touches (especially in arranging the sprawling opener, “Saint Ex,” I hear). I don’t think there’s any debate that this is the best album since co-founder Michael Houser died, as Panic solidly step in to claim what is their rightful inheritance: the psychedelic southern rock crown. “Dirty Side Down” is one of the most exciting tracks John Bell’s ever graced, and with a throaty, Leonard Cohen-esque delivery to boot. Expansive and multi-layered, you might even say thick at times, the sound could knock you over if you turned it up loudly enough. On real speakers. Not those crappy earbud things. JoJo’s “Visiting Day,” on the live set list since 2000, benefits from the studio treatment and reveals itself to be fine songsmanship. And how can you not pump your first, or at least tap your foot when “St. Louis” segues into “Shut Up and Drive?” Turn this album up in the car, roll down the windows, and let the wind blow, primal, hard, and free.
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TOAST’s FAVORITE SINGLES of 2010
10) THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – Everything’s Raising
An anthem for hard economic times. Woodie Guthrie on meth.
09) DR. DOG – Shadow People
Retro rock strutting its stuff. Cheap Trick with a dollop of trippy and a dash of nerd.
08) FISTFUL of MERCY – Father’s Son
Best supergroup this year, and one of the best outlets for Ben Harper’s talents ever.
07) JOHNNY CASH – Ain’t No Grave
Crikey! Godzilla vs. Giant-Zombie Johnny Cash? Cities topple. Cash wins.
06) CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS – Hit ‘Em Up Style
Just plain catchy. I dare you not to love this one on first listen. Olde timey!
05) SOULFÈGE – Do Right
Funkiest of the funky. Your booty will shake like rarely before!
04) CEE-LO GREEN – Fuck You
Greatest, happiest, grooviest profanity-laden song ever.
03) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS – I Should’ve Known It
Will literally rock your socks off if you let it.
02) WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
See caption for #3 (above).
01) JAMEY JOHNSON – Macon
Best song in any genre this year. Imagine Marvin Gaye and Waylon Jennings having recorded a song together. It might be as good as this one.
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TOAST’s FAVORITE COVER SONGS of 2010
Sometimes a great cover stays close to the original arrangement, and sometimes it’s a whole different ball game. My general preference is for the latter.
KELLER & the KEELS – Rehab [originally Amy Winehouse – 2006 Back to Black]
Definitely not the first time Keller’s surprised me by re-working an R&B song with his bubbly, acoustic sheen; probably not the last. I dare you to listen and not smile.
SOULIVE – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) [originally The Beatles – 1969 Abbey Road]
A friend of mine dismissed this entire album (Rubber Soulive) as being mere muzak, but I think Soulive have proven their worth as musicians over the years, and if they want to do a whole album of instrumental Beatles covers, who am I to tell them no? This particular track comes off as the most psychedelic of the bunch.
LOS LOBOS – West L.A. Fadeaway [originally The Grateful Dead – 1987 In the Dark]
Probably the truest to the original of any cover song on this list, Lobos tweak the sound ever-so-slightly and, in the process, beef up the song’s sense of impending dirtbag menace. Like past Dead covers by Lobos, respectful of the material, but unafraid to make it their own.
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Black Muddy River [originally The Grateful Dead – 1987 In the Dark]
Astonishingly, I like this version better than the original, and can’t help but wonder if this is how Jerry always meant it to be done.
DIERKS BENTLEY f/ DEL McCOURY and THE PUNCH BROTHERS – Pride (In the Name of Love) [originally U2 – 1984 the Unforgettable Fire]
Who knew that country folk had even heard of U2? Despite my long-standing dislike of Chris Thile’s needlessly baroque Punch Brothers project, this cover packs so much jubilance it sounds like this was how it was meant to be arranged in the first place. Del McCoury adds a certain bluegrass authenticity to the proceedings. Well done!
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – In God’s Country [originally U2 – 1987 the Joshua Tree]
Another incredible newgrass re-working of U2 – like a little mini-trend! The arrangement as it appears on the studio track is a little lifeless compared to some of the expansive live versions I’ve heard them perform, but it’ll suffice until I can see them again.
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – Look at Miss Ohio [originally Gillian Welch – 2003 Soul Journey]
Sometimes I don’t even recognize a song as a cover until the song’s halfway through. In this case, I don’t think I realized it was a cover until after the 3rd or fourth time through the entire song. This arrangement seems to owe as much to Pink Floyd as Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings.
BLACK PRAIRIE – Red Rocking Chair [now in the public domain, or “traditional,” as they say]
Wow, they managed to turn this standard into a hypnotic heroin-trip funeral dirge! Like Ralph Stanley meets Mazzy Star.
NOTE: Though many of these songs may have appeared in live performance set lists for years, these covers were released as studio recordings in 2010.
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TOAST’s BEST of 2010 – SPECIAL CATEGORIES
BEST OFFICIAL LIVE RECORDING:
AVETT BROTHERS – Live, Volume 3
BEST UN-OFFICIAL LIVE RECORDING:
FURTHUR – 3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
BEST LIVE VIDEO:
PHISH – Coral Sky DVD [11/2/96 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL]
BEST ARCHIVAL REISSUE:
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Almost Acoustic [originally released in 1987]
BEST ANTHOLOGY:
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Jerry Jams for Rex
BEST BANDS I SAW LIVE in 2010:
PHISH
GOV’T MULE
WIDESPREAD PANIC
DELTA SPIRIT
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
DUMPSTAPHUNK
ORGŌNE
NEKO CASE
JAMES McMURTRY
GIFT of GAB
BEST LIVE BAND THAT’LL PROBABLY NEVER PLAY SANTA FE:
GOGOL BORDELLO
BEST LOCAL BAND to SEE LIVE:
ANTHONY LEON & the CHAIN
BEST LOCAL ALBUM:
D NUMBERS – Onda
BEST COVER ART:
JENNIE ARNAU – Chasing Giants
U-MELT – Perfect World
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
BEST ALBUM by SOMEONE I’D NEVER HEARD BEFORE:
GUGGENHEIM GROTTO – the Universe Is Laughing
LEAST FAVORITE GENRE of the LAST 30 YEARS:
Pseudo-Reggae
BEST ACTUAL REGGAE ALBUM:
SIERRA LEONE’s REFUGEE ALL STARS – Rise & Shine
MOST PROMISING, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE from THESE:
HILL COUNTRY REVUE
STATESBORO REVUE
PO’BOYZ
DAN HUBBARD
THE DEFIBULATORS
WTF?
Katy Perry. Fashion Disaster. Train wreck mish-mash. Does anyone in her organization know WHO she’s trying to market to? ‘Cuz it seems like they’re just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. The fact that it’s sticking somewhere is the most amazing part. I guess it would make more sense if she was as hot as the other brain-dead pop stars, but she’s like a total average nerd chick. I guess I just don’t get it.
WHY ISN’T THIS GUY MORE FAMOUS?
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD
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10) WHITEWATER RAMBLE – All Night Drive
Like Leftover Salmon before them, this amp-up Colorado newgrass combo has invented their own genre: “High-Octane Rocky Mountain DanceGrass.” On “All Night Drive,” they gather a few guest stars to (presumably) up the “High-Octane” factor, but seem to have plenty of that on their own. The best first 6 songs in a row I’ve heard on a CD in years. Josh Clark (of Tea Leaf Green) adds a great electric guitar jam to track 11: “Riptide.” Not (repeat, NOT) for bluegrass purists!09) BROKEN BELLS – Broken Bells
One of a spate of supergroups to come down the pipe in the last few years, and it doesn’t even have Jack White involved! Danger Mouse and James Mercer (from the Shins) have a very pleasant chemistry in the studio. I was particularly drawn to “Trap Doors,” “The High Road,” and “The Ghost Inside;” the latter also sports a spiffy lo-fi sci-fi music video starring Christina Hendricks. Broken Bells’ sound owes as much to 60s psychedelia as to any of the contributor’s previous projects.08) LUBRIPHONIC – The Gig Is On
Funkified with essential grooves and melodies, this Chicago sextet (though their publicity photos would lead me to think septet) continues to revive 70s-style proto-funk and R&B with flair. Guest keyboardist Ivan Neville, while not unwelcome in these proceedings, hardly seems necessary. Especially impressive are 3 tracks buried deep on the play list: “The Chicken Is Worth More Alive than Dead,” “The Getaway,” and the searing title track, “The Gig Is On.” All are a call to booty-shaking action, and threaten to derail themselves with breakneck pacing, but hold together miraculously.07) MOKSHA – Mammal or Machine
Great, possibly un-classifiable sounds are coming out of Las Vegas, NV on this disc. Sure, lots of people combine funk and rock and electronic music, but no one else combines them quite like this. True to the jamband manifesto, if there is one, Moksha (pronounced MŌK-sha) weaves several different pre-existing genres into their musical tapestry. Favorites include “Easy A,” “Open the Door (with DJ Logic on turntables),” and 2 tracks guest-starring Brian Stoltz on guitar, “Blind to the Time,” and “Bran Nu Junk.”06) GREAT AMERICAN TAXI – Reckless Habits
Not sure I remember what I expected Vince Hermann (Leftover Salmon) to do with his new project, but it probably wasn’t this. Nevertheless, this is an outstanding album bursting with memorable ditties I can’t wait to see live. None have the frenetic mania of Leftover Salmon at their craziest, but songs like “One of These Days” and “Unpromised Land” are nearly anthemic, something Salmon rarely managed to accomplish. Shades of Dr. John, the Band, and Little Feat permeate the album, and keyboardist Chris Staehly tosses a little Gram Parsons twang into the musical salad via “American Beauty” and “Albuquerque, NM.” There are a few goofy duds in the batch, but if “Get No Better,” a choice John Hartford cover, doesn’t lodge itself in your memory for at least a week, see a brain specialist.05) JIMI HENDRIX – Valleys of Neptune
Just to show how ahead-of-his-time Jimi Hendrix really was, consider this: these tracks were relegated to collecting dust for years – nay, decades – never to see the light of day, because they didn’t measure up to his other material. And yet, even Hendrix’s leftovers are compelling enough to be ranked on someone’s top 5 list for the year. A good number of these tracks are even “alternate takes” on classics we’ve come to know and love, and in some cases, decidedly unnecessary ones. But his genius can only be held down by lifestyle excess for so long; the “Hear My Train A-Comin’” here is possibly the most memorable of all recorded versions, “Bleeding Heart” and “Ships Passing through the Night” are phenomenal jams which only suffer through lack of an associated melody upon which to sun themselves, and the title track is just short of being a polished diamond on the order of his canonical tracks. My favorites in this collection, however, are an instrumental arrangement of Cream’s “Sunshine of your Love,” a song he was obviously fond of, and a re-worked “Red House,” originally a Hendrix B-side from 1967. Both of the versions here better imply the true greatness of these songs than their original recordings. 04) TROMBONE SHORTY – Backatown
An impressive collection of varied musical styles on the order of scrubbing through a WWOZ play list or walking down the street in old New Orleans and taking the sounds wafting out of each dive bar as they come. Sure, sometimes the spirit grooves you, and you linger for a few moments, but then amble onward, determined to soak it all in. Tracks like “Neph” and “In the 6th” are thunderously confident, with just enough swagger to make them soulful. Speaking of which, there are some genuinely sizzling R&B turns here as well, like “Fallin’” and “Something Beautiful,” which guest stars Shorty’s old boss, Lenny Kravitz. Shorty has already proved himself a great musician, now he seems intent on proving himself as a great composer as well. The variance in musical styles could almost be taken as a calling card or résumé-style of album building, where the only ones really listening are the club owners whose venues you hope to book or possibly the reviewers who might give you some press and, sadly, maybe that’s where all printed CDs are headed. Luckily for now, though, a few of us music fans are feasting our ears on a well-plotted album for a change.03) LOS LOBOS – Tin Can Trust
Their best album since 1992’s “Kiko,” Los Lobos show the kids how rock’n’roll is done, like it’s going out of style. Wait. Is it? Well, maybe it’s only as alive as its practitioners. So, keep rock alive kids! Start here. It’s a good choice. Cesar Rosas teams with Robert Hunter on a new track (“All My Bridges Burning”), and the whole team burns through a great reading of the Dead’s “West L.A. Fadeaway.” So, Deadheads probably have this one already. Everyone else who wants to believe Los Lobos can be great again, listen to tracks like “On Main Street,” “Tin Can Trust,” “the Lady and the Rose,” oh, hell, they’re all so good. The instrumental “Do the Murray” is a charming little number. “Jupiter or the Moon” is a trippy slow-burner on par with the best. Even the radio single, “Burn It Down,” deserves a few listens in the context of a great album. A modern classic from masters of the craft.02) DIERKS BENTLEY – Up On the Ridge
I haven’t looked to see whether I’m the odd-man-out in the jam world for picking this album, but I think he played Bonnaroo not too long ago, so that makes him fair game in my book. Normally a pop country star, Bentley takes a detour into bluegrass territory and produces one of the most listenable albums of the year. The song-smithery is like fine carpentry, with consistent aesthetic fervor evident throughout. And if you think he’s just fiddling around, at least he roped in Kris Kristofferson, Del McCoury, and Jamey Johnson for this go-round, and it’s a great ride. Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers add their painterly, evocative touches on 3 tracks. Two of my favorite songs of the year are on this album: the title track and one called “Bad Angel,” featuring Jamey Johnson and country’s official angry chick, Miranda Lambert. As an aside, Bentley also does a little guest-starring of his own on the latest Infamous Stringdusters album, “Things That Fly,” this year. If this album is any indicator of what’s to come, I vote he stick around the newgrass stable for a while. 01) WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
Where to begin? The Georgia road warriors are hitting on all cylinders here, with Jimmy Herring settling into some tasty grooves and seeming a little more comfortable in the lead guitarist’s chair. John Keane is back on board as producer, and adds some really nice touches (especially in arranging the sprawling opener, “Saint Ex,” I hear). I don’t think there’s any debate that this is the best album since co-founder Michael Houser died, as Panic solidly step in to claim what is their rightful inheritance: the psychedelic southern rock crown. “Dirty Side Down” is one of the most exciting tracks John Bell’s ever graced, and with a throaty, Leonard Cohen-esque delivery to boot. Expansive and multi-layered, you might even say thick at times, the sound could knock you over if you turned it up loudly enough. On real speakers. Not those crappy earbud things. JoJo’s “Visiting Day,” on the live set list since 2000, benefits from the studio treatment and reveals itself to be fine songsmanship. And how can you not pump your first, or at least tap your foot when “St. Louis” segues into “Shut Up and Drive?” Turn this album up in the car, roll down the windows, and let the wind blow, primal, hard, and free.# # #
TOAST’s FAVORITE SINGLES of 2010
10) THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – Everything’s Raising
An anthem for hard economic times. Woodie Guthrie on meth.
09) DR. DOG – Shadow People
Retro rock strutting its stuff. Cheap Trick with a dollop of trippy and a dash of nerd.
08) FISTFUL of MERCY – Father’s Son
Best supergroup this year, and one of the best outlets for Ben Harper’s talents ever.
07) JOHNNY CASH – Ain’t No Grave
Crikey! Godzilla vs. Giant-Zombie Johnny Cash? Cities topple. Cash wins.
06) CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS – Hit ‘Em Up Style
Just plain catchy. I dare you not to love this one on first listen. Olde timey!
05) SOULFÈGE – Do Right
Funkiest of the funky. Your booty will shake like rarely before!
04) CEE-LO GREEN – Fuck You
Greatest, happiest, grooviest profanity-laden song ever.
03) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS – I Should’ve Known It
Will literally rock your socks off if you let it.
02) WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
See caption for #3 (above).
01) JAMEY JOHNSON – Macon
Best song in any genre this year. Imagine Marvin Gaye and Waylon Jennings having recorded a song together. It might be as good as this one.
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TOAST’s FAVORITE COVER SONGS of 2010
Sometimes a great cover stays close to the original arrangement, and sometimes it’s a whole different ball game. My general preference is for the latter.
KELLER & the KEELS – Rehab [originally Amy Winehouse – 2006 Back to Black]
Definitely not the first time Keller’s surprised me by re-working an R&B song with his bubbly, acoustic sheen; probably not the last. I dare you to listen and not smile.
SOULIVE – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) [originally The Beatles – 1969 Abbey Road]
A friend of mine dismissed this entire album (Rubber Soulive) as being mere muzak, but I think Soulive have proven their worth as musicians over the years, and if they want to do a whole album of instrumental Beatles covers, who am I to tell them no? This particular track comes off as the most psychedelic of the bunch.
LOS LOBOS – West L.A. Fadeaway [originally The Grateful Dead – 1987 In the Dark]
Probably the truest to the original of any cover song on this list, Lobos tweak the sound ever-so-slightly and, in the process, beef up the song’s sense of impending dirtbag menace. Like past Dead covers by Lobos, respectful of the material, but unafraid to make it their own.
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Black Muddy River [originally The Grateful Dead – 1987 In the Dark]
Astonishingly, I like this version better than the original, and can’t help but wonder if this is how Jerry always meant it to be done.
DIERKS BENTLEY f/ DEL McCOURY and THE PUNCH BROTHERS – Pride (In the Name of Love) [originally U2 – 1984 the Unforgettable Fire]
Who knew that country folk had even heard of U2? Despite my long-standing dislike of Chris Thile’s needlessly baroque Punch Brothers project, this cover packs so much jubilance it sounds like this was how it was meant to be arranged in the first place. Del McCoury adds a certain bluegrass authenticity to the proceedings. Well done!
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – In God’s Country [originally U2 – 1987 the Joshua Tree]
Another incredible newgrass re-working of U2 – like a little mini-trend! The arrangement as it appears on the studio track is a little lifeless compared to some of the expansive live versions I’ve heard them perform, but it’ll suffice until I can see them again.
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – Look at Miss Ohio [originally Gillian Welch – 2003 Soul Journey]
Sometimes I don’t even recognize a song as a cover until the song’s halfway through. In this case, I don’t think I realized it was a cover until after the 3rd or fourth time through the entire song. This arrangement seems to owe as much to Pink Floyd as Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings.
BLACK PRAIRIE – Red Rocking Chair [now in the public domain, or “traditional,” as they say]
Wow, they managed to turn this standard into a hypnotic heroin-trip funeral dirge! Like Ralph Stanley meets Mazzy Star.
NOTE: Though many of these songs may have appeared in live performance set lists for years, these covers were released as studio recordings in 2010.
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TOAST’s BEST of 2010 – SPECIAL CATEGORIES
BEST OFFICIAL LIVE RECORDING:
AVETT BROTHERS – Live, Volume 3
BEST UN-OFFICIAL LIVE RECORDING:
FURTHUR – 3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
BEST LIVE VIDEO:
PHISH – Coral Sky DVD [11/2/96 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL]
BEST ARCHIVAL REISSUE:
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Almost Acoustic [originally released in 1987]
BEST ANTHOLOGY:
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Jerry Jams for Rex
BEST BANDS I SAW LIVE in 2010:
PHISHGOV’T MULE
WIDESPREAD PANIC
DELTA SPIRIT
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
DUMPSTAPHUNK
ORGŌNE
NEKO CASE
JAMES McMURTRY
GIFT of GAB
BEST LIVE BAND THAT’LL PROBABLY NEVER PLAY SANTA FE:
GOGOL BORDELLO
BEST LOCAL BAND to SEE LIVE:
ANTHONY LEON & the CHAINBEST LOCAL ALBUM:
D NUMBERS – Onda
BEST COVER ART:
JENNIE ARNAU – Chasing Giants
U-MELT – Perfect World
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
BEST ALBUM by SOMEONE I’D NEVER HEARD BEFORE:
GUGGENHEIM GROTTO – the Universe Is Laughing
LEAST FAVORITE GENRE of the LAST 30 YEARS:
Pseudo-Reggae
BEST ACTUAL REGGAE ALBUM:
SIERRA LEONE’s REFUGEE ALL STARS – Rise & Shine
MOST PROMISING, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE from THESE:
HILL COUNTRY REVUE
STATESBORO REVUE
PO’BOYZ
DAN HUBBARD
THE DEFIBULATORS
WTF?
Katy Perry. Fashion Disaster. Train wreck mish-mash. Does anyone in her organization know WHO she’s trying to market to? ‘Cuz it seems like they’re just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. The fact that it’s sticking somewhere is the most amazing part. I guess it would make more sense if she was as hot as the other brain-dead pop stars, but she’s like a total average nerd chick. I guess I just don’t get it.
WHY ISN’T THIS GUY MORE FAMOUS?
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
TnJ 149 (12/23/10)
*** BEST of 2010 SAMPLER ***
Obviously it would be impossible to cram all of 2010's great sounds into one show, but this list is a pretty solid representation!
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH – Reba (10/11/10 Broomfield, CO) livephish.com
D NUMBERS – Insomniac (2010 Onda) dnumbers.com
SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS – Global Threat (2010 Rise & Shine)
TROMBONE SHORTY – Neph (2010 Backatown) tromboneshorty.com
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Visiting Day (2010 Dirty Side Down)
TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS – I Should’ve Known It (2010 Mojo)
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD – Drunken Poet’s Dream (2010 A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment) raywylie.com
AVETT BROTHERS – Ballad False Start > the Ballad of Love and Hate (2010 Live, Volume 3)
-HOUR TWO-
BLACK CROWES – Sugaree (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 8/1/06 LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH) nugs.net
DIERKS BENTLEY f/ DEL McCOURY and the PUNCH BROTHERS – Pride [In the Name of Love] (2010 Up On the Ridge)
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (1987/2010 Almost Acoustic)
WHITEWATER RAMBLE – Drawing Straws (2010 All Night Drive) whitewaterramble.com
MOKSHA – Bran Nu Junk (2010 Mammal or Machine) mokshatime.com
SOULIVE – Eleanor Rigby > I Want You [She’s So Heavy] (5/20/10 the Doug Fir, Portland, OR) soulive.bandcamp.com
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Keep an eye on the blog over the holiday for my full Best of 2010 listmania (^_^)
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Happy holidays everybody! Thanks for tuning in and turning on for another year of kind musical vibes. Next week: the 150th episode extravaganja!
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Obviously it would be impossible to cram all of 2010's great sounds into one show, but this list is a pretty solid representation!
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH – Reba (10/11/10 Broomfield, CO) livephish.com
D NUMBERS – Insomniac (2010 Onda) dnumbers.com
SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS – Global Threat (2010 Rise & Shine)
TROMBONE SHORTY – Neph (2010 Backatown) tromboneshorty.com
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Visiting Day (2010 Dirty Side Down)
TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS – I Should’ve Known It (2010 Mojo)
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD – Drunken Poet’s Dream (2010 A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment) raywylie.com
AVETT BROTHERS – Ballad False Start > the Ballad of Love and Hate (2010 Live, Volume 3)
-HOUR TWO-
BLACK CROWES – Sugaree (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 8/1/06 LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH) nugs.net
DIERKS BENTLEY f/ DEL McCOURY and the PUNCH BROTHERS – Pride [In the Name of Love] (2010 Up On the Ridge)
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (1987/2010 Almost Acoustic)
WHITEWATER RAMBLE – Drawing Straws (2010 All Night Drive) whitewaterramble.com
MOKSHA – Bran Nu Junk (2010 Mammal or Machine) mokshatime.com
SOULIVE – Eleanor Rigby > I Want You [She’s So Heavy] (5/20/10 the Doug Fir, Portland, OR) soulive.bandcamp.com
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Keep an eye on the blog over the holiday for my full Best of 2010 listmania (^_^)
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Happy holidays everybody! Thanks for tuning in and turning on for another year of kind musical vibes. Next week: the 150th episode extravaganja!
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
TnJ BEST of 2010
Alright, gloves are off, no pussyfooting around, these will be some of the best sounds available to your ears and brain all year long. This Thursday night (12/23/10) - tune in or miss out!
(^_^) TOAST
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Monday, December 20, 2010
PHISH NEW YEAR'S EVE
Now you can celebrate New Year’s with Phish, even if you’re nowhere near New York City. Kicking open the doors to their highly anticipated three-night stand at Madison Square Garden Dec. 30 through Jan. 1, Phish have announced that they will stream all three concerts through cable television’s Pay-Per-View. The three shows are now available for pre-order and can be purchased together for $39.99 or individually for $14.99 (Dec. 30 and Jan. 1) or $19.99 (Dec. 31). For more go here.
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And, TnJ regulars - don't forget Santa Toast is giving out free copies of the new Phish@Alpine Valley DVD/CD combo pack every Thursday night during the show in December (^_^)
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
TnJ 148 (12/16/10)
-HOUR ONE-
WIDESPREAD PANIC w/DEREK TRUCKS – Henry Parsons Died (7/10/10 All Good Festival, Masontown, WV) livewidespreadpanic.com
GREG MERRITT’S HEAVY ROAD – Ain’t No Fool (2010 Everything Changed) gregmerritt.com
RAILROAD EARTH – Spring-Heeled Jack (2010 Railroad Earth) railroadearth.com
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (2006 Eat a Peach [deluxe edition], 6/27/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)
-HOUR TWO-
DARRELL SCOTT – Take Me Back to Yesterday (2010 a Crooked Road) darrellscott.com
JACKIE GREENE – 1961 (2010 Till the Light Comes)
ORGŌNE – Cali Fever (2010 Cali Fever)
PHISH – Harry Hood > a Day in the Life (2010 Coral Sky DVD, 11/2/96 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL) phish.com
JOHN COURAGE – We Are All Infidels (2010 Lovers Without a Care) frogvilleplanet.com
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD – Pots and Pans (2010 A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment) raywylie.com
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Deep Elem Blues (1987/2010 Ragged But Right)
TEN TON CHICKEN – Efitol (2010 Efitol) tentonchicken.com
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Personal note to the producer of the new Dave Diamond disc, “Return of the Slowpoke”: I would’ve played something from the disc tonight, but it wouldn’t cue up in any of the players due, I presume, to some mastering defect or other. I’m all for D.I.Y., folks, but please do it right. I know hardly any stations actually use CD players these days, but some still do – thanks for giving my listeners a big ol’ dose of dead air!
Anyone who’s curious as to what track I would’ve played from that unplayable disc, it was “Concrete & Stone.”
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WIDESPREAD PANIC w/DEREK TRUCKS – Henry Parsons Died (7/10/10 All Good Festival, Masontown, WV) livewidespreadpanic.com
GREG MERRITT’S HEAVY ROAD – Ain’t No Fool (2010 Everything Changed) gregmerritt.com
RAILROAD EARTH – Spring-Heeled Jack (2010 Railroad Earth) railroadearth.com
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (2006 Eat a Peach [deluxe edition], 6/27/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)
-HOUR TWO-
DARRELL SCOTT – Take Me Back to Yesterday (2010 a Crooked Road) darrellscott.com
JACKIE GREENE – 1961 (2010 Till the Light Comes)
ORGŌNE – Cali Fever (2010 Cali Fever)
PHISH – Harry Hood > a Day in the Life (2010 Coral Sky DVD, 11/2/96 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL) phish.com
JOHN COURAGE – We Are All Infidels (2010 Lovers Without a Care) frogvilleplanet.com
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD – Pots and Pans (2010 A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment) raywylie.com
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Deep Elem Blues (1987/2010 Ragged But Right)
TEN TON CHICKEN – Efitol (2010 Efitol) tentonchicken.com
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Personal note to the producer of the new Dave Diamond disc, “Return of the Slowpoke”: I would’ve played something from the disc tonight, but it wouldn’t cue up in any of the players due, I presume, to some mastering defect or other. I’m all for D.I.Y., folks, but please do it right. I know hardly any stations actually use CD players these days, but some still do – thanks for giving my listeners a big ol’ dose of dead air!
Anyone who’s curious as to what track I would’ve played from that unplayable disc, it was “Concrete & Stone.”
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Friday, December 10, 2010
TnJ 147 (12/9/10)
-HOUR ONE-
J.J. CALE – Call Me the Breeze (1971 Naturally)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – You Don’t Love Me (7/29/95 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC)
RAY LaMONTANGE & the PARIAH DOGS – Devil’s in the Jukebox (2010 God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise)
BORIS McCUTCHEON & the SALTLICKS – Mullein People (2010 Wheel of Life) borismccutcheon.com
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Ripple* (1987/2010 Almost Acoustic)
JIM LAUDERDALE – Jawbone* (2010 Patchwork River) jimlauderdale.com
LOS LOBOS – All My Bridges Burning* (2010 Tin Can Trust)
7 WALKERS – Louisiana Rain* (2010 7 Walkers) 7walkers.com
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Pygmy Pony (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta 11/17/00) stringcheeseincident.com
-HOUR TWO-
SUPERFROG – Astronautical (2010 Call from the Moon) superfrogmusic.com
PHISH – Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Weekapaug Groove (2010 Alpine Valley [box set], 8/14/10 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Troy, WI) phish.com
EVAN GOODROW BAND – Middle St. (2010 Say It) evangoodrow.com
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – Toda la Gente (2010 Believe) homegrownmusic.net
IMPERIAL ROOSTER – Pigfork Jamboree (2010 Old Good Poor Crazy Dead)
THE DOORS – Peace Frog > Blue Sunday (1997 the Doors [box set], c. 1970 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
TOM WAITS – Trampled Rose (2009 Glitter and Doom Live)
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*all songs with an asterisk – lyrics by Robert Hunter
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Check out a great review of New Mexico’s own Imperial Rooster here.
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J.J. CALE – Call Me the Breeze (1971 Naturally)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – You Don’t Love Me (7/29/95 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC)
RAY LaMONTANGE & the PARIAH DOGS – Devil’s in the Jukebox (2010 God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise)
BORIS McCUTCHEON & the SALTLICKS – Mullein People (2010 Wheel of Life) borismccutcheon.com
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Ripple* (1987/2010 Almost Acoustic)
JIM LAUDERDALE – Jawbone* (2010 Patchwork River) jimlauderdale.com
LOS LOBOS – All My Bridges Burning* (2010 Tin Can Trust)
7 WALKERS – Louisiana Rain* (2010 7 Walkers) 7walkers.com
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Pygmy Pony (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta 11/17/00) stringcheeseincident.com
-HOUR TWO-
SUPERFROG – Astronautical (2010 Call from the Moon) superfrogmusic.com
PHISH – Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Weekapaug Groove (2010 Alpine Valley [box set], 8/14/10 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Troy, WI) phish.com
EVAN GOODROW BAND – Middle St. (2010 Say It) evangoodrow.com
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – Toda la Gente (2010 Believe) homegrownmusic.net
IMPERIAL ROOSTER – Pigfork Jamboree (2010 Old Good Poor Crazy Dead)
THE DOORS – Peace Frog > Blue Sunday (1997 the Doors [box set], c. 1970 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
TOM WAITS – Trampled Rose (2009 Glitter and Doom Live)
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*all songs with an asterisk – lyrics by Robert Hunter
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Check out a great review of New Mexico’s own Imperial Rooster here.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
TnJ 146 (12/2/10)
-HOUR ONE-
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – Shake It Out (2009 Brother’s Keeper)
Interview > Karl Denson (recorded 11/22/10, KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – the Bridge (2002 the Bridge)
ACTUAL PROOF – Eric Is Jive (2009 Paradigm Shift) actualproofband.com
MOKSHA – Bobbin’ on the Sea (2010 Mammal or Machine) homegrownmusic.net
FISTFUL of MERCY – Fistful of Mercy (2010 As I Call You Down)
-HOUR TWO-
NEIL YOUNG – Peaceful Valley Boulevard (2010 Le Noise)
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Ragged But Right (1987/2010 Ragged But Right)
WHITEWATER RAMBLE f/ JOSH CLARK – Riptide (2010 All Night Drive) whitewaterramble.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Traffic Jam > Years With Rose > Winds o’ Wyoming > Traffic Jam (2004 Mountain Tracks – Volume 3, 9/12/03 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO) yondermountain.com
B.D. LENZ – Juxtaposition (2010 Five & Live) bdlenz.com
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The Karl Denson interview was great - listen if you missed it here.
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KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – Shake It Out (2009 Brother’s Keeper)
Interview > Karl Denson (recorded 11/22/10, KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – the Bridge (2002 the Bridge)
ACTUAL PROOF – Eric Is Jive (2009 Paradigm Shift) actualproofband.com
MOKSHA – Bobbin’ on the Sea (2010 Mammal or Machine) homegrownmusic.net
FISTFUL of MERCY – Fistful of Mercy (2010 As I Call You Down)
-HOUR TWO-
NEIL YOUNG – Peaceful Valley Boulevard (2010 Le Noise)
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND – Ragged But Right (1987/2010 Ragged But Right)
WHITEWATER RAMBLE f/ JOSH CLARK – Riptide (2010 All Night Drive) whitewaterramble.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Traffic Jam > Years With Rose > Winds o’ Wyoming > Traffic Jam (2004 Mountain Tracks – Volume 3, 9/12/03 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO) yondermountain.com
B.D. LENZ – Juxtaposition (2010 Five & Live) bdlenz.com
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The Karl Denson interview was great - listen if you missed it here.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
ROGER WATERS in PHOENIX 2010
Last-minute Thanksgiving guest-toast cancellation Tile Steve has redeemed himself by sending photos from "The Wall" in Phoenix (^_^) THX!
Wish I was there!
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Wish I was there!
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
KARL DENSON on TnJ THIS WEEK
Karl was gracious enough to let me interview him over the Thanksgiving holiday, and I'll play that interview on this week's show (12/2), just in time to get you psyched for this Saturday's show at the Brewing Company!
Tune in! Turn on! Jam Out!
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
TnJ 145 (11/25/10)
Special guest toast Clint Huling returns for a special Thanksgiving Joust-n-Jam with Chris. Second guest toast Tile Steve had to bow out of the first-ever bake off at the last minute (something about Roger Waters in Phoenix). I hope he had fun, ‘cuz Clint and I sure did (^_^)
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-HOUR ONE-
GREGG ALLMAN – Queen of Hearts (1974 the Gregg Allman Tour)
HOWARD WALES & FRIENDS – Would You Leave Me > Wales Boogie (1/26/72 Symphony Hall, Boston, MA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Rebirtha (2010 Live in the Classic City II, c. 2000 Athens, GA)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND – Where a Country Boy Belongs (1974 Where We All Belong)
JAMEY JOHNSON – Macon (2010 the Guitar Song)
DICKEY BETTS – Highway Call (1974 Highway Call)
-HOUR TWO-
JIMMY McGRIFF / GROOVE HOLMES – the Preacher’s Tune (1972 Giants of the Organ in Concert)
LEGION of MARY – Boogie on Reggae Woman (2/14/75 the Generosity, San Francisco, CA)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Well, Well (8/8/09 Dead on the Creek Festival, Willits, CA)
GREYBOY ALLSTARS – Give the Drummer Some More (2007 What Happened to Television?)
EDDIE HARRIS – Funky Doo (1969 High Voltage)
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! THX 4 tuning in.
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-HOUR ONE-
GREGG ALLMAN – Queen of Hearts (1974 the Gregg Allman Tour)
HOWARD WALES & FRIENDS – Would You Leave Me > Wales Boogie (1/26/72 Symphony Hall, Boston, MA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Rebirtha (2010 Live in the Classic City II, c. 2000 Athens, GA)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND – Where a Country Boy Belongs (1974 Where We All Belong)
JAMEY JOHNSON – Macon (2010 the Guitar Song)
DICKEY BETTS – Highway Call (1974 Highway Call)
-HOUR TWO-
JIMMY McGRIFF / GROOVE HOLMES – the Preacher’s Tune (1972 Giants of the Organ in Concert)
LEGION of MARY – Boogie on Reggae Woman (2/14/75 the Generosity, San Francisco, CA)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Well, Well (8/8/09 Dead on the Creek Festival, Willits, CA)
GREYBOY ALLSTARS – Give the Drummer Some More (2007 What Happened to Television?)
EDDIE HARRIS – Funky Doo (1969 High Voltage)
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! THX 4 tuning in.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
PHISH at ALPINE 2010 DVD
Tune in to Toast-n-Jam during the month of December to win this fantastic DVD set!
For those who missed out on seeing this summer's Phish tour, all is not lost! Behold, the Alpine Valley 2010 2-DVD/2-CD Box Set (in Stores Dec. 14th)! Check out the samples below:
The box set is available for pre-order today at Phish Dry Goods.
If you order from Phish Dry Goods you'll receive "Phish: Wisconsin Edition" a free bonus CD compilation from Phish Archives, of past Alpine Valley highlights spanning fourteen years of Phish performances at this venue. In addition, Dry Goods is offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $70, which can be applied to the new Alpine DVD.
For those who missed out on seeing this summer's Phish tour, all is not lost! Behold, the Alpine Valley 2010 2-DVD/2-CD Box Set (in Stores Dec. 14th)! Check out the samples below:
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
The box set is available for pre-order today at Phish Dry Goods.
If you order from Phish Dry Goods you'll receive "Phish: Wisconsin Edition" a free bonus CD compilation from Phish Archives, of past Alpine Valley highlights spanning fourteen years of Phish performances at this venue. In addition, Dry Goods is offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $70, which can be applied to the new Alpine DVD.
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
TnJ 144 (11/18/10)
-HOUR ONE-
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE – Rambler’s Blues (2010 the Well)
OMAR COLEMAN – Mojo Hand (2010 Lousiana Swamp Stomp) honeybeeblues.net
JERRY GARCIA BAND – Catfish John (11/23/77 Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT)
Interview – Jesse McReynolds part 1 (11/12/10 KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Day by Day (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead) jimandjesse.com
Interview – Jesse McReynolds part 2 (11/12/10 KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Alabama Getaway (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead) jimandjesse.com
-HOUR TWO-
BLACK CROWES – Thorn in My Pride (2010 Croweology)
JIMKATA – Feed (2010 Ghosts & Killers EP) jimkata.com
ROOTS of CREATION – Mammoth (2010 RoC Live Vol. 2, c. 2009) homegrownmusic.net
HIGHLY SUSPECT – Big Bear (2010 the Gang Lion EP) highlysuspect.net
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Hot Mama > Love Tractor (11/13/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA) livewidespreadpanic.com
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – Can You Feel It (1999 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe EP)
VINCE GILL, KEB’ MO, ALBERT LEE, JAMES BURTON, EARL KLUGH & SHERYL CROW – Lay Down Sally (2010 Crossroads – Eric Clapton Guitar Festival DVD, 6/26/10 Chicago, IL)
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Thanks to Dennis McNally for setting up the Jesse McReynolds interview – listen to the uncut version here.
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Thanksgiving night! The first ever Toast-n-Jam bake off! Two guest toasts go head-to-head for jam supremacy! Tune in, turn on, and jam out (^_^)
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CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE – Rambler’s Blues (2010 the Well)
OMAR COLEMAN – Mojo Hand (2010 Lousiana Swamp Stomp) honeybeeblues.net
JERRY GARCIA BAND – Catfish John (11/23/77 Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT)
Interview – Jesse McReynolds part 1 (11/12/10 KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Day by Day (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead) jimandjesse.com
Interview – Jesse McReynolds part 2 (11/12/10 KBAC-FM, Santa Fe, NM)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Alabama Getaway (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead) jimandjesse.com
-HOUR TWO-
BLACK CROWES – Thorn in My Pride (2010 Croweology)
JIMKATA – Feed (2010 Ghosts & Killers EP) jimkata.com
ROOTS of CREATION – Mammoth (2010 RoC Live Vol. 2, c. 2009) homegrownmusic.net
HIGHLY SUSPECT – Big Bear (2010 the Gang Lion EP) highlysuspect.net
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Hot Mama > Love Tractor (11/13/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA) livewidespreadpanic.com
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – Can You Feel It (1999 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe EP)
VINCE GILL, KEB’ MO, ALBERT LEE, JAMES BURTON, EARL KLUGH & SHERYL CROW – Lay Down Sally (2010 Crossroads – Eric Clapton Guitar Festival DVD, 6/26/10 Chicago, IL)
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Thanks to Dennis McNally for setting up the Jesse McReynolds interview – listen to the uncut version here.
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Thanksgiving night! The first ever Toast-n-Jam bake off! Two guest toasts go head-to-head for jam supremacy! Tune in, turn on, and jam out (^_^)
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Friday, November 12, 2010
JESSE McREYNOLDS interview coming up on T-n-J
Tune in this Thursday (11/18) and hear bluegrass legend Jesse McReynolds talk about his new release, "Songs of the Grateful Dead!"
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
TnJ 143 (11/11/10)
-HOUR ONE-
NEIL YOUNG – Cortez the Killer (1975 Zuma)
TIM REYNOLDS – Ancestors (2010 the Limbic System) homegrownmusic.net
JJ GREY & MOFRO – Hide & Seek (2010 Georgia Warhorse) jjgrey.com
PO BOYZ – Elmore (2010 Country Funk) poboyz.net
SOULIVE – Day Tripper (2010 Rubber Soulive) soulive.com
THE ORB featuring DAVID GILMOUR – Metallic Side (2010 Metallic Spheres)
-HOUR TWO-
ACORN PROJECT – Melting (2010 Generation Debt) acornproject.net
PHISH – Bug (8/14/10 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI) livephish.com
GRATEFUL DREAD – Friend of the Devil (2010 the Grateful Dread Live) thegratefuldread.com
THE RADIATORS – Salty Jane (2001 the Radiators)
DAN HUBBARD – This Is Always (2010 See You Again) danhubbard.net
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (5/16/09 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
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NEIL YOUNG – Cortez the Killer (1975 Zuma)
TIM REYNOLDS – Ancestors (2010 the Limbic System) homegrownmusic.net
JJ GREY & MOFRO – Hide & Seek (2010 Georgia Warhorse) jjgrey.com
PO BOYZ – Elmore (2010 Country Funk) poboyz.net
SOULIVE – Day Tripper (2010 Rubber Soulive) soulive.com
THE ORB featuring DAVID GILMOUR – Metallic Side (2010 Metallic Spheres)
-HOUR TWO-
ACORN PROJECT – Melting (2010 Generation Debt) acornproject.net
PHISH – Bug (8/14/10 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI) livephish.com
GRATEFUL DREAD – Friend of the Devil (2010 the Grateful Dread Live) thegratefuldread.com
THE RADIATORS – Salty Jane (2001 the Radiators)
DAN HUBBARD – This Is Always (2010 See You Again) danhubbard.net
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (5/16/09 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
ROAD REPORT - HILL COUNTRY REVUE
Yee-haw! Hill Country Revue delivered the goods like they were going out of style last night at the Santa Fe Brewing Company.
Doc Samba and their newest member, David Mason, are the tightest rhythm section I've seen in, literally, YEARS!!!
This Mississippi outfit's brand of boogie-woogie blues-rock was just what we needed to shake off the newly arrived winter chill in the City Different. They're top of my wish list for an outdoor summer show in 2011.
Bandleader Cody Dickinson said in a radio interview earlier in the day (kbac.com) he met his newest bandmates in church. Now, maybe he was joking, or maybe they've just got hipper churches in the south. Whatever congregation he attends, it's got a whole lotta soul.
Pictured here are (front) Doc Samba, bass (back, l to r) David Mason, drums; some DJ guy; Dan Coburn, vocals; Kirk Smithheart, guitar; and Cody Dickinson, guitar, keys, percussion.
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I should mention that opening act, Anthony Leon & the Chain ("providing all your honty-tonk needs" was a direct quote from the stage) is fast becoming my favorite Santa Fe band. They played a fantastic set and supposedly have an album coming out soon. See them if you can (^_^) TOAST
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Doc Samba and their newest member, David Mason, are the tightest rhythm section I've seen in, literally, YEARS!!!This Mississippi outfit's brand of boogie-woogie blues-rock was just what we needed to shake off the newly arrived winter chill in the City Different. They're top of my wish list for an outdoor summer show in 2011.
Bandleader Cody Dickinson said in a radio interview earlier in the day (kbac.com) he met his newest bandmates in church. Now, maybe he was joking, or maybe they've just got hipper churches in the south. Whatever congregation he attends, it's got a whole lotta soul.
Pictured here are (front) Doc Samba, bass (back, l to r) David Mason, drums; some DJ guy; Dan Coburn, vocals; Kirk Smithheart, guitar; and Cody Dickinson, guitar, keys, percussion.
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I should mention that opening act, Anthony Leon & the Chain ("providing all your honty-tonk needs" was a direct quote from the stage) is fast becoming my favorite Santa Fe band. They played a fantastic set and supposedly have an album coming out soon. See them if you can (^_^) TOAST
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
HILL COUNTRY REVUE in studio
Tune in 98-1 Radio Free Santa Fe this afternoon, around 2-2:30pm (mountain standard time) and hear Cody Dickinson's new band, Hill Country Revue, talk about stuff and play stuff! Also streaming online at kbac.com
And don't forget to catch them live at the Santa Fe Brewing Company tonight, y'all (^_^)
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And don't forget to catch them live at the Santa Fe Brewing Company tonight, y'all (^_^)
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
TnJ 142 (11/4/10)
-HOUR ONE-
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Greta > E on a G (2010 Live in the Classic City II, MM)
GALACTIC – Boe Money (9/18/10 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Telluride, CO)
7 WALKERS – New Orleans Crawl (2010 7 Walkers) 7walkers.com
TROMBONE SHORTY – In the 6th (2010 Backatown)
LENNY KRAVITZ – What Goes Around Comes Around (1991 Mama Said)
DR. DOG – Shadow People (2010 Shame, Shame)
MIKE GORDON – Idea [Another Idea version] (2010 Moss)
-HOUR TWO-
HILL COUNTRY REVUE – Zebra Ranch (2010 Zebra Ranch)
LAWN CHAIR KINGS – What Were Ya Doin’ (2010 Lawn Chair Kings II) lawnchairkings.com
HYMN for HER – Fiddlestix (2010 Lucy & Wayne and the Amairican Stream) hymnforher.com
LEVON HELM – When I Go Away (2009 Electric Dirt)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ TONY FURTADO – Black Clouds (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta, 11/17/00)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Black Muddy River (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead)
WAYBACKS – Dupree’s Diamond Blues (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 4/26/07 Merlefest, NC) nugs.net
AVETT BROTHERS – Shame (2010 Live, Volume 3)
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WIDESPREAD PANIC – Greta > E on a G (2010 Live in the Classic City II, MM)
GALACTIC – Boe Money (9/18/10 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Telluride, CO)
7 WALKERS – New Orleans Crawl (2010 7 Walkers) 7walkers.com
TROMBONE SHORTY – In the 6th (2010 Backatown)
LENNY KRAVITZ – What Goes Around Comes Around (1991 Mama Said)
DR. DOG – Shadow People (2010 Shame, Shame)
MIKE GORDON – Idea [Another Idea version] (2010 Moss)
-HOUR TWO-
HILL COUNTRY REVUE – Zebra Ranch (2010 Zebra Ranch)
LAWN CHAIR KINGS – What Were Ya Doin’ (2010 Lawn Chair Kings II) lawnchairkings.com
HYMN for HER – Fiddlestix (2010 Lucy & Wayne and the Amairican Stream) hymnforher.com
LEVON HELM – When I Go Away (2009 Electric Dirt)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ TONY FURTADO – Black Clouds (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta, 11/17/00)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & FRIENDS – Black Muddy River (2010 Songs of the Grateful Dead)
WAYBACKS – Dupree’s Diamond Blues (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 4/26/07 Merlefest, NC) nugs.net
AVETT BROTHERS – Shame (2010 Live, Volume 3)
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
PHISH - "CORAL SKY" DVD now available
Hey, Phish Phans!
On October 19th, JEMP Records released Coral Sky, a 2-DVD set showcasing Phish’s November 2, 1996 performance at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL. The complete, uncut concert was created from archival videotapes of the multi-camera lawn screen feed and the audio was mixed from multi-track masters in stereo PCM and 5.1 surround.
Santana’s Karl Perazzo was featured on percussion throughout the show. Perazzo, who had become acquainted with the band members during their 1992 and 1996 summer tours with Santana, added polyrhythms that explored new space within Phish's music in this deeply experimental show. Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks sat in for the encore, “Funky Bitch.”
Digital audio will also be available at livephish.com, iTunes, Rhapsody and other digital outlets. An audio soundtrack CD will be sold exclusively at Phish Dry Goods
www.phish.com.
PHISH - CORAL SKY Track Listing
Set I:
1. Ya Mar
2. Julius
3. Fee >
4. Taste
5. Cavern >
6. Stash
7. The Lizards
8. Free
9. Johnny B. Goode
Set II:
1. Crosseyed And Painless >
2. Run Like An Antelope
3. Waste
4. Harry Hood >
5. A Day In The Life
6. Sweet Adeline
Encore:
7. Funky Bitch
The Toastmaster General (Chris) has declared the first 20 minutes of the Talking Heads cover "Crosseyed and Painless" captured here to be the ultimate version. Unfortunately, it slowly falls apart through the following 10 minutes, before segueing into "Run Like an Antelope." The "Waste" is particularly pretty. For those who fondly remember Phish live circa 1996, this DVD is a great time capsule of memories. Trey seems to have made peace with facial hair grooming since then (^_^)
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On October 19th, JEMP Records released Coral Sky, a 2-DVD set showcasing Phish’s November 2, 1996 performance at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL. The complete, uncut concert was created from archival videotapes of the multi-camera lawn screen feed and the audio was mixed from multi-track masters in stereo PCM and 5.1 surround. Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Santana’s Karl Perazzo was featured on percussion throughout the show. Perazzo, who had become acquainted with the band members during their 1992 and 1996 summer tours with Santana, added polyrhythms that explored new space within Phish's music in this deeply experimental show. Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks sat in for the encore, “Funky Bitch.”
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Listen to "Waste" from the DVD Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Listen to "Stash" from the DVD Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
Listen to "Run Like an Antelope" from the DVD Digital audio will also be available at livephish.com, iTunes, Rhapsody and other digital outlets. An audio soundtrack CD will be sold exclusively at Phish Dry Goods
www.phish.com.
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
PHISH - CORAL SKY Track Listing
Set I:
1. Ya Mar
2. Julius
3. Fee >
4. Taste
5. Cavern >
6. Stash
7. The Lizards
8. Free
9. Johnny B. Goode
Set II:
1. Crosseyed And Painless >
2. Run Like An Antelope
3. Waste
4. Harry Hood >
5. A Day In The Life
6. Sweet Adeline
Encore:
7. Funky Bitch
The Toastmaster General (Chris) has declared the first 20 minutes of the Talking Heads cover "Crosseyed and Painless" captured here to be the ultimate version. Unfortunately, it slowly falls apart through the following 10 minutes, before segueing into "Run Like an Antelope." The "Waste" is particularly pretty. For those who fondly remember Phish live circa 1996, this DVD is a great time capsule of memories. Trey seems to have made peace with facial hair grooming since then (^_^)
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
TnJ 141 (10/28/10)
HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE edition with guest toasts Matt and Andrew Fricek, A.K.A. the Infamous Benefactors - every band's in costume tonight, and so are they (^_^)
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH as: the EDGAR WINTER GROUP
THE BIRD & the BEE as: HALL & OATES
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT as: THELONIUS MONK
QUAGMIRE SWIM TEAM as: MICHAEL JACKSON
GRATEFUL DEAD as: MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
AFROSKULL as: PROFESSOR LONGHAIR
AFROSKULL as: SANTANA
-HOUR TWO-
GRATEFUL DEAD as: WILSON PICKETT
QUAGMIRE SWIM TEAM as: the WHO
LEGION of MARY as: MARVIN GAYE
GRATEFUL DEAD as: TRAFFIC
GRATEFUL DEAD as: the BEATLES
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Thanks you guys! Happy Halloween (^_^)
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
TnJ 140 (10/21/10)
-HOUR ONE-
RODRIGUEZ – Climb Up on My Music (1971 Coming from Reality)
BUDDY MILES – Don’t Keep Me Wondering > Midnight Rider (1971 A Message to the People)
CHARLIE DANIELS BAND – Sweet Louisiana (1976 Saddle Tramp)
MELVIN SEALS & JGB – Lonesome and a Long Way from Home (8/9/08 Dead on the Creek Festival, Willits, CA)
JERRY REED – Folsom Prison Blues (1973 Lord, Mr. Ford)
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – Wonderin’ (2006 Live at the Fillmore East, c. 1970)
NUTTY – Paranoid Cat (2003 Nutty)
TIM BUCKLEY – Buzzin’ Fly (2010 Honeyman [live], c. 1973 WLR Radio)
-HOUR TWO-
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Whipping Post (12/31/73 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, KSAN Radio broadcast)
PHIL LESH & FRIENDS – Wiser Time (12/18/04 the Warfield, San Francisco, CA)
TOMMY BOLIN – San Francisco River [Ebbets Field alt. take 1974] (2009 Come Taste the Man [remastered])
JERRY GARCIA & MERL SAUNDERS BAND – Sitting in Limbo (2008 Pure Jerry, Vol. 4, 9/1/74 Keystone, Berkeley, CA)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND – Ramblin’ (2010 Way Out West! – Live from San Francisco 1973)
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Big thanks to Clint Huling for digging deep and sharing the wealth of his obviously extensive collection. Hopefully he’ll bless us with another guest toast appearance in the future (^_^)
Meanwhile, if you wanna give a listen to Clint's tasty nugs, follow this link to kbac.com and enjoy another long, strange trip through the musical high country.
Tune in 10/28 for an all-covers musical masquerade featuring the return of the Infamous Benefactors!
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RODRIGUEZ – Climb Up on My Music (1971 Coming from Reality)
BUDDY MILES – Don’t Keep Me Wondering > Midnight Rider (1971 A Message to the People)
CHARLIE DANIELS BAND – Sweet Louisiana (1976 Saddle Tramp)
MELVIN SEALS & JGB – Lonesome and a Long Way from Home (8/9/08 Dead on the Creek Festival, Willits, CA)
JERRY REED – Folsom Prison Blues (1973 Lord, Mr. Ford)
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – Wonderin’ (2006 Live at the Fillmore East, c. 1970)
NUTTY – Paranoid Cat (2003 Nutty)
TIM BUCKLEY – Buzzin’ Fly (2010 Honeyman [live], c. 1973 WLR Radio)
-HOUR TWO-
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Whipping Post (12/31/73 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, KSAN Radio broadcast)
PHIL LESH & FRIENDS – Wiser Time (12/18/04 the Warfield, San Francisco, CA)
TOMMY BOLIN – San Francisco River [Ebbets Field alt. take 1974] (2009 Come Taste the Man [remastered])
JERRY GARCIA & MERL SAUNDERS BAND – Sitting in Limbo (2008 Pure Jerry, Vol. 4, 9/1/74 Keystone, Berkeley, CA)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND – Ramblin’ (2010 Way Out West! – Live from San Francisco 1973)
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Big thanks to Clint Huling for digging deep and sharing the wealth of his obviously extensive collection. Hopefully he’ll bless us with another guest toast appearance in the future (^_^)
Meanwhile, if you wanna give a listen to Clint's tasty nugs, follow this link to kbac.com and enjoy another long, strange trip through the musical high country.
Tune in 10/28 for an all-covers musical masquerade featuring the return of the Infamous Benefactors!
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
KARL DENSON TIX ON SALE FRIDAY
Yep, they're finally, really gonna be in Santa Fe - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, with special guest Orgone, Santa Fe Brewing Company, Saturday, December 4th.
Tickets on sale Friday morning 10 a.m. - Lensic box office 505-988-1234, or online @ ticketssantafe.org
Tune in Thursday 10/21 for a shot at winning tix before you can buy 'em (^_^) TOAST
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Tickets on sale Friday morning 10 a.m. - Lensic box office 505-988-1234, or online @ ticketssantafe.org
Tune in Thursday 10/21 for a shot at winning tix before you can buy 'em (^_^) TOAST
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Friday, October 15, 2010
WIDESPREAD PANIC in DENVER for NYE
Tickets are on sale now! Pepsi Center, Dec. 30th and 31st. G.Love and Special Sauce will open (^_^) LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!
Here's the link.
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Here's the link.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
TnJ 139 (10/14/10)
Thanks to guest toast David Del Mauro for mixing up the musical medicine with me this week - and for bringing the whale (^_^)
-HOUR ONE-
WEEN – All of My Love (2004 Live in Chicago)
MORPHINE – All Wrong (1997 B-Sides & Otherwise)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Mr. Charlie (5/16/72 Luxembourg Hall)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Brown Eyed Woman (5/8/77 Cornell U)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bertha (5/16/72 Luxembourg Hall)
LOS LOBOS – West L.A. Fadeaway (2010 Tin Can Trust)
GREG MERRITT’S HEAVY ROAD – Blue Jeans (2010 Everything Changed)
BUXTER HOOT’N – Cpt. Long Gone (2010 In Another Life)
-HOUR TWO-
WILCO – I’m the Man Who Loves You (6/21/03 Pittsburgh, PA)
THE BLACK CROWES – A Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound (2009 Before the Flood…)
MY MORNING JACKET – Phone Went West (8/16/02 the 9:30 Club, Washington, DC)
JOE PITTS – I’m Worried (2010 Ten Shades of Blue)
HILL COUNTRY REVUE – My Baby Don’t Know (2010 Zebra Ranch)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature (10/1/10 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL) livewidespreadpanic.com
BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – Rainbow’s Cadillac (7/25/09 Asheville, NC) livedownloads.com
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-HOUR ONE-
WEEN – All of My Love (2004 Live in Chicago)
MORPHINE – All Wrong (1997 B-Sides & Otherwise)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Mr. Charlie (5/16/72 Luxembourg Hall)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Brown Eyed Woman (5/8/77 Cornell U)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bertha (5/16/72 Luxembourg Hall)
LOS LOBOS – West L.A. Fadeaway (2010 Tin Can Trust)
GREG MERRITT’S HEAVY ROAD – Blue Jeans (2010 Everything Changed)
BUXTER HOOT’N – Cpt. Long Gone (2010 In Another Life)
-HOUR TWO-
WILCO – I’m the Man Who Loves You (6/21/03 Pittsburgh, PA)
THE BLACK CROWES – A Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound (2009 Before the Flood…)
MY MORNING JACKET – Phone Went West (8/16/02 the 9:30 Club, Washington, DC)
JOE PITTS – I’m Worried (2010 Ten Shades of Blue)
HILL COUNTRY REVUE – My Baby Don’t Know (2010 Zebra Ranch)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature (10/1/10 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL) livewidespreadpanic.com
BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – Rainbow’s Cadillac (7/25/09 Asheville, NC) livedownloads.com
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
ROAD REPORT - PHISH in BROOMFIELD, CO
Thanks to Chris for taking time to report from Colorado. He doesn't pull any punches. Sounds like Grouchy McGroucherstein was worn out by Tuesday and needed a cookie and a blankie (^_^)
Download the shows for yourself at livephish.com
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saxophones are grand.
First set was on the fly – no set list – little or no continuity. Glitchy sound on “It’s Ice” and a few others.
Second set has jams which wander and abrupt returns to songs at times. “Simple,” awesome. “Slave,” sick. “Julius” a personal fave. “Fee” with megaphone.
Hope they pick it up for night two.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Nice and solid.
Opener “Runaway Jim,” “Halley’s,” “Tweezer,” “Squirming Coil,” “Antelope,” all bomb.
Second set a bunch of songs I’m usually not the biggest fan of all played well with awesome jams. “Alaska,” “Piper,” “Camel Walk” super-tight & funky. “Gotta’ Jiboo,” “Twist,” and a bomber “Fluffhead.”
Overall exceeded expectations.
Looking for a blowout for night three!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Second set “Carini,” “Bowie,” “Free,” then bulsh*t slow songs for 2 hours.
“Split Open” terrible jam.
“Meatstick” encore then walked offstage, no bows.
Fuc*ing worst show I’ve ever seen. No rock’n’roll whatsoever. I want my $60 back from the band.
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Comments filed by Chris McCain via cell phone.
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Additional comment via Casey: "Maybe the band got roofy'd."
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Download the shows for yourself at livephish.com
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saxophones are grand.
First set was on the fly – no set list – little or no continuity. Glitchy sound on “It’s Ice” and a few others.
Second set has jams which wander and abrupt returns to songs at times. “Simple,” awesome. “Slave,” sick. “Julius” a personal fave. “Fee” with megaphone.
Hope they pick it up for night two.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Nice and solid.
Opener “Runaway Jim,” “Halley’s,” “Tweezer,” “Squirming Coil,” “Antelope,” all bomb.
Second set a bunch of songs I’m usually not the biggest fan of all played well with awesome jams. “Alaska,” “Piper,” “Camel Walk” super-tight & funky. “Gotta’ Jiboo,” “Twist,” and a bomber “Fluffhead.”
Overall exceeded expectations.
Looking for a blowout for night three!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Second set “Carini,” “Bowie,” “Free,” then bulsh*t slow songs for 2 hours.
“Split Open” terrible jam.
“Meatstick” encore then walked offstage, no bows.
Fuc*ing worst show I’ve ever seen. No rock’n’roll whatsoever. I want my $60 back from the band.
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Comments filed by Chris McCain via cell phone.
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Additional comment via Casey: "Maybe the band got roofy'd."
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GUEST TOASTS AHOY
You may have noticed this week's show (10/7/10) was a Best of Toast-n-Jam repeat from last winter, featuring hilarious guest toast Michelle LaFlamme-Childs.
Toast is on the road and if you look at the concert calendar I'll bet you can all guess where.
Tune in this week (10/14) when Toast'll mix up the musical medicine live with guest toast David Del Mauro (from the Santa Fe New Mexican). He's got an inside track on stuff you're not gonna hear anywhere else (^_^)
And, next week (10/21), film producer Clint Huling guest toasts. Sidenote: Clint was the first to turn Toast on to Jerry's Legion of Mary stuff.
Finally, an October of guest toasting concludes 10/28, with the return of the Infamous Benefactors - Matt and Andrew - with the yearly Toast-n-Jam Halloween Masquerade, where bands don the guise of other bands, as it were. All covers, baby!
Tune in, turn on, and jam out!
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Toast is on the road and if you look at the concert calendar I'll bet you can all guess where.
Tune in this week (10/14) when Toast'll mix up the musical medicine live with guest toast David Del Mauro (from the Santa Fe New Mexican). He's got an inside track on stuff you're not gonna hear anywhere else (^_^)
And, next week (10/21), film producer Clint Huling guest toasts. Sidenote: Clint was the first to turn Toast on to Jerry's Legion of Mary stuff.
Finally, an October of guest toasting concludes 10/28, with the return of the Infamous Benefactors - Matt and Andrew - with the yearly Toast-n-Jam Halloween Masquerade, where bands don the guise of other bands, as it were. All covers, baby!
Tune in, turn on, and jam out!
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ROAD REPORT - FREE FALL MUSIC FEST 10/1-3/10
Whew! A lot of effort went into making this listener appreciation event a success. Here's hoping we can do it again next year (^_^)
Highlights for me were The Statesboro Revue on Saturday 10/2/10, and Chali 2na on Sunday 10/3/10.
He joined his old bandmates, Ozomatli, for a while during their set as well.
Ozomatli is one of New Mexico's favorite bands (and one of my favorite live bands too - I've honestly lost track of how many times I've seen them, and they're always fun), and they closed out the outdoor stage activity on Sunday 10/3/10, which was apparently percussionist Jiro Yamaguchi's birthday!
Pictured below are Asdru Sierra (trumpet), Raúl Pacheco (guitar), and one of my personal heroes, Ulises Bella (saxophone).
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Highlights for me were The Statesboro Revue on Saturday 10/2/10, and Chali 2na on Sunday 10/3/10.
He joined his old bandmates, Ozomatli, for a while during their set as well.
Ozomatli is one of New Mexico's favorite bands (and one of my favorite live bands too - I've honestly lost track of how many times I've seen them, and they're always fun), and they closed out the outdoor stage activity on Sunday 10/3/10, which was apparently percussionist Jiro Yamaguchi's birthday!
Pictured below are Asdru Sierra (trumpet), Raúl Pacheco (guitar), and one of my personal heroes, Ulises Bella (saxophone).
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
TnJ 138 (9/30/10)
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH - Gotta' Jibboo (7/29/03 Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA) livephish.com
BOB MARLEY & the WAILERS - Keep on Moving (1995 Natural Mystic)
STATESBORO REVUE - Find a Way (2009 Different Kind of Light)
JERRY LEE LEWIS - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1980/1998/2004 Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, c. 1963)
LOS LOBOS - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (1987 By the Light of the Moon)
NEIL YOUNG - Someone's Gonna Rescue You (2010 Le Noise)
FLAMING LIPS - One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning (1987 Oh My Gawd!!!...the Flaming Lips)
ACORN PROJECT - Blueprint (2010 Generation Debt) acornproject.net
-HOUR TWO-
LUBRIPHONIC - Whatever You Do Don't Stop (2010 the Gig Is On) lubriphonic.com
EITHER / ORCHESTRA - the Petrograd Revision (2010 Mood Music for Time Travelers) either-orchestra.com
SOULIVE - Taxman (2010 Rubber SOulive) soulive.com
CHALI 2NA - Step Yo Game Up (2010 Fishmarket Part 2)
OZOMATLI - La Misma Cancion (2005 Live at the Fillmore)
TREY ANASTASIO - Sand (2003 Plasma, c. 2002)
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PHISH - Gotta' Jibboo (7/29/03 Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA) livephish.com
BOB MARLEY & the WAILERS - Keep on Moving (1995 Natural Mystic)
STATESBORO REVUE - Find a Way (2009 Different Kind of Light)
JERRY LEE LEWIS - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1980/1998/2004 Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, c. 1963)
LOS LOBOS - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (1987 By the Light of the Moon)
NEIL YOUNG - Someone's Gonna Rescue You (2010 Le Noise)
FLAMING LIPS - One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning (1987 Oh My Gawd!!!...the Flaming Lips)
ACORN PROJECT - Blueprint (2010 Generation Debt) acornproject.net
-HOUR TWO-
LUBRIPHONIC - Whatever You Do Don't Stop (2010 the Gig Is On) lubriphonic.com
EITHER / ORCHESTRA - the Petrograd Revision (2010 Mood Music for Time Travelers) either-orchestra.com
SOULIVE - Taxman (2010 Rubber SOulive) soulive.com
CHALI 2NA - Step Yo Game Up (2010 Fishmarket Part 2)
OZOMATLI - La Misma Cancion (2005 Live at the Fillmore)
TREY ANASTASIO - Sand (2003 Plasma, c. 2002)
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UMPHREY'S McGEE - 9/28/10 El Rey Theater,
Albuquerque, NM
First New Mexico appearance ever!
Dude, their secret weapon is TOTALLY bassist Ryan Stasik! Never had the chance to see them live before, but definitely plan to see them again (^_^)
Download the show here. Particularly worthy are the jam during The Triple Wide, and the second encore, Come Closer (which is a brilliant mash-up of The Beatles and Nine Inch Nails).
I can only hope the download sounds better than the room did. All bass and echo.
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Albuquerque, NM
First New Mexico appearance ever!
Dude, their secret weapon is TOTALLY bassist Ryan Stasik! Never had the chance to see them live before, but definitely plan to see them again (^_^)
Download the show here. Particularly worthy are the jam during The Triple Wide, and the second encore, Come Closer (which is a brilliant mash-up of The Beatles and Nine Inch Nails).
I can only hope the download sounds better than the room did. All bass and echo.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
TAB = Trey Anastasio's Birthday
All hail the mighty 9/30. T-n-J will serve up a large slice of birthday boy Trey Anastasio goodness this week (^_^)
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
TnJ 137 (9/23/10)
-HOUR ONE-
JERRY JOSEPH and the JACKMORMONS – Whatever’s in the Basket (2005 Goodlandia, 6/15/97 KBOO)
JAY GAUNT – Midnight Rider (2010 Harmonicopia)
RAILROAD EARTH – the Jupiter & the 119 (2010 Railroad Earth)
RED ELVISES – Flaming Cheese (1999 Your Favorite Band – LIVE, 3/26/99 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Padgett’s Profile (2007 Live at the Murat)
FIVE GALLON GROOVE – Memoria (2009 Five Gallon Groove)
-HOUR TWO-
ROBERT PLANT – Central Two-O-Nine (2010 Band of Joy)
GOV’T MULE – End of the Line (1999/2010 Mulennium, 12/31/99 the Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
GRACE POTTER & the NOCTURNALS – Low Road (2010 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals)
B-SIDE PLAYERS – Crossroads (2007 Fire in the Youth)
FURTHUR – Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain (3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & the E STREET BAND - Detroit Medley (unknown source)
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JERRY JOSEPH and the JACKMORMONS – Whatever’s in the Basket (2005 Goodlandia, 6/15/97 KBOO)
JAY GAUNT – Midnight Rider (2010 Harmonicopia)
RAILROAD EARTH – the Jupiter & the 119 (2010 Railroad Earth)
RED ELVISES – Flaming Cheese (1999 Your Favorite Band – LIVE, 3/26/99 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Padgett’s Profile (2007 Live at the Murat)
FIVE GALLON GROOVE – Memoria (2009 Five Gallon Groove)
-HOUR TWO-
ROBERT PLANT – Central Two-O-Nine (2010 Band of Joy)
GOV’T MULE – End of the Line (1999/2010 Mulennium, 12/31/99 the Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
GRACE POTTER & the NOCTURNALS – Low Road (2010 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals)
B-SIDE PLAYERS – Crossroads (2007 Fire in the Youth)
FURTHUR – Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain (3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & the E STREET BAND - Detroit Medley (unknown source)
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
UMPHREY'S TICKET GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK
Tune in, turn on, and jam out!
Toast-n-Jam has Umphrey's McGee Albuquerque tickets to giveaway on this Thursday's show (9/23)
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Toast-n-Jam has Umphrey's McGee Albuquerque tickets to giveaway on this Thursday's show (9/23)
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Monday, September 20, 2010
COLORADO FIRE BENEFIT GATHERS CHEESE, SALMON, PHISH, more...
On October 9, 2010, a special fundraiser will feature String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman (both of Leftover Salmon fame), as well as Phish (making their 3-night run in Broomfield a 4-night run).
The "Fourmile Canyon Revival" happens at the 1st Bank Center (formerly the Odeum), and funds raised will go directly to the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund. Tickets on sale Tuesday, September 21, at 10 a.m. here.
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The "Fourmile Canyon Revival" happens at the 1st Bank Center (formerly the Odeum), and funds raised will go directly to the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund. Tickets on sale Tuesday, September 21, at 10 a.m. here.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
TnJ 136 (9/16/10)
3-FER MADNESS!!!
-HOUR ONE-
NM SHOWS THIS WEEKEND
BUDDY GUY – Red House (1993 Stone Free – a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix)
JAMES McMURTRY – Hurricane Party (2009 Live in Europe)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/ SHAWN MULLINS – Toes (2010 Pass the Jar – Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta)
JERRY JAMS
GRATEFUL DEAD – New Speedway Boogie (2003 Festival Express DVD, 7/3/70 McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
GARCIA & SAUNDERS – I Was Made to Love Her (2/26/72 KSAN-FM Broadcast)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Cream Puff War (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 7/26/10 Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN) nugs.net
BONERAMA
BONERAMA – the Wizard (2004 Live from New York)
BONERAMA – Sprung Monkey (2007 Bringing It Home)
-HOUR TWO-
BONERAMA – the Mouse (2001 Live at the Old Point)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Hey Now Now (3/3/07 Stubb’s, Austin, TX)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Hey Hey Hey (2010 the Sound of Sunshine)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Never Too Late (7/1/07 Taos Solar Music Festival, Taos, NM) festivalink.net
BLUEGRASS BOYS
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON – the Watson Blues (8/7/80 the White House, Washington, DC)
FLATT & SCRUGGS – Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1968 Bonnie & Clyde OST)
DEL McCOURY BAND – High on a Mountain (2/21/01 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
PHISH
PHISH – Limb by Limb (3/7/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA) livephish.com
PHISH – Simple (1995 a Live One)
PHISH – Julius (1994 Hoist)
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-HOUR ONE-
NM SHOWS THIS WEEKEND
BUDDY GUY – Red House (1993 Stone Free – a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix)
JAMES McMURTRY – Hurricane Party (2009 Live in Europe)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/ SHAWN MULLINS – Toes (2010 Pass the Jar – Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta)
JERRY JAMS
GRATEFUL DEAD – New Speedway Boogie (2003 Festival Express DVD, 7/3/70 McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
GARCIA & SAUNDERS – I Was Made to Love Her (2/26/72 KSAN-FM Broadcast)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Cream Puff War (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex, 7/26/10 Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN) nugs.net
BONERAMA
BONERAMA – the Wizard (2004 Live from New York)
BONERAMA – Sprung Monkey (2007 Bringing It Home)
-HOUR TWO-
BONERAMA – the Mouse (2001 Live at the Old Point)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Hey Now Now (3/3/07 Stubb’s, Austin, TX)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Hey Hey Hey (2010 the Sound of Sunshine)
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Never Too Late (7/1/07 Taos Solar Music Festival, Taos, NM) festivalink.net
BLUEGRASS BOYS
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON – the Watson Blues (8/7/80 the White House, Washington, DC)
FLATT & SCRUGGS – Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1968 Bonnie & Clyde OST)
DEL McCOURY BAND – High on a Mountain (2/21/01 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
PHISH
PHISH – Limb by Limb (3/7/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA) livephish.com
PHISH – Simple (1995 a Live One)
PHISH – Julius (1994 Hoist)
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
3-FER MADNESS RETURNS
Been wanting to do this again - it was loads o'fun last time. This week's session will be all 3-FERS!!! Tune in, turn on, and jam out (^_^)
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
TnJ 135 (9/9/10)
-HOUR ONE-
GRATEFUL DEAD – the Other One (1974/2005 the Grateful Dead Movie OST, 10/20/74 Winterland, San Francisco, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – It Hurts Me Too (9/3/67 Dance Hall, Rio Nido, CA)
LOS LOBOS – Do the Murray (2010 Tin Can Trust)
LUBRIPHONIC w/ IVAN NEVILLE – Speed Dial (2010 the Gig Is On) lubriphonic.com
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Anytime You Need Me (2010 the Sound of Sunshine)
SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 – Linguistics (2003 Live at Home) sts9.com
MONTU – Elevate (2009 MONTU EP) montumusic.com
BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – Lady with a Fan (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex) nugs.net/jerryjams
-HOUR TWO-
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Spires (2009 Mantis) umphreys.com
CORNMEAL – Feather (2009 Live in Chicago, IL Vol. 1) cornmealinthekitchen.com
KELLER & the KEELS – Bath of Fire (2010 Thief) kellerwilliams.net
BONNIE RAITT – Burning Down the House (1995 Road Tested)
BEN HARPER – Burn One Down (1996 Fight for Your Mind)
DOORS – Light My Fire (2000 the Bright Midnight Sampler, c. 1969-70)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Mountain Jam (7/9/04 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
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GRATEFUL DEAD – the Other One (1974/2005 the Grateful Dead Movie OST, 10/20/74 Winterland, San Francisco, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – It Hurts Me Too (9/3/67 Dance Hall, Rio Nido, CA)
LOS LOBOS – Do the Murray (2010 Tin Can Trust)
LUBRIPHONIC w/ IVAN NEVILLE – Speed Dial (2010 the Gig Is On) lubriphonic.com
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Anytime You Need Me (2010 the Sound of Sunshine)
SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 – Linguistics (2003 Live at Home) sts9.com
MONTU – Elevate (2009 MONTU EP) montumusic.com
BRUCE HORNSBY & the NOISEMAKERS – Lady with a Fan (2010 Jerry Jams for Rex) nugs.net/jerryjams
-HOUR TWO-
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Spires (2009 Mantis) umphreys.com
CORNMEAL – Feather (2009 Live in Chicago, IL Vol. 1) cornmealinthekitchen.com
KELLER & the KEELS – Bath of Fire (2010 Thief) kellerwilliams.net
BONNIE RAITT – Burning Down the House (1995 Road Tested)
BEN HARPER – Burn One Down (1996 Fight for Your Mind)
DOORS – Light My Fire (2000 the Bright Midnight Sampler, c. 1969-70)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Mountain Jam (7/9/04 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
ROAD REPORT - 2ND ANNUAL TAOS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
With their new bassist, Jorgen Carlsson, laying it down Allen Woody-style, Gov’t Mule blew us all away at the 2nd Annual Taos Mountain Music Festival over Labor Day weekend. Yonder Mountain String Band, Shemekia Copeland, Radio la Chusma, and Mia Borders were no slouches either.
Highlights from the Mule’s heavier-than-thou set included a truly amazing re-working of Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” inside an epic, set-closing “Mule,” during which Warren Haynes flubbed the first chorus. Maybe it was the altitude (9200 feet y’all). A guest appearance from Shemekia Copeland gave the Mule a chance to show off their blues chops on “That’s What Love Will Make You Do;” and their recent single, “Broke Down on the Brazos,” got a chance to open up and breathe fire, even without ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons (who added his flair to the studio track). Check out the whole set list and/or order a recording of the show for your collection at mule.net
Gov’t Mule has never been an easy band to classify. I hereby dub them, “Psychedelic Trucker Rock.”
Read Toast’s recent interview with Mule’s bandleader Warren Haynes in its entirety now at jambands.com
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Highlights from the Mule’s heavier-than-thou set included a truly amazing re-working of Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” inside an epic, set-closing “Mule,” during which Warren Haynes flubbed the first chorus. Maybe it was the altitude (9200 feet y’all). A guest appearance from Shemekia Copeland gave the Mule a chance to show off their blues chops on “That’s What Love Will Make You Do;” and their recent single, “Broke Down on the Brazos,” got a chance to open up and breathe fire, even without ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons (who added his flair to the studio track). Check out the whole set list and/or order a recording of the show for your collection at mule.netGov’t Mule has never been an easy band to classify. I hereby dub them, “Psychedelic Trucker Rock.”
Read Toast’s recent interview with Mule’s bandleader Warren Haynes in its entirety now at jambands.com
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
TnJ 134 (9/2/10)
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH – Tweezer > Slave to the Traffic Light (7/3/10 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater @ Echo Park, Alpharetta, GA) livephish.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Fingerprint (2009 the Show) yondermountain.com
GOV’T MULE w/ OTEIL BURBRIDGE & ROB BARRACO – Sco-Mule (2001/2010 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert, Vol. 3)
THE MACPODZ – Dr. Epstein (2008 Orcastrate) themacpodz.com
moe. – Tailspin (2007 the Conch, 2010 Smash Hits Volume One) moe.org
-HOUR TWO-
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS – Sugartown (2001 51 Phantom)
JIMI HENDRIX – Ships Passing Through the Night (2010 Valleys of Neptune, c. 1969)
STEVE KIMOCK BAND – Sabertooth (10/28/01 Tipitina’s Uptown, New Orleans, LA) kimock.com
MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD – Kota [remixed by Dan the Automator] (2009 Radiolarians – the Evolutionary Set, “Remixolarians” disc) mmw.net
RAILROAD EARTH – Too Much Information (2010 Railroad Earth) railroadearth.com
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Magic #9 (2010 Things That Fly) infamousstringdusters.com
ARTHUR NASSON – Unglued (2010 Echo Garden) arthurnasson.com
ALI BABA’S TAHINI – Bikes (2010 Living Room) alibabastahini.com
PHISH – Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise (6/19/10 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY) livephish.com
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PHISH – Tweezer > Slave to the Traffic Light (7/3/10 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater @ Echo Park, Alpharetta, GA) livephish.com
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Fingerprint (2009 the Show) yondermountain.com
GOV’T MULE w/ OTEIL BURBRIDGE & ROB BARRACO – Sco-Mule (2001/2010 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert, Vol. 3)
THE MACPODZ – Dr. Epstein (2008 Orcastrate) themacpodz.com
moe. – Tailspin (2007 the Conch, 2010 Smash Hits Volume One) moe.org
-HOUR TWO-
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS – Sugartown (2001 51 Phantom)
JIMI HENDRIX – Ships Passing Through the Night (2010 Valleys of Neptune, c. 1969)
STEVE KIMOCK BAND – Sabertooth (10/28/01 Tipitina’s Uptown, New Orleans, LA) kimock.com
MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD – Kota [remixed by Dan the Automator] (2009 Radiolarians – the Evolutionary Set, “Remixolarians” disc) mmw.net
RAILROAD EARTH – Too Much Information (2010 Railroad Earth) railroadearth.com
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Magic #9 (2010 Things That Fly) infamousstringdusters.com
ARTHUR NASSON – Unglued (2010 Echo Garden) arthurnasson.com
ALI BABA’S TAHINI – Bikes (2010 Living Room) alibabastahini.com
PHISH – Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise (6/19/10 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY) livephish.com
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
TnJ 133 (8/26/10)
-HOUR ONE-
FURTHUR – China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Interview – Lipbone Redding
LIPBONE REDDING and the LIPBONE ORCHESTRA – Dogs of Santiago (2007 Hop the Fence) lipbone.com
TIM REYNOLDS – Arroyo (2010 the Limbic System) timreynolds.com
JOHN McEUEN – Cripple Creek (1991 String Wizards)
YARN – Down on Your Luck (2010 Come On In) ufomusic.com
BEN MILLER BAND – Gutter Moses (2010 1 Ton) mudstomp.com
-HOUR TWO-
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Out of the Blue (4/11/09 the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
Interview – Warren Haynes [part 1]
GOV’T MULE – When the Blues Come Knockin’ (1999/2000/2010 Mulennium) mule.net
Interview – Warren Haynes [part 2]
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Southbound (6/6/09 Wanee Festival, Live Oak, FL)
BIG SOMETHING – Pinky’s Ride (2010 Stories from the Middle of Nowhere) bigsomething.net
MOKSHA – Blind to the Time (2010 Mammal or Machine) mokshatime.com
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND – Me, I Get High on Reefer (2010 ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!) thetwogentlemen.com
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FURTHUR – China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (3/3/10 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Interview – Lipbone Redding
LIPBONE REDDING and the LIPBONE ORCHESTRA – Dogs of Santiago (2007 Hop the Fence) lipbone.com
TIM REYNOLDS – Arroyo (2010 the Limbic System) timreynolds.com
JOHN McEUEN – Cripple Creek (1991 String Wizards)
YARN – Down on Your Luck (2010 Come On In) ufomusic.com
BEN MILLER BAND – Gutter Moses (2010 1 Ton) mudstomp.com
-HOUR TWO-
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Out of the Blue (4/11/09 the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
Interview – Warren Haynes [part 1]
GOV’T MULE – When the Blues Come Knockin’ (1999/2000/2010 Mulennium) mule.net
Interview – Warren Haynes [part 2]
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Southbound (6/6/09 Wanee Festival, Live Oak, FL)
BIG SOMETHING – Pinky’s Ride (2010 Stories from the Middle of Nowhere) bigsomething.net
MOKSHA – Blind to the Time (2010 Mammal or Machine) mokshatime.com
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND – Me, I Get High on Reefer (2010 ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!) thetwogentlemen.com
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
INTERVIEWS
Expect to hear not one, but two interviews on this week's Toast-n-Jam.
Lipbone Redding checks in from the road to his Cowgirl gig on Sunday (8/29) in Santa Fe, and Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule fame will call in to chat up his projects and the Taos Mountain Music Festival (9/5).
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Lipbone Redding checks in from the road to his Cowgirl gig on Sunday (8/29) in Santa Fe, and Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule fame will call in to chat up his projects and the Taos Mountain Music Festival (9/5).
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PHISH LOTTERY IN PROGRESS for FALL SHOWS
Head over to phish.com and get your requests in for fall Phish tix - including a 3-night run in Broomfield, CO this October! You've been warned (^_^)
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
TnJ 132 (8/19/10)
-HOUR ONE-
LITTLE FEAT – Dixie Chicken > Tripe Face Boogie (10/18/75 Rochester, NY)
THE BO-KEYS – Spanish Delight (2004 the Royal Sessions)
ZILLA – Milk Man (2006 All Iz)
THE DISCO BISCUITS – Über Glue (2009 Planet Anthem) discobiscuits.com
THE SKYS – Bad Guys (2010 Songs from Small Dreams in an Elevator) homegrownmusic.net
TEA LEAF GREEN – Bouncing Betty (2010 Looking West) tealeafgreen.com
THE BOXMASTERS – Sylvia’s Mother (2010 Twistable, Turnable Man – A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein)
TIM O’BRIEN – Space Between the Lines (2010 Chicken & Egg) timobrien.net
-HOUR TWO-
ROBERT PLANT – Angel Dance (2010 Band of Joy)
LED ZEPPELIN – Thank You (9/29/71 Osaka, Japan)
THE RACONTEURS – the Switch and the Spur (2008 Consolers of the Lonely)
AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill (1980 Back in Black)
GOV’T MULE – Blind Man in the Dark (1999/2000/2010 Mulennium) mule.net
28 NORTH – Pride (2010 28 North) 28north.net
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Soul Food I > Nemo (12/30/04 the Riviera, Chicago, IL) livedownloads.com
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LITTLE FEAT – Dixie Chicken > Tripe Face Boogie (10/18/75 Rochester, NY)
THE BO-KEYS – Spanish Delight (2004 the Royal Sessions)
ZILLA – Milk Man (2006 All Iz)
THE DISCO BISCUITS – Über Glue (2009 Planet Anthem) discobiscuits.com
THE SKYS – Bad Guys (2010 Songs from Small Dreams in an Elevator) homegrownmusic.net
TEA LEAF GREEN – Bouncing Betty (2010 Looking West) tealeafgreen.com
THE BOXMASTERS – Sylvia’s Mother (2010 Twistable, Turnable Man – A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein)
TIM O’BRIEN – Space Between the Lines (2010 Chicken & Egg) timobrien.net
-HOUR TWO-
ROBERT PLANT – Angel Dance (2010 Band of Joy)
LED ZEPPELIN – Thank You (9/29/71 Osaka, Japan)
THE RACONTEURS – the Switch and the Spur (2008 Consolers of the Lonely)
AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill (1980 Back in Black)
GOV’T MULE – Blind Man in the Dark (1999/2000/2010 Mulennium) mule.net
28 NORTH – Pride (2010 28 North) 28north.net
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Soul Food I > Nemo (12/30/04 the Riviera, Chicago, IL) livedownloads.com
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