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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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