TnJ 374 (12/29/11)

2011 TOAST-n-JAM BEST OF SAMPLER

-HOUR ONE-

the DECEMBERISTS – Calamity Song (2011 the King Is Dead)
TOM WAITS – New Year’s Eve (2011 Bad as Me)
IMPERIAL ROOSTER – Korhn Sirup Sundae (2011 Decent People)
the CIVIL WARS – Barton Hollow (2011 Barton Hollow)
BEN HARPER – Rock n’ Roll Is Free (2011 Give Till It’s Gone)
the BLACK KEYS – Gold on the Ceiling (2011 El Camino)
GALACTIC w/ SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND and COREY HENRY – From the Corner to the Block (2011 the Other Side of Midnight – Live in New Orleans, 10/29/10 Tipitina’s, New Orleans, LA)
BLACK JOE LEWIS & the HONEYBEARS – Livin’ in the Jungle (2011 Scandalous)
TV on the RADIO – Repetition (2011 Nine Types of Light)
MY MORNING JACKET – You Wanna Freak Out (2011 Circuital)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH – Theme from the Bottom > Black-Eyed Katy (2011 Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 [box set], 11/23/97 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum)
GRAYSON CAPPS – Rock ‘n’ Roll (2011 the Lost Cause Minstrels)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Midnight in Harlem (2011 Revelator)
BRUSHFIRE STANKGRASS – Funk Epidemic (2010 One for the Salamanders)
the INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – the Hitchhiker (2011 We’ll Do It Live)
the JAYHAWKS – Mockingbird Time (2011 Mockingbird Time)

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Keep an eye on the blog in the next few days and I’ll post my yearly listmania (^_^) TOAST

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2011 MUSICAL YEAR IN REVIEW

This Thursday (12/29), tune in, turn on, and jam out with the sweetest sounds from this year's crop. Not just the best studio releases, but the best live releases (both official and unofficial), the best local music, and as always, the best bands you must see live. It'll be one for the record books - hope you can join me (^_^) TOAST

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TnJ 373 (12/22/11)

"What's it all about?" "It" being the whole jam band thing, I guess. Here's as good a place to start as any. A primer for a friend looking for an "in," perhaps. And though I could certainly do a few more lists like these to get everyone in I feel should be represented, I'm calling this JAM BAND 101. Enjoy (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – Warehouse (1997 Live at Red Rocks 8/15/95)
JIMI HENDRIX – Jam Back at the House (1994 Woodstock, c. 1969)
moe. - Meat (2000 L)
PHISH – the Moma Dance > the Wedge (9/3/11 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Denver, CO)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ JOHN COWAN – Can't Stop Now (6/19/03 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride, CO)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Kentucky Mandolin (2008 Mountain Tracks Volume 5, 7/21/07 Columbus, OH)

-HOUR TWO-

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Whipping Post (1997 Fillmore East February, 1970)
LED ZEPPELIN – You Shook Me (8/31/69 Texas International Pop Festival, Dallas, TX)
GOV'T MULE – Mule (4/28/07 Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM)
UMPHREY'S McGEE – Hangover (12/30/04 the Riviera, Chicago, IL)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Travelin' Light (2010 Live in the Classic City II, MM)
GRATEFUL DEAD – the Music Never Stopped (1999 So Many Roads 1965-1995 [box set], 10/14/80 the Warfield, San Francisco, CA)

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TnJ 372 (12/15/11)

Once again, guest toast Clinton Huling gets it done, excavating rare treasures from his archives (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

JIMMY REED – Christmas Present Blues (2009 In the Christmas Groove)
AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE – Black Music Gold [Pearl] (1972 Black Water Gold)
EDDIE HAZEL – California Dreamin’ (1977 Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs)
JIMI HENDRIX – Hear My Freedom (2010 West Coast Seattle Boy – the Jimi Hendrix Anthology)
KING CURTIS – Instant Groove (1969 Instant Groove)
JERRY GARCIA & FRIENDS – Slippin’ Into Christmas (11/23/72 Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX)
JIMMY McGRIFF – Jingle Bells (1963 Christmas with Jimmy McGriff)
EDDIE HARRIS & LES McCANN – Shorty Rides Again (1971 Second Movement)
RAY CHARLES – the Little Drummer Boy (1985 the Spirit of Christmas)

-HOUR TWO-

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Never Been to Spain (11/2/11 George’s Majestic, Fayetteville, AR)
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Ride (11/2/11 George’s Majestic, Fayetteville, AR)
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Mr. Charlie (11/2/11 George’s Majestic, Fayetteville, AR)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND – Melody Ann (1979 Running Like the Wind)
NEIL YOUNG – Pocahontas (11/17/92 WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL)
RECONSTRUCTION – Strugglin’ Man (7/7/79 the Keystone, Palo Alto, CA)
MIKE BLOOMFIELD – the Ones I Loved Are Gone (1969 It’s Not Killing Me)

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TnJ 371 (12/8/11)

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Postcard (12/31/10 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Apollo (2011 Apollo) stockholmsyndromeband.com
RYAN ADAMS – Invisible Riverside (2011 Ashes & Fire)
DARK STAR ORCHESTRA – Feel Like a Stranger (7/8/10 All Good Music Festival, Masontown, WV) darkstarorchestra.net
ROBERT EARL KEEN – Play a Train Song (2011 Ready for Confetti) robertearlkeen.com
GRAYSON CAPPS – Coconut Moonshine (2011 the Lost Cause Minstrels) graysoncapps.com
FORMER CHAMPIONS – [Worthless] Human Artifacts (2011 Former Champions) homegrownmusic.net
moe. - Downward Facing Dog (2012 What Happened to the La Las) moe.org

-HOUR TWO-

moe. w/ WARREN HAYNES – Opium (2011 Warren Haynes Presents – the Benefit Concert, Vol. 4, 12/21/02 Asheville, NC) warrenhaynes.net
JOE CARO – Sludge (2011 Home Alone) joecaro.net
DOORS – Back Door Man > Love Hides > Back Door Man (6/5/70 Seattle Center Coliseum)
DOORS – Soul Kitchen (2008 Live at the Matrix '67, 3/7/67 San Francisco, CA)
GREGG ALLMAN – I Can't Be Satisfied (2011 Low Country Blues)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Melissa (1992 An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band – First Set)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (7/19/79 Merriweather-Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)

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OAKHURST LIVE on KBAC WEDS 12/7

Tune in, turn on, and jam out with an afternoon Toast-n-Jam session in KBAC's Studio 2, 3 p.m., featuring Colorado's jamgrass up-and-comers: Oakhurst.

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Here's the link to listen to Oakhurst live on KBAC...
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TnJ 370 (12/1/11)

-HOUR ONE-

KELLER WILLIAMS INCIDENT – Man Smart [Woman Smarter] > Kidney in a Cooler (6/21/02 Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN)
OAKHURST – Bitterroot Hop (2008 Jump in the Get Down) porchmusic.com
DECEMBERISTS – Row Jimmy (2011 Long Live the King EP) thedecemberists.com
TOM WAITS – Satisfied (2011 Bad as Me)
NICK MOSS – Here Comes Moses (2011 Here I Am) nickmoss.com
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD – Come on Over (2011 How I Go)

-HOUR TWO-

ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND – Squeeze (2011 Live in Concert) robertrandolph.net
ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND w/ WARREN HAYNES and DANNY LOUIS – Shake Your Hips (2011 Warren Haynes Presents – the Benefit Concert, Vol. 4, 12/21/02 Asheville, NC) warrenhaynes.net
BLACK SABBATH – Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots (1970 Paranoid)
JANE'S ADDICTION – Curiosity Kills (2011 the Great Escape Artist) janesaddiction.com
UMPHREY'S McGEE – Miami Virtue (2011 Death by Stereo) umphreys.com
PHISH – Stash > NICU (2011 Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 [box set], 11/23/97 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum) phish.com

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