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"In a world where nobody rocks out anymore, [they] absolutely still do."
"tough riffs and memorable harmonies"
"one of the best JGB recordings ever"
"An astonishingly deft blend of heavy stoner rock and psychedelia."
"If you only ever own one Dead show, it should be this one."
"This is the kind of band I could see forming a religion around."
"These songs play out like postcards from another world."
"These guys are in complete control of their craft, which seems to be making every track an all-out head trip."
"If no one else ever releases another blues album in the history of the world, at least we have this."
"This is such a perfect Toast-n-Jam album I almost can’t believe my ears."
"A jangly, harmonic, power-folk masterpiece."
"Five words: 1) Best 2) Album 3) Since 4) Mikey 5) Died." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
7/10/09 KBAC, SANTA FE, NM (click to see slideshow)
Tom Watts @ KBAC 7/2/09
"This is not only the best album of 2009, but the best album of Son Volt’s career." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
Woody and Ryan (Pigment) jammin in the Eldo garage
Jen (O'Connor) Dodge w/TOAST in studio
Keller Williams w/Moseley, Droll & Sipe
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
"...possibly the most underrated band on the planet." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
TEA LEAF GREEN (w/Hot Buttered Rum) at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM, June 10, 2008
Chris and Tom are often visited by Ghosts of Jams Past
TnJ Concert Calendar
- * LISTINGS ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, BUT CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL, Y'ALL...
- 08/18 (Su) – SIERRA FERRELL / NICK SHOULDERS – The Bridge, SF, NM
- 08/24 (Sa) – DWIGHT YOAKAM / the MAVERICKS – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
- 08/27 (Tu) – MICHAEL MARCAGI – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 08/28 (W) – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS / JD McPHERSON – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
- 08/29 (Th) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
- 08/29 (Th) – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS / JD McPHERSON – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
- 08/30 (F) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
- 08/31 (Sa) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
- 09/01 (Su) – GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
- 09/01 (Su) – PHISH – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City , CO
- 09/02 (M) – GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
- 09/02 (M) – SAM BUSH BAND – Taos Mesa Brewing, El Prado, NM
- 09/06 (F) – WYATT FLORES / MAX McNOWN – the Bridge, SF, NM
- 09/07 (Sa) – LOS LOBOS – Nat’l Hispanic Cultural Center, ABQ, NM
- 09/08 (Su) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
- 09/09 (M) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
- 09/09 (M) – RUFUS WAINWRIGHT w/ the SANTA FE SYMPHONY – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
- 09/11 (W) – DWEEZIL ZAPPA – Lensic, SF, NM
- 09/11 (W) – GARY CLARK JR. – Santa Fe Opera, SF, NM
- 09/13 (F) – MARLEY BROTHERS – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
- 09/14 (Sa) – POLYPHONIC SPREE – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 09/15 (Su) – AMOS LEE / INDIGO GIRLS – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
- 09/20 (F) – BARENAKED LADIES / TOAD the WET SPROCKET – Revel, ABQ, NM
- 09/20 (Sa) – KELLER WILLIAMS – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 09/21 (Sa) – GRACE POTTER – the Bridge, SF, NM
- 09/22 (Su) – FUTURE ISLANDS – the Bridge @ SF Brewing, SF, NM
- 09/22 (Su) – HOZIER / ALLISON RUSSELL – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
- 09/24 (Tu) – ERIC IDLE – Lensic, SF, NM
- 09/24 (Tu) – ODIE LEIGH – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 09/25 (W) – CAT POWER SINGS DYLAN – Lensic, SF, NM **sold out**
- 09/26 (Th) – ALLEN STONE – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 09/28 (Sa) – WALLFLOWERS – Lensic, SF, NM
- 10/04 (F) – BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
- 10/07 (M) – MELISSA ETHERIDGE – Lensic, SF, NM
- 10/12 (Sa) – BUCKETHEAD – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
- 10/13 (Su) – BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Lensic, SF, NM (rescheduled from May)
- 10/29 (Tu) – MDOU MOCTAR – El Rey Theater, ABQ, NM
- 10/30 (W) – MEN at WORK – Lensic, SF, NM
- 11/10 (Su) – KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – Revel, ABQ, NM
- 11/20 (W) – BLIND PILOT – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
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FESTIVUS for the RESTIVUS
- Dec 12-16, 2024 - STRINGS & SOL - Puerto Morelos, MX (featuring GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY, RAILROAD EARTH, INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, LEFTOVER SALMON, KITCHEN DWELLERS, BROKE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS BAND, JON STICKLEY TRIO) visit StringsAndSol.com
- Sep 10-13, 2025 - BENDER JAMBOREE - Las Vegas, NV (featuring STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, moe., WOOD BROTHERS, LEFTOVER SALMON, RAILROAD EARTH, DANIEL DONATO'S COSMIC COUNTRY, KARL DENSON'S TINY UNIVERSE, EGGY, KELLER WILLIAMS, SIERRA HULL, the MOTET, more) visit BenderJamboree.com
2019 HIGH POINTS
"In a world where nobody rocks out anymore, [they] absolutely still do."
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2019
- 01) BLACK KEYS - 'Let's Rock'
- 02) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Servants of the Sun
- 03) YOLA - Walk Through Fire
- 04) CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM - South of Reality
- 05) INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Rise Sun
- 06) JENNY LEWIS - On the Line
- 07) BUDOS BAND - V
- 08) MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Kiwanuka
- 09) GHOST LIGHT - Best Kept Secrets
- 10) STURGILL SIMPSON - Sound & Fury
TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2019
- GOV'T MULE - Bring on the Music - Live at the Capitol Theatre
- JERRY GARCIA BAND - Electric on the Eel
- BOB DYLAN - Rolling Thunder Revue - the 1975 Live Recordings
2018 HIGH POINTS
"tough riffs and memorable harmonies"
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2018
- 01) MAGPIE SALUTE - High Water I
- 02) RECORD COMPANY - All of This Life
- 03) LUCY DACUS - Historian
- 04) DECEMBERISTS - I'll Be Your Girl
- 05) LEFTOVER SALMON - Something Higher
- 06) KHRUANGBIN - Conn Todo el Mundo
- 07) FATHER JOHN MISTY - God's Favorite Customer
- 08) UMPHREY'S McGEE - It's Not Us
- 09) MARCUS KING BAND - Carolina Confessions
- 10) SPAFFORD - For Amusement Only
2018 MORE HIGH POINTS
"one of the best JGB recordings ever"
TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2018
- 01) JERRY GARCIA BAND – Garcia Live Vol.10
- 02) LED ZEPPELIN – How the West Was Won [remastered]
- 03) UMPHREY’S McGEE – 7/7/18 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
- 04) DAVID BOWIE – Glastonbury 2000
- 05) PHISH – 10/31/18 MGM Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
- 06) GRATEFUL DEAD – Dave’s Picks vol. 26
- 07) moe. – 2/2/18 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
- 08) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Raven’s Reels, vol. 1
- 09) CHICAGO FARMER – Quarter Past Tonight
- 10) MUNGION – Live Fun Vol. 1
2017 HIGH POINTS
"An astonishingly deft blend of heavy stoner rock and psychedelia."
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2017
- 01) KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Flying Microtonal Banana
- 02) GOV'T MULE - Revolution Come...Revolution Go
- 03) SPOON - Hot Thoughts
- 04) BARR BROTHERS - Queens of the Breakers
- 05) BIG SOMETHING - Tumbleweed
- 06) ST. VINCENT - Masseduction
- 07) PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - So It Is
- 08) INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Laws of Gravity
- 09) POLYRHYTHMICS - Caldera
- 10) BAND of HEATHENS - Duende
- read more about these great albums
2017 MORE HIGH POINTS
"If you only ever own one Dead show, it should be this one."
TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2017
- 01) GRATEFUL DEAD - Cornell 5/8/77
- 02) PHISH - 7/25/17 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
- 03) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Betty's Self-Rising Southern Blends, Vol. 3
- 04) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Live from the Fox Oakland
- 05) DOPAPOD - II Saw Live Dopapod Evil Was II
- 06) STEVE WINWOOD - Greatest Hits Live
- 07) WIDESPREAD PANIC - 10/28/17 Park Theatre, Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
- 08) OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW - 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
- 09) SPAFFORD - Abaculus - An Improvisational Experience
- 10) RYAN ADAMS - Live at Rough Trade
- read more about these great albums
2016 HIGH POINTS
"This is the kind of band I could see forming a religion around."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS of 2016
- 01) MARCHFOURTH - Magic Number
- 02) UMPHREY'S McGEE - Zonkey
- 03) DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
- 04) PHISH - Big Boat
- 05) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Let Me Get By
- 06) RECORD COMPANY - Give It Back to You
- 07) BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Like an Arrow
- 08) DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - American Band
- 09) MARCO BENEVENTO - the Story of Fred Short
- 10) AVETT BROTHERS - True Sadness
- 11) BOB WEIR - Blue Mountain
- 12) YEASAYER - Amen & Goodbye
- 13) SAM BUSH - Storyman
- 14) MARCUS KING BAND - the Marcus King Band
- 15) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel
- 16) TAUK - Sir Nebula
2015 HIGH POINTS
"These songs play out like postcards from another world."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS 2015
- 01) MY MORNING JACKET - the Waterfall
- 02) BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR – Space Is Still the Place
- 03) LETTUCE – Crush
- 04) DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE – Nashville Obsolete
- 05) CHRIS STAPLETON – Traveller
- 06) REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – So Delicious
- 07) ALABAMA SHAKES – Sound & Color
- 08) PIMPS of JOYTIME – Jukestone Paradise
- 09) UMPHREY’S McGEE – the London Session
- 10) LEON BRIDGES – Coming Home
- 11) the WORD – Soul Food
- 12) CIRCLES AROUND the SUN – Interludes for the Dead
- 13) AJ GHENT BAND – Live at Terminal West
- 14) JJ GREY & MOFRO – Ol’ Glory
- 15) YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Black Sheep
- for a more in-depth look at TnJ faves from 2015, click here
2014 HIGH POINTS
"These guys are in complete control of their craft, which seems to be making every track an all-out head trip."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2014
01) TV on the RADIO - Seeds
02) moe. - No Guts, No Glory
03) STURGILL SIMPSON - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
04) STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Song in My Head
05) EARPHUNK - Sweet Nasty
06) LEFTOVER SALMON - High Country
07) ISRAEL NASH - Rain Plans
08) UMPHREY’S McGEE - Similar Skin
09) BIG DADDY LOVE - This Time Around
10) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS - Hypnotic Eye
02) moe. - No Guts, No Glory
03) STURGILL SIMPSON - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
04) STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Song in My Head
05) EARPHUNK - Sweet Nasty
06) LEFTOVER SALMON - High Country
07) ISRAEL NASH - Rain Plans
08) UMPHREY’S McGEE - Similar Skin
09) BIG DADDY LOVE - This Time Around
10) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS - Hypnotic Eye
2013 HIGH POINTS
"If no one else ever releases another blues album in the history of the world, at least we have this."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2013
- 01) BUDDY GUY - Rhythm & Blues
- 02) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Made Up Mind
- 03) the BLACK LILLIES - Runaway Freeway Blues
- 04) BONERAMA - Shake It Baby
- 05) the HANDSOME FAMILY - Wilderness
- 06) the MAVERICKS - In Time
- 07) ROBERT RANDOLPH and the FAMILY BAND - Lickety Split
- 08) PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - That's It!
- 09) GARLAND JEFFREYS - Truth Serum
- 10) SARAH JAROSZ - Build Me Up from Bones
2012 HIGH POINTS
"This is such a perfect Toast-n-Jam album I almost can’t believe my ears."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2012
- 01) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Big Moon Ritual
- 02) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Psychedelic Pill
- 03) GARY CLARK, JR. - Blak and Blu
- 04) the SHINS - Point of Morrow
- 05) INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Silver Sky
- 06) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - the Magic Door
- 07) moe. - What Happened to the La Las
- 08) ALABAMA SHAKES - Boys & Girls
- 09) LEFTOVER SALMON - Aquatic Hitchhiker
- 10) JERRY DOUGLAS - Traveler
- click here for more on 2012's high points
CHRIS' #1 2011
"A jangly, harmonic, power-folk masterpiece."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2011
01) the JAYHAWKS – Mockingbird Time
02) the DECEMBERISTS – the King Is Dead
03) MY MORNING JACKET – Circuital
04) TV on the RADIO – Nine Types of Light
05) BLACK JOE LEWIS & the HONEYBEARS – Scandalous
06) GRAYSON CAPPS – the Lost Cause Minstrels
07) TOM WAITS – Bad as Me
08) NATHAN MOORE – Dear Puppeteer
09) the BLACK KEYS – El Camino
10) STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Apollo
More in-depth Best of 2011 ruminations here...
02) the DECEMBERISTS – the King Is Dead
03) MY MORNING JACKET – Circuital
04) TV on the RADIO – Nine Types of Light
05) BLACK JOE LEWIS & the HONEYBEARS – Scandalous
06) GRAYSON CAPPS – the Lost Cause Minstrels
07) TOM WAITS – Bad as Me
08) NATHAN MOORE – Dear Puppeteer
09) the BLACK KEYS – El Camino
10) STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Apollo
More in-depth Best of 2011 ruminations here...
CHRIS' #1 2010
"Five words: 1) Best 2) Album 3) Since 4) Mikey 5) Died." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2010
- 01) WIDESPREAD PANIC – Dirty Side Down
- 02) DIERKS BENTLEY – Up On the Ridge
- 03) LOS LOBOS – Tin Can Trust
- 04) TROMBONE SHORTY – Backatown
- 05) JIMI HENDRIX – Valleys of Neptune
- 06) GREAT AMERICAN TAXI – Reckless Habits
- 07) MOKSHA – Mammal or Machine
- 08) LUBRIPHONIC – The Gig Is On
- 09) BROKEN BELLS – Broken Bells
- 10) WHITEWATER RAMBLE – All Night Drive
- See more on these, and other 2010 picks here
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
7/10/09 KBAC, SANTA FE, NM (click to see slideshow)
Blog Archive
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES 3
Tom Watts @ KBAC 7/2/09
CHRIS' #1 2009
"This is not only the best album of 2009, but the best album of Son Volt’s career." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
TnJ TOP TEN 2009
- 1 - SON VOLT – American Central Dust
- 2 - OUTFORMATION – Fastburn
- 3 - ASSEMBLY of DUST – Some Assembly Required
- 4 - CASEY DREISSEN – Oog
- 5 - SHEMEKIA COPELAND – Never Going Back
- 6 - THEM CROOKED VULTURES
- 7 - JEFF BUJAK – Alive Like the Spine
- 8 - THE FELICE BROTHERS – Yonder is the Clock
- 9 - SAM BUSH – Circles Around Me
- 10 - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – The Fine Print (a Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2001-2008)
- See more on these, and other 2009 picks here
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES 2
Woody and Ryan (Pigment) jammin in the Eldo garage
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES
Jen (O'Connor) Dodge w/TOAST in studio
TOM's #1 2008
Keller Williams w/Moseley, Droll & Sipe
TnJ TOP TEN 2008
- TOM's
- #10 – Drew Emmitt “The Long Road”
- #9 – Waybacks “Loaded”
- #8 – Stanton Moore Trio “Emphasis on Parenthesis”
- #7 – Markus James “Snakeskin Violin”
- #6 – Widespread Panic “Free Somehow”
- #5 – Michael Franti & Spearhead “All Rebel Rockers”
- #4 – Xavier Rudd “Dark Shades of Blue”
- #3 - moe. “Sticks and Stones”
- #2 - YMSB “Mountain Tracks vol 5”
- #1 – Keller Williams w/Gibb Droll, Jeff Sipe, Keith Moseley “Live”
- See full post for details Wednesday, January 10, 2008
- CHRIS'
- 1) THE RACONTEURS – Consolers of the Lonely
- 2) THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – The Infamous Stringdusters
- 3) MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – All Rebel Rockers
- 4) DeVotchKa – A Mad & Faithful Telling
- 5) RAINMAKER – Long Slow Fade
- 6) STEPHEN MALKMUS & the JICKS – Real Emotional Trash
- 7) moe. – Sticks and Stones
- 8) THE DUHKS – Fast Paced World
- 9) MY MORNING JACKET – Evil Urges
- 10) TEA LEAF GREEN – Raise Up the Tent
- See full post for details Thursday, January 1, 2008
CHRIS' #1 2008
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
CHRIS' #1 2007
"...possibly the most underrated band on the planet." - Chris "TOAST" Diestler
TnJ TOP TEN 2007
- 1 – WILCO – Sky Blue Sky
- 2 – UMPHREY’S MCGEE – Live at the Murat
- 3 – JOHN BUTLER TRIO – Grand National
- 4 – THE BRIDGE – the Bridge
- 5 – MAMA’S COOKIN’ – Mama’s Cookin’
- 6 – MOSES GUEST – Best Laid Plans
- 7 – JJ GREY & MOFRO – Country Ghetto
- 8 – HOT BUTTERED RUM – Live in the Northeast
- 9 – RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND – Patience on Friday
- 10 – SLIGHTLY STOOPID – Chronchitis
Twirly Dancer
TEA LEAF GREEN (w/Hot Buttered Rum) at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM, June 10, 2008
Jimi Thing
Chris and Tom are often visited by Ghosts of Jams Past
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