TnJ 772 (12/26/19)

Best of 2019 “Cream of the Crop” Part II of II

-HOUR TWO-

JERRY GARCIA BAND – They Love Each Other  (2019 Electric on the Eel, 6/10/89 French’s Camp, Piercy, CA)

GRATEFUL DEAD – Stella Blue  (2019 Dave’s Picks vol. 32, 3/24/73 the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA)

BRITTANY HOWARD – Short and Sweet  (2019 Jamie)

YOLA – It Ain’t Easier  (2019 Walk Through Fire)

JESSY WILSON – Love & Sophistication  (2019 Phase)

TAME IMPALA – Borderline  (2020 the Slow Rush)

TORO y MOI – Baby Drive It Down > Freelance  (2019 Outer Peace)

the MOTET – Death or Devotion  (2019 Death or Devotion)

-HOUR TWO-

SPAFFORD – All In  (3/4/18 Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA) nugs.net

GOV’T MULE – Blind Man in the Dark  (2019 Bring on the Music – Live at the Capitol Theatre [CD/DVD], ca. Apr 2019)

BLACK KEYS – Shine a Little Light  (2019 “Let’s Rock”)

NEW MASTERSOUNDS – Permission to Land  (2019 Shake It)

NEAL FRANCIS – She’s a Winner  (2019 Changes)

LOTUS – Bug Love  (2018 Frames per Second)

the COMMONHEART – Do Right  (2019 Pressure)

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TnJ 771 (12/19/19)

Best of 2019 “Cream of the Crop” Part I of II

-HOUR ONE-

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – A Smiling Epitaph  (2019 Servants of the Sun)

BOB DYLAN – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall  (2019 the Rolling Thunder Revue – the Live 1975 Recordings [box set])

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Long Time Going > Thunder > Comin Again  (2019 Rise Sun)

BILLY STRINGS – Home  (2019 Home)

LETTUCE – Everybody Wants to Rule the World  (2019 Elevate)

CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM – Little Fishes  (2019 South of Reality)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Protein Drink > Sewing Machine  (6/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO) livewidespreadpanic.com

GHOST LIGHT – Isosceles  (2019 Best Kept Secrets)

BLACK PUMAS – Fire  (2019 Black Pumas)

JOE RUSSO’S ALMOST DEAD w/ STUART BOGIE – Shakedown Street > First Tube > Terrapin Station  (8/29/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

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TnJ 770 (12/12/19)

Welcome once again, guest toast Clinton Huling!

-HOUR ONE-

JIMMY McGRIFF – Jingle Bells  (1964 Christmas with Jimmy McGriff)

RINGO STARR - $15 Draw  (1970 Beaucoups of Blues)

JONATHAN WILSON – Angel  (2013 Live at Vieilles Charrues Festival)

BOREALIS – Tomorrow Morning  (1972 Sons of the Sea)

WIDESPREAD PANIC – Pickin’ Up the Pieces  (12/30/12 the Fillmore, Charlotte, NC) livewidespreadpanic.com

WET WILLIE – In Our Hearts  (1974 Keep on Smilin’)

DENNIS COFFEY w/ KINGS GO FORTH – Miss Millie  (2011 Dennis Coffey)

ALBERT KING – I Wanna Get Funky  (1974 I Wanna Get Funky)

-HOUR TWO-

RICHARD “GROOVE” HOLMES – No Trouble on the Mountain  (2008 Groove Merchants Super Funk Collection – Return of Jazz Funk)

GRANT GREEN – I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat  (1971 Shades of Green)

STEVIE WONDER – To Know You Is to Love You  (bootleg: Funkafied Rainbow, 1/31/74 Finsbury Park, London, England)

EDDIE HAZEL – Physical Love  (1977 Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs)

ZEPHYR – Take My Love  (1971 Going Back to Colorado)

SANTANA – Incident at Neshabur  (12/11/75 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY)

FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD – Midnight Moonlight  (9/9/18 Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple, Denver, CO)

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ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL - DENVER

ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL - December 8, 2019 Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO

Devon Allman, Duane Betts, and Berry Oakley, Jr. are doing a fine job carrying on their collective family legacies.  For three nights only - one each in San Francisco, Denver, and New York - they upped the ante and invited all their rowdy friends to sit in and play their favorite Allman Brothers Band songs.

Unfortunately, they did not do a great job of consistently announcing said special guests, but I definitely managed to identify Big Head Todd, Eric Krasno, Eric McFadden, Luther Dickinson, Robert Randolph, and Robin Zander.  Sometimes there were as many as five guitarists onstage, and often three drummers / percussionists.  The wall of sound they collectively put forth was intense, and of course rang my nostalgia bell more than once.

The Mission Ballroom's reputation preceded our arrival, with legions of heads happily proclaiming it "one of the best venues in the country."  I wonder if they are all just parroting what "everybody says" about the venue because, honestly, I rate it as on par with Denver's Live Nation-owned Fillmore Auditorium (which we had visited the night before to see Lettuce and Antibalas), only with better beer.  I guess industrial chic still carries aesthetic weight with Coloradoans.

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TnJ 769 (12/5/19)

-HOUR ONE-

PAUL RIDDLE & FRIENDS [WARREN HAYNES, JACK PEARSON, OTEIL BURBRIDGE & DANNY LOUIS] – Can’t You See  (2019 Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert Vol. 16, 12/13/14 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Armageddon’s Back in Town  (2020 the Unraveling)

ALLMAN BETTS BAND – Shinin’  (2019 Down to the River)

DR. BACON – Maybe Maybe  (2019 Fast & Loose with the Essentials)

ALO – Baby Blind Spot  (2020 Creatures vol. 2 EP: Weave)

PHISH – Roses Are Free  (1999 Hampton Comes Alive, 11/20/98 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)

TEMPLES – Hot Motion  (2019 Hot Motion)

METRONOMY – the Light  (2019 Metronomy Forever)

-HOUR TWO-

PAPADOSIO – the World Is a Cube  (2018 Content Coma)

the FLOOZIES – Sunroof Cadillac  (2012 Sunroof Cadillac EP)

LETTUCE – Sam Huff’s Flying Raging Machine  (2008 Rage!)

ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA – Who Is Dis America Dem Speak of Today?  (2004 Who Is This America?)

TAUK – Premises  (4/13/19 Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN) nugs.net

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Birdland > Flying Home Jam > Wheel Hoss > Flying Home Jam > Birdland  (12/30/12 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO) livecheese.com

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For those paying extra-close attention last week, it was a classic Thanksgiving session.  The original set list is copied below for your convenience, music lovers...

TnJ 369 (11/24/11)
 

Extra Grateful Thanksgiving Edition...

-SET ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Hard to Handle (4/29/71 Fillmore East, New York, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Sugar Magnolia (2007 Live at the Cow palace – New Year’s Eve 1976)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Deal (5/8/77 Cornell U)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bertha > Good Lovin’ (7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

-SET TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Uncle John’s Band > Playing in the Band > Uncle John’s Band (6/8/80 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Bird Song (4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Shakedown Street (12/14/90 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO)

ENCORE:

GRATEFUL DEAD – Dancing in the Street (5/8/77 Cornell U)

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CAPRICORN REVIVAL IN MACON

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - To celebrate the re-opening of Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, GA, musicians gathered and collaborated on an epic set list last night.  Among the performers (under direction of Chuck Leavell): Widespread Panic's John Bell, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Hall, Marcus King, Jaimoe, Tommy Talton, Charlie Starr, Brent Cobb, Randall Bramblett, and Duane Betts.  See the set list below, photo credit to Jordan Zucker.

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