TnJ 860 (9/30/21)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Eyes of the World > China Doll  (2021 Dave's Picks vol. 38, 9/8/73 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)

AARON LEE TASJAN - Traveling After Dark  (2021 Highway Butterfly - the Songs of Neal Casal)

SIERRA FERRELL - Why'd You Do It  (2021 Long Time Coming)

JD SIMO - Know It All  (2021 Mind Control)

MONOPHONICS - Foolish Love  (2012 In Your Brain)

-HOUR TWO-

TAUK - Technodrome  (2021 Chaos Companion)

KENDALL STREET COMPANY - Livin' on the Bone  (2021 the Year the Earth Stood Still)

LUKAS NELSON + PROMISE of the REAL - Leave 'em Behind  (2021 A Few Stars Apart)

BILLY STRINGS - Hide and Seek  (2021 Renewal)

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ TREY ANASTASIO - Layla  (2021 Layla Revisited, Live at LOCKN' 8/24/19 Arrington, VA)

TREY ANASTASIO BAND - Everything's Right  (1/17/20 the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA)

LONNIE SMITH w/ GEORGE BENSON, RON CARTER, et al. - It's Changed  (1975 Afro-desiac)

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AMERICANA FEST 2021

Hey, on the off chance this ends up being the last gathering I (or anyone else) gets to experience, here's evidence I had fun visiting with radio people in Nashville last week...

And this last pic is evidence of the amazing venue 1 Cannery Row (which actually houses 5 venues!) before they tear it down to build condos in May 2022.  Always in flux is Nashville...

Here's just a partial list of the incredible musical acts I saw last week.  Might as well list them alphabetically so as to be fair:

AMYTHYST KIAH 

BELLA WHITE

BRANDI CARLILE

CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM

DEAD SOUTH

EMMYLOU HARRIS

HIGHWOMEN

IDA MAE

JACKSON + SELLERS

JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT

JOSHUA RAY WALKER

KEB'MO' 

MAGGIE ROSE

MAVERICKS 

NEAL FRANCIS

RODNEY CROWELL

RUTHIE FOSTER 

SHANNON McNALLY

SOUTHERN AVENUE

STRUNG LIKE A HORSE

SUSTO

VALERIE JUNE

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TnJ 859 (9/23/21)

Big thanks to guest toasts Michelle and Dave for filling in so I could get out of town and see some shows in NashVegas (^_^)

1. Thela Hun Ginjeet -- Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang -- Four Foot Shack

2. Atheists Don’t Have No Songs -- Steep Canyon Rangers & Steve Martin -- Rare Bird Alert

3. Boogie Chillen’ No. 2 --John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat -- Hooker n’ Heat

4. Whipping Post -- Bonerama -- Live from New York

5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band -- Jimi Hendrix -- Stages - Stockholm 67

6. Old & In the Way Breakdown -- Old & In the Way -- Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973

7. Tallboy -- Dottie Peoples; Widespread Panic -- Bonnaroo: Live from Bonnaroo Music Festival

8. Midnight Rider -- Radiators & Gregg Allman -- Earth vs. Radiators - The First 25

9. My Cello -- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks -- Alive & Lickin’

10. Hayloft -- Nickel Creek -- A Dotted Line

11. Can’t Find My Way Home -- Eric Clapton; Steve Windwood -- Live from Madison Square Garden

12. Touch of Grey -- Ratdog -- 2002-09-15 - Town Park - Telluride Blues and Brews

13. Rat a Tang Tang -- Papa Grows Funk -- Live at the Leaf

14. Crosstown Traffic -- Soulive & Robert Randolph -- Break Out

     

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DEAD & CO ADD RED ROCKS OCT 2021

Dead & Company have added Red Rocks to the fall tour schedule.  Tickets on sale Sept. 24 at axs.com Vaccination is required for these shows.

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TnJ 858 (9/16/21)

-HOUR ONE-

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS w/ PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - Having a Party  (2017 Live at Red Rocks, 8/21/16 Morrison, CO)

ST. PAUL and the BROKEN BONES - Convex  (2018 Young Sick Camellia)

LARKIN POE - Holy Ghost Fire  (2020 Self Made Man)

B.B. KING - Why I Sing the Blues  (1969 Live and Well)

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Don't It Make You Wanna Dance > Dudley's Kitchen  (7/27/13 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

STURGILL SIMPSON w/ WILLIE NELSON - Juanita  (2021 the Ballad of Dood and Juanita)

CHARLEY CROCKETT - Round This World  (2021 Music City USA)

LORD HURON - Long Lost  (2021 Long Lost)

-HOUR TWO-

MY MORNING JACKET - Love Love Love  (2021 My Morning Jacket)

PHISH - Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove  (2021 Live Bait vol. 17, 10/19/95 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO)

LOTUS - Condor  (2021 Citrus)

MATTHEW E. WHITE - Genuine Hesitation  (2021 K Bay)

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News from the Telluride people about the Superjam this weekend:

Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real’s 2021 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival performances will not be ones to miss! More than just a legendary family name and Neil Young’s touring group of choice the last few years, this is a band in their prime, showcasing stunning musicianship and a sound that plucks from rock, country, soul, folk and R&B.

In addition to their Sunday headlining set, we’re thrilled to announce an extension of the music with a one-of-a-kind Super Jam. Curated and hosted by Lukas, we’re excited to announce that special guests Nathaniel Rateliff, Larkin Poe, The Allman Betts Band, Jamestown Revival, and Amythyst Kiah will be sitting in and playing together. Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real takes the Main Stage at 7 pm for a full set with hits from their critically acclaimed new album “A Few Stars Apart”, followed by the Super Jam at 8:30 pm.

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TnJ 857 (9/9/21)

-HOUR ONE-

BLUES TRAVELER w/ GREGG ALLMAN - Mountain Cry  (1991 Travelers and Thieves)

ROBBEN FORD - Go  (2021 Pure)

ROBERT WALTER w/ GARY BARTZ and GREYBOY ALLSTARS - Impervious  (1996 Spirit of '70, 2021 reissue)

MAJOR SPARK - Beautiful Noise  (2021 Beautiful Noise)

SPAFFORD - the Reprise  (2020 Live at the Drive-In, 5/24/20 Digital Drive-In, Mesa, AZ)

TAUK - Moon Dub  (2021 Chaos Companion)

VILLAGERS - So Simpatico  (2021 Fever Dreams)

-HOUR TWO-

BÉLA FLECK w/ TONY TRISCHKA and NOAM PIKELNY - Boulderdash  (2021 My Bluegrass Heart)

FURIOUS SEASONS - Is This Happening  (2021 Home All Day, Home All Night)

GRATEFUL DEAD - Big Boss Man  (2021/1971 Grateful Dead [Skull & Roses], 4/26/71 Fillmore East, New York City, NY)

GRATEFUL DEAD - Bird Song  (2020 Dave's Picks vol. 36, 3/26/87 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT)

ROGER WATERS - Welcome to the Machine > Déjà Vu  (2020 Us + Them, ca. Jun 2018 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS - Shout  (1985 Pack Up the Plantation - Live!, 3/19/83 the Coliseum, Richfield, OH)

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TnJ 856 (9/2/21)

HEADS UP!  If y'all are heading to the Labor Day weekend run of Phish near Denver this weekend, they will be requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test result.  No camping this year...

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Possum  (1999 Hampton Comes Alive [box set], 11/20/98 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)

NEAL FRANCIS w/ DEREK TRUCKS - Can't Stop the Rain  (2021 In Plain Sight)

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER - Hardlytown  (2021 Quietly Blowing It)

MY MORNING JACKET - Regularly Scheduled Programming  (2021 My Morning Jacket)

PINK FLOYD - Sorrow  (2021 Live at Knebworth 1990, 6/20/90 London, Silver Clef Award show)

TAUK - Make Your Move  (2021 Chaos Champion)

WAR on DRUGS - Living Proof  (2021 I Don't Live Here Anymore)

-HOUR TWO-

HOUNDMOUTH - Cool Jam  (2021 Good for You)

ROOTS of CREATION w/ AGGROLITES and JESSE WAGNER - Soulshine  (2021 single)

WAY DOWN WANDERERS - the Wire  (2021 More Like Tomorrow)

WATCHHOUSE - New Star  (2021 Watchhouse)

BÉLA FLECK w/ SIERRA HULL and MOLLY TUTTLE - Strider  (2021 My Bluegrass Heart)

LANGHORNE SLIM - Stubborn Love  (2021 Amerikinda - 20 Years of Dualtone)

GRATEFUL DEAD - He's Gone > Little Star  (2021 Dave's Picks vol. 39, 4/15/83 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY)

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KARL DENSON'S TINY UNIVERSE 8/27/21

Friday, August 27th - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe lit up the Railyard stage for the last show there this summer.  The way things are going, we feel grateful to have any shows at all.  This was probably the 5th time I've seen these guys and it's always a funky pleasure.  Towards the end, Karl begged us "white people" to please talk some sense into our "crazy relatives."  The clown generating bubbles from a machine was a nice touch, although technically not part of the show.  Jen Faust, who long ago relocated to Telluride, can be seen right there up front, and birthday girl Ana Padilla was also spotted.  I dare say a good time was had by all, but that always seems to be the case with Karl D.

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BONNAROO CANCELLED DUE to FLOODING

After cancelling last year's event, and postponing this year's event due to COVID, Bonnaroo festival organizers have had to cancel this year's event due to flooding across the 700-acre site from Tropical Storm Ida.

Festival organizers tweeted that "all tickets purchased through FRONT GATE TICKETS will be refunded in as little as 30 days to the original method of payment."

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