Thursday, December 28, 2023

TnJ 969 (12/28/23)

The Year in Review, Part Deux (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

MOTET - Back Seat  (2023 All Day)
MOTET - We Got U  (2023 single)
REVIVALISTS - Good Old Days  (2023 Pour It Out Into the Night)
WILCO - Evicted  (2023 Cousin)
BOYGENIUS - $20  (2023 the Record)
NATIONAL - Tropic Morning News  (2023 First Two Pages of Frankenstein)
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY - Alice in the Bluegrass  (2023 City of Gold)
CAT POWER - Visions of Johanna  (2023 Cat Power Sings Dylan)

-HOUR TWO-

NEIL YOUNG - Mr. Soul > Comes a Time > Don't Forget Love  (2023 Before and After, ca. 2019)
CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - Empty Promises  (2023 Live in London, 6/6/23 the Garage)
DUANE BETTS w/ DEREK TRUCKS - Stare at the Sun  (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
GOOSE - Hungersite  (4/14/23 the Salt Shed, Chicago, IL)

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

TnJ 968 (12/21/23)

Part One, the Year in Review (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

ZIGGY MARLEY - Still Is Still Moving to Me  (2023 Long Story Short - Willie Nelson 90, ca. Apr 2023 Hollywood Bowl)
ALLISON RUSSELL and NORAH JONES - Seven Spanish Angels  (2023 Long Story Short - Willie Nelson 90, ca. Apr 2023 Hollywood Bowl)
TYLER CHILDERS - Time of the Preacher  (2023 Long Story Short - Willie Nelson 90, ca. Apr 2023 Hollywood Bowl)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Playing in the Band  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 5/13/73 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Somewhere Over the Rainbow  (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - the Golden Road [to Unlimited Devotion] > Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Iron Man  (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Crazy Train  (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA)
KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD - Theia [extended mix]  (2023 the Silver Cord)

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

TnJ 967 (12/14/23)

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Machine > Barstools and Dreamers  (10/22/23 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI)
GRATEFUL DEAD w/ DICKIE BETTS and BUTCH TRUCKS - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.)
DAVE MATTHEWS / TIM REYNOLDS - Typical Situation  (2010 Live at Planet Hollywood, ca. 2009 Las Vegas, NV)
ROBERT FINLEY - Alligator Bait  (2023 Black Bayou)

-HOUR TWO-

JIMMY BUFFETT - My Gummie Just Kicked In  (2023 Equal Strain on All Parts)
TREY ANASTASIO BAND w/ BILLY STRINGS - Meet Me at the Creek  (11/17/22 Eaglebank Arena, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA)
GOOSE w/ BRUCE HORNSBY - the Way It Is  (Goosemas X, 12/9/23 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)
SPAFFORD - Duncan's Uncle [song debut]  (11/15/23 Charleston Pour House, Charleston, SC)

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

TnJ 966 (12/7/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine [box set], 5/13/73 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA)
GOV'T MULE - Gone Too Long  (2023 Peace...Like a River)
JJ GREY & MOFRO - the Sea  (2024 Olustee)
TOM WAITS - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis  (1978 Blue Valentine)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Whipping Post  (2003 Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, 7/5/70 [although technically it was 7/6/70])

-HOUR TWO-

CAT POWER - Ballad of a Thin Man  (2023 Cat Power Sings Dylan)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Nobody Thought You Would  (2023 Lend Me a Hand)
LINDSAY LOU - On Your Side [Starman]  (2023 Queen of Time)
PHISH - Down with Disease > Ruby Waves  (10/11/23 Nutter Center, Dayton, OH)

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Monday, December 4, 2023

MERLEFEST 2024 LINEUP ENHANCED

New additions to the Merlefest 2024 lineup include Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Larkin Poe, Lukas Nelson & POTR, Dan Tymynski Band, Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart, Sierra Hull, and more! Go here for tickets.

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

TnJ 965 (11/30/23)

-HOUR ONE-

JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT - Miles  (2023 Weathervanes)
GOOSE - Arrow  (10/3/23 Pepsi Amphitheater, Flagstaff, AZ)
TAUK - Melvin's Mind  (2023 Equalizer)
PORNO for PYROS - Agua  (2023 charity single)
HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND - Gone  (2023 Custom Deluxe)

-HOUR TWO-

TWIDDLE - Gatsby the Great  (2023 the A-List - a Live Compilation, 2/26/23 Crystal Bay Crown Room, Crystal Bay, NV)
JOHN R. MILLER - Conspiracies, Cults & UFOs  (2023 Heat Comes Down)
WIDESPREAD PANIC w/ DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND - Swamp > Fishwater  (11/27/99 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)
LITTLE FEAT - Fat Man in the Bathtub  (2023 Dixie Chicken [deluxe edition], 4/1/73 Paul's Mall, Boston, MA, originally recorded for WBCN-FM)
KITCHEN DWELLERS - Seven Devils [Limbo]  (2024 Seven Devils)

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PHISH PLAYS SPHERE APRIL 2024

 
Announcing four unique shows at Sphere in Las Vegas.

April 18, 19, 20, 21.

A ticket request period is currently underway at tickets.phish.com ending December 11 at 9AM PT/Noon ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public December 15 at 10AM PT/1PM ET.

Travel packages will be available and go on sale tomorrow, December 1 at 10AM PT/1PM ET at phishatsphere.100xhospitality.com. Complete ticketing info can be found at phish.com/tours/sphere-2024/.

These will be Phish's only shows at Sphere in 2024.

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Monday, November 27, 2023

WINTER WONDERGRASS TIX ON SALE NOW

Personally, I like the idea of heading south of the border during the winter festival season, but some of y'all are apparently immune to snow and cold.  Tickets on sale now at WinterWondergrass.com

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

TnJ 964 (11/23/23)


Featuring a deep dive into 6/10/73 (part of the latest Grateful Dead box set, "Here Comes Sunshine 1973"), this is our yearly ALL-GRATEFUL Thanksgiving special session
(^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Morning Dew  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Wave That Flag  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Eyes of the World > Stella Blue  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC) 

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Here Comes Sunshine  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Sugar Magnolia  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Not Fade Away > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad > drums > Not Fade Away  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC)

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Friday, November 17, 2023

TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS 2024 ON-SALE CHANGES

From the festival:

Dearest Festivarians,

We're rearing and ready to talk about the Telluride Bluegrass ticket on-sale! Strap down, because we've got a loooong email ahead of us.  

Let's talk about what's going to be different about the process this year.

In order to buy tickets in the general on-sale (December 7th @ 10a MT), you will need to be pre-registered. Let us repeat that for the people in the back: you will need to be pre-registered to buy TBF tickets on December 7th.

This pre-registration process will allow us to screen out known scalpers before they can buy tickets (thus getting tickets only into the hands of true Festivarians!).

Here's how to get pre-registered: Go to shop.bluegrass.com anytime between 12:00p on Tuesday, November 14th and 11:59p on Tuesday, November 28th.
Click “Get Tickets” on the “Telluride Bluegrass 2024 Pre-Registration” event. Note: this is not an actual event!
Select one (1) $10 TBF Pre-Registration “ticket” from the dropdown and proceed through the entire purchase process. Note: this is not an actual ticket!

Why $10? The idea of charging $10 to "pre-reg" is that it will discourage those who aren't fully committed to attending the Festival as well as those who are too committed (aka scalpers) to acquiring tickets to re-sell. We hope that true Festivarians won't mind contributing $10 to offset the carbon footprint of the Festival while achieving these goals.

Going through this process and making the purchase allows us to collect some of your information, specifically email address, shipping address, and the last four digits of your credit card. Having this info will enable us to enforce a couple rules which are: You can only purchase one pre-registration per email address and credit card.
You can only use two email addresses per shipping address.

Once the Pre-Registration window closes on 11/28, our partners at See Tickets will perform a scalper screening and disqualify the email addresses of known scalpers as well as the email addresses of those who broke either of the above rules. On or before 12/6, we will notify you via email letting you know whether or not your email address was accepted. Be sure to check your spam folder.

PLEASE NOTE: pre-registration does not guarantee you tickets to the Festival!

As for the $10 it costs to pre-register, one of three things will happen: If you are accepted and purchase tickets, your $10 will go towards offsetting the carbon footprint of the Festival.
If you are accepted and aren't able to purchase tickets, your $10 will be refunded to the card you used to make the original purchase.
If you are rejected for any reason, your $10 will not be refunded but go towards offsetting the Festival’s carbon footprint.

On the morning of Thursday December 7th, Planet Bluegrass will send an email to all approved pre-registrants with the password which will allow you into the actual Telluride Bluegrass Festival event pages. They will be found at shop.bluegrass.com.

shop.bluegrass.com

You can find all the nitty gritty pre registration and on-sale details here.

PHEW! Okay, that's the whole gist of it. Thanks for sticking with us. If you have any questions, please give our office a call.

Love,

Your Friends on Planet Bluegrass

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

TnJ 963 (11/16/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DANIEL DONATO - Hi-Country  (2023 Reflector)
PHISH - Everything's Right  (9/3/23 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO)
TODD SNIDER - Slim Chance Is Still a Chance  (2023 Crank It, We're Doomed [ca. 2007])
UNCLE LUCIUS - Civilized Anxiety  (2023 Like It's the Last One Left)
CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - Midnight Heat  (2023 Live in London, 6/6/23 the Garage)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Like a Rolling Stone  (2023 Hollywood Bowl - August 18, 1967)
CAT POWER - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues  (2023 Cat Power Sings Dylan - the 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert)

-HOUR TWO-

PERT NEAR SANDSTONE - All Waves Break  (2023 Waiting Days)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Way Back When  (2023 Lend Me a Hand)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Morning Dew > Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band  (2023 Wake of the Flood [50th anniversary edition], 11/1/73 McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL)

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

STRINGDUSTERS SKI TOUR 2024

We can always count on The Infamous Stringdusters for a reason put the kibosh on cabin fever and join them on ski tour.  Tickets are on sale now HERE.

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GEM & JAM FESTIVAL TUCSON 2024

The first of 2024's festivals, and a great time to visit southeastern Arizona - Gem & Jam features The Disco Biscuits, Lettuce, Spafford, and LP Giobbi.

Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson February 2-4, 2024

GemAndJamFestival.com

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

TnJ 962 (11/9/23)

-HOUR ONE-

MARGO PRICE - Stranger in a Strange Land  (2023 a Song for Leon - a Tribute to Leon Russell)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA*)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - the Wizard  (10/28/23 Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA*)
MOTET - False Prophets  (2023 All Day)
SCOTT TOURNET - Cadillac  (2023 Rock & Roll Stories)
KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD - Set [extended mix]  (2023 the Silver Cord)
THIRD MIND - Sally Go 'Round the Roses  (2023 2)

-HOUR TWO-

SEMISONIC w/ JIM JAMES - Beautiful Sky  (2023 Little Bit of Sun)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Looking for Answers  (2023 Just Won't Burn - 25th anniversary edition, 10/6/22 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY)
OTEIL BURBRIDGE w/ JASON CROSBY, STEVE KIMOCK and JOHN KIMOCK - Days Between  (2023 Lovely View of Heaven)
BILLY and the KIDS w/ SIERRA HULL, DANIEL DONATO, and KANIKA MOORE - Wharf Rat > Franklin's Tower  (8/18/23 the Rooftop at Pier 17, New York, NY)

*This show has been dubbed "Wizard of Ozzy," by the band.  First set was "Wizard of Oz"-based, second set was "Ozzy"-based.  I remember being at Red Rocks one year when they busted out "Sweet Leaf."  My buddy wondered aloud how many people there believed it to be a Widespread Panic song.  I was pretty sure everybody knew it was a Black Sabbath song.

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KGLW ALBUQUERQUE 2024

Holy cow!  Australia's hardest working psych band - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - returns to Albuquerque after a long absence on 11/10/24 at Revel Entertainment Center.  Pre-sale is already underway, and public on-sale starts 11/10/23 at Lensic360.org

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

TnJ 961 (11/2/23)

-HOUR ONE-

KITCHEN DWELLERS - Welcome to the Machine  (2020 Reheated, vol. 2 EP)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Little Bit Crazy  (2024 Be Right Here)
BLACK CROWES - 99 Pounds  (2023 the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [box set], ca. 1992)
ROLLING STONES w/ LADY GAGA - Sweet Sounds of Heaven  (2023 Hackney Diamonds)
DUANE BETTS w/ MARCUS KING - Cold Dark World  (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
LUKAS NELSON + POTR - All Four Winds  (2023 Sticks and Stones)
NEIL YOUNG - I'm the Ocean / Homefires / Burned  (2023 Before and After)

-HOUR TWO-

GOOSE - Travelers I > Travelers II > Elmeg the Wise  (2023 Autumn Crossing EP)
KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD - Extinction [extended mix]  (2023 the Silver Cord)
GRATEFUL DEAD - the Other One > Ramble On Rose  (2023 Dave Pick's vol. 48, 11/20/71 Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)

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PHISH RIVIERA MAYA 2024

The best party south of the border?  Mayhap.  All you rich heads, limited packages remain: www.phishrivieramaya.com

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

UMPHREY'S NYE RUN CHICAGO

Umphrey's wraps their 25th year celebration near their home turf at Chicago's Riviera Theatre.  They will ring in 2024 with 3 sets and special guests.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

WIDESPREAD PANIC HALLOWEEN 2024

Rumor has it they played 9 bust-outs / debuts for the Halloween Savannah show - including Sabbath's "Snowblind," during which Josh Timmermans snapped this pic (^_^)

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TICO TIME BLUEGRASS MAY 2024

KSUT Public Radio and Tico Time announce a partnership to present the fourth annual Tico Time Bluegrass Festival at Tico Time Riverside Resort in Aztec, N.M., May 17-19, 2024. The leave-no-trace, family-friendly event will include performances by Railroad Earth, Elephant Revival, Kitchen Dwellers, The Lil Smokies, Larry Keel’s Electric Larry Land, Sticks N’ Thorns, and more than 17 other bands.

Tickets for Tico Time Bluegrass are on sale now at ticotimebluegrass.com.

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

TnJ 960 (10/26/23)

Special session!  The yearly Halloween Musical Masquerade, with bands "dressed up" as other bands.  Only this time, it's all bluegrass / newgrass / jamgrass / string bands.  Enjoy (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND [as GRATEFUL DEAD] - Franklin's Tower  (2010 String Summit, Horning's Hideout, North Plains, OR)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS [as GRATEFUL DEAD] - Tennessee Jed  (2018 Live in Telluride, ca. Jun 2018 the Palm Theatre)
BILLY STRINGS [as GRATEFUL DEAD] - Wharf Rat  (1/18/20 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
CHICKEN WIRE EMPIRE [as GRATEFUL DEAD] - Friend of the Devil  (2023 Verry Garcia)
OLD and IN the WAY [as ROLLING STONES] - Wild Horses  (1997 Breakdown, ca. Oct 1973 the Boarding House, San Francisco, CA)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS [as NORTON BUFFALO] - Ain't No Bread in the Breadbox  (8/3/19 Stateside Amphitheater, Jay Peak, VT)

-HOUR TWO-

SARAH JAROSZ [as PRINCE and the REVOLUTION] - When Doves Cry  (2017 recorded at Spotify studios NYC)
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY [as JEFFERSON AIRPLANE] - White Rabbit  (2023 single)
LOVE CANON [as a-ha] - Take On Me  (2012 Greatest Hits vol. 2)
DIRTY GRASS PLAYERS [as LORDE] - Royals  (2023 single)
CLEVERLYS [as RADIOHEAD] - Creep  (2023 Solid Butter)
LEFTOVER SALMON [as BOB DYLAN / LITTLE FEAT] - Tangled Up in Blue / Two Trains  (11/25/11 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO)
the GOURDS [as SNOOP DOGGY DOGG] - Gin and Juice  (2001 Shinebox)

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

TnJ 959 (10/19/23)

-HOUR ONE-

JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT - Save the World  (2023 Weathervanes)
WILCO - a Bowl and a Pudding  (2023 Cousin)
PHISH - Albuquerque  (10/13/23 United Center, Chicago, IL)
LINDSAY LOU w/ JERRY DOUGLAS - Nothing Else Matters  (2023 Queen of Time)
NICKEL CREEK - the Lighthouse's Song  (201 Live from the Fox Theater, 5/9/14 Oakland, CA)
ELOVATERS w/ LITTLE STRANGER - All Her Favorite Songs  (2023 Endless Summer)
BOMBINO - Tazidert  (2023 Sahel)
TINARIWEN - Tidjit  (2023 Amatssou)
PETER TOSH - Downpressor Man  (1977 Equal Rights)

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Estimated Prophet > Terrapin Station  (2020 Dave's Picks vol. 35, 4/19/84 Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA [bonus])
TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS - Sorry, I've Just Broken My Amplifier [spoken interlude] > Knockin' on Heaven's Door  (2022 Live at the Fillmore [box set], 2/3/97 San Francisco, CA)
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - Sweet 'Lil Lies  (2023 single)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Just Won't Burn  (2023 Just Won't Burn [25th anniversary edition], 10/7/22 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY)

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

TnJ 958 (10/12/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GOOSE - Animal  (10/3/23 Pepsi Amphitheater, Flagstaff, AZ)
KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD - Theia > the Silver Cord > Set  (2023 the Silver Cord)
YOKE LORE - Hallucinate  (2023 Toward a Never Ending New Beginning)
SAY SHE SHE - Astral Plane  (2023 Silver)
REVIVALISTS - Alive  (2023 Pour It Out Into the Night)
THIRD MIND - Groovin' Is Easy  (2023 2)

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD w/ BRANFORD MARSALIS - Bird Song  (2014 Wake Up to Find Out, 3/29/90 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)
CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - She Calls Me Kingfish  (2023 Live in London, 6/6/23 the Garage)
SHANNON McNALLY - Miracle Mile  (2023 Live at Dee's, ca. Sep 2022, Dee's Country Lounge, Madison, TN)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Rumble > Impossible > Travelin' Light  (6/23/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

NOTE: Last week's show was a repeat of TnJ 952 from 8/24/23, featuring Dead and Company from their "final" shows at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

GOV'T MULE ALBUQUERQUE

The 30 Years Strong Tour commences on February 8th in Vancouver and makes stops throughout the PNW and West Coast before wrapping on February 25th in Houston, TX!

🎟Tickets and more info at mule.net
FAN CLUB PRESALE:*
Wed, Oct 11th @ 10am ET - Thurs, Oct 12th at 10pm ET *PW FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM DATE IS 'PEACE' - ALL OTHER DATES DO NOT REQUIRE A PASSWORD!
PUBLIC ON SALE:
Fri, Oct 13th @ 10am local time

 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

TnJ 957 (9/28/23)

-HOUR ONE-
 
OYSTERHEAD - Mr. Oysterhead  (2001 the Grand Pecking Order)
KHRUANGBIN - August 10 > Maria También  (2023 Live at the Fillmore Miami)
NEIL YOUNG - Speakin' Out  (2018 Roxy - Tonight's the Night Live, ca. Sep 1973)
LINDSAY LOU - Queen of Time  (2023 Queen of Time)
BOMBINO - Darfuq  (2023 Sahel)
 
-HOUR TWO-
 
OTEIL BURBRIDGE - Stella Blue  (2023 Lovely View of the Sun)
BRUCE HORNSBY - Living in the Sunshine  (2023 Spirit Trail [25th anniversary reissue], ca. 1998)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Big Wooly Mammoth > Chilly Water > Surprise Valley > Arleen . Surprise Valley, Chilly Water  (7/25/22 Beacon Theatre, New York, NY)
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Big thanks to Josh Martin and The Mineshaft Tavern for rolling up a great festival in Madrid, NM last weekend.  Already looking forward to next year's.  Here's a couple of great segues they performed on Sunday, September 24, 2023, which we were all unlikely to have heard back in the original GD days: "Bird Song > the Other One," and "Playing in the Band > the Wheel > Terrapin Station."
 
Here's a photo from Detroit Lightning's facebook page, after they were Peter Rowan's pickup band on Saturday:



 


Thursday, September 21, 2023

TnJ 956 (9/21/23)

-HOUR ONE-

JERRY GARCIA BAND - Run for the Roses > They Love Each Other  (2023 Garcia Live volume 20, 6/18/82 Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA)
BORIS GARCIA - Breathe  (2023 It's Time for Tea)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD - the Woodturner  (2023 Leisure Suit)
DAVE McCMURRAY - Truckin'  (2023 Grateful Deadication 2)
GOV'T MULE - Thorazine Shuffle  (5/2/14 Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA)
BIG HEAD TODD and the MONSTERS - Circle  (1993 Sister Sweetly)

-HOUR TWO-

BAND of HEATHENS - Stormy Weather  (2023 Simple Things)
KEEGAN McINROE - Stoned and Broken Hearted  (2023 Agnes)
APPLES in STEREO - Energy  (2007 New Magnetic Wonder)
PHISH - Carini  (8/31/23 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO)
GOOSE - Hot Tea > Linus and Lucy > Hot Tea  (12/17/22 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO)

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PHISH NYE TICKET REQUEST UNDERWAY

Want MSG tickets?  Of course you do!  Ticket request period ends Monday at noon (EDT).  Public on-sale starts Friday, September 29th.  Go here, and good luck (^_^)

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Here's some pics from this year's Dick's run, courtesy of Chris McCain, longtime benefactor of Toast-n-Jam...








And, here's one from Zach Levis...

Just FYI, these guys had "first in" tickets (somehow, don't know how) and that's why they were up so close.  I think no matter where your vantage point, Chris Kuroda is an absolute King of Lighting (^_^)

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

TnJ 955 (9/14/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DEVON ALLMAN and DONAVON FRANKENREITER - See It All  (2023 Rollers EP)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Old Joe > Elevator to the Moon > Climb to Safety  (7/29/23 Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville, AL)
DEAD and COMPANY - Samson and Delilah  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Pretty Polly > Baba O'Reilly  (2019 Travelogue 2019, 2/21/19 MontBleu Resort, Stateline, NV)

-HOUR TWO-

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY - Where Did All the Wild Things Go?  (2023 City of Gold)
PAINTED MANDOLIN - Sweet Mandolin  (2023 Sweet Rain EP)
PHAROAH SANDERS - Harvest Time  (2023 Pharoah [reissue], originally 1976)
MIDNIGHT NORTH - Jupiter  (2023 Diamonds in the Zodiac)

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

TnJ 954 (9/7/23)

-HOUR ONE-

LITTLE FEAT - Hot Rod [Eldorado Slim]  (2023 Sailin' Shoes [deluxe edition] 8/28/71 Palladium, Los Angeles, CA)
LITTLE FEAT - Two Trains  (2023 Dixie Chicken [deluxe edition] 4/1/73 Paul's Mall, Boston, MA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Turn on Your Lovelight  (2022 Dave's Picks vol. 43, 12/26/69 McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX)
REVEREND FREAKCHILD - Tears on Fire  (2023 Songs of Beauty for Ashes of Realization)
RAUL MALO - Cosa's Cumbia  (2023 Say Less)
CORY WONG - Team Sports  (2023 the Power Station Tour Live [West Coast])

-HOUR TWO-

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - Walk Around the Moon  (2023 Walk Around the Moon)
MIDNIGHT NORTH - the Colors Here  (2023 Diamonds in the Zodiac)
GOOSE - 726  (2023 Live at the Salt Shed, 4/15/23 Chicago, IL)
DUANE BETTS - Forrest Lane  (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
WRECKLESS STRANGERS - Shudda Known  (2023 Orange Sky Dreams)
DEER TICK - the Real Thing  (2023 Emotional Contracts)
GRACE POTTER - Mother Road  (2023 Mother Road)
SCOTT TOURNET - Fever  (2023 Rock & Roll Stories)
GOV'T MULE - Peace I Need  (2023 Peace...Like a River)

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

TnJ 953 (8/31/23)

A phabulous, phreaky, Phish fest, with highlights from the MSG summer run of 7 shows...

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Cities  (7/28/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - Wolfman's Brother [w/ The Well tease]  (8/1/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - a Life Beyond the Dream  (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - 46 Days  (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - Split Open and Melt  (7/28/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - Mike's Song  (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
PHISH - While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (8/4/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

TnJ 952 (8/24/23)

Fare Thee Well, Dead and Company - here's some high points from the last two shows at Oracle Park last month (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD and COMPANY - Althea  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Cumberland Blues  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Franklin's Tower  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Terrapin Station  (7/15/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)

-HOUR TWO-

DEAD and COMPANY - Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Morning Dew  (7/15/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DEAD and COMPANY - Brokedown Palace  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)

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PHISH FLOOD SHOWS FREE

Phish phans!  The NE flood benefit shows at SPAC this weekend have been declared free to those of you on couch tour.  Go to LivePhish.com

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

TnJ 951 (8/17/23)

-HOUR ONE-

LED ZEPPELIN - For Your Life  (1976 Presence)
GOV'T MULE - Made My Peace  (2023 Peace...Like a River)
DUANE BETTS w/ NICKI BLUHM - Colors Fade  (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY w/ DAVE MATTHEWS - Yosemite  (2023 City of Gold)
LITTLE FEAT - Roll Um Easy  (1973 Dixie Chicken)
KENDALL STREET COMPANY - Becca's Dad  (2023 Separation95)
PHISH - Kill Devil Falls  (7/23/23 St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

moe. - Head > Brent Black  (2008 Warts & All vol. 6, 1/28/07 Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS)

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4CFF COMING LABOR DAY WEEKEND

I've heard a lot of great things about this festival but have never been.  Maybe this will be my year?  Then again, there's always Phish @ Dick's.  Go here for ticket info to the Four Corners Folk Festival.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

TnJ 950 (8/10/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD and COMPANY - New Speedway Boogie  (7/14/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)
DAVE McMURRAY w/ OTEIL BURBRIDGE - Scarlet Begonias  (2023 Grateful Deadication 2)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Ringo > Hajimemashite > Ringo  (2007 Live at The Murat, ca. Apr 2007 Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN)
GLORIETTA - I Know  (2018 Glorietta)
RAUL MALO w/ the MAVERICKS - Peach Blossom Blues  (2023 Say Less)
RED MATTER - Light of the Moon  (2023 Northbound Train)

-HOUR TWO-

LEFTOVER SALMON w/ DAROL ANGER - Country Blues  (2023 Grass Roots)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Party at Your Mama's House > Pilgrims  (6/25/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD - He's Gone  (2023 Leisure Suit)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Shakedown Street > Samson and Delilah  (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 47, 12/9/79 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO)

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

TnJ 949 (8/3/23)

Special guest toast Michelle LaFlamme-Childs!

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ TREY ANASTASIO - Little Wing  (2021 Layla Revisited, Live at LOCKN' 8/24/19 Arrington, VA)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Bust It Big  (2020 Sunday Show, 3/24/19 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
DEODATO - Also Sprach Zarathustra [2001]  (1973 Prelude)
CIRCLES AROUND the SUN - Saturday's Children  (2015 Interludes for the Dead)
SPAFFORD - Fünkenseven  (2022 Hindsight - a Live Compilation, 1/17/20 Antone's Nightclub, Austin, TX)
MOTET - Rynodub  (2014 the Motet)
BONERAMA - the Ocean   (2007 Bringing It Home, ca. Sep 2006)
GALACTIC - Stax Jam  (1996 Coolin' Off)
CHARLIE PARR w/ NICHOLAS MROZINSKI - Rocky Raccoon  (2011 Minnesota Beatle Project, vol. 3)
MERL SAUNDERS w/ JERRY GARCIA and TOM FOGERTY - After Midnight  (1973 Fire Up)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - This Must Be the Place  (2010 Rhythm of the Road Volume One – Incident in Atlanta 11/17/00)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Blue Sky  (2014 Play All Night – Live at the Beacon Theatre, ca. Mar 1992)
KELLER WILLIAMS w/ MORE THAN a LITTLE - West L.A. Fadeaway  (2013 Funk)
PHISH - Sand  (1/2/16 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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SALMON / ROWAN BOULDER THANKSGIVING

Leftover Salmon continues their Colorado Thanksgiving tradition, this time with Peter Rowan and special guests Banshee Tree and Sicard Hollow.  The shows are at the Boulder Theater and you can get your tickets here.

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Monday, August 7, 2023

HOW GRATEFUL ARE WE???

Last year's Jerry-centric festival in Madrid was a bona fide hoot.  I highly recommend checking out this year's in September (^_^)

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

TnJ 948 (7/27/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GOV'T MULE - Same As It Ever Was  (2023 Peace...Like a River)
MY MORNING JACKET - Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2  (2021 MMJ Live vol. 1, ca. 2015)
BEN HARPER - Masterpiece  (2023 Wide Open Light)
BLAKE MILLS - Skeleton Is Walking  (2023 Jelly Road)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Bird Song  (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 46 [bonus disc] 9/19/72 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ)
TWO TRACKS - Canyon Wren  (2023 It's a Complicated Life)
JONAH TOLCHIN - Searching for My Soul  (2023 Dockside)

-HOUR TWO-

MOONUNITT - Cops!  (2023 single)
TONY ALLEN / ADRIAN YOUNGE - Oladipo  (2023 Jazz Is Dead 18)
SGT. SPLENDOR - Lips Are Moving  (2023 Death of the Hoochie Koo)
PHISH - Bathtub Gin  (4/18/23 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA)
GOOSE - Tomorrow Never Knows  (4/14/23 the Salt Shed, Chicago, IL)

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

TnJ 947 (7/20/23)

All-instrumental special session (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

JERRY GARCIA / MERL SAUNDERS w/ JOHN KAHN and BILL KREUTZMANN - Save Mother Earth > Imagine  (2/6/72 Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, CA)
LETTUCE - the Force  (2015 Crush)
NEW MASTERSOUNDS - Dusty Groove  (2018 the Nashville Sessions 2)
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO - Tacoma Black Party  (2022 Live in Loveland!, ca. 2018 Plaid Room Records, Loveland, OH)
SANTANA - Soul Sacrifice  (1969 Santana)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Disco  (6/25/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Midwest Gospel Radio  (2006 Yonder Mountain String Band)
SLIGHTLY STOOPID - Zeplike  (2005 Closer to the Sun)
CORY WONG - Smooth Move  (2023 Power Station Tour [East Coast])
PHISH - Cars Trucks Buses  (2009 the Clifford Ball [box set], 8/17/96 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY)
HERBIE HANCOCK TRIO - Dolphin Dance  (1982 Herbie Hancock Trio)
JOHNNY SKETCH and the DIRTY NOTES - H.B.I.  (2003 Bandicoot)
KVHW - Five B4 Funk  (11/28/99 Quixote's True Blue, Denver, CO)

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

TnJ 946 (7/13/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Ramble on Rose  (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 46 [bonus disc], 9/3/72 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW w/ WILLIE WATSON - Miles Away  (2023 Jubilee)
TIM O'BRIEN - Bear  (2023 Cup o' Sugar)
WATSON TWINS - Holler  (2023 HOLLER)
moe. - Zed Naught Z > Lazarus  (6/15/23 Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM)

-HOUR TWO-

MIKE GORDON - Mull  (2023 Flying Games)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD - Chameloneous Monk  (2023 Leisure Suit)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Lend Me a Hand  (2023 Lend Me a Hand)
OBONGJAYAR - Just Cool  (2023 single)
TINARIWEN w/ FATS KAPLIN - Anemouhagh  (2023 Amatssou)
ANDY HALL w/ BILLY STRINGS - Muscle Car  (2023 Squareneck Soul)
BÉLA FLECK / ZAKIR HUSSAIN / EDGAR MEYER w/ RAKESH CHAURASIA - the B Tune  (2023 As We Speak)
JERRY GARCIA BAND - Sitting in Limbo  (2023 Garcia Live Volume 20 [filler], 6/1/81 the Stone, San Francisco, CA)

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

TnJ 945 (7/6/23)

Howdy, folks!  Thanks for staying with me through 3 weeks worth of repeat sessions from the vault.  I wasn't about to miss moe., or Widespread Panic, or Spafford and they all necessitated being absent from live radio duties on a Thursday night.  The good news is I bring you intense Widespread from the road to enjoy (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Box of Rain  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 6/10/73 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Greta > Walk On > Wondering  (6/24/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Goodpeople > Dark Bar > Goodpeople  (6/24/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Surprise Valley > Blue Indian > jam > drums > Mr. Soul > Surprise Valley (6/24/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Little Wing  (6/24/23 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
DEAD & COMPANY w/ DAVE MATTHEWS - Knockin' on Heaven's Door  (7/3/23 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

TnJ 944 (6/8/23)

-HOUR ONE-

UMPHREY'S McGEE / moe. - Crosseyed and Painless  (5/27/23 Summer Camp Music Festival, Chilicothe, IL)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - In the Kitchen  (2020 Hall of Fame - Class of 2019, 8/17/19 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL)
TAME IMPALA w/ THUNDERCAT - No More Lies  (2023 non-album single)
DUANE BETTS - Saints to Sinners  (2023 Wild and Precious Life)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ ALAM KHAN - These Walls  (2017 Live from the Fox, Oakland, 9/9/16)
OCEAN ALLEY - West Coast  (2022 Low Altitude Living)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - the Last Straw > Life During Wartime  (2020 Sunday Show, 3/24/19 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
RODRIGO y GABRIELA - True Nature  (2023 In Between Thoughts...a New World)
JON STICKLEY TRIO - Meantime's Up  (2023 Meantime's Up)
BILLY STRINGS - All Fall Down > Wharf Rat  (1/18/20 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Casey Jones  (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 45, 10/2/77 Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR)

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

TnJ 943 (6/1/23)

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Don't Be Denied > Down > Impossible > Bowlegged Woman > Chilly Water  (4/22/23 ACL Live at Moody Theater, Austin, TX)
LED ZEPPELIN - Moby Dick  (1976 the Song Remains the Same OST, ca. Jul 1973 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

MARCUS KING - Can't You Hear Me Knocking  (2023 Stoned Cold Country [tribute])
DUANE BETTS - Waiting on a Song  (2023 Wild & Precious Life)
RECKLESS SAINTS - Everybody Lookin' Down  (2023 Blue Twangled Folk 'n' Roll)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - Congratulations and Condolences  (2023 "Stress Dreams" B-side)
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY - El Dorado  (2023 City of Gold)
PHISH w/ OTEIL BURBRIDGE and STACY STARKWEATHER - Mike's Song > bass jam  (2023 Live Bait vol. 20, 5/2/94 Five Points South Music Hall, Birmingham, AL)

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

TnJ 942 (5/25/23)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Twist > 2001 > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley > Back on the Train  (4/22/23 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA)

-HOUR TWO-

GOOSE - Slow Ready > Dripfield  (4/15/23 the Salt Shed, Chicago, IL)

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Chilly Water > Contentment Blues > Surprise Valley > Ride Me High > Surprise Valley  (4/22/23 ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX)

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

TnJ 941 (5/18/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain  (2023 Dave's Picks vol. 45, 10/2/77 Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR)
JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT - Cast Iron Skillet  (2023 Weathervanes)
RICKIE LEE JONES - Just in Time  (2023 Pieces of Treasure)
SOUTH AUSTIN MOONLIGHTERS - Make a Livin'  (2023 From Here to Home)
BAND of HEATHENS - Heartless Year  (2023 Simple Things)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Driving Song > Little Wing > Driving Song  (4/22/23 Moody Theater, Austin, TX)
SGT. SPLENDOR - Heavy Be the Borrowed Crown  (2023 Death of the Hoochie Koo)
JOE MARCINEK BAND w/ GEORGE PORTER JR., MELVIN SEALS, and TONY HALL - Fever Dream  (2023 Dead Funk Summit)
WOOD BROTHERS - Line Those Pockets  (2023 Heart Is the Hero)
BLUEST SKY - Drive Through Confessional  (2023 the Bluest Sky)
ANDY HALL - Up in Bigfoot Country  (2023 Squareneck Soul)
PHISH - Chalk Dust Torture  (4/22/23 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA)

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PHISH - RIVIERA MAYA 2024

The official press release:

Phish will return to Mexico for its seventh Phish: Riviera Maya on February 21st – February 24th, 2024. Join us on the beach for four days and nights of sun, sand and Phish on Mexico’s beautiful Caribbean coast. Note: these 2024 dates are one day earlier in the week than in previous years, beginning Wednesday night with a welcome set and ending on Saturday night.

Phish: Riviera Maya will be hosted at Moon Palace Cancún, providing guests with a wide range of luxury accommodations just steps from the concert venue. In addition to the concerts, guests will be encouraged to enrich their weekend with exploration of the natural beauty of the Yucatan Peninsula and rich Mayan culture through various off-site adventures including diving in underground cenotes, visiting the lost capital of Chichen Itza, discovering the natural beauty of Isla Mujeres, sailing on luxury catamarans, and more.

Phish: Riviera Maya will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, May 24th at 1PM ET at phishrivieramaya.com. Previous Phish: Riviera Maya purchasers and guests will be invited to a limited pre-sale with the ability to purchase an all-inclusive package during the Alumni Pre-Sale on Tuesday, May 23rd at 1PM ET.

For more info, including how to book all-inclusive packages and payment plan details, please visit phishrivieramaya.com.

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ACL 2023 LINEUP

Here's the day-to-day breakdown of this October's ACL festival
Tickets now on sale, but going fast
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAGE!

Trey Anastasio posted this yesterday to wish his longtime comrade-in-arms, Page McConnell, a happy 60th birthday.  Photo credit: Rene Huemer

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

TnJ 940 (5/11/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD and COMPANY - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (5/8/23 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (2014 Play All Night – Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992)
ERIC CLAPTON / STEVE WINWOOD - Dear Mr. Fantasy 
(2009 Live from Madison Square Garden)
DONOVAN - Sunshine Superman  (1966 Sunshine Superman)

-HOUR TWO-

BÉLA FLECK and the FLECKTONES - the Sinister Mister  (1990 Flight of the Cosmic Hippo)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Fire and Brimstone  (2023 Grass Roots)
UPSTATE - I'll Come Around  (2023 You Only Get a Few)
ARKANSAUCE - Big City Chicken  (2023 OK to Wonder)
BILLY STRINGS - Hide and Seek  (4/3/22 64th Annual Grammy Awards, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Queen of the Earth > Train Bound for Glory Land > Little Rabbit  (2004 Mountain Tracks volume 3, Kinfolk Celebration 2003, Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO)

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

GHOST RANCH MUSIC FESTIVAL - YEAR 3

This festival has grown by leaps and bounds over the last three years - the vibe out there must be tremendous.  Spoon and Japanese Breakfast are headlining this year,  Tickets / lodging / camping: Lensic360.org

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

FOLKS FESTIVAL 2023 LINEUP

Holy smoke!  Look at that lineup, folks (^_^)  If you've never encountered a festival at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, CO, maybe it's high time you did.  It appears tickets are still available, but who knows for how long?  Go to SeeTickets.us

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

JAM CRUISE LINEUP 2024

All aboard for another musical mystery cruise!  Jam Cruise 20 public on-sale is Friday, May 12th, 2023.  Go here (^_^)

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TnJ 939 (5/4/23)

-HOUR ONE-

LITTLE FEAT - Dixie Chicken [alternate version]  (2023 Dixie Chicken [deluxe edition])
SHINYRIBS - Simply Belong to You  (2023 Transit Damage)
QUEEN ESTHER - When I See You Again  (2023 Rona)
BILLY STRINGS / WILLIE NELSON - California Sober  (2023 single)
JON STICKLEY TRIO - Triumph in Between  (2023 Meantime's Up)
JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT - Middle of the Morning  (2023 Weathervanes)
BOMBADIL - Orange Planets  (2023 In Color)

-HOUR TWO-

GOOSE - Echo of a Rose  (4/22/23 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA)
GALACTIC w/ ANJELIKA "JELLY" JOSEPH - Heart of Steel  (9/7/19 Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA)
RADIATORS - Suck the Head, Squeeze the Tip  (2008 Wild & Free, 2/15/80 Luigi's Pizza Parlor, New Orleans, LA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Victim or the Crime > Foolish Heart  (2021 Dave's Picks vol. 40, 7/19/90 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN)

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

TnJ 938 (4/27/23)

-HOUR ONE-

BRUCE HORNSBY and DeYARMOND EDISON - Black Muddy River  (2016 Day of the Dead [box set])
JIM JAMES & FRIENDS - Candyman  (2016 Day of the Dead [box set])
BAND of HEATHENS - All That Remains  (2023 Simple Things)
WOOD BROTHERS - Heart Is the Hero  (2023 Heart Is the Hero)
JOE MARCINEK BAND w/ GEORGE PORTER JR., MELVIN SEALS and FRIENDS - George  (2023 Dead Funk Summit)
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD & ADRIAN YOUNGE w/ LONNIE LISTON SMITH - What May Come  (2023 Jazz Is Dead 17)

-HOUR TWO-

moe. - Recreational Chemistry > Turn On Your Love Light > Recreational Chemistry  (2008 Dr. Stan's Prescription vol. 1, 3/8/04 Caribbean Sea moe.cruise)
PHISH - Piper > Gumbo  (2023 Live Bait vol. 20, 9/27/00 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, CO)
HARRY BELAFONTE - Day-O [the Banana Boat Song]  (1956 Calypso)

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

TnJ 937 (4/20/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Dark Star > Morning Dew (2015 Dave's Pick's vol. 13, 2/24/74 Winterland, San Francisco, CA)
GOV'T MULE w/ IVAN NEVILLE and RUTHIE FOSTER - Dreaming Out Loud (2023 Peace...Like a River)
IVAN NEVILLE w/ AARON NEVILLE, BONNIE RAITT, DAVID SHAW, MICHAEL McDONALD, and TROMBONE SHORTY - Hey All Together (2023 Touch My Soul)

-HOUR TWO-

UPSTATE - Befriend (2023 You Only Get a Few)
KRASNO / MOORE PROJECT - Lost Cause (2023 Book of Queens)
PHISH - Harry Hood 2023 Live Bait vol. 20, 7/1/94 Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA)
MOTET - Can't Fool Me (2023 All Day)
SNARKY PUPPY - Pineapple (2022 Empire Central)
BAND for SALE - Is There Anybody? (2022 Sleeping Sun, Waking Moon)
VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ et KHRUANGBIN - Diarabi (2022 Ali)
AHMAD JAMAL - Poinciana (1958 At the Pershing - But Not for Me, 1/16/58 Pershing Hotel, Chicago, IL)

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

TnJ 936 (4/13/23)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Here Comes Sunshine  (2022 Dave's Picks vol. 42, 2/23/74 Winterland, San Francisco, CA)
SPAFFORD - Ginger Stardust  (2022 Hindsight -a Live Compilation, 12/30/20 Marquee Theater, Tempe, AZ)
SCOTT McMICKEN and the EVER-EXPANDING - Reconcile  (2023 Shabang)
NICKEL CREEK - Where the Long Line Leads  (2023 Celebrants)
TOMMY EMMANUEL w/ MOLLY TUTTLE - White Freight Liner Blues  (2023 Accomplice Two)
NEW GRASS REVIVAL - White Freight Liner Blues  (1984 Live, 6/3/83 Toulouse Bluegrass Festival, France)
AMY RAY w/ BRANDI CARLILE - Subway  (2022 If It All Goes South)

-HOUR TWO-

LITTLE FEAT - Cold, Cold, Cold > Dixie Chicken > Tripe Face Boogie  (2021 RSD release, Electrif Lycanthrope, 9/19/74 Ultra-Sonic Studios [WLIR-FM], Hempstead, NY)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Holden Oversoul > Suprise Valley > Drums > Cease Fire > Tie Your Shoes > Surprise Valley  (3/4/23 the Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, NV)

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NOTE: Last week's show was a repeat of the monumental "All Jerry, No Dead" show from earlier this year, courtesy of Jack Barton.  I was dealing with 2nd COVID.

Monday, April 10, 2023

'DUSTERS 'n' BIG RICHARD - DILLON, CO

Been waiting for my best shot at enjoying my first visit to Dillon Amphihteater - this may be it (^_^)


Thursday, March 30, 2023

TnJ 935 (3/30/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DEREK & the DOMINOS - Jam I  (1990 the Layla Sessions - 20th Anniversary Edition, recorded 9/2/70)
GA-20 - I Cry for You  (2023 Live in Loveland)
G. LOVE w/ CAM KIMBROUGH, LUTHER DICKINSON, CHUCK TREESE, and LADY ALMA - Lemonades  (2022 Philadelphia Mississippi)
BUDDY GUY w/ JASON ISBELL - Gunsmoke Blues  (2022 the Blues Don't Lie)
KING TUFF - Love Letters to Plants  (2023 Smalltown Sunset)
SPAFFORD - To the West > Simple Mysteries  (2023 Simple Mysteries)

-HOUR TWO-

KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Mycelium  (2022 Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava)
DOGS in a PILE - All the Same  (2023 Bloom)
DAVID CROSBY & the LIGHTHOUSE BAND - Déjà Vu  (2022 David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band Live at the Capitol Theatre, ca. 2018 Port Chester, NY)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Simple Twist of Fate  (2023 Grass Roots)
SAMI BRAMAN - Greta's / Allenwood  (2023 Riveter)
TRAMPLED by TURTLES - Starting Over  (2022 Alpenglow)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Sugaree  (2022 Dave Picks, vol. 41, 5/26/77 Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD)

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WIDESPREAD PANIC RED ROCKS RUN 2023

As we've come to expect, Widespread Panic announced the last weekend of June at Red Rocks outside of Denver, CO.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning (3/31/23) at 10am MDT.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

TnJ 934 (3/23/23)

-HOUR ONE-

ROBBIE FULKS - Longhair Bluegrass  (2023 Bluegrass Vacation)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Airplane > Red Hot Mama > Bowlegged Woman > Red Hot Mama  (3/3/23 the Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, NV)
OBJECT HEAVY - Alone  (Love & Gravity)
RIPE - All or Nothing  (2023 Bright Blues)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - the Moma Dance > Piper  (2022 Gorge '98 [box set], 7/16/98 the Gorge Amphitheater, George, WA)
SPAFFORD - My Road [My Road] > Legend  (2022 Hindsight - a Live Compilation, 3/10/20 Schmiggity's Live Music Dance Bar, Steamboat Springs, CO)
GRATEFUL DEAD - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (2022 Dave's Picks volume 40, 7/18/90 Deer Creek Music Theater, Noblesville, IN)

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

TnJ 933 (3/16/23)

-HOUR ONE-

HOT RIZE - Shady Grove  (2011 Live in Kansas 1986)
STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS - Thunderstruck  (2015 Farm Machine)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - Broke Mountain Breakdown > No Expectations > Broke Mountain Breakdown  (2021 Leap Year Sessions Volume Two, ca. 2020 the Pageant, St. Louis, MO)
OAK HILL DRIFTERS - Shindig  (2023 the Iris Sessions EP)
TAJ MAHAL - One for My Baby [and One More for the Road]  (2023 Savoy)
H.C. McENTIRE w/ S.G. GOODMAN - Shadows  (2023 Every Acre)

-HOUR TWO-

KING TUFF - How I Love  (2023 Smalltown Stardust)
KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Astroturf  (2022 Changes)
GOOSE - Dripfield  (12/31/22 Andrew J. Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Playing in the Band > China Doll > Uncle John's Band  (2022 Dave's Picks vol. 40, 7/19/90 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN)

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

TnJ 932 (3/9/23)

-HOUR ONE-

MARC BROUSSARD w/ JOE BONAMASSA - That's What Love Will Make You Do  (2023 S.O.S.4 - Blues for Your Soul)
WILLIAM TYLER and the IMPOSSIBLE TRUTH
- Area Code 601  (2023 Secret Stratosphere)
moe.
- Rebubula  (2021 Live from Telefunken Soundstage, ca. Oct 2020 South Windsor, CT)
ELECTRIC BEETHOVEN
- Elise  (2023 Hear No Evil)
SAY SHE SHE
- In My Head  (2023 single B-side)
PHIL RANELIN / WENDELL HARRISON / ADRIAN YOUNGE / ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
- Black Census  (2023 Jazz Is Dead 16)

-HOUR TWO-

RODRIGO y GABRIELA - Descending to Nowhere  (2023 In Between Thoughts...a New World)
MY MORNING JACKET
- Holding on to Black Metal > Phone Went West  (2022 MMJ Live vol. 2, 11/5/21 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL)
BAND for SALE
- the Urge  (2023 Sleeping Sun, Waking Moon)
BUTCHER, BAGLIO and ESTES
- Voodoo Moon  (2023 Gypsy Caravan)
JAIMEE HARRIS
- the Fair and Dark Haired Lad  (2023 Boomerang Town)
WIDESPREAD PANIC
- Slippin' Into Darkness  (6/25/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
GRATEFUL DEAD
- Sugar Magnolia  (11/20/73 Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO)

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

50th TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS LINEUP

This is one of those festivals where it's sold out before they even announce the lineup.  Get on their mailing list if you want to have a shot at next year.  Bluegrass.com/Telluride

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

TELLURIDE BnB LINEUP / TIX

Behold!  The lineup for Telluride Blues & Brews 2023!  Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 15th at 10am (MDT) through Front Gate Tickets.  LOCAL PRE-SALE starts at noon on Tuesday, March 13th at the Sheridan SHOW Bar (110 N Oak Street) and ends when their allotment is sold out.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

TnJ 931 (3/2/23)

-HOUR ONE-

DOGS in a PILE w/ SICARD HOLLOW - Dancing in the Street > Bugle on the Shelf  (12/18/22 the Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
- Planets > Truth and Love  (2019 Live from Covington, Kentucky, 7/13/19 Paradise Music & Beer Festival)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - Walls of the Cave  (9/3/22 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO)
UMPHREY'S McGEE
- Staircase  (2023 NFT single)
WOOD BROTHERS
- Pilgrim  (2023 Heart Is the Hero)
BAND of HEATHENS
- Don't Let the Darkness  (2023 Simple Things)
GRATEFUL DEAD
- the Wheel > I Need a Miracle > Morning Dew  (2023 Dave's Picks, vol. 44, 6/23/90 Autzen Stadium, Univeristy of Oregon, Eugene, OR)

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TnJ 930 (2/23/23)

Special guest toast this week: Jack Barton, playing "All Jerry, No Dead."  Roll up and enjoy!

-HOUR ONE-

JERRY GARCIA BAND - Tore Up Over You  (2009 Let It Rock - the Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2, ca. Nov 1975, the Keystone, Berkeley, CA)
JERRY GARCIA / DAVID GRISMAN / TONY RICE
- Shady Grove  (2000 the Pizza Tapes, ca. 1993)
BRUCE HORNSBY and the RANGE
- Across the River  (1990 a Night on the Town)
DAVID BROMBERG
- Sharon  (1972 Demon in Disguise)
JERRY GARCIA BAND
- Waiting for a Miracle  (1991 Jerry Garcia Band, ca. 1990 the Warfield, San Francisco, CA)
ORNETTE COLEMAN
- Desert Players  (1988 Virgin Beauty)
PAUL KANTNER and JEFFERSON STARSHIP
- XM > Starship  (1970 Blows Against the Empire)
TRAFFIC
- Dear Mr. Fantasy  (2005 the Last Great Traffic Jam DVD, ca. 1994)

-HOUR TWO-

JERRY GARCIA / MERL SAUNDERS - Tough Mama  (2004 Pure Jerry - Keystone Berkeley 9/1/74)
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot  (1988 Almost Acoustic, ca. 1987, 12/3/87 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
BOB DYLAN
- Silvio  (1988 Down in the Groove)
NEW RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE
- I Don't Know You  (1971 New Riders of the Purple Sage)
HOWARD WALES & JERRY GARCIA
- Up from the Desert  (1971 Hooteroll?)
GRAHAM NASH
- I Used to Be a King  (1971 Songs for Beginners)
JERRY GARCIA BAND
- Deal  (1991 Jerry Garcia Band, ca. 1990 the Warfield, San Francisco, CA)
JERRY GARCIA BAND
- Don't Let Go  (2019 Garcia Live Volume 11, 11/11/93 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI)

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