Thursday, May 29, 2025

TnJ 1039 (5/29/25)

Five deep pocket jams over two hours;
mostly recent and all from April with one outlier:
a 1989 Grateful Dead Halloween week classic
that's been hailed as the "scariest Dark Star ever."

-HOUR ONE-

BILLY STRINGS

Turmoil and Tinfoil

(Apr 19, 2025 - Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC)

EGGY

Sweaters For Strawmen >
Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles cover) >
Island Afterlife

(Apr 29, 2023 - Wonder Bar, Asbury Park, NJ)

-HOUR TWO-

SPAFFORD

Money For Nothing

DIRE STRAIGHTS cover

(Apr 19, 2025 - Pisgah Brewing Company, Black Mountain, NC)

PHISH

Get Back On the Train

(Apr 18, 2025 - Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA)

GRATEFUL DEAD

Dark Star

(10/26/89, Miami Arena, FL)

EastCoastDave on Archive.org: “This Dark Star just destroys everything in its path... Jerry's voice is still a little froggy, but the jamming makes up for it.”

ConstipatedCowboy on r/gratefuldead: “This was the second show -actually the second event of any kind - at the Miami Arena. It was brand spanking new. The first event was Julio Iglesias I think the previous night. There were heavy glass tiles all around the concourse and the sunset was distorted through the glass tiles and amplified / illuminated weirdly all over the concourse like staring at a sunset through a million prisms."

Enlightened_deadhead: “If you want to take a journey into your psyche and see what associations lie in wait - fear not for the whole world is in this one Dark Star...tv static, racquetball courts, time-machines, medieval torture, insect communication, funeral horns of new orleans, buddhist scripture, worldbeat, witches incantations, ice-ages, wars, raga, muzak, volcanoes, black holes, peruvian indigenous sounds, crawling, creeping, gliding, seething ends, beginnings, and tight rope walking over some huge abyss.”

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

TnJ 1039 (5/22/25)

-HOUR ONE-

BILLY STRINGS - Ride Me High (12/31/24 UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA)
LITTLE FEAT - Too High to Cut My Hair (2025 Strike Up the Band)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Let's Party About It (2025 Let's Party About It)
FREE RANGE BUDDHAS - Birthday (2025 Hatched)
GOOSE - Factory Fiction (12/31/2024 Moody Center, Austin, TX)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - AC/DC Bag > Life Saving Gun > the Howling (4/26/25 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Playing in the Band (3/31/73 War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY - bonus disc from Dave's Picks vol. 54)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Vacation (6/23/24 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

TNJ 1038

-HOUR 1-

DANGERMUFFIN

Into The Mystic

Aug 24, 2016, The Fallout Shelter Norwood, MA, The Extended Play Sessions

MOUNTAIN GRASS UNIT

Eyes of the World

Feb 15, 2025, The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

DEAD & CO. and DAVE MATTHEWS

All Along the Watchtower

Folsom Field, Night 03, 07/03/2023

DOGS IN A PILE

Boogie on Reggae Woman

May 9, 2025, Viva El Gonzo, San Jose Del Cabo, MX

moe.

Spanish Moon

Apr 29, 2025 - Daze Between Festival, New Orleans, LA

THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT

No Quarter

The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA on 2/8/25

-HOUR 2-

THE MAIN SQUEEZE

Have a Cigar

11/13/18 Squeeze House

UMPHREY’S MCGEE

Roundabout

4/26/2024 | UMBowl X, Boston, MA

BIG SOMETHING

Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult)

Oskar Blues Brewery, Brevard, NC - May 3, 2025

UMPHREY’S MCGEE

Forty Six & Two

Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival 2014

PHISH

Fukuoka Twist

Japan 6/14/00

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

TnJ 1037 (5/8/25)

-HOUR ONE-

BILLY STRINGS John Hardy > Malfunction Junction (4/15/25 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA)

GREGG ALLMAN, VINCE GILL, and ZAC BROWN Midnight Rider (2014, from “All My Friends: Celebrating the songs of Gregg Allman)

THE BROTHERS Mountain Jam (4/15/25 Madison Square Garden, NY)

WIDESPREAD PANIC For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover, 6/23/24 Morrison, CO)

DAVE MATTHEWS, TIM REYNOLDS, LUKAS NELSON, MICAH NELSON, and NATHANIEL RATELIFF The Weight (The Band cover, 8/21/24 Farm Aid, Saratoga Springs, NY)

LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL Find Yourself (11/10/18 Austin City Limits)

-HOUR TWO-

DEAD & COMPANY Help On the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA)

SQWERV Native Groove > Tweezin’ In the Name Of (3/15/25 Frozen Dead Guy Days, Estes Park, CO)

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

TnJ 1036 (5/1/25)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD Weather Report Suite
(10/18/74 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA)

GRAHAME LESH AND FRIENDS
(RICK MITAROTONDA, ERIC KRASNO, OTEIL BURBRIDGE,
JASON CROSBY, JOHN MOLO, JENNIFER HARTSWICK, AND JOHN MEDESKI)
Franklin’s Tower (3/15/25 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)

UMPHREY’S MCGEE 2x2 (3/7/25 Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN )

DANGERMUFFIN We Push Mountains (2/21/25 WUNC Studio B)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH Ether Edge (4/26/25 Hollywood Bowl, North Hollywood, CA)

NEIL YOUNG Ordinary People
(Friday 4/26/25 Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA –
Autism Speaks “Light Up the Blues” Benefit show)

GRATEFUL DEAD Terrapin Station (7/26/87 Anaheim, CA)

DANGERMUFFIN Breathe (Pink Floyd) (8/19/09 The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC)

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TnJ Concert Calendar

* LISTINGS ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, BUT CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL, Y'ALL...
03/28 (F) – GHOST-NOTE – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
04/05 (Sa) – TRUE LOVES / ISAAC ARAGON & the HEALING – the Bridge, SF, NM
04/08 (Tu) – YO-YO MA – Lensic, SF, NM
04/11 (F) – LUNAR VACATION – Launchpad, ABQ, NM
04/11 (F) – MATT ANDERSEN – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
04/12 (Sa) – DETROIT LIGHTNING 80s NIGHT – the Bridge, SF, NM
04/12 (Sa) – LADY LAMB – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
04/12 (Sa) – YOUTH LAGOON – Launchpad, ABQ, NM
04/14 (M) – NEON TREES – Meow Wolf, SF, NM ***sold out***
04/15 (Tu) – CACTUS BLOSSOMS – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
04/15 (Tu) – GRAHAM NASH – Lensic, SF, NM ***sold out***
04/19 (Sa) – ARKANSAUCE – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
04/19 (Sa) – SANTANA – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
04/19 (Sa) – THE MOSS – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
04/20 (Su) – NICK SHOULDERS – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
04/27 (Su) – PRIMUS – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
05/01 (Th) – PARKER MILLSAP – the Bridge, SF, NM
05/01 (Th) – SIERRA FERRELL – Revel Entertainment Center, ABQ, NM
05/02 (F) – DIANA KRALL – Kiva Auditorium, ABQ, NM
05/02 (F) – YO LA TENGO – Meow Wolf, SF, NM ***sold out***
05/03 (Sa) – BUZZCOCKS / STRAWBERRY FUZZ – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/03 (Sa) – YO LA TENGO – Meow Wolf, SF, NM ***sold out***
05/04 (Su) – ROBYN HITCHCOCK (solo) – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/07 (W) – LUKAS NELSON – Lensic, SF, NM ***sold out***
05/07 (W) – SELWYN BIRCHWOOD – Fusion 708, ABQ, NM
05/08 (Th) – STEEL PULSE – Lensic, SF, NM
05/09 (F) – JAYHAWKS – Lensic, SF, NM
05/09 (F) – MAX GOMEZ / SHANNON McNALLY – Winrock Park, ABQ, NM
05/09 (F) – REMI WOLF – Revel Entertainment Center, ABQ, NM
05/11 (Su) – YOLA – Lensic, SF, NM
05/13 (Tu) – the WAR and TREATY – Lensic, SF, NM
05/16 (F) – YOUNG DUBLINERS – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
05/17 (Sa) – HOVVDY – Launchpad, ABQ, NM
05/17 (Sa) – KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD / BOBBY RUSH – Buffalo Thunder, SF, NM
05/21 (W) – RYAN ADAMS – Lensic, SF, NM
05/24 (Sa) – BONE THUGS-n-HARMONY – the Bridge (outdoor), SF, NM
05/28 (W) – DOPE LEMON / the PALMS – Lensic, SF, NM
05/31 (Sa) – TRAMPLED by TURTLES / CLAY STREET UNIT – the Bridge, SF, NM
06/03 (Tu) – DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS / DEER TICK – the Bridge, SF, NM
06/03 (Tu) – FRUITION – Taos Mesa Brewing, El Prado, NM
06/05 (Th) – TYLER CHILDERS / HAYES CARLL – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
06/06 (F) – JAMES McMURTRY / DAVE ALVIN / JIMMIE DALE GILMORE – Lensic, SF, NM
06/17 (Tu) – PUNCH BROTHERS – Lensic, SF, NM
06/21 (Sa) – ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION / JERRY DOUGLAS – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
06/22 (Su) – LAKE STREET DIVE – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
06/23 (M) – ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES – the Bridge, SF, NM
06/27 (F) – ELIZA GILKYSON – St. Francis Auditorium (NM Museum of Art) – SF, NM
06/28 (Sa) – ESTHER ROSE – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
07/05 (Sa) – CHARLEY CROCKETT – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
07/14 (M) – RHIANNON GIDDENS & the OLD TIME REVUE – Lensic, SF, NM ***sold out***
07/15 (Tu) – MOUNTAIN GRASS UNIT – Taos Mesa Brewing, El Prado, NM
07/16 (W) – DAVE MASON – Lensic, SF, NM
07/17 (Th) – PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Lensic, SF, NM
07/21 (M) – FATHER JOHN MISTY / HAMILTON LEITHAUSER – the Bridge, SF, NM ***sold out***
08/04 (M) – WAXAHATCHEE – the Bridge, SF, NM
08/05 (Tu) – COUNTING CROWS / the GASLIGHT ANTHEM – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
08/08 (F) – ALABAMA SHAKES / SHANNON and the CLAMS – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
08/12 (Tu) – MACY GRAY – KiMo Theatre, ABQ, NM
08/18 (M) – COLLECTIVE SOUL / LIVE – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
08/19 (Tu) – TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND / WHISKEY MYERS – Isleta Amphitheater, ABQ, NM
08/24 (Su) – DEAD SOUTH – Revel, ABQ, NM
08/24 (Su) – TENNIS – the Bridge, SF, NM
08/27 (W) – KEB’ MO’ and SHAWN COLVIN – Lensic, SF, NM
09/05 (F) – “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC – Rio Rancho Events Center, Rio Rancho, NM
09/10 (W) – TAB BENOIT / GA-20 – the Lensic, SF, NM
09/15 (M) – SWELL SEASON – Lensic, SF, NM
09/29 (M) – I’M WITH HER – Lensic, SF, NM
10/02 (Th) – HEAD and the HEART / HURRAY for the RIFF RAFF – Revel Entertainment Center, ABQ, NM
11/12 (W) – LUCIUS – Lensic, SF, NM

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

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

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
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