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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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-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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-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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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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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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-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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-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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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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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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-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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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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-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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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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-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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-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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-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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-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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-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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-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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-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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-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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-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.
Been waiting for my best shot at enjoying my first visit to Dillon Amphihteater - this may be it (^_^)
-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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-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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-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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-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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-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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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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-HOUR ONE-
MOLLY TUTTLE and GOLDEN HIGHWAY - Dire Wolf (2022 Crooked Tree [deluxe edition])
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - I'd Rather Be Alone (2023 a Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs EP)
BILLY STRINGS - Dust in a Baggie (2/4/23 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Bust It Big (2020 Sunday Show, 3/24/19 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
JARROD DICKENSON - Buckle Under Pressure (2023 Big Talk)
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR w/ JOE BONAMASSA - Won't Be Fooled Again (2022 Nobody's Fool)
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG w/ CASEY RUSSELL - Move Like That > White Night > Juice > White Night (12/31/22 Stage AE, Pittburgh, PA)
-HOUR TWO-
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Solsbury Hill (2022 Into the Blue EP)
MARGO PRICE w/ MIKE CAMPBELL - Light Me Up (2023 Strays)
MARVEL YEARS w/ KILL PARIS, MANIC FOCUS, ARTIFAKTS, BREAK SCIENCE, DAILY BREAD, DIRTWIRE, PROBCAUSE, and SODOWN - Friends (2020 single)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Help On the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower (2017 May 1977 - Get Shown the Light [box set], 5/9/77 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY)
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-HOUR ONE-
JERRY GARCIA BAND - You Never Can Tell [C'est la Vie] (1992/2022 Garcia Live Volume 19, 10/31/92 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA)
KELLER WILLIAMS - Bird Song (2004 Stage, 3/19/03 Cal Poly Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA)
MATT ANDERSEN - Only an Island (2023 the Big Bottle of Joy)
JUSTIN SALADINO BAND - Sink or Swim (2022 Honest Lies)
HEAVY HEAVY - Go Down River (2022 Life and Life Only EP)
TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS - It's Good to Be King (2022 Live at the Fillmore 1997 [box set - deluxe], 1/31/97 San Francisco, CA)
-HOUR TWO-
PIGMENT - To No End (9/18/22 Ski Santa Fe, NM)
PAT PETRILLO BIG RHYTHM BAND w/ JOHN POPPER and FELICIA COLLINS - Asbury Daze (2022 the Power Station Sessions)
RIPE - Queen of the City (2023 Bright Blues)
SNARKY PUPPY w/ BERNARD WRIGHT - Take It! (2022 Empire Central)
MIKE DILLON & PUNKADELICK - Devil's Playground (2023 Inflorescence)
ALO - Hot Damn (2023 Silver Saturday)
BURNT PINES - the Ghost Living in My Beer (2023 Don't Look Down)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS w/ HOLLY BOWLING - Keep On Growing (2023 Courage for the Road - Fall 2021, 11/13/21 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - New Minglewood Blues (2022 In and Out of the Garden - Madison Square Garden '81 '82 '83 [box set], 10/12/83)
# # #
Groundhog day! Instead of playing that Sonny & Cher song over and over, I'ma play a bunch of Phish you've never heard before - unless you were at the Gorge in the summer of '98. It all adds up to a rippin' fantasy setlist from the jam band legends. Enjoy (^_^)
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH - the Squirming Coil (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/16/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
PHISH - Stash (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/16/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
PHISH - Sample in a Jar (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/16/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
PHISH - 2001> (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/17/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
-HOUR TWO-
PHISH - Mike's Song > Weekapaug Groove > Character Zero (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/17/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
PHISH - Punch You in the Eye > Rocky Top (2022 the Gorge '98, 7/17/98 the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA)
# # #
P.S. If you've never seen Lyle Lovett in concert, he's the real deal. And his band is terrific. Not sure why it took me so long to catch him in the act, but now I'm a believer!
-HOUR ONE-
BOBBY WEIR & WOLF BROS - Cassidy (2023 Ace [50th anniversary edition], 4/3/22 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY)
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - Long Time Gone (2014 CSNY 1974 [box set])
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - Pushed It Over the End (2014 CSNY 1974 [box set])
KASSI VELAZZA w/ TK & the HOLY KNOW-NOTHINGS - Early Morning Rising (2022 single)
MELISSA CARPER - Ain't a Day Goes By (2022 Ramblin' Soul)
BILLY STRINGS w/ TERRY BARBER - Long Journey Home (2022 Me/And/Dad)
RUTA BEGGARS - Papa's Got a Hold of the Wine (2023 Ever Changing)
MARGO PRICE - Been to the Mountain (2023 Strays)
-HOUR TWO-
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - Madman's Eyes (2023 Walk Around the Moon)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Airplane > Diner > Ain't Life Grand (6/24/22 Red Rocks Amphhitheatre, Morrison, CO)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Essence (2005 Live @ the Fillmore, ca. Nov 2003 San Francisco, CA)
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-HOUR ONE-
PHISH - Reba > Fast Enough for You > When the Circus Comes (2022 Gorge '98 [box set], 7/16/98 George, WA)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Free > Another One Like You > Jessica (2019 Live from Covington, Kentucky, 7/13/19 Paradise Music & Beer Festival)
-HOUR TWO-
VINCE HERMAN - Enjoy the Ride (2022 Enjoy the Ride...)
TRAMPLED by TURTLES - On the Highway (2022 Alpenglow)
HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ - Thunderbird (2022 el Bueno y el Malo)
MOTHER HIPS - When We Disappear (2023 When We Disappear)
MARCUS KING - Aim High (2022 Young Blood)
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - Just No Getting Over You [Dream Cruise] (2022 Nobody's Fool)
the MOTET - '79 (2023 All Day)
MIKE DILLON & PUNKADELICK - Inflorescence (2023 Inflorescence)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Scarlet Begonias (2005 the Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack, 10/19/74 Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA)
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BOMBS AWAY!!! Nobody gets on stage tonight unless they play for at least 10 minutes...
-HOUR ONE-
GRATEFUL DEAD - Sugaree (2009 To Terrapin - Hartford '77, 5/28/77 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Lonesome Fiddle Blues (12/30/22 Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO)
moe. - Lazarus > Prestige Worldwide (2021 Live from TELEFUNKEN Soundstage, ca. Oct 2020, South Windsor, CT)
-HOUR TWO-
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Surprise Valley > Pilgrims > Disco > Blight > Papa's Home > drums > Surprise Valley (8/28/22 Oxbow RiverStage, Napa, CA)
# # #
-HOUR ONE-
PHISH - Everything's Right (12/29/22 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ et KHRUANGBIN - Tamalla (2022 Ali)
SNARKY PUPPY - Mean Green (2022 Empire Central)
JOE MARCINEK BAND - Cool Down (2022 5)
SUGAR LIME BLUE - Didn't Mean to Kill You (2022 the Bluebird Sessions)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Voodoo Child [Slight Return] > Sunshine of Your Love > Voodoo Child [Slight Return] (2022 Los Angeles Forum - April 26, 1969)
-HOUR TWO-
SPAFFORD - America > the Reprise (2016 Live, vol. 2, 2/21/15 Phoenix, AZ)
DAWES - Ghost in the Machine (2022 Misadventures of Doomscroller)
KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD - Changes (2022 Changes)
GOOSE - Dripfield (12/17/22 Goosemas IX, 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO)
JERRY GARCIA BAND - And It Stoned Me (2022 Garcia Live volume 19, 10/31/92 Oakland Coliseum Arena)
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-ALBUMS-
SPOON – Lucifer on the Sofa
This Austin outfit
consistently puts out interesting rock albums, and who does that these
days? Almost no one, that's who. Still haven't seen them live, but if
they can grab me by the ears and throttle my brain like their records
do, I'm in. One of the things I like most about Spoon is that each
album is its own journey, and a building on what has come before. Thirty
years into their career, I'd say that's saying something.
HIGH POINTS: Lucifer on the Sofa, Wild, My Babe, Astral Jacket, the Hardest Cut
KEVIN MORBY – This Is a Photograph
Holy crap!
This guy knows how to build a rock album. Earnest, strident and
heartfelt. It's like he's an indie Bruce Springsteen. If you have a
chance to see him live, that road band is legit! Even includes a member
of the Dap-Tones, I'm told. The vibe of the album isn't quite the same
without the road band, but it still played over and over again in my
car all year long. I especially like that he's not just hitting the
same note over and over.
HIGH POINTS: This Is a Photograph; Rock Bottom; Bittersweet, TN; a Coat of Butterflies
HIGH POINTS: Soul Sweet Song, D'Gary, Playing with My Emotions, Pasaquan
HIGH POINTS: Simulation Swarm, No Reason, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Certainty
HIGH POINTS: Tres Hermanos (featuring Dan Auerbach), el Bueno y el Malo, Thunderbird, la Verdad
HIGH POINTS: Made Up Mind, When We Say Goodnight, Waitin' for You to Blow
HIGH POINTS: The Smoke, Pana-Vision, Free in the Knowledge
HIGH POINTS: Chaise Lounge, Angelica, Too Late Now
HIGH POINTS: Tongo Barra, Savanne, Tamalla
HIGH POINTS: Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Vàmanos, Gravy Train
-SINGLES-
LIZZO – About Damn Time
Sparkling and addictive. Now that I know she's a band geek, I like her even more.
YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Burning
Karen O's voice is a ticket to faraway, exotic, possibly imaginary places.
WILLIE NELSON – Energy Follows Thought
A spiritual, late-career gem from one of the living masters of songwriting.
DEHD – Bad Love
This earworm insists on staying for a long while, and I'm inclined to let it.
KHRUANGBIN / LEON BRIDGES – B-Side
Absolute magic. This is one of the grooviest I've heard from the groove champs.
BRANDI CARLILE – Broken Horses
Practically country, but it has a rock bottom to it. Powerful stuff. Her VOICE!!!
MT. JOY – Lemon Tree
By the time it breaks down at the end, I just want to hit "repeat" and figure out how they did that.
UMPHREY’S McGEE – Dayville Monarchy
The kings of guitar rock/improv aren't ones to write catchy songs, but here it is.
ODESZA / BETTYE LAVETTE – The Last Goodbye
That sample is succulent. Here's hoping this is NOT their "Last Goodbye."
FIRST AID KIT – Out of My Head
Seriously had this one stuck in my head for days. I think this sister duo is extremely underrated.
-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER-
-TOUR DIARY-
Forgive me if this list is longer than usual, but it seemed more than the normal number of acts were champing at the bit to get out on the road after laying low for a couple of years.
WIDESPREAD PANIC - 6/25/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
I've been to Red Rocks to see this band more times than I can count, always walk away beaming. I didn't think they had any more stops to pull out, but by God, this was not only the best, most mind-melting Widespread Panic show I've ever seen, it might be the best live show I've ever, or ever will experience. If I never see another live show, at least I'll have the memory of this one.
These were all pretty great too...
SIERRA FERRELL - 2/23/22 Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM
SNAIL MAIL - 4/30/22 Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - 6/8/22 The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
GOV'T MULE - 6/11/22 The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
ANI DiFRANCO - 6/17/22 The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO - 6/23/22 Plaza Bandstand, Santa Fe, NM
CERAMIC ANIMAL - 6/21/22 The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
WE BANJO 3 - 7/31/22 Rockygrass Festival, Lyons, CO
ILLITERATE LIGHT - 8/3/22 Triple A Summitfest, Boulder, CO
MY MORNING JACKET - 8/19/22 Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM
EMMYLOU HARRIS - 9/23/22 Santa Fe Opera House, Santa Fe, NM
KHRUANGBIN - 10/2/22 Santa Fe Opera House, Santa Fe, NM
KEVIN MORBY - 10/5/22 Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
IMARHAN - 10/7/22 Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM
GOGOL BORDELLO - 10/31/22 El Rey Theater, Albuquerque, NM
HERMANOS GUTTIÉRREZ - 11/20/22 St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe, NM
-LOCAL FAVES-
BORIS McCUTCHEON - The Mystery
LIGHTNING CULT - On Again
RON CROWDER - A Little Love
DRASTIC ANDREW - Medicine Woman
STRANGERS from AFAR - the Way Up
-MORE, PLEASE-
CALLING CADENCE
CERAMIC ANIMAL
DANIELLE PONDER
GA-20
ILLITERATE LIGHT
MADISON CUNNINGHAM
MAPACHE
JOY OLADOKUN
TAYLOR RAE
THEE SACRED SOULS
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