TnJ 979 (3/14/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHIL LESH QUINTET - Dear Mr. Fantasy  (3/6/24 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Broken Circle [Over and Over]  (2024 Fuckin' Up)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Azalea  (2024 Be Right Here)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - When Doves Cry  (11/5/22 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR)

-HOUR TWO-

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Windy Mountain  (2024 single, "Lend Me a Hand" outtake)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND w/ DUANE BETTS - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed  (3/7/24 Warner Theater, Washington, D.C.)
PHISH - More > 2001 > Slave to the Traffic Light  (2/24/24 Moon Palace Resort, Cancún, Mexico)

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TnJ 978 (3/7/24)

-HOUR ONE-

ALABAMA SHAKES - Don't Wanna Fight  (Austin City Limits, ca. 2015)
GOOSE - Atlas Dogs  (2024 Chateau Sessions pt. 1)
SAY SHE SHE - Forget Me Not  (2023 Silver)
PINK FLOYD - Time > the Great Gig in the Sky  (2023 the Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley 1974, 50th Anniversary [box set])
OTEIL BURBRIDGE w/ JASON CROSBY - Mission in the Rain  (2023 Lovely View of Heaven)
JJ GREY & MOFRO - Seminole Wind  (2024 Olustee)

-HOUR TWO-

JIM JAMES - A New Life > State of the Art [A.E.I.O.U.]  (2023 Warren Haynes presents: the Benefit Concert volume 20, ca. Dec 2018 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)
MDOU MOCTAR - Funeral for Justice  (2024 Funeral for Justice)
PHISH - Possum > Philly '97 jam > Prince Caspian  (2024 the Spectrum '97 [box set], 12/3/97 the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA)

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PHISH SUMMER TOUR - REQUEST TICKETS

Take note, Phish phans - the ticket request period is underway for summer tour 2024.  Go to tickets.phish.com to get into the queue before March 11th at noon ET.  General public tickets on sale starts Friday, March 15th at 10am ET.  As is apparently now the custom, summer tour ends at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in suburban Denver with a 4-night run over Labor Day weekend.

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TnJ 977 (2/29/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GOV'T MULE - Get Behind the Mule  (2/21/24 Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM)
DAVE MATHEWS BAND - Thank You [Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin]  (2009 Live Trax vol. 14, 6/28/08 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, VA)
KENDALL STREET COMPANY - Space for Days  (2017 Space for Days)
GRATEFUL DEAD - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 49, 4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
BÉLA FLECK w/ ZAKIR HUSSAIN, EDGAR MEYER, RAKESH CHAURASIA - Owl's Misfortune  (2023 As We Speak)
TAJ MAHAL - Queen Bee  (1997 Señor Blues)

-HOUR TWO-

LONESOME HEROES - Prayer and Gasoline  (2023 Seasons Change)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Slacker  (2024 Hall of Fame - Class of 2022, 8/25/22 the Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Machine > Surprise Valley > Flat Foot Flewzy > Surprise Valley  (1/20/24 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, MO)

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WARREN HAYNES ANSWERS QUESTIONS

It's not the first time (and hopefully won't be the last), but I had some questions after last Wednesday's Gov't Mule show at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque.  And Warren was kind enough to give me some answers.

TnJ: I noticed your guitar tech was regularly switching guitars and I got to wondering, do you have any special "Warren tunings?" I know Joni Mitchell had a few. Or did they just keep going out of tune because of the altitude? 

WH: I carry around 25 guitars on the road- mostly for tuning reasons. In addition to keeping several guitars in standard tuning I have ones that are delegated to Open G, Open A, Open E7, Drop D, Drop C, and 2 different Open C tunings, in addition to the Firebirds which are tuned down a half step. Normally if I switch guitars it’s to use one in a different tuning.

TnJ: Is that the first time Tom Waits "Get Behind the Mule" was played? I can't believe how great the arrangement was, and how much it fit right into the Mule vibe.

WH: No, we’ve played it quite a bit and the arrangement changes every night. I thought it was really good that night.

TnJ: I hear rumors you are joining up with some other guitar slingers later this year. Touring? An album? 

WH: Working on a solo album at present. Hoping to release later this year and begin a tour before that.

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WIDESPREAD RED ROCKS JUNE 2024 TIX ON SALE FRUDAY

While we all wait patiently for bassist David Schools to make a full recovery from his recent hospitalization (and cancellation of the WP Chicago run), tickets for this year's Red Rocks run go on sale this Friday at 10am MST.  Go here.

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TnJ 976 (2/22/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Gumbo  (2024 Spectrum '97 [box set], 12/3/97 Philadelphia, PA)
FRUITION - Hard to Make Money  (2024 single)
HIGH HAWKS - Somewhere South  (2024 Mother Nature's Show)
HEALERS w/ PETER HUTCHINSON - Levon and the Band  (2023 the Healers featuring Peter Hutchinson)
SARAH JAROSZ - the Way It Is Now  (2024 Polaroid Lovers)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - We Walk Each Other Home  (2024 single)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Dig a Hole  (2024 Be Right Here)
MARCUS REZAK - Sweet Like Mary Jane  (2023 Guitar Head)

-HOUR TWO-

TONY ALLEN and ADRIAN YOUNGE - Don't Believe the Dancers [Mophono remix]  (2023 Jazz Is Dead 20 "remixes")
BIG SOMETHING w/ ANDY FRASCO - Clouds  (2023 Headspace)
PHISH - Chalk Dust Torture > Oblivion  (12/29/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

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BENDER JAMBOREE - VEGAS SEPT 2024

Get a load of this lineup!  Tickets / packages available now.  Go here.

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HIGH SIERRA LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Behold!  The full lineup is here!  Tickets on sale now.  Go here.

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TnJ 975 (2/15/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GOV'T MULE - Soulshine  (12/28/08 Angel Orensanz Center, New York, NY)
SUNSQUABI - Water Level  (2022 Arise)
KARINA RYKMAN - Plants  (2023 Joyride)
ALO - Growing Your Hands Back  (2023 Silver Saturdays)
BÉLA FLECK w/ MICHAEL CLEVELAND, SIERRA HULL, JUSTIN MOSES, MARK SCHATZ, BRYAN SUTTON - Rhapsody in Blue[grass]  (2024 Rhapsody in Blue)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Powder Day  (2024 single)

-HOUR TWO-

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG - Horizon  (2014 Psychology)
MAGIC BEANS - Five Points  (2017 Live in Nederland - 10/7/16)
GOOSE - Leo  (Ted Tapes 2024)

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TnJ 974 (2/8/24)

-HOUR ONE-

UMPHREY'S McGEE - Utopian Fir > Althea > Utopian Fir  (2023 Hall of Fame - Class of 2021, 10/28/21 Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Suwannee Hulaween, Live Oak, FL)
GOV'T MULE w/ MACHAN TAYLOR and MINI CARLSSON  (2024 Warren Haynes presents the Benefit Concert vol. 20, ca. Dec 2018, Warren Haynes' 30th annual Christmas Jam, U.S. Cellular Music Center, Ashville, NC)
SUNSQUABI - Hard Pass  (2024 T.B.A.)
MERL SAUNDERS and JERRY GARCIA - Keepers [previously unreleased take]  (2012 Keystone Companions, the Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Little By Little  (2024 single)

-HOUR TWO-

DANIEL DONATO'S COSMIC COUNTRY w/ BILL KREUTZMANN - Dark Star  (4/28/23 Republic NOLA, New Orleans, LA)

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JAZZ FEST LINEUP INCLUDES ROLLING STONES

The lineup for Jazz Fest always sets me to drooling.  One of these days I'ma have to check this fest out in person.  It appears that tickets are on sale now, including "early bird" passes.  Go here and roll well, festivarian.

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TnJ 973 (2/1/24)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Scarlet Begonias > Eyes of the World > Going Down the Road Feeling Bad > Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (2024 Dave's Dicks vol. 49, 4/27/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
ORGŌNE - Zum Zum  (2024 Chimera)
KHRUANGBIN - People Everywhere [Shifting Sands remix]  (2023 Live at Sydney Opera House, 11/27/23)

-HOUR TWO-

JJ GREY & MOFRO - Rooster  (2024 Olustee)
EDDIE ROBERTS & the LUCKY STROKES - Rambler  (2023 Eddie Roberts & the Lucky Strokes)
ROBERT FINLEY - Alligator Bait  (2023 Black Bayou)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Hell in a Bucket > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > China Doll  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 49, 4/28/85 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)

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DEAD & COMPANY @ SPHERE in VEGAS

They've been teasing this for a while, but the pre-sale is on now and the public on-sale starts February 9th, 2024 at 10am PST Go to DeadAndCompany.com

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TnJ 972 (1/25/24)

The thrilling conclusion of JAM-u-ary!!!

-HOUR ONE-

TRAFFIC - Glad / Freedom Rider  (1973 On the Road)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Driving Song > Fishing > Driving Song  (12/31/23 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Railroad Highway  (2002 Live)

-HOUR TWO-

BLACK CROWES - Thorn in My Pride (2023 the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [super deluxe], 2/6/93 Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX)
KITCHEN DWELLERS - the Living Dread  (2023 Live at Pine Creek vol. 2, ca. 2022 Livingston, MT)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ GOOSE - Animal / Texas  (10/2723 Hulaween, Live Oak, FL)

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Last week's session was a repeat going way back to the original duo (Chris & Jen).  I was in the hospital for a few days dealing with an infected foot.  Everybody at Christus St. Vincent was fantastic and kept my spirits up.  Thanks to everybody who visited and brought me things from the outside world (^_^)

TnJ Flashback (#131 from 12/26/05)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD – Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (12/31/82 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD – Loose Lucy (5/26/95 Seattle Center, Seattle, WA)
KELLER WILLIAMS INCIDENT – Moving Sidewalk (6/21/02 Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN)
DEL McCOURY BAND – Nashville Cats (2/21/01 Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – If You’re Ever in Oklahoma > Mason’s Children > Pusherman (12/31/99 Wolf Tongue Brewery, Nederland, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

WILCO – Spiders [Kidsmoke] (2005 Kicking Television, c. May 2005 Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL)
WIDESPREAD PANIC – Second Skin (4/29/05 Jazz Fest, New Orleans, LA)
BOB DYLAN – Down Along the Cove (2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004)
TREY ANASTASIO – Sand (2003 Plasma, c. 2002)
JERRY GARCIA BAND – Forever Young (2005 Pure Jerry 05, 9/2/89 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)

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PHISH "ROUND ROOM" ON VINYL

Phish Heads! On Friday, February 2nd, the band will release "Round Room" on vinyl for the first time. Pre-order at Phish Dry Goods. Here's a detailed press release:

Round Room, Phish’s tenth studio album, will be available on vinyl for the first time on February 2. It’s available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods and will be in record stores. Pick up the Round Room deluxe gatefold package, each individually foil-numbered, with an accordion fold insert with lyrics and photos, and 2-LPs pressed on 180g “Round Room” maroon/stone wax set.

Round Room was recorded at The Barn in Vermont by Bryce Goggin during four days over two weekends in October 2002. The Round Room Sessions were initially intended as rehearsals for the band’s upcoming end-of-hiatus New Year’s Eve Show at Madison Square Garden, giving the recording a loose, live feel with several extended tracks like “Pebbles And Marbles”, “Seven Below”, “Walls Of The Cave”, and “Waves”.

The album was originally mastered by Fred Kevorkian and released by Elektra on December 10, 2002. Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers for the new 2024 vinyl release.

Side A
Pebbles And Marbles
Anything But Me
Round Room

Side B
Mexican Cousin
Friday
Seven Below
Mock Song

Side C
46 Days
All Of These Dreams
Walls Of The Cave

Side D
Thunderhead
Waves

 

TnJ 971 (1/11/24)

JAMuary DOS!!!

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - He's Gone > Truckin' > the Other One > Eyes of the World > China Doll  (2023 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 [box set], 5/13/73 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA)

-HOUR TWO-

GOV'T MULE w/ JACKIE GREENE, SHAWN PEYTON, and JIMMY VIVINO - Melissa > Mountain Jam > Melissa > Rockin' in the Free World > Machine Gun > Rockin' in the Free World > Mountain Jam  (2020 Live at the Beacon, 12/31/17 New York, NY)

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TnJ BEST of 2023

TnJ BEST of 2024 

-ALBUMS- 

01) BOYGENIUS – The Record 

First of all, I never dreamed we would EVER get a full album from this gay girl guitar group (they released a seemingly one-off EP in 2018). Second of all, I never dreamed it would be this good. I’m a bit of an outlier in the Boygenius fanbase since my favorite of the three is Lucy Dacus, but this proves the old saw that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” I suspected this was the best album of the year on first listen, but seeing them live at Red Rocks clinched it. This is a rare moment. Don’t miss out. 

HIGH POINTS: Not Strong Enough, $20, Satanist, True Blue, Cool About It, Leonard Cohen

02) THE NATIONAL – Laugh Track 

The second of two albums they released in 2023, and though the first (“First Two Pages of Frankenstein”) was exceptional, this is the best “alternative rock album” (or “Indie,” or whatever the kids are calling it now) I’ve heard in about 10 years. It’s easy to dismiss this as the “leftovers” album from The National this year, but it is not. It may be the best album they’ve ever made. 

HIGH POINTS: Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver), Laugh Track (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), Space Invader, Tour Manager, Smoke Detector 

03) DUANE BETTS – Wild & Precious Life 

 

I’m inclined to ignore “legacy” acts, but Duane Betts (son of Allman Brothers Band original Dickey Betts) has apparently been keeping these songs close to the vest until just the right moment, and this is it. Breaking out of the Allman Betts Band (albeit temporarily), he’s corralled an impressive gathering of guests (Derek Trucks, Nicki Bluhm, Marcus King) and yet, proves he can stand on his own. 

HIGH POINTS: Saints to Sinners, Cold Dark World (feat. Marcus King), Waiting on a Song, Stare at the Sun (feat. Derek Trucks), Forrest Lane 

THE MOTET – All Day 

GOV’T MULE – Peace…Like a River 

CAT POWER – Cat Power Sings Dylan 

JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT – Weathervanes 

KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – The Silver Cord 

NEIL YOUNG – Before and After 

WILCO – Cousin 

-SINGLES- 

BRITANNY HOWARD – What Now 

GOOSE – Hungersite 

BILLY STRINGS w/ WILLIE NELSON – California Sober 

THE NATIONAL – Tropic Morning News 

PETER GABRIEL – Road to Joy (Bright-Side mix) 

SLOW PULP – Doubt 

REVIVALISTS – Good Old Days 

KASSI VALAZZA – Early Morning Rising 

RODRIGO y GABRIELA – Descending to Nowhere 

HATAAŁII – Midnight Soldier 

-LIVE ALBUMS- 

GRATEFUL DEAD – Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (box set) 

WILLIE NELSON and FRIENDS- Long Story Short – Willie Nelson 90 (Live at the Hollywood Bowl) 

GOOSE – Live at the Salt Shed, Chicago, IL 

CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM – Live in London 

CORY WONG – The Power Station Tour (West Coast) 

-TOUR DIARY- 

2/23/23 – DOGS in a PILE – Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM 

5/3/23 – CHARLEY CROCKETT – Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, NM 

6/15/23 – moe. – Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM 

6/17/23 – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS – Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM 

6/23/23 – WIDESPREAD PANIC – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 

8/05/23 – BOYGENIUS – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 

8/26/23 – YOLA – Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM 

10/3/23 – GOOSE – Pepsi Amphitheater, Flagstaff, AZ 

10/8/23 – BOMBINO – Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM 

10/17/23 – NICKEL CREEK – Revel Entertainment Center, Albuquerque, NM 

-BEST LIVE STUNT- 

THE DRONES – Dead and Company, 7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Franscisco, CA 

HONORABLE MENTION: Phish, Gamehenge in its entirety, 12/31/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 

-LOCAL FAVORITES- 

BARD EDRINGTON V – Fire and Rain 

LUMINATRIX – Among Us 

ZIVI – Move Along 

-POTENTIAL – MORE, PLEASE- 

DANIEL DONATO 

the LAST DINNER PARTY 

SAY SHE SHE 

WEDNESDAY 

RIPE 

VOLORES 

JAIMEE HARRIS 

MIDNIGHT NORTH 

ARKANSAUCE 

SAMI BRAMAN 

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TnJ 970 (1/4/23)

Let JAM-uary begin!!!

-HOUR ONE-

LETTUCE - Vibe  (2020 limited vinyl)

-HOUR TWO-

BILLY STRINGS - Meet Me at the Creek > Pyramid Country > Must Be Seven > Meet Me at the Creek  (3/4/23 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC)

PHISH - AC/DC Bag  (12/31/23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

Anyone who was watching in person (like Jeremy Renda, with a pic below showing much of the Gamehenge cast) or, heck, even on couch tour, probably thought this was going to be the last Phish show ever.  They hadn't performed Trey's senior thesis, "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" in its entirety since 1994.

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HIGH SIERRA TEASES FESTIVAL LINEUP 2024

Please note the words at the bottom: "...and many more to be announced!"  Early bird tickets are on sale now.  Go here.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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