TnJ 997 (7/25/24)

-HOUR ONE-

JACK WHITE - Side A track 3  (2024 untitled album, stamped with "NO NAME")
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Nemo  (2024 Hall of Fame Class of 2022, 6/19/22 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO)
DOOM FLAMINGO - Touch of Grey  (2024 Grateful - the Music Plays the Band [Grateful Guitars Foundation charity tribute])
ALO - They Love Each Other  (2024 Grateful - the Music Plays the Band [Grateful Guitars Foundation charity tribute])
DAVID NELSON BAND - Friend of the Devil  (2024 Grateful - the Music Plays the Band [Grateful Guitars Foundation charity tribute])
JOHN MAYALL - California  (1969 the Turning Point, 7/12/69 Fillmore East, New York, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

GOV'T MULE w/ JIM JAMES - Us and Them > Any Colour You Like  (2023 Warren Haynes presents the Benefit Concert volume 20, ca. Dec 2018 U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Trashy > Pleas > Fishwater > Bust It Big > Fishwater  (6/22/24 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)

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Send your best healing vibes through the ether for Jimmy Herring of Widespread Panic, just diagnosed with "Stage I Tonsil Cancer."

Also, R.I.P. to British blues bandleader supreme, John Mayall, who passed at his home last Monday, age 90.

(DETROIT) LIGHTNING STRIKE FEST 9/28/24

Here we go again!  Another fun-filled, Jerry-centric event starring Detroit Lightning.  This year, at the spiffy new venue at Santa Fe Brewing.  Here's where you can get tickets (^_^)

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TnJ 996 (7/18/24)

-HOUR ONE-

MDOU MOCTAR - Oh France  (2024 Funeral for Justice)
GUM w/ AMBROSE KENNY-SMITH - Dud  (2024 Ill Times)
RAM DASS x DIRTWIRE - Mid-America Motel  (2021 single)
CAROLYN WONDERLAND - Golden Stairs  (2011 Peace Meal)
JAIME WYATT - Althea  (2023 Feel Good)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD - Eleanor Rigby  (2024 Songs We Didn't Write)
the RARE SOUNDS - PYG  (2024 Introducing - the Rare Sounds)
JJ GREY & MOFRO - Top of the World  (2024 Olustee)

-HOUR TWO-

DANIEL DONATO - Gotta Get Southbound  (2023 Reflector)
BILLY STRINGS - Heartbeat of America  (2024 Live vol. 1, 2/25/24 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo  (2024 From the Mars Hotel - 50th anniversary deluxe edition, 5/12/74 Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV)
CARLOS SANTANA - Bella  (1987 Blues for Salvador)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Fishing > Tall Boy  (3/24/24 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL)
OYSTERHEAD - Shadow of a Man  (2001 the Grand Pecking Order)

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TnJ 995 (7/11/24)

Dark Star Orchestra rarely disappoint, and their recent visit to Santa Fe Brewing was an astonishing "random" set with a bunch of surprises.  Namely, an instrumental "Imagine," and a "The Shape I'm In" encore.  Photo courtesy of Lee Zimmerman.

-HOUR ONE-

the BYRDS - Eight Miles High  (1970 [Untitled], ca. Feb 1970 Colden Center Auditorium, Queens, NY)
MAVIS STAPLES w/ JOAN OSBORNE, KEB'MO' and BUDDY MILLER - the Weight  (2017 I'll Take You There - An All-Star Concert Celebration [tribute album])
STANTON MOORE w/ CHARLIE HUNTER and SKERIK - Blues for Ben (1998 All Kooked Out)
BÉLA FLECK / ZAKIR HUSSAIN / EDGAR MEYER w/ RAKESH CHAURASIA - Tradewinds Bengali (2023 As We Speak)
BÉLA FLECK - Spain (1979 Crossing the Tracks)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Rain (2024 Songs from the River)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - Oblivion  (2024 Evolve)
LA LOM - Danza de LA LOM  (2024 single)
NEIL and the HORSE - City Life [Country Home]  (2024 Fuckin' Up, 11/4/23 the Rivoli, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
FUTUREBIRDS - Solitaires  (2024 Easy Company)
GOOSE - Tumble  (6/28/24 the Mann, Philadelphia, PA)

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JAM CRUISE 21 LINEUP / TICKETS

By golly, the lineup always looks tempting, and the next cruise is no exception.  Go to JamCruise.com to get your cabin booked and set sail with the most jamtastic cruise ever.

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TnJ 994 (7/4/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PRIMUS - Conspiranoia  (2022 Conspiranoid EP)
PARLOR GREENS - West Memphis  (2024 In Green / We Dream)
the SMILE - Teleharmonic  (2024 Wall of Eyes)
HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ – It’s all in Your Mind (2024 Sonido Cósmico)
STICK FIGURE - Edge of the Ocean  (2022 Wisdom)
JERRY GARCIA BAND - the Harder They Come  (2024 Garcia Live volume 21, 2/13/76 Keystone, Berkeley, CA)

-HOUR TWO-

SAM BURCHFIELD & the SCOUNDRELS - the Ridge  (2024 Me and My Religion)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS w/ HOLLY BOWLING - Born Again  (2024 the Iceland Sessions EP)
DIRE STRAITS - Calling Elvis  (2023 Live 1978-1992 [box set], originally 1993 On the Night, ca. May 1992)
MT. JOY - Ruins > Dirty Love  (2024 Live at the Salt Shed, ca. New Year's run 2023)
PHISH - David Bowie  (2024 Live Bait vol. 21, 11/16/97 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO)

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TnJ 993 (6/27/24)

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Little Lily > Blackout Blues  (6/22/24 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
JOE MARCINEK BAND - Hawaiian Dinosaur  (2024 1River Street)
AVETT BROTHERS - Cheap Coffee  (2024 Avett Brothers)
IRON & WINE - Anyone's Game  (2024 Light Years)
SIERRA FERRELL - I Could Drive You Crazy  (2024 Trail of Flowers)
AJ LEE & BLUE SUMMIT w/ MOLLY TUTTLE - I Can't Find You at All  (2024 City of Glass)

-HOUR TWO-

BRUCE HORNSBY and the RANGE - Jack Straw  (1991 Deadicated - a Tribute to the Grateful Dead)
PHISH - Pillow Jets  (4/20/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)
GOOSE - Hungersite  (2024 Chateau Sessions pt II)

P.S. There was no new TnJ session last week, as I was on my yearly pilgrimage to Red Rocks for Widespread Panic.  I honestly don't know how they manage to get better every year.  Absolutely magical, and available after the fact (video too) at nugs.net

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PHISH ANNOUNCE 8th RIVIERA MAYA - NO FALL TOUR

From the band, via Facebook:

Phish will return to Mexico for its eighth Phish: Riviera Maya January 29 thru February 1, 2025. Join us on the beach for four days and nights of sun, sand and Phish on Mexico’s beautiful Caribbean coast. Note that these 2025 dates are at the end of January, which is earlier than in previous years. This Riviera Maya will also see Phish performing eight sets of music beginning Wednesday night and ending on Saturday night.

Phish: Riviera Maya 2025 packages will go on sale starting June 26 at 2PM EDT at https://phishrivieramaya.com, with a special Alumni Pre-Sale for previous attendees beginning at Noon EDT the same day. Purchasers can take advantage of lower costs from last year for the most popular event packages due to the new January event dates, which also align with more affordable flight options than typically available in late February. For complete information, including booking details and payment plans, please visit https://phishrivieramaya.com.

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. Alongside the nightly performances there is a curated array of wellness programming, featuring daily yoga classes, workshops, daytime pool parties and late-night DJ sets to keep the festivities going around the clock. Guests can also explore the stunning natural landscapes and rich cultural heritage of the Yucatan Peninsula. Options for adventure include diving into cenotes, visiting the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, and sailing on catamarans, offering a perfect blend of relaxation and exploration.

Phish's Summer Tour kicks off next month on July 19 in Massachusetts and will culminate with Phish’s traditional Labor Day Weekend run in Commerce City, CO returning for four nights (August 29-September 1). For those of you looking ahead, please know that Phish will not be touring this fall.

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TnJ 992 (6/13/24)

Normally, I only do this theme-within-a-theme at Halloween (musical masquerade), but this session just came together this way, so here it is.  Note that Tedeschi and Garcia bookend the session which, if you extrapolate, makes a pretty butterfly pattern.  Enjoy!  You can listen to archived episodes here, friends.

-HOUR ONE-

WIDESPREAD PANIC w/ TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - You Can't Always Get What You Want  (4/23/16 BJCC Arena, Birmingham, AL)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Death Don't Have No Mercy > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Hey Jude  (2010 Formerly the Warlocks [box set], 10/9/89 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)
JOHN SCOFIELD - Sticks and Stones  (2005 That's What I Say - John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles)
ORGAN FAIRCHILD w/ JORMA KAUKONEN - Hard to Handle  (2024 Songs We Didn't Write)
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - All the Way from America  (2024 Heavy Soul)
WILCO - Space Oddity  (2024 Outlaws and Outliers, 2/14/16 Mountain Stage, Charleston, WV)

-HOUR TWO-

And now, another theme-within-a-theme-within-a-theme: artists playing Telluride Bluegrass Festival next week, still covering other artists...

MOLLY TUTTLE w/ NATHANIEL RATELIFF - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
SIERRA FERRELL - Seven Spanish Angels  (2023 Spotify Single, 4/28/23 Luck Reunion)
LIL SMOKIES - Going to California  (2023 single)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Just Like Heaven  (2017 Undercover, vol. 2 EP)
GOV'T MULE - For What It's Worth  (2020 Live at the Beacon Theatre, 12/31/17 New York, NY)
JERRY GARCIA BAND - Catfish John  (2024 Garcia Live volume 21, 2/13/76 the Keystone, Berkeley, CA)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Angel from Montgomery / Sugaree  (1/19/13 Sunshine Music Festival, Boca Raton, FL)

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DETROIT LIGHTNING - the BEST DEAD COVER BAND

This is a world class cover band, folks, and they only do a handful of gigs each year.  Do yourself a favor and check them out while you can.  Go here for tickets.

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TnJ 991 (6/6/24)

-HOUR ONE-

SLIGHTLY STOOPID w/ BOB WEIR and KARL DENSON - Franklin's Tower  (4/21/16 San Rafael, CA, Live at Roberto's TRI Studios 2 [webcast])

SUBLIME x STICK FIGURE w/ BRADLEY NOWELL - Feel Like That  (2024 single)

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Papa's Home > the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > Papa's Home  (Panic en la Playa Doce 4/15/24 Hard Rock Hotel, Riviera Maya, MX)

JAMES McMURTRY - Jackie  (2021 the Horses and the Hounds)

REDDCOATS - Still Waiting  (2024 the Reddcoats 2)

-HOUR TWO -

PHISH - Beneath a Sea of Stars part 1 > 2001 > Light  (4/21/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)

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RHYTHMS on the RIO 2024

If, like me, you've heard nothing but good things about this festival over the years, take note: tickets are now on sale here.  For me, the big draw is Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country (with "2 special sets"), but this is reported to be a lovingly curated festival in Del Norte, CO, between Alamosa and Creede, an easy jaunt from Santa Fe.  Colorado festivals have a tendency to sell out quickly, so don't say I didn't warn you (^_^)

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TnJ 990 (5/30/24)

3-fer Madness special session, kicking off in honor of the late Bill Walton, Grateful Dead superfan, who died Monday at age 71...

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Happy Birthday (Bill Walton) > Shakedown Street  (11/5/85 the Centrum, Worcester, MA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Eyes of the World > Sugar Magnolia  (11/17/73 Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)

XAVIER RUDD - World Order pt. 1 > World Order pt. 2 (2024 Freedom Sessions EP)
XAVIER RUDD - Road Trippin'  (2024 Freedom Sessions EP)

-HOUR TWO-

BURNING SPEAR - Old Marcus Garvey  (2003 Live in Paris Zenith '88 [reissue], also 2012 the Best of Burning Spear)
BURNING SPEAR - Jah Is My Driver > Slavery Days  (2004 Live in South Africa 2000)

LEFTOVER SALMON - We'll Get Bye  (7/16/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morisson, CO)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Flyin' at Night  (7/16/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morisson, CO)
LEFTOVER SALMON - Evermore  (7/16/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morisson, CO)

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TnJ 989 (5/23/24)

-HOUR ONE-

NICKEL CREEK - Tomorrow Is a Long Time  (2005 Why Should the Fire Die?)
DREW EMMITT - Meet Me in the Morning  (2005 Across the Bridge)
GRATEFUL DEAD - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue  (2006 Download Series vol. 9, 4/2/89 Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA)
SARAH JAROSZ - Simple Twist of Fate  (2013 Build Me Up from Bones)
DRASTIC ANDREW - Mother Ayahuasca  (2024 Drastically Live, ca. 2023 Tumbleroot, Santa Fe, NM) WIDESPREAD PANIC - Life As a Tree  (2024 Snake Oil King)
IRON & WINE - Sweet Talk  (2024 Light Verse)

-HOUR TWO-

GOOSE - Drive  (4/7/24 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
NEAL FRANCIS - BNYLV  (2024 Francis Comes Alive, 3/25/23 Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL)
KAMASI WASHINGTON w/ TERRACE MARTIN, GEORGE CLINTON, and D SMOKE - the Visionary > Get Lit  (2024 Fearless Movement)
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - Kerosene  (2021 the Leap year Sessions - Volume One, ca. Jul 2020 the Pageant, St. Louis, MO)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - I'd Like Off  (2024 I'd Like Off EP, ca. 2010)

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TnJ 988 (5/16/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHIL & FRIENDS w/ RICK MITAROTONDA, JAMES CASEY, NATALIE CRESSMAN, JENNIFER HARTSWICK, JOHN MEDESKI, and JOHN MOLO - He's Gone > Cold Rain and Snow  (10/22/22 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY)
KITCHEN DWELLERS - Muir Maid  (2023 Live at Pine Creek vol. 2, ca. 2022 Livingston, MT)
MARCUS KING - Save Me  (2024 Mood Swings)

-HOUR TWO-

JJ GREY & MOFRO - Olustee  (2024 Olustee)
BLACK CROWES - Bedside Manners  (2024 Happiness Bastards)
JOE MARCINEK BAND - Soul'D  (2024 1River Street)
PHISH - Fluffhead  (4/18/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)
BILLY STRINGS - Tangled Up in Blue > Show Me the Door  (12/30/22 UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA)

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ACL FEST LINEUP + TIX INFO

I've realized that one of the things I missed most during "the dark times" we shall never speak of again was music festivals.  Here's the lineup for October's 2-weekend bonanza in Austin, TX.  Three-day and one-day tickets now available.  Get yours here.

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TnJ 987 (5/9/24)

-HOUR ONE-

moe. - George (2021 Live from Telefunken Soundstage, ca. Oct 2020 South Windsor, CT)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Tackle Box Hero (2024 T.B.A.)
CEDRIC BURNSIDE - Hill Country Love  (2024 Hill Country Love)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Roll Around the Sun  (2024 single)
DANGERMUFFIN - Icarus  (2024 T.B.A.)

-HOUR TWO-

RAILROAD EARTH - the Way of the Buffalo > Stillwater Getaway  (2020 Live Tracks - Horn o' Plenty 11/30/19 Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA)
DAVID GILMOUR - the Piper's Call  (2024 Luck and Strange)
DANIEL DONATO - Fire on the Mountain  (2020 a Young Man's Country)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Dancing in the Street  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 50, 5/4/77 the Palladium, New York, NY)

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TnJ 986 (5/2/24)

A good, old-fashioned Phish fry, featuring flashbacks from the Sphere residency - let's get spherical (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Life Saving Gun  (4/18/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)
PHISH - Sand > Tweezer  (4/18/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH - Oblivion > Down with Disease  (4/21/24 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV)

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70th NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL LINEUP

The 70th annual Newport Jazz Festival has revealed this year's lineup, and tickets are available here.

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