TnJ 2018 (12/26/24)

 TnJ 1018

-HOUR ONE-

DAVID LETTERMAN On the Grateful Dead (12/07/2024 Kennedy Center Honors, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Fire On the Mountain  (10/14/80) Warfield Theatre, San Fransisco, CA)
STURGILL SIMPSON  - Ripple  (12/07/2024 Kennedy Center Honors, NY)
MOE. - Meat  (3/23/24 Washington's, Fort Collin, CO))
LES CLAYPOOL'S FROG BRIGADE - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd cover,  2000)
BIG SOMETHING - Scarlet Begonias  (11/10/19 State Theatre, Greenville, NC)

-HOUR TWO-

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG - Offshoot (unknown)
PHISH - Rock 'n Roll (Velvet Underground cover, 1998) 
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Girlfriend Is Better (Talking Heads cover, 2009)
GOOSE - Help> Slip!>Frank >Empress of Organos  (12/14/24 "Goosemas Bingo" North Charleston Coliseum, NC)
BILLY STRINGS - Frosty Morn'  (studio)

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 - TnJ 1017--

-HOUR ONE-

DEAD & COMPANY - Althea  (7/16/23 Oracle Park, San Fransisco, CA)
BILLY STRINGS - Nutshell (Alice In Chains cover 3/18/23 Cincinnati, OH)
EGGY - Midnight Moonlight (5/4/23 location unknown)
JOE RUSSO'S ALMOST DEAD -Birdsong > Pigs (Three Different Ones > Birdsong  7/31/21 New Haven, CT)

-HOUR TWO-

PHISH I Can't Get No) Satisfaction > Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001) > Chalk Dust Torture (2/25/22 Moon Palace Resort, Riviera Maya, MEX)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Estimated Prophet > Terrapin Station > Playin' In the Band (10/14/80 Warfield Theatre, San Fransisco, CA)

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TnJ 1016 (12/12/24)

-- TnJ 1016-- 

This one was pretty psychedelic; more space than matter, a fly in a cathedral...

-HOUR ONE-

EGGY - A Moment's Notice  (11/29/24 Capitol Theatre Port Chester, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD - The Other One  (PNE Coliseum, Vancouver BC)
EGGY - Black Friday > Bird Song > Black Friday > Bird Song > Black Friday (encore 11/29/24 Capitol Theatre Port Chester, NY)

-HOUR TWO-

LOS LOBOS -Bertha  (1998)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Godzilla (2009)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Playin' In the Band > The Wheel  (2/3/78 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI)

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TnJ 1014 (11/28/24)

Behold!  The annual "All-Grateful" Toast-n-Jam session for your Turkey day pleasure (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Viola Lee Blues  (1997 Fallout from the Phil Zone, 4/26/69 Chicago, IL)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Dancing in the Street  (1997 Fallout from the Phil Zone, 4/12/70 San Francisco, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Easy Wind  (1997 Fallout from the Phil Zone, 5/15/70 New York, NY)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Jack-a-Roe  (1997 Fallout from the Phil Zone, 5/17/77 Tuscaloosa, AL)

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD - Playing in the Band > China Doll  (2024 Dave's Pick's vol. 52, 9/10/83 Santa Fe Downs, Santa Fe, NM)
GRATEFUL DEAD - West L.A. Fadeaway  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 52, 9/11/83 Santa Fe Downs, Santa Fe, NM)
GRATEFUL DEAD - He's Gone  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 52, 9/11/83 Santa Fe Downs, Santa Fe, NM)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Sugar Magnolia  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 52, 9/11/83 Santa Fe Downs, Santa Fe, NM)

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TnJ 1013 (11/21/24)

 

TnJ 1013 (11/21/24)

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–HOUR ONE–

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COUNTING CROWS 

 Friend of the Devil
8/31/24 Costa Mesa, CA

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ZACH NUGENT DEAD SET 

 China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider

 11/10/23  Spanish Ballroom, Tacoma, WA 

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LEGION OF MARY
Freedom Jazz Dance
Boogie On Reggae Woman

 12/15/1975
Eugene, OR

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–HOUR TWO–

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JOE RUSSO’S ALMOST DEAD

 Cumberland Blues > Vasoline > Cumberland Blues
12/04/22

 Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL

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VOODOO DEAD

 Bird Song

 4/30/22 

 NOLA, New Orleans, LA

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LOTUS

 Kesey Seed

 10/24/24

 Washington’s, Fort Collins, CO

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TnJ 1012 (11/14/24)

 

TnJ 1012  11/14/24

-HOUR ONE-

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

Angel From Montgomery > Sugaree

1/30/13 Sunshine Blues Festival, Boca Raton, FL

BILLY STRINGS

When the Levee Breaks > Man Of Constant Sorrow

10/31/24

Halloween performance of “Of Billy Where Art Thou”

Baltimore, MD

NEIL YOUNG 

Cowgirl In the Sand 

1970 Fillmore East 

DOGS IN A PILE 

No Quarter (Led Zeppelin cover)

6/23/23 

Hammonton, NJ

DOGS IN A PILE 

Today

6/23/23

Hammonton, NJ

-HOUR TWO-

SPAFFORD

The Postman

11/06/24

Treefort Music Hall, Boise, ID

SPAFFORD

Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock cover)

11/06/24

Treefort Music Hall, Boise, ID

Dogs In a Pile

Cats Under Stars (Jerry Garcia Band cover)

6/23/23

Hammonton, NJ

Infamous Stringdusters

Touch of Grey (Grateful Dead cover)

(studio)

Neil Young

Roll Another One (For the Road)

2/16/91

Buffalo, NY

 

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BENDER JAMBOREE 2025 TIX ON SALE NEXT WEEK

The magic 8-ball says: "All Signs Point to YES!"  Reports say it's like an outdoor festival indoors, or like Jam Cruise on land.  Featuring String Cheese Incident, moe., the Wood Brothers, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Eggy, Keller Williams, Sierra Hull, the Motet and lots more.

Tickets on sale Thursday, November 21st (pre-sale available Wednesday, November 20th) at BenderJamboree.com

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TnJ 1011 (11/07/24)

 -HOUR ONE-

PUNCH BROTHERS
Julep
(12/16/15)
Paramount Theatre, Charlottesville, VA

THE PETER ROWAN AND TONY RICE QUARTET
w/ BRYN DAVIES AND SHARON GILCHRIST
Cold Rain and Snow
(3/25/05) Suwanee, FL

KELLER WILLIAMS’ GRATEFUL GRASS
Shakedown Street
(8/1/14) Gathering of the Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT

BILLY STRINGS
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad > Big Rock Candy Mountain
10/31/24 Halloween in Baltimore, MD

GOOSE
Brokedown Palace
(10/25/24) Winston Salem, NC

STEPHEN WILSON, JR.
Stand By Me (Ben E. King cover)
10/27/24) Live at the Print Shop
Atlanta, GA

BILLY STRINGS w/ UMPHREY’S MCGEE
Voodoo Chile (2/15/20) Explore Asheville Arena, NC

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL DEAD
(9/11/83) The Downs in Santa Fe

Help On the Way . Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower 21:00

Truckin” > Wang Dang Doodle > Morning Dew 29:00

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TnJ 1010: 10/31/2024

TnJ 1010: 10/31/2024

An All Hallow's Eve costume contest! Every band is dressed up as another band. And, a special tribute to Phil Lesh.

-HOUR ONE-

PHIL LESH QUINTET

Dear Mr Fantasy                                  
The Capitol Theatre (3/6/24)
On their second night of celebrating Phil Lesh's birthday

Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Rob Barraco, and John Molo

GOOSE
Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard
(1/31/19) Boulder, CO

 PHISH
 Sweet Jane
(10/31/98) 
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

 SPAFFORD
 Pets
(8/19/2023)
Park City Music Hall; Bridgeport, CT

EGGY
Time Loves a Hero
 (5/24/2023)
Orazen Tavern, Aurora, OH

 PHISH
 Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
(7/27/2013)
 Gorge Ampitheatre, Quincy, WA

 -HOUR TWO-  

GOVT MULE w GRACE POTTER
 Gold Dust Woman
(9/05/13)
 Lockn' Festival, first known as Interlocken Music Festival

UMPHREE’S MCGEE
 Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(7/03/15)
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO

THE MAIN SQUEEZE
Any Colour You Like
(2021)
 Squeezehouse 4 livestream performance

 PHIL & PHRIENDS
 Wish You Were Here
 (4/16/99)
The Warfield, San Fransisco, CA           
 Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Steve Kimock, Page McConnell & John Molo 

 

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TnJ 1009 10/24/24

 -HOUR ONE-

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - When Doves Cry  (11/5/22 Crystal Ballroom. Portland, OR)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Space > Jack-a-Roe  (3/12/14 Jefferson Theatre, Charlottesville, VA)
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Bound For Glory  (11/20/21 Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga, TN)
LOTUS - Drunken Giraffe (12/30/05  River Street Jazz Cafe, Plains, IN)

-HOUR TWO-

GRATEFUL SHRED - Help On the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower  (11/14/17 The Liberty Farm, Echo Park, CA)
GOOSE w/ FATHER JOHN MISTY - I'm Writing a Novel  (2/23/23 The Roadrunner, Boston, MA)
PHISH - Chalk Dust Torture  (12/30/15 Madison Square Garden, NY)

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TnJ 1008 (10/17/24)

Monk had a medical emergency, but we sure hope he's gonna be okay.  Meanwhile, the venerable Chris D retakes control for the time being (^_^)

-HOUR ONE-

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS w/ BILLY STRINGS - Monument  (6/9/24 Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater, Grand Rapids, MI)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Here I Go  (2024 Nowhere Next)
DANGERMUFFIN - I Will Never Forget  (2024 Dangermuffin)
LADYCOUCH - Seasick  (2024 A Matter of Time)
GOOSE w/ FATHER JOHN MISTY - I'm Writing a Novel  (6/25/22 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY)
NEIL YOUNG and CRAZY HORSE - Like a Hurricane  (1979 Live Rust, ca. Oct 1978)

-HOUR TWO-

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Chilly Water > Sometimes > Chilly Water  (6/20/01 Paolo Soleri Amphitheater, Santa Fe, NM)
PHISH - Kill Devil Falls  (8/2/24 Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain  (1999 Dick's Picks vol. 13, 5/6/81 Nassau Coliseum, although this "hidden track" is filler from 11/1/79, also at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)

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TnJ 1007 (10/10/24)

Tonight's TnJ was a tasty fried Eggy-centric experience: 

-HOUR ONE-

EGGY Jack Straw
(3/5/22 Charleston Pour House, Charleston SC)
GOOSE Hot Tea
(8/10/19 The Mousetrap, Indianapolis IN)
EGGY Saint of Circumstance > Onitsuka Tiger > Saint of Circumstance Reprise
(1/14/22 Pembroke MA)

-HOUR TWO-

DIZGO  Curio 
(2024 Atlanta GA)
SPAFFORD  Electric Taco Stand
(5/2020  Mesa AZ, Drive-In Live)
EGGY  One Stop Shop > Don't Do It > One Stop reprise > Backyard Bear tease

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 Toast and Jam 1006 10/2/24 

 -HOUR ONE- 

Goose 9/27/24 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 

Eminence Front (Who cover)
Dripfield
Arcadia

 -HOUR TWO- 

Phish 8/02/24
Ruoff Music Center, Deer Creek, Noblesville, IN 

Kill Devil Falls
Down With Disease
Scents and Subtle Sounds >
Down With Disease >
What’s The Use?

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TnJ 1005 (9/26/24)

  -HOUR ONE-

JERRY'S MIDDLE FINGER Ruben and Cherise
(2/26/23 Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA)

DOPAPOD Heart Shaped Box > Witching Hour
9/29/18 Brooklyn, NY)

EGGY Cassidy
(5/24/23 Orazen Tavern, Aurora OH)

-HOUR TWO-

CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN Helicarnassas > One For Chuck
6/1/19 Brooklyn Bowl, NY)

ALL THEM WITCHES See You Next Fall > L'Hotel Serein > Bulls > Enemy of My Enemy
(4/14/23 Live on KEXP)

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TnJ 1004 (9/19/24)

 -HOUR ONE-

GOOSE Me and My Uncle
GOOSE Tumble
(9/16/20 South Farms, Morris, CT)

LOTUS It’s All Clear to Me Now -> Bubonic Tonic
(12-30-05 River St Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA)

-HOUR TWO-

KIKAGAKU MOYA Green Sugar
(11/29/2019 Live on KEXP)

KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Iron Lung
(10/7/22 Live on KEXP)

GLASS BEAMS
Snake Oil > Mirage > Rattlesnake > Silver Tongue > Avaz

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TnJ 1003 (9/12/24)

-HOUR ONE-

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Deep Ellum Blues  (1/6/17 Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO)
DANGERMUFFIN - Friend of the Devil  (10/5/15 Creekside Jamfest, Black Mountain, NC)
CABINET - Mr. Spaceman  (6/1/24 The Get Down, Blain, PA)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Mississippi Half Step/Uptown Toodleloo  (8/9/24 The Refinery, Charleston, SC)
THE MOTET - Help On The Way ->Slipknot!->Franklin's Tower  (4/27/12 Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, MD)

-HOUR TWO-

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA - New Speedway Boogie->The Other One->Black Peter->Turn On Your Your Lovelight  (6/7/05 Mexicali Blues, Teaneck, NJ)

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TnJ 1002 (9/5/24)

-HOUR ONE-

PHISH - Kill Devil Falls > What's Going Through Your Mind  (8/31/24 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Trashy  (2024 single)

-HOUR TWO-

the MOTET w/ RYAN JALBERT and DAN SCHWINDT - Scarlet Begonias  (4/27/12 Baltimore Soundstage)
JERRY'S MIDDLE FINGER - Eyes of the World  (11/16/18 Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace, Pioneertown, CA)
SPAFFORD - Funkadelic > Feel Like a Stranger  (3/8/15 the Orpheum, Flagstaff, AZ)

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TnJ 1001 (8/29/24)

Special guest toast: Monk!

-HOUR ONE-

DREW EMMITT - Long Road  (1/29/09 Denver, CO)
SAM BUSH - Sneaking Sally Through the Alley > I Just Want to Feel Something  (2018 Oak Hill, NY)
SUNNY WAR - If it Wasn't Broken  (2/23/23 Kennedy Center)
LIZZIE NO - Monuments  (5/30/17 Paste Studios, NY)
OZOMATLI - Cumbia de los Muertos  (7/1/23 Buckley Park, Durango, CO)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Eyes of the World  (1/6/17 Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO)

-HOUR TWO-

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG - Day In Time  (2024 Day In Time)
MDOU MOCTAR - Tarhatzed  (2019 Ilana [the Creator])
JANE'S ADDICTION - Imminent Redemption  (2024 T.B.A.)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Escape Goat  (2024 Hall of Fame - Class of 2022, 9/9/22 the Elm, Bozeman, MT)
PHISH - middle section of "Secret Set"  (8/16/24 the Woodlands, Dover, DE)

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TnJ 1000 (8/22/24)

Something like "Toast-n-Jam's Greatest Hits" is what I'll call this double-length special session (^_^)

GOV'T MULE - War Pigs  (1999 Live...with a Little Help from Our Friends, 12/31/98 the Roxy, Atlanta, GA)
BONNIE RAITT - Burning Down the House  (1995 Road Tested)
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Little Wing / Third Stone from the Sun  (2000 SRV [box set], 3/15/84 CBS Records Convention, Honolulu, HI)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Mountain Jam  (1972 Eat a Peach, sides 2 and 4, ca. Mar 1971, Fillmore East, New York, NY)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Traffic Jam > Years with Rose > Winds o' Wyoming > Traffic Jam  (2004 Mountain Tracks vol. 3, 9/12/03 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Porch Song > Disco > Diner > Wondering  (1998 Light Fuse, Get Away, ca. 1997)
SPAFFORD - Backdoor Funk  (2015 Live in Las Vegas, 3/27/15 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV)
PHISH - Party Time > Mike's Song > Crosseyed and Painless > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove  (8/10/10 Town Park, Telluride, CO)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Intro > Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower  (1991 One from the Vault, 8/13/75 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
GRATEFUL DEAD - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  (1995 Hundred Year Hall, 4/26/72 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, West Germany)

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TnJ 999 (8/15/24)

-HOUR ONE-

DIRE STRAITS - Telegraph Road  (2023 Live 1978-1992 [box set], ca. 1983 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
moe. - Rebubula  (4/29/23 Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA)
PHISH w/ BILLY STRINGS - Possum > Everything's Right  (8/6/24 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI)

-HOUR TWO-

TIM HEIDECKER - Trippin' [Slippin']  (2024 Slipping Away)
OLIVER WOOD w/ STEVE BERLIN - Yo I Surrender  (2024 Fat Cat Silhouette)
SIERRA FERRELL - American Dreaming  (2024 Trail of Flowers)
AJ LEE and BLUE SUMMIT - City of Glass  (2024 City of Glass)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Truckin' > Drums > Good Lovin'  (2024 Dave's Picks vol. 51, 4/13/71 Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA)

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