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Friday, March 1, 2013

The Seriously Phat Sounds of Stanley Jordan and Phil Lesh

Phil & Phriends

Sunday, November 11, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY*
Set I: Alligator > Bird Song > Till the Light Comes > Strawberry Fields Forever > Franklin’s Tower
Set II: Dweller on a Threshold, Doin’ That Rag, Just Another Whistle Stop, Althea, Cosmic Charlie
Set III: Jam* > Mountains of the Moon* > The Other One* > Dark Star* > Stairway to Heaven* > Dark Star* > All Along the Watchtower*, Morning Dew* > Dark Star*
E: U.S. Blues*
*with Stanley Jordan

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Earl Scruggs & The Byrds - Roger Mcguinn

 

 

A great lineup here featuring Earl Scruggs and Roger Mcguinn as they cover 'You ain't goin nowhere'.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Spotlight on performing artists.

Mary Beth Abella and Chris Jacks perform the song, "Ever Stays the Same" off of the album, "In Another LIfe".  Lyrically and musically uplifting, Mary Beth sings about the fabric of relationships and matters of the heart.

Mary Beth's debut album What Happened to the Girls? previously received mention in the top ten best albums of 2002 by the Denver Daily News .

They've recently released a new CD "In Another Life".  They'll be playing an acoustic set in L.A. at the Salvage Bar and Lounge on March 13. 

The Salvage Bar & Lounge is located at 717 W. 7th Street in Los Angeles.

Come on down and check it out.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Winterland Arena - Legal Aid Benefit

LN jg1973-10-02.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.83809.flac1644

 (Reprinted from jgmf.blogspot.com).

I am sure Blair and McNally and all the other sources go into the obscure story of the Legal Aid Benefit. I just re-read the one source I have at hand, John Wasserman's very suspicious-sounding piece in the Chronicle a few days later (1). Sounds like some Angels, facilitated by Sam Cutler and certainly abetted by Garcia, made a lot of dough with this gig, but it's not clear who, nor is it clear that the whole thing was correctly represented to, inter alia, Bill Graham himself. It sounds like an interesting story to dig more deeply into.


Of key interest from the GOTS perspective is the large number of guests. I work with a concept of the Shared Stage, which suggests that within the social networks of musicians, playing together is a deeply important form of linkage. These are "strong ties", as opposed to the "weak ties" represented by linkages such as joint billings and joint album credits. From my Garciacentric vantage, Shared Stage events can be broken down into a few categories, the most important of which are JG-host (Jerry hosting a guest) and JG-guest (Jerry taking a guest shot with someone else). Here we have a number of linkages to Jerry through the former channel in this gig:

  • Another mystery trumpeter (see also 12/28/72, 7/5/73, 8/15/74, 9/1/74). Wolfgang's Vault identifies this as Bill Atwood, but that's apparently based on a conjecture by Corry, itself based on a mistaken assumption.
  • Martin Fierro guests, for the second known time after 7/19/73.
  • Sarah Fulcher sings on a song.
  • Roger "Jellyroll" Troy plays bass at the end, and sings a couple of blues numbers.
  • Matthew Kelly on harmonica.
I want to love this show. Things are good and reasonably interesting, but it just doesn't move me as much as I thought it should.

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders
Winterland Arena
corner of Post and Steiner
San Francisco, CA 94115
October 2, 1973 (Tuesday)
92 min Betty Cantor-Jackson sbd

--(8 tracks, 92:00, presumed complete)--
t01. [0:18] % /It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [5:21] [1:39]
t02. Finders Keepers [9:35] [1:34]
t03. The Harder They Come [10:42] [1:37]
t04. My Funny Valentine [18:27] [1:09]
t05. That's Alright Mama [11:30] [1:00]
t06. I Second That Emotion [10:12] (1) [1:15]
t07. Sweet Little Angel [7:09] -> I've Got News For You [1:23] [0:16]
t08. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:56] (2) [0:13] %

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
Jerry Garcia - el-g, vocals;
Merl Saunders - keyboards;
John Kahn - el-bass (t07-t08);
 Bill Vitt - drums;
Martin Fierro - saxophone (t02-t06, t08);
Bill Atwood?? - trumpet (t01-t04, t06, t08);
Matthew Kelly - harmonica (t05, t07, t08);
Roger "Jellyroll" Troy - el-bass (t07-t08), vocals (t07);Sara Fulcher - vocals (t05).

(Post submitted by Tim Lynch)

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hot Tuna on Tour!

 


Jorma Performances
Including Barry Mitterhoff unless otherwise noted.
Electric Hot Tuna Performances
Includes Jorma, Jack, Barry and Skoota.
Acoustic Hot Tuna Performances
Includes Jorma, Jack and Barry








03/6-10/13     Tickets and Information
Negril, Jamaica     Acoustic Hot Tuna     The Breezes Grand Negril Resort

04/18/13     Wanee Festival
Live Oak, FL     Electric Hot Tuna    
   
05/30/13     The Outpost in the Burbs
Montclair, NJ     Jorma Kaukonen



Bob Dylan Lays Off 2,000 Workers From Songwriting Factory (Humor)

Steve Kimock on tour in 2013

Upcoming Shows

Feb 20 Narrows Ctr.For The Arts- Falls River, MA
Feb 21 Tupelo Music Hall- Londonderry, NH
Feb 22 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
Feb 23 Stage 48 - NYC
Mar 7 Mr. Smalls Theater –Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 8 The Blockley – Philadelphia, PA
Mar 9 The Hamilton – Washington DC
Mar 23 Unit- Tokyo
Mar 24 Bay Hall -Yokohama, Japan
Mar 26 Club Quattro- Osaka Japan
Mar 28 Great American Music Hall – SF, CA
Mar 29 Crystal Bay Casino - Crystal Bay, NV
Mar 30 Center for the Arts – Grass Valley, CA
Mar 31 Hopmonk Tavern -Novato, CA
April 1 Moes Alley - Santa Cruz, CA
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Moog Resynthesizes The Grateful Dead (Republished from dead.net)

Animoog, Moog's TEC-Award nominated synthesizer for the iPad and iPhone, is creating cosmic harmonies with their Grateful Dead Expansion Pack. This exclusive pack features 82 Presets and 45 Timbres that were carefully extracted from the live recording and optimized so you can create your very own dynamic Dead soundscape.

Mike Adams, Moog Music President and CEO said, “Two very important legacies left by Bob Moog and his life's work were the idea of looking at new technology and crafting new tools to enable musicians to make music in new and inspiring ways, and also the importance of collaborating with musicians to help shape those tools. This innovative integration of textures from the Grateful Dead’s live recordings into Animoog’s timbre library is a true manifestation of this legacy.”

The Grateful Dead Expansion Pack is broken into three categories: ensemble, percussion and vocal sounds. In each case the timbres were extracted from individual vocal performances, percussion hits or instrument riffs performed during the Grateful Dead’s concert at the Carousel Ballroom 44 years ago. The pack allows musicians today to create dynamic soundscapes from the Dead’s rare and complex source harmonic content originally performed decades ago.

Cyril Lance, Moog Music’s Chief Engineer explains, “We’re not simply providing samples from the Grateful Dead's body of work, rather we’ve distilled the essence of notes and phrases in a different way to transform these performances into new instruments -- new voices. Now we’ve made these unique voices available to artists in a way that enables them to create their own music and voices based on this fundamental essence.”

The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, who visited the Moog Factory on April 19, 2012 to test the development of the Grateful Dead Expansion Pack exclaimed, "Holy transmogrification, Batman… Amazing!" after hearing the Grateful Dead’s 44-year-old recordings transformed into sound design tools for artists.

Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Steep Canyon Rangers Perform May 30

Performing selections from their new album Love Has Come for You, releasing on April 23, 2013, the new musical partners Steve Martin and Edie Brickell combine Martin's expressive five-string banjo work with Brickell's heart-tugging vocals and detail-rich lyrics. Joining this dynamic duo for this performance will be the esteemed bluegrass combo, the Steep Canyon Rangers, with whom Martin has recorded and toured extensively. May 30th, Greenville, South Carolina's The Peace Center will feature Steve Martin, Edie Brickell and the Steep Canyon Rangers.

Schwagfest (I mean Byrdfest)

This is a weekend campout concert festival happening onAPRIL 26+27 - Friday & Saturday. The event will be at BYRDS ADVENTURE CENTER in Ozark, AR. Byrds is an 800 acre campground with 3 miles of the Mulberry River running through it. There is swimming, canoe floating, a zip line, large shower house bathroom, vending area, and a nice large permanent stage all on site. The legendary SCHWAG band will be headlining both nights with their flavor of Grateful Dead music. Tickets are only $60 each for the weekend and include camping and parking. One day tickets are available only on the Saturday for $35 each.

7037 Hwy 215 (Co. Rd. 83)
Ozark, AR  479-667-4066
ALL AGES, Showtime : 9 p.m.
Tickets : $60 for the weekend or $35 for only Sat.
So far, the lineup includes:
    Watch out for the dude with the love jug =)