Medeski, Martin & Wood With John Scofield
True story: 10 years ago I got a speeding ticket as I was grooving to some MMW. I stayed clear of the law for about three years until I was stopped again for speeding. Guess what was playing on the car stereo? You guessed it…. MMW. Here they are rippin’ it up with Sco in ’97.
You want to check out a great album? Check this out: John Scofield’s A Go Go
Smokey — Tears Of A Clown
If I were to guess, this would be what I think is one of, if not my dad’s favorite song(s). Check out those outfits!
The Band — The Weight
An oldie but a goodie. I hate that this song is/was a Cingular commercial. This is for Rick.
Ween — Chocolate Town
Ween performing in 2005 at Twist-N-Shout in Denver, CO.
Phish — 10 Years Ago Today
08/12/98 Vernon Downs, Vernon, NY
Set I: La Grange, Makisupa Policeman, Funky Bitch, Possum, Roggae, Character Zero, Ramble On, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set II: Mike’s Song> Simple> Rift, Loving Cup, Sleeping Monkey, Weekapaug Groove, Squirming Coil
Encore: Burning Down the House, You Enjoy Myself
Allgood — 1/4/1994 (Download)
Here’s a band that I used to see in late high school-early college, Allgood. Check them out, I really dug them.
Widespread Panic — Pigeons
11/24/1990 Cotton Club Atlanta, GA
Sounds crazy, but I think I was at this show. Junior year of high school. I’m almost positive.
Jimi Hendrix — The Wind Cries Mary
Just a classic performance here, folks. Jimi, 1967, The Wind Cries Mary. I’ve probably heard this song 5000 times in my life, but I still love it. And I guess I always will.
Umphrey’s McGee — Glory With Luther Dickinson (Of NMAS)
Damn! It sure is glorious!
Iron & Wine — Flightless Bird
Sam Beam singing a soulful song.
The Beatles — 1962 Contract Auction
The Associated Press reports:
Brian Epstein’s copy of his management contract with The Beatles, a pact that proved to be worth millions, is being offered for sale in London next month.
The four-page document, signed Oct. 1, 1962, by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey — Ringo Starr’s real name — carries an estimated price of $480,000. The Fame Bureau auction house said Tuesday it had scheduled the sale for Sept. 4 at the Idea Generation Gallery.
The contract, also signed by Harold Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney on behalf of their underage sons, gave Epstein a 25 percent cut of the band’s earnings, provided they made more than $400 each per week.
“The word is that he made more money than the Beatles did during his period of time,” said Ted Owen, managing director of The Fame Bureau.
He said the contract was offered for sale by a northern England businessman and Beatles collector who has asked to remain anonymous.
The contract marked the moment when all the pieces were in place for a global outbreak of Beatlemania.
Epstein first heard of The Beatles when a customer went to his record store in Liverpool asking for “My Bonnie,” in which the group backed singer Tony Sheridan.
After arranging to hear the group perform at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, Epstein was impressed.
“They were fresh, honest and had, what I thought, a sort of presence and star quality, whatever that is,” Epstein later recalled.
Epstein had been guiding the group since December 1961, and had secured a recording contract with EMI. With a nudge from producer George Martin, Epstein fired drummer Pete Best in August 1962 and brought Starr into the group, and their first big hit, “Love Me Do,” was ready for release.
“Brian put us in suits and all that and we made it very, very big,” Lennon once said. “But we sold out, you know.
“We were in a daydream till he came along. We had no idea what we were doing.”
Epstein died from a drug overdose in 1967, at age 32.
According to the Brian Epstein Web site, http://www.brianepstein.com, a first, five-year contract was signed by the group on Jan. 24, 1962, but Epstein didn’t sign it.
Epstein managed several other successful acts from Liverpool, including Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas and Cilla Black.
Also up for auction: a Bechstein grand piano that can be heard on The Beatles’ “White Album” and “Hey Jude.”
Owen estimated the piano will sell for $570,000 or more.
Mike Gordon — 8/6/08 Download
Download 8/6/2008
01. Voices
02. Walls of Time
03. Groupmind Instruction
04. Radar Blip
05. Ain’t Love Funny
06. Drumz/Box/Bass Jam
07. Takin’ It to the Streets
08. Andleman’s Yard
09. Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
10. I’m Deranged
11. Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
12. Traveled Too Far
13. “Whoo Hoo”
14. Express Yourself
15. Meat
Stanton Moore — Sprung Monkey
Cool little clip.
True Story: Stanton stole my bourbon at the first Bonnaroo! Those damn rock stars!
Widespread Panic — John Bell To Sing National Anthem
Per WidespreadPanic.com: Come out to Turner Field in Atlanta for Braves baseball and Widespread Panic! JB will be singing the National Anthem before the Braves take on the San Francisco Giants on Monday August 18th @ 4:35pm. Not a stranger to singing the anthem, JB has in the past sung at Chicago Cubs and White Sox games. (I couldn’t resist putting up a pic of my boyhood idol, Dale Murphy.)
Umphrey’s McGee — 4 Years Ago Today
Well, sort of. We spaced commemorating one of our favorite UM shows, the 8/7/2004 show at The Skyline Stage in Chicago. So, hear ya go. Stream/Download Here: UM Skyline ’04
08/07/04 Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Jake, Brendan, and Ryan were on acoustic instruments for the entire first set
Set I: Mediterranean Sundance1> In the Kitchen> Walletsworth, Nemo, The Pequod> Ahab2> The Pequod, August> Uncle Wally, Bullhead City3, 40′s Theme
Set II: Example 1> Jazz Odyssey> Plunger, Professor Wormbog, Roulette4, Uncommon, The Crooked One, Glory> All in Time
Set III: Wife Soup, Making Flippy Floppy5> White Man’s Moccassins, Anchor Drops, Miss Tinkle’s Overture> Mulche’s Odyssey> Robot World> Jimmy Stewart> No Ordinary Love, Bright Lights
Encore: Der Bluten Kat
1 only Brendan and Jake
2 first time played, original
3 with Elliott Peck on vocals
4 with Safety Dance tease
5 first time played, Talking Heads; with Hella Good (No Doubt) tease by Joel
Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time
RollingStone.com has gone and compiled a list for all of us telling us who are the top artists of all time. I’m glad they tell me how to think sometimes, because I sometimes forget that I can do it on my own. Trey Anastasio writes about Zappa, Warren Haynes writes about the Grateful Dead and Van Morrison on Ray Charles. (Taken from 2005)
Allman Brothers — Victims of “digital exploitation”?
The Allman Brothers are suing their record company for $13 million, demanding a larger chunk of third-party sales. See the whole story here.
Canned Heat — Playboy After Dark
Here’s one of the great overlooked bands of the 1960′s and 1970′s, Canned Heat. Comprised of Bob “The Bear” Hite, Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson (guitar), Larry “The Mole” Taylor, Fito de La Parra & Henry Vestine. The band suffered its first blow in 1970 when Alan Wilson commited suicide. Wilson was responsible for the unique tenor voice on the two of the band’s biggest hits, “On The Road Again” and “Up The Country”. The band played at the Newport Pop festival, Woodstock recorded several great albums including one with the blues great, John Lee Hooker entitled, Hooker-N-Heat. Lineup and personnel changes throughout the 1970′s typified life for Canned Heat, until “The Bear” died in 1981. Canned Heat still plays today, lacking its founding members, but still imploring those who come to see them, to not “forget to boogie”.
Here’s a bonus clip of Canned Heat at Woodstock:
