Happy Halloween — S-P-O-O-K-Y Songs
Continuing with more Halloween songs, we have a collection of “spooky” songs.
Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper”:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You”:
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”:
Phish covering “Frankenstein”:
Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” from The Song Remains The Same:
S-P-O-O-K-Y Friday — Vampire Sighting?
If you view our site regularly, you know that on Mondays and Fridays we post a funny clip and call it Funny Monday or Funny Friday. Well, today is Halloween and we thought it would be appropriate to post a scary clip, so strap in and watch this vampire sighting.
Bruce Springsteen — A Ghoulish Treat
From Bruce:
As a ghoulish Halloween treat to loyal fans, Bruce Springsteen is offering a free audio download and streaming peek at the video for the previously unheard track “A Night with the Jersey Devil” on his website, www.brucespringsteen.net . Both audio and video will be available on the site from 12:01am Friday, October 31 until 11:59pm Sunday, November 2. The creepy video for “A Night with the Jersey Devil” was directed by long-time Springsteen visual-collaborator Thom Zimny.
Springsteen posted the following note on brucespringsteen.net:
“Dear Friends and Fans,
If you grew up in Central or South Jersey you grew up with the ‘Jersey Devil’. Here’s a little musical Halloween treat. Have fun!
Bruce Springsteen”
Happy Halloween!
Umphrey’s McGee — Indianapolis, IN (10/31/2003)
10/31/03 Murat Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN
the band had an Egyptian theme: Brendan was a mummy, Jake was a pharoah, Joel was Moses, Kris was an Egyptian prince, Ryan was Cleopatra, and Andy was a female Egyptian peasant
Set I: Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor1, Soul Food I> Ocean Billy2, Prowler> The Haunt> Get in the Van, In the Kitchen, Utopian Fir3> Hurt Bird Bath, Heart and Soul4
Set II: And Justice For All5, Mail Package6, Mullet (Over), JaJunk7> It’s About That Time> JaJunk, White Wedding8, Professor Wormbog> All in Time9, Pay the Snucka10
Encore: Much Obliged11 12> Nothing too Fancy
1 Joel on “keytar”
2 first time played, original; based on 04.23.03 and 03.30.03 “Jimmy Stewarts”
3 with Top Gun theme intro as well as a Ministry jam
4 first time played, Huey Lewis and the News
5 first time played, Metallica; with Let’s Go Crazy (Prince) intro
6 first time played, original
7 with White Wedding (Billy Idol) and No Quarter (Zeppelin)teases
8 first time played, Billy Idol; with Vince on vocals, dressed as Billy Idol; with Rebel Yell ending
9 with Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz) teases
10 Part III
11 with Halloween theme by Joel
12 last Much Obliged 12.12.02
Happy Halloween from Musical Stew Daily
We’d like to wish all of you a very happy Halloween. May your day/night be filled with fun, a little mischief, some spookiness and general good times.
Hauntingly Yours,
Musical Stew Daily
Umphrey’s McGee — “Let The Wild Games Begin…”
From Jambands.com:
Umphrey’s McGee guitarist Jake Cinninger will take command of the Sirius Jam On airwaves on Halloween. Cinninger will DJ at the station from 6 PM through 12 AM EST this Friday, offering “his favorite tricks and treats, like some live Umphrey’s McGee and other favorites.” In addition, the guitarist promises to play some of his favorite vinyl records from the ‘70s.
Last night, Umphrey’s McGee got into the Halloween spirit a bit earlier teasing an incredible number of songs at San Diego, CA’s House of Blues. Throughout the night, the sextet teased no less than Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon,” Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and Phish’s “Bathtub Gin,” as well as Led Zeppelin’s “Over the Hills,” “Kashmir” and “The Ocean.” The group also offered a creative mashup of Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” and Herbie Hancock’s “The Trailer.” Umphrey’s McGee will officially celebrate Halloween at San Francisco’s The Warfield this Friday.
Phish — Happy Halloween (Musical Costume Years: 1994, 1995, 1996 & 1998)
Does anyone miss the good old days when we could bank on Phish playing a Halloween show, displaying their chops and their take on a legendary album? Well, I do. Maybe ’09 will bring us another musical costume. Time will tell and we shall see. If they do play another Halloween show, what album would you like to see them cover? Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti? Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage? Neutral Milk Hotel’s In An Aeroplane Over The Sea? Leave us a comment with your desired album.
We’ve decided to put together some videos of Halloween’s past. Here they are in 1994 playing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”:
Next up is “Born Under Punches” from 1996′s show in Atlanta where the band covered The Talking Heads’ Remain In Light.
Here’s “Lonesome Cowboy Bill” from 1998′s performance of the Velvet Underground’s Loaded:
Here are the setlists from the musical costume years:
10/31/94 Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY
Set I: Frankenstein, Sparkle, Simple, The Divided Sky, Harpua, Julius, The Horse> Silent in the Morning, Reba, Golgi Apparatus
Set II: Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air> Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob La Di Ob La Da, Wild Honey Pie, Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do it in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday Jam, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution, Good Night
Set III: David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light, Rift, Sleeping Monkey, Poor Heart, Run Like An Antelope
Encore: Amazing Grace, Costume Contest Jam, The Squirming Coil
10/31/95 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL
Set I: Icculus, The Divided Sky, Wilson, Ya Mar, Sparkle, Free, Guyute, Run Like An Antelope, Harpua
Set II: I am the Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk and the Godfather, I’m One, The Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It In My Head, I’ve Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O’er Me
Set III: You Enjoy Myself, Jesus Just Left Chicago, A Day in the Life, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: My Generation1
1 acoustic
10/31/96 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA
Set I: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner
Set II: Born Under Punches, Crosseyed and Painless, The Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, The Overload
Set III: Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra> Maze, Simple> Swept Away> Steep> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Frankenstein
10/31/98 Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Set I: Axilla, Punch You in the Eye, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Sneaking Sally Through the Alley> Chalkdust Torture> Lawn Boy, Mike’s Song> Frankie Says> Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll, Cool it Down, New Age, Head Held High, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
Set III: Wolfman’s Brother> Piper> Ghost
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise
Happy Birthday — King Ad Rock
We’d like to wish King Ad-Rock (AKA Adam Horovitz) of The Beastie Boys a very happy 42nd(!) birthday.
“Suckas they’ve been saying they could take out Adam Horovitz.“
Click here to download an excellent Beastie Boys show from ’98.
Black Sabbath — Embrace The Darkness
Getting into the Halloween spirit, I thought to myself, “hmmm, who is the most wicked, evil and rockin’ band?”. The answer was invariably Black Sabbath (the original with Ozzy) back in their early days. The prince of darkness’ reign of evil has been diminished a little after watching him on his family’s reality show, but who hasn’t banged their head a little to some Sabbath? So without further adieu, here they are….Black Sabbath.
“Paranoid”:
“War Pigs” live in 1970:
And for good measure, here’s “Suicide Solution” with Randy Rhodes:
Jackson 5 — Reuniting?
New York Times:
The Jackson 5, above in 1976, will be getting back together, not in a court of law, at an intervention or on the set of Jerry Springer, but in a series of concerts, Jermaine Jackson said, according to Agence France-Presse. At an event for the Multi Channel Network in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Jackson, the third-oldest sibling, said that the R&B family would reunite next year for a world tour that would include his superstar brother, Michael, as well as his younger sister Janet. “This has been a long time coming for the Jackson family to get back together,” Mr. Jackson said, according to the news agency. “It is just the timing, so what we’ve been doing is working on the music and all the logistics.” No tour dates have been announced.
Phish — “Ultimate” Reba Jams
Nice collection of jams within Phish’s song “Reba” offered here.
04.13.94 Intro, composed section ->
05.16.95 Jam ->
03.20.92 Jam ->
08.02.03 Jam ->
08.12.93 Jam ->
07.06.94 Jam ->
02.21.97 Jam ->
11.02.98 Any Colour You Like
04.13.94 Jam -> End
Ween — Manchester, TN (6/23/2002)
Halloween seems to be the brownest of holidays doesn’t it? So in honor of that notion, here are the brothers Ween (Dean & Gene) from Bonnaroo ’02.
Buckingham Green
AIDS
Spinal Meningitis
Baby Bitch
Piss Up A Rope
Take Me Away
Mr. Richard Smoker
Wavin My Dick In The Wind
Voodoo Lady
Albino Sunburnt Girl
Bananas And Blow
Roses Are Free
Zoloft
The Mollusk
Dr. Rock
Touch My Tooter
Can’t Put My Finger On It
Pandy Fackler
Someday
Crowd
Buenos Tardes Amigo
Happy Birthday — Grace Slick
Lead singer of The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, etc., etc. is 69(!) years young today. She was one of the most important vocalists and personalities of the psychedelic rock era of the late 1960s. Here she is with Jefferson Airplane performing “White Rabbit”:
Page McConnell — The Art Of Improvisation
From Jambands.com:
As some longtime Phish fans may remember, Page McConnell’s senior study at Goddard was titled The Art of Improvisation. While bandmate Trey Anastasio’s thesis, The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday saga is widely circulated, for many years McConnell’s study has been hard to find. However, the re-invigorated Phish.net recently located the document on Google groups and has made it available to fans looking for their fix before Hampton. Please click here if you wish to read McConnell’s thoughts on the art of improvisation.
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings — “Let Them Knock”
Augusta, Georgia native, Sharon Jones has ALL the moves – and a helluva voice to boot. Exuding more confidence than Mick Jagger and more energy than Madonna, this woman really brings it. The Dap Kings ain’t too shabby themselves either. Watch her turn it out in a live performance from French television of “Let Them Knock”:
moe. — “Shoot First”
moe.’s “Shoot First” played on wax phonographic cylinder. I thought this was pretty cool.
Wilco — Colbert Report Tomorrow Night
From Jambands.com:
On Thursday, Wilco will appear on The Colbert Report. The group will join Stephen Colbert, the man who inspired the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, Americone Dream, in studio and will perform one song. Then on Saturday, Wilco will travel to Madison, WI and deliver a Concert for Change performance before beginning a tour with Neil Young on November 29. The Colbert Report airs nightly on the Comedy Central at 10:30 PM EDT, with reruns at 1:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM.
Led Zeppelin — L.A. Times Take On Sans Plant Zep
Zeppelin without Plant and John Bonham? How about Crosby, Stills & Watson? Or The Doors without Morrison? Or The Beatles featuring McCartney and Ringo (w/o Lennon and Harrison)? It just isn’t the same. The Los Angeles Times’ Todd Martens offers some helpful hints to a Percy-less Zep:
Led Zeppelin, apparently, is mulling a new album and a tour, but without its defining vocalist, Robert Plant. Giving some heft to longstanding rumors, bassist John Paul Jones was quoted on a BBC Radio report as revealing that the band has been auditioning lead singers. Maybe Leona Lewis is booked.
But despite the BBC’s defining headline of “Zeppelin to go back on the road,” nothing appears imminent.
“It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert,” Jones said, adding, “You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band. … There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be on board.”
Wired’s Listening Post beat Pop & Hiss to asking readers if it’s Zeppelin without Plant, but no bother. The answer is no — credit Jones for already acknowledging the dreaded “tribute band” tag. But because there’s no new Plant-less Zeppelin music to discuss at the moment, here’s five ways to help ensure that Led Zep 2.0 has a fighting chance at working.
1. Don’t get anyone who sounds like Plant. Not only are the man’s vocals instantly recognizable, but any singer who’s even remotely similar is going to veer the project straight into tribute band territory. For the new project to work, it needs to be a complete band, not just the leftover Zep members recording music with someone who kinda-sorta sounds like Plant. (Continue Reading…)
Phish — Hampton 3-Day Pass
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Phish — 14 Years Ago Today…
14 years ago today Phish played a legendary show in South Carolina.
Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, SC
Set I: My Friend My Friend, Sparkle, Simple> Runaway Jim, Foam, Lawn Boy, Split Open and Melt> Buffalo Bill1> Makisupa Policeman> Rift
Set II: Down With Disease> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday> Avenu Malkenu> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday> Sparks2, Uncle Pen, You Enjoy Myself, HYHU> Bike> HYHU, Run Like An Antelope> Sleeping Monkey> Run Like An Antelope
Encore: Harry Hood
1 First since 11/21/92 or 223 shows
2 First since 5/7/94 or 65 shows
The Clash — Los Angeles, CA (10/29/1982)
Recorded at The Coliseum as an opener for The Who.
01. London Calling
02. Police On My Back
03. The Guns of Brixton
04. This Is Radio Clash
05. Spanish Bombs
06. Rock the Casbah
07. The Magnificent SevenArmagideon TimeThe Magnificent Seven
08. Janie Jones
09. Train In Vain
10. Tommy Gun
11. Clampdown
12. Brand New Cadillac
13. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
14. I Fought the Law
RIP — Duane Allman (1946-1971)
Former session guitarist and Allman Brother, Howard Duane Allman passed on this date in 1971 after a motorcycle accident. Duane is considered by many to be amongst the elite guitarists of all time. His playing and virtuosity will forever be held in the highest esteem and respect.
Jimi Hendrix — Shotgun
Performing “Shotgun” in the backing band for Buddy & Stacey in 1965. This is the oldest known footage of Jimi performing.
