The Lost Art Of Mixtape — The Post-Hiatus Noob Hampton Warmup
Always exhibiting excellent taste, The Lost Art Of The Mixtape has a new sampling of goods from everyone’s favorite Vermont jamband, Phish. The tracklist is as follows:
Piper – 12/31/02 MSG
Destiny Unbound – 2/28/03 Uniondale NY
Waves – 2/15/03 Las Vegas NV
Ya Mar – 8/2/03 IT
Camel Walk – 7/29/03 Burgettstown PA
Alpine Valley Jam – 6/26/04 Alpine Valley
Tube – 6/24/04 Deer Creek
Pop on over and dig on the goodness.
Trey Anastasio — Connecticut Forum (with Bob Weir & Nicholas Payton)
This was taped in November of 2001 and was a discussion panel on music at the Connecticut Forum. Just a cool little relic here folks.
40 Years Ago Today…
Cream started on their farewell tour after only two years together and after releasing three albums. It has been widely known that tensions between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce caused the break-up. Actually the two had been in a band previously broke up due to their fiery relationship, the Graham Bond Organization. The Cream tour blazed through America in 1968 and ended in November.
The Who — Keith Moon Passes Out, Replaced By Fan…
Every rock musician/fan’s dream came true one night in 1973 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Keith Moon was playing from his drum riser, when the effects of whatever he was on reared their little head. Moon promptly passed out cold, leaving the band drummer-less. Rather than cancel the show, The Who soldiered on with a replacement drummer. It just so happens that in the audience there was a drummer in the audience, Scott Halpin, whose friends volunteered his services. Actually he hadn’t played drums in over a year and was a bit rusty. The band accepted and blasted through three songs before Moon joined them back on stage. Interviewed by Rolling Stone, Halpin admired The Who’s stamina, admitting “I only played three numbers and I was dead.”
Here’s Halpin playing with The Who:
