Solid Gold Christmas
Everyone here remember Solid Gold? If memory serves, it came on Saturday’s in the 80′s and was hosted by Rick Dees and Andy Gibb (I’m going from memory here) with horrendously cheesy dance routines performed by The Solid Gold Dancers. It was a show where every song “performed” was lip-synched. Well, I saw this Christmas Special advert on You Tube and for whatever reason it just cracked me up. Check out the galaxy of stars :
Phish — At The Roxy
As most of you already know, Phish’s 8 disc set spanning the historic Roxy run of ’93, called At The Roxy hits stores and retailers today. I found Rolling Stone‘s review interesting, as it received 4/5 stars:
Recorded in 1993 during a three-night run in Atlanta, this mammoth eight-disc box captures Phish right when they were putting a spit-shine polish on the live improvisation that would make them kings of the Nineties jam-band scene. At the Roxy is a must-have for one reason: the second show on February 20th, where Phish unleashed their most experimental set to date. On Disc Five, guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboardist Page McConnell, bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman play for 60 nonstop minutes, weaving sharp funk grooves (“Tweezer”), virtuosic bluegrass-esque ditties (“Glide”), mellifluous instrumentals (“I Am Hydrogen”) and goofy covers (Kiss’ “Rock and Roll All Nite”) into one big, glorious mess. There are moments of genuine transcendence: Dig Anastasio’s soaring solo on the modal jam “Reba” and the effortless way Phish weave “Tweezer” into the organ-powered groove of “Mike’s Song.” Phish tried to pull off a similar feat the next night, with a set anchored around the bebop-inspired “Stash.” But that performance never reached the same heights — proof that the best jams are the most spontaneous ones.
Click here to purchase At The Roxy.
Jambands.com:
Do you need this set? To start, let’s assume you’re like me, since that will make things easy, and since I’m betting that my Phish experience level is somewhere near the average for this site. In that case, you saw the band for the first time in 1994, and got the soundboard of their February 20th, 1993 show at Atlanta’s Roxy later that year but haven’t listened to it in a long time, and have seen and collected many other shows but never bothered to track down the other two nights from this three-night run.
Phish must also be assuming that you’re like me. Like their previous mega-box, Hampton Comes Alive, this set comes in a minimalist package, without any Rolling Stone testimonials about the music’s place in history. The informed fan will notice many signifiers by the end of the “Loving Cup” opener, though. There’s the crowd noise at the start, reminding us that these were the days when Phish played to audiences numbering in the high hundreds or low thousands. There are some licks from Page McConnell, evidently still excited to be on his first tour playing a grand piano. There’s Jon Fishman and Mike Gordon, playing more on the front edge of the beat than they would later in the decade. And there’s Trey Anastasio, who sounds far less self-conscious about most things, including the amount of notes he plays, than he would later become. (more…)
Widespread Panic — Savannah, GA (7/23/1994)
1: Space Wrangler > Henry Parsons Died, Pickin’ Up The Pieces > Heroes, Worry, Mercy > Jam > Havin’ A Ball > Pigeons > Wondering
2: Low Rider > Walkin’ (For Your Love), Papa’s Home > Little Kin, Weight Of The World, Pilgrims, Postcard, West Virginia > Ain’t Life Grand, Makes Sense To Me, The Take Out > Porch Song
E: Holden Oversoul
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Rose Hill Drive — Atlanta, GA (11/7/2008) Review
We checked out the Rose Hill Drive show at Smith’s a couple of weeks ago and wrote about it for Glide Magazine’s Hidden Track. Check it out.
Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin — North Plains, OR (8/27/2006)
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5th Annual Northwest String Summit
Horning’s Hideout
North Plains, Oregon
2006-08-27
01 Pastor Tim Intro,
02 Cry For Me,
03 Grave>
04 Instrumental,
05 Backfire,
06 Don’t Let Me Down
07 Liar
08 Jesus Grant Me Mercy,
09 Always Up,
10 The Weight Around
Jeff Austin: mandolin and vocals
Brendan Bayliss: guitar and vocals
# w/ Bryn Davies on bass
most of the songs are only working titles
Phish — 13 Years Ago Today…
I gassed up the car and headed out from Athens, Ga to Charleston, SC with a group of my closest friends. We hit Charleston after a relatively uneventful trip, hung with Mike in the lot, went in ready to roll. It was a good show, not great by ’95 standards, but it was cool to see Dr. Jack and catch “I’m So Tired” along with a very funky YEM with Brickhouse teases throughout. We really didn’t have much of a plan of where to sleep after the show, so we slept on the beach. I truly cannot remember too many nights where I slept better than this one in Charleston. I woke up-remembering I had to be at my job, 5 hours away at 11. Sped through small towns in South Carolina, got a ticket (76 in a 35!) and made it to work on time. A little tired, but on time. Ah…memories.
11/18/95 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Set I: Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba, Lawn Boy, Punch You in the Eye, Slave to the Traffic Light, I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome1, Sample in a Jar
Set II: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Free, I’m So Tired, You Enjoy Myself2, Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars> Acoustic Army> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Cavern Encore: Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey3 1 acoustic 2 With Brickhouse teases 3 With Page’s father, Jack
