moe. — Their mighty and triumphant return
We don’t really have audio to go by, but by all accounts I’ve read this morning, their return to the stage last night in Denver was bad ass. If the setlist is any indication of what we’ll be seeing in ’09, we’re all in for a treat.
Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, CO
Set I: The Ghost of Ralph’s Mom, Understand> Okayalright, Head> Tubing the River Styx> The Pit> Head
Set II: Brent Black> Y.O.Y.> George> Runaway Overlude, Invisible Sun*> Opium, She> Brent Black
Encore: Recreational Chemistry(Gameplan)
* First time played (The Police)
The Band — The “Real” Last Waltz
Head over to Hidden Track and check out the complete SBD 241 minute real last show of The Band (11/25/1976).
Al Kooper — “Like A Rolling Stone”
From Wiki:
As chronicled in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary film, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan for the PBS American Masters Series, Kooper’s most notable playing with Dylan is the striking organ parts on Like a Rolling Stone.
Kooper had been invited to the session as an observer, and hoped to be allowed to sit in on guitar, his primary instrument. Kooper uncased his guitar and began tuning it. After hearing Mike Bloomfield, the hired guitarist for the sessions, warming up in the room, Kooper concluded that Bloomfield was a much better guitarist, so Kooper put his guitar aside, and retreated into the control room.
As the recording sessions for the single Like a Rolling Stone progressed, keyboardist Paul Griffin was moved from the Hammond organ to piano. The young Kooper (being Kooper) saw his opening. Kooper quickly suggested to producer Tom Wilson that he had a “great organ part” for the song (which he later confessed was just a ruse to play in the session), and Wilson responded “Al, you’re not an organ player, you’re a guitar player”, but Kooper didn’t retreat this time. Before Wilson could explicitly reject Kooper’s suggestion, Wilson was interrupted by a phone call in the control room. Kooper immediately went into the studio and sat down at the organ, though he had rarely played organ before the session. Wilson soon returned, and was shocked to find Kooper in the studio. By this time, Kooper had been playing along with Dylan and crew, his organ can be heard coming in an eighth-note just behind the other members of the band, as Kooper followed to make sure he was playing the right chords. During a playback of tracks in the control room, when asked about the organ track, Dylan was emphatic: “Turn the organ up!”, and Kooper’s classic rock organ riff became a part of rock recording history. While the combination of piano and organ was common in gospel church settings, Kooper’s riff was relatively new to rock music and attracted considerable attention.
Jim Pollock: A Phantasy Pheast
From Jambands.com:
The work of artist Jim Pollock will be featured in a Miami gallery from March 6 through April 4. 101/Exhibit will host Jim Pollock: A Phantasy Pheast, which will highlight his art for Phish, among other endeavors. In addition to this retrospective, which will present pieces from 1989 through the present, Pollock will create a print specifically for the exhibition. The creation of this work will be filmed and then streamed online at www.101exhibit.com.
String Cheese Incident — New York, NY (10/27/2000)
Set 1: Rhum ‘n’ Zouc, 100 Year Flood > MLT* > Drums* > MLT*, Up the Canyon, Sing a New Song > Impressions > Land’s End Reprise > Smile
Set 2: Tom Thumb’s Blues > Jam > Rivertrance, Water, Sittin’ On Top of the World, Use Me > Jam > Best Feeling > Jam > Rollover*
Encore: Ramble On
Bruce Springsteen — Working On A Dream Album/Tour
Legendary veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen’s album Working On A Dream hits stores today. His international tour will kick off on April 1 in San Jose, CA and will conclude August 2 in Santiago, Spain.
Feb 1 Tampa , FL Super Bowl XLIII
Apr 1 San Jose , CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
Apr 3 Glendale , CA Jobing.com Center
Apr 5 Austin , TX Frank Erwin Center
Apr 7 Tulsa , OK BOK Center
Apr 8 Houston , TX Toyota Center
Apr 10 Denver , CO Pepsi Arena
Apr 15 Los Angeles , CA LA Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 21 Boston , MA TD Banknorth Garden
Apr 22 Boston , MA TD Banknorth Garden
Apr 24 Hartford , CT XL Center
Apr 26 Atlanta , GA Philips Arena
Apr 28 Philadelphia , PA Wachovia Spectrum
Apr 29 Philadelphia , PA Wachovia Spectrum
May 2 Greensboro , NC Greensboro Coliseum
May 4 Hempstead , NY Nassau Veterans Mem. Col.
May 5 Charlottesville , VA John Paul Jones Arena
May 7 Toronto , ONT Air Canada Centre
May 8 University Park , PA Bryce Jordan Center
May 11 St. Paul , MN Xcel Energy Center
May 12 Chicago , IL United Center
May 14 Albany , NY Times Union Center
May 15 Hershey , PA Hersheypark Stadium
May 18 Washington , DC Verizon Center
May 19 Pittsburgh , PA Mellon Arena
May 21 E. Rutherford , NJ Izod Center
May 23 E. Rutherford , NJ Izod Center
May 30 Landgraaf, Holland Pink Pop Festival
June 2 Tampere , Finland Ratinan Stadion
June 4 Stockholm , Sweden Stockholm Stadium
June 5 Stockholm , Sweden Stockholm Stadium
June 7 Stockholm , Sweden Stockholm Stadium
June 9 Bergen , Norway Koengen
June 10 Bergen , Norway Koengen
July 2 Munich , Germany Olympiastadion
July 3 Frankfurt , Germany Commerzbank Arena
July 5 Vienna , Austria Ernst Happel Stadion
July 8 Herning , Denmark Herning MCH
July 11 Dublin , Ireland RDS
July 16 Carhaix , France Festival des Vielles Charrues
July 19 Rome , Italy Stadio Olimpico
July 21 Turino , Italy Olimpico di Torino
July 23 Udine , Italy Stadio Friuli
July 26 Bilbao , Spain San Mames Stadium
July 28 Benidorm, Spain Estadio Municipal de Foietes
July 30 Sevilla , Spain La Cartuja Olympic Stadium
Aug 1 Valladolid , Spain Estadio Jose Zorrilla
Aug 2 Santiago , Spain Monte Del Gozo
Phish — Clifford Ball videos surface (Sample In A Jar and PYITE)
Check these out. “Sample In A Jar”:
“PYITE”:
Interested? Click here to purchase the 7 disc Clifford Ball set.
13 years ago today…
I saw my first moe. show at The Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA. We went to check them out on a whim, they opened for Uncle Mingo I believe and just absolutely blew them out of the water. Sorry Uncle Mingo, but it’s true! Here’s the setlist of that show:
Set I:
Akimbo,
Guitar,
Ghost Of A Child,
32 Things,
Bring You Down,
Ugly American,
She Sends Me,
Mexico,
Timmy Tucker>
Californ IA
If this post has gotten you into an old school moe. mood, here’s a show they played back in ’95 in Erie, PA.
3/31/95: Set I:
Dr. Graffenberg,
Moth,
Y.O.Y.,
Time Again,
Meat>
Brent Black,
Me and Pat and Bill and You,
Akimbo,
Don’t Fuck With Flo,
Time Ed
Set II:
Farmer Ben,
Recreational Chemistry,
Timmy Tucker>
Imelda Mae>
Timmy’s Escape>
Timmy Tucker,
St. Augustine,
Mexico,
Rebubula,
Seat Of My Pants>
Sensory Deprivation Bank
moe.’s winter tour starts up In Denver on January 30.
Grateful Dead — Weir’s Studio (2/28/1975)
Recorded at Bobby’s studio in Mill Valley in early ’75, for the Blues For Allah sessions.
1. Crazy Fingers Jam
2. Crazy Fingers Jam Again
3. Bouncey Jam
4. Stronger Than Dirt Jam
5. Jam and Studio Talk
6. Girl From Ipanema Jam
7. They Love Each Other Jam/Not Fade Away Jam
8. Shakedownish Funky Jam
9. Jerry Talks and Jams
10. Killer Groove Jam > Jungle Music Jam
11. Slipknot Jam>Music Never Stopped Jam
12. Music Never Stopped Jams Again
13. Music Never Stopped Jam Bigtime
Music festivals offering layaway…
From USA Today…
Fans who can’t pony up the bucks for a colossal music festival touting big acts on multiple stages have an alternative.Pay in multiple stages.
Layaway plans, recently resurrected by Sears and other retail chains, will be available to consumers who buy tickets to several 2009 festivals, including the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It returns April 17-19 in Indio, Calif.
After the indie-rock fest lineup is unveiled this week, fans will have two options besides money up front when buying a $269 three-day pass: pay half down and the rest April 1, or pay 10% followed by equal installments on March 1 and April 1 without interest or additional fees. The plans are sold only online and aren’t available for $99 single-day admission (more…)
Yuto Mizakawa — “Free Bird”
Look out McLovins, here comes Yuto Mizakawa and he’s rippin’ it up on his take of Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”:
Phish — Waitsfield, VT (1/27/1988)
Funky Bitch, Mustang Sally, AC/DC Bag-> Possum, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Sneaking Sally Through The Alley, Alumni Blues, Take The ‘A’ Train, Good Times, Bad Times, Wilson, Slave To The Traffic Light, Corrina, Fire, Fluffhead, The Divided Sky, The Ballad Of Curtis Loew, You Enjoy Myself, The Sloth, Whipping Post, Fee, The Lizards, Suzy Greenberg, Golgi Apparatus, Bike, BBFCFM, Camel Walk
E: Harry Hood
Funny Monday — The Muppets and Steve Martin
I loved The Muppets as a kid. Here’s the comedian performing with The Muppets.
Happy Birthday — Eddie Van Halen
Eddie turns 54 today. Here he is performing “Eruption” from Van Halen’s first album with his trusty guitar Frankenstrat.
39 Years Ago Today…
John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed “Instant Karma!” on this date in 1970. Here he is performing the song as Yoko knits blind folded.
Ween — New Brunswick, NJ (9/1/1994)
Koko, Don’t Shit Where You Eat, Drifter In The Dark, Pork Roll Egg & Cheese, Mr. Would You Please Help My Pony?, I’m Holding You, Flutes Of The Chi, Tender Situation, Freedom Of 76′, Buenos Tardes Amigo, Blarney Stone, What Deaner Was Talking About, Don’t Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy), Baby Bitch, Voodoo Lady, I Can’t Put My Finger On It, Tick, Fat Lenny, Birthday Boy
Sunday Jazz — Jazz Piano
Time for another installment of Sunday Jazz, folks. Today we’re focusing on jazz piano. Best enjoyed with a bloody mary as you ease into your day. Have a great one!
Oscar Peterson & Bill “Count” Basie — “Slow Blues”
Keith Jarrett:
Thelonious Monk Quartet — “Round Midnight”:
Mose Allison — “Your Mind Is Vacation”:
Dave Brubeck — “Take Five”:
The Lost Art of the Mixtape — Ian’s ’08 Faves, Vol. I-IV
Click here to check out the latest installment.
Happy Birthday — Warren Zevon
Zevon would’ve been 62 today. A periodic performer and sit-in guest on David Letterman, he had an entire episode devoted to his and Dave’s banter, mixed with performances of his songs. The episode was filmed shortly before his death in September of 2003. Here are two performances of “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner”, Letterman’s favorite song. Click here for more Zevon, including a show from 1978.
Daft Punk/Adam Freeland — “Aer Obama”
In celebration of our 44th president, Barack Obama.
Description from YouTube:
The following is a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of these United States. Audibly showcasing Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” and the imaginative stylings of forward thinking toy artists Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick to name just a few.
moe. — Deep Ellum, TX (10/9/2003)
Set I: Jazz Wank> Not Coming Down> Wormwood> Brent Black> Time Ed> McBain> Y.O.Y.
Set II: Livin’ Again> Recreational Chemistry> Happy Hour Hero, Rebubula> Water> Head
Encore: Threw It All Away
Happy Birthday — John Belushi
“Joliet” Jake Blues would have been 60 today. Here’s John doing his incomparable Joe Cocker impersonation in 1973:
David & The Dorks — San Francisco, CA (12/15/1970)
Recorded at Marty Balin’s venue, The Matrix, the lineup consisted of David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart, billed as David & The Dorks. This show features several songs from Crosby’s 1970 release If I Could Only Remember My Name.
set 1
01 Alabama Bound
02 Eight Miles High
03 Cowboy Movie
04 Wall Song
05 Bertha
06 Bird Song
set 2
01 Drop Down Mama
02 Cowboy Movie
03 Triad
04 Wall Song
05 Bertha
06 Deep Elem Blues
07 Motherless Children
08 Laughing
