Trey Anastasio has added a warm-up show the night before the Langerado Festival begins at Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida. Trey will perform on the inside stage at Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale, and this will be the first gig for the band since this past New Year’s Eve in Atlantic City. After some recent struggles, hopefully Trey will be happy and healthy once more. H&H, baby.
Tickets may be tough to come by as the capacity of the indoor venue is just over one thousand people.
Tickets for this show go on-sale Friday February 2nd at 5PM EST and will ONLY be available to those who have purchased Langerado 3-day festival passes by Friday at 10am. On Friday morning, Music Today will email special access codes to those who have already purchased Langerado festival passes. There is a 4-ticket limit for this show. Doors for this show will open at 7PM, show starts at 8PM and it will take place inside Revolution. Please Note: Both Trey and STS9 are separately ticketed shows taking place at Revolution that night. For more information visit Langerado.com or Jointherevolution.net
So Trey goes on at 8, and STS9 goes on at 11. It’s going to be one interesting scene when those two crowds meet: Bring your heady crystals!
One of my favorite parts of collecting live music is listening to shows from early in a band’s career. In yesterday’s Pullin’ Tubes, Ace featured a video of Phish playing Run Like An Antelope from 1987. While Phish wasn’t ready to conquer the world at that time you can tell the band had a special sound. I love listening to the progression of music from different phases of artist’s careers. This week’s Grousing The Aisles looks at early gigs by some of my favorite bands:
Zero 7/17/85 SBD (FLAC):
I can’t believe I’ve been writing this column for over three months and I have yet to mention John Cipollina. Cipollina is one of the better guitar players ever to hail from San Francisco. He got his start with the Quicksilver Messenger Service before going on to play with The Dinosaurs, Gary Duncan’s Revival, and finally Zero. With Zero Cipollina surprised everyone by taking a secondary role to an unknown guitarist, Steve Kimock. In listening to this early Zero show, you can see why Cipollina gave Kimock the lead role. Check out the Tangled Hangers for an example of Kimock’s chops and songwriting abilities. Other highlights include Cipollina’s understated playing on covers of Little Wing, Gomorrah, and Higher Ground. Sadly Cipollina passed away in 1989, but the band played on for nearly a decade.
Read on for more downloads from God Street Wine, Jimi Hendrix, Blues Traveler, and The Flecktones
It is only Wednesday, yet already I’m getting excited for the Super Bowl. I’m picking the Bears by a point, with Adam Vinatieri missing a potential game-winning kick. To help pass the time between now and kickoff, check out these stories:
As always let us know if you have any dank, epic or heady links to share
It’s Tuesday, and I’m in England. But it’s time to break out the European Ouija board and channel my ‘cross-the-pond spirit for this edition of Pullin’ ‘Tubes.
You can’t go wrong with Warren Zevon. Everything I’ve ever posted on my blogs from his catalog has always been greeted by a friendly pat on the ass and a bundle of shared enjoyment. And just as you can’t go wrong with Zevon in general, you really can’t go wrong with Excitable Boy. So here’s a must-watch version of what I consider his greatest work from New Jersey’s Capital Theater on 10/22/82.
- Remember the days when it was cool to like Lionel Richie? I don’t, ’cause I wasn’t alive at the time, but I bet some of youse can recall the days when The Commodores ruled the funk world and Lionel was still just a black guy in a matching futuristic jumpsuit making space sounds. So from Soul Train in 1974, here’s a seriously kickass Machine Gun.
- Last week I posted Phish’s cover of Max Creek’s Back Porch Boogie Blues that someone graciously uploaded to the Tube de You. Since it really is always a trip to see these guys play live back in 1987, and since they really do rip the ever-loving fuck out of this show, here’s Part I and Part II of the smokin’ Run Like An Antelope from the same 5/20/87 concert.
- My buddy TJ got married in the spring of 2000 in Columbus, Ohio, and his beautiful bride walked down the aisle to a perfect version of Duane Allman’s Little Martha performed by ekoostik Hookah’s Steve Sweney. I’ve always enjoyed the song, but that afternoon started a love affair with it, not unlike the dude from Seinfeld that Elaine dates who really loves Desperado. Annnyway, that ridiculous unrelated introductory anecdote aside, take a peek at Leo Kottke’s beautiful rendition from 1988.
- Lastly, check out this pleasant, acoustic version of The Grobe by Gene Ween and Diamond Dave Dreiwitz from the Off-Broadstreet Theater in Hopewell, New Jersey on 1/18/07. And what the hell, from the same show, here’s a clip of Chris Harford and the Band of Changes’ unique take on the Talking Heads’ This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody).
Right about now I’m in the stands at Madejski Stadium watching the red hot Royals of Reading take on the struggling Latics of Wigan, yelling “Go home, Scouser” at Wigan manager Paul Jewell and singing our National Anthem as Reading’s Marcus Hahnemann saves every shot, proudly portraying Yank keepers.
The Disco Biscuits just can’t get enough of Dirty Jerz as they have just added a third night to their February run at Sayreville’s Starland Ballroom:
Due to very strong ticket sales for the upcoming run in New Jersey, the Starland Ballroom has invited the Biscuits to add a third night to the run! We have accepted!
This run of shows will be legendary! The band has rested up and will be ready to go for this special run. As advertised on the Starland web-site, no band has ever sold out more shows at the Starland than the Disco Biscuits. We look to extend this streak with three more shows that will most likely sell out cold!
We would like to stress that with the band back in the studio, and the Brownstein family about to grow to four (!!!) this is going to be your only chance to catch the Biscuits locally in the next few months. And we plan on bringing the heat, trying out some new material, and turning the Starland into a full-on, balls to the wall rage-fest. So don’t miss your last chance to dance to some trance!
Tickets will go on-sale this Monday, January 29th through BiscoTix and then on Wednesday, January 31st through www.ticketmaster.com.
SEE YOU THERE.
Jon, Marc, Aron, and Allen.
You gotta love when a band announces a new show and slips in that the tickets are onsale immediately. After 13 shows at the Starland, perhaps it’s time to raise a banner honoring their achievement.
I don’t mean to step on Scotty’s toes and post a poor man’s B List, but I’m in favor of everyone spending a little less time working for a living and a little more time making and arguing over frivolous lists on the world wide web. Who says we’re living in an escapist culture? To quote Dick Cheney, “That’s hogwash.”
About a year ago I posted my rankings of the Ten Greatest Singers That Played Bass on my other blog, but since then I’ve jiggered the order and found a more sizeable, knowledgeable audience in all of youse. So what follows is my current roster; but, remember, this isn’t necessarily which musician is the best bassist, it’s strictly a list of the best singers that happen to play the bass well:
10. Me’shell Ndegeocello
9. Michael Gordon (the “G” is silent)
8. Les Claypool
7. Geddy Lee
6. Brian Wilson
5. Roger Waters
4. Sting
3. Jack Bruce
2. Paul McCartney
1. Rick Danko
Honorable mention: Danyell Morgan (Robert Randolph), Peter Cetera, moe.’s Rob Derhak, Phil Lynott, John Entwhistle, and of course, Phil Lesh (not really)
Who’d I leave out? How would you re-order them? Weigh in below with a brilliantly insightful and heartlessly condescending comment…
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Scott Bernstein on
01.29.2007 |
Allmans,
Bob Seger,
Cactus,
Coldplay,
Festivals,
Grateful Dead,
Hors d'Oeuvres,
Modest Mouse,
Pearl Jam,
Photos,
RAQ,
Smashing Pumpkins,
Tom Waits,
Van Halen,
Warren Haynes,
moe.
Once again it is the beginning of the work week. Rather than work check out this weekend’s best stories:
- An interview with moe.’s Al Schnier by Jambands’ Randy Ray
- A feature on the future of RAQ
- Gregg Allman looks back on the Allman Brothers’ first trip to Hawaii and tormenting a young Cameron Crowe (via elsewhere)
- Paul Weller will be hitting upon all phases of his career at his upcoming shows
- Pearl Jam heads to Europe in June, nice job on those Bonnaroo rumors everyone
- Remembering the night the Beach Boys met the Grateful Dead
- The 2006 Mikeys have been announced
- A retrospective on the photography of Bob Minkin
- Warren Haynes is issuing a benefit cd featuring music from the 2000 Christmas Jam
- The Smashing Pumpkins return to the stage with some festival gigs in Germany
- Brian Heisler provides a great rundown of moe.’s The Conch
- Rock Music Daily provides some killer mp3s from a 1978 Van Halen concert
- Mike Gordon and Gordon Stone are among the guests on Adrienne Young’s new album Room To Grow
- Wakarusa artist additions
- Jon Pareles reviews Bob Seger’s tour stop at Madison Square Garden
- Tom Waits settles his lawsuit with General Motors
- Modest Mouse confirms the tracklisting and release date (3/20) for We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sunk
- Brian Eno will produce Coldplay’s new album
- Neddy lays out the options for live music in NYC this week
Did you see any good concerts this week? Let us know below….
By the time you read this I’ll be aboard a British Airways flight to our former mercantile motherland for a week of soccer in Jolly Ol’ England. For five fixtures in seven days, three mates and I are headed across the pond for the junket of a lifetime. As always, the capable and hugable Scotty B fills in as top dog…
But that’s the coming week…let’s now take a look back at The Week That Was.
- We welcomed the Brooklyn Veganites with a post containing Arcade Fire’s unannounced show in a Montreal church (thanks, Zaptor)
- The Year of the Reunion added a few confirmations to the growing list: Van Halen will invite David Lee Roth back to the stage for a 40-show tour, and Ronnie James Dio will lead Sabbath doppelganger Heaven and Hell around Canada and New York’s Radio City Music Hall
- The show reviews came fast and furious: New Orleans’ Rotary Downs took New York by storm, The Bad Plus was Good, The American Beauty Project lost to the Colts, and Danjaboots debuted a song that includes the refrain “I might be fat, drunk and lazy…but I made you come”
- We learned Page McConnell has more than just a new shirt — he’s got a new album that comes out two days after Tax Day
- Festival season heated up like baseball’s hot stove: 10,000 Lakes imported some untz untz with the addition of the Disco Biscuits and Pnuma Trio, while JazzFest announced an initial lineup that includes New Edition
- Bustle returns, Gans shared photos, and This Wheel’s On Fire
- And, of course, our regular departments weren’t too shabby: Grousing The Aisles hosted a slew of torrents, Pullin’ ‘Tubes provided a separate slew of videos, a guest B List broke down the Top Ten Badass Guitar Riff Intros, and our cleverly disguised link dumps — Hors d’Oeuvres, Intermezzo, and Leftovers — overflowed with shit from around the web
Enjoy your respective weeks, and just remember, for every dollar you spend over the next eight days, I’ll be spending two. England, it’s the anti-Canada.
Apparently Page McConnell hasn’t dropped off the face of the earth after all.
The former Phish keyboardist, Vida Blue leader and target of the chicks in the front row will be releasing an eponymous album on April 17th through Sony/BMG’s Legacy Recordings (hopefully Page will have better luck at a major label than his former bandmate Trey Anastasio). Rumor has it that a club tour will follow: It’ll be great to see the Chairman of The Boards and/or Henrietta back on the road.
Read on after the jump for more details on Page’s soon-to-be hit new album…
Men, suck in your gut and comb your sideburns: The lovely SuperDee is here. Our favorite female rock writer brought NOLA’s Rotary Downs to town last weekend, and she wants you to set your radio dial so you can hear them this weekend.
The city is built
To music, therefore never built at all,
And therefore built forever.
~Alfred Lord Tennyson
Can a rock ‘n roll band save a sunken city? Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath seized many souls from the beloved city of New Orleans. Its denizens have been spread all over the country, if they survived the storm.
Those who stayed behind or returned home after mandatory evacuation were faced with the daunting task of rebuilding a city below sea level. They not only have to construct physical homes and infrastructure, but they have to rejuvenate the unique spirit of this place that so many hold close to their hearts.
We all know how powerful music can be in its ability to affect social change and expedite healing. The history of New Orleans is so deeply rooted in its music that it only makes sense the rebuilding would start with the artists. Habitat for Humanity acknowledges this with its Musicians’ Village project to build houses for displaced musicians: Bring the music back, bring New Orleans back.
But it’s not only the sound of brass and blues that are bubbling back up in this aftermath. An unlikely sound from the Crescent City is emerging to do its part to revitalize the city’s music scene — indie rock. Rotary Downs is a band that is rising to this challenge. Read on about the band that just turned New York heads…
