Jam fans are pretty lucky in that their favorite bands change up the setlist from night to night. AC/DC fans aren’t so lucky. The Australian natives’ Black Ice tour has gone around the world and back with the band playing the same exact set night in and night out to the dismay of their hardcore fans.
A group of AC/DC fans want them to bust out some rarities & have issued a formal complaint against the band to try to get them to mix it up. I’m just surprised the band doesn’t get bored playing the same show every night.
Finally, we were very surprised to hear that the Derek Trucks Band is going on hiatus next year. As you may recall, the Allman Brothers Band coaxed Trucks into a full year of touring with them by saying they’d take it easy next year allowing Trucks to devote ‘10 to his solo band. We wonder whether the Allman Brothers Band will reconsider slowing down next year or if Trucks has something completely different up his sleeves.
The Pixies kicked off another reunion tour in Hollywood on Wednesday night and will be Conan O’Brien’s musical guest this evening on The Tonight Show. The seminal band has dusted off a number of b-sides for their current tour and will perform 1989’s Doolittle in its entirety at each show.
Friday, November 6 [all times Eastern]:
David Letterman: Ralph Stanley [CBS 11:35PM]
Conan O’Brien: The Pixies [NBC 11:35PM]
Jimmy Kimmel: Chickenfoot [ABC Midnight]
Carson Daly: Peaches [NBC 1:35AM]
Saturday, November 7:
Austin City Limits: Elvis Costello [PBS Check Local Listings]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Live in LA [Palladia 11AM]
Storytellers: Pearl Jam [Palladia 4PM]
Saturday Night Live: Taylor Swift [NBC 11:30PM]
Sunday, November 8:
AC/DC: Live From Circus Krone [VH1C Noon]
Classic Albums: Def Leppard - Hysteria [VH1C 2PM]
Spectacle w/ Elvis Costello: The Police [Sundance 5PM]
Bruce Springsteen: Live in New York City [VH1C 11PM]
Now that concertgoers who attended Phish’s Festival 8 in Indio this past weekend are home, a slew of amazing clips have been uploaded to the major video sites. Head over to YEMblog for a complete accounting of the better Festival 8 videos, but we just had to share a few more clips of the sign language interpreter we told you about on Sunday, a “Team Hood” vid and a few epic playlists of the Exile On Main Street set and the Acoustic set.
Sign Language Interpreter Rocks out to Bathtub Gin:
Phish @ Festival 8 Acoustic Set Playlist:
READ ON for the Exile playlist, more sign language clips and a purported Team Hood shot video of Torn and Frayed…
While I couldn’t make it out to Indio this past weekend for Phish’s Festival 8, a friend brought me copies of the festival’s official newspaper - Festival 8 Express. So far I’ve gotten Saturday and Sunday’s papers.
Finally, I’m hitting my first Bruce Springsteen concert in 24 years on Saturday night and I was gripped to hear that the Boss and the E Street Band will be covering 1973’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle in its entirety at that show. On Sunday, the ensemble will give 1980’s The River the full album treatment.
With the MSC Poesia scheduled to set sail from Fort Lauderdale two months from today, there’s been plenty of news about Jam Cruise 8 to share. First off, the schedule for all five jam-packed days was just released.
As a Jam Cruise virgin, I was warned that there wouldn’t be much sleep involved the trip and after a look at the schedule I can see why - the action looks relentless. Now if I could only find a way to see Galactic, OHMphrey and Steve Kimock’s Crazy Engine at the same time I’ll be all set.
Another thing that popped out at me was a listing for Sexual Chocolate featuring Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. You might recall that Karl D. was a member of the Randy Watson-led (played by Eddie Murphy) Sexual Chocolate in the 1988 film Coming to America. A number of Halloweens ago, KDTU dressed up as Sexual Chocolate and covered some of the songs from the movie, so we look forward to another round of that action.
While my short-lived basketball playing days are over, I’m looking forward to watching the Jam Cruise Fans vs. Artists 3 on 3 tournament. Artist Team #1 features JJ Jungle, Skerik & Mike D while Artist Team #2 features Jesse Aratow, Dave Watts & Jans Ingber. Finally, pre-booking for Jam Cruise 9 in 2011 kicks off on December 1 - click here for more details.
Umphrey’s, the little band that could from the Midwest, is still out 100 plus days a year throwing rock shows peppered with excellent covers and chops galore. This is how its always been. But this fall when the band traveled to the Mishawaka Amphitheater something special happened underneath that Colorado moon and it has kept on happening all over the country.
[Photo by Adam Kaufman]
The band has been more focused as of late with more patient, momentum building grooves that emphasize the whole rather than the sum of its parts. Don’t get me wrong, Umph is still umph, and the threat of metal is always around the corner, but there are some must hear musical moments that show a definite turning point in Umphrey’s improvisational language. The groof has found them and we here at Hidden Track want you to hear it.
09/04/2009 Much Obliged
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09/11/2009 Utopian Fir
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09/15/2009 Nemo
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09/15/2009 The Crooked One
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Stay tuned for more installments of the Dream Focused column featuring blazing improvisation from the Chicago-based sextet.
Mule and Phish weren’t the only bands performing on Halloween as there was plenty of action all over the country from our favorite bands. We’ll have extended takes on most of these shows over the next few days, but for now let’s take a look at what went down on October 31st…
Set II: Jazz Odyssey > Nothing Too Fancy > Hangover > Night Gambler## > Nothing Too Fancy, FF > Professor Wormbog^ > JaJunk, Mulche’s Odyssey, Land of Wappy^^
Enc: 40’s Theme, Nemo’s Fat Bottomed Good Times%
Notes: * With “Smooth Criminal” (Michael Jackson) and “Heartbreaker” (Led Zeppelin) teases. ** With “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” (Michael Jackson) tease. # Mash-up of “Sweet Dreams” (Eurythmics), “Sunglasses at Night” (Corey Hart), and “Electric Feel” (MGMT). ## Mash-up of “The Gambler” (Kenny Rogers), “Night Fever” (The Bee Gees), and “Rapper’s Delight” (Sugarhill Gang). ^ With Bill Kreutzman on drums. ^^ Mash-up of “Wappy Sprayberry,” “Land of Confusion” (Genesis), and “Seek and Destroy” (Metallica). % Mash-up of “Nemo,” “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), and “Good Times, Bad Times” (Led Zeppelin).
Umphrey’s continued what’s becoming an annual tradition by mashing up some of their originals and their favorite covers in innovative ways at the Dance of the Dead IV festival in Las Tortugas - Groveland, CA. Besides mashing up such tunes as Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler with The Bee Gees’ Night Fever and The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, the band also welcomed Bill Kreutzmann of The Dead to sit in on Professor Wormbog.
We can’t wait for video and audio to surface.
READ ON for a quick look at a few other band’s Halloween shows…
We had wall-to-wall coverage of Festival 8 this past weekend as Phish played eight sets of music for over 40,000 fans at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. CLICK HERE for the setlists of all eight Festival 8 sets.
in its entirety at that show. On Sunday, the ensemble will give 1980’s 
the full album treatment. 
