The Allman Brothers Band March Madness run at the United Palace has come to a close after last night’s finale. Over the eight shows, the group played 64 different songs and welcomed 17 different guests to share the stage with them. The guest spots peaked during this weekend’s shows when the Brothers brought out drummers James van de Bogert and Justin Stanley; sax players Chris Jensen and Bill Evans; guitarists Doyle Bramhall and Junior Mack, flutist Kofi Burbridge, bassist Todd Smallie and keyboardist Danny Louis.

On Friday night, the group sold out the uptown venue for only the second time on the run. The full house, and those watching the nearly flawless Moogis.com webcast feed at home, were treated to the only United Palace versions of ABB classics Wasted Words, Soulshine and Stormy Monday. Doyle Bramhall II, Derek Trucks’ band mate from his days touring with Eric Clapton, sat in on a sizzling Meet Me In The Bottom that kicked off the second set. Other highlights were Mule keyboardist Danny Louis’ work on Soulshine, Oteil’s solo bass version of Little Martha during Jessica and Bramhall returning for the One Way Out encore.

Saturday’s finale was a scorcher from start to finish. The third time through on the run for Derek’s Bag End instrumental and Whipping Post were a charm as the group delivered stellar, focused versions of each. As we’ve been harping on since the run started, the Allmans once again kept things all in the family welcoming Oteil’s brother Kofi Burbridge out for a slower version of The Same Thing than they usually play. Other highlights were Bill Evans’ sax work on Dreams and Liz Reed, the soaring Blue Sky instrumental and once again paying tribute to Rev. Ike with Preacher Blues.

Allman Brothers Band
March 20, 2010
United Palace
New York, NY

Set One: Hot ‘Lanta, I Walk On Gilded Splinters, Trouble No More, Rocking Horse, Wasted Words, Soulshine*, Good Morning Little School Girl**, Kind Of Bird**, Midnight Rider

Set Two: Meet Me In The Bottom***, Dreams, Anyday, Stormy Monday****, Jessica > Oteil (Little Martha) > JaBuMa > Jessica *****

Encore: One Way Out ******

* Danny Louis on keyboards, James van de Bogert on drums
** Danny Louis, keyboards
*** Doyle Bramhall on guitar, Justin Stanley on drums
**** Junior Mack, guitar
***** Chris Jensen, saxophone
****** Doyle Bramhall, guitar

Allman Brothers Band
March 20, 2010
United Palace
New York, NY

Set One: Don’t Want You No More > It’s Not My Cross To Bear, Statesboro Blues, Stand Back, Woman Across The River, All My Friends, Bag End, Blind Willie McTell, Whipping Post

Set Two: Little Martha > Blue Sky Jam > Little Martha, No One To Run With, The Same Thing **, Dreams *** > In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed *** > Oteil Scat (Kofi on piano) > JaBuMa > Oteil > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Encore: Preaching Blues, You Don’t Love Me ****

** Kofi Burbridge on flute, James van de Bogert on drums
*** Bill Evans, saxophone
**** Todd Smallie, bass

All in all, the band sounded great and well-rehearsed throughout the run. Sure, the special guests weren’t to the caliber of last year’s run, but that was to be expected. Next up for the Brothers is their annual headlining slots at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL on April 14 and 15.

• Previously at the United Palace: Night One, Night Two and Night Three, Night Four, Night Five, Night Six

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Here’s a quick note for any of our readers at Jam In The Dam that HT’s Wade “Wyllys” Wilby will be spinning tonight at Barney’s Uptown in Amsterdam starting at 11PM. Look for all new records from this completely spontaneous performance that promises to 100% crush.

Yesterday, we posted my list of the Ten Best Grateful Dead Bust Outs of All-Time and for this week’s Friday Mix Tape I compiled all of the tracks that were freely available through the Live Music Archive. All of these tracks are from audience recordings which is perfect for our purposes as it’s always nice to hear a crowd go bananas with joy and glee.

This mix starts out with the Hampton ‘86 bust out of Phil on vocals singing Box of Rain. It continues with the blissful Here Comes Sunshine bust out from Compton Terrace in 1992. Next, we’ve got the #1 entry on my list – Unbroken Chain at Philly 15 years ago today. We take it down a notch for a stirring version of Ripple from Landover in 1988 and end things with the dynamic Casey Jones from RFK ‘92. Enjoy!

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Let’s take a look at today’s four bouts…

1. Trey Anastasio – Sultans of Swing vs. YARN – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
2. Built To Spill – Cortez The Killer vs. UM – Can’t You Hear…
3. Phish – The Ballad of Curtis Loew vs. Pearl Jam – Baba O’Riley
4. GUTML – Godzilla vs. PGroove – This Must Be The Place

Four our first matchup, we’ve got Trey Anastasio and TAB’s version of Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits going up against Yarn’s take on the Velvet Underground’s Oh! Sweet Nuthin’…

Trey Anastasio – Sultans of Swing

YARN – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’

READ ON to place your vote on all four Elite 8 matches…

Match number two finds Built to Spill covering Neil Young’s Cortez The Killer vs. Umphrey’s McGee channeling the Rolling Stones for Can’t You Hear Me Knocking…

Built to Spill – Cortez The Killer

Umphrey’s McGee – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

For bout number three Phish’s cover of The Ballad of Curtis Loew by Lynyrd Skynyrd squares off against Pearl Jam’s take on the Who classic Baba O’Riley…

Phish – The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Pearl Jam – Baba O’Riley

Finally, our final match finds Give Us The Money Lebowski’s cover of Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult up against Perpetual Groove’s version of Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place) by the Talking Heads…

Give Us The Money Lebowski – Godzilla

Perpetual Groove – Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)

Here’s the rest of the March Madness schedule:

03/23 – March Madness Final 4
03/30 – March Madness Finals

Voting for this round is open until Monday at 11:59 PM (EDT).

The initial artist announcement for this year’s Gathering of the Vibes has just come out and features an eclectic group of acts. To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the festival, event organizers have signed up Damian Marley and Nas, Primus, Jimmy Cliff, Rhythm Devils featuring Keller Williams, Umphrey’s McGee, Galactic, Jackie Greene and a slew of other artists.

Take a look at this video for a full list…

Gathering of the Vibes 2010 takes place at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT from July 29 to August 1. Tickets are available now for $165. This marks the first announced gig for the soon-to-be-reformed Primus. Other acts of note include Martin Sexton backed by the Ryan Montbleau Band and an incarnation of The Rhythm Devils featuring one-man-band Keller Williams.

What do you think of this initial artist announcement?

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If you missed out on this past Monday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, you’ll have another chance to watch it on Fuse this Sunday at 5PM. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, Fuse cuts from live broadcast for this re-airing and others to follow.

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Friday, March 19 [all times EDT]

• David Letterman: Sade [CBS 11:35PM]
• Jay Leno: Barenaked Ladies [NBC 11:35PM]
• Craig Ferguson: OK GO [CBS 12:35AM]
• Jimmy Fallon: Air [CBS 12:35AM]

Saturday, March 20

• Austin City Limits: Norah Jones [PBS]
• Opening Night Live: Bruce Springsteen [Palladia Noon]
• INXS: Live Baby Live [VH1 Classic 1:30PM]
• Saturday Night Live: The Ting Ting [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, March 21

• Behind The Music Remastered: Heart [VH1C 11AM]
• Hard Rock Calling: Ben Harper, DMB [Palladia 4PM]
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction [Fuse 5PM]
• Tina Turner: Live in Holland [Palladia 9PM]

As we mentioned last week, Furthur will headline a three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend at Mountain Aire in Angels Camp, CA. Today, we found out the rest of the lineup. Joining Furthur – who just parted ways with Jay Lane – will be Electric Hot Tuna, Jackie Greene, Galactic, Larry Campbell & Theresa Williams, Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck, The Mother Hips, The Waybacks, Common Rotation with Dan Bern, Carney, Maiden Lane and Blue Light River. Most of those acts have connections to or are former bandmates of Furthur members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.

GDTSTOO mail order starts tomorrow and runs through March 25. An online preorder starts on Monday at 9AM PST. The public on sale begins one week from today at 10AM through Ticketmaster. Also of note is that GD archivist David Lemieux will be spinning some unreleased music from the vault during special Late Night Shows that will also feature organic food and drink.

Tickets for Pearl Jam’s Spring Tour go on sale this weekend through Ticketmaster and Live Nation. While most of the pre-sales have already happened, the Ten Club presale for MSG starts at 2PM this afternoon. Here’s a handy list of links to the pages where tickets go onsale. If you use our links to enter Ticketmaster.com we receive a small commision, so if you like what we do and are buying PJ tickets, please use these links. Good luck!

Friday 10AM EDT

• Columbus  – May 6
• Noblesville – May 7
• Bristow, VA – May 13
• Hartford – May 15
• Boston – May 17

Friday 11AM EDT

• Kansas City – May 3
• St. Louis – May 4

Saturday 9AM EDT

• MSG – May 20
• MSG – May 21

Saturday 10AM EDT

• Cleveland – May 9

Saturday 12PM EDT

• Buffalo – May 10

This week’s B List looks at what I think are the ten best bust outs the Grateful Dead broke out over the course of their career. Some of the entries contain songs that disappeared for over a decade while others feature tunes that only went away for a few years. What mattered most to me was a combination of the crowd’s reaction, the quality of the tune and the quality of the performance. Let’s get down to business…

10. Cryptical Envelopment – 9/23/1972 > 6/16/1985 [791 Shows]

Downloads: Cryptical > The Other One > Cryptical
Stream: 06/16/1985

The studio version of That’s It For The Other One on Anthem of the Sun contains four sections, one of which is sung by Jerry Garcia and called Cryptical Envelopment. The Dead would play Cryptical into and out of The Other One from the late ’60s through the early ’70s, at which point the tune disappeared from the rotation until a fateful evening in 1985 at the legendary Greek Theater in Berkeley. The group performed Cryptical four more times that year and then never again.

9. Casey Jones – 11/02/1984 > 06/20/1992 [549 Shows]

Download: Casey Jones
Stream: 06/20/1992

There were all sorts of theories as to why the Dead stopped playing Casey Jones after 1984 including that Jerry promised not to play it – with its reference to being high on cocaine – as part of a plea bargain stemming from one of his arrests. We’re not sure what the actual reason was, but Deadheads went fucking bananas when the group busted out Casey Jones at RFK Stadium in 1992. The drummers used a locomotive airhorn during the Drumz segment and then used it again to kickoff the break out at the end of Space. READ ON for my eight favorite Grateful Dead break outs…

8. Ripple – 10/16/1981 > 9/3/1988 [459 Shows]

Download: Ripple
Stream: 9/3/1988

Not only did the Dead throw down at the Capital Centre on September 3, 1988 for two above-average sets, they also delivered a gorgeous electric version of Ripple as the encore. I get chills listening the crowd go ape-shit on this audience recording. Supposedly, a Deadhead with a terminal illness made a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation for the group to bust out Ripple. Luckily for everybody, the band complied.

7. New Speedway Boogie – 09/20/1970 – 02/19/1991 [1,371 Shows]

Stream: 02/19/1991

In February 1991, the United States was in the middle of the Gulf War and on the 19th were about to launch a ground assault on Iraq. With that in mind, the band launched into the biting New Speedway Boogie for the first time in over 20 years that night at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. I wish there was an audience copy on the archive so we could hear the reaction, but the soundboard version does allow us to hear how well the group performed the emotionally-charged tune.

6. Death Don’t Have No Mercy – 04/26/1970 – 09/29/1989 [1,320 Shows]

Stream: 09/29/1989

The Grateful Dead treated the Bay Area crowd to their first rendition of Rev. Gary Davis’ Death Don’t Have No Mercy in nearly 20 years on September 29, 1989. The group was firing on all cylinders as they started what would turn into an epic fall tour. Jerry tore the tune up from the opening notes to the last.

5. Here Comes Sunshine – 02/23/1974 – 12/06/1992 [1,213 Shows]

Download: Here Comes Sunshine
Stream: 12/06/1992

The future of the Grateful Dead was in doubt after Jerry Garcia became ill following Summer Tour 1992. The group canceled their fall tour to allow their leader to heal and returned for a few shows in early December. At one of these December shows, the Dead dusted off the beautiful Here Comes Sunshine with a new arrangement. While I’m not a fan of the arrangement, I – and if you listen to the audience, plenty of Deadheads in attendance – was thrilled to see the song return to the fold.

4. Attics of My Life – 10/28/1972 – 10/09/1989 [1082 Shows]

Stream: 10/09/1989

As far as bust outs, you can’t beat the Hampton shows from 1989. Over the course of the two “Formerly The Warlocks” shows, the group dusted off Dark Star, Help On The Way, Slipknot! and this gorgeous Garcia/Hunter tune from American Beauty. I can’t even imagine what the vibe was leaving The Mothership that night.

3. Box of Rain – 07/28/1973 – 03/20/1986 [777 Shows]

Download: Box of Rain
Stream: 03/20/1986

The “let Phil sing” contingency finally got their way after a prolonged period of no Phil vocals that ended in Hampton on March 20, 1986 with the bust out of Box of Rain. This first set closer sent many Deadheads to the venue’s payphones in an attempt to share the news with their buddies. After a fairly terrible Althea, Bobby stepped to the mic and said “now we’ll show you that practice makes perfect” before the band launched into a solid version of Box of Rain.

2. Dark Star – 07/13/1984 – 10/09/1989 [359 Shows]

Video Starts with Uncle John’s > Playin’ Reprise before Dark Star

Stream: 10/09/1989

While Dark Star had been performed five years previously at the Greek, making this the shortest gapped break out on this list, so much had changed for the band in the period between that night at the Greek and this night at The Mothership. Tons of new fans had gotten on “the bus” and there were still plenty of fans who weren’t lucky enough to be at The Greek or at any of the spots where the group had performed Dark Star. There’s nothing quite like the extended audience reaction to this break out of Dark Star.

1. Unbroken Chain – 03/19/1995 [Never Performed]

Stream: 03/19/1995

For many years rumors circulated among Deadheads that the band would finally perform Unbroken Chain, the Petersen/Lesh classic from Mars Hotel. The rumors finally panned out a Sunday night at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during what would turn out to be the group’s last show at the venue. To say the crowd exploded with delight would be a major understatement. The Grateful Dead’s last major bust out would turn about to be the best.

• Previous B List: 15 Epic Phish Bust Outs

That’s my take on Grateful Dead bust outs. Were you at any of the shows? Do you feel differently about the quality of these break outs or think other bustables deserve to be on this list? Let us know by leaving a comment below…

In a story first reported by Welcome to Now, Phil Lesh has confirmed that Jay Lane has left Furthur to re-join Primus. Phil took to the PhilZone message board this evening to explain the move…

“Over the past year, both Jill and I have come to know and love Jay for the great guy that he is. At the end of our tour he rode back on Bob’s bus and informed Bob that he had an opportunity to play drums with Primus. He and Bob discussed it, and they decided that the logical time to make the change would be after the birthday show. I only found out about this the day before the show; as their relationship goes back a long way, I told them both then that I support any decision they might make. I will miss Jay’s enthusiasm and ebullience; he’s a great guy to hang and play music with.”

Phil went on to answer a number of questions from fans in the thread and mentioned that both he and GD/Furthur band mate Bob Weir think that proceeding with one drummer – Sir Joe Russo – would be best. He also mentioned that we should keep our eyes on the Furthur website tomorrow for more information on the Furthur Festival. As for Jay Lane, he was an original member of Primus who left the band in 1989. He later joined up with the original Primus lineup in 1994 for an album released under the Sausage moniker. There’s been no official announcement from the Primus camp and there no confirmed Primus dates on the docket as of yet.