Last night at Terrapin Crossroads, Furthur members Phil Lesh, John Kadlecik, Joe Russo and Jeff Chimenti teamed up with guitarist Anders Osborne for a West Coast Ramble. Osborne had already made his mark at last month’s Spring Rambles with Luther Dickinson, but seemed to have picked up where he left off from those memorable shows.

The first set was filled with treats such as Anders-sung covers of Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young’s Heart Of Gold and Bob Marley’s I Shot The Sheriff as well as Grateful Dead rarity Reuben and Cerise. In addition to Reuben and Cerise, John Kadlecik handled vocals on Grateful Dead staples Deal, Ramble On Rose and They Love Each Other.

Set One: Deal (jk), Ramblin’ Man (ao), Reuben And Cerise (jk) > Sugaree (ao), Ramble On Rose (jk), Heart Of Gold (ao), They Love Each Other (jk), I Shot The Sheriff (ao)

Set Two: Jam > Scarlet (jk,ao) > The Harder They Come (ao) > Fire On The Mountain (ao), Small Spacey Jam > Dark Star v1 (all) > The Other One (pl) > Dark Star v2 (all) > St. Stephen (all) > Midnight Hour (ao)

Encore: Burning on the Inside (ao)

[Setlist via PhilZone.org]

The second set opened with an interesting segment that saw the ensemble insert a cover of The Harder They Come into the usual Scarlet > Fire pairing. Then, the band went into Primal Dead mode for a Dark Star > The Other One > Dark Star > St. Stephen sequence before ending the set with the Anders-sung Midnight Hour. Osborne had a chance to show off one of his originals as Burning On The Inside served as the encore.

Listen to Anders, Phil, John, Joe and Jeff cover Ramblin’ Man…

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Grateful Dead / Furthur bassist Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads venue has just announced a full slate of performances set for the first three weeks of May. The action starts on May 3rd with an Infamous Stringdusters show which The Terrapin Family Band will open and continues on May 5th when Phil will perform with The Terrapin Family Band as a benefit concert for the Unbroken Chain Foundation. Then, on May 10th, The Black Crowes’ Jackie Greene will Ramble with Phil and Furthur members John Kadlecik, Joe Russo and Jeff Chimenti.

Lesh will bring back his Telstar night of “improvisation and psychedelic music” on May 12th when he’ll perform with Kadlecik, Russo, Chimenti and Anders Osborne. TC will throw a “Spring Fling House Party” on the 13th featuring Lesh, Kadlecik, Russo, Chimenti and Osborne along with the Terrapin Family Band. On May 15th, Phil will offer up a “Rockin’ Ramble” along with Kadlecik, Russo, Chimenti and Osborne. The announced shows come to a close with three Rambles on May 16th – 18th that will find Lesh performing with Kadlecik, Russo, Chimenti and Luther Dickinson.

Tickets for every show besides the Stringdusters (tickets for that show are onsale now) will be available at the Terrapin Crossroads Box Office on Thursday, April 18th, starting at 3:00 PM. The Terrapin Family Band will play for those queuing up for tickets. Remaining ducats will be available for purchase online on Saturday, April 20th. Here’s more details on each May Terrapin Crossroads show…

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It’s hard to believe that Terrapin Crossroads is just a smidge over one year old. The Phil Lesh-owned venue has provided so many magical collaborations that previously only existed in our dreams. Anders Osborne and Luther Dickinson playing THREE shows with a band Phil put together? What a fantastic idea that turned out to be as good as expected when it actually took place. Last night was the finale of the three-night stand of Spring Rambles that saw Phil Lesh, Anders Osborne and Luther Dickinson team up with Grahame Lesh, Tony Leone and Jason Crosby at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. However, that wasn’t the only show at the venue on Saturday leading to Lesh to call it “one of most energetic weekends of music here yet for me” when the music finally stopped just after midnight.

Early in the day guitarist Stu Allen was the featured performer at Terrapin Crossroads during brunch. Allen treated brunchers to covers from the likes of The Beatles, Steely Dan and Bruce Cockburn as well as some Grateful Dead staples. Drummer Pete Lavezzoli joined Stu at one point as did keyboardist Rob Barraco who was in town with Dark Star Orchestra.

Watch Stu and Rob’s stupendous cover of Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan…

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After Thursday’s show turned our heads, we were excited to see what “Uncle” Phil Lesh, Anders Osborne, Luther Dickinson, Tony Leone, Grahame Lesh and Jason Crosby had in store for their second of three Spring Rambles at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. last night. Just like Thursday’s opening show, Friday saw the newly-formed ensemble mix blues classics, NMAS tunes and a bunch of songs from the Grateful Dead’s touring repertoire. Then, for good measure, the band threw in a pair of Neil Young gems in Cortez The Killer and Down By The River for good measure.

Once again, the sextet infused plenty of improvisation throughout each set. Band members took turns handling vocals with Luther stepping to mic on Rollin’ and Tumblin’, How I Wish My Train Would Come and Mean Old Wind Died Down, while Anders fronted the group for Friend of the Devil, Big Boss Man, Down By The River, Cortez The Killer and Fire On The Mountain. During his usual donor rap, Phil remarked that the evening marked the 52nd anniversary of the first manned spaceflight.

Here’s the setlist from last night’s Spring Ramble @ Terrapin Crossroads…

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Furthur / Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh kicked off a set of Spring Rambles at his Terrapin Crossroads venue in San Rafael, Calif. last night with a band consisting of Anders Osborne, Grahame Lesh and Luther Dickinson on guitar, Tony Leone on drums and multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby (See our interview with JCros). The ensemble worked through material from the Grateful Dead canon as well as tunes from Anders and the North Mississippi Allstars over the course of two sets.

[Photo via Pok Pok Wings on PhilZone.org]

Here’s the setlist from last night’s show via PhilZone.org…

Set One: Alabama Getaway (TL), Dire Wolf (GL), Cold Rain & Snow (PL), Ramble On Rose (TL) Hear the Hills (LD) > Tomorrow Never Knows Jam > Burning on the Inside (AO) > extended jam > Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad

Set Two: Truckin-> Conan-> Cumberland Blues, Sugaree > Shake > Joliet Bound > The Other One > I Know You Rider, Donor Rap

Encore: Knockin On Heaven’s Door

We’ve come across audio of Sugaree > Shake > Joliet Bound > Other One > I Know You Rider…

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The next set of West Coast Rambles will take place on April 11 – 13 at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads venue in San Rafael, Calif. Guitarists Anders Osborne and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) will make their Terrapin Crossroads debut at those shows.

In addition to Anders and Luther, the band will consist of drummer Tony Leone, multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby, guitarist Grahame Lesh and bassist Phil Lesh. You can score a $65 at the Terrapin Crossroads Box Office starting tomorrow or online via the TC webstore on March 21st.

We once lauded the all-inclusive Equifunk Festival as “a model of how a festival should be run.” The event’s promoters will once again bring Equifunk back to the cozy confines of summer camps Equinunk and Blue Ridge in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains on August 16 – 18. Today, the initial lineup has been revealed and features a number of Equifunk favorites and a few newcomers.

While the main headliner will be announced in the coming months, we do know that The New Mastersounds will play two sets, The Motet will play a tribute to P-Funk set and a set focusing on original material while other Equifunk ’13 acts include Anders Osborne, Boombox, Marco Benevento, The Nigel Hall Band, The Main Squeeze and I’ll Be John Brown.

Tickets are currently available through the event’s website.

Following up the announcement of a super group Fiyawerx Productions put together called Fiya Powa! for a May 2nd gig at One Eyed Jack’s in New Orleans comes a lineup that tops even that one. Check out this over-the-top list of artists that will play Fiya Fest on May 3rd at The Old Ironworks: GABE (George Porter Jr., Billy Iuso, Eric Bolivar and Anders Osborne), Dragon Smoke (Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore, Robert Mercurio and Eric Lindell), Dr. Klaw (Eric Krasno, Nigel Hall, Ian Neville, Adam Deitch and Nick Daniels), Karl Denson with The Dirty Dozen Horns (Nikki Glaspie, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Robert Walter and Eddie Roberts), The New Orleans Suspects and the Bonerama Horns, Funky But Better (Terrence Higgins, Nigel Hall, Big Sam, Roosevelt Collier, Khris Royal, Doug Wimbish and Eric McFadden), The Revivalists and Artists-At-Large Mike Dillon, Corey Glover and Skerik.

FIYA FEST 2013 is a crawfish boil/benefit for the Roots of Music Marching Crusaders that is expected to run from noon to 10 PM on May 3rd at The Old Ironworks in New Orleans.

Gov’t Mule’s Island Exodus festival continued yesterday at  Breezes Grand Resort in Negril, Jamaica. Anders Osborne and his band performed a daytime set followed by two nighttime Mule sets.

[All Photos by Dino Perrucci]

Ace harmonica player Hook Herrera sat in with Osborne in the afternoon and later helped out Mule during Warren Haynes and Co.’s two sets. Anders band members Billy Iuso and Eric Bolivar joined their boss as guests during Gov’t Mule’s sets as did saxophonist Ron Holloway.

• Dino Perrucci’s Island Exodus Photos: Jan. 17, Jan. 18th

Here’s a look at what Gov’t Mule played last night in Jamaica…

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Island Exodus ’13 continued yesterday at Breezes Grand Resort in Negril, Jamaica where attendees were treated to a Warren Haynes solo show as well as a performance by Anders Osborne and his band.

[All Photos by Dino Perrucci]

Warren offered his usual unplugged mix of originals and covers and welcomed Island Exodus guests Ron Holloway (sax) and Hook Herrera (harmonica) at various points during his set. Mule had the night off, but Danny Louis and Matt Abts both made appearances during Haynes’ solo set. Photographer Dino Perrucci has shared a collection of his shots from both sets with us…

Here’s the Warren Haynes solo setlist…

Set: Time (The Revelator), The Real Thing, Hallelujah Boulevard, Give Me Love, Old Friend with Matt Abts, Raven Black Night with Matt Abts, Railroad Boy, Feel Like Going Home with Hook Herrera, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out with Hook Herrera, Ain’t Nothing You Can Do with Hook Herrera & Danny Louis, Lucky with Danny Louis, Loser with Danny Louis, Endless Parade with Danny Louis & Ron Holloway The Way Young Lovers Do lyrics, Into The Mystic with Danny Louis & Ron Holloway, Soulshine with Danny Louis & Ron Holloway,

Encore: That’s Why We’re Here > with Hook Herrera, Danny Louis & Ron Holloway People Get Ready with Hook Herrera, Danny Louis & Ron Holloway

[Setlist via Mule.net]

Check out more of Dino Perrucci’s amazing snaps from Jamaica…

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Anders Osborne @ Brooklyn Bowl – December 21

Words: Chad Berndtson
Photos: Jeremy Gordon

Ultimately, Anders Osborne always sounds like himself. But as far as rock-history comparisons are ever useful, the one I keep coming back to is vintage Crazy Horse era Neil Young, where you’re not only getting the eardrum-shattering, brain-exploding guitar squall you came for but there’s also the sense of portent and foreboding, ever-present no matter how sweet or gentle the song appears. Anders writes heavy songs, tender songs, gutsy songs and sentimental songs, and your only guarantee is that each will be completely presented — merely playing or lightly jamming is never enough for his passionate, tortured soul — as an exhaustively potent workout.

[All Photos by Jeremy Gordon]

It was nice to see Osborne back for a full-on New York show, particularly after he bagged last month’s HeadCount finale at the last minute. Better yet, it was two shows — I caught the blistering first — and a completely different setlist each night, with the emphasis balanced between Anders staples and a sampling of new material and bustout covers.

Night one, overall, was by Anders standards a workmanlike two hours, adequately awesome, with the expected mix of black-chaos drug rockers and soulful, “we’re going to make it after all” kindnesses. Bassist Carl Dufresne and drummer Eric Bolivar are an effective rhythmic chassis, equally as patient with Anders as they are willing to indulge his many, roaring guitar flights. The ubiquitous Scott Metzger played the whole show as guitar foil, though Metzger as a guest musician was, as usual, respectful, content with a support function unless specifically egged on by Anders to shred a bit.

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Last Friday night in New Orleans, the Nolafunk Jazz Fest Series kicked off at Republic, where one of the night’s main events was a superjam featuring guitarists Fred Tackett and Paul Barrere of Little Feat with Anders Osborne and members of his band. Take a look as Osborne, Tackett, Barrere, Billy Iuso, Carl Dufresne and Eric Bolivar jam on the Grateful Dead’s Fire On The Mountain…

Little Feat/Anders Osborne – Fire On The Mountain

The series continues tonight at Republic, with EOTO and Wyllys and the New York Hustlers.

Earlier this fall those towards the Western United States had a number of opportunities to catch Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe perform the Rolling Stones’ landmark Sticky Fingers LP in its entirety with special guest Anders Osborne. Those of us in the east were biding our time, hoping Karl and Anders would bring the Sticky Fingers show towards us, especially after videos started to surface. Today, KDTU announced a batch of Stones-infused gigs with Anders in February that fulfill our wish.

Following a two-night stand in Crystal Bay, Nevada on Jan. 27-28 without Anders, Osborne will meet up with the band in New York City on February 8 to continue the Sticky Fingers tour. The run continues on the 9th in Falls Church, Virginia and then on the 10th in Baltimore, Maryland. KDTU and Anders then head west for a Feb. 11th show at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh and a pair of Midwest gigs in Indianapolis on the 16th and Chicago on the 17th. Anders is booked for that entire week of Sticky Fingers shows. Tickets for most of these shows are available now through KDTU Ticketing.

KDTU w/ Anders Osborne – Sway

Here’s the full list of KDTU Tour Dates:

1/9 – 1/14 – Jam Cruise 10
1/27,28 – Crystal Bay Club Crown Room – Crystal Bay, NV
2/8 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
2/9 – State Theatre – Falls Church, VA
2/10 – Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
2/11 – Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
2/16 – Vogue Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
2/17 – Park West – Chicago, IL

Neil Young’s Ohio, made famous by Crosby Stills Nash & Young, is a protest song referencing the horrible events at Kent State University on May 4th, 1970 that left four dead and nine injured. Recorded just three weeks after the fact, it was pressed to single and rushed to radio stations with the B-Side Find The Cost of Freedom.

The Contestants:

Artist: Anders Osborne & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Album: Bury the Hatchet
The Skinny: HT favorite Anders Osborne leads off this week’s Cover Wars with this studio acoustic rendition and a little help form Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

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A live electric version from Osborne and his band:

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When we first broke the news that Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe would team up with Anders Osborne to perform the Rolling Stones’ landmark Sticky Fingers LP at venues across the country, we had a bit of doubt as to how it would come out. Now that the tour is reaching its end, we’ve had ample chance to judge the results and we think the performers crushed it.

We’ve compiled a playlist of KDTU w/ Anders Osborne playing Sticky Fingers and while we weren’t able to find any decent footage of You Gotta Move, Sister Morphine and Moonlight Mile as performed by the ensemble, we’ve included the Stones’ album tracks in their place. So check it out, we especially dig their versions of Sway, Brown Sugar and Dead Flowers…

KDTU w/ Anders – Sticky Fingers Playlist

Karl and the crew stopped by KBCO in Denver on Halloween to play a few tracks…
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