Blues Traveler 11/5/2007 DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
John Popper may have lost a tremendous amount of weight, but he is still capable of delivering an extra large dose of personality, as I found out by checking out one of Blues Traveler’s recent gigs from Boston. Popper’s powerful voice and harp skills can still fire up a crowd more than 10 years after Traveler’s heyday. Last month Traveler released Cover Yourself, an album featuring acoustic re-dos of the band’s greatest hits and has taken the new versions on the road, adding a new element to their live shows.
Blues Traveler treated the Boston crowd to five completely different versions of classic BT tunes from the album. Some of the tunes actually sound better in their new skins. Just For Me cooks thanks to the addition of a mellow backbeat that transforms the song into something Little Feat might play. But some classics just shouldn’t be messed with. Bobby Sheehan would turn over in his grave if he heard the new bluesy version of Mountains Win Again. Regardless, you gotta give Traveler credit for trying to do something different instead of just dropping the typical, boring greatest hits package that litters the shelves of record stores everywhere. Blues Traveler brings the Cover Yourself tour to The Cabooze in Minneapolis on Friday night and will support Matisyahu at the Roseland Ballroom on December 4th.
Keller Williams and the WMDs DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
Photo by HMCDani2
Keller Williams really needs to keep the WMDs as his permanent backing band. Williams’ music sounds so much more robust with the help of talented players behind him. From the moment Best Feeling begins, the band propels Williams’ songs and makes them just generally more…interesting. Gibb Droll’s guitar-playing shines brightly on the originals and fantastic covers of the Dead’s One More Saturday Night and Porno For Pyro’s Pets. Drummer Jeff Sipe could be the best musician on the stage, adding steady layered beats to every tune. Seriously, Keller, can you please add these guys permanently or at least bring the WMD’s to the Northeast?
Here are five other amazing shows on the archive:
- Outformation 11/09/2007 DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
- Smashing Pumpkins 10/15/2007 DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
- Ryan Adams 6/24/2007 DSBD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
- Hackensaw Boys 01/14/2006 DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
- Phil Lesh and Friends 11/10/2007 DAUD [FLAC, MP3, STREAM]
We’re sure there are tons of amazing shows on the Archive from bands we’ve never even heard of. Wanna suggest a new band for us to check out for next week? Leave a message below turning us on to someone new…
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is it more is the archive not working?
*is it me or is the archive not working?
The archive has been flaky. Sometimes it works, sometimes it’s down. Perfect timing huh?
Love me some DTB. Saw them in Durham the night after the show y’all posted, a lot of the same stuff. Derek Trucks is probably the best jammy musician going these days. A true virtuoso. Go listen to him play “My Favorite Things” right now if you haven’t already. It’s not like watching the Sound of Music, it’s an instrumental jazz jam like Alice Coltrane’s version, and generally comes out to about 15 minutes of your face melting off.