Last Week’s Sauce: August 23rd – 29th
Sometimes less is more. Effort that is. This week, you’re only getting tracks from three different bands, but I’m giving you fat sections of music from all three entries. Those of you who download the weekly podcast (and yelled at me last week for not including a download link) will be settling in for an hour’s worth of music from a Jazz Duo that somehow captured the hearts of jamband fans years ago, a trancefusion band in the midst of an impressive summer tour playing large stages and the brownest band on the scene.
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[Thanks to tgakidisfor this week's photo]
Benevento Russo Duo – Blues For Allah, Best Reason To Buy The Sun
Date & Venue: 2010-08-27 Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
Taper & Show Download: nyctaper
Joe Russo stated in an interview with JamBase in February of last year that, “I don’t care who comes to see our band; if you like our music, that’s great. But the first time someone yelled a Phish song at us when we were playing as The Duo, I got really fucking pissed. I was like, ‘That’s it, all we are now is this [band] that has to do with Phish.” This problem I’m sure has continued to grow as since that interview was published, he is now also touring with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. It seems as though he may have gotten over it though, as The Duo last week performed the long GD composition Blues For Allah.
No future tourdates for the Benevento Russo Duo are currently on the books, but Marco Benevento is playing with Garage A Trois alongside Skerik, Mike Dillon and Stanton Moore; they play tomorrow at Doug Fir in Portland, OR. Joe Russo resumes his drumming duties with Furthur on September 16th in Eugene, OR.
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Video of The Duo playing their BIG HIT Becky…
READ ON for tracks from the Disco Biscuits and Ween…
Artist & Title: the Disco Biscuits – Uber Glue, Feeling Twisted
Date & Venue: 2010-08-26 Lincoln Theatre – Raleigh, NC
Taper & Show Download: joel at jamlivedotorg
the Disco Biscuits have set out on their big summer tour, and the reviews I’ve been hearing from the most die-hard of Biscuits fans have been overwhelmingly positive, and they are a group of fans that are generally hard to impress. These two songs are the opening sequence from night one of the run and Feeling Twisted is a brand new composition. tDB play tonight at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH.
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With the lasers being such a big hit with the fans, I am surprised tDB has yet to post an official video showcasing the new addition to the light rig. In the meantime, fan-shot footage will have to suffice:
Ween – Fiesta, You Fucked Up, Touch My Tooter, Homo Rainbow
Date & Venue: 2010-08-27 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
Taper & Show Download: su6oxone
OK, so two tracks from The Duo clocked in at just about 24 minutes. And two tracks from the Disco Biscuits clocked in at the 20 minute mark. And these four songs from Ween, from the encore of their recent Dallas show, is about 11 minutes. Such is the nature of these bands. Great encore by the way. Ween next plays Friday September 17th in Central Park.
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Video from the next night in Austin,
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Nice Russo Quote!!!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 6:43 pm
The Duo video has captivated me through the whole performance. I have a soft spot for this instrumentation since my brother tackles the drums while I’m on piano though The Duo is definitely an upgrade from our jam sessions.
The drums being tom tom based gives off that playful feeling in the intro alongside the piano’s use of tritones with other notes to create an offset sound. Good stuff :)