Jul 30, 2013
Where to start with the weekend's music? I could easily reel off a laundry list of highlights:The amazing "Scent" duel on Friday, with Fish contacting other worlds on the marimba lumina. The balls deep transition from "Theme" into "Weekapaug". A contained, but smoking "Piper". The fine improv in "Light" that threatened "Timber Ho" for...
Jul 30, 2013
Further, the band, and their equipment were much more exposed than they would have been in a permanent structure in these conditions. Where the show may have gone on in Sunday's storm at Alpine or Deer Creek, there was nothing else to do but stop the music and batten down the hatches for everybody's safety....
Jul 29, 2013
It wasn't jambands that introduced me to the music of J.J. Cale, I (like most people) have Eric Clapton to thank for that. But it certainly was the jambands who reinforced just how deep and impressive his catalog is, and totally ingrained just how cool the man was. We lost a great one when...
Jul 29, 2013
I handicapped the Blottopia encore race when we first previewed the fourteenth installment of Mr. Blotto's signature event and summertime festival, but although the ultimate choice eluded me at the time, I'm not sure it exactly surprised me.Playing to their strength vocally and rhythmically, the performance of James Brown's Sex Machinelive album was another...
Jul 29, 2013
On the heels of the reggae-like Gordon / Murawski tune Yarmouth Road, Phish continues to add Mike penned songs to the repertoire. This one features a falsetto vocal in the chorus and a funky Little Feat-esque groove. Are the influences of Halloween 2010 finally bearing fruit in 2013?The tune made it's debut in the midst of a...
Jul 26, 2013
Steely Dan. Pink Floyd. "Leonard Skinnard". If you've never entered a record store or flipped on a radio, you could probably be forgiven for thinking these were names and not bands. Each one, of course, is legendary. Can the band name confusion strike again? The guys inHerbertWiser sure hope so, and are putting the effort...
Jul 26, 2013
Words / Photos: Dave WecksteinOn the night before a three night Phish run at a brand new venue, the sweltering Chicago night was heavy with promise and anticipation. Fortunately, for those hearty souls willing to let loose early, Old Shoe, Robert's Plant, and Herbert Wiser Band provided a space for early revelry the Cubby Bear. Playing...
Jul 25, 2013
On an evening that also featured a huge mass of talent assembling just a bit west and south, Zeppelin front man Robert Plant packed Grant Park and did what he does best: delivers an always engaging set that blends heavy Zep blues-rock and with world beats and sounds, country affectations and a couple of absolutely...
Jul 22, 2013
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here. SongGapLast Time PlayedDancing In The Street3312/31/12Don't Ease Me In714/12/12The Music Never Stopped67/15/13After Midnight194/19/13Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo37/17/13Uncle John's Band37/17/13Good Lovin'174/21/13Feel Like A Stranger127/11/13Cryptical Envelopment429/29/12Dark Star57/14/13Saint Stephen87/13/13The Other One87/13/13Stella...
Jul 22, 2013
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here. SongGapLast Time PlayedJack Straw117/11/13Dupree's Diamond Blues184/19/13My Brother Esau204/16/13Mason's Children134/25/13Mission In The Rain3710/5/12Box Of Rain77/13/13Playing In The Band107/12/13Any Road154/23/13Mountains Of The Moon124/27/13Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)214/15/13 > View Furthur...