Apr 13, 2016
There are fan shot videos and then there are FAN SHOT VIDEOS.Mark Burgin and Dan Vasen put together this six camera edit of the Greensky Bluegrass at Portland's Wonder Ballroom from November 5th, 2015.The editing actually makes it worth a look on a big screen and the audio sounds fantastic. Do stick around...
Apr 7, 2016
It was the same setlist, but different feel -- from hockey stadium to old school theater -- for the second of three David Gilmour appearances in Chicago.It seems like the Floyd police are heavily policing YouTube for videos and, our post on Monday's show feel victim to it. For this summary of Wednesday's show,...
Apr 4, 2016
Intimacy is a word that gets tossed around a lot in music writing.Sometimes it describes a feeling of connection with the artists, or their particular openness to the crowd. Sometimes it's the relative size of the venue (I've heard8000 seat amphitheaters described as intimate).But since the last time I saw Phil Lesh it...
Mar 9, 2016
What if -- suddenly --Neil Young exploded onthe scene at age 40, complete with his very sameprolific master songwriting stroke, an unstoppable propensity to rock the fuck out, and the ability (and willingness) transform himself and his band from tour to tour and gig to gig?Then, my friends, you'd be pretty close to how I...
Feb 25, 2016
The weekend after Ween brought their reunion party to the Centennial State, Greensky Bluegrass kept the Brown flowing in Colorado.The band debuted their version of Ween's "Your Party" as the encore to their second of two shows at Avon's Winter Wondergrass festival. They must have liked how it came out, as they referenced it...
Jan 7, 2016
By: @WeirScrewed| Video:izeoftheworldphotos"Who hustles harder: Chicago or Detroit?" was the question asked by Greensky Bluegrass over their four show run, spanning the extended New Year's weekend with two shows eachat Michigan's Royal Oak Theater and Chicago's Vic Theater.Not sure about the city's hustle, or even those of the fans in each, but...
Nov 30, 2015
Photos: Jon RosenbergerThe scene: the lights go down for the second set, after a drum-set and keyboard are inconspicuously set up stage right.With guitarist Dave Bruzza manning the kit, Greensky Bluegrass divesheadlong into the newish reggae-tinged original, "For Sure, Uh-Huh", this time with a rock-steady beat oozing from the bass drum.Dobro man Anders...
Oct 23, 2015
Shapeshifting In Chicago - ALO @ Double Door 10/14/15By @312mrgA Wednesday morphed into a Saturday last week inChicago, with ALO playing a smoking hot, extended set at the Double Door.A week into a tour supporting Tangle of Time, their latest release, the band took their party to Bucktownwith an undeniableswagger. The band broughtpolished new tunes...
Oct 7, 2015
Chris Cornell brought his (mostly) solo and acoustic tour to Chicago on Tuesday night and crafted a setlist culled from his most well known projects: Temple Of The Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave. He even managed to throw in a Prince cover. Here's the full stream.Download Entire Show (mp3 .zip)Here's video of "Hunger Strike". There...
Oct 1, 2015
At the beginning of July during Fare Thee Well, Jackie made the most of his weekend in Chicago, with a pair of shows at SPACE, playing a pair of Jerry tribute shows with Steve Kimock on July 5th(<-- some great audio & video in that link), and even making it to the GD50...