Yonder Mountain String Band Stories

Setlist & Video: Yonder Mountain String Band (featuring Brendan Bayliss) @ House Of Blues, Chicago IL 11/10/11

Yonder Mountain welcomed good friend Brenday Bayliss of Umphrey's McGee to the stage at their stop in Chicago last week. Some video has surfaced, complete with enthusiastic crowd response. Brendan sat in for the first set closing "One More", followed by a jammed out version of Talking Heads' "Girlfriend Is Better". Have a look. See...

Talking Heads Tuesday: Jambands Celebrate Talking Heads

More than just about any band (and I'll throw the Beatles, Dead, and Zappa in there too), Talking Heads have provided direct inspiration to the jamband community. Attribute it to their rhythmic ideals, engaging melodies or passion for innovation, but with only 8 studio albums to draw from, the variety of tunes covered and interpretations that...

Big Sky Ramblin: An Interview With Jay Stanek and Chris Meier

Jay Stanek and Chris Meier are friends and bandmates. Emerging out of the fertile music scene of Champaign-Urbana in the mid-nineties, their muse has taken them to stages, studios and points beyond to achieve their goals.Filtering a ton of musical and personal influences through a shared vision and welcoming a revolving cast of talented...