Jan 10, 2014
As with last year, I'm not going to try to rank the best shows, songs or albums of the year (though some thoughts on albums are here and here). I want to use my year end list to capture the musical things that had the biggest impact on me -- and also provide an excuse...
Dec 14, 2013
Via mule.netDecember 13th, 2013U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NCWarren Haynes & Ray SiskGlory RoadGov't MuleWorld Boss > Mother EarthOpium with Bill Evans & Ike StubblefieldScared To LiveGameface with Birdland & Mountain Jam TeasesCaptured Funny Little Tragedy > with Message In A Bottle Lyrics Thorazine Shuffle Reprise Keb' Mo' France More Than One Way HomeGovernment CheeseEvery Morning with John ScofieldPerpetual...
Dec 8, 2013
Night four is Dark Star night. Looks like a Clapton cover and instrumental Somewhere Over The Rainbow from Jimmy Herring to boot. Here's the setlist (via philzone.org). Video below courtesy of Couch Tour Captures.December 7th, 2013Jam > Here Comes Sunshine (NC) > Crazy Fingers (NC) Dear Mr. Fantasy (WH) > Hey Jude (WH) Somewhere over the...
Dec 7, 2013
The third night of Phil's big Terrapin Crossroads run with Haynes, Herring and fiends is in the books, and despite great shows on night's one and two, it appears that he really stacked the deck in Friday's second set.Here's the setlist (via philzone.org). Video below courtesy of Couch Tour Captures.December 6th, 2013Set 1: (8:20...
Dec 6, 2013
Night two of this incredible lineup and looks like another smoker. They continue to perform tunes featured on the one and only PLQ album There and Back Again.Here's the setlist (via philzone.org). Video below courtesy of Couch Tour Captures.December 5th, 2013Set 1: 8:10 - 9:20Friend of the Devil (NC $ PL),Tennessee Jed (WH),Rock...
Dec 5, 2013
The "Q" reunites later this month at Warren's Christmas Jam but for now 4 out of 5 (+2) ain't so bad. Phil and Q-mates Jimmy Herring, Warren Haynes and John Molo, hooked up with Neal Casal and Jeff Chimenti to deliver two big sets to open a run at Terrapin Crossroads last night, with the second clocking in...
Nov 19, 2013
Let me take you back to September 2001. After a few smokin' Chicago appearances around town over the last few years, guitarist Steve Kimock had just announced a one-of-a-kind gig on one of the top floors of the Sears Tower (I don't even know what it was called at the time... but for a Chicagoan it'll...
Nov 12, 2013
And so begins the final run of Phil's last tour with his friends in quite some time (ever). As with the previous two stops on this quick Northeastern jaunt, the run's poster gives clues into the themes, one of which is a carry over from the New York City run.Perhaps a bit more obvious...
Nov 6, 2013
After treating Capitol Theater attendees to healthy helpings of The Band, Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd over four nights, Phil and Friends curiously left the stage with Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". Would it be a bridge to the next set of themes for the Times Square run, starting just a few miles away in two...
Nov 3, 2013
Update: He's done it again! Check out the poster / setlists from the NYC run.Phil Lesh indicated that he'd try something interesting for his fall tour with Phil & Friends. He promised to weave certain themes, including a focus on great albums, into both his sets as well as those of the opener American Jubilee....