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Phish Saturday Throw Down at The Rocks

{ August 2, 2009 @ 4:38 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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The phish roller-coaster continues as Trey and the boys continue their adventurous setlists and jam explorations. Saturday night’s Red Rocks show saw the first performance of ‘Mound’ since the 12/31/02 reunion show and man did they nail it. They also dropped the first ‘The Curtain (With)’ since it’s disastrous Coventry-closing performance where the band started the song in the wrong key and had to begin again. This version, on the other hand, is dead on. You can tell they are practiced and hungry to nail these songs – playing like they have something to prove.

As if that isn’t enough, the band also played the first ‘Esther’ since 9/30/00. They sandwiched a monster second set with a tasy Rock and Roll>DWD>Free opening sequence and a Harry Hood closer. All in all, quite an evening, who can even imagine what’s in store for night 4? If you haven’t already been doing so, check out live streams of the shows, as they happen, here!

Phish ~ 8/01/09 ~ Red Rocks Amphitheater ~ Morrison, CO

View from the stage - 8/1/09

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, The Curtain With, Mound, Gotta Jibboo, Guyute, PYITE, Tube, Alaska, Antelope

Set 2: Rock & Roll > Down with Disease > Free, Esther, Dirt, Harry Hood

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, First Tube

Set 1 Download
Set 2 Download

Stream the show here

Mound bust-out:

Sick vid of DWD solo w/ glowstick war:

Jerry Birthday Mix

{ August 1, 2009 @ 8:39 pm } · { Audio, Jerry Garcia }
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In honor of Jerry’s Birthday today (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995), we’ll celebrate by sharing some deep cuts and rarities from a whole array of Jerry solo projects. For Jerry lovers out there, you’re gonna love this and are sure to agree that it is a needed addition to your collection. Enjoy, and Happy Birthday Jerry, we love you!

Happy B-Day Jerry!

Disc One
1)Jingle Bells-(3:41)-JGB-12/20/75–Winterland(Nicky Hopkins Tuning)
2)Reuben and Cherise-(5:46)-Jerry Solo- 4/10/82– Capitol, Passaic
3) They Love Each Other–(7:29)–JGB–12/22/76–Keystone, Berkeley
4)Lovely Night for Dancing–(8:53)–Reconstruction–3/7/79 — Rancho Nicasio, CA
5) Loser—-(4:06)—JGB—-1972—Studio outtake from Garcia album
6)Boogie On—(19:44)—LOM—3/8/75– Pitchell Players Cabaret, LA
7) Tellin’ My Friends–(5:01)-Reconstruction–6/17/79–Keystone, Palo Alto
8)Mystery Train–(9:02)–JGB–10/24/75–Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
9) Masterpiece–(6:28)—JGAB–10/31/87—Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NY
10) How Sweet It Is–(8:01)-JG & MS–2/6/72–Pacific High Recording Studio, San Fran

Disc Two
1)Stagger Lee-(6:14)-Jerry Solo-4/10/82-Capitol Theater, Passaic
2) Catfish John—– (11:49) —-JGB—–2/14/76—–Keystone
3) I Just Wanna Stop–(5:33)–Reconstruction- 6/17/79 -Keystone, Palo Alto
4) What you won’t do for love—(6:49)—Reconstruction—3/8/79 —Cabaret Cotati, CA
5)Second that Emotion-(10:28)-JGB-3/17/78–Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
6) Stir It Up —-(13:10)—JGB—- 12/22/76—-Keystone, Berkeley
7) Strange Man (7:12)—-JGB–5/21/76—Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco,
8)I’ve Been all around this World–(3:58)-Jerry Solo-4/10/82–Capitol, Passaic
9)My Sisters and Brothers–(6:59)–JGB–7/23/77–Keystone, Berkeley
10) Midnight Moonlight—(6:22)–JGB– 10/31/93–Brendan Byrne, NJ

Disc Three
1)Bertha–(4:13)–David and the Dorks (JG, Lesh, Hart, Crosby)–12/15/70
2) Roadrunner—- (15:46)—- LOM—- 2/5/74—GAMH, San Fran
3) Russian Lullaby— (13:43)—JGB—12/21/79–Keystone, Palo Alto
4)Dire Wolf–(3:34)-Jerry Solo–4/10/82–Capitol Theater, Passaic,
5) Lazy Bones—-(10:42)—- JGB—- 2/6/94 —–Warfield, San Fran
6)Deep Elem Blues-(7:25)-David and the Dorks-12/15/70-Matrix,San Fran
7) Evangeline–(5:33)–JGB—3/3/89–Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco
8)Goodnight Irene—(5:28)–Jerry, Weir, Santana, Chester Thompson,
Tower of Power—1/23/88–Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland
9)Freight Train-(2:45)-Jerry Solo-4/10/82-Capitol Theater, Passaic
10) Crazy Love—–(5:28)—–JGAB–10/31/87—–Lunt-Fontanne, NY
11)China Doll-(4:34)-Jerry Solo-/10/82-Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ

Disc Four
1) Don’t Let Go—-(7:33)—-JGB—-7/26/81—- Keystone, Berkeley
2)Positively 4th Street–(17:34)–JGB–12/21/79–Keystone,Palo Alto
3) Valerie—(8:12)—JGB–3/5/83–Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
4)Run for the Roses-(5:36)-JGB–3/5/83–Civic Auditorium,Santa Cruz
5) My Problems Got Problems—-(11:09)—JG & MS—- 2/5/74—GAMH
6) Mighty High—– (7:35)—- JGB—12/22/76—Keystone, Berkeley
7) Shining Star—– (12:28)—-JGB—- 10/31/92—–Oakland
8) What a Wonderful World—-(8:39)—JGB —- 10/31/92 —-Oakland

Download Link (WMA files)

Note: You can use Switch(Mac) to covnert wma files to mp3 and just about any other conversion you wanna do

Big shout-out to Matt for the mix, you rock!

garcia

Phish @ Red Rocks Night 2

{ August 1, 2009 @ 5:21 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish took to the rocks again last night for their 2nd of 4 nights at the historic ampitheater. They delivered a fun and eclectic show with a big 1-2 punch of The Who’s ‘Drowned’ and fan-favorite cover of the The Talking Heads ‘Crosseyed and Painless’ to open up the second set. The highlight of the show has to be the 2nd set jam sequence of Tweezer > BDTNL > Fluffhead > Piper> A Day In The Life. That right there, is the stuff that dreams are made of. Keep it coming’ boys!

View From The Top - 7/31/09

Phish ~ Red Rocks Amphitheater ~ Morrison, CO ~ 7/31/09

Set One
Runaway Jim
Chalk Dust Torture
Bathtub Gin
Time Turns Elastic
Lawn Boy
Water In The Sky
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Split Open and Melt

Set Two
Drowned >
Crosseyed and Painless >
Joy
Tweezer >
Backwards Down The Number Line >
Fluffhead >
Piper >
A Day in the Life

Encore
Suzy Greenberg >
Tweezer Reprise

Set 1 Download

Set 2 Download

Phish Tour Kick Off – Red Rocks 7/30/09

{ July 31, 2009 @ 8:37 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish kicked things off with a bang last night at Red Rocks – offering up a monster show complete with jam anthems Divided Sky, Stash, Possum, Mike’s Groove, Ghost, and David Bowie. The band nodded to the beautiful surroundings and uninhibited sight lines with a fitting Divided Sky opener. The rest of the first set reads like a pretty standard first set of tour featuring staples like Horn, Moma Dance, The Wedge, and Horse/Silent. Overall, a well played set with Trey sounding practiced and ready to rip.

The second set, on the other hand, is a different story filled with massive jams and explorations as well as a Billy Breathes bustout that’s just about picture perfect. Overall, the band definitely seems to be playing in a more relaxed and jammy feel than the Hampton run or Summer Tour Leg 1 – something that has left the Phish community excited and salivating for what’s to come over the next 2 weeks.

Red Rocks - 7/30/09

Phish
7/30/09
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison, CO

Set One:
The Divided Sky
Ocelot
The Wedge
Poor Heart
The Moma Dance
Horn
Stash
The Horse >
Silent In The Morning
Possum

Lights - 7/30/09

Set 2:
Mike’s Song >
I Am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove
Ghost
Wolfman’s Brother
Limb By Limb
Billy Breathes
The Squirming Coil
David Bowie

Encore:
Loving Cup

Stream the show here

Set 1 Download

Set 2 Download

Torrent/Flac Download

Trey - 7/30/09

Really nice close-up vid of Possum:

Divided Sky:

Disco Biscuits: Fall Tour Dates and ‘Planet Anthem’

{ July 30, 2009 @ 9:54 am } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits, Upcoming Shows }
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Today, the Disco Biscuits announced a massive fall tour (see below) and the details of their highly anticipated album release via their website and a fanclub email. The new album is titled ‘Planet Anthem’ and will be released over the next few months in a series of EPs. The first two tracks have been offered up for free download here, or via these links:

Track 1 Download – Konkrete
Track 2 Download – You and I

Camp Bisco 8

The Disco Biscuits Fall Tour 2009

09.12 Sat Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
09.13 Sun Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
09.17 Thurs George’s Majestic – Fayetteville, AR
09.18 Fri Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX
09.19 Sat Stubb’s – Austin, TX
09.22 Tues Jupiters – Tuscaloosa, AL (with Two Fresh)
09.23 Wed The Lyric Theatre – Oxford, MS (with Two Fresh)
09.24 Thurs TBD – Nashville, TN
09.25 Fri Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA (with Infected Mushroom (Live Band) and Two Fresh)
09.26 Sat Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN (with Infected Mushroom (Live Band))
09.27 Sun The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC (with Chronicles of the Landsquid)
09.30 Wed Legend’s Music Hall – Boone, NC
10.01 Thurs The National – Richmond, VA
10.02 Fri 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
10.03 Sat 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
10.04 Sun The State Theatre – State College, PA
10.07 Wed Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
10.08 Thurs Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom – Hampton Beach, NH
10.09 Fri Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA
10.10 Sat Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA
10.28 Wed Kalamazoo State Theatre – Kalamazoo, MI (with Orchard Lounge)
10.29 Thurs University Theatre – Madison, WI (with Orchard Lounge)
10.30 Fri First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN (with Orchard Lounge)
10.31 Sat Auditorium Theatre – Chicago, IL (with The Glitch Mob, Holy Fuck and Orchard Lounge)
11.01 Sun The Canopy Club – Urbana, IL (with Orchard Lounge)
11.18 Wed Wave House San Diego – San Diego, CA (with BLVD)
11.19 Thurs House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA (with BLVD)
11.20 Fri The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA (with BLVD)
11.21 Sat The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA (with BLVD)
11.22 Sun The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA (with BLVD)
12.10 – 12.14 Caribbean Holidaze – Runaway Bay, Jamaica

Old School Texas Mule

{ July 28, 2009 @ 10:55 pm } · { Audio, Gov't Mule }
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Time to get dirty with some old school Mule from Texas in the fall of 1996. Back in the day, Mule was a power trio not to be messed with, Warren leading the band and raging like he had something to prove. This hit-packed show includes early renditions of Mule favorites like ‘Blindman in the Dark’, ‘Mule’, ‘Rocking Horse’, and ‘Gameface’. Solid show from cover to cover, try it on for size and see what you think.

Old School Mule

Gov’t Mule ~ 9/22/96 ~ Caravan of Dreams ~ Fort Worth, TX

Grinnin’ In Your Face > Mule > Rocking Horse > Temporary Saint, Don’t Step On The Grass Sam, Birth Of The Mule, Thelonius Beck > Game Face, She Said, She Said, Gambler’s Roll, Kind Of Bird, Pygmy Twylyte > Blind Man In The Dark > Drums > Blind Man In The Dark, Presence Of The Lord, Just Got Paid > Who Do You Love? > Just Got Paid

Encore: Goin’ Out West > Gonna Send You Back To Georgia

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Saturday Classics

{ July 18, 2009 @ 6:59 pm } · { Audio, Bob Dylan, The Band }
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News, is great and all, but here at Welcome To Now, we’re all about the music. Given that, and the fact that it’s a lovely Saturday afternoon, let’s relax to the sweeet and timeless sounds of Bob Dylan and The Band, live in LA 1974. This show is packed with Dylan classics like ‘Lay Lady Lay’, ‘Tom Thumb’s Blues’, and ‘All Along the Watchtower’ as well as The Band anthems to be like “Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, “Cripple Creek”, and “Stage Fright”. Dylan and The Band, it dosen’t get much better than this…

Dylan and The Band

Bob Dylan and The Band
2/14/74
The Forum
Los Angeles, CA

Lay Lady Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 and #35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
Stage Fright
The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down
King Harvest
When You Awake
I Shall Be Released
Up On Cripple Creek
All Along the Watchtower
The Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
She Belongs to Me
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Just Like A Woman
It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Rag Mama Rag
This Wheel’s On Fire
The Weight
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like A Rolling Stone
Blowin’ In The Wind**
Evening show:
Endless Highway
The Shape I’m In
Highway 61 Revisited
Like A Rolling Stone
Maggie’s Farm

Download Link – Part 1
Download Link – Part 2

Dylan and The Band early days

Friday Music News Round-Up

{ July 17, 2009 @ 7:08 pm } · { Allman Brothers, Animal Collective, Audio, Dead Tour 09', Festivals, Gov't Mule, Grateful Dead, Mike Gordon, Phish, Rumors, Upcoming Shows, Video, Warren Haynes }
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Ahhh, Friday afternoon – a time to relax, turn off, and let your mind surf the interwebs for endless entertainment or lack thereof. If you’re too lazy to see what’s out there, let me help you. Here’s a few noteworthy stories and goings on from the world of Jam today:

1. Warren Haynes: “I am a Jamband whore; and I couldn’t be happier.”

Warren

Well, he didn’t exactly use those words, but Warren said about as much in a Billboard article out today. The man is having his busiest year to date with big tours going on with The Dead (Spring Tour 2009), The Allman Brothers (Beacon Run and Summer/Fall tour w/ WSP), and his own Gov’t Mule project (touring on and off throughout the year). Warren also talks about the new Gov’t Mule album out soon and the solo disc he recorded this year with George Porter, Jr., Ivan Neville, Ian McLagan, Ron Holloway. Always a rumor monger, let me also point out that Warren says that “he’s confident the Dead is going to do some more”, especially with the group’s 45th anniversary in 2010. You may be a whore Warren, but we love you.

2. Animal Collective sample the Dead’s ‘Unbroken Chain’ in new track

Phil

News broke today via a Tweet that self-proclaimed Deadheads Animal Collective have been granted the rights to legally sample the Grateful Dead’s classic PhilZone Epic ‘Unbroken Chain’ in a new track the band is working on. You can listen to an unreleased version of the song here (Phil vocal loop comes in near the end).

3. Mike Gordon announces September tour; gets bad haircut

Mike

Mike announced today via a creepy video that he’ll be taking to the road in September with his solo band featuring shred-tastic Scott Murawski on guitar, Brooklyn drummer Todd Isler, keyboardist Tom Cleary, and percussionist Craig Myers. Let’s just hope he leaves that Joker costume from the video (see right) at home – that thing is down right scary.

4. Phish continue Halloween festival map mystery

The Map - 7/17/09

Phish blacked-out more states on their Halloween festival map today (see right). Only 13 states now remain including Texas, Florida, and Nevada. That said, all the real phans know that the festival is still doing down in Indio, CA. Expect the announcment to drop before the band’s upcoming Red Rocks dates and Summer Tour Leg 2, likely this Monday coming up.

Phish Halloween 96′

{ July 16, 2009 @ 10:51 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Video }
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With all the excitement brewing over the upcoming Halloween Phish festival, let’s take a look back to see why Halloween is such a special day in Phish lore. For the 1996 celebration, as has become tradition, Phish sandwiched a ‘muscial costume’ set (a full album covered front to back) in between 2 full-length original sets. That year, the band took on The Talking Heads classic album ‘Remain in Light’. This show is just a monster – the band brings out part of the Giant Country Horns for the 2nd and 3rd sets and, by the time the night ends, bust out YEM, DWD, Reba, Forbin’s/Mockingbird, Brother, 2001, Simple, and a fitting Frankenstein encore. Without further ado, enjoy!

Remain In Light Album Art

Phish ~ 10/31/96 ~ The Omni ~ Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down with Disease > You Enjoy Myself > Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner*

Set 2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Crosseyed and Painless, The Great Curve, Once In A Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, Overload

Set 3: Brother**, Also Sprach Zarathustra** > Maze**, Simple** > Swept Away > Steep** >
Jesus Left Chicago***, Suzie Greenberg***, E: Frankenstein***

*Acapella. Second set with Dave Grippo (saxaphone), Gary Gazaway (trombone) and Karl Perazzo
(percussionist from Santana). **With Karl Perazzo. ***With Dave Grippo, Karl Perazzo, and Gary Gazaway.

Download – Part 1
Download – Part 2
Download – Part 3
Download – Part 4

Trey Pumpkin 1

Trey Pumpkin 2

Here are a few choice Talking Heads covers from the show:

Today in GD History

{ July 15, 2009 @ 9:52 pm } · { Audio, Grateful Dead, Today in GD History }
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Summertime, The Grateful Dead, one of the country’s most anticipated summer outdoor summer music venues- what more could you want. Fresh off the trail of a fantastic Alpine Valley run, this Deer Creek show really cooks. The interplay between Brent and Jerry on the opening Bertha is indicative of the show’s style and the style of the band in the late 80’s. This show really cooks from cover to cover and is a great listen for a mid-summer’s day, as much now as it was 20 years ago to the day.

The Brent Stare

The Grateful Dead
7/15/89
Noblesville, IN
Deer Creek Music Center

Set 1
Bertha
Greatest Story Ever Told
Candyman
Walkin’ Blues
Peggy-O
Queen Jane Approximately
We Can Run
Bird Song

Set 2
Foolish Heart ->
Victim Or The Crime ->
Crazy Fingers ->
Truckin’ ->
Smokestack Lightnin’ ->
Jam ->
Drums ->
Space ->
China Doll ->
All Along The Watchtower ->
Stella Blue
Sugar Magnolia

Encore
Brokedown Palace

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