Furthur
“Live Rehearsal Sessions” Stealth Show
5/24/10
Palm Ballroom
San Rafael, CA
Setlist (1 Set):
Shakedown Street
Good Lovin’
Mississippi Half Step
Brown Eyed Women
Cumberland Blues
Althea
Looks Like Rain
The Wheel
Reuben & Cherise
Uncle John’s Band
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire On The Mountain
New Band Lineup:
Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), Bob Weir (guitar, vocals)
Jeff Chimenti (keys, vocals)
John Kadlecik (guitar, vocals), Joe Russo (drums)
with Sunshine Garcia Becker and Jeff Pehrson on vocals
These ‘Live Rehersal Sessions’ all build up to the upcoming Furthur Festival this Memorial Day weekend! Check out the festival poster below and get all the details at the Official Site.
Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of Welcome To Now! Founded on March 25th, 2009, WTN has been there over the past year along with all you freaks out there, sharing in the groove and digging the wonderful music taking place all across this great land. In honor of this special day, let’s look back at the 10 biggest musical moments of the past year in Jam:
1. PHISH RETURNS
Phish @ Hamtpon - 3/07/09
Phish returned to the stage in 2009, with a more than triumphant year of playing. The reunion began with a historic 3 show run at Hampton Coliseum in March. Things just got better as the year went on for The Phish – the band released a new album, ‘Joy’, and hit the road for a big 2-leg summer tour, Halloween at Festival 8 in Indio, CA, an East Coast fall tour, and New Years in Miami. All in all, 2009 was a great year to be a Phish-head!
Hampton Fluffhead
2. PHIL AND BOBBY GO FURTHUR (JOHN K. LEAVES DSO)
Lesh, Weir, and Kadlecik - Dec. 09'
Phil Lesh and Bob Weir shocked deadheads everywhere in August of 09′ when they announced their newest post-Jerry Dead project: Furthur. Unexpected to all, Phil and Bobby called on John Kadlecik, aka ‘Faux Jerry’, aka ‘The Ghost of Jerry’, DSOs long-time axe-man, to join the band. The new project laid to rest indefinitely both Phil Lesh and Friends and Ratdog, and dealt a major blow to DSO, leaving them without a front man. In the 6 months the band has been together, they’ve played a big coming out 3-show run in Oakland, a brief Northeast December tour, New Year’s run in San Fran, and a smoking Winter tour of the East Coast and Midwest. Coming up in 2010, the band will hit the stage for a Memorial Day Festival and a mini-tour of the Northeast in late June and early July.
Furthur NYE 2009 Poster
3. THE DEAD REUNITE FOR TOUR
The Dead - Spring 09'
Months before Furthur, the Core Four reunited for the first time in over 5 years for a one-off Spring Tour across the US. The boys were joined by Warren Haynes on lead guitar and vocals, and Jeff Chimenti of Ratdog on the keys. Check out a few tour highlights below for download!
The Disco Biscuits closed out a fantastic year of playing with their second Annual 5 show run at the Nokia Theater in New York City. By all accounts and from personal experience, this string of shows was top-notch and a real exclamation point on the year for the band. Check out choice downloads, videos, and news from 2009 in the Bisco Archive.
Bisco NYE Run 09 Flyer
5. PHISH FESTIVAL 8 & ROLLING STONES MUSICAL COSTUME
Phish - 10/31/09 Set 1
Phish re-launched two traditions on Halloween weekend 2009 with their first festival of Phish 3.0 along with a highly anticipated Halloween musical costume set – The Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile on Main Street’. Breaking new ground, the band also performed an intimate and picturesque acoustic set at Noon on Sunday, with complimentary donuts and coffee for phans. Truly a magical weekend, and it’s now going to be seen like never before in a full length 3D film being released April 30th. Check out this crisp video/audio stream of the Sunday acoustic set here!
6. ABB BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: BEACON, MOUNTAIN JAM, AND MORE
ABB Beacon Marquis 2009
After canceling their annual Beacon run in 2008 due to Greg Allman’s battle with Hepatitis C, the band returned in 2009 with a guest-filled 40th anniversary run at the Beacon Theater. The run included guest stops from a star-studded cast including Clapton, Lesh, Weir, Helm, Scaggs, Anastasio, and McConnell. The band kept trucking in 09′ with spring and summer festival appearances including Wanee and Mountain Jam as well as big summer and fall tours. The band just wrapped up a fantastic 9 show run at the United Palace in New York city, is sounding better than ever, and has more shows plotted for 2010 already. Check out setlist, vids, and a review of the final night at the United Palace here.
Haynes, Trucks, and Clapton - Beacon 2009
7. PHIL LESH CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL PHRIENDS
Lesh, Robinson, Weir, Greene, and Kadlecik - 3/12/10
On March 12th 2010, Phil Lesh celebrated his 70th birthday (technically 3/14/10) with a big bash at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. The evening featured a fun 3 set format complete with an opening acoustic set and 2 raucous electric sets featuring special guests from throughout Phil’s solo career including John Molo, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene, and Steve Molitz. Give it a listen here:
Breaking with long-standing tradition, Phish played their first mainstream festival with 2 separate appearances (an extended late night set and a 2 set show) at 2009’s Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN. The band realized a long time dream and provided the festival’s highlight with a big collaboration with Bruce Springstreen, who also headlined the festival in 09′. The boss and the boys treated fans to a fun cover/bust-out of ‘Mustang Sally’, as well as performances of Bruce’s own songs ‘Glory Days’, and ‘Bobby Jean’. To re-live this special moment, check out this smoking video of Glory Days:
9. STRING CHEESE REUNITE FOR BIG ROTHBURY GIG
SCI @ Rothbury 2009
The String Cheese Incident reunited for a special one-off show at 2009’s Rothbury music festival. The band put on a massive spectacle of a show enhanced with massive light and art installations. The show went off with flying colors, so much so that the band has decided to tour further in 2010, with gigs at Red Rocks and beyond already announced and more in the works. To get a taste of the Cheese to come, buy the Soundboard of the Rothbury show here.
SCI at Red Rocks
10. TREY BRINGS BACK CLASSIC TAB
Markelis, Lawton, Anastasio, and Paczkowski
Having brought back the core four of his Classic Tab Band – Russ Lawton, Tony Markelis, Ray Paczkowski, and, of course, Big Red himself – in the Fall of 2008, Anastasio hit the road with a bigger-and-better Classic TAB band a few months ago in the Winter of 2010. For the tour, Trey added to the core four with a 3-piece horn section featuring TAB vets Jeffier Hartswick and Russell Reminton along with new-comer cutie Natalie Cressman. The tour was a massive success and featured some of the most enthused and passionate guitar work from Trey since Phish’s 2009 return. Check out lots of downloads, setslits, vids, and more in the TAB Winter Tour archive, enjoy!
The Disco Biscuits annual Camp Bisco summer festival is in its 9th year this year, and will take place July 15th-17th at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY. While the band will reveal the self proclaimed “biggest Camp Bisco lineup to date” tomorrow, a leaked list of artists surfaced today including:
Camp Bisco 2010 *Rumored* Artists
Three Days of the Disco Biscuits
LCD Soundsystem
Ween
Thievery Corporation
Girl Talk
Bassnectar
Pretty Lights
Major Lazer
Diplo
The New Deal
Rusko
Sunrise Silent Disco
Brothers Past
Dieselboy
Gift of Gab
Soja
Future Rock
Felix Cartal
Telepath
Two Fresh
The Black Seeds
Orchard Lounge
Rubblebucket Orchestra
To get a taste of what Bisco has been up to in 2010, check out streams and downloads from their recent Northeast run in Feb. and Fox Theater shows in Jan. over at the Live Music Archive, or buy the Soundboards from the band. Til’ next time, Untz Untz Untz Untz….
Furthur announced a mini summer “tour” last Friday, adding to the previously announced performances at Nateva and All Good in early July. The run showers the Northeast with shows, 5 out of 11 of which are in New York state. The brief and localized nature of the tour has fans wondering if more shows will be announced for later in the summer, and if the West Coast will ever get any Furthur love.
FURTHUR SUMMER TOUR 2010
06/25/10 Fri Highland Bowl Rochester, NY
06/26/10 Sat MCU Park Brooklyn, NY
06/27/10 Sun MCU Park Brooklyn, NY
06/29/10 Tue Penn’s Peak Jim Thorpe, PA
06/30/10 Wed LeLacheur Park Lowell, MA
07/03/10 Sat Gelston Castle Estate Mohawk, NY
07/04/10 Sun Nateva Music & Camping Festival Oxford, ME
07/05/10 Mon The Green at Shelburne Museum Shelburne, VT
07/08/10 Thu Artpark Lewiston, NY
07/09/10 Fri All Good Festival @ Marvin’s Mountaintop Masontown, WV
07/10/10 Sat Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
The Nateva Music and Camping Festival has announced its headliners for their inaugural 2010 event: Furthur will headline Sunday July 4th, The Flaming Lips will play on Saturday the 3rd, moe. on the 2nd, and Lotus will headline the Thursday July 1st pre-party. Additional acts announced today include Keller Williams, Zappa Plays Zappa, and Moonalice.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. The current festival lineup is as follows and many more bands will be announced in the coming weeks:
The Flaming Lips (Saturday headliner)
Futhur (Sunday headliner)
moe. (Friday headliner)
Lotus (Thurs headliner)
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
Keller Williams
Zappa Plays Zappa
Moonalice
Today, Mountain Jam added Levon Helm and friends for a Sunday night performance celebrating his 70th birthday, as well as Drive By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Dr. Dog, The New Mastersounds, and more. The current Mountain Jam lineup includes the following artists:
MOUNTAIN JAM 2010 LINEUP (MORE BANDS TBA)
Gov’t Mule (two nights)
Levon Helm & Friends
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
The Avett Brothers
Les Claypool
Yonder Mountain String Band
Drive-By Truckers
Matisyahu
Toots and the Maytals
Dark Star Orchestra
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Dr Dog
Dave Mason
Lettuce
ALO
The Whigs
The New Mastersounds
Jay Farrar (of Son Volt)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Duke & The King
Justin Townes Earle
Jerry Joseph & Wally Ingram
The Bridge
Zach Deputy
The Brew
Simone Felice
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Van Ghost
The London Souls
These United States
Elmwood
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights
Mojo Miles Mancuso
Dean Batstone
IS
Kari Spieler
Mountain Jam VI will be held June 4th-6th, 2010 at Hunter Mountain, NY. Tickets are available here and currently going for $166.50 for a weekend camping pass.
In other summer festival news today, All Good 2010 announced an impressive initial artist lineup that includes Furthur, WSP, Dark Star Orchestra, P-FUNK, The New Deal, and many more. The full initial artist list is as follows:
ALL GOOD FESTIVAL 2010 INITIAL LINEUP
Furthur
Widespread Panic
Umphrey’s McGee
Yonder Mountain String Band
Dark Star Orchestra (Thursday Night)
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Lotus
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Railroad Earth
The New Deal (Thursday Night)
Rebelution
Perpetual Groove
Cornmeal
Fort Knox Five (Thursday Night)
The Macpodz
All Good 2010 will be held July 8th -11th, 2010 at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Feb. 19th at Noon for early an bird price of $144 for a 4 day camping pass.
Finally, while the Nateva Festival continues to delay their initial artist announcement (they have announced only The Flaming Lips and Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi Band thus far), they have confirmed that they will make the announcement this Friday, Feb. 19th. Additionally, the festival sent out a facebook message to its fans saying that they would be handing out flyers announcing their headliners AT the Furthur show this Thursday in Manchester, NH. It seems clear that Furthur will be among the announcements, as has been rumored here and elsewhere on the web. Other rumored acts include The Allman Brothers Band, Trey Anastasio Band, and Umphrey’s Mcgee.
The inaugural Nateva Festival will take place July 2nd-4th, 2010 in Oxford, ME. Tickets are on-sale now for an early-bird price of $199 (3 day camping pass).
This year’s biggest names are Jay-Z, DMB, Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs performing “Dark Side of the Moon”, and Weezer. This is probably the festival’s least jam-influenced set of headliners to date, but the festival still offers a few solid jamband staples, including Les Claypool, The Disco Biscuits, and Lotus. Overall, this lineup won’t get me to Tennessee this summer, but to each his own. Bonnaroo will announce a number of additional artists in the coming months including some big names, so stay tuned!
BONNAROO 2010 ARTISTS IN REVERSE-CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF ANNOUNCEMENT
Stevie Wonder, Hot Rize, Calexico, Against Me!, Mike Snow, Les Claypool, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Temper Trap, Blues Traveler, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Daryl Hall & Chromeo, B.O.B., Brandi Carlile, LCD Soundsystem, Kris Kristofferson, Miranda Lambert, Isis, Lucero, Diane Birch, The Disco Biscuits, Tinariwen, Here We Go Magic, Julia Nunes, Baroness, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Mumford & Sons, The Gaslight Anthem, Blitzen Trapper, Martin Sexton, Deadmau5, Rise Against, The Dead Weather, Kings of Leon, The Dodos, The Melvins, Tori Amos, Clutch, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lotus, The Entrance Band, They Might Be Giants, Jamey Johnson, The Black Keys, Tenacious D, Needtobreathe, Damian Marley & Nas, Rebelution, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Postelles, Jay Electronica, Jeff Beck, Manchester Orchestra, Dropkick Murphys, Local Natives, Dave Rawlings Machine, Dave Matthews Band, John Prine, The National, Zac Brown Band, Neon Indian, Baaba Maal, Dr. Dog, Japandroids, Kid Cudi, Tokyo Police Club, Jimmy Cliff, She & Him, Gwar, Thievery Corporation, Punch Brothers, Jay-Z, Monte Montgomery, OK Go, Norah Jones, Bassnectar, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Wale, Mayer Hawthorne and the Country, Regina Spektor, The xx, Phoenix, Ingrid Michaelson, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Medeski Martin & Wood, Weezer, The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform Dark Side of the Moon, The Avett Brothers
Update 2-02-2010 9:00AM: Thanks to all the readers who submitted comments regarding the authenticity or lack thereof of this poster. To clarify, this does not appear to be an offical festival flyer, BUT it does contain the latest and greatest in artist rumors. Stay tuned for the official announcment today, Feb. 2nd.
Update 2-02-2010 12:30PM: Bonnaroo has updated their official website stating that the artist announcment will come next Tuesday, Feb. 9th.
Gov’t Mule is currently truckin’ along, mid-way through their massive ‘By A Thread Winter 2010 Tour‘. The tour kicked off on January 20th in Fort Lauderdale, FL just 2 days after the conclusion of the band’s first ever ‘Island Exodus’ in Negril, Jamaica. This tour covers serious ground and has already made stops in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio (all in a little over a week). Upcoming big tour stops include The House of Blues in Cleveland and Chicago AND Dallas, The Pageant in St. Louis, The Filmore in Devner, and Stubb’s Amphitheater in Austin among many others. It’s touring like this that earns Warren Haynes and the Mule Crew serious respect in the Jam Scene and reinforce Warren’s reputation as the hardest working man in Jam.
Warren Ragin'
Check out this fun and eclectic Mule show from Thursday night at the Ryman in Nashville, TN. Mule busted out some rare covers like ‘The Shape I’m In’ (The Band), ‘Ventilator Blues’ (Rolling Stones), and ‘When The Music’s Over’ (The Doors) along w/ more oft-played cover tunes ‘Dear Prudence’ (Beatles), ‘Cortez The Killer’ (Neil Young). Three of these coveres – Ventilator, Dear Prudence, and Cortez – featured guest sit-ins by Audley Freed, guitarist from the Black Crowes.
Set 1
Brand New Angel
Brokedown On The Brazos
The Shape I’m In
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Kind of Bird
Gordon James
Ventilator Blues*
Dear Prudence*
Gov't Mule - 1/28/10
Set 2
Maggot Brain
When the Music’s Over
Trane
Drums
Frozen Fear>
Need Your Love So Bad
Streamline Woman
Mr. Man
This year’s Jam Cruise 8 featured an impressive, fun, and diverse lineup as well as tons of one-off-projects, collaborations, late-night jam sessions, and a crazy party like no other on the open seas. Check out this deep, funky goodnes in both visual and auditory formats from one of these collaborations – ‘Fantastic 4’ featuring jazz/jam/funk greats Eric Krasno (Soulive), Robert Walter (Greyboy Allstars), George Porter Jr. (The Meters), and up-and-comer Adam Deitch (Break Science). This quarter brings together funk, jazz, and rock in an infectious and uplifting groove – this is good shit that is not to be missed.
For those of you who want in on the Jam Cruise action, you can already pre-book for Jam Cruise 9 in 2011!
Krasno, Porter Jr., and Walter
Fantasic 4
1/06/10
Jam Cruise 8
Hot Pants Breakdown
Change / Reform*
Check Out Your Mind**
Funky Miracle**
Nautilus
He Bite Me***
For Granted@
Love Having You Around**
Cordova%
Africa (New Orleans)%#
Pungee / Cissy Strut
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