John Kadlecik Leaves DSO To Go Furthur

{ November 16, 2009 @ 8:45 pm } · { Dark Star Orchestra }
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It was officially announced today on Dark Star Orchestra’s website as well as John K’s site that the frontman faux-Jerry extraordinaire is resigning from the band and will play his last DSO show December 5th in Buffalo, NY. Kadlecik says that he “cannot in good conscience divide [his] time and energy between DSO and Furthur”, and he feels that it “would be a disservice to all parties involved”. In the interim, Jeff Mattson (Zen Tricksters, Donna Jean Goodchaux Band, Phil Lesh and Friends) will be filling in – at least for the NYE run, Jam Cruise, and the winter tour announced today. The band’s publicist, Dave Weissman, told Hidden Track that “Mattson’s assignment will be temporary, and that DSO has begun a search for a permanent replacement”. Read what drummer Rob Koritz has to say about the decision here.

Mattson and Kadlecik

Phish Fall Tour Preview

{ November 15, 2009 @ 10:50 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Fall Tour 09, Upcoming Shows }
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You can feel it in the air folks, Phish tour is upon us. In less than 72 hours, the band will kick off its 13 show Northeast fall tour. Hot of the massive success of a two-legged summer tour that just seemed to build and build over time and a picture-perfect Festival 8, one can only dream of what’s in store in the coming weeks. Indoor shows carry a different energy than outdoor ones, there’s just nothing quite like Phish in the winter. Let’s get this show on the road!

8/02/09 Red Rocks

8/02/09 Red Rocks

The tour kicks off this Wednesday in the Motor City and weaves through a two night run in Cincinnati and a stop in Syracuse before pulling into Philly for two pre-turkey day shows. And let’s not forget the 3 shows everybody’s looking forward to – 3 nights at MSG from 12/2-12/4. Get ready for the floor to shake! Look for full coverage of the tour here on Welcome To Now including first-hand reviews from 11/25, 12/3, and 12/4, stay tuned for all the good stuff. Phish – Winter – Step into the freezer!

Festival 8 - Exile

Festival 8 - 'Exile' Set

To help get by in the cold coming days before we all get our fix again, enjoy this ultra heady, ultra tasty Phish compilation, aptly titled Farmhouse Cheddar (vol. 3). This is one cheese you do not want to miss, enjoy responsibly!

Acoustic Sundays

{ November 8, 2009 @ 9:22 pm } · { Acoustic Sundays, Audio, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn }
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Today is the first installment of a new weekly tradition – ‘Acoustic Sundays’ – where we’ll check out some chiller acoustic listening for the day of rest. To kick things off in style, give a listen to this crispy SBD recording of Garcia and Kahn acoustic at the Oregon State Penitentiary in 1982. This recording is glistening with energy, soul, and emotion and is just pristine sounding. Until next Sunday…

Garcia and Kahn - 5/05/82

Garcia and Kahn - 5/05/82

Jerry Garcia and John Kahn Acoustic
5/05/82
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem, OR

Setlist
Deep Elem Blues
Friend Of The Devil
Jack-A-Roe
Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Run For The Roses
Ripple
I’ve Been All Around This World
Valerie
Dire Wolf

Encore
Reuben And Cherise

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Today in Grateful Dead History

{ November 7, 2009 @ 7:01 pm } · { Audio, Grateful Dead, Today in GD History }
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The early 70s were an interesting time  for the Grateful Dead – a period of massive songwriting, creative, and musical growth and at the same time an era of sadness over the loss of Pigpen and growing weariness due to building troubles of years on the road. The weight of these troubles would eventually lead to the band’s brief hiatus in the mid-seventies.

It never ceases to amaze me that the band onstage continued to build on each night’s performance, with unbridled abandon, regardless of what was going on in their world. This show from 1971 is a great example of this relentlessness. This is one of Keith’s first shows with the band, filling in for the ailing Pigpen. Despite some sound issues early on, this show is pure bliss from start to finish. Give it a go and see for yourself.

Hairy Jerry

11/07/71
Harding Theater
San Francisco, CA

Set 1: Truckin’, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Hideaway, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Cumberland Blues, El Paso, Big Railroad Blues, Comes A Time, Mexicali Blues, One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Ramble On Rose, Me And Bobby McGee, Loser, Sugar Magnolia, Dark Star-> Drums-> The Other One-> Me & My Uncle-> The Other One, Deal, Brokedown Palace, Playin’ In The Band, Casey Jones, Not Fade Away-> Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad-> Not Fade Away, E: Johnny B. Goode

Encore: Uncle John’s Band

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All Hallows’ Bisco

{ November 5, 2009 @ 10:37 pm } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits }
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All the real phans know that Halloween rivals if not surpasses New Year’s Eve as ‘THE Night’ for live music. This year was no exception with a cornucopia of goodness being thrown down across the country. If you missed it, check out coverage of Phish’s Festival 8 and Gov’t Mule’s ‘Mule-o-Ween‘ and let’s keep the good stuff coming with this psychedelic attack from the Disco Biscuits.

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Bisco

The Disco Biscuits
10/31/09
Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, IL
(The Glitch Mob, Holy Fuck and Orchard Lounge opened)

Set I: Strobelights and Martinis, Pimp Blue Rikki, Flash Mob > Mindless Dribble > Caves of the East > Mindless Dribble > Confrontation*

Set II: Stone > The Devil’s Waltz, On Time > Confrontation* > Spraypaint > Tempest > Tricycle > Spraypaint, Spy, I Am One**

Encore: Save The Robots# > Run Like Hell##

* – Dyslexic. ** – First time played. # – Dyslexic completion of 10/30 version. ## – Completes 10/28 version.

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Phish Festival 8 Days 2 + 3

{ November 2, 2009 @ 9:49 pm } · { Audio, Festivals, Phish }
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Getting right too it, let’s take a look at what Phish had to offer for day 2 and 3 of Festival 8: setlists, downloads, and a few pics below:

10/31/09, Festival 8

Festival 8
Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim, Possum, Antelope

Set 2 (EXILE ON MAIN STREET): Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, Casino Boogie, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, Sweet Black Angel, Loving Cup, Happy, Turd On the Run, Ventilator Blues, I Just Want to See His Face, Let It Loose, All Down the Line, Stop Breaking Down, Shine a Light, Soul Survivor

Set 3: Backwards Down the Number Line, Fluffhead, Ghost, Circus Comes, YEM

Encore: Suzy Greenberg

* – Set 2 and Encore with Sharon Jones (vocals), Dave Guy (trumpet), David Smith (trombone), Tony Jarvis (sax), and Saundra Williams (vocals)

Download 10/31 Set 1
Download 10/31 Set 2
Download 10/31 Set 3

11/01/09, Festival 8

Day 3 Set 3

Acoustic Set: Water in the Sky, Back on the Train, Brian & Robert, Invisible, Strange Design, Mountains in the Mist, Curtain With, Army of One, Sleep Again, My Sweet One, Let Me Lie, Bouncin’, Train Song, Wilson, McGrupp

Acoustic Encore: Driver, Talk, Secret Smile

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Rift, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Reba, The Wedge, Guelah Papyrus, Undermind, Sparkle, Split Open & Melt

Set 3: Tweezer > Maze, Free, Sugar Shack, Limb By Limb, Theme from the Bottom, Mike’s Song > 2001 > Light > Slave

Encore: Grind, Esther, Tweezer Reprise

Download 11/01 Acoustic Set
Download 11/01 Set 2
Download 11/01 Set 3

Download the Soundcheck from 10/29

Hidden Track has all the in-depth coverage of the events and Jambase has some great pics.There are also a ton of great vids up on YouTube.

Happy Mule-o-Ween!

{ November 1, 2009 @ 9:38 pm } · { Audio, Gov't Mule }
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To sum up Mule-o-Ween, let’s just say that Mule rocked the Tower harder than its been rocked in some time, and probably harder than it will be for a long time to come. Warren Haynes knows how to deliver for the holidays and he was on fire all night long, like a man possessed. The band decided to switch things up this year from the previous Halloweens – this time taking on the Rolling Stones musical cover for the 1st set and bringing it home with straight un-cut Mule for Set 2.

Over the course of the evening, we got an inspired and picture-perfect Stones musical costume, a nice showcase of new songs from the recently released By a Thread, and a truly epic Brighter Days>Blind Man in The Dark and Goin’ Out West>Bang a Gong>Goin’ Out West old school close-out to the show. Many have said that Warren Haynes is the hardest working man in the jam scene, well let me just say he leads by example and I’m consistently amazed with Mule’s ability to bring it, night after night, like a ram that just won’t stop. I highly recommend giving this one a listen, you won’t regret it.

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Set 1 w/ Jackie

Gov’t Mule
10/31/09
The Tower Theater
Upper Darby, PA

Set 1
Under My Thumb*
Monkey Man*
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo*$
Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’*$
Angie*
Ventilator Blues*$
Shattered*$ with Matt on Lead Vocal, Danny on Bass & Jorgen on Drums
Wild Horses
Slave*$
Gimmie Shelter*$
Play With Fire
Paint It Black*
Bitch*$
Brown Sugar*$

Mule Set 2

Set 2
Steppin’ Lightly
Broke Down On The Brazos
Railroad Boy >
Monday Mourning Meltdown >
Forevermore
Frozen Fear >
Brighter Days >
Blind Man In The Dark$

Encore
Goin’ Out West$ >
Bang A Gong$ >
Goin’ Out West$

* 1st Time Played
$ with Steve Elson
Jackie Greene guests for all of set 1 and encore

Download Link (Torrent)

MP3 Download

Also, be sure to check out this comical highlight from the evening, Drummer Matt Abts taking vocals on Shattered, while Jorma moves from bass to drums, and Danny Louis moves from keys to Bass:

PHISH NYE in Miami Confirmed!

{ November 1, 2009 @ 8:01 pm } · { Phish, Phish NYE Run 2009, Upcoming Shows }
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Looks like the rumors were true and Phish is headed down south for NYE for 4 nights in Miami. Check out the Phishy announcement below in the ‘Phishbill’ handed out at Festival 8:

10/31/09 Phishbill

Festival 8 Day 1

{ October 31, 2009 @ 2:52 am } · { Festivals, Phish }
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Phish
10/30/09
Festival 8 – Day 1
Empire Polo Club
Indio, CA

10/30/09Set I
Party Time
Chalkdust Torture
Moma Dance
NICU
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Stash
I Didn’t Know
Poor Heart
Cavern
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Ocelot
Time Turns Elastic

Set II:
Punch You in the Eye >
Down with Disease >
Prince Caspian >
Wolfman’s Brother >
Piper >
Joy
David Bowie
Harry Hood
Golgi Aparatus

Encore:
Character Zero

Download Link – Torrent/Flac

Download Link – Set 1 MP3s

Download Link – Set 2 MP3s

Lots more to come folks!

10/30/09

Phish Festival 8 Stream, NYE Plans, and Beyond

{ October 29, 2009 @ 9:52 pm } · { Audio, Festivals, Phish, Rumors }
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For those of you not lucky enough to make it out to Indio for Phish’s highly anticipated Festival 8, you can still catch all the action over on Sirius’s ‘Jam On’ Channel which will be broadcasting Phish Radio 95.9 the Bunny all weekend long.  Don’t worry if you don’t have a subscription, you can sign up for a free 7 day trial here. The Bunny will of course carry all 8 sets of Phish this weekend, including the musical costume set and the Sunday high noon acoustic set. The exact festival schedule is below (all times are PST):

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL 8 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

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FRIDAY (10/30)
4:00PM Concert field opens
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2

SATURDAY (10/31)
12:00PM Concert field opens
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3

SUNDAY (11/01)
10:00AM Concert field opens
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3

For all you Tweeters out there, you can keep on top of the festival goings on via PhishTwit.

With Festival 8 underway, and the mystery musical costume set soon to be revealed, the only remaining question is what the band has planned for New Year’s Eve. All signs still point to either 3 or 4 nights in Miami, likely to be announced a week or so following the festival. Other rumored dates include a few nights back at Hampton and 2 nights in Atlanta before continuing southbound.

NYE 03 Miami

While NYE is still up in the air – 2010’s plan seem more certain with a heavily rumored Trey solo tour in February followed by a Phish Europe tour in May.

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