October 2008

A large variety of bands took the stage last night with a bag full of treats and tricks for their loyal fans. Let’s kickoff our coverage with a look at the setlists from some of the bigger shows as they happen…

Al and the Transamericans

The Electric Company
Utica, NY

Set: Somewhere In Kansas*, 20th Century Man, Another Home*, Everything Here, Grass Is Greener*, Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young), Guitar, Time* (Kirk Juhas), Some Of The Parts*, Lost & Found, Jambalaya ^ (Hank Williams), I Will, Light Of the Moon*, Waiting For The Rain*, Instrumental (“a Gordon Stone Original”), Deal (Hunter/Garcia) > Waiting For The Punchline

* First time played (?) and tracks off “This Day & Age”
^ w/ (insert name of local very cool senior citizen on totally rockin’ trombonaphone)

Black Crowes

Hammerstein Ballroom
New York, NY

Set: Halfway To Everywhere, Evergreen, Sting Me, Seeing Things, Evil Eye, She Talks To Angels, Poor Elijah, Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos, Whoa Mule, Torn and Frayed, We Who See The Deep > Thorn In My Pride > Drums > Wiser Time, Remedy, Wounded Bird

Encore: Good Friday
Encore 2: Hey Hey What Can I Do?

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The Breakfast

The ‘Sco @ Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

Set: Looney Tunes Theme > Beef Barley > The Simpsons Theme > Beef Barley, Popeye The Sailor Man Theme, The Sound, South Park Theme > Hard Luck Harry > Ghost Busters Theme > Metropolis, Sponge Bob Square Pants Theme, Jam > Over Exposure

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READ ON for a slew of Halloween setlists from the likes of Phil Lesh and Friends, Umphrey’s McGee, Gov’t Mule and more…

Magic Hat and HeadCount celebrate Election Eve this Monday with a bash at NYC’s Highline Ballroom featuring performances from a who’s/who of the jamband scene. We’re giving away a pair

In our continuing celebration of Halloween, we’ve prepared a Friday Mix Tape chocked full of goodies recorded on this date in history. Some of these tracks come from commercial releases,

We’d like to welcome longtime reader and commenter Frank Sturges into the fold to give us a local boy’s thoughts on the Xmas Jam lineup…

The Warren Haynes Xmas Jam is a chance for North Carolina to remind the rest of the country that every winter it dominates the winter festival scene.

Warren always brings a stellar group of musicians to the stage to jam all night long, take on some covers and participate in interesting collaborations. This year the Jam turns 20 (no more teenage angst) and expands to two nights. So, who did Mr. Haynes bring to the table for this epic event?

Well, the answer is that it’s a solid lineup, but nothing really blows me away. The more you look at it, the more it appeals as an Xmas Jam lineup. As you’re looking, keep in mind that these acts don’t exist in isolation but as a set of musicians to work together throughout the event. And when you start to think of what can happen with this group, there is some definite excitement.

READ ON for Frank’s Xmas Jam predictions and wishes…

It all started way back in 1985, when the Grateful Dead treated the crowd at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, SC to the first version of Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of

Jim James and his merry band of My Morning Jacket brothers returned to the Austin City Limits stage in August for a performance that focused heavily on material from Evil

The suits at MTV weren’t happy to see YouTube come into the picture a few years back to become THE place to watch old music videos. MTV made videos what they are before relegating them to MTV2 in lieu of such brilliant programing as The Real World – Weehawken and True Life: My Son Fucks Goats. This week, MTV finally got in the game by launching MTV Music.

The MTV Music portal features over 16,000 videos, Unplugged performances and exclusive MTV concert footage with the promise of much more to come. I spent a few hours combing through the site last night and found some really cool clips. Here’s ten great videos from the ’80s I hadn’t seen in years…

10. Every Little Kiss – Bruce Hornsby

Remember when Bruce Hornsby used to be a pop star? There are plenty of old Bruuuuce videos on MTV Music besides Every Little Kiss including Valley Road, The Way It Is and Across The River.

9. Foolish Heart – Grateful Dead

Most people focus on Touch of Grey when discussing the Grateful Dead’s music videos, but they actually made a number of promotional videos including Just A Little Light, Hell In A Bucket, We Can Run and this clip for Built To Last’s Foolish Heart.

READ ON for eight more videos from deep within MTV’s vault…

Harmonix and MTV, the makers of popular video game Rock Band, announced that they will join forces with The Beatles to create a standalone version of the game based on

This past weekend, Neil Young assembled a number of notable artists for the 22nd installment of his Bridge School Benefit concert series – that included Wilco, DC4C, ZZ Top, Cat