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3/11/00
Mike Gordon Joins Phil Lesh for Birthday Show
Phish bassist Mike Gordon was among Phil’s “Special Friends” last night at Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland, CA. The band consisted of Lesh on bass, John Molo on drums, Robben Ford on guitar, Paul Barrere on guitar and Bill Payne on keyboards. Gordon joined the band for “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Box of Rain” to begin the show, while Phil played guitar. Before the second set, the band sung “Happy Birthday” to Phil. Gordon came back out on stage for a bass duet with Lesh sandwiched between “I Know You Rider” and “Morning Dew” midway through the second set. He then returned for the encore, which featured “Wolfman’s Brother”-> “Playing in the Band Reprise”. For the complete set list, visit http://www.philzone.com/shows/20000310.html .
3/10/00
Sacramento Valley Amphitheater to Open This Spring
A new $25 million amphitheater is being built in Sacramento, CA. The Sacramento Valley Amphitheater will have a capacity of more than 18,000 and is set to open later this spring. The venue is designed much like the majority of other summer sheds, with 8,000 reserved seats and room for an additional 10,500 people on the lawn. Although there is only one event currently booked, (Britney Spears on August 6), the venue will likely host many big name national touring acts. For more information, visit http://sacvalleyamp.com .
Widespread Panic to Donate Classic Center Tickets to Charity Auctions
Widespread Panic fans that were unable to get tickets to the band’s upcoming three-night stand at the Classic Center in Athens, GA, now have another option. The band will donate a pair of tickets and passes to the April 3 show as well as autographed show posters to two separate charity auctions taking place on March 18. The Athens Area Homeless Shelter will hold its Annual Charity Auction from 7 – 10 p.m. at Trumps in Athens. Tickets to the auction are $25. For more information, call 706-354-0423. Meanwhile, the Athens Child Abuse Council Auction will be held at the Athens Country Club at 7 p.m. Tickets are $100. For more information call 706-546-9713. All proceeds from the auctions will benefit the respective charities.
Tickets to the Classic Center shows sold out in a matter of minutes when they went on sale last Thursday. The venue’s capacity is roughly 2,000. Widespread Panic will be recording the shows for an upcoming live album.
Inasense to Record Live CD
Inasense will record a live CD March 20 at Wetlands Preserve in New York City. The show will be released by Phoenix Media Group as part of its ongoing Phoenix Presents series. March 20 is the Jewish holiday, Purim. Fans arriving to the show in costume will receive a discount at the door. Special guest T Lavitz (Dixie Dregs, Jazz is Dead) will be playing keyboards for the entire show. For more information, visit http://www.inasense.com
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and Leftover Salmon to Play Texas Festival
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and Leftover Salmon will perform at the 13th Annual Old Settlers Music Festival in Dripping Springs, TX on the weekend of April 7, 8 and 9. Both bands will perform on Friday evening. The festival is being held at the Stone Mountain Event Center and features three stages of music with over thirty bands. Special guest John Cowan will join leftover Salmon during their set. Other acts performing at the festival include Smokin’ Grass, The Hillbilly Boogiemen, Claire Lynch & The Front Porch String Band and Peter Rowan. Both Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten will give performance workshops on Friday afternoon. Tickets are available now by calling 1-800-966-7469 or by visiting http://www.bluegrassfestival.com .
3/9/00
New Grateful Dead Tribute Album on the Way
Widespread Panic and Leftover Salmon are among the bands appearing on a new Grateful Dead tribute album, entitled Stolen Roses. Grateful Dead Hour host, David Gans, is coordinating the project. “This is something I've been wanting to do for years,” says Gans. “It's a collection of other artists' recordings of Grateful Dead songs -- not stuff that was recorded just for this project, but things that people did on the natch. There's a lot of fun stuff out there that's no longer in print, so I've been wanting to gather the best of the covers onto a CD so people can appreciate these interpretations of the Dead's great songs.”
Previously recorded songs featured on the CD include “Scarlet Begonias” by Sublime,“Franklin’s Tower” by Henry Rollins, “Cumberland Blues” by Cache Valley Drifters, “Loser” by Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie, “Brown-Eyed Women” by The Pontiac Brothers, “The Golden Road” by The Bobs, “Pasta on the Mountain” (a spoof on “Fire on the Mountian”) by Leftover Salmon, "Ripple" by Sex Mob and “Uncle John’s Band” by the Standord University Marching Band. Patti Smith's version of "Black Peter" will also be on the album. It was recorded after the death of Jerry Garcia and is previously unreleased.
There are also tracks on Stolen Roses that were recorded specifically for the project. “I contacted Widespread Panic, looking for a live version of ‘Cream Puff War,’ which they have been doing in concert,” says Gans. “As it happened, they were in the studio working on their next CD, so they recorded it for us.” The Persuasions also recorded an a cappella version of “Black Muddy River.”
The final track listing for the album has not yet been finalized. "There are some other special recordings that I'm not ready to talk about yet because we don't have them signed, sealed and delivered,” adds Gans. “More news on that later.” The album is due out in June.
The Slip Sign With Flying Frog Records
The Slip have signed with Flying Frog Records and will release their second album, Does, on the label. Allman Brothers drummer and Flying Frog CEO Butch Trucks founded Flying Frog with the intention of keeping artists' opinions a priority. “We've been talking with them for about 9 or 10 months, since the band first met Butch in June,“ says Darren Cohen, manager of The Slip. “The artist-friendly aspects that the label is articulating, give everyone involved high hopes.” The Slip are the third band to sign with the label and join Schleigho and Frogwings on the roster. The new studio album, Does, is due out in late spring.
The Slip recently wrapped up a West Coast tour that included stops in California, Colorado and Arizona. They’ll tour in the Southeast beginning March 17 at The Cotton Club in Atlanta, GA. For a complete list of tour dates, visit http://www.theslip.com/upcoming.htm .
moe. to Perform at Wetlands for CD Release Party
moe. will host their CD release party at Wetlands Preserve in New York City on Monday April 10. Because Wetlands is much smaller than most of the venues moe. play in the Northeast, tickets will only be sold through the band’s website. Since initially outgrowing the club, moe. has played Wetlands in recent years under the acronymic moniker, “Monkey’s On Ecstasy.” More details on tickets will be released soon through the band’s website.
moe. will be celebrating the release of their new double live album L, which will be available in stores April 11 and through the band’s mail order store moe.crap starting April 5. Also available to fans through the moe.crap store is a special bonus disc entitled moe. L Version 3.1. It features additional live material, including “Moth” and “Hi & Low” -> “Brent Black”. For more information, call the moe.crap hotline at 212.561.0476 or visit http://www.moe.org .
Lake Trout to Play Japan
Lake Trout will travel to Japan the weekend of April 7 and 8 to play The Liquid Room in Tokyo. It is the band’s second trip to Japan. In the spring, Phoenix Media will release Alone At Last, an album featuring Lake Trout and DJ Who. The CD was recorded live at TRAX in Charlottesville, VA in December of ’99. The band plays tomorrow at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA with Foxtrot Zulu and Allmighty Senators. For a complete list of dates, visit http://www.laketrout.com .
3/8/00
Blue Floyd to Release Live CDs of Entire Tour
Blue Floyd’s management company, Mission Control, has launched a record label called CIA, short for CD Internet Archive. The label plans to release a variety of complete unedited concerts on a regular basis, in the tradition of Grateful Dead Records. CIA has announced the release of Blue Floyd’s entire debut tour, starting with 1/31/00 recorded at Wetlands Preserve in New York City and featuring special guest Warren Haynes. Other releases soon to be available include 2/1/00 from Harper’s Ferry in Allston, MA and 2/12/00 from the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA, when Jimmy Herring sat in with the band. On sale dates will be announced soon. For more information, visit http://www.cdinternetarchive.com .
Weir, Wasserman and Brooke to Play Benefit
Bob Weir, Bob Wasserman and Jonatha Brooke will perform a benefit concert April 16 at the Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, MA. The show will benefit the Farm School. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster Online or Charge-by-Phone at 617-931-2787. No further details on the show have been announced.
Trucks, West and Neel Jam with Gov’t Mule
Derek Trucks, Leslie West and Johnny Neel sat in with Gov’t Mule last night at Irving Plaza in New York City. For the first set, the band played all of the material off of its new album, Life Before Insanity, from beginning to end. Neel sat in on “Lay Your Burden Down”, “Fallen Down” and “World Gone Wild”, the songs that he recorded keyboard tracks on for the album. He also sat in for "Bad Little Doggie". To begin the second set, Leslie West of Mountain joined Mule for three songs, including the Mountain classic “Mississippi Queen”. Derek Trucks then emerged to jam with the band for the remainder of the set, which included "Smokestack Lightning." For the complete setlist, visit Box Scores.
Gov’t Mule plays Irving Plaza again tonight. The Allman Brothers Band is in town for its thirteen night run at the Beacon Theatre, which begins tomorrow and the Black Crowes are in New York rehearsing. Members of both bands are expected to sit in with Gov’t Mule tonight.
Boston’s Paradise Rock Club Sold
One of the most legendary venues in Boston has been sold. The Paradise Rock Club and M-80 nightclub have been sold to the Il Panino Restaurant Group for a reported $900,000. The Paradise has played host to some of rock’s biggest acts for more than twenty years, including U2, The Police, Dire Straits, Prince, Aerosmith, and Tom Petty, as well as jam bands such as Phish, moe., Strangefolk and Percy Hill (among countless others). However, recently the club had been shut down several times by the city for underage drinking, rowdy behavior and overcrowding. In 1997, New England Patriots Drew Bledsoe and Max Lane jumped into a mosh pit at an Everclear concert and seriously injured a woman, causing the city to crack down on the club. There have been three separate underage drinking violations in recent months and it was expected that the venue would lose its liquor license at a city licensing hearing today. It is unclear if the sale of the club will prevent the city from revoking the license.
Max Creek was scheduled to play the Paradise tomorrow, but the band has postponed the show until further notice.
3/7/00
Ancient Harmony to Perform Post-Allman Brothers Shows in NYC
Ancient Harmony will play four post-Allman Brothers shows in New York City March 20, 21, 23 and 24 at the Triad Theatre. It’s located two blocks from the Beacon Theatre, where the Allmans will be playing thirteen shows starting this Thursday. Ancient Harmony will hit the stage at midnight each night, with the exception of the March 20 show, at which they’ll begin at 10 p.m. Special guests are expected.
The band is featured on the latest Lauan Records compilation, Three Sets - Volume II. For more information, visit http://www.ancientharmony.com .
The Disco Biscuits Best of ’99 to be Webcast
The live sounds of The Disco Biscuits will be featured on a four-hour Internet broadcast Tuesday March 14 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST on www.eyeqradio.com. DJs Scott Langer and Ethan Schwartz will be playing the best of the Biscuits from 1999. The grass roots Disco Biscuits digital archive project, PLAN C, will be providing the live material for the webcast. During the show, Eye Q radio will give away 300 compilation CDs featuring favorite live tracks from ’99 chosen by Biscuits fans. "Most people have a hard time getting CD's of every show or just don’t care about it," says Langer. "This is a rare opportunity to get chosen selections by some hardcore fans that KNOW by now what is hot and what is not…Playing highlights of a breakout year for a breakout band is something most FM radio station simply cannot afford to do. Internet Radio allows us to create our own unique formats such as this broadcast without any commercial breaks or time constraints”.
EyeQ Radio is a non-commercial, uncensored internet radio station that broadcasts out of Miami, FL. Over fifty DJs play a variety of music including jazz, funk, blues, world beat, country and avant garde in addition to jam bands.
Santana Summer Tour Dates Released
Santana’s summer tour dates have been announced. The tour will begin July 20 at the Mars Music Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL and conclude August 22 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN. Tickets for the July 26 show at the Virginia Beach Amphitheatre and the August 12 show at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH went on sale Saturday. Ticket information on the rest of the tour dates has not yet been announced. Santana’s latest album, Supernatural, has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. For the complete list of dates, visit http://www.santana.com/ontour .
String Cheese Incident Confirm Costa Rica Dates
String Cheese Incident has announced further details on their Costa Rica shows. The “Third International Incidents” will be held May 26 and 27 on the Pacific Coast of Damas in Costa Rica. Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons will open the May 26 show and Keller Williams will be the opening act on May 27. The band’s management company, Madison House, is offering travel packages that include airfare, accommodations, lodging, tickets to the shows, the official Costa Rica Incident T-shirt as well as transportation to and from the airport and the concerts. Travel packages are available now. Visit http://www.stringcheeseincident.com or call 303-544-0191 for more information.
3/6/00
High Sierra Adds Dr. John to Line Up
Dr. John has just been added to the 10th Annual High Sierra Music Festival. The festival is being held June 30 – July 3 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA. The line up also features Leftover Salmon, Deep Banana Blackout The Radiators, Los Lobos, Sam Bush, The Slip, Living Daylights, Jiggle the Handle, Soulive,The Blue Rags, Keller Williams, Blueground Undergrass, Yonder Mountain String Band and Smokin’ Grass. Tickets are on sale now. Visit http://www.hsmusic.net/ for more information.
Burt Neilson Band to Tour Eastern Canada
The Burt Neilson Band has added more dates to its Canadian tour. The band kicked off the tour Friday at Call The Office in London, Ontario and Saturday at La Luna in Hamilton, Ontario. They play The Red Dog in Peterborough, Ontario Thursday. For the complete tour itinerary, visit http://www.burtneilson.com .
The band’s second independent CD, Orange Shag Carpet, is available at all shows and through mail-order.
Ratdog Announce New Dates
Ratdog has added more tour dates to its spring itinerary. They will play the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA March 26. Mail order tickets are available now through GDTSTOO. The band will also be performing at a handful of festivals including the Music Midtown in Atlanta, GA. The stellar line up features Bela Fleck and the Flecktones as well as the Allman Brothers Band. Other notable appearances include two shows with Widespread Panic, May 6 at the Beale Streat Music Festival in Memphis, TN and May 7 at River Stages Music Festival in Nashville. For a complete list of dates, visit the band’s website.
Sugar Porn Cops to Perform Again
Sugar Porn Cops, a side project featuring Vinnie Amico from moe., Brian Mangini from The Ominous Seapods and Fuzz, Benj LeFevre and Rob Somerville of Deep Banana Blackout, have announced a show at the Downtown in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY on Thursday, March 9. The Band first performed January 20 at Valentines in Albany, NY. The show featured a large repertoire of music including covers by The Beatles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and The Meters. Tickets for the March 9 show will be available at the venue. It is a 21+ event.
3/3/00
Trey to Perform with Claypool and Copeland, Phish Japan Dates Announced
On May 4, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio will perform with Les Claypool of Primus and Stewart Copeland formerly of The Police at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. More information on the show will be announced soon.
Phish has confirmed details on their return visit to Japan in June. Beginning June 9, Phish will play five general admission shows beginning in Tokyo. The following is the complete itinerary.
June 9 On Air East, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
June 11 Hibiya Outdorr Theatre, Hibiaya Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
June 13 Club Quattro, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
June 14 Drum Logos, Maizuru, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
June 15 Big Cat 4F Big Step, Nishi Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Tickets will be 6000 yen, which is approximately $55 US. Further ticket information will be released in the coming weeks.
In March, Phish and Emusic will release PHISH (also known as The White Tape) in MP3 format. It is the band’s first studio recording, which served as its demo.
Former Day By The River Keyboardist to Jam with Tony Furtado Band
Former Day By The River keyboardist Walt Austin will perform with the Tony Furtado Band March 6 and 7 in Southern Florida. The Tony Furtado Band will be making its Southern Florida debut. They’ll play March 6 at Ray’s Downtown Blues Club in West Palm Beach, FL and March 7 at Tobacco Road in Miami, FL. Day by the River broke up last August. This will be Austin’s fist time playing in Southern Florida since the band disbanded. He is familiar with the area from his college days, when he studied music at Miami University. The shows are being produced by South Florida Jams, a new promotions company interested in bringing quality jam and groove music to Southern Florida. For more information visit http://www.southfloridajams.com .
Burbridge, Moses, Krasno and Wolstencroft to Pay Tribute to Marley
Oteil Burbridge, Bob Moses, Eric Krasno of Soulive and Paul Wolstencroft of Jiggle the Handle will perform together May 5 at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, MA. The Slip is headlining the show, which is being billed as "Cinco De Marley." (May 5 is reportedly the day Christopher Columbus landed on Jamaica). Burbridge, Moses, Krasno and Wolstencroft will play interpretations of Bob Marley songs. More special guests are expected to be added to the line up. In between sets, Bob Marley documentaries will be shown. More information on the event will be released soon. Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster or at the Somerville Theater box office with no surcharge.
Line Up Change to Blind Man’s Sun
Blind Man Sun’s Keyboardist, John Daddis has left the band. There has been no word on whether or not there will be a replacement. The remaining five members are currently working on the band’s third album. No release date has been set. Beginning March 31 at New Cheers in Binghamton, NY the band will play three dates in conjunction with the release of its live CD, Live From the Moon. It is part of the Phoenix Presents series. The CD is available through the HomeGrown Music Network as well. The band will also play April 6 at Castaways in Ithaca,NY and April 7 at The Elbow Room in New York City. For more information, visit http://www.blindmansun.com .
Weir and Hart Speak Out on California Environmental Initiative
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and Mickey Hart have issued a statement on the band’s web site urging California residents to vote Yes on Proposition 12. If approved, Prop 12 would support Safe Neighborhoods Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air and Coastal Protection. The election takes place March 7. The Statement reads: “Prop 12 will provide $2.1 Billion in state bond funds to protect our parks and buy wildlife habitat, open space and land around rivers and streams, to safeguard water quality and to protect and plant trees in order to protect air quality. It's been Grateful Dead's long-standing policy to stay out of political issues. However, as you can see, this is not really political. Please join us in voting Yes on Prop 12.” For more information, visit http://www.safeparks.org .
3/2/00
Jamie Shields Added to The Maui Project
Jamie Shields, keyboardist for the New Deal, has been added to the line up of The Maui Project. Marc Brownstein, former bass player for The Disco Biscuits, put together the line up for a show at Wetlands Preserve April 8. The group consists of Brownstein and Shields as well as Dave Hoffman of ulu on drums, Max Delaney of Uncle Sammy on guitar, Mike Magee on turntables and Paul Herron on Percussion.
After rehearsing with most of the band this past weekend, Brownstein is very excited about the direction of the music. “I'm very psyched," says Brownstein. “I've written roughly ten new songs that are conceptually related to each other. The songs encompass a broad range of popular music styles and will be performed together in one set. The second set of music will be a mixture of other original songs that I’ve written, both new and old that are unrelated to The Maui Project. I’m really psyched after our last rehearsal when everything started to fall into place and we got to hear what the songs were going to sound like."
Tickets for the Maui Project are available now through Ticketmaster or at the Wetlands box office with no surcharge.
Pork Tornado Announces Spring Dates
Pork Tornado has announced dates for a spring tour starting in late March. The band consists of Phish's Jon Fishman on drums, Dan Archer on guitar(Archer produced Strangefolk’s Weightless in Water and engineered Phish’s Lawnboy), Phil Abair on Keyboards, Aaron Hersey on bass and Joe Moore on sax and vocals. The tour begins March 24 at the Snowbarn in Mt. Snow, VT and ends April 15 at the Double Door in Chicago, IL. Visit the band’s “very unofficial” website at http://www.porktornado.com for the complete tour itinerary.
The New Deal Releases Live EP
The New Deal has announced the release of Volume 1 of the Sound & Light Live Series: Live in Portland, ME. The CD is comprised of forty minutes of live material recorded on 12/17/99. Only 500 copies were made and they are available at the band’s live shows and through its website. The New Deal will tour in Canada and on the West Coast starting tonight at Zaphod’s in Ottawa, ONT. They will tour with the Mad Professor on the East Coast later in the spring. For a complete list of dates, visit http://www.sound-and-light.com
Four Allmans- Related Shows in NYC
In honor of the Allman Brothers upcoming thirteen-night run at New York City’s Beacon Theater, Wetlands Preserve will put on four Allman-related shows. March 9 is Michele’s Annual 25th Birthday Bash and features The All Star Jam Band, which includes Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge. On March 15, Schleigho will perform and ABB drummer Butch Trucks will make a guest appearance. (Trucks recently signed Schleigho to Flying Frog Records, of which he is the CEO). Oteil returns to Wetlands on March 22 with The Truth, which also features Leo Nocentelli of the Meters. On March 25, Allmans’ guitarist Derek Trucks and his band will play Wetlands, after the Allman Brothers concert concludes at the Beacon. Tickets for all of the shows are available through Ticketmaster or at the Wetlands box office with no surcharge.
3/1/00
Line Up Announced for All Good Festival
Walther Productions has announced the line up for the 4th Annual All Good
Music Festival and Camp Out. The event will take place May 19 and 20 at
Buffalo Gap Campground in Capon Bridge, West Virginia. The line up features
moe., Leftover Salmon, The Disco Biscuits, Soulive, Blueground Undergrass,
The Recipe, Dr. Didg, All Mighty Senators, Wise Monkey Orchestra, Baaba Seth,
Jah Works, Acoustic Syndicate and The Floodplain Gang. Gates open Thursday
May 18 at 4 p.m. and music begins Friday at 4:20 p.m. Tickets go on sale
Friday through Protix and Ticketweb. For more information, visit
http://www.walther-productions.com/4allgood.htm.
Steely Dan on TV Tonight
Steely Dan will appear on the PBS program, “In The Spotlight” tonight at 10 p.m. EST. Donald Fagan and Walter Becker, along with eleven other musicians recorded for the program January 29 at Sony Studios in New York City. They performed classic hits as well as material off of Two Against Nature, their first album in more than twenty years, released yesterday. "Steely Dan is one of the most innovative bands in popular music," says David Horn, executive producer of “In The Spotlight.” “Mr. Becker and Mr. Fagen will give public television viewers a rare glimpse of their music-making as they gather some of the finest musicians around to perform their songs."
Derek Trucks Band to Play Dates with Tedeschi, Scofield
The Derek Trucks Band has announced it will do five shows co-headlining with Susan Tedeschi and four shows co-headlining with John Scofield. April 1 The Derek Trucks Band will play the Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA. Widespread Panic will also be in Athens that night, playing the intimate Classic Center. Derek Trucks will take the stage around midnight, roughly around the time that Widespread will be concluding their show. Susan Tedeschi will play the Georgia Theatre earlier in the night. Other dates with Tedeschi include March 28 at Ziggy’s in Winstom-Salem, NC, March 30 at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, March 31 at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, GA and April 2 at The Moon in Tallahassee, FL. The Derek Trucks Band will co-headline with John Scofield and his band April 5 at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL, April 6 at the Millstreet Entry in Pontiac, MI, April 8 at The Quest in Minneapolis, MN and April 13 at the Gothic Theater in Englewood, CO. For a complete list of Derek Trucks dates, visit http://www.derektrucks.com/tour.html
The Disco Biscuits to Release New Album This Fall
The Disco Biscuits are currently recording their new album as a trio, from the band's home studio in Philadelphia. The CD will be released in the fall on Hydrophonics/Rykodisc. The concept of the album is to fuse trance and techno beats with the melodic elements of the band’s live performances. "As a trio, we're experimenting with new sounds and textures," says guitarist and vocalist Jon Gutwillig. "We've added new instruments and effects to the mix so we can create sounds that have not yet been invented. I think if we can create a sound spectrum that blends fantasy with reality then we can take improvised electronic music to the next level." The band recently parted ways with bass player Marc Brownstein. Although auditions are underway for a new bassist, the Biscuits will perform as a trio at their upcoming shows in March and April. The band plans on using computers and samplers in addition to their normal instruments on stage this spring. They play March 11 at Wetlands Preserve in New York City, April 15 at the Recher Theatre in Towson, MD, April 21 at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA and April 29 at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, PA.
An All Star Jam Band
Oteil Burbridge, Vernon Reid and Dave Fiuczynski are among the musicians taking the stage as the All Star Jam Band, performing March 9 at Wetlands Preserve in New York City. The line up also includes Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors), Duane Betts and Berry Oakley JR. The show was put together by Michele Gross, who is hosting her 3rd annual 25th birthday bash. “You never know what great music you will get with players of this caliber and that is half the fun,” says Michele. “I would have to say that that was my original intention: to see what would come of all these guys jamming out together. Each year I am blown away.” Freebeerandchicken and Pete Stewart will perform earlier in the evening. Only 250 tickets are available to the general public. They are on sale now through Ticketmaster or at the Wetlands box office with no surcharge.
2/29/00
Billy Martin and G. Calvin Weston Collaboration
Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin & Wood and G. Calvin Weston of The Lounge Lizards will perform at the Knitting Factory in New York City tomorrow night. The duo will perform a show featuring a diverse selection of funk, jazz, Latin and Afro-Cuban percussion. Martin and Weston have performed together in The Lounge Lizards and the John Lurie National Orchestra. They also recorded an album entitled Percussion Duets on Amulet Records (which Martin founded).
At 10 p.m. Martin and Weston will perform a second show with Charlie Burnham, Daniel Carter and Stomu Takeishi. Other special guests are expected. Tickets for both shows are available at the Knitting Factory box office.
Chat with the New Grateful Dead Archivists
When Grateful Dead archivist Dick Latvala passed away last August, many speculated what would become of the famed Dick’s Picks series. Audio engineer Jeffrey Norman and audio/visual archivist David Lemieux have taken over as the producers of Dick’s Picks. Both Norman and Lemieux will be chatting with fans tonight in the GDF Enhanced Conference Room at 10 PM EST. Go to AOL keyword: GDF. A transcript of the discussion will be posted after the chat takes place.
Clear Channel Communications Buy Out SFX
The worlds leading promoter, producer and presenter of live entertainment,
SFX, has been bought out by Clear Channel Communications. The deal, which
involves swapping stocks, is valued at $3.3 billion. "It creates an
exceptional platform for (the company) to pursue initiatives relating to the
Internet and music," says Clear Channel CEO Lowry Mays. Clear Channels will
acquire radio stations, outdoor advertising properties and concert venues in
more than half of the top 50 U.S. markets, including 40 of the country's 46
amphitheaters. In 1998, 44 million people attended 20,100 SFX events.
New Live Release from Widespread Panic on the Way
Widespread Panic bass player Dave Schools has confirmed speculation that the
band will be recording the upcoming three-night stand at the Classic Center
in Athens, Georgia, April 1 - 3, for an upcoming release. "The idea is to do
something special FOR the fans," Schools said in a statement posted to the
band's listserve. "The shows will be recorded in a hometown atmosphere and
released in their entirety at a later date." Tickets for the shows go on
sale Thursday at 10 a.m. EST at the Classic Center box office and through
Ticketmaster locations in Georgia.
2/28/00
Have You Seen The Gregg Allman Anthology?
The Allman Brothers' website is asking for fans' help in tracking down
bootleg copies of The Gregg Allman Anthology. It is believed that records
were illegally manufactured in Mexico, Singapore or Thailand. If you have
purchased a foreign manufactured copy of the album, contact
lanam@allmanbrothersband.com. The site also states that anyone who turns in
an illegal copy of the album, "will be rewarded by Gregg."
Widespread Panic Ticket Information For Athens Shows
Widespread Panic has announced more information on the three-night stand that
will kick off its spring tour, April 1 - 3 at the Classic Center in Athens,
GA. Tickets will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. EST at the Classic Center
box office and through Ticketmaster locations in Georgia. There will be no
phone sales. Because capacity is extremely limited at just over 2,000 seats,
only one show at a time will go on sale. (The April 1 show will go on sale
at 10 a.m. until it sells out, and then the April 2 show will go on
sale...etc).
The band also will not allow taping at the three shows. No specific reason
has been given, however the band's web site states "The members of the Band
respectfully request that the Athens shows be attended without taping gear.
That is our wish just for those nights - The rest of the tour will be
business as usual. Please know, we hold the craft and sport of taping by
audience members in high regard. We'd be grateful if you trust us on this and
leave all your recording gear behind. Dancing is still encouraged."
For a complete list of WSP dates, visit
http://www.widespreadpanic.com/tourdates/index.htm.
Lesh Jams with Vinyl
Phil Lesh sat in with Vinyl Saturday night at the Phoenix Theatre in
Petaluma, CA. The show was a benefit for the Novato Charter School. Lesh
joined the band for the second set. The setlist included "Viola Lee Blues,"
"Like A Rolling Stone," "Cold Rain & Snow," "Half Step
Mississippi"->"Franklin's Tower," and "Box of Rain."
Vinyl appears on the album, Three Sets, along with Jiggle the Handle and Day
By The River. It is available now through Lauan Records.
Phish Release New Tour Dates
Phish will play two shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City May 21 and 22. The two-night stand will follow the release of the band's new studio album, Farmhouse, due out May 16 on Elektra Entertainment. It was produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Spacehog) and Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. The album features twelve original tracks recorded in Anastasio's Vermont barn/studio. All of the songs have been played in the live setting and will be recognizable to fans.
Phish has also unveiled its spring and summer tour plans. The band will travel to Japan for a week of shows June 9 - 15. Although no specific venue information has been released, it is expected that Phish will play mostly intimate venues. Beginning June 22, Phish will tour the US and Canada. The following is the complete itinerary.
June 22 Amsouth Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN
June 23 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
June 24 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
June 25 Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh, NC
June 28 PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
June 29 PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
June 30 Meadow Music Theatre, Hartford, CT
July 1 Meadow Music Theatre, Hartford, CT
July 3 E Center, Camden, NJ
July 4 E Center, Camden, NJ
July 6 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ONT
July 7 Starlake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA
July 8 Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
July 10 Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
July 11 Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
July 12 Deer Creek Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
July 14 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
July 15 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
Ticket information is available at http://www.phish.com/tourdate.html. Mail
order postmark dates will be
March 20 - 22. Tickets for the Radio City Music Hall shows go on sale April
22 at 10 a.m. They will only be available through Ticketmaster on-line or
charge-by-phone at 212-307-7171.
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