Phil, Kraz, & Sir Joe Russo

Man, I miss living in New York City, I remember countless times walking past some musicians in a park and wondering why so few people stopped to appreciate the music, but man is THIS something I wish I had caught! Well, on 11/09/13, in the midst of NYC's Jazz & Colors Festival, before the Phil Lesh & Friends show at the Nokia Theatre, (it'll ALWAYS be the Nokia in my heart!), and the Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Joe Russo show at the Brooklyn Bowl, (another fire trio!), Phil, Kraz, and Russo teamed up for an unannounced half hour jam in front of a tiny crowd of onlookers in the middle of Central Park.





Despite my disappointment regarding the announcement of Furthur's hiatus in 2014, it wasn't long before I wondered what Phil would be up to, and sure enough, the New York Times reported that Phil will not be putting down that bass anytime soon, and it sure sounds like he's intending on bringing out a whole new host of "Friends" next year. I've been hoping for Nels Cline, and while it looks like he'll be busy doing some touring around Europe with Medeski, Martin & Wood in March, that doesn't mean he couldn't play with Phil Lesh & Friends too, in fact, if those shows will be starting in April, the timing looks pretty good! And I'm super excited for some Medeski, Cline, Martin & Wood action, way more so than I would have been if they were to do another album/tour with Scofield. And PL&F has played with Medeski and Scofield in the past, so whose to say we won't see all three of those musicians with PL&F next year. And it looks like there's a pretty good chance we'll get some PL&F shows with Kraz too! On 11/14/13, at the BK Bowl, the Terrapin Crossroad's Band with Phil Lesh did in fact bring out Krasno for a number of songs, so that looks like a promising possibility as well, imagine PL&F with Kraz, Neal, and Deitch! Or with Alan Evans, for some straight up Phil Lesh & Soulive type action! Or perhaps we'll be seeing Phil for the next Bowlive residency at the BK Bowl! All I know is, I'll be seeing y'all next year in Port Chester at The Cap. A lot! And maybe, jussst mayyyybe, I'll be able to organize some after-parties at a secret location I know right across the water...

Chaka Demus & Pliers

Murder She Wrote

So Many Sleepless Nights

Tea Leaf Green

Snapshot of a time lost.

t-ham + barbs

I am just copying this article and posting a link to the soundcloud page because I'm in a hurry, but on 10/07/13, Barber played a number of songs with American Babies at the Brooklyn Bowl, 5/6 of the songs being covers that JGB played. Now we just need a BPm show with Barber! Anyway, check out American Babies' soundcloud page, (link at bottom of this post).

American Babies got some help from the Disco Biscuits' Jon “Barber” Gutwillig last night during their set at the Brooklyn Bowl. The guitarist came out for the last six songs of the set, which consisted of a few songs that the Jerry Garcia Band used to cover, as well as an American Babies original. One of the group’s JGB tribute songs was Bob Dylan’s classic “Tangled Up in Blue,” marking the first time that American Babies have covered the song and the first time that Gutwillig has covered a Dylan tune in concert. The guitarist also stuck around for takes on Jimmy Cliff’s “Harder They Come,” the Grateful Dead’s “Deal,” The Temptations “The Way You Do The Thing You Do,” American Babies’ “Joeline” and The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence.” With the exception of “Joeline,” it was the first time that American Babies has played all those songs as well.


Best of American Babies' BK Bowl Residency '13 Sit-ins

Joe Russo's Almost Dead!

For the second night of the Freak's Ball XIII at the BK Bowl back on 1/26/13, Joe Russo followed up the previous night's Bustle in Your Hedgerow performance with the debut performance of a new ensemble called Joe Russo's Almost Dead, (I'll be abbreviating that to JRAD) featuring Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, Tommy Hamilton, Scott Metzger, and Dave Dreiwitz, performing the music of the Grateful Dead!!

What an amazing night of music! All I'll say is, if you like the Dead at all, make sure to check out this free matrix recording!



Why do I post this now? Because JRAD finally booked another performance! This time they'll be playing at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on 12/27/13. Too bad this is right in the middle of the Biscuit's New Year's run. I wish this would've been a New Year's day show, but there's nothing saying they can't book a second night, or that something else might be brewing up for that day! Bring back The Join, or tbe Insane Lunchadors, or the L. Cool Trio!

From 5th grade dance parties via cassette decks to Freshman year fight music via iPods and PCs and mp3s and .wavs and c3pos and such

Third Eye Blind!









fuck yeah, open ur thirdz eyez pplz, lolz, plz? noez? k.