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Via Glide Magazine…
Rothbury 2009 looks like a go thanks to an agreement between AEG Live and A U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee that allows the concert promoter to lease the Double JJ Ranch in Michigan once again this summer.
For the last few years the promoters of Bonnaroo have successfully transformed the event’s image from Hippie Jam Fest to the nation’s best and biggest music festival. If they signed both Phish and The Dead for Bonnaroo 2009 they’d lose all the credibility with the mainstream audience they’ve worked so hard to build since 2002. The folks behind Rothbury don’t have that problem. AEG Live and Madison House embraced the jam fans and have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being the first festival to feature both bands in the same lineup.
Of course, we’ll be headed into the third trimester, but hey…a guy can dream, can’t he?
January 4th, 2009
Sorry for no posts lately. I’ve started to keep a running tab on Rothbury news with another wordpress blog. If you’d like to read more of my refined, elegant prose, head to Rothbury Countdown. I’ll be blogging I@B again soon, plenty going on to ramble about on the homefront!
March 17th, 2008
It sure was mighty fine to walk outside for a minute at last nights show and see this. The video below is from Michigan (sorry, Mandy) and I can honestly say that Ohio’s was better. No, really. It was, umm… redder or something. Yeah.
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=BgHwUccEqxM&feature=related]
February 21st, 2008
Holy jeebus, last night was bat shit crazy. I went in not expecting anything mindblowing. And I was completely mistaken. I’ll stop short of saying that it was Fish’s playing that made the night magic, but his presence certainly upped the ante. I called quite a few of the boys choice over at the Daily Dose on PT, but had no idea how well they would be played. Here’s my rundown of the awesomeness:
- Ben told us that the upcoming Mountain Tracks would include a disc from last summers show at the LC.
- Oh, yeah. Ben. That mother was holdin’ it DOWN last night. The play between Fishman and Kauffman was intense. They both looked like they were having a blast. Geoff mentioned that it seemed like Fish was playing for the boys more than the fans. Makes sense to me!
- R&S in the first set was a glimpse of things to come.
- MONSTER jams in the second set (see setlist below). The Whipping Post and the fury that followed it were face-melting.
- 4 Hartford tunes. Awesome.
- Fishman doing his thing. There were moments reminiscent of Poor Heart, Nellie Kane, etc from the old band.
- Total eclipse of
the heart moon. I believe this is the first celestial event that has occured at a show I’ve seen. I seem to recall some comet activity during a Phish show in the 90′s, but I could be am probably making that up.
- Multiple mentions of Columbus. Not in the “We Love You Springfield” Spinal Tap way, but real, heartfelt appreciation for C-bus turnouts through the years. We seem to have replaced Covington/Newport/Cincinnati as the gimme stop for Ohio on the Cabin Fever tours.
That being said, there are some real problems with the venue. The smokers pen is accessible only by walking through a brief hallway that also contains the first floor restrooms. Come setbreak, it’s a total clusterfuck. Add to the already unmanageable rush non-smoking non-peeing eclipse seekers, and it got real hairy for about 20 minutes. There needs to be a way for non-smokers to reach the toilets without being bombarded with tobacco smoke and wookie juice. LC is supposed to be a modern facility, the oversight just boggles my mind.
Without further ado, here’s the setlist from Phil (Peace/Love/ChocolateDonuts).
Note: There may have been a Floyd song in there somewhere (Eclipse? Something else? Nothing at all, I’m making it up?), there may or may not have been a Robot Jam out of Ten, and Jeff did “Boogie” after (I think) Cuckoos Nest:
8:22 start
No Expectations
Sideshow Blues
Rain Still Falls
Fastball
Sometimes I’ve Won
Don’t You Lean On Me
Goin’ Across the Sea
Raleigh & Spencer >
Ten (sick jam) >
Raleigh & Spencer
Troubled Mind >
20 Eyes >
Troubled Mind
—-enter Fishman (and for rest of show)—-
Crow Black
Chicken (way sweet)
East Nashville Easter
end 9:42
SET 2
begin 10:17
Steep Grade
Kentucky Mandolin (sick as usual)
Up On the Hill……
Cupid Shot Me Twice
Fine Excuses
I’d Like Off
Whipping Post (the roof inspector will be in tomorrow) >How ‘Bout You> Cuckoo’s Nest> Rambler > Get Me Outta Jail > Fingerprint
> Midwest Gospel Radio >2 Hits >Rambler
E: Girlfriend is Better
February 21st, 2008
We spent last night partying at The Newport with Dark Star Orchestra. The setlist they chose was:
04/23/77
Springfield Civic Center – Springfield, MASet 1:
Sugaree
Cassidy
Loser
New Minglewood Blues
Row Jimmy
Me And My Uncle
Ramble On Rose
It’s All Over Now
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Set 2:
Estimated Prophet
Bertha
The Music Never Stopped
Help On The Way
Slipknot!
Franklin’s Tower
Around And Around
Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad
Not Fade Away
Encore:
One More Saturday Night
The original is available at the LMA here.
We had a great time with some friends, and I bumped into an old friend from high school. Today we’re off to spend a few days in the woods down in Hocking Hills, so don’t expect me to be posting (not like I would be anyway!)
February 15th, 2008
Yeppers, Jon Fishman will be playing with the boys here in C-bus on February 20th. They’ve jammed before, and the reviews were fair to mixed. Anyone who knows me is aware that after 101 shows, I called it quits with Phish tour, but I’m still excited for the possibilities of big jams. Sources say that prior meeting were a bit under rehearsed, and that led to some repeated material from show to show. I’m hoping that they get together and exchange ideas this time around so we don’t attend a Yonder Mountain Rock Band concert. (JK… sort of…) But this video from The Fox does look interesting enough…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6fVZP4eEQ]
You can download prior meetings at the Live Music Archive here. Here’s the setlists (via PT) from the previous shows with Jon:
10/06/07 Congress Theater, Chicago, IL
The Wood Brothers opened
Kinfolk Celebration 2007
Set I: Peace Of Mind, River, Rambler’s Anthem, Rain Still Falls, Half Moon Rising, If There’s Still Ramblin’ in the Rambler (let him go)> On the Run> Finally Saw The Light> On the Run> If There’s Still Ramblin’ in the Rambler (let him go), What’s Going On In The Head Of That Woman, No Expectations, Midwest Gospel Radio1, Death Trip1
Set II: Steep Grade Sharp Curves1, Kentucky Mandolin1, How ‘Bout You?1, King Ebenezer Rap1, Fingerprint1, I’d Like Off1, Fine Excuses1, New Deal Train1, Crow Black Chicken1, Classic Situation1, Girlfriend Is Better1, 2 Hits and The Joint Turned Brown1
Encore: Hit Parade Of Love1, Catch A Criminal1
1 with Jon Fishman on drums
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09/01/07 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
Set I: Angel, The Bolton Stretch, If There’s Still Ramblin’ in the Rambler (let him go)> Only A Northern Song> If There’s Still Ramblin’ in the Rambler (let him go), Town, Free To Run> Spanish Harlem Incident, Half Moon Rising, Red Bird, Night Out, Looking Back Over My Shoulder> Snow on the Pines> Boatman
Set II: On the Run> High Cross Junction> On the Run, Death Trip, New Deal Train1, Southbound1, Just The Same1, Funtime1, I’d Like Off1, Cuckoo’s Nest1, Classic Situation1, Girlfriend Is Better1> Robot Jam1> 2 Hits and The Joint Turned Brown1
Encore: Crow Black Chicken1, Ooh La La11 with Jon Fishman on drums
(Dukemesh)
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09/02/07 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Rodrigo Y Gabriela and Todd Snider opened
First time headlining Red Rocks, sold out show
Set I: No Expectations, Sometimes I’ve Won, Maid of the Canyon, Rain Still Falls, New Horizons> Holding> New Horizons, 40 Miles from Denver, Idaho, Finally Saw The Light, How ‘Bout You?1, Kentucky Mandolin1> Steep Grade Sharp Curves1
Set II: Ten> Follow Me Down To The Riverside> Ten, Damned If The Right One Didn’t Go Wrong1, Fine Excuses1, Catch A Criminal1, Midwest Gospel Radio1, Fingerprint1> King Ebenezer Rap1, Mother’s Only Son1, Keep on Going
Encore: Sidewalk Stars1, East Nashville Easter11 with Jon Fishman on drums
(Dukemesh)
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February 8th, 2008
Here’s the juicy stuff…
Paul McGuinness, long-time manager of rock band U2, on Monday launched a verbal attack against illegal music downloaders, as well as internet service providers, device makers, Silicon Valley and even hippies in a speech at a conference in France.
“There are plenty of private equity fund managers who are Deadheads,” he said, a reference to hippy icons The Grateful Dead. “And embedded deep down in the brilliance of those entrepreneurial, hippy values seems to be a disregard for the true value of music.”
January 30th, 2008
An old friend turned me on to this one, sorry for two youtubes in a row. Who am I apologizing to?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHSnE8raC0U]
January 21st, 2008
This is pretty close to the procedure I will be undergoing tomorrow.
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=1v5GQjHbWPo]
January 13th, 2008
This young man loves em!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgrG35-3js]
Via Xeni @ BoingBoing who caught it from Kent @ Ask A Ninja. Whew.
August 22nd, 2007
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