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[mp3] Jerry Garcia – Oregon State Prison 5/5/82

February 6, 2007

I’ve been wanting to share this bootleg for a long time. The copy that my sister gave to me as a gift years ago is entitled Lonesome Prison Blues. This is Jerry Garcia playing acoustic with John Kahn on the bass in front of a small audience of inmates at the Oregon state penitentiary on [...]

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Shooter Jennings Live At Irving Plaza 4.18.06

October 13, 2006

Shooter Jennings is the son of the late great Waylon Jennings (for those why might not know) and his brand of outlaw music could be described as Waylon Jennings meets Led Zepplin. His brand of rock and roll kicks soooo much ass and asures us that outlaw music lives on! His most recent release Live [...]

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

October 6, 2006

There is a great article on NPR about Hardly Strictly Blugrass Festival (complete with streaming audio) and how it got its start. Billionare investment banker (and claw hammer banjo player) Warren Hellman started the festival 6 years ago as a way to bring some free music to his home city of San Francisco in Golden [...]

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Willie Nelson & Ryan Adams

September 13, 2006

I was just reading on Rolling Stone’s website how Ryan Adams produced Willie Nelson’s latest album entitled Songbird which is set to be released on October 31. Ryan Adams has really gotten a ton of attention lately. In addition to putting out 40 albums per year he’s been playing shows with Phil Lesh and Friends. [...]

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Phish Live In Brooklyn

July 6, 2006

The highly anticipated live 3 CD, 2 DVD release Live In Brooklyn is set to hit stores July 11! This looks like an incredible live Phish experience. The release is so big that Phish has decided to give their fans a special screening in movie theatres across the country on July 10 (see listings here).  [...]

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Telluride Bluegrass 2006

June 22, 2006

I just got back from the 33rd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival and all I can say is wow! This was one of the best if not the best festival I’ve attended (haven’t missed one since 1998)! Every day of the festival hosted incredible music, friends and fun. It was cloudy on Thursday and Friday and [...]

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Drew Emmitt Band

April 18, 2006

I love Drew Emmitt! I think he was one of the key ingredients to Leftover Salmon. My favorite songs that they played were the ones that he sang. In addition to being a great singer, he’s a killer mandolin picker. I wrote about Vince Herman’s post Leftover Salmon carreer here and I’m happy to see [...]

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Derek Trucks Band Gear Stolen

March 14, 2006

All those bad apples out there trying to ruin it for everybody else really make my skin boil. Some selfish heartless bastard stole most of Derek Trucks Bands’ gear in Georgia last Thursday while Trucks was playing a show in New York with the Allman Brothers Band. Here is the official statement from derektrucks.com: DTB [...]

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RockyGrass 2006

March 8, 2006

What a better place to listen to that high lonesome sound than in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado! Rocky Grass is one of the most laid back, down to earth bluegrass festivals around. It takes place last weekent in July in Lyons and hosts some of the most amazing talent in bluegrass. This year’s [...]

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Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven

March 7, 2006

There are very few bands that I can listen to over and over again for years without ever getting tired of them. Cracker is one of those bands! No matter how many times I hear Low, Euro Trash Girl or Teen Angst I just never seem to play them out. When Cracker released O Cracker [...]

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