Thursday In The Square in Buffalo continued its best ever jam band lineup last night with “An Evening With moe.” moe. came on at 5:30 to delight of thousands of fans for a homecoming show. This Buffalo based band was glad to be home in the city were they started in 1990. 17 years later they have established them selves as one the touring jam bands bands on the scene.

Both sets were awesome and you could see moe. feeding off the energy of the crowd and truly glad to be playing on the home turf. There was a short downpour during Nebreska and the whole crowd went crazy. If you haven’t been to a show at Thursday In The Square you should defiantly check it out there’s a few more good shows coming up such as Keller Williams, John Butler Trio, Yonder Mountain String Band, and the North Mississipi All-stars.

Thanks to Team Pittsburgh recorder Gil Galdieri for uploading a great audience recording. You can grab the show here in FLAC or MP3 format moe. Live at Lafayette Square on 2007-07-12.

Here’s a direct link to the show in MP3 format

Here’s a few samples:

Kids

encore:

Nebraska

Bring You Down

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I’m going to be brief with the moe. Monday session as I’ve been swamped and I’m gearing up for the free show in Buffalo on Thursday. moe. will be playing for roughly three hours starting at 5pm this Thursday July 12th. Be sure to check back next week for show download information, review, and pics.

moe. did play a show in honor of my birthday yesterday July 8th in Hampton Beach Casino in New Hampshire. To download the show head on over to the The Archive.

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Gov’t Mule kicked off another week in Europe last Thursday and Friday in Madrid and Barcelona. Tonight they kick off the first of two nights in Warsaw, Poland before rolling on through Stuttgart, Germany (July 11th), Amsterdam, Holland (July 12th), London, U.K., (July 14th) and Peer, Belgium (July 15th). Tickets are still available for these shows, but going quickly. Head to www.mule.net to get tickets.

WARREN HAYNES CUSTOM GUITAR AUCTION

Donny Barnes, wife of Mike Barnes, has breast cancer and has had a bi-lateral mastectomy (removal). She’s undergoing chemo-therapy, and as you might guess, their bills are astronomical with very limited coverage. Mike, as many of you know, is one of Warren’s oldest and closest friends and has participated in many Christmas Jams through the years. We will have several auctions in hope of at least partially covering their needs. Any money left over will be donated to Breast Cancer Research.

The first auction will be a Gibson Warren Haynes signature Les Paul (signed by WH). This is a Gibson Custom Shop model, of which only 150 are being made. For more info on the guitar go to www.gibson.com/warrenhaynes. To bid on the guitar head to www.muleauction.net.

source: Gov’t Mule Newsletter

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Click here for Grassroots 2007 T’burgh Schedule (PDF)

The Grassroots festival in upstate NY is July 19th-22nd and the schedule has been released. Highlights include performances by Donna The Buffalo, Keith Frank and Family Band, Arrested Development and over 60 other bands. For festival details check out the www.grassrootsfest.org website.

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Percussionist T.R. McKotch to offer hand drum lessons and lead a drum circle on three evenings throughout the summer at Griffins Sculpture Park, located in Ashford Hollow, NY.
Tuesday, July 10,

Tuesday, July 24

Tuesday, August 14th.

The workshop will run from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. The first drum workshop is on Tuesday, July 10th and will take place at the Griffis Sculpture Park’s Rohr Hill Road location.

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The weather was perfect with three days of sun, blugrass and zydeco music at The Great Blue Heron festival. The first day we saw a couple of great performances by Kelly and The Cowboys, Slo-mo, John & Mary and The Valkyries, and the Sim Redmond Band.

On Saturday there was a drumming workshop with Jim Donovan (of Rusted Root.) About 40 people packed into the tent for 2 hours of a drumming.

Saturday also featured a performance by Big Leg Emma, Entrain, The Avett Brothers, and of course Donna The Buffalo with the last set of the evening.

Here’s a 2 sets for download from the festival from Jim McGee:

Donna The Buffalo - Great Blue Heron Music Festival 7-7-07 | FLAC / MP3 The Archive

Big Leg Emma Live at The Great Blue Heron Music Festival on 2007-07-07 | FLAC / MP3 The Archive

Here’s a few samples from the show:

Better Days

Big Leg Emma w/ Jim Donovan

I will be updating this post with torrent and download information from the Archive for all shows as they become available.

Here’s video I recorded of Big Leg Emma live at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival.

enjoy!

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Here’s a video of Donna The Buffalo playing on the early morning hours of July 8th.

Part 1:

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Part 2

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjXYmS4J3tc[/youtube]

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iClips Network will be bringing the the All Good Festival live from Morgantown WV to your living/computer room. This years performers include Bob Weir & Rat Dog, moe., Lefover Salmon, Keller Williams, Michael Franti and Spearhead, YMSB, and Sound Tribe Sector Nine among others. Check out the iClips.net website this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for all the jamband goodness.

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There will be a drumming workshop and concert by Jim Donovan and Drum the Ecstatic International in upstate NY on July 14th. If anyone out there is into drumming I would highly recommend checking this out. You can sign up here at Jim’s Website.

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Last night the masses descended on downtown Buffalo for another free show at “Thursday In The Square.” Sam Roberts put on an high energy show for the Buffalo faithful. Sam Roberts told the crowd that this was the highlight of their summer.

My friend Shawn caught one of the drummers drum sticks that he threw into the crowd. He laid claim to it after wrestling it out of the hand of a Canadian standing next to us. Good work Shawn!

The guys over at UpstateTapers have uploaded an audience recording of the show. Thanks to Daniel Goodwin for taping and uploading.

To view the setlist and download in FLAC format click here Sam Roberts Band Thursday in The Square 2007-07-05 Buffalo, NY.

To grab the the show in MP3 format click HERE.

Click play below to hear a few songs from the show.

“Hard Road”

“Taj Mahal”

“Mind Flood”

Shawn who caught the drummers stick. With his g’friend Kristina. Thanks for buying Shawn an awesome camera for his b-day.

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Last night I went to see the Derek Trucks Band play at one of the sweetest venue’s I’ve ever been too - Art Park in Lewiston, NY. They put on a great show in front of a very enthusiastic crowd. Derek Trucks (of Allman Brothers fame) showed us why he is considered one of Rolling Stones new Guitar Gods with some extended improvisational jams.

Guest appearances during the show included Derek’s younger brother Duane Trucks (not uncle as previously stated) and Chuck Campbell of the Campbell Brothers on the slide guitar.

Thanks to Chris Prezioso for taping this show and uploading it to the archive one day after the show. You can grab in The Archive here Derek Trucks Band Live at Artpark on 2007-07-03

Click below to hear a few highlights from the show.

“I’ll Find My Way”

“Stand Back -> Drums”

“Any Day”

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