Phil Lesh has announced it’s spring tour featuring the same lineup that lit up amphitheatres across the country last year. And Friends includes guitarist Larry Campbell, musical sensation Jackie Green, keyboardist Steve Molitz and drummer John Molo.
The band also announced they will be playing Bonnaroo 2008. Levon Helm band will be opening for select events. The tour includes 2 shows at the Fillmore Aud in Denver as well as five back to back shows at The Warfield in San Francisco.
Phil Lesh & Friends Tour Dates
05/08/08 Thu The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
05/09/08 Fri The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
05/11/08 Sun Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA (w/ Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
05/13/08 Tue The Warfield San Francisco, CA
05/14/08 Wed The Warfield San Francisco, CA
05/16/08 Fri The Warfield San Francisco, CA
05/17/08 Sat The Warfield San Francisco, CA
05/18/08 Sun The Warfield San Francisco, CA
06/12/08 Thu Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Columbus, OH (w/ Levon Helm Band)
06/13/08 Fri Charter One Pavilion Chicago, IL (w/ Levon Helm Band)
06/14/08 Sat Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, TN
06/15/08 Sun Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, TN
06/17/08 Tue Innsbrook Pavilion Glen Allen, VA
06/19/08 Thu Penn’s Peak Jim Thorpe, PA
06/20/08 Fri Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing Philadelphia, PA (w/ Levon Helm Band)
06/21/08 Sat Bank Of America Pavilion Boston, MA (w/ Levon Helm Band)
06/22/08 Sun Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center Gilford, NH (w/ Levon Helm Band)
07/03/08 Thu The Pageant St. Louis, MO
07/04/08 Fri Summerfest Milwaukee, WI (w/ The Roots & Trucks/Tedeschi)
07/05/08 Sat Saturday in the Park Sioux City, IA
07/06/08 Sun Rothbury Music Festival Rothbury, MI
07/08/08 Tue Charlottesville Pavilion Charlottesville, VA
07/09/08 Wed House of Blues Myrtle Beach, SC
07/11/08 Fri All Good Festival Masontown, WV
07/12/08 Sat Highland Bowl Rochester, NY (w/ Levon Helm Band)
07/13/08 Sun Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY (w/ Levon Helm Band)
07/26/08 Sat 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
08/02/08 Sat The Gathering of the Vibes Bridgeport, CT
New York City’s favorite groove rockers, U-Melt, will kick off their Spring Tour with their first two night stand in their hometown on Friday, March 28th and Saturday, March 29th at the newly renovated and renamed Sullivan Hall (where the former Lion’s Den used to stand). U-Melt will follow up their 2 night run with an extended Spring Tour, which includes a return to New Orleans for a late night Jazz Fest show at the Blue Nile on Saturday, May 3rd with DJ Logic, as well as three shows with their friends Umphrey’s McGee at the beginning of April.
Following this weekend’s shows in NYC, U-Melt will travel down south for a couple shows with Umphrey’s, including stops at The House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC on 4/2 and The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on 4/3, before heading back up north for a co-bill with Ryan Montbleau Band on Saturday, 4/5 at The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. U-Melt will then meet back up with Umphrey’s on Friday, 4/11 at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton, MA, before heading to Rhode Island for a headlining performance at The Wheel House in Narragansett on Saturday, 4/12.
U-Melt has already revealed a small preview of their summer festival plans, which will include returns to the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL over Memorial Day weekend and NLQP in Garrettsville, OH on the Thursday, 7/3. U-Melt has just announced it will also be making their debut at The Disco Biscuit’s Camp Bisco in Mariaville, NY in mid-July.
U-melt has been kind enough to provide us with a couple of free songs for download. Enjoy!
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Mar 28 & 29- Sullivan Hall- New York, NY
Apr 2- House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC (w/ Umphrey’s McGee)
Apr 3- The Orange Peel- Asheville, NC (w/ Umphrey’s McGee)
Apr 5- Bearsville Theater- Woodstock, NY (Co-Bill with Ryan Montbleau Band)
Apr 11- Calvin Theatre - Northampton, MA (w/ Umphrey’s McGee)
Apr 12- The Wheel House - Narragansett, RI
Apr 24- The 8×10 - Baltimore, MD (Co-Bill with The Pnuma Trio)
Apr 25- The Mix One6 - Roanoke, VA
Apr 26- Headliners - Columbia, SC
Apr 27- Smith’s Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
Apr 29- Proud Larry’s - Oxford, MS
Apr 30- Martin’s - Jackson, MS
May 1- Zydeco - Birmingham, AL
May 3- The Blue Nile - New Orleans, LA (Late Night show feat. DJ Logic)
May 9- NxNW - Philadelphia, PA
May 23- May25- Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, IL
Jun 20- River St. Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA
Jun 21- Stonehenge Music Festival - Kellyburg, PA
Jul 3- NLQP’s Rythmfest - Garrettsville, OH
Jul 17- 19- Camp Bisco - Mariaville, NY
The Disco Biscuits have confirmed the list of performers slated for Camp Bisco VII, the seventh annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 17-19, 2008. The 20+ performer lineup at the multi-stage camping festival includes:The Disco Biscuits- All 3 Nights; Snoop Dogg; DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist; Younger Brother Live Band; MSTRKRFT; 2020 Soundsystem; The New Deal; ! ! !; Tea Leaf Green; Lotus; Fiction Plane; LA Riots; Lazaro Casanova; RAQ; DB; Eliot Lipp “Live PA”; Dubwar NYC; Future Rock; U-Melt; The Bridge; Telepath; Amplive; Orchard Lounge; Grimace Federation; Strut; Jamie McLean; Push; and Jimkata. More artists and festival details will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We are looking forward to bringing the party back to Indian Lookout Country Club; it feels like a new home for Camp Bisco.” - The Disco Biscuits
Camp Bisco VII will once again be held at the picturesque Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, New York. The venue will be set-up with two performance stages, with one doubling as a late night dance tent. The Indian Lookout Country Club is located approximately 20 minutes travel time from Albany, New York, and sits on 200 acres of rolling, flat grass fields. The grounds come equipped with full bathrooms; which include flush toilets and showers, as well as 24/7 bathroom attendants. Festival goers will have access to a full bar on site and a general store, which sells almost every necessity for a comfortable and care free experience.
Like you needed an excuse to get more excited about the recent release of Widespread Panic’s monster album, “Free Somehow”…
Widespread Panic – who never fail to deliver their audience an exciting melding of warm folk, sublime jams and darn good rock-out breaks – have just made it easier to dive right into the unrivaled experience that is, Widespread LIVE!
Having just been added to The Rothbury Festival (July 4th) and the All Good Music Festival (July 11th - 13th), Widespread Panic are guaranteed to make your summer a memorable one.
As a sneak peak, check out live footage of the new tracks, Up All Night/ Tickle The Truth and the classic, Tall Boy from 1997’s Bombs & Butterflies.
Also, be quick to nab yourself one of the increasingly scarce tickets to their headline spring tour which is selling out fast!
You can download the new single Boom Boom Boom HERE or click play to hear this song now.
Dates are as follows:
4/1 - 4/2 Warner Theater Washington DC
4/4 - 4/5 United Palace New York, NYC
4/6 Palace Theater Albany, NY
4/9 US Bank Arena Cincinnati, OH
4/11 - 4/13 Auditorium Theater Chicago, IL
4/16 Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
4/18 - 4/20 The Amphitheater Orange Beach AL
4/22 - 4/23 Johny Mercer Theatre Savannah, GA
4/25 - 4/26 Walnut Creek Amphitheater Raleigh, NC
4/27 Landmark Theater Richmond, VA
4/29 Township Auditorium Columbia, SC
5/1 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
5/2 Showground @ Sam Houston Houston, TX
5/3 Nokia Theater Dallas, TX
For more information check out the bands official website at widespreadpanic.com
This is a real treat for all the Umphreaks out there. Many thanks to Kenny Shook and Umphrey’s McGee for uploading this awesome soundboard matrix of the boys from Chicago jamming in Ocean Beach California back when the band was in its early stages. For a full review of this show check out this great article on Jambase.
Disc 1/Set I
1. Red Baron
2. 2×2
3. Example 1>
4. The Fuzz> Groove Holmes> The Fuzz
5. Kat’s Tune
6. Nothing Too Fancy>
7. Walking On The Moon>Drums
Disc 2/Set I cont.
1. Professor Wormbog
Set II
2. All Things Ninja
3. Blue Echo>
4. Syncopated Strangers
5. Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang
6. Q*Bert>*
7. Phil’s Farm>
8. Space Funk Booty
9. All In Time#
Here’s is a great soundboard recording from Heavy Pets from a couple of weeks ago at the SXSW festival in Austin TX. It’s a short 50 minutes set but the sound quality is excellent.
These guys are nationally touring act based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. that have played 10,000 Lakes Music Festival, Langerado and many others. Their debut album titled “Whale” was released in May of 2007. Their sound is a unique blend of folk, rock, reggae, and funk.
Here’s an excellent soundboard recording of Yonder Mountain String Band laying down the newgrass licks at Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, NC last month. Many thanks to Robbie Dunn for recording and uploading. This set includes a Bob Dylan cover of “Spanish Harlem Incident” and international violin sensation Ann Marie Calhoun sitting in for the entire set.
For the lossless files head on over to The Archive.
enjoy!
Disc 1 - Set 1
01. Intro
02. On The Run > ? > On The Run
03. Southbound
04. Spanish Harlem Incident
05. Down The River Road
06. Paul & Silas
07. Belle Parker
08. What’s Going On In The Head Of That Woman
09. White House Blues
10. Big Spike Hammer
11. If There’s Still Ramblin’ In The Rambler (Let Him Go) >
12. Mothers Only Son >
13. Ramblin’ reprise
Disc 2 - Set 2
01. Boatman’s Dance
02. Angel With The Golden Hair >
03. Follow Me Down By The Riverside
04. It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry
05. Sideshow Blues
06. Kentucky Mandolin
07. Sidewalk Stars
Disc 3 - End of Set 2
01. Peace Of Mind > Girlfriend Is Better > Peace Of Mind
02. Two Hits & The Joint Turned Brown (with Whiskey Before Breakfast)
Encore:
03. My Gal
Langerado has given us a great preview of what the festival season will look and sound like this coming summer. The tapers have been busy uploading the goods to various sites. I will continue to update this post over the next few weeks so be sure to check back daily for updates.
A friend of mine who came back to NY sunburnt and peeling said the highlights of his weekend were Beastie Boys and Les Claypool shows that he was back stage for. enjoy!
iClips Network is taking festival streaming to the next level with a killer lineup starting at noon eastern today Friday March 7th. I’m looking most forward to seeing the live streams of Umphrey’s McGee, Mickey Hart, and Gov’t Mule. So while the festival heads are sludging through the bug infested of swamps of south Florida (sure I’m trying to make myself feel better about not being there) we can enjoy the festival from the comfort of our living rooms. Check out the full schedule below.
Friday
12:30pm - 2:30pm - Dark Star Orchestra
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Indigenous
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Brett Dennen
4:30pm - 5:30pm - The Wailers
5:30pm - 6:30pm - Ozomatli
6:30pm - 8:00pm - 311
8:00pm - 10:00pm - Les Claypool
10:00pm - 11:00pm - Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
11:00pm - 12:30am - Mickey Hart Band
12:30am - 2:00am - Perpetual Groove
Are you already dreaming of Jamaica?
New York City’s favorite groove rockers, U-Melt, will kick off their Spring Tour with their first two night stand in their hometown on Friday, March 28th and Saturday, March 29th at the newly renovated and renamed Sullivan Hall (where the former Lion’s Den used to stand). U-Melt will follow up their 2 night run with an extended Spring Tour, which includes a return to New Orleans for a late night Jazz Fest show at the Blue Nile on Saturday, May 3rd with DJ Logic, as well as three shows with their friends Umphrey’s McGee at the beginning of April.
