Last night was sick. It was my 2nd time seeing Bisco and this is one of the best shows we’ve covered at The Square in downtown Buffalo. We got down there early and the guys from Philly opened at 6:30 with Kitchen Mittens. They moved through some of thier originals including a sick Jigsaw Earth jam. When they broke into a ruckus cover of Rage Against The Machines ‘Killing In The Name Of’ the Buffalo heads started moshing and jumping all over the place in pure elation.
The 2nd set opened with ‘Run Like Hell’ and closed with wicked cover of Nirvana’s Lithium just as the torrential downpour doused the bisco fans.
Last Monday night we were treated to an excellent jam session with the guys from Chicago at the Harro East Ballroom in Rochester, NY. The turn out was good for Monday night. Outdoors it was very much a festival atmosphere with plenty of heads catching the show after a few Phil Lesh & Friends shows the past couple of nights in upstate, NY.
Last week I claimed that Gov’t Mule was the show currently on tour and after last night mind blowing experiencing at Shea’s in Buffalo, I stand corrected this lineup of Phil Lesh & Friends has their sound dialed. I saw Phil & Friends at Mountain Jam this year and while that was a great show I didn’t think that Phil sounded all that great. Last night Phil made a believer out of me. I’ll be sure to check out any show of his anytime I have the chance.
The crowd at Shea’s was great. Security was fairly lax and let people stand in the aisle. During the 2nd set the place was jam packed. As soon as you walked into the theater area there was the smell of reifer everywhere. I know that dead heads have a reputation of smoking insane amounts of herb - but this is not a stereotype it’s the flat out truth. I’ve never been to a concert where so many people were smoking.
This show is now available on The Archive to grab it now in MP3 format click HERE.
Big River
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
The Wheel
I’m So Gone
Scarlet Begonia
Fire on the Mountain
Set 2:
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Cold Black Devil
Cryptical>
The Other One>
Jam>dazed&confused tease>
Caution
Help on the Way>
Slipknot!>
Franklin’s Tower
Sugar Magnolia
Gov’t Mule jammed on Monday night in Buffalo. It was a cool rainy night but we didn’t mind making the trip up to UB Performing Arts Center for one of the best bands currently on tour.
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals opened the evening with a great set. We later had the pleasure of meeting them and having a few drinks with a couple of guys from the band during the Gov’t Mule set break.
When Gov’t Mule hit the stage they were dead on at this great sounding venue. Unring The Bell in the second set was the highlight of the show with Warren going nuts on the improv.
Many thanks to Chris for uploading a great audience recording of this show. To grab the FLAC files for this show check out the torrent at etree.org
Set List:Intro
Hammer & Nails
Thorazine Shuffle
Fools Moon
I’ll Be The One
Thelonius Beck
Gameface>Mountain Jam>Gameface
Million Mikes From Yesterday
Brand New Angel
Brighter Days
Like Flies
Unring The Bell
Effigy
Drums
Birth Of The Mule
Rocking Horse
Goin’ Out West
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It Hurts Me Too
I finnaly got around to uploading the full set of John Butler Trio’s show at Lafayette Square this past summer. As most of you know who follow the goings on here at bandsthatjam.net the free Thursday In The Square concert series this summer was jammin.
Last night was awesome. Another great night for music in Buffalo, NY. We went and saw RAQ perform at Club Infinity and were treated to two killer sets. It’s amazing how much better live music is as compared to just listening to over the radio or downloading a few songs. I was blown away at their ability to include heavy guitar riffs with improvisational jams.
I was able to video tape most of the fist set but I forgot my 2nd battery and wasn’t able to get any of the 2nd set which is a shame because the 2nd second was amazing.
I spoke with lead guitarist/vocalist Chris Michetti after the show and he said the band will soon be releasing a live album of their performance earlier this year at the famed Mr. Smalls theater in Pittsburgh, PA.
Here’s a few pics from the show. I took these with my iPhone so the quality isn’t the best.
To grab the torrent for FLAC files for this show click HERE
To grab this entire show in MP3 format click here.
Last Thursday “The Duo” came on at roughly 5pm to a sparse crowd in downtown Buffalo. I was expecting a bigger crowd for these guys considering how well Buffalo has received the other jam bands that have played this summer. As time went on The Square slowly filled in.
The Duo seemed to enjoy themselves regardless and put on a rocking set that they closed with an improvisational cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
To download the torrent for the flac files of this show click here.
Setlist:
01. Best Reason To Buy The Sun 6:52
02. Sunny’s Song 5:01
03. Something For Rockets 6:12
04. Play, Pause, Stop 10:01
05. Becky 9:04
06. Soba 7:24
07. Echo Park 4:02
08. Welcome Red 7:33
09. My Pet Goat 10:15
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit 5:44
Last Thursday the heads of Buffalo were treated to another great festival like experience with the North Mississippi All-Stars rocking Lafayette Square. These guys jammed out for two hours with some great improvisational blues, and Grateful Dead riffs.
(Thanks to Daniel Godwin daniel@upstatetapers.org)
01. Write Me A Few Little Lines > Drop Down Mama > Sugartown
02. Mean Ol’ Wind Died Down
03. Run On > Goin Down South
03. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
04. I Don’t Live Today
06. Stay All Night > Lord Have Mercy > Stay All Night > Love And Happiness
07. Ship > Gloria
08. Shake What Yo Mama Gave You
09. Sunshine Of Your Love
10. If I Had My Way
11. Some Kind Of Wonderful
12. Georgia Women > Po Black Maddie > Skinny Woman > Po Black Maddie
Encore:
13. Hear My Train A Comin
14. Snake Drive > Mississippi Party > Snake Drive
15. All Night Long >
16. Love Light > All Night Long
Yesterday I went to see Bob Weir & Ratdog along with the Allman Brothers Band at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. (I’ll have more on this show later in the week)
In the parking lot there was an awesome jam band by the name of “Rebel Jelly” playing before the show. These guys are from Rochester, NY and are getting gigs all over the east coast even though they’ve only been together for a short time.
From the bands website they consider themselves to be Funk / Pop / Fusion with improvisation for a unique sound. R. Jelly’s members share a wide range of influences. We feel the one’s most touched upon in this musical context are Stevie Wonder, Bill Frisell, Carter Beauford, The Meters, Thom Yorke and Micheal Jackson - other influences include sleep deprivation, humor, free food and the inexplicable passion.
Last night was awesome once again. We were treated to our 5th free jam band of the summer courtesy of Buffalo Place at the “Thursday In The Square” concert series.
The John Butler Trio jammed out for two solid hours. The set started with “I Used To Get High” at 7pm and closed out with a three song encore just after 9pm.
The highlight of the show was a 6 minute drum solo in the middle of “Good Excuse” where drummer Michael Barker lit the crowd up. At one point I had to pull my head away from my video camera to check and see if there was a 2nd drummer on the stage with him because he was playing with drum sticks in one hand and with the other hand he was playing percussions.
Thanks to Daniel Goodwin has already uploaded a recording of the show to The Archive. (click for details.)
To grab the entire show now in MP3 format click HERE.
Here’s a few songs performed live at the show last night. I was able to video tape the entire set so I will be posting more songs to YouTube over the weekend.
