Yesterday was awesome. YMSB came on as the opener this year at 5:45 and gave the Buffalo faithful an hour and a half of intense bluegrass music.

YMSB loves playing this venue and repeatedly told the fans how grateful they were that we came out early and withstood the rain to watch them perform. As usual the crowd was really into the bands high energy bluegrass with everyone dancing and singing along.
I was able to video tape the entire show and I’ve uploaded one of the songs to YouTube. Check it out below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQKn8zrlJE[/youtube]

The pics are a little blury as they came from my iPhone which needs perfect light and to be held perfectly still to get quality pictures.

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I’ve been gone the past week at the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY which wrapped up it’s 17th year of local and international music acts on Sunday.

The first couple of days camping on the side of the road were fun but it made for a long weekend especially with the rain the first couple of days. It was well worth it though when the gates opened on Thursday we were able to get our best camping spot ever at the edge of the infield stage. The weather cleared by Friday and we had 3 solid days of fun and music in the sun.

Highlights of our weekend included John Browns Body, Keith Frank, The Cat Empire, Bearfoot, and JSan Analouge Sons & of course local favorites and hosts of the festival Donna The Buffalo. 12,000 festival goers attended this weekends event.

Check out the pics as well as a few videos from the weekend that we took below.

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Here’s a pic of Arin doing some stupid human trick for $5 with a band playing in the background.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlnYddG9xB4[/youtube]

Here’s a video of some drumming at the Happiness Parade on Saturday.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F6jp1P9Q0Y[/youtube]

Here’s a video of Bearfoot playing. These guys were awesome. Sorry for the poor audio it does them no justice.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTlJkIDB-0[/youtube]

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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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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:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdKUoVt8UXA[/youtube]

Part 2

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

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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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