Mountain Jam 2008 was another amazing weekend for the jam scene with mind blowing performances by the country’s best bands.

I wasn’t able to make it this year but we still enjoyed the festival from home. We had a party in the back yard with a fire going and and thanks to iclips.net we had sweet sounds of Umphrey’s and Gov’t Mule blasting through my stereo. For pics from the weekend check out the excellent photos from Dino Perrucci.

Here’s a few shows that have started appearing online. Be sure to check back for updates. Read the rest of this entry »

Mountain Jam IV returns to Hunter Mountain Ski Resort with one of the best lineups of the 2008 festival season. Gov’t Mule whose Warren Haynes is jam scenes most polarizing figure will be playing 2 sets on both Friday and Saturday night followed up by Bob Weir & Friends on Sunday night.

iClips.net will be streaming live video and audio all weekend starting Friday May 29th at noon. If you can’t make it to the show or are catching a session in your chalet at Hunter Mountain tune that PC to the net for all the jam band goodness.

iClips.net Full Mountain Jam Schedule and streaming links

For those of us with Sirius they will be re-broadcasting Umphrey’s McGee and Gov’t Mule this weekend on Jam On 17.

• Also be sure to check out The Official Mountain Jam Blog for coverage through out the weekend. Currently they have some great coverage of the transformation of the festival grounds from ski resort to festival site.

Related Link: Mountain Jam 2008 Torrents & MP3’s.

Mountain Jam returns to upstate NY for the 4th annual jam fest featuring 2 nights of Gov’t Mule performances by Bob Weir & Ratdog, Umphrey’s McGee, Pete Francis, Spearhead, MSMW, and many others. The festival is May 30th to June 1rst at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort in the Catskill Mountains.

Last year I went to Mountain Jam and besides camping in torrential downpours for 3 straight days it was a truly incredible festival experience.

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