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Grassroots Festival returned for it’s 17 year as one of the longest running festivals in America.  John Brown’s Body put on an excellent show for it’s home crowd with some new song off their new CD. If your a fan of reggae/dub music you’ll love this mind blowing set. enjoy! Check out the video above from the show while you download.

For the lossless files via torrent head over to bt.etree.org.

For lossless files via ftp and full set list head over to The Archive.

To grab the MP3’s now click HERE.

Push Some Air

Strugglin

Amplify

Ghost Notes

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I’m going to keep this brief as I’m about to run out the door for the Blue Heron Festival but I wanted to get this up before I left as I’ll be coming back with a bunch more music to post and I don’t want to get behind.

Bottom line. Great show. Jakob Dylan has captured everything that is good about folk music. The crowd absolutely loved him. My dad grew up listening to Bob Dylan and it was surreal to see his son a generation later playing some incredible folk music for this Buffalo crowd.

To grab the mp3’s now click HERE

For the lossless via torrent head over to http://bt.etree.org

Here’s a few samples from the show.

enjoy!

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Blind Melon is back in a big way.  Lead by new lead singer Warren Travis and featuring all of the other original members including guitarists Christopher Thorn and Rogers Stevens, bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham. Blind Melon was one of my favorite bands growing up in Florida as a teenager in the early 90’s. Seeing this re-incarnation of the band was a dream come true. We’ve covered a lot of shows in 2008 and this is the one of the (photo by dfrisi) best shows we’ve  seen this year  2nd only to Umphrey’s McGee at the Town Ballroom. For those of you who follow this site - that’s saying a lot!

The new lead singer is a perfect match for the band. While he does sound similar to Shannon Hoon he definitely has his own voice which is evident when the band breaks into some of their newer material. Read the rest of this entry »

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Last year they predicted it, this year they delivered. YMSB became only the third band in the 22 year history of Thursday At The Square to do “an evening with” at Buffalo’s best outdoor venue. After playing the past two years in torrential downpours the sun finally shined for their 3rd appearance. YMSB put on an excellent show playing two sets for a total of over 2 and half hours of intense newgrass.

This is a must have set for any YMSB or newgrass/jamband fans. Jeff Austin and the rest of the guys love playing for this crowd in Buffalo. For those of you who have been to a show at Thursday At The Square you know why bands enjoy playing here so much.

Its one if the few outdoor venue’s that continues to offer free jam band concerts in a downtown setting week after week. The fans pack it right in after work and stay till 10pm. The crowd surfing is wild and the interaction between the bands and the crowd is simply amazing.

Make the jump to download this excellent SBD recording. Read the rest of this entry »

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Last Friday night on the eve of the 51rst Annual Allentown Arts Festival The Ryan Montebleau band gave the Buffalo heads another night to remember. The band played to a packed house on their 5th trip to the famed Nieztche’s music club in the historical Allentown district of Buffalo.

This was my first time seeing the guys in concert and they played almost three hours of the best heartfelt foot stomping music we’re heard this year. The bands funky grooves mixed with amazing song writing had the place packed till the early morning with sweating ravenous dancers. Read the rest of this entry »

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I was just turned on to these guys by one of our readers .

The band consists of Adam Nash (keys/piano), Jon Joffe (guitar), Greg Halbkram (bass), and Sal Galati (drums/percussion).

If you have yet to hear of these guys you’ve gotta check out their funky jams. These guys are from Philly and are currently on tour in the northeast.

“Codename’s songs are a fusion of tightly composed, high-energy progressive-rock arrangements, complimented by jazzy harmonies and funked out dance grooves. Their show is a true experience. The soulful connection is apparent between Adam Nash (keys/piano), Jon Joffe (guitar), Greg Halbkram (bass), and Sal Galati (drums/percussion), as their chemistry both on and off the stage combines unique energy, vision, and sense of adventure that all goes into the jazz-infused blast of funk rock that is Codename. Among their influences are The Grateful Dead and Phish, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield and Medeski Martin & Wood, Pink Floyd, Yes, Soulive and The Allman Brothers.”

Make the jump to check out a few samples from their show at The Brass Lantern in Reading, PA and download the entire show. They have a great presence on The Archive.

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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.

Below is the set list, and a few tracks from the show, and more pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

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O’death brought their Appalachian bluegrass to the Mohawk Place in Buffalo this past Sunday. This quintet from NYC was rockin the place with it’s own version of bluegrass that’s meant to be moshed to. I heard these guys on the Mountain Jam Festival website and was stoked to see that they were coming to Buffalo to jam out. This set includes new material off their yet to be released album coming out this year.

The guys really get into their show with synchronized head banging and lots of energy onstage. At one point violinist Bob Pycior was playing with such fevor I thought his head was going to fly off his shoulders. They also have exceptional song writing skills with great story lines. If you dig any type of new grass you must check these guys out. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cornmeal is fresh off their Jammy Award for “New Groove” that honors up and coming jam band artists. This Quintet from Chicago is taking new grass to the next level with raw talent and a unique sound that blends roots, Americana, and folk with splashes of improvisation. They are currently on tour in the midwest in support of their album Feet First. They will be playing Summercamp, Wakarusa Festival, Bonnaroo, High Sierra, 10,000 Lakes, and Grateful Fest this summer.

This is an excellent soundboard recording of the band playing a couple of months ago at Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS. Read the rest of this entry »

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Last month we cruised The Archive and discovered The Brew a band that jams from Boston. A few weeks after featuring them here on bandsthatjam.net they were nominated for a Jammy for “Best New Artist.” On Wednesday the boys threw down a sick set at Nieztches in Buffalo. This venue has a reputation for having great bands 7 nights a week in the heart of the Allentown district in downtown Buffalo. Back in the 90’s many bands that were getting started like Gov’t Mule, YMSB, and Donna The Buffalo played to small crowds in their early years at this great venue…. Read the rest of this entry »

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