My summer of jams continues this week with a free show at Thursday In The Square featuring Australian roots/jam band John Butler Trio. I’ve been looking forward to this show ever since the scheduled was announced earlier this summer.

JBT has taken the country by storm with it’s latest album “Grand National” whcih was produced by Mario Caldato Jr. who also produce albums by the Beast Boys, Beck, and Jack Johnson.

Their summer tour has included shows in UK, France, Australia, Germany, and state side at jam fest’s Bonnaroo , Wakarusa, and a show just last month at Redrocks.

Your last chance after Thursday to catch JBT live in the states this summer will be Saturday August 4th at the Newport Folk Festival before they head back down under for a two month tour.

Here’s a sample of JBT playing in Australia. They will also be featured on the Tonight Show on Tuesday night singing “Better Than” so be sure to tune in for that as well.

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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.

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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.

enjoy!

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Just 2 days until Yonder Mountain String Band returns to Thursday In The Square for another great free jam band show.

Last year was the first time I had seen them and was impressed with their high energy set and exceptional song writing. The hippies of Buffalo will be sure to turn out for this one like they did last year to dance the night away.

My sources at Buffalo Place tell me that YMSB will be on from 5:45 to 7pm followed by Old’s 97 from 7:30 to 9:15pm.Here’s a sample of what to expect this Thursday.

Be sure to check back for more video’s from the show, pictures, and a full review.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCAB9325En8[/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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Last night the masses descended on downtown Buffalo for another free show at “Thursday In The Square.” Sam Roberts put on an high energy show for the Buffalo faithful. Sam Roberts told the crowd that this was the highlight of their summer.

My friend Shawn caught one of the drummers drum sticks that he threw into the crowd. He laid claim to it after wrestling it out of the hand of a Canadian standing next to us. Good work Shawn!

The guys over at UpstateTapers have uploaded an audience recording of the show. Thanks to Daniel Goodwin for taping and uploading.

To view the setlist and download in FLAC format click here Sam Roberts Band Thursday in The Square 2007-07-05 Buffalo, NY.

To grab the the show in MP3 format click HERE.

Click play below to hear a few songs from the show.

“Hard Road”

“Taj Mahal”

“Mind Flood”

Shawn who caught the drummers stick. With his g’friend Kristina. Thanks for buying Shawn an awesome camera for his b-day.

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There will be a drum circle in between set breaks at Thursday In The Square (Lafayette Square) in Buffalo, NY for the Yonder Mountain String Band and Old’s 97 on Thursday July 26th. We will be meeting behind the STAGE on the left hand side.

Bring your drums and your friends. Lets show Buffalo how its done! Feel free to post comments or questions below.

Yonder Mountain is playing from 5:45 to 7:15pm and Old 97’s is playing from 7:45 to 9:15pm.

We will be meeting around 7pm and will drum during the set break.

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Last Thursday the music hungry faithful of Buffalo descended on the city for some true classic alternative rock and roll. Violent Femmes returned to Thursday In The Square in downtown Buffalo for the 2nd year in a row.

The crowd consisted of teenagers who “were brought up on the Femmes” to older fans in their 30’s and 40’s reliving their youth. The band played many songs off it’s debut album from 1983 to a very enthusiastic crowd.

One of the coolest things about being at these free shows in the Square all summer (besides the line-up which is amazing this year) is seeing how the crowd reacts to the band and the band to the crowd. I have seen this many times with the likes of Uhmphrey’s McGee a few weeks ago and Yonder Mountain String Band in 2006.

The Buffalo population loves live music and the crowd packed in with body surfing taking place throughout the entire set. The ‘Femme’s looked to be in their glory as well feeding off the energy of the crowd and improvising on a few songs.

Well enough of my rant….lets get to the good stuff. Thanks to the guys at UpstateTapers.org for taping and uploading this set. Click here to download this entire show via torrent >Violent Femmes 2007-06-21 Buffalo-NY

Here’s a few samples. The last three songs of thier set. Be sure to check out “Kiss Off” to hear the Violent Femmes doing some serious improvisational jams.

“Kiss Off ”

“Gone Daddy Gone”

“Add It Up”

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