tatterdemalion

damn, i hope i can make this. the decision is a no-brainer for me - JJ don't tour often at all, and galactic doesn't really bring it much either (unless in NOLA) ... scofield is good but no legend.

a buddy of mine said the other night: "Cale should name his new album, 'More Songs for Everybody to Cover'" amazing songwriter he is

esau, there's a montreal date this tuesday. i'd drive 5 hours to see him, course i wouldn't want to do the 5hr drive back home.

Annapolis, MD May 22, 2004

Concord, NH May 23, 2004

Montreal, Quebec May 25, 2004

Burlington, VT May 26, 2004

Morristown, NJ May 27, 2004

Tarrytown, NY May 29, 2004

Portland, ME May 30, 2004

Washington, DC June 1-3, 2004

Red Bank, NJ June 4, 2004

Northhampton, MA June 6, 2004

Harrisburg, PA June 7, 2004

New York, NY June 8, 2004

Athens, GA June 11, 2004

Atlanta, GA June 12, 2004

Manchester, TN June 13, 2004

Ann Arbor, MI June 15, 2004

Grand Rapids, MI June 16, 2004

Chicago, IL June 17, 2004

Minneapolis, MN June 18, 2004

Milwaukee, WI June 20, 2004

Chicago, IL June 21, 2004

yeah kung, it really was a good choice of heads tunes, although i did kinda expect to hear a nice City of Dreams or Nothing but Flowers or Girlfriend is Better or .... i guess ya gotta draw the line somewhere. but if you're interested in hearing some of the recent shit, check out sharinginthegroove.com ... i think they got a couple of the shows up there.

a new (to me) song called Lazy is f'n great. they closed the double encore with it and it just sucked everybody back in for another dance party.

dynamite show here in town last night at the Berklee Center for Performing Arts, a normally highly lame venue where geeky Berklee students sit in their seats taking far too many notes, not quite opening up their ears. last night was pretty tame for the first 3 tunes, then they played Naive Melody and everybody was on their feet grooving for the remainder of the night. we got lots of Heads tunes including Life During Wartime, Heaven (encore), What a Day that Was, I Zimbra, Psycho Killer, Blind, Once in a Lifetime, and maybe a coupla others. AMAZING show. get yo ass in gear and try to make it to one of the shows if you can.

the HoB is like no other. totally Los Angelized, with all kinds of music people schmoozing it left & right. that said, it still books good music and is a really fun place.

i'm more surprised the 2nd answer wasn't xanax/valium/klonopin/etc.

if anybody is willing to help out with some promo-type stuff for this show, please shoot me an email - tatterdemalion99@yahoo.com

what are some good watering holes for pre-gaming ? i'm so out of touch with taranta, it's embarassing. is the brass rail nearby ?

happy b-day jesse

i'll be back in ontario in a coupla weeks, will give u guys a call.

easy-up

Juice (Studio Album - All Lit Up) - do yourself a huge favour and listen to these guys.

Taj Mahal - World Music

i give the other booche the edge.

boogie's (2nd one) is right up there too.

as far as spin-offs go, i was a pretty big fan of the John Laroquette (sp?) Show. didn't even come close to touching Night Court, but i thought it was hilarious. too bad more people didn't think so.

currently Boston, soon to be Chapel Hill, NC.

still proud to be Canadian though.

there's also 80mg of caffeine in RedBull. i think this may account for its restricted sales in Canada, as only cola-type beverages are deemed suitable to contain caffeine (aside from coffee, tea, etc). i don't recall the exact policy, but it's something to that effect - i remember looking into it a few years ago when I was told that Canadian Mountain Dew does not have any caffeine in it.

anyways, 80mg of caffeine is more than any other soft-drink, but about equal to or less than an 8oz cup of joe (usually around 100mg of caffeine).

please check out the Health Canada site or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for legitimate info (i didn't have the time).

dirty dozen has a tuba, although sometimes he's MIA.

nice run ike. i've been hearing great things about eric lindell from the fest.

mmmm cracklins, soft shell crab poboys, cochon du lait, crawfish monica ... mmmm fairgrounds j-fest !!

unfortunately, the great galactic shows are hard to catch outside of NOLA. i love em, but also have to admit they've been on a downhill for the last while.

they have a female vocalist now too apparently. i haven't heard her yet.

pharmacist.

no, really.

"now that is a steamer."

a yankee friend of mine is flying into toronto and asked me for some hotel recommendations. that's when i realized that i know nothing about hotels in toronto. i don't even remember the directions of certain streets anymore (having left ontario only 5 years ago). but he wants to be reasonably close to the Opera House, and asked me NOT to be conservative - he wants to be comfortable and is not terribly concerned about the loot.

any & all help is appreciated.

and check this out - a description of what makes jazzfest jazzfest. especially FIRST weekend.

<snip>

"Dragon's Den is a tiny little club that is actually the upstairs portion of a Thai

restaurant. I heard more than 1 person describe it as an opium den, and truer words have

never been spoken. The place is lit only with red lightbulbs, which are few and far

between and has a couple of raised platforms with low tables and pillows on the floor for

eating. There is a tiny bar, a dance floor that can hold maybe 30 people packed like

sardines, and a stage big enough for a drum kit with a bass and guitar amp jammed in

there. If the place holds 200 it would be alot, and that would be a very tight fit. For

the early set, the Fender Rhodes was set up on the dance floor. During the late show the

Fender and Hammond B3 were on the floor, along with Skerik and whatever other musicians

would be sitting in.

Anyway, the night started out with Stanton, Bobby Mac, Eric Lindell and Rich Vogel

jamming. Now, Ivan Neville was supposed to be on keys, but Stanton said that he was at

the Saenger for some funk throw down that was being filmed and would be a little late.

They jammed for a little bit over an hour before taking a short break. I wish that I

could name some of the tunes that they played, but my mind isn't working too clearly

right now...however I did take MANY pictures (some better than others) and there was at

least 1 taper's rig there. Following set break the keyboard and guitar player from the

Greyhounds joined in for the start of the 2nd set with Eric Lindell on harmonica and

vocals. Eric took back over guitar duties after the 2nd song, and it looked like Rich

was trying to fight his way through the crowd to get to the keyboard, but he ended up

being a spectator for the rest of the set. Overall, the early show was some great

blues-funk jamming.

Sometime after 1am they finished up and we were all sent outside so that they could start

setting up for the late show, which featured Stanton, Johnny Vidacovich, Skerik and Marco

Benevento. While standing at the base of the stairs, who should walk up but Chris

Robinson and Audley Freed. They stood around for about 30 mins just chatting with some

cats and then just before they let people go back upstairs for the late show they left.

Once they let us go back up, I resumed my spot directly to the right of the stage,

looking directly over Stanton's shoulder.

The late show started with an ambient jam around 2:20 or so. After they had been jamming

for about 30 mins or so, Ivan Neville showed up and joined in on keys. Following some

extra funky and crunchy jams (Papa Was A Rolling Stone with major crowd participation

among others) I noticed that Ivan had his cell phone up to his ear while he was playing.

Within about 30 mins, the guests started rolling in like the rains at the Fest on Sunday.

It started out with a couple of cats on trumpet and trombone who I wasn't familiar with,

but they had some bad ass solos. The next thing I know, after I had been focusing on

Ivan and Marco for a little bit, when I looked back over to where the horns were there

was Irvin Mayfiled standing there all dapper looking with his trumpet in hand. He threw

down a nasty solo and then hung out for a few minutes before making his way to the door.

In the meantime, I look back to my left at the keyboards to see that Marco has moved from

the B3 to the Fender Rhodes, and he was replaced by Eric Krasno. After throwing down

some bass lines on the B3 for a bit, Kras reaches behind him and pulls out his guitar. I

could hear him ask about what amp he can plug into. Marco pointed over to his spinning

Leslie in the corner, and Kras said some thing along the lines of "shit...I never played

on one of those before...this should be fun!"

So, now we've got Ivan and Marco on keys, Kras on guitar Skerik and some unknown horn

players all jamming ou to the super tight beats of Stanton and Johnny V. A little later

Joe Ruso (of Benevento-Ruso Duo) sat in on drums, and was followed up by a black girl who

was introduced as Little Nikki. As good as Stanton, Johnny and Joe are on the skins, my

jaw was dropped by the absolute speed of Little Nikki. I have no idea who she is, but

she can play the hell ou of the drums. The last guest that I could identify was Sam

Kinninger on sax. He and Skerik were trading licks back and forth along with the other

unidentified horn players while they jammed on until about 5:15.

When they were breaking down after the set, I just stood there in awe, feeling like my

ass had been kicked by Bruce Lee. I remember just saying "Shit!" to myself, and Stanton

was right there and looked up and smiled. I thanked him for what was a great long

evening of great jams and told him that this was by far my favorite JazzFest moment. He

thanked me and told me that this was what JazzFest was all about. That was something

Bobby Mac also told me the next day when I was talking with the guys the next day

following their in-store at Virgin, and I couldn't agree more. This is something that I

will truely remember for the rest of my life.

As I said before, I have plenty of pictures (even a few good ones), so hopefully I will

be able to find a way to post them on the net for y'all to see. Also, there was a tapers

rig there, so hopefully some quality copies of this show will start circulating. Anyway,

hope everybody that was at the Fest (or is lucky enough to still be there) has a fun and

safe time...I know I did."

"attics of my life"

or instead of 'here comes the bride' how about, "angel in a centerfold" by j.geils ?

speaking of "visions of johanna", i heard that 17minute one on the jerry box set this weekend, and it is DYNAMITE.

this is one of the most difficult assignments i have ever had.

they don't need cleaning for jim bobs !

hey VTDave, i heard the folks who bought it are keeping the gravy recipe in action. can you confirm ?

PS i was thinking, "formerly"... ?

another source of my distress, meggo. teh speling sure is'nt formel.

i kinda wish i was in the hammer tonight. maybe a little la luna (casbah, whateves), or maybe a little jim bob rays (zimbabwe's, rim job's, insert your favorite version).

Question for you Jared:

For the many, many times that you post, I'm sure you see each time that your handle incorrectly reads "formaly know as jared", but why do you never have the bloody inclination to correct the spelling ? Each time you post, I ponder this to no end. It keeps me up at night. It brings a great deal of distress to my life. Please, please give me some insight.

respectfully yours,

Heywood Jablowmi

PS. the correct spelling would be: "formally known as jared"

that i can remember - maestro fresh wes or possibly the grapes of wrath. met the maestro man that night too, and i think kish was there with him. saweet.