Northern Wish
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Can't believe I forgot Day of the Dead. Between the car, the shop and Spotify that would likely be the most listened to album of 2017 based on per track plays.
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I'll second the newest Fruit Bats effort. It is solid from start to finish. Great to see them (him) back!
Drive By Truckers - American Band. I think I love this album mostly because it finally gave the Drive By Truckers the press and respect they've deserved for well over a decade. It's not even in my Top 3 DBT albums but it was solid and brought the band back closer to their political masterpiece 'Southern Rock Opera' than any other record since 2001.
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker / David Bowie - Blackstar. While neither of these efforts will lay claim to the Top 5 or maybe even 10 of each artists deep catalog they sure were fantastic efforts and deserve a listen or four.
The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood. Perfect pop/ prog/ rock music that harkens back to a lot of my favorite bands from the late 60's and early 70's. Even if you don't like the music you will love the rebirth of Keith Moon on the drumkit.
Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate. Deeper and grittier than his first release this one keeps getting play in the car even after many listens over many months.
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth. This was not as groundbreaking or as engrossing as Metamodern Sounds but assuming that will be Sturgill's high water mark this year's release was a pretty awesome follow up.
John K. Samson - Winter Wheat. Another lyrical masterpiece from John K. As though we should expect anything less, ever from one of Canada's finest.
I'm sure I've forgotten about or didn't get around to many many more. Looking forward to everyone else's notes!
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Here is the full webcast from The Ryman last October:
I was at the night before and it was really special. Enjoy!
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I'm into the YEM now and think this would be so much fun. This is all of the joy of the music without any of the feeling that you can't just chill out and enjoy your friends and the conversation and the camaraderie. I imagine this is what it was like back in the day in those little clubs. I'm going to do my best to check The Lizards out sometime soon. Thanks for posting the videos Jay
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Cool. I've heard good things ^, that Slave segment (labelled Lizards?) is pretty tight.
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On 11/22/2016 at 11:49 AM, Northern Wish said:
The Last Waltz tribute from the Capitol Theatre tonight is being webcast on nugs.net
And now it is here:
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The Last Waltz tribute from the Capitol Theatre tonight is being webcast on nugs.net
I went a couple of years ago to this and it was phenomenal.
If anyone wants to split on the cost, you can usually share up to 4 times. I'd be willing to pay nugs and gather from folks. It is $20 US for HD.
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I read that we will be seeing lots of these 'discography' boxes coming out due to European copyright laws that allow for any music that originally came out more than 50 years ago to become public domain. Pink Floyd also just released something like this.
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So cool but I just can't deal with a crowded Horseshoe in these, my Carlsberg years.
Love the band, hate the venue.
Enjoy for those that can!
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From phish.net:
A link to @Tweezer 's twitter was posted in the nashville thread, but I saw him share some stuff on facebook that I though deserved it's own thread.
So I posted all of this to Twitter a couple of days ago but a number of you who would find this interesting may not have seen it so I'll post it here too:
On Wednesday I got to attend Phish's soundcheck in Nashville (thanks Don Hart!) and afterwards got to meet up with Trey. I behaved for a good 10 minutes while he talked with everyone there before grilling him with Phish questions. Side note: It is truly remarkable how gracious he is with fans like me.
A few nuggets from that conversation:
- I first thanked Trey on behalf of the Mockingbird Foundation for all of the financial support that Phish has given us over the years. He was really excited and seemed proud that we had just passed the $1 million mark in grants awarded.
- I also told him about the unsolicited grants we were giving out in each city Phish is hitting on tour (in conjunction with the band's own WaterWheel Foundation) and that the Nashville one went to the Nashville Symphony's new Accelerando program which helps create professional opportunities for musicians from ethnic communities that are underrepresented in today’s orchestras. He was all smiles.
About the Bob Weir sit in the night before (did that really happen?!?):
- Bobby heard Miss You on his flight to Nashville and specifically asked Trey if they could play that during his sit in and if he could sing it.
- I asked Trey what it was like having one of his heroes hear and request to perform a song he wrote in memory of his sister and
said something to the effect of "powerful stuff".
- Trey said that Bobby was also singing it for "some of his people" which made sense when considering how intense it was. My head almost exploded when he told us that.
- Bobby told Trey he should sing Playin' In The Band in exchange for him singing Miss You.
- I asked Trey if them soundchecking Walking Blues was an intentional misdirection and he said it wasn't. They just didn't play it.
- They never talked about playing West L.A. Fadeaway ahead of time - Bobby just started it.
- I then requested Tweezer to which he said "I don't think we've played that one yet this tour." I then said "I'm positive you haven't" and he smiled.
- I also asked him if he remembered the 12/11/95 show in Portland where they played a couple of versions of Dog Log and gave the crowd instructions like booing the band on cue. He lit up and said "Yeah I remember that!" I asked him if the Dog Log album was ever coming out and he said "I don't think so" with a smile.
- We sparred about football (the poor guy is a Jets fan) and he was equal parts exasperated and despondent that Brady was playing so well even after missing a month. "He didn't miss a beat" as he just shook his head.
- He mentioned that the only reason they played Lawn Boy in the first set on Wednesday was because Bobby's mic was out for the entire show and he wasn't coming out for another 90 minutes. Trey complained to Page that is was out there and he said "I'll just sing Lawn Boy" and then moved the mic afterwards.
- He commented on how they have so many songs nowadays that it's hard to keep track of them all.
- He said they had no idea what they were going to play that night (just two hours before the show.)
- I got a chance to thank him for playing the second jam in Mike's Song last year in Nashville and he said "Oh yeah you're that guy! I forgot about that jam. Again. How does it go?" So I sang him where they used to drop down into F major and told him it was where they used to drop into Simple. I mentioned him saying last summer that they love jamming in F and he said "Yeah we do. We just must have played Simple one too many times back in the day" with a smile.
- He then said "We should do that second jam again" and I said "YES YOU SHOULD!"
So gracious with his time and so understanding of people like me who are so eager to talk to him. He is an A+ human. The old adage "never meet your heroes" couldn't apply any less to Trey Anastasio. Such a great role model on so many levels.
Good times. Thank you, Nashville!58 -
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Were you there CT?
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I do remember talking about my old Kiwanis hockey teammate Jim Risko. I don't remember most of the night but yeah we were at the same hotel!!
Awesome fuzzy memories.
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http://www.jambase.com/article/rich-robinson-forms-magpie-salute-fellow-black-crowes-alumni
Co-founding Black Crowes member Rich Robinson has announced the formation of a new band dubbed The Magpie Salute. The group features four members of The Black Crowes as Rich is joined by guitarist/vocalist Marc Ford, keyboardist Eddie Harsch and bassist Sven Pipien. Rich Robinson Band drummer Joe Magistro and keyboardist Matt Slocum round out the lineup along with backing vocalists Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen.
The Magpie Salute will make their live debut at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on January 19. Look for the band to perform songs from The Black Crowes catalog, solo material from Rich and Marc plus “whatever else may materialize,” according to Robinson. “New York has always been really supportive of me and the Crowes. I thought it would be a great place to unveil this,” Rich said of the decision to premiere the group in NYC.
“The name The Magpie Salute comes from a superstition based in the UK,” Rich explained about the band’s moniker. “There are many variations, but the version I’m drawn to is the belief that if you see a Magpie, you would do well to salute it ‘to ward off negativity, or to have a good day.’ The way you salute the Magpie, based on some traditions is to say ‘Good Mornin’ Captain.’ The reason we salute is to show we’re unarmed, or what I like to say is ‘we come in peace.’ The Magpie falls within the Crowe umbrella of species, figuratively and literally. Magpies can be black and white which represents the light and the dark. I figured all of these things touch on many aspects of my life and this experience.”
Rich talked about the decision to feature multiple players and singers within The Magpie Salute, “I wanted to try something different. I wanted to hear this music with two drummers, two keyboard players, and multiple singers. I, and everyone involved, love playing music. Not only on our own, in The Crowes and in my band, but playing music in general. We want to make music again together with a fresh perspective. To present this music I wrote in a different light with these amazing players is going to be really special to me.”
The idea for The Magpie Salute came to Rich this past August, when Robinson performed in Woodstock, New York at Applehead Studio where he’s recorded his last three albums. “Sven Pipien has been playing with me on my current tour. So for fun I decided to invite Marc and Eddie from the original Crowes lineup to join us. It turned out to be such a cool, cathartic, and inspirational experience for us all. We all have such a strong musical connection from that band. Most importantly we all have a life’s worth of family experience together. We’ve traveled the world together, seen a lot of far out experiences, playing with our heroes, emotional ups and downs, all wrapped within a very unique life experience, which is the thread that has always kept the connection together,” Rich revealed.“The playing was an amazing second to seeing their faces,” Marc added.
Tickets for the first Magpie Salute show go on sale this Friday, October 21.
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I was also present at a screening at Greg's house but it was earlier in the fall. I believe that NYE show in Charlottetown was JSB / GTB? Dec 31 2002? If so I was there too!
Also I'm pretty sure the journalist was my girlfriend at the time, Nina Chiarelli.
Great to see this again! Those were the daze....
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What a guy. What an interview.
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Thanks again Esau!
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I'd love the mp3 and I love that Levon show. Thanks for both Esau.!
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I have to say I really enjoyed that Ween set on Saturday. It was my first time seeing them and definitely my first time 'getting' them.
Thanks to all who gave me song titles, smiles and made the trek from Ottawa.
Highlights of the weekend (in order):
1. The Rheostatics who totally made up for the near disaster that was the Massey Hall show back in the spring with a glorious and loose set
2. The Hold Steady for getting the band back together and rocking the West Stage for the second time since the festival's inception. So nice to see Franz on the keys again.
3. The aforementioned Ween set which surprised and delighted
4. Dwayne Gretzky doing The Tragically Hip was spot on and kicked off my weekend in grand fashion
5. Explosions in the Sky for putting on an amazing instrumental set coupled with a great stage and light show
Dishonorable mentions to a few of my favorites:
Drive by Truckers who played too many new or slow songs and just didn't give me the jolt I expect from them
Okkervil River whose new lineup and album are more country-ish and down tempo and who rearranged old favorites (read: slowed the fuck down) much to the chagrin of many in attendance
The Felice Brothers who, while great musically, chose not to play their many 'hits' including Frankie's Gun (seriously?!). They should consult the Jimmy Buffet "Songs You Know by Heart" setlist creation rules
And finally no talk of this festival would be complete without mentioning the steady and spirit breaking (and business dampening) rain all day on Saturday.
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Has anyone downloaded the Ottawa show? I sure would love that in my Dropbox. I don't have a dime account and quite frankly don't need anymore torrent site accounts but really want that show.
I'd even appreciate an mp3'd version to share with non techie friends who were there.
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Welcome to the Sanctuary canphan!
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