TimmyB

From www.billboard.com

Asked if Bonnaroo is running the risk of alienating the core jam band fans that put the festival on the map, Mayers responds, "We don't want to dismiss our core in any way, but we also think it's great to bring all these different types of music together. As great as Widespread Panic has been to us and has been a really big part of what we've done, we can't have Widespread Panic every single year."

Whole article:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001921757

I guess that means that there will be on Widespread Panic this year.

I enjoy Widespread Panic, but I am happy that they will not be performing two headlining sets at bonnaroo this year.

As those who have attended bonnaroo know, that the headliner on the What Stage is the only time of the day that there are no other acts performing.

So even if you had your fill of Widespread Panic after the first night they performed there is nothing else to see so you end up being forced to see them twice, if you want to watch music as much as humanly possible. If other acts were on at that time it would be much better as then you would still have a choice.

Tim

Radiohead (3x)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (8x)

Phil Lesh & Friends (4x)

Beck (6x)

Elvis Costello & the Imposters (1x)

Bonnie Raitt (1x)

Death Cab for Cutie

moe. (10x)

Bright Eyes *

The Neville Brothers *

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (2x)

Buddy Guy (4x)

Damian Marley *

Ben Folds (1x)

Robert Randolph & the Family Band (6x)

Dr. John (2x)

Matisyahu (1x)

G. Love & Special Sauce (1x)

My Morning Jacket (2x)

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder (1x Skaggs with Phish back in 2000) *

Steel Pulse

Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove (36x Gordon with Phish/Kottke/Duo but never the Ramble Dove) *

Cat Power

Medeski Martin & Wood (3x)

Nickel Creek *

Gomez (2x)

Atmosphere

Steve Earle (5x)

Blues Traveler (7x)

Amadou & Mariam

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks *

Dresden Dolls

Son Volt (2x)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Jerry Douglas (1x)

Soulive (2x)

Rusted Root (1x)

Devendra Banhart Band

Donavon Frankenreiter (1x)

Mike Doughty

Sasha

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

The Magic Numbers

Bill Frisell *

Seu Jorge

Bettye LaVette

Dungen

Shooter Jennings *

Rebirth Brass Band (1x)

Robinella

Andrew Bird

Steel Train

Jackie Greene

Devotchka

Wood Brothers

dios (malos)

Toubab Krewe

The Motet

Marah

I-Nine

Balkan Beat Box

Cat Empire

() with number and x inside denotes how many times I have seen that act.

* Who I hope to see for the first time at bonnaro 2006

Seeing twenty-seven of the initial sixty plus acts before, with many of them being repeats, I'll be more than happy to go down and see my fifth bonnaroo music festival.

This years initial lineup once again proves to me personally that for the bang for your buck you can not beat bonnaroo.

Tim

Radiohead..... what an incredible addition.

Almost makes MarcO want to head South with TimmyB this year...... almost but not quite.

What if Ryan Adams if the vocalist/guitarist in the version of Phil Lesh & Friends that is performing?

Come on you know you'll want to go then.

Tim

I finally read the newest Rolling Stone article on Neil Young. It was a bit too much of a general overview of his entire career instead of focussing on what Neil is currently up to, though it had that as well.

I especially loved the few words on how and where Neil recorded 'Prairie Wind' and his thoughts on the song "When God Made Me."

Tim

I can't wait for this gig! Especially to see what the Sadies do with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks? And also what they perform with Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor?

Tim

isn't the lineup basically the same every year?

No not really.

Here are the acts that I saw at all the bonnaroo's so far...

2002

1.1. the Big Wu *

2.2. Umphrey's McGee *

3.3. Col Les Clapool's Flying Frog Brigade

4.4. Gov't Mule

5.5./10.(2x) Widespread Panic *(two nights. w/Dottie Peoples * and Steve Winwood *)

6.6. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe *

7.7. Del McCoury Band

8.8. Col. Bruce Hampton & the Codetalkers *

9.9. Ben Harper (solo)

11.10. moe. (w/ Robert Randolph)

12.11. Galactic *

13.12. Ween

14.13. Pil Lesh and Friends w/ Bob Weir

15.14. Z-Trip *

16.15. Trey Anastasio

2003

17.16. Rebirth Brass Band *

18.17. Yonder Mountain String Band *

19.18. Jack Johnson

20.19. Lucinda Williams

21.(2x Ben 1x w/ Criminals) Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

22.20. Kid Koala

23.21. Neil Young & Crazy Horse

24.22. the Wailers *

25.23. Emmylou Harris

26.24. Robert Randolph and the Family Band * (w/ Susan Tedeschi)

27.25. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon *

28.(3x) Widespread Panic

29.26. the Flaming Lips

30.(2x Haynes 1x solo) Warren Haynes (solo)

31.27. Drive By Truckers

32.(2x) Galactic

33.28. James Brown

34.(2x) moe.

34.29.(2x Phil Lesh/Bob Weir/Jimmy Herring) The Dead

2004

35.30. Los Lonely Boys

36.31. Calexico

37.32. Wilco

38.33. Pattie Smith *

39.34. Bob Dylan

40.35. (2x Trey)Dave Matthews & Friends

41.36. Vida Blue and the Spam Allstars

42.(2x) Umphrey's McGee

43.37. Los Lobos

44.38. Gomez

45.(3x Haynes 2x Mule) Gov't Mule

46.39. My Morning Jacket *

47.40. (1x full set 2x total) Steve Winwood

48.(2x Dead 3x Lesh/Weir/Herring 4x Haynes) The Dead

49.41. Burning Spear *

50.42. Taj Mahal *

51.43. Guster

52.44. David Byrne

53.(3x Trey 2x Band 1x Orchestra) Trey Anastasio

2005

54.45. the Gourds *

55.46. Alison Krauss + Union Station *

56.47. John Prine

56.48. (5x Haynes)the Allman Brothers Band

57.49. (2x Gordon) Benevento/Russo w/ Mike Gordon

58.50. Herbie Hancock Headhunters 2005

59.51. (2x Matthews 6x Haynes 3x Randolph) Dave Matthews Band

60.52. Saul Williams *

61.53. The Mars Volta *

62.54. Iron & Wine *

63.55. Kings of Leon *

64.(3x Mule 7x Haynes) Gov't Mule

65.56. the Black Crowes

66.(4x) Widespread Panic

67.(4x) Trey Anastasio (w/ Bo Bice and Matisyahu)

68.(2x) Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

68.57. De La Soul *

69.58. Toots and the Maytals *

70.(3x) Umphrey's McGee

71.59 (4x Weir) Bob Weir & Ratdog

72.(2x) My Morning Jacket

73.60 (4x Randolph) The Word *

74.61. Modest Mouse *

75.62. Earl Scruggs & Friends *

76.63. SuperJam (w/Hancock/Palladino)

77.(5x) Widespread Panic (w/Weir/Hancock)

* First time seeing live ever.

So I've seen nearly eighty acts (77) in the first four bonnaroos, a little over sixty (63) of them have not been repeats over the years.

And I've seen twenty-nine acts for the first time ever at bonnaroo.

Bring on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck and especially Radiohead tomorrow. I don't know what my summer would be like anymore without bonnaroo in June?

Tim

Happy 62nd Birthday Nick,

May you have many, many more in health and happiness.

Tim

PS I wonder if Nick was disappointed that instead of a Pink Floyd tour in 2006 David Gilmour is touring as a solo artist?

Let alone the fact that Gilmour announces his touring band on Mason's birthday with Rick Wright in the band.

Is it April 9 or 10, 2006 yet?

Damn, it isn't.

Tim

Neil Young is on the cover of the new Rolling Stone (Issue 992 January 26, 2006).

It has been a while since Mister Young graced the cover and I picked it up late last night and immediately came home to listen to the classic track "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)" off of 'Freedom.'

The Neil article is by Alec Wilkinson and photographed by Platon.

Tim

Send me a cheeseburger

And a new Rolling Stone.

Yeah.

From "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)" Neil Young

Friends of the Hall went on sale for Donald Fagen this morning at 10AM.

I was going to get tickets for this show' date=' but decided to hold off when I saw on billboard that Steely Dan are thinking about touring in the late summer.[/quote']

You know you can go to both shows, right?

Nice to hear about the possibility of some Steely Dan shows too!!

I can't go to both shows this year. With the amount I'm going to be laid off from the Oakville Ford Plant I'm seriously going to have to cut back on 60 plus concert a year average I have been on the past 8 years.

I'm going to stay firm and hold out hope for Steely Dan by late summer.

Tim

Then since this is the first day I have had off in nearly a month I'm going to then watch Bob Dylan's 'Masked and Anonymous' as Chris Penn was in that as well.

Tim

Sad, I'm now going to watch 'Reservoir Dogs' today in remembrance of Chris Penn.

May you rest in peace Chris.

Tim

Friends of the Hall went on sale for Donald Fagen this morning at 10AM.

I was going to get tickets for this show, but decided to hold off when I saw on billboard that Steely Dan are thinking about touring in the late summer.

Tim

From www.billboard.com

Steely Dan Mulling Summer Shows

January 24, 2006, 4:30 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Steely Dan is mulling a series of performances near the end of the summer, which would be the band's first since the fall of 2003. At present, it's unclear how many dates may be in the offing. First up, group member Donald Fagen will embark on his maiden solo tour in March and may extend that trek into the summer.

"It depends on how my shows go and if there's a demand for it," Fagen told Billboard.com when asked if Steely Dan would mount a full tour or just play select shows.

It's also too early to predict when the veteran jazz/rock act will begin work on a new album, which will be the follow-up to 2003's "Everything Must Go." Says Fagen, "Not until after the summer, that's for sure. [Guitarist] Walter [becker] is also working on his own solo album right now. He went into the studio a month or two ago, but I haven't heard any of it yet."

Fagen's tour comes in support of the album "Morph the Cat," due March 7 via Reprise. He will be backed on the road by a number of the musicians that play on the disc, including guitarists Jon Herrington and Wayne Krantz, drummer Keith Carlock and bassist Freddie Washington.

"I will probably do a lot of the new album and then some stuff from my previous solo albums," Fagen speculates about the tour set list. "Then, a couple of Steely Dan tunes and maybe some surprise tunes or covers I've been thinking about."

MarcO,

I don't say this enough, I love you.

Tim

I don't know if I'm up for going to see the Derek Trucks Band at the University of Buffalo tonight(Wed 1/25/2006), as I'm a little too tired from the last days of campaigning in Hamilton Centre for David Christopherson and the NDP, but I would be interested to know who's going to the gig and to get their thoughts after?

Tim

I saw Howie Gelb at the same venue at around the same time last year.

I love Howie Gelb and his now in all likelihood defunct band Giant Sand, he is so passionate on stage and so genuine.

He'll go from one song to the next seamlessly and at the same time play guitar to keyboards nearly as seamlessly, sometimes within the same song.

Howie will also take requests at the drop of a dime, so any of those who want to see an underrated musical mastermind go to this gig at the Horseshoe.

Tim

Happy 62nd Birthday Jimmy,

May you have many, many more in health and happiness.

Tim

From www.billboard.com

1944 - Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is born in Heston, England. All of the group's albums are certified gold (500,000 copies sold) or platinum (1 million copies), and six reach No. 1.

Happy 59th Birthday David,

May you have many, many more in health and happiness.

Tim

From www.billboard.com

1947 - David Bowie (David Robert Jones) is born in London. He first records with the King Bees, Lower Third and the Mannish Boys in 1963 before going solo. His two No. 1 songs are "Fame" and "Let's Dance."

I wish the King lived longer than he did, even if I was to see him in Las Vegas that would have been good enough for me.

Tim

From www.billboard.com

1935 - Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, Miss., one of a pair of twins. His brother Jessie is stillborn. Billboard ranks him as the top pop recording artist of all time with 17 No. 1 songs. The 1956 two-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" stays at No. 1 for 11 weeks, a record for the rock era that stands until 1992.

Happy 60th Birthday Syd,

May you have many, many more in health (physical at least) and happiness.

Tim

from www.davidgilmour.com

January 06, 2006

Happy 60th Birthday, Syd

The fallen genius who turned Pink Floyd into the leading psychedelic band of the day, and amazed everyone (even The Beatles!) with ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn‘, is 60 today.

David would like to take this opportunity to send his warmest wishes to his friend, Roger Keith Barrett, who will always be affectionately known to those who knew and loved him - not to mention the many who have been touched and inspired by his music - simply as 'Syd'.

As well as his vital contribution to Pink Floyd’s second album ’A Saucerful of Secrets’, Syd has made two solo albums, 'The Madcap Laughs' and 'Barrett'. There is also the 'Opel' compilation of studio outtakes. If you haven’t heard them, then do give them a try.

David has always championed Syd’s music and produced almost all of Syd's studio sessions from July 1969. He fought to include as many of Syd’s songs on Pink Floyd’s ‘Echoes’ compilation, as well as performing several of Syd’s songs live - most notably 'Terrapin' and 'Dominoes' in 2001 and 2002.

We hope you can find time today to play some of Syd’s songs and to remember him as the creative genius who wrote such enchanting and thought-provoking lyrics, dared to be different and inspired myriad artists to follow him into the music business.

Feel free to let us know what Syd's music means to you and, of course, to send him your birthday greetings. Even though it's now been some 35 years since Syd retired from public life, his music will always live on and continue to move people. Let it move you today.

We leave you with a recent excerpt from Guitar & Bass magazine, which pertains to Syd's legacy in Pink Floyd:

He recognised Syd Barrett as a genius, even though he had to watch his friend’s stability crumble. Gilmour was invited to the recording session for the band’s second single ‘See Emily Play', and recalls even then that Syd didn’t recognise him. ‘He looked through you. He wasn’t quite there.’ Since then, he has ensured Syd has benefited from royalties generated by five songs included on the ‘Echoes’ compilation and ‘Astronomy Domine’, performed on the 1994 tour and later released as part of the album ‘Pulse’. (Diamond David, Guitar & Bass magazine, December 2005)

I just bought my tickets for both nights!

I love the Sadies and I'll be looking forward to being at the shows that they record a live album for.

Also the Jayhawks are one of my favorite bands of the past fifteen years and to be at a gig that is to be recorded and Gary Louris will be on stage at is historic for me.

Tim

That was amazing!

To be at that Musical Box concert would have been mind blowing.

Too bad Genesis won't be reuniting is year.

Tim

My bad.

Tim

From www.billboard.com

Phish Inaugurates Live Video Downloads

January 05, 2006, 3:15 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Phish has launched what it describes as the "first-of-its-kind" service for individual live video downloads via its LivePhish.com repository. Through Jan. 15, the service is offering a free download of the New Year's Eve countdown/"Weekapaug Groove" from its 1995 concert at New York Madison Square Garden, which was recently issued as a three-CD audio set via Rhino.

Although the New Year's clip originates from a single camera positioned at the soundboard, future offerings will include "a wide variety of video from myriad sources and eras."

Songs will be sold for $1.99 and will be encoded as MPEG-4 files without digital rights restrictions. They will be playable on such popular devices as Apple's iPod Video and the Creative Zen Vision.

"This is a chance to share incredible material directly with fans that might otherwise never see the light of day in a more traditional distribution scheme," Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro says.

"Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995 " debuted last month at No. 15 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart. As previously reported, the Phish archives are expected to bring forth a DVD this year of the band's June 2004 stand at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, N.Y.

I read further reviews on the BLACK CROWES NYE MSG gig only to find out that JIMMY PAGE did not perform with the Crowes.

I initially read the Page did play with the Crowes on New Years Eve from a thread from the official Black Crowes website about the setlist being updated from people in attendance at the Gardens.

Unfortunately those people were either too far awa and blind or just not too bright as Page was not there on stage when the Crowes performed two Led Zeppelin songs in the second set.

I'm feeling a lot better now that I missed the gig.

Tim