The Unibonger

Hey Weezy, I wasn't saying east coast...I was saying Toronto, Montreal ,Ottawa, Hamilton etc.

Garaj Mahal has played The Higher Ground (Burlington VT) twice they play Chicago, NEW YORK, JERSEY,DC,VIRGINIA, all at least twice a year. I guess what I'm asking is why doesn't anyone bring Garaj, KARL D and other national touring acts and the likes to TO/O-town, Hamilton, Mtl......?

I think New Rider answered my question :

STS9 play WAY more shows on the east coast than west coast. Don't forget they are originally from Atlanta. They've played countless shows back east including many North East dates and still nobody (or next to nobody) seems to know much about them on this board ?

New Rider kinda summed up what I was getting at : Nobody seems to know? Or Care?

It's a shame, there is sooooooo much insanely great music out there , east and west, that no one seems to talk about. Now I love Phish and TOO and a few Canadian Jammers (saw TheMasses last Saturday at a little venue in Van last Friday, pretty slick, at least on the right track and influenced by the right bands - Have also seen Tala (sitar akshion was wicked!), Blue Quarter, and every other "CanJam" act... but man there is a HUGE void in what's discussed here IMO. I think people out west should start sending people out east lots of shows (Garaj Mahal, 20th Congress, Karl D, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Bela, Yonder Mountain, Galactic, Mofro, Particle, Kimock, Schleigho, Michael Ray and The Cosmic Crew, MMW, Papa Grows Funk, Global Funk Council, Keller Williams, Umphrey's McGee, Widespread Panic, Ulu, Topaz, Netwerk Electric, Leftover Salmon, Jazz Mandolin Project, Modereko, Living Daylights, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Tony Furtado, and on and on.....) and get all us music lovers chatting about music....GREAT MUSIC.... or is this just a CANJAM message board???

LONG LIVE THE 'BONG

Just joined this discussion group and had a long look around. Is it that T.O and surrounding area ie Montreal/Ottawa don't get many national touring Jam Bands or is it that you don't talk about them much. Shit, Whistler seems to get more or dare I say, higher quality bands than most east coast cities What is up with that ? UB