Dave Matthews Band — New Live Trax
August 14, 2008
Here’s the story from Jambands.com:
The next volume in Dave Matthews Band’s Live Trax series documents a performance that took place earlier this year. Live Trax Vol. 13 captures Dave Matthews Band’s June 7, 2008 stop at St. Louis, MO’s Busch Stadium with current auxiliary musicians Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds. Dave Matthews Band was actually the first band to perform at the major league stadium, which holds close to 35,000 fans. The show was apparently selected because of a unique setlist that features material from each DMB release, including rarities like “Pay For What You Get,” “Recently” and a “Water into Wine” jam, the latter of which had not been played in 12 years. Other songs of note include 13-minute take on “Crush,” as well as covers of Neil Young’s “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” and Sly and the Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again).” A journal entry on the group’s homepage mentions that the group felt as if they had delivered an “old schoold DMB” show. Dave Matthews Band will perform at The Woodlands, TX’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion tomorrow.
String Cheese Incident — November 17, 2000
August 14, 2008
Great show. Sound quality, a tight band playing well together. Some all-time great versions on this show. There are no guarantees in life, but I can almost guarantee you’ll like this show.
Set 1: Smile, Joyful Sound > Jam^ > Orange Blossom Special^, Barstool, Pygmy Pony, Missing Me > Ramble On*
Set 2: Outside Inside, Impressions > Land’s End Jam > Midnight Moonlight^, This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) > Mrs. Brown’s Teahouse, Wake Up, Black Clouds^
Encore: The Old Home Place~, Shenandoah Breakdown~, Shakin’ the Tree+
Blind Faith — Can’t Find My Way Home
August 14, 2008
Eric, Steve, Ginger & Ricky Grech performing at Hyde Park in 1969.
Frank Sinatra — May 22, 1968
August 14, 2008
It’s no secret amongst friends and family that I am a huge fan of Frank Sinatra. From his crooner days with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to his Columbia years to his Capitol years to his Reprise years. He lived an extraordinary life.
The only son of Dolly and Marty Sinatra, Frank grew up in Hoboken, NJ with big dreams and aspirations. After seeing a Bing Crosby movie and the local movie theater, Sinatra decided to follow in der Bingle’s footsteps. He set out by forming the Hoboken Four and traveled the country performing for Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour Show. He moved from their to playing at The Rustic Cabin as a performing waiter up to playing with the Harry James Orchestra. After his brief period with James’ orchestra, fate came knocking and Sinatra landed the cushy position as a side attraction with Tommy Dorsey, who at the time was one of the biggest bandleaders in pre-WWII. Two years into his stint with Dorsey and after achieving wild success, Sinatra knew he needed to be a solo act. He gave a year’s notice and left in 1943. Sinatra would go on to reach magnificent highs (and lows) as a solo act. He tried his hand at acting and won three Academy Awards (one for 1945′s short-film, The House I Live In, one for 1953′s From Here To Eternity and another for his charitable work in 1971).
He loved hard, fought hard and played hard. He married his teenage sweetheart, Nancy Barbato in 1939 only to divorce her in 1951, after commiting numerous adulterous affairs. After Nancy he moved to Ava Gardner, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women to grace the screen. Their marriage lasted until 1957. He moved on to Mia Farrow in 1966 with a brief marriage and ultimately ended up with Barbara Sinatra, whom he married in 1976 and remained married until his death in 1998. The affairs are too numerous to list, but think of every female star from 1940 until 1975 and you better believe that Frank was all over her.
Frank partied with presidents (Kennedy, Reagan, Nixon) as well as Rat Pack pallies (Sammy, Dean, etc.) with equal ease. His ties to the mafia were never proven in court, but his dealings with Sam Giancana, Willie Moretti, Sidney Korshak, Lucky Luciano are thought to be common knowledge. Sinatra literally helped build Las Vegas in to the swinging city that it is today. He started performing at The Sands in 1952 and would perform Vegas engagements until his career as a performer ended in 1994.
This is a fantastic show of Sinatra’s talent and skill as a vocalist in 1968. He was 52 years old at the time and nearing his first “retirement” in 1971. Enjoy!
Setlist:
1 Day In Day Out
2 I Get A Kick Out Of You
3 Moonlight In Vermont
4 The Lady Is A Tramp
5 I Have Dreamed
6 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
7 That’s Life
8 O’l Man River
9 All I Need Is The Girl
10 Willow Weep For Me
11 Goin’ Out Of My Head
12 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
13 Fly Me To The Moon
14 It Was A Very Good Year
15 My Kind Of Town
16 Frank Says Goodbye
Well, one thing the candidates have one thing they agree on and that is the dead saloon crooner, Frank Sinatra. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have “The Chairman Of The Board”, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”, “Swoonatra”, whatever nickname you give him, have him as the performer in their top ten favorite songs. Barack prefers “You’d Be So Easy To Love” and McCain favors, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (it actually seems McCain has something else under his skin and it ends in ‘noma).
STS9 — 4/21/2007
August 14, 2008
Organic beats over fusion hip-hop, jazz, jam goodness typify this show recorded 4/21/2007 in Nashville, TN.
James Brown — Ain’t It Funky Now?
August 14, 2008
Taken from a Parisian show in 1971. Love Power Peace era James gettin’ down.
And by the way, James, it is funky now!
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes — Celebration Day
August 14, 2008
Celebration Day from Zeppelin III. Performed 7/10/2000.
Stevie Wonder — Living For The City
August 14, 2008
Fantastic time capsule video here of Motown artist, Stevie Wonder’s 1973, “Living For The City”.
Mike Gordon — Jambase Interview
August 14, 2008
I guess around here you could almost call us Mike Gordon Central, as it seems there is a constant stream of Cactus related material lately. And guess what…. we love it. Gordo sits with Andy Gadiel and talks about the new album, touring, Phish, Paris Hilton & Brittney Spears. (Actually we made up the last two.)
Here’s an excerpt:
I’m very thankful that everyone in Phish is still healthy so that we might be able to do it again. When we broke up I said that longevity with Phish is that we could build something that is irreplaceable. I think we all know that the chemistry of twenty years together is irreplaceable, but it’s so great for me to get to do these new things and try out new combinations of people. There’s no reason that both things can’t coexist eventually, potentially, and so I’m not really antsy about the Phish thing. I’m much more antsy to get out on the road and make another solo album. But, I’m gonna really enjoy it when Phish does happen. ‘Craving’ isn’t the word that comes to mind but ‘excitement’ is, about all these things.
