July 2009

07.11.2009

Poster: Surprise Me Mr. Davis and Big Light @ Connecticut Yankee, San Francisco 7/10/09

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Last night’s show was rad; stay tuned for more crappy iPhone photos.

07.10.2009

Surprise Me Mr. Davis and Big Light (with Special Guest Marco Benevento) @ The Indepedent, 7/9/09

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Last night the concert calendar at the Independent listed Surprise Me Mr. Davis with opener Big Light, and there was a “Special Guest” listed that we all seemed to know was going to be Marco Benevento. Making the secret guest much less secret was the Independent actually updating their calendar earlier in the week to [...]

07.09.2009

Tour Dates: Pearl Jam to Release Backspacer

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Pearl Jam just announced a handful of dates to support their ninth studio album, Backspacer. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open all dates except for the Spectrum shows.

07.09.2009

Phish Halloween Festival Update: Not Alaska!

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Come on, we knew it wasn’t going to be Alaska. That would be economically retarded.

07.09.2009

Honor The Dead: Stream 7/9/95 Today

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Today is a special anniversary for live music fans, but not necessarily a happy one. For me, July 9th has always marked my dad’s birthday and the day three days before my own birthday, so that always seems to be what I’ve focused on. But, I’m also reminded that 14 years ago today, the Grateful [...]

07.09.2009

Northwest String Summit: Lineup, Roll Call, and My Buddy Needs a Ride

Festivals

We’re in the midst of serious festival overload here at LMB and we’ve got tons of posts to get up (including our awesome set of photos from Rothbury), but first I wanted to see if I could help out a friend of mine who’s looking for a ride to Northwest String Summit. If you’re going, [...]

07.09.2009

Jamtronia Supergroup Younger Brother in New York City Tonight

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Have you guys heard of this Younger Brother thing? For some reason I thought this was a totally new project, but I guess I wasn’t paying attention last year when the original announcements came out. Younger Brother LIVE is Simon Posford (Shpongle), Benji Vaughan (Prometheus), Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits), Tom Hamilton (Brothers Past, American [...]

07.08.2009

2009 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Lineup

Festivals

Speaking of Dr. Dog and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, I forgot to post the lineup on this when it got posted. Or was it just posted today? I didn’t make it out for this at all last year, but you can believe I’ll be in Golden Gate Park for most of that weekend. You really can’t [...]

07.08.2009

Tour Dates: Dr. Dog Hit Camp Bisco, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Etc.

Tour Dates

Somehow I ended up missing Dr. Dog at High Sierra, which sucks considering I heard their sets were amazing there. I’ll get a chance to check them out when they come to Golden Gate Park for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in October. Read on for their full fall tour dates so far.

07.08.2009

Phish Halloween Festival Update: Gordo’s Segway

Festivals

The latest update on Phish.com’s “Save the Date” mystery map is probably my favorite. We all know it’s going to be in California; I’m already budgeting my finances for the road trip down there. Thankfully it won’t cost me too much given that I’m living in San Francisco now.

07.08.2009

Great Summary Video of High Sierra 2009

Festivals

I’m bummed that I didn’t know the phillyspread guy from YouTube was at High Sierra this year until late last night. He put up a fantastic summary video of the High Sierra festivities, including a great section of the “From the Delta to the Desert” session with Vieux Farka Toure & Fareed Haque as well [...]

07.07.2009

High Sierra 2009: First Post of Many to Come

Festivals

I’m still without a full voice a full day and a half after my return from my first year at the High Sierra Music Festival, a wonderfully intimate festival with an unbelievably great crowd and great set of musicians hanging out all weekend. The music was fantastic but arguably part of the background for most [...]

07.07.2009

Phish Halloween Fest Updates

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Three more states were just blown off the map narrowing down the location for the Phish “Save the Date” Halloween Festival. Jamtopia has been following this news closely, as well as providing in-depth analysis on the flash animations and their potential meaning. I love it.

07.04.2009

Happy 4th of July: Celebrate Independence…and the 10-Year Anniversary of Phish’s 7-4-99

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(photo by WaltherFamily) Happy Independence Day from Live Music Blog! I thought I’d drop a quick post to commemorate the holiday while Justin’s off gallivanting at the High Sierra Music Festival. I got a brief text from him saying he’s not getting great mobile service and trying to conserve cell juice, so I think we’ll [...]

07.02.2009

Rothbury Webcast Schedule, Plus Updates from High Sierra

Festivals

Justin’s currently on his way to High Sierra for the weekend festivities in Northern Cali, so he’s left me in charge of the reigns here at LMB. Uh oh! That means it’s time for a never-ending stream of workout mixes and long essays on the concert industry. Kidding aside, hopefully Justin won’t be completely off [...]

07.02.2009

Photos: Marco Benevento Trio and The Bad Plus @ Merkin Hall, NYC 5/14/09

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Our friend Josh Kuckens went to see the Marco Benevento Trio and The Bad Plus at Merkin Hall in NYC in the middle of May. Both of us got busy so the photos couldn’t get posted right away, but we’ve finally got the good ones up. Read on for the pics.

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