Listening to this offers a weird and wonderful trip through a time machine and is a true fly-on-the-wall experience.  A year before he decided to have a go at playing rock music with his buddies in The Warlocks, Jerry Garcia was riding high in the folk scene and giving banjo lessons.  I can only imagine [...]

What has got to be  considered the holy grail of Widespread Panic collectibles has made its way onto the music file sharing site Soundcloud.  The 45 RPM vinyl “Coconut Image” / “Monkey Image” was recorded on February 9, 1986 in Arnoldsville, Georgia, not long before the first official Panic gigs whose 25th anniversary marked a [...]

Updated 9/22/11 with Soundboard Abbey Road. With Furthur putting the exclamation point on their Abbey Road adventure earlier this week, Deadheads were all abuzz about the collision of worlds between The Beatles and The Dead.  And as a result, a couple of new mixes surfaced which give us reason to celebrate and contemplate the affinity [...]

Now that Superball IX has come and gone… 8 sets packed to the brim with all of your favorite tunes, you may be wondering: what was the best jam of the festival? In my opinion, the best jam that emerged from the holiday weekend was actually performed five weeks ago — and showcased as a [...]

Remember the old days when new songs would appear on set lists and you’d have to wait weeks or months to get a cassette tape mailed to you?  The old days sucked. Download (mp3) Here are the lyrics, courtesy of Tom Marshall (via PT): STEAM there is the tower like a solitary flower standing in [...]

During the Phish Jukebox Summer Tour of 1998, the “Terrapin Station” debut got all the press, demonstrably connecting Phish to the looming presence and influence of the Grateful Dead.  But I argue that it was the bust-out of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” that got the more intense and personal reaction from fans.  For many Phish [...]

Surprised to see “Train In Vain” find its way to the rotation at Radio City Music Hall?  I’m all for anything that keeps that band rehearsing and mixing it up. +1 for defying expectations.

Well, that timing worked out just perfectly.  After tackling an Abbey Road song, in order,  each day of their Spring Tour, Furthur arrived at The Beatles’ two album closing musical suites just in time for Phil Lesh’s 71st birthday.  Tucking the so-called Sun King and Golden Slumbers in the middle of a beefy second set [...]

Widespread Panic and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band are each a force to be reckoned with individually.  But, when these thirteen musicians step on stage and let it loose, it is the type of pulse-quickening, orchestrated chaos that can floor audiences and crumble the foundations of the venues that they play. There are two fine [...]

After pushing around a snowblower and using a shovel for a makeshift pick-axe for hours yesterday, I just couldn’t get Homer Simpson’s “Mr. Plow” theme song out of my head. For those not familiar with the episode, Homer’s snow-plowing business takes off driven by his low budget advertisement running on local access cable, only to [...]