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Listen: "Here Comes Sunshine" from Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 3
Mike McKinley
April 13, 2011
Ah‚ 1973 Grateful Dead! If you love the sound of Dick's Pick's Volume 1‚ then I imagine you'll dig this archival release from November 21‚ 1973 (see below for details). Give a listen to "Here Comes Sunshine"...

Here Comes Sunshine by gratefuldead



Here's the description - due to ship May 3rd‚ Pre-order here.
Colorado has been fertile Grateful Dead Territory since the band's first foray at the short- lived Denver Family Dog in 1967‚ and by the time 1973 rolled around‚ the group had built a large and loyal following there the old-fashioned way-by playing killer shows! And you'll have a high time getting lost in the majesty and mystery of Road Trips Vol. 4‚ No. 3‚ which consists of the entire November 21‚ 1973 concert at the Denver Coliseum spread across two-and-a-half discs‚ and then an excellent sequence of tunes from the second set of the previous night's Denver show.

Includes CD booklet containing an essay about the show and period photos. All songs have been mastered to HDCD specs for maximum punch and clarity.

Tracklist

CD 1:
1. Me and My Uncle
2. Sugaree
3. Jack Straw
4. Dire Wolf
5. Black Throated Wind
6. Big Railroad Blues
7. Mexicali Blues
8. They Love Each Other
9. Looks Like Rain
10. Here Comes Sunshine
11. Big River
12. Brokedown Palace

CD 2:
1. Weather Report Suite
2. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
3. Playing In The Band
4. El Paso
5. Playing In The Band
6. Wharf Rat
7. Playing In The Band
8. Morning Dew

CD 3:
1. Truckin'
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine
3. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
4. One More Saturday Night
5. Uncle John's Band
6. Truckin'
7. The Other One
8. Stella Blue Liberate Music and Yoga Festival - August 18-21‚ 2011
Mike McKinley
April 12, 2011
Here's another reason to get your ass to Vermont this summer: Liberate Music and Yoga Festival. Now in its 4th year around‚ 2011 looks like the most eclectic and diverse music lineup and yoga instruction they've put together. It's now stretched out over 4 days with things kicking off on Thursday (August 18th) and concluding performances Sunday afternoon (August 21st).

Here's the lineup so far:

Music
Conspirator
Rubblebucket
Everyone Orchestra w/Michael Kang
Surprise Me Mr. Davis
OTT
Dead Sessions and Friends
Marco Benevento Trio
Nathan Moore
Kung Fu
Twiddle
Lucid
Lynx
Joshua Panda
Bob Wagner Band
And more…

Yoga
Simon Park
Prem Prakash
Jane Yoga
Dave Russell kirtan
Jovinna Chan
DJ HyFi & Dan Wilf
Coby Kozlowski
Nick Atlas

Tickets available here…

Outside Lands 2011
Mike McKinley
April 11, 2011

Outside Lands Festival will take place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park August 12-14, 2011. Great lineup... see the full schedule of artists here and see the video announcement below.



Radiohead Fan Speaks Out
Mike McKinley
March 27, 2011
From BBC Comedy... Hilarious

Billy Martin's Wicked Knee
Drew Stoga
March 22, 2011


Billy Martin's recently released his Life on Drums DVD and a fantastic by-product of the movie is his newest project‚ Wicked Knee. The band has a ridiculous pedigree. It features illyB on drums and an all-star horn section of trumpeter Steve Bernstein (Sex Mob‚ Levon Helm Band)‚ Curtis Fowlkes (Lounge Lizards‚ Bill Frisell Quartet) on trombone and Marcus Rojas (Davis Douglas & Nomad) on tuba.

From what I can gather -- the group's sound is something along the lines of "downtown New York City by way of New Orleans." A kind of modern take on the second line tradition with Billy's rolling‚ funky beats leading the way.

Wicked Knee has an EP coming out soon and has started to announce their first live gigs. Get excited.

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