Episodes

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Yonder Mountain String Band - 09-25-20 - For What Its Worth - Blue Ox Music Festival - Eau Claire, WI 2. 04:55 - Kitchen Dwellers 10-10-20 - Cold Rain And Snow - Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom - Denver, CO 3. 12:12 - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 10-10-20 - In The Bubble - South Farms - Morris, CT 4. 18:48 - Warren Haynes - 10-15-20 - Sailing Shoes - South Farms - Morris, CT 5. 25:20 - Disco Biscuits - 10-16-20 - Shelby Rose - Yarmouth Drive-In - Cape Cod, MA See o...

Many years ago I saw Jerry Douglas play here in Toronto with the Derek Trucks Band and I was completely mesmerized by the tone of the dobro and the way in which Jerry commanded the instrument. Since then I’ve had the good fortune of seeing Andy Hall and Anders Beck play live and obviously on tape and I still can’t believe how cool the Dobro, or rather the resophonic guitar sounds when in capable hands. So when I heard Andy Hall the slide/dobro/resophonic guitar player of The Infamous Stringduste...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Reid Genauer - 03-07-20 - The Second Song - Terrapin Crossroads - San Rafael, CA 2. 09:34 - Goose - 09-11-20 - Howard Johnsons Got His HoJo Workin’ - Yarmouth Drive In - Cape Cod, MA 3. 15:39 - Twiddle - 10-02-20 - Classical Gas - South Farms - Morris, CT 4. 28:40 - Warren Haynes - 10-08-20 - Key To The Highway - South Farms - Morris, CT 5. 38:32 - Umphrey’s McGee - 10-09-20 - Andy’s Last Beer - Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton, GA See omnystudio.com/listener for ...

Reid Genauer has decided to release an album, Angels and Alibis as part of a Patreon campaign. While Reid has dabbled in other crowd sourced campaigns, it’s the first time he’s used Patreon. So we sat down with this talented musician and expert marketer to learn more about the project, and why he decided to involve his fans in this unique campaign. First Song: 00:14: Angels and Alibis (single) Interview Begins: 04:04 Extro Song: 30:11: Brown Eyed Woman (live cover) See omnystudio.com/listene...

I’ve been watching Bahamas career grow since his debut in 2009 and Pink Strat. For those that don’t know Bahamas is actually the stage persona of Afie Jurvenen one heck of a guitar player who toiled on the Toronto and Canadian indie scene until being recognized by Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Fairytails who signed him and the rest as they say is history. His music blends all kinds of styles and genres and but his sound is distinctly his. His humble and quiet manner is hardly rock star in any way, an...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - The Kitchen Dwellers - 09-05-20 - Hattibagen McRat - Drive In at the Terry Bison Ranch - Cheyenne, WY 2. 08:33 - Umphrey’s McGee - 09-06-20- Ocean Billy - Seat Geek Stadium - Bridgeview, IL 3. 26:42 - Goose - 09-17-20 - Arcadia - South Farms - Morris, CT 4. 43:01 - Billy Strings - 09-19-20 - Me and My Uncle - Exposition Gardens - Peoria, IL 5. 47:20 - Warren Haynes with Danny Louis - 10-01-20 - Maybe I’m Amazed - South Farms - Morris, CT See omnystudio.com/listene...

Everything old is new again. Back in the late 60s during the Haight/Ashbury scene of San Francisco, several bands emerged and caught fire. Bands like Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, and the Grateful Dead, all emerged from a scene of fantastic music, demonstrations, peace, love and happiness. Not all the bands of the day garnered as much success as the trio I mentioned, and several didn't even make out with an album deal at all. Amongst those bands that played the same st...

The Revivalists are one of the most active straight ahead Rock n’ Roll bands out there right now. And while they aren’t a “Jam Band” per say as most of the bands are that we feature on this show, they do jam, and fit nicely into the southern rock, ethos. They have a very distinctive sound, and at the heart of that sound is their lead singer David Shaw. So to hear that he’s put out original material, of course I was intrigued. Luckily we were able to track down David, and we had a lovely conversa...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Rise Sun - 12-31-19 - The National - Richmond, VA 2. 04:24 - For What Its Worth - 01-16-20 - Historic Ashland Armory - Ashland, OR 3. 08:20 - Wake The Dead - 01-18-20 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA 4. 15:26 - Mister Charlie - 02-07-20 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL 5. 25:32 - Where The Rivers Run Cold - 03-07-20 - Sheridan Opera House - Telluride, CO See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Though his name may not be instantly recognizable, Dan Horne is one the most active musicians and producers on the Jam Band scene. He is the bass player for Circles Around the Sun, plays bass and some pedal steel in the West Coast Grateful Dead tribute band Grateful Shred, and often tours with Jonathan Wilson as his bass player. He also had produced and engineered some great records from the friendly confines of his studio for Cass McCombs, Mapache and Pacific Range, the last two of which are am...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Goose - Me and My Uncle - 09-16-20 - South Farms - Morris, CT 2. 06:48 - Warren Haynes and Danny Louis - Turn On Your Lovelight > Smokestack Lightning > Turn On Your Lovelight - 09-13-20 - South Farms - Morris, CT 3. 23:33 - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Abracadbra - 09-18-20 - Champlain Valley Expo - Essex Junction, VT 4. 27:31 - Billy Strings - Sénor - 09-12-20 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Wilkes Barre, PA 5. 32:16 - Steve Kimock Band - Merle’s Boogie - 12-10-2004 - Priva...

When I first heard of Band of Heathens a few years ago, it was because someone slapped the album Duende in my face. It’s a great listen, but it came out like 3 years ago. Since then Band of Heathens have also released a great cover of the Ray Charles album “A Message From the People”. So I was pretty excited to hear that the band which I hold in high regard due to their lyrics and musicianship had a new record “Stranger” coming. So we hooked up with our old pal Ed Jurdi a veteran of this podcast...

I’ve developed quite the report with many of the artists on the Jam Band scene in Northern California. Many of them aren’t just great musicians, but also great people who inspire all of us with their great music. Zach Gill’s full time gig is playing keyboards and other instruments with ALO but he’s also had a successful career putting out solo records. Cocktail Yoga is his fourth such effort plus the two EPs he’s put out as well. Not to mention his work with Jack Johnson and DJango. This dude is...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Pigeons Playing Ping Ping - 08-21-20 - F.U. - Live Drive In - Citizen’s Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA 2. 19:03 - Big Something - 08-22-20 - Blue Dream - Escape from the Living Room - Winston Salem, NC 3. 25:33 - Lotus - 09-04-20 - Bjorn Gets a Haircut - Live In Drive In - Citizen’s Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA 4. 32:19 - Billy Strings - 09-11-20 - Dust In A Baggie - Mohegan Sun - Wilkes Barre, PA 5. 35:38 - Billy Strings - 09-11-20 - All Time Low - Mohegan Sun - Wil...

While the title of the new album for Blitzen Trapper’s 10th release due out September 25th, may suggest something on the lighter side, Holy Smokes Future Jokes is certainly not that. It deals with a great many existential and deep questions about life and death. Because the album is so deep when we hooked up with frontman and lyricist Eric Early I wondered what the most challenging part of making this record may have been. With the future of what Blitzen Trapper will be after this release, somewhat in question, I can assure you, that Holy Smokes Future Jokes is a must tune. After all, this is the 10th album by the band with Eric Earley at the helm in 20 years. That’s some pretty prolific stuff from one of the Northwest’s finest roots/americana band. For more on Blitzen Trapper visit blitzentrapper.net.

It’s been six years since Joan Osborne put out a record of original material, but her new 10 song record Trouble and Strife absolutely makes up for the wait. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved the Bob Dylan covers record, and all the live playing she did to go along with it, plus her contributions to the first version of Trigger Hippy, but I think we can all agree that Joan has always had a very strong voice for socio-political advocacy in her writing and it’s something that’s been missing f...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Goose - Creatures - 06-18-20 - The Solarium - Somewhere, CT 2. 05:56 - Aqueous - 6s and 7s - 08-08-20 - Silver Lake Twin Drive In - Perry, NY 3. 17:24 - Twiddle - Lost In The Cold - 08-16-20 - Champlain Valley Exposition - Essex, VT 4. 34:23 - Pigeons Playing Ping Ping - Dawn A New Day - 08-21-20 - Line In Drive In - Philadelphia, PA 5. 39:23 - Umphrey’s McGee - No Diablo - 09-06-20 - At the Drive In - Seat Geek Stadium - Bridgeview, IL See omnystudio.com/policies...

Indie Band Garcia Peoples will release their 4th studio record “Nightcap at Wit’s End” October 8th. You’d think with a name like Garcia Peoples, the band would be inspired by their name sake Jerry Garcia, and while that certainly is the case, to get the essence of this band and their sound, you may have to rely on your ears, imagination, and harken back to the very early Dead records and performances during their acid test days and more psychedelic phase of the band. Though their sound is a fair...

The Alone Together Sessions are a collection of 10 re-imagined songs from his career to this point, and a duet with his wife, singer/songwriter Allison Moorer, who also guests on another track which you’ll hear in the show as well. It’s an interesting idea, down the road in a career to think about how you can restructure, and in some cases totally change the way a song sounds from its original. We’ve always enjoyed cover songs, but this is an artist, in Hayes’ case that has in fact covered and r...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Leftover Salmon - Easy to Slip - 03-14-15 - The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, CO 2. 05:56 - moe. and Little Feat - Dixie Chicken - 07-21-18 - Peach Festival - Montage Mountain, PA 3. 17:24 - Gov’t Mule - Spanish Moon - 05-04-19 - Orpheum Theatre - New Orleans, LA 4. 34:23 - Widespread Panic - Down on the Farm - 10-27-19 - The Riverside Theatre - Milwaukee, WI 5. 39:23 - Billy Strings - Willin’ - 07-25-20 - Exit Inn - Nashville, TN See omnystudio.com/policies/listene...

Wood & Wire are a special kind of bluegrass band, who stretch the boundaries of what they do beyond typical bluegrass music. Sure there are others that do the same, but Wood & Wire offer something more unique in terms of song structure and style. I suspect that even if you weren’t a typical bluegrass fan, you’d enjoy their music, because it pays homage to so many other genres. That’s what first got me into the band a few years back when I heard North of Despair and had Tony Kamel on the podcast....

Good at Losing Everything is the latest album from The Ghost of Paul Revere, a great band out of Maine, that we absolutely adore. They are a little bit holler folk, straight ahead folk, but mostly good ole' rock n roll, and frankly that's why we love them so. The title track, and the entire album ebbs and flows through their sonic journey, with the human condition in toe, bound up in the pain of loss, love, and life in the band's lyrics. Had the awesome opportunity to sit down with Griffin Sherr...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Game Face > Mountain Jam > Game Face - 06-28-19 - The Stone Pony - Ashbury Park, NJ 2. 15:08 - Dreams - 08-18-19 - Red Rocks - Morrison, CO 3. 25:28 - Thorazine Shuffle - 09-21-19 - Borderlands Festival - Knox Farm - East Aurora, NY 4. 35:55 - Don’t Step on the Grass Sam - 12-31-19 - The Beacon Theatre - New York, NY 5. 41:37 - I’m a Ram - 01-19-20 - Island Exodus 11 - Runaway Bay, JAM

Khruangbin is a band that has always fascinated me. Hailing from Houston, Texas the trio up until their most release Mordechai has played instrumental psych rock blended with soul and dub. Their blend of these sonic influences is combined world sounds from Thailand, Middle East and Spain. Bizarre right? Not at all. In fact it all seems to blend quite nicely. On their latest release, Mordechai, aside from the lushness of their sound, they’ve added vocals which creates a whole knew exciting layer ...