Besides Phish, I know this crowd listens to a lot of live music. I'd like to start a reoccuring thread where people could post about a band they saw last night.

Last night I saw Jackson Browne and David Lindley as the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee. I hadn't seen the two of them since 1976 when I ran into them at an IHOP the morning after a gig at UC-Davis. The music was great. Jackson is the perfect singer/songwriter, with a great voice and songs that will both break your heart and fill your head. Lindley played all things string, from an old, fretless Middle Eastern instrument called an oud, through fiddle and all sorts of lap steels, and sang more than I'd heard before. Jackson's full band was also there, although my favorite moment was a David Lindley solo performance, his destroying Steve Earle's Copperhead Road.

Just so you know, Jackson is still a walking, talking, singing male model. I can understand why he forever gets the women I'd love to sleep with. In the past skinny, he must be running because he's whippet thin now. But his hair is still perfect. David, on the other hand, is uglier than ever. Always one of the least attractive dudes in rock 'n' roll, he now has these huge grey muttonchop sideburns, which with the 40 pounds he's picked up, makes his face look huge. His rapidly receding hairline is badly set off by a tumble of stringy hair. The two of them are a perfect couple.

I saw Furthur @ Red Rocks last night! They did a really good 2nd set Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Fire on the Mountain.

Going back for round two tonight!

Two nights ago I saw the Marley Family Reunion at what used to be called The Stanley Theatre, here in Pittsburgh. It was 30 years to the day Bob performed his last live concert in the very same building. Ziggy, stephen, Jr. Gong, the I 3's, all their kids and grand kids. A special night for sure. The most positive vibes I have felt since I can remember- anywhere!!! It was really smoky inside

LCD Soundsystem in Philly-AWESOME set but wife & I felt like some REALLY OLD farts when we saw the line waiting to get in was ALL college age kids (or younger!). When the band came on stage, at 11:10pm everyone was going NUTS. This is a GREAT live band; love the new album. I think shows like this keep my love of live music alive & well. That age thing went right out the window when we were ALL jumping around & having tons of fun. Can't wait for Halloween in AC!

@ggergm said:

@MountainKung303 said:

I saw Furthur @ Red Rocks last night! They did a really good 2nd set Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Fire on the Mountain. Going back for round two tonight!

I bet this was great. Last spring, I saw Furthur in Broomfield.

I'm looking forward to your full report. Have fun tonight at the best venue in the country.

I really like Furthur. Their sound is crystal clean right now. Go see these guys whenever you can. Sadly, they have left the VA SOL right now. Damn your more then likely raging out super hard right now, while I'm going to see my local buddies band play the bar down the road. Ouch.

Last night I saw Psychedelphia at Quixotes in downtown Denver. Pretty good band for 10 bucks at the door plus this bar is as chill as it gets.

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.... a giant spider on my back porch. He had just found a moth in the web and was wrapping it up. If I touched the web, he would go and repair it. After this I felt like listening to "The Rite of Strings" Album, it seemed to fit the bill.

...3 of the better djs in this region spin in our basement til about 7:00 AM. Then we had bacon and mimosas.

@ggergm said:

@MountainKung303 said:

I saw Furthur @ Red Rocks last night! They did a really good 2nd set Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Fire on the Mountain. Going back for round two tonight!

I bet this was great. Last spring, I saw Furthur in Broomfield.

I'm looking forward to your full report. Have fun tonight at the best venue in the country.

Furthur 9/24/10 (Fri) Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO

Set 1: Truckin' > New Speedway Boogie, Cosmic Charlie, West L.A. Fadeaway, Deep Elem Blues, Friend of the Devil, Ashes & Glass, Casey Jones

Set 2: Scarlet Begonias > Big Bad Blues > Mountains of the Moon > Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Fire on the Mountain > Death Don't Have No Mercy > Uncle John's Band > Not Fade Away E: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

First night. Right on the money! They did one of those shows that starts real loose and then by mid first set it just came together. They did a good Cosmic Charlie and Casey Jones (a new sounding take on the song). Second set was the best Dead music I've heard live since Ratdog in '07 (or was it '08). Anyways, the setlist speaks for it's self. The Estimated thru Uncle John's was magic!! I notice that Furthur is doing a lot of continuous transitions into the next song. (No breaks between songs).

9/25/10 (Sat) Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO

Set 1: Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Alabama Getaway, Sittin' on Top of the World, High on a Mountain > Viola Lee Blues > Bertha > Viola Lee Blues > Cumberland Blues > Viola Lee Blues

Set 2: Mountain Song > I Know You Rider > Terrapin Suite > The Eleven > Unbroken Chain > Dark Star > Stella Blue > The Other One E: One More Saturday Night

I was talking about a Help> Slip> Franklin's in the lot before the show, and sure enough. It's always cool when you call the opener. A slightly more structured show. Some new songs(I think): Sittin' on top of the World (an old school song, I think), High on a Mountain (a Phil song, I think). Awesome Cumberland! I love that song! Second set flowed like a Rocky Mtn creek. Not quite the first night, but still really good. Rider> Terrapin Suite> The Eleven stand out in my mind. The Stella Blue was sung by John Kadlecik (formerly with DSO). It was eerie, he sounded hauntingly like Jerry. I'm not sure how to feel. Made me wish I could have seen Jerry more then the one time that I did. (I'm just young enough). We were trying to call the encore without thinking of what day it was. Couldn't be more obvious.

Jeff Chimenti on keys and Joe Russo on drums. They get better and better every time I see them. Although I do miss Jay Lane. But when Primus calls, you got to answer.

Regrettably, I couldn't make the final night. They are ripping out a second set as I write these words. If it's any thing like the first two nights, folks are in for a treat!

The fat man melts, but the thin man spits. Cheers!

Thanks for coming through, MountainKung. I saw on the setlist Viola Lee meandering in and out of songs. That must have been sweet.

I, for one, like Kadlicik in the Jerry spot. He isn't the most inventive guitar player but least they now sound like the Grateful Dead. For years they ran away from it. I remember seeing The Other Ones at Alpine Valley in a three guitar player lineup, driving to the climax of Morning Dew. I thought, this is really good Lynyrd Skynyrd. The current band never sounds like Lynyrd Skynyrd.

@Mrs_Chairman_of_the_Boards said:

saw my friends' kick ass blue grass band at the beach last night. Chester River Runoff~check them out, they insanely good!!!

Mrs Chairman, I'm friends with all those guys too! Used to see them at Andy's in Chestertown all the time and was just at Ben's place eating crabs a couple weeks ago. Awesome.

Ozomatli, wow gotta see these guys if you get a chance.

MrsMiner let's not give out our lattitude and longitude on the internet..hahaha
that being said, remind me to get some extra honey at the farmer's market for norma

Datsik with 2KDeep opening at Metronome in VT.
Dirty grimey filthy deep industrial dubstep and drum and bass. What a party. Fantastic sound, deep bass, and a packed house going absolutely bonkers from when the doors opened right til closing. What can I say, the kids, they love the dubstep.

http://www.2kdeep.net
Shows are all on ustream (sound is right out of the mixer) if anyone's into this sort of thing.

I saw the Felice Brothers. Still not sure whether I really liked it or not. The drummer and the guy on keys/according were working it and brought all the energy to the stage. Everyone else seemed like they weren't playing in the same band as each other. I didn't have a lot of expectations but I have enjoyed their albums.

i love the felice brothers. love love love. everybody has their off nights.

last night i saw bassnectar. i'd had the tickets for months, and after seeing him at all good this summer, i was really looking forward to it. he didn't get as grimy as i had hoped, but he still hit it pretty hard. everyone was going wild. the club was nasty with sweat. at one point, this total douchebag kid starting grinding on me--he put his face in my neck even--i told him to get off me, but he kept trying to dance. he was like "i'm not evil." wtf? but one menacing look from the dude i was there with sent him scurrying off. it sucked. overall, it was a little disappointing, but i think most of it was my distaste for the crowd.

Last night I saw Galactic.

Rusted Root. However, due to my old man's soul in a young man's body last night I left before the show was over. Not bad though, and the price (free ticket) was just right.

Really bummed I missed Furthur on Wednesday night in Baltimore. Hope those of you who made enjoyed the show. I'd love to hear it, but $15 bucks for a MP3 download is outrageous! It's like they are driving me into the illegal download market on purpose.

wednesday night i saw james husband and tim fite.

tim fite is incredible. artist, singer, songwriter, rapper, rambo lover. so entertaining, so intelligent, so funny. many of his albums are free so if you've never heard of him, go here: www.timfite.com

Last night I saw my friend bowl a 174. New high score. I also saw some other guy bowling strike after strike with his right hand while his cell phone was in his left, talking away.

I'm a little late but Maceo Parker & Karl Denson's tiny universe. They are touring together, Maceo is an absolute funk legend and Karl can hold his own pretty damn well too.

Recomended if you like the sax/trumpet funk

...Roger Waters, The Wall Tour in Phoenix AZ. What a fucking awesome show!

I was in Scottsdale for the holiday week with the family and to catch my flight back home to Chicago today I decided to stay at a hotel downtown Phoenix. My brother and his wife were also staying down there and had tickets for the Jim Gaffigan comedy show. I went on ticketbastard to try to find a ticket to go along with them and saw that Roger Waters was playing two blocks from the hotel! AHHHHH! I told them "fuck the comedy show, I'M GOING TO THE WALL!". Went down to the arena about 20 minutes before showtime to score a ticket but the cheapest I could find from a scalper was $120 (face was $150-$225 I think). I didn't want to spend more than $60 so I waited around for a few and let it get pretty close to lights down then made the rounds again. After some intense negotiation with a sketchy scalper I got in the door for $35. Not bad!

The show was simply amazing. As relevant today as it was thirty years ago, maybe more. The sound was great, the music was, well you know, and the stage show was as visually stunning as anything I have ever witnessed. Full-on, nothing left out production of a masterpiece.

For all you Left-Coasters, I highly recommend you catch it in the coming weeks. I'd pay $200 to see it again.

bernie worell at the bitter end last night. love me some jazz/funk.