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a little more Memphis…

patrick — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:22 +0000

the evening in Memphis included 2 of my favorite female musicians. Grace Potter opened the evening for Sharon Jones. never one to disappoint, Grace & the boys put on an energetic opening set. Catherine Popper was noticeably absent on bass, but the show went on. John Rogone did her justice filling in. never a dull moment & high energy for the entire set, she left the crowd wanting more, and in a good mood for Sharon Jones. check out the intro to the Sharon Jones set at the end of the post. enjoy.

Intro> The Reason

a night in Memphis

patrick — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:32:07 +0000

it’s long overdue, but its time. with tour in full swing, festival season upon us, and many other things going on, its time for some updates. a lot has happened in the last few months, some good, some bad, but all moving things forward.

back in September, Derek & I were lucky enough to go see Sharon Jones & Grace Potter. Grace opened the evening up, setting the stage for Sharon Jones. i first saw Sharon backing Phish at Festival 8 for the Exile Set. I’ve always enjoyed her music, but this was my first time seeing her & the Dap Kings & they did not disappoint. JD & Callie were gracious enough to host us, and joined us for the show. Here are a few photos. Stay tuned for more, promise.

flames spread to charlotte

patrick — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:15:58 +0000

after a great evening in Raleigh, an interesting evening watching Chris & Dennis start their transfer when we got back to the hotel, and a first post show wrap-up over at livemusicblog, I headed down to Charlotte. i got a later start than planned, and unfortunately met some traffic. i do think i fared better than some folks. i got on lot early, and had some time to wander. the show kicked off as the sun was starting to set. it had to be blinding for the guys, staring into the sun, but they played on, and Fishman ended up in sunglasses all night. to close out two unexpected sets, that were all over the map, the You Enjoy Myself ended the evening with a vocal jam of Proud Mary & Get Back a capella, leading into A Day In The Life. enjoyed the beatles, what can i say. as soon as the show ended, i booked for the car. i made it out of the lot quickly and headed for Alpharetta. it was a long haul and the bacon egg & cheese on wheat at waffle house was necessary, and delicious. i checked into the hampton at 4AM & crashed. until tomorrow…

It Begins

Staring Into The Sun

Checkin Out The Crowd

Does Page Look Scared?

Trey Face

Yellow And White Fist Pump

Purple Silhouette

Blue And Yellow Crowd

Look At Treys Face

Turquoise Hair Silhouette

Maybe Its Up There

Sunglasses At Night

burning through the south

patrick — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:00:30 +0000

its been a few days. the dust has settled, and i have recouped i guess. i did a brief post show wrap-up for each show over at livemusicblog while justin was at high sierra. after the show we booked it back to the hotel, and chris & dennis started transferring the show. after a brief listen, i went back to do a post. the whole trip was a marathon. having listened to every night of the first leg before these shows, i can honestly say the band finished strong, and left it all on the stage. there has been plenty of write ups, break downs, and criticism, dissections, both good and bad. this probably won’t change your mind, but that’s not what i’m trying to do. listen to the music for yourself. enjoy it. that’s what its all about…

Overcast

Kool-Aid Man

Red With Pink Xs

All The Colors

Mike And Jon

Saturated Red

Blue And An Exit

Look At My Guitar

Dark And Yellow

Blue Purple And Yellow

All Things Green

The 744

Writing Things Up

a night at alabama theater with my morning jacket

patrick — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:55:36 +0000

where to start. its hard to beat certain shows at the alabama theater. its an architecturally stunning venue. its a shame they don’t book more shows, and better bands for the ones they do (hint, hint.) we were treated to a great, long night of music. Preservation Hall Jazz Band kicked things off. it was an engaging short set. Jim James sat in for 2 songs, and that got everyone riled up. this was only the 2nd mmj show i have seen, and my first indoors, and it did not disappoint. the lighting throughout was incredible, and the song selection kept people interested and the energy up. i can’t remember the last time i have seen a band literally pour themselves out on stage. the set clocked in at almost 2 hours, and never let up. jim’s story about bribing the security guard at Vulcan to watch the sun rise really made you feel like they were excited to be in town. the cape & the towel however, left me a little confused. security at the venue wasn’t too strict about cameras, but i tried to be discrete, inevitably catching a few head shots along the way. PHJB joined the band onstage for the end of the encore. watching the 12 members of these two bands crammed onstage enjoying themselves left smiles on everyone’s faces. catch them if you can, but in the meantime, check out the videos below.

thanks to taylor for taping. you can download it here or stream it from archive.org.

Ceiling

It Begins

Gearing Up

One Red Jim

Two Red Jim

Jim

Stage Red

Top of Head

Bright White

The Eye

The Guitar

Count James

Count James & the Microphone

Yellow & Cellphones

Focus on the Drums

Sneaking into Vulcan

Jim and the Acoustic

Cheers

NES Zapper

Blue Eyes

Blue From the Right

Orange

Saxophone

The Owl

Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Pt. 2

Pink Towelhead

Preservation Hall 01

Evil Urges with Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Preservation Hall 02

Preservation Hall 03

a musical history lesson

patrick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:05:05 +0000

backing up a few weeks, after several strange days of snowy weather, toubab krewe came through town on a cold friday night. african music & some deep south influenced jams aren’t your typical friday night offering in birmingham. it got off to a late start, and ended much later than expected. i don’t think anyone left disappointed. it was one of the best crowds i have seen at zydeco in a long time. maybe that says something about the bands i go see there, or maybe birmingham just hasn’t clued in yet. either way, it was fun to be at zydeco this particular evening. i managed to drag mike out, and we met up with the vegas crew. taylor was kind enough to tape, as usual. between myself & mike we ended up with quite a large amount of video. unfortunately i am still battling with the low light pictures & the settings on this camera. maybe i will figure it out sooner or later. anyway, check out the videos, and if you haven’t caught these guys, be sure to next time they are close by. definitely worth it. you can check out more of toubab videos here

Dead Front Center and Blurry

51 Foot Ladder into Lamine’s Tune

Mike

Beacon> Drums> Nirvana The Buffalo (Cut) – Shot by Mike

The Crew

classic TAB… CLASSIC!!!

patrick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:47:55 +0000

i caught trey anastasio & the classic tab (trey anastasio band) at the tabernacle. the band was on fire. trey was the happiest i have seen him, of all the solo shows i have seen over the years. its hard not to have fun when the band is all smiles ear to ear for 3 plus hours. we arrived at the venue about 20 minutes before doors. jay, jermaine, bp & i secured a spot almost at the rail, in front of ray’s keyboard. while folks poured in, the entire taping crew got setup & ready for the marathon, thanks as always for the tapes, guys & girls. the first set was nonstop energy, from start to finish. Mozambique was one of my favorites. trey introduced natalie cressman, and the crowd went wild before tearing into it. she wore the ever popular “a laser pointer does not make you chris kuroda” tshirt for the first set. did i mention she can play the trombone incredibly well. after the first set, i moved to the back for a break, checking out each level in the tabernacle. on the whole, an incredibly fun evening. i am a little disappointed in my photos. i was really struggling with the auto-focus. maybe its time for that DSLR. using a camera with no completely manual settings has been a struggle. as usual the videos turned out good i think. although i couldn’t hold it up anymore & cut during Wilson. somehow i think the photos do the night justice though. bright, colorful, happy, and sometimes a little fuzzy around the edges. sounds just about right.

Push On Til The Day

Green Trey

Blue Trey

Red Trey

Yellow Trey

Yellow Trey 2

Mozambique

Acoustic Trey

The Inlaw Josie Wales> Wilson (cut)

Into It

A Well Earned Bow

Three Hours Twenty Five Minutes Later

a halloween in indio

patrick — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:53:34 +0000

hmm… ok where to start. its been almost 3 months since halloween. all the music boards were completely inundated with Festival 8 coverage shortly thereafter. i have had plenty of time to go through photos & collect my thoughts, but its still quite hard to describe. the last phish festival i attended was Coventry, although incredibly fun & an unforgettable adventure, it was musically disastrous. on so many levels Festival 8 was the complete antithesis of Coventry. perfect venue, perfect weather, beautiful music, gorgeous scenery, happy people, friends new & old. i flew to san diego alone, and set out to meet up with the crew. on thursday evening i met up with justin, pete, kochan, adam, tim & john in the parking lot at chili’s, and we made the 30 minute drive to indio. we got our campsite set up, and retired relatively early. friday was a wonderful day. plenty of time to check out the scene before the first set. enjoyed the music, and the burble. saturday started off nicely with an afternoon set. we recieved our playbills & learned that they would be playing rolling stones exile on main street, with sharon jones! as if that wasn’t enough, i managed to get both pollock prints for the weekend. the musical costume set lived up to the hype, and it stands up well on tape. i got my second loving cup for the year, but with sharon jones. thanks to all the tapers for capturing this weekend. apparently it was also filmed in 3D for a release sometime this year. sunday started early with coffee & 8 shaped donuts, courtesy of the band, thanks guys, as if the music wasn’t enough. then we were treated to a first ever acoustic set. everyone sitting down to watch the start of the set was amazing to witness. the torches erupting during the harry hood jam seemed appropriate. i can still feel the heat watching the video. unfortunately, it all came to an end on monday morning, and everyone departed. parts of it still seem like a dream, a really really good one. the first video i have included is courtesy of michael marantz. its a collage of thousands of of still photos. i think it really captures the weekend, at least visually in lots of ways. a couple of the other photos were provided by pete & michael & are noted accordingly. the main image is michael’s but i couldn’t bring myself to ruin the image with the watermark, its just too good. thanks for those guys. other than the costume photo, somehow john managed to escape all my photos. so if any of you guys have one that captures johnny fiasco, send it on. this weekend was a blast. i’ll see you all out there. hopefully sooner rather than later. happy phishing.

Phish Festival 8 by Michael Marantz

East To Indio

Exile on Main Street

This Is Gonna Be Good

Justin And Adam

Tim

Vintage Pete

Kochan

Back Of The Field

Safety Patrol

8 Ferris Wheel

The Moontower

Burble Blue

Burble Green

Burble Purple

Harry Hood Jam

8 Moon

Homage to Hoist

I Always Feel Like

Loving Cup

Halloween Entourage

Donut Montage

Sunday Breakfast

The Morning News

No Pabst

A Wonderful Sight

3D in 2010

Acoustic

Acoustic 2

The Curtain With

Mike’s Song Jam

The Road Home

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm

nye in asheville

patrick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:05:54 +0000

gathered up emily & all of her belongings & hit the road. we picked up brannen en route, and kept driving for the mountains. everyone slowly gathered at the rental house in mars hill, with the snow coming down, creepy bear head included. new years eve, we headed into asheville. we had some pizza for lunch, and some delicious beers. a nice sunset kicked off the evening. we had several rounds of fireworks, as we slowly made our way to the orange peel for an evening with toubab krewe. new years day we watched a gut wrenching auburn game, that finally ended well. we ventured out & checked out the surrounding mountains. we cooked a huge delicious meal & made sure to have our greens & black eyed peas. on saturday, we finally got the cars down the mountain, and headed to pisgah brewery in black mountain. it was a cool little place, definitely worth the trip. all in all a great weekend. thanks to katie for the extra photos.

Snowy Cars

Snow Cold Beer

A Bear In The Cupboard

The Pizza No One Wanted

Sketchy Street People

Sunset

First Fireworks

Jeff And Katie

Mmmonk Beer

Seriously

Orange Peel Sign

Paul

Margie And Maig

Silhouette Band

Drumming

2010

the nye show sponsored by the ingles advantage card

Snowy Mountain

Top The Mountain

Black Eyed Peas

New Years Day Dinner

Pisgah Office Hours

On The Porch

post Phish in Charlottesville

patrick — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:36:20 +0000

after a great night on the town, we spent sunday eating, drinking & recuperating from the late evening. brunch at maya. some of the afternoon going over websites & reviewing pictures, and then on to dinner at blue mountain. blue mountain brewery is located in nelson county. we had a beer sampler before dinner. i had a delicious turkey sandwich with baby greens, granny smith apples & goat cheese. the best beer i had all evening was the full nelson pale ale. after dinner we had some local wine made by one of Daniel & Emily’s friends. they had quite an impressive collection of lizards, and a very interesting turtle.

the front yard

another snowy field

the road to musictoday

green pastures

where your money goes

front porch of blue mountain

dinner at blue mountain

kolsch 151

the turtle