Moe., the crafty, veteran improv-jamming five-piece out of upstate New York, completed a four-day residency at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads on July 1 with a fine show in the venue’s Beach Park. Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band closed out the show, and then they all joined together for a three-song finale that turned… Continue reading moe. + Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band
Whether layin’ it down with his revered trio, his new five-piece band, accompanying fellow performer Mama Kin as a duet, or mesmerizing the crowd with an epic solo of guitar gymnastics, Australian roots rocker John Butler held the crowd visibly spellbound from start to finish in Sacramento’s ornate Crest Theatre on June 19. Unabashedly speaking,… Continue reading John Butler Trio | Crest Theatre | 6/19/18
Night two, “One More Saturday Night” at Citi Field is in the books! Very lucky to have attended both shows. The weather was spectacular on this second night of the two-night run at the ballpark. Dead & Company 2018 Summer tour is in full swing and at the halfway point. I have been following Dead… Continue reading Dead & Company | Citi Field | 6/16/18
Several Bay Area musicians who were already friends on and off the stage appeared together at The Fillmore in San Francisco on June 9 to spotlight Blue Rose Music‘s stable of artists, and of more importance to raise money and awareness for the Blue Rose Foundation, which commits itself to preschool scholarships for impoverished children.… Continue reading Blue Rose Foundation Benefit | The Fillmore
Robert Plant brought his anthropology of a show to Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park in Chicago on Sunday, June 17th, 2018 (Father’s Day). Seth Lakeman, singer-songwriter, opened the show 1st. Overall the show was 3 ½ hours, although Seth played to a handful of people poised in their seats ready to take in the… Continue reading Robert Plant | Jay Pritzker Pavilion | 6/17/18
SPAC, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center is one of those venues that has always been a special place to visit. The concert shed is located in the State Park, a couple of miles from downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. Saratoga State Park is known for its healing springs. The waters are rumored to be magical. FDR… Continue reading Dead & Company | SPAC | 6/11/18
After a successful tour together last year, classic rockers and long-time friends Steve Miller and Peter Frampton return on the road together again for some summer shows. Opening the show, Frampton’s shorter, but powerful set was pure rock and roll at its best. He played the expected chart-topping hits “Show Me The Way,” “Baby, I… Continue reading Peter Frampton & Steve Miller | Northerly Island | 6/14/18
After a successful tour together last year, classic rockers and long-time friends Steve Miller and Peter Frampton return on the road together again for some summer shows. Opening the show, Frampton’s shorter, but powerful set was pure rock and roll at its best. He played the expected chart-topping hits “Show Me The Way,” “Baby, I… Continue reading Peter Frampton & Steve Miller | Northerly Island | 6/14/18
The 2018 Red Rocks Amphitheatre lineup hit its stride as June made its debut with a diverse funk lineup featuring three powerhouses of the genre. The local family favorite The Motet invited their friends to join them at one of the country’s most enthralling venues. The temperature was perfect, and there was an early start… Continue reading The Motet, BoomBox, & The New Mastersounds on the Rocks
Once ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill began dishing out shared vocal duties, truculent lead solos and iron-fisted bass lines with hard-working drummer Frank Beard at the helm on a warm Tuesday night at Chicagoland’s Ravinia, it became hard to keep track of the star-studded hits that just kept rolling down the… Continue reading ZZ Top & John Fogerty | Ravinia | 6/12/18
