About 6 years ago I had a weekly ritual, a tradition, a privilege, a party I attended. Every Wednesday night I would head on down to Halsted St. in Chicago and pack myself into Griffin’s Public House to see Cornmeal for free. It is hard to imagine seeing them for free these days. In 2006,… Continue reading Cornmeal | Live in Chicago, Vol. 1 | Review
It was another jam-packed night outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. You would have thought you were seeing Furthur on New Year’s Eve 2009 all over again. It was just about impossible to get into line outside the arena as there were so many people walking up and down the cordons with… Continue reading Live At The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Phil Lesh's Birthday
The physical requirement of playing live music leaves little room for musicians to keep performing past a certain age. Although a handful of timeless artists such as Buddy Guy, BB King, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney have been able to defy the limits of time, it goes to say that most careers decline past middle… Continue reading Maceo Parker | Cervantes | Denver, CO | 3/12/2010 | Review
Born out of the friendly and wooded confines of a Hornings Hideout gathering in 2005, comes a jamband supergroup of sorts called The Contribution. The project fronted by Tim Carbone (fiddle/vocals) of Railroad Earth brings together seasoned veterans Jeff Miller (guitar/vocals) and Phil Ferlino (keys) of New Monsoon, as well as Keith Moseley (bass) and Jason Hann (drums)… Continue reading The Contribution | 'Which Way World' | Review
It was easy to see that Jake Stockburger of Point Pleasant, NJ was in town to see Mike Gordon at The Jefferson Theatre.. He was wearing his thoughts on his sleeve. Or more accurately, they were on his shirt. Jake may have been the first or maybe second ticketed person to walk through the doors… Continue reading No Sugar Tonight: Mike Gordon | Review
RJD2 isn’t that cute little droid acting as one half of a Greek Chorus in the Star Wars saga. But he did, start his set as a robot named ‘Commissioner Crotchbuttons’; Complete with welders mask and “the world’s first scrotum powered music machine” (a modified MPC sequencer that spins around on his lower waist). Yes,… Continue reading RJD2 @ The Highline Ballroom in New York City
Furthur, featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir played the brand new 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on March 5th & March 6th, 2010. The Grateful Web was on hand to check out the show, take some photos, shoot some videos and soak in seeing the band a mere 10 minutes from our home office in… Continue reading Furthur | Broomfield, Colorado | March 2010
It was Jorma Kaukonen’s big San Francisco homecoming on his current tour with G.E. Smith. Kaukonen, who grew up to be an accomplished guitar player in Washington D.C., moved to San Francisco just in time for the psychedelic rock of the sixties, and was one of the founding members of Jefferson Airplane; San Francisco’s golden… Continue reading Jorma Kaukonen & G.E. Smith | The Great American Music Hall
Why did you fall in love with rock and roll? I ask that, not particularly sure you love rock and roll at all, in its purest definition, anyway.. It isn’t heard all that often these days.. Music genres in recent years seem to have splintered into multitudes of subgenres, in some ways – diluting the… Continue reading Guitars and Good Lyrics: The Drive-By Truckers
With vintage sounding indie bands being a flavor of the year, many bands are relying too heavily on their influences and failing to create something new. In contrast, The Mynabirds create a lively musical synergy on their debut album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood. They do not bash the… Continue reading The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
