When I got the news that I could write a review for the Motet’s Best of their Halloween shows at my favorite indoor venue in the world, I jumped at the opportunity. Not only was it just their “best of” show, but it was the 7th Anniversary Grand Re-Opening Celebration for the venue that has… Continue reading Home Cookin' with the Motet
On a cool Saturday night my buddy Dean and I drove down to the Ashkenaz on San Pablo Ave. to catch two outstanding Grateful Dead cover bands I have seen quite frequently in the Bay Area over the last year, The Dead Guise and Play Live Dead (formerly known as Live Dead.) Dean had never… Continue reading Play Live Dead & The Dead Guise Jam Out At Ashkenaz
Tatanka made its way to a speaker near me on Feb 3rd, 2010. Hodi’s Half Note in Fort Collins welcomed them with a free keg of PBR for this Wednesday night show. Ladies, if you want to find your very own fried egg, you can probably pick one out from the sausage fests known as… Continue reading Tatanka | Hodi's Half Note | 2/3/10 | Review
If you have seen live music in Denver, chances are you were at one of the many venues once owned by the Bianchis. The brothers Jay and Phil started with the original Quixotes True Blue on East Colfax over 12 years ago, and since have opened now renowned venues/bars Sanchos Broken Arrow, Dulcineas 100th Monkey, Cervantes… Continue reading PRAANG | Quixotes | Denver, CO | 1/30/10 | Review
It’s been four years since I have seen Reverend Horton Heat. The last show I witnessed the magic that this band projects was at the Wakarusa Music Festival in 2006. Coincidentally, it was the first review that I ever wrote. I was anticipating the same amount of energy, if not more since the show was… Continue reading Reverend Horton Heat: Multifarious
The anticipation outside San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Center was at an all time peak! Dead Heads everywhere with their long hair, dread locks, beards, hemp necklaces and tie-dyed clothing were lined up outside the venue either in line or holding up their pointer finger praying for a miracle ticket. This was the kind of… Continue reading Furthur | New Years Eve! | San Fran | 2009 > 2010
When I first heard the word remix I was a bit skeptical. Many of the remixes I have listed to over the years have been nothing more than a cheap and easy way for the record companies to make money. Throw down some new backgrounds and you have yourself a remix. My Brightest Diamond’s Shark… Continue reading My Brightest Diamond: Shark Remixes | Review
Catching hometown jamgrass legends Yonder Mountain String Band has become a Denver holiday tradition, as the band has performed New Year’s Eve concerts here every year for the better part of the last decade. From electric performances at the Paramount Theater, a supporting/collaborative effort last year with Widespread Panic at the Pepsi Center, to multiple… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Fillmore | Denver, CO | 12/30/09
The Grateful Web has been working our butts off to get videos up from the big four night Phish run down in Miami. Many of the videos up are up now… and more will be coming soon. We also have a lot of photos from New Years Eve as well as the other shows. Thanks… Continue reading Phish | 2009>2010 | Miami, Florida | New Years Run
There have been a number of fantastic albums over the past decade. Take this list at face value. The title sums it up perfectly. Here are simply 10 of the many albums I have enjoyed over the past 10 years. I have not bothered to number them. That would be foolish. I hate sources that… Continue reading 10 Notable Albums of the Past 10 Years
