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  • Bob Weir and Ratdog to play live tonight at TRI Studios and in your livingroom

    Posted on by RockyMountainJams

    Bob Weir has unfinished business with Rat Dog. Part of that unfinished business is to be taken care of tonight with a live performance, by the band, streamed in Hi-Def from Weir’s recently launched TRI-Studios in Tamalpais, California. TRI stands for Tamalpais Research Institute and the facility Weir championed is a state of the art sound and video studio that has already seen the likes of Slightly Stoopid, Fog, Bob Weir, Furthur, Chris Robinson, Scaring the Children, Lauren Shera, The Fall Risk, Planet of the Abts and more.

    Here is a clip from the TRI Studios website: “Bob Weir and RatDog are pleased to announce their live debut at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The band will perform two sets and the performance will feature RatDog members: Bob Weir, Kenny Brooks, Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Steve Kimock, Jay Lane, Robin Sylvester and Rob Wasserman. The FREE show will air live at www.tristudios.com at 5pm PST (8pm EST).”

    I have caught several of the TRI Studios broadcast and have always been amazed at the clarity of the sound and picture. It is impressive to be able to deliver that quality for a live performance. So if you have speakers for your laptop, set them up… and if you are like us, couch tour enabled, we will be cranking up the stereo and streaming to the flat screen.

    If you have not visited TRIStudios.com previously I recommend showing up a little early to get your stream in order then have fun.

    Here is a taste of the rehearsal courtesy of Relix.com, enjoy:

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  • Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe with Anders Osborne perform an amazing ‘Sticky Fingers’

    Posted on by RockyMountainJams

    By Alan Crandall
    writer, photographer and editor of Rockymountainjams.com previously published at TimesCall.com:

    Karl Denson, Boulder Theater, Oct. 28, 2011

    Halloween is a special time in Boulder. Stories of past year’s revelry have been told so many times that they now have become Boulder lore. Shoulder to shoulder folks in all forms of costumes and attire, or lack thereof, are now woven into the tapestry that is the Pearl Street Mall Halloween history. Wild parties spilling out into the Mall Crawl are what many think of around Halloween. Times and culture have changed and recent efforts to revive the Mall Crawl were thwarted, so for me, Halloween is about costumed fun and music.
    I am not sure where or when the Halloween tradition of one band covering another band’s music began, but I am glad it did. This Halloween I

    Anders Osborne, Boulder Theater, Oct. 28, 2011

    witnessed the Great American Taxi perform music from the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison and Primus, The Motet Funk up the music of the Dead, and The Warren Haynes Band perform the music of James Brown. All amazing shows that I knew I would enjoy so for me the biggest surprise was the Anders Osborne/Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe collaboration covering the Rolling Stones best album “Sticky Fingers.” I should point out that this match up and performance for Denson was not just for Halloween, he is doing a full “Sticky Fingers” tour, in any case they blew up the Boulder Theater, took the audience for a ride and brought us back down to earth.

    Either one of the very powerful performers, Anders Osborne or Karl Denson would have been a great show considering their talent and the amazing musicians they travel with, combined it was like thunder and lighting.

    Osborne opened the show with some hard driving rock, jumping around the stage like a performer possessed. Then after a short break they reconfigured to stage an amazing show, from “Brown Sugar” to “Moonlight Mile” I was in a rock history bliss. I believe their version of “Wild Horses” is the best I have heard. “Sister Morphine” was nothing short of amazing. I had a fantastic night at the Boulder Theater, one the record books and another great Pearl Street Mall experience that I will weave into my Halloween lore.

     

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  • Great American Taxi kicks off Halloween at The Stage Stop in Rollinsville, Colorado

    Posted on by RockyMountainJams

    Writer and photographer Alan Crandall submitted the following post previously published at TimesCall.com:

    The Great American Taxi

    I knew we were already in for a big weekend. We had plans to see Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and Anders Osborne Friday night at the Boulder Theater, The Motet at the Ogden Theater on Saturday and The Warren Haynes Band at the Ogden Theater on Halloween, and still the idea of the Great American Taxi with Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon playing an intimate “party” at the historic Stage Stop in Rollinsville, Colorado, on Thursday Oct. 27, was just too much to pass up.

    (Bloggers note: look for more on the above mentioned shows later this week)

    For me it was an easy decision. “Let’s go hang out with the cool mountain folk”… folks that I feel at home with, and check out a show with one of my favorite homegrown bands. The Great American Taxi, born from a local benefit concert have come into their own. You really don’t need to mention that Vince Herman plays with Leftover Salmon anymore, when talking Taxi, since the band has grown into a big national touring act itself and for good reason, the Taxi will take you for a ride that you wont soon forget.

    Almost in an instant we knew we made the right decision to head up the hill to Rollinsville, Colorado. This show was intimate, fun and another great party at the historic Stage Stop. Vince Herman introduced himself as Jerry Garcia and lost it laughing when an audience member pointed out that Jerry grew his finger back. Guitarist Jim Lewin came as Van Morrison, and Chris Sheldon as Les Claypool. The audience was treated to many songs from the Grateful Dead’s catalog, some Van Morrison and at one point Sheldon broke into some amazing Claypool rifts that rocked the room. The lighting was fantastic, the bar was offering 2 dollar beers and many in the audience were mountain folk and friends of the Nederland based band. The Great American Taxi with members Vince Herman, Chad Staehly, Jim Lewin, Chris Sheldon and Brian Adams are sure to please with their flavor of down home Americana bluegrass/rock.

    If you missed the Great American Taxi Halloween shows, don’t fret, they just announced that they will perform at the Boulder Theater on Friday December 16th for the 9th Annual Mark Vann Foundation Benefit Show. This will be an event that you will not want to miss.

     

     

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  • The Motet ‘Funk is Dead’ in costumes at the Ogden Theater

    Posted on by RockyMountainJams

    We had lots of fun this last weekend and were lucky enough to have tickets for The Motet‘s sold out ‘Funk is Dead’ show at the Ogden Theater on Saturday.  Look for more photos from the show soon, in the mean time check out these cool costumes from Saturday’s crowd.

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  • Robert Randolph and the Family Band rock the Boulder Theater

    Posted on by RockyMountainJams

    By Writer and Photographer Alan Crandall, previously published at TimesCall.com:

    Robert Randolph

    Robert Randolph and the Family Band played to a packed Boulder Theater, Friday Oct. 21. The band broke into their fun filled jams playing some of their old standards. Randolph is amazing at the steel guitar and I have seen him rip song from rock legends in his signature and entertaining style.

    I first saw Randolph over ten years ago in Telluride and many times since. Every time I see him it is a party. He had the audience at the Boulder Theater smiling and dancing. Randolph played a very nice version of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Riviera Paradise. He also invited an audience member to come up and jam with the band and Mark Niernberger, guitarist of Leadville Cherokee took the offer and the resulting song looked and sounded like they had been jamming together for years. The way Leadville Cherokee’s Niernberger jammed I recommend checking out their band!

    I really enjoyed Randolph’s “If I had my way” and he once again invited the ladies to the stage to join him and the band on the stage for a song and dance. (Check out the video below.) Then to close out the show Randolph invited the warm up and recently signed to Atlantic Records band, The Sheepdogs, to join the band on stage.

    If Robert Randolph and the Family Band come to town I recommend seeing the show, for me it has always been a good time.

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