Herbie Hancock
Palazzo Dei Congressi
Lugana, Switzerland
1984

w/ Ron Carter and Billy Cobham.

Hot Tuna
Bardovon Opera House
Poughkeepsie, NY
11-28-04

Six years ago today. Excellent Good Sheppard.

Michael Hedges
Doubletree Ballroom @ Doubletree Hotel
Tucson, AZ
03-30-85

Hunger Mountain Boys
Pickathon Roots & Music Festival ~ Pudding River Farm
Woodburn, OR
08-13-05

Todays work soundtrack.

Derek Trucks Band
Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD
05-04-02

Featuring guests wife Susan Tedeschi and Kelly Bell. Tonight's soundtrack for my walk back and forth to the gym in the rain.

Project Object
Higher Ground
Winooksi, VT
02-13-02

Zappa cover band. Meh.

Old Crow Medicine Show
Fitzgerald Theater
St. Paul, MN
02-12-05

A Prairie Home Companion broadcast with Garrison Keillor.

New Fast Automatic Daffodils
The Roxy
Hollywood, CA
July 1991

I love ::heart:: these guys. My favorite "go nowhere" band.

Phish
IT Festival, Loring Airforce Base
Limestone, ME
08-02-03

The surprise Ambient Control Tower Jam

Primus
Fiddler's Green
Denver, CO
06-26-93

I jumped on the Primus bandwagon waaaay too late.

Lowell George
Lisner Auditorium
Washington, DC
06-28-79

Hypnotic Clambake
Rockafella's
Columbia, SC
05-11-97

Psychedelic polka music. Now I've heard everything.

Charlie Hunter
Park West
Chicago, IL
10-12-01

A nice morning soundtrack after a hard morning's swim/spin workout and for making yummy veggie fritata's for breakfast.

Fred Wesley Jazz Funk Explosion
Montreaux Jazz Festival
Montreaux, Switzerland
07-13-99

More horns than a herd of mountain goats.

Jazz Mandolin Project
Beehive Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
11-10-00

My first recording of this band back when I was still a noob to the whole music trading scene about 10 years ago, but it has maintained as one of my favorite recordings period.

Weather Report
Montreaux Jazz Festival
Montreaux, Switzerland
07-08-76

I can't profess to being a huge fan, but this recording is simply the shit. Jaco Pastorius is on fire.

John Prine
Stud Terkel Radio Show
01-07-70

How can you not tune into a guy named Stud Terkel? Excellent recording and some great between song banter.

Richard Thompson
Aladdin Theater
Portland, OR
05-08-06

The "1000 Years of Popular Music" w/ Judith Owen & Debra Dobkin

Max Creek
Indian Lookout Country Club
Mariaville, NY
07-27-02

Day One of the classic Camp Creek weekend, featuring two 45 minute sets followed by an epic 2-3 hour encore (5 discs to be exact).

Grateful Dead
Lakeland Civic Center
Lakehead, FL
05-21-77

Sweet show and an awesome Passenger in set one. Wait, did I really just say that? Passenger? Really? I may have to relisten to it in order to verify that I wasn't in a coma when I heard this today.

Townes Van Zandt Tribute
Austin City Limits
Austin, TX
12-07-97

Featuring Guy Clark, Peter Rowan, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Haarris, Lyle Lovett and Jack Clement among others. Good, dreary Sunday afternoon tunes.

Leo Kottke
moe.down ~ Snow Ridge Ski Resort
Turin, NY
09-03-04

I can see how this is intelligent music and I really want to get it, really - but I can't. Sorry, Leo, unfortunately, you didn't made the "final cut pile". Better luck next time, bud.

"Beefcake Pantyhose"

It's been a while since I've given you a decent random play list, so here it is. I've recently begun spending a lot of time pounding the pavement in a tortured attempt to burn off some extra calories. So my music tastes lately have reflected that same methodical, introspective frame of mind. You can consider this my 'Chariots of Fire'-esque musical montage, if you like....

1. Heart of Glass - Old School Freight Train
2. Soma - Smashing Pumkins
3. Done With You - The Whitest Boy Alive
4. Lost Love - Temper Trap
5. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
6. Call the Captain - Steep Canyon Rangers
7. Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
8. Wichita (live) - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
9. O-O-H Child - Beth Orton
10. Stairway to Heaven (live) - Rodrigo y Gabriela
11. It's the Sun - The Polyphonic Spree
12. Fat Man in the Bathtub - Little Feat

David Grisman & Tony Rice
Merlefest, Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro, NC
04-24-98

A nice intimate set to begin the day with.

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Moments
Bremen, Germany
01-31-99

Nothing says "fantastic show!" like Nazi's and bluegrass (highlight being an awesome rendition of Tim & Molly O'Brien's 'Wichita').

Jim Weider's Project Percolator
8x10
Baltimore, MD
06-03-06

Meh. More like Jim Weider's Project Decaf if you ask me.

Buddy Guy
Bears Den - Seneca Niagara Casino
Niagara Falls, NY
04-02-05

Now, I love Buddy Guy; Buddy Guy is awesome. But Buddy had better get back to playing his guitar more and not so much the crowd. Lackluster show at best.

Serge Gainsbourg
La Palace
Paris, France
1980

From Wikipedia: "A French singer-songwriter, actor and director.[3] Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize. His legacy has been firmly established, and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians."

Really? Because I thought he pretty much blew...

The Westfall
Thai Joe's
Milwaukee, WI
12-07-01

Some decent old-school funk by a relatively new-school group.

North Mississippi All-Stars
Theater of the Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
10-16-04

The main event of the show. Yes, there's lots of drumming in this too.

Ray White's Talking Shoes
The Pageant
St. Louis, MO
09-30-05

Opening act for Umphrey's McGee. Not sure who or what Ray's Talking Shoes are exactly, but, what they are not is worthy of another listen.

Rising Star Drum & Fife Band
Theater of the Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
10-16-04

Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Theater of the Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
10-16-04

The opening acts for the North Mississippi All-Stars and opening acts they were. Some pretty intense drumming and, well, fifing I guess. Everything from The Troggs 'Wild Thing' to 'When the Saints Come Marching In'...nothing gets left behind.

Kronos Quartet
California Plaza
Los Angeles, LA
08-15-03

A little fucked up chamber orchestra to round out the day of heavy percussion.

The vinyl musical companion for eating melon and watching squirrels dig up my garden.

Curtis Mayfield
The Trojan Horse
Holland, Netherlands
1990

One word: SUPERFLY!

Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Carnegie Hall
NYC
04-01-71

The Turners in their prime back when Ike still had some rhythm and Tina was getting the business end of the boot.

Medeski, Martin & Wood
The Warehouse
Toronto, ON
12-03-00

Reliving another past concert while I partake in some late night yoga and weights.

Funky Meters
Alligator Alley
Sunrise, FL
04-15-00

The original godfathers of funk back at it for a reunion tour.

Swamp Mama Johnson
The Tractor Tavern
Seattle, WA
02-20-9

I don't know anything about this band/singer but it was a decent listen.

Phish
Oswego County Airport
Volney, NY
07-18-99

Coincidentally, this show was on the eve of my 27th birthday. Not that I was there at the time...