Friday, November 11, 2011

Jam Bands

I've been listening to Jam bands recently.

Here's the line-up, more or less in order of preference

Umphrey's McGee
Disco Biscusts
New Monsoon
Lotus
moe.
Phish
String Cheese Incident
O.A.R.
Perpetual Groove
Tea Leaf Green
STS9
Widespread Panic
Gov't Mule

Which has a led to some old fusion:
Weather Report
Return to Forever

And some rediscoveries or overlooked cross-overs:
Garaj Mahal
Medeski, Martin, and Woods
Vandermark 5
Chad Wackerman
Allan Holdsmith
Bill Bruford
Mahavishu Orchestra

The  common denominator:
live performance with extended jams/improvisations, locomotive rhythms.

I'm listening to a live version of this as I write:





(I've stayed away from  obvious: Grateful Dead,  and the Allman Bros.  Just not that interested in that right now.)

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